5 Points Theatre Media Update 1/25/10

January 25, 2010 Comments »

1.  We’ve just gotten back from the Art House Convergence conference in Salt Lake City, and we picked up a bunch of big and small ideas to improve the theatre.  One of the easiest was to post our press releases online.  So, from now on, I’ll be posting these Media Updates at www.jaxindiefilm.com.

2.  An Education is playing now.  It’s gotten great reviews, and generated some Oscar buzz for lead actress Carey Mulligan.  We’ve got it for two weeks (through February 3rd).

3.  Starting February 5th we’ve got Nine and Me and Orson Welles.  Nine is a musical by the director of Chicago.  It opened on Christmas Day and got killed by Avatar, Sherlock Homes, It’s Complicated and Up In The Air.  We think people around Riverside will like it.

Me and Orson Welles is a fun little film by director Richard Linklater (School of Rock, Dazed and Confused and others) and starring Zac Efron of High School Musical fame.  It’s set in 1937 as Orson Welles is putting on his now-famous version of Julius Caeser at the Mercury Theatre.  Here’s the trailer:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQvq7eulfWc

4.  There’s been a little bit of confusion about our Midnight Movie starting times.  We try to start the Midnight Movie soon after the late movie, so they can range from 11 pm to midnight.  Here are the start times for our next few late movies:

January 29 – Labyrinth – 11 pm

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February 5 – Back to the Future 2 – 11 pm
February 12 – Heathers – 11:30 pm
February 19 – House – TBD
House is a truly strange Japanese ghost story from 1977.  Watch the trailer here:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0NWIxl2VJk

5.  Broken Embraces, the new Pedro Almodovar film startting Penelope Cruz, will open February 12th.  Watch the trailer here:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWw9n0ekYCw