New ‘Mortal Kombat’ Movie to Hit Theaters in 2021

Warner Bros. has dated its new "Mortal Kombat" movie for March 5, 2021, with James Wan producing and Simon McQuoid directing.

"Mortal Kombat" will do battle on its opening date with Sony Pictures' fantasy adventure "Masters of the Universe," which Noah Centineo will lead as the Most Powerful Man in the Universe.

Pre-production on "Mortal Kombat" will start this month with cameras scheduled to start rolling in Adelaide, Australia, later this year. South Australia Premier Steven Marshall announced on May 13 that it will be the biggest film production in the state's history.

Midway debuted the video game in 1992 with a story focusing on the monk Liu Kang working to save Earth from an evil sorcerer. The development of the first game was originally based on an idea that Ed Boon and John Tobias had of making a video game starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, but then evolved into a horror-fantasy fighting game.

While it was critically panned, New Line's 1995 "Mortal Kombat" movie grossed over $120 million worldwide and its sequel, "Mortal Kombat: Annihilation," took in $50 million two years later.

Warner Bros. bought the Midway Games assets in 2009 in bankruptcy court and began developing a reboot in 2011 with Kevin Tancharoen attached to direct. Tancharoen departed from the project three years later.

Wan is the director of "Saw," "Aquaman," "The Conjuring," "The Conjuring 2," "Insidious" and "Insidious 2."

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Chucky 2019 release date: When does the new Child's Play movie come out in cinemas?

The original movie, colloquially called Chucky, came out in 1988 and was well received. Actually called Child's Play, the movie made over £34.6 million ($44 m) on a production budget of £7 m ($9 m). Here is everything you need to know about the upcoming remake of Child's Play.

When is Child's Play out in cinemas?

Child's Play is out in UK cinemas on Friday, June 21, 2019.

The remake is also out in USA cinemas on the same day.

However, the movie has its debut on June 19, 2019, in Belgium, France, and Italy.

The last counties to get Child's Play are Brazil and Hong Kong on July 25, 2019.

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Chucky: The 2019 version of Child's Play stars Aubrey Plaza and Mark Hamill (Image: PP) Who is in the cast of Child's Play?

Gabriel Bateman plays Andy Barclay, a lonely 13-year-old boy who comes into the possession of a murderous doll.

Mark Hamill voices Chucky, a murderous Buddi doll who attempts to kill the Barclays.

Parks and Recreation star Aubrey Plaza plays Karen Barclay, Andy's mother.

Brian Tyree Henry takes on the role of Detective Mike Norris, a detective investigating a mysterious string of murders.

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Child's Play: Aubrey Plaza plays the mom who gives her child a Chuky doll (Image: PP)

Tim Matheson stars as Henry Kaslan, founder and CEO of Kaslan Corp, the company that manufactures the Buddi doll.

Marlon Kazadi plays Omar Norris, Andy's best friend and son of Detective Mike Norris.

Ty Consiglio, Beatrice Kitsos, and Anantjot S Aneja star as Pugg, Falyn, and Chris, Andy's friends.

Other cast members include Nicole Anthony as Detective Willis, Norris' partner, Carlease Burke as Doreen, Amber Taylor as Shane's Daughter, Kenneth Tynan as Jonga Burger Dude, Michael Bardach as Homeless Man, and JC Meredith as a cab driver.

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Child's Play: The 2019 adaptation features a doll malfunctioning as opposed to possession (Image: PP) What is the plot of Child's Play?

According to Orion Pictures, the plot synopsis reads: "A mother gives her son a toy doll for his birthday, unaware of its more sinister nature."

The remake's director Lars Klevberg said the 2019 doll would be an "out-of-control robot doll" rather than a possessed doll from the 1988 movie.

The screenplay for Child's Play was written by Tyler Burton Smith, who previously penned Quantum Break (2016).

The Chucky remake was produced by Seth Grahame-Smith and David Katzenberg, the producers behind It.

You can watch the trailer for Child's Play right here at Express.co.uk

Child's Play is out in cinemas on Friday, June 21, 2019.

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LI DeLorean fans talk their wheels, new Alec Baldwin movie

By Joseph V. Amodio Special to Newsday Updated June 4, 2019 12:00 PM

Back in the 1980s, when Dr. David Delman was a medical resident at Stony Brook University, he suffered serious car envy — and the condition was chronic.

One of his professors drove a DeLorean, the sports car known for its starring role as a souped-up time machine in the "Back to the Future" film trilogy.

"I fell in love with it but never could afford one," Delman says.

So he saved up. Now a physiatrist living in Jericho, Delman bought his first DeLorean — "a fixer-upper" — in 2002. He now owns two (one gas-powered, one electric), which set him apart from most in the crowd when he recently attended the premiere of "Framing John DeLorean," a new movie (part-documentary, part-dramatization)  from directors Don Argott and Sheena M. Joyce, and starring Alec Baldwin in reenacted scenes as the legendary maverick auto executive.

The film, which hits select theaters and video-on-demand Friday, June 7, shows DeLorean as "an ambitious free thinker, but also shows the dark side of his ambition," Delman notes.

Before Elon Musk and his Tesla, there was DeLorean, a renegade GM exec who in the 1970s started his own auto company. His slick vehicle looked like no other, with gull-wing doors and a stainless steel body. Despite hype, the firm went bankrupt in 1982, and DeLorean was arrested on charges of cocaine trafficking. (He died in New Jersey in 2005, at 80.)

But the car's mystique lives on. The Long Island-New York DeLorean Motor Club (founded by Delman and Huntington Station engineer Tom Neiland) boasts some 50 members.

"The DeLorean has held up well over the years compared to most cars from the '80s," says Rob Grady, of PJ Grady's, a family-owned auto shop specializing in DeLorean repairs. Current price tags range from the low teens to $80,000 or more, says Grady, who loaned one of his own DeLoreans to the production. (That car, seen in promo shots with Baldwin standing beside it, goes for about $75,000.)

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"Most owners love the way the car feels on the road, and the clean uncluttered look of the instruments and dashboard when they're behind the wheel," says Grady.

Still, the car's not for everyone.

"It helps to be an extrovert when you stop for gas, as there's no lack of attention," he says.

The question Delman gets asked most? "Hey, man, where's the Flux Capacitor?" a reference to the (alas, fictional) time-travel unit in the "Future" films.

"I answer, 'In the back, between the seats,' " Delman jokes.

He may not pass through the space-time continuum, but he looks good driving away.

By Joseph V. Amodio Special to Newsday

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The 14 Coolest Drive-In Movie Theaters in America

On June 6, 1933 the first patented drive-in movie theater opened in Camden, New Jersey, and the phenomenon only grew from there. At the peak of their popularity, America was home to approximately 4000 active drive-ins, but that number now hovers around the 355 mark.

The expensive move to digital projection and the rising costs of land hurt a lot of drive-in theater owners, forcing many of them to pack up their snack bars and close up shop. However, much like record stores and independent bookstores, drive-in theaters are in the midst of a comeback—and have upgraded their amenities to appeal to a wider demographic. Stale popcorn and overpriced sodas have been replaced with gourmet meals and alcoholic beverages at some theaters, while others have invested in digital technology. Dogs are welcome at many drive-ins around the country, and some theaters even offer camping facilities, so that your night out doesn't have to end with the credits roll. In many cases, it's cheaper for a family to spend an evening at the drive-in than it is their local cineplex.

With the summer season upon us, and National Drive-In Movie Day happening on June 6, we've rounded up a list of some of America's coolest drive-ins. What exactly makes them cool, you might be wondering? It's more than just an attention-grabbing Art Deco sign (though that helps). It's theaters that offer mini golf, beer gardens, locally sourced foods, a lineup of classic films (not just first-run features), and even a giant potato sitting in the back of a pick-up truck as a landmark. Here are some of our favorite drive-ins across America.

1. Four Brothers Drive-In // Amenia, New York

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In 2015, Four Brothers opened in upstate New York, less than two hours from New York City. By mixing modern amenities with retro touches, it redefines what a drive-in can be. From spring to fall they show movies every night. Known as a "boutique theatre," the drive-in films tend to be family-friendly, but they also sometimes screen "cultural indie films." On Throwback Thursdays, for example, they screen three films, including one '80s classic. The drive-in includes an EV charger, food trucks, mini golf, and Hotel Caravana, an airstream moviegoers can rent overnight. The theater's concessions break the mold, too, in serving locally sourced foods and housemade items like rice pudding, salmon burgers, shakes made with Nutella or wine, affogatos, and a full craft cocktail menu.

2. The Mahoning Drive-In Theater // Lehighton, Pennsylvania

Located about 80 miles northwest of Philadelphia, Mahoning's tagline is "where film never dies"—and they mean it. Instead of showing first-run flicks, they opt to do weekend-long themed festivals. Zombie Fest takes place over three nights and screens cult horror films. (You can camp overnight.) Second Chance Weekend, meanwhile, features critically panned films that deserve a closer look, like pairing Howard the Duck with Masters of the Universe. Bite Night brings 35mm prints of Jaws and Jurassic Park, and July brings Christmas films.

3. Blue Starlite Mini Boutique Drive-In // Austin, Texas and Minturn, Colorado

When the Blue Starlite opened in 2009, it became "the world's one and only mini urban boutique drive-in movie theater." They operate two locations: a year-round version in Austin, and a seasonal theater in Colorado. The appeal of the boutique experience is that it creates a sort of intimacy instead of piling hundreds of cars into an abandoned parking lot. Their three areas hold up to 50 cars, or hundreds of pedestrians. They screen "childhood favorites" like the original Star Wars trilogy, and the once held a Burt Reynolds festival. October is usually dedicated to horror films, and December features holiday films.

In 2016, the Starlite expanded to Minturn, a small Colorado town in the Rockies, not far from Vail. At 7898 feet, the Starlite might be the highest drive-in theater in the country. Like its sister theater, it alsos screen classic films, like The Goonies, Back to the Future, and a Grease sing-along while moviegoers eat s'mores and local donuts.

4. Greenville Drive-In Outdoor Cinema // Greenville, New York

The Greenville Drive-in, which is located about two-and-a-half hours from New York City, opened in 1959 but has since evolved with the times. Their snack shack sells locally sourced foods, and the Projectionists' Beer Garden serves local brews. The double features focus on '80s and '90s films like Footloose, Dirty Dancing, Office Space, and Dazed and Confused, and they sometimes schedule live music. They say they like to "partner with emerging filmmakers to provide them with a space to screen and discuss their work."

5. Doc's Drive-In Theatre // Buda, Texas

In 2018, Doc's opened in Buda, Texas, which is located about 15 miles southwest of Austin. Doc's offers gourmet concessions: pretzels with beer cheese, nachos with shredded brisket, chips and salsa, pulled pork sandwiched, fancy hot dogs, waffles, and and on-site bar Mama Merlot's. The two screens pair first-run films with classics like The Birds, The Breakfast Club, and The Dark Crystal, and some head-scratching combos like Risky Business and The Meg (though we're not complaining).

6. North Bay Mobile Drive-In // Novato, California

In the past decade, a group of people have created what's known as Mov Mob or guerilla drive-ins in which a "drive-in theater" pop ups at different locations in a city. The North Bay Mobile Drive-In (located about 25 miles north of San Francisco) uses a car to project the movies onto a wall of the shuttered Old Hamilton Theater. They screen free movies every other week, year-round. Most of the films are classics—movies like A Fish Called Wanda, Spaceballs, The Day the Earth Stood Still—and come with a 20-minute pre-show of trailers and cartoons. They also offer concessions and a raffle.

7. Wellfleet Drive-In Theatre // Wellfleet, Massachusetts

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The Wellfleet Drive-In opened in 1957 and remains Cape Cod's only drive-in—one where you can at oysters while watching double-feature first-run films. The theater's located within a complex of a flea market, a mini golf course, and restaurants. In the flea area, you can drink beer, eat breakfast sandwiches, and order soft serve, root beer floats, and hard ice cream from the Dairy Bar. When the summer season is not in full swing, the theater screens lots of retro classics like Beetlejuice and Jaws (which was shot not too far away on Martha's Vineyard).

8. Bengies // Middle River, Maryland

At 52 feet high and 120 feet wide, Bengies boasts the largest outdoor movie theater screen in America. Bengies opened in 1956 near Baltimore and shows triple features on weekends for one price. On Memorial Day weekend, they screen movies from dusk until dawn. The concession menu includes craft sodas, egg rolls, hot dogs, burgers, donuts, cotton candy, and a pickle on a stick. In between movies, they screen classic cartoons and vintage trailers. And while it can get cold in Maryland, they offer in-car heaters so that they can stay open during colder months.

9. Blue Fox Drive-In Theater // Oak Harbor, Washington

Opened in 1959, Blue Fox screens first-run movies but also has a GoKart track that operates on weekends, as well as arcade games. And in 1989, Danny DeVito stopped by. As far as concessions, they offer Philly cheesesteaks, gluten-free items, 50 kinds of candy, and Big Gulp-like mugs of soda aptly named Really Big Mugs. Choose between a 64-ounce or 100-ounce mug; refills are only $3.75.

10. Coyote Drive-In // Fort Worth, Texas

The backdrop for the Coyote, a four-screen drive-in, is downtown Fort Worth—so you have quite the view. The Coyote Canteen features a large menu of pizza, hot dogs, Frito pie, kobe sliders, churros, and an even longer list of wines, ciders, and beers, including local ones. For the kids, they can play at a playground, and adults can have fun in their own playground, which is called a beer patio.

11. Spud Drive-In // Driggs, Idaho

Idaho likes to celebrate its potato-farming heritage, even at the drive-in. The Spud closed in 2011 but is back up up and running again, much to the delight of locals. Located in the rugged Teton Valley, they show first-run movies next to a pick-up truck carrying a giant potato. They sometimes have concerts, and motorcamping.

12. The Swap Shop // Fort Lauderdale, Florida

With 14 screens, The Swap Shop in Fort Lauderdale has the most screens of any drive-in theater in the country, and they have late shows that start at midnight. It's not only the largest drive-in but it's also the largest daily flea market in the world. Come to shop but stay to see first-run movies. The drive-in opens every night and screens one movie per ticket—so no double features here.

13. Shankweiler's Drive-In Theater // Orefield, Pennsylvania

What's cool about Shankweiler's is that they opened in 1934, making them the state's first drive-in and the second drive-in theater in the U.S. And unlike the first drive-in, Shankweiler's is still open—making it the longest operating drive-in in America. They screen first-run movies and vend standard concessions like funnel cakes, ice cream novelties, and BBQ.

14. Falconwood Park Drive-In // Omaha, Nebraska

Falconwood is the Omaha metro area's last drive-in, which makes it all the more special. Located in a sprawling 26-acre park, the drive-in (or walk-in, as pedestrians are allowed) screens new and old films, including classics like Die Hard and the original The Lion King. During screenings, moviegoers can order from a food truck and a bar. The park offers sand volleyball, badminton, a vintage Ferris wheel, and a rustic lodge. Every summer, the park hosts the Hullabaloo Music Fest. Unfortunately, because of severe flooding, the drive-in season has been delayed. But they should be back on schedule later this summer.

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Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth Review

Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth on 3DS

Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth comes at an inopportune time for most 3DS owners who want to finally pack up the old handheld and fully move on to the Switch. If you're in that camp, then I have some bad news for you. Persona Q2 is a beautifully composed swansong for the beloved Nintendo handheld.

This game is the second in a series of Persona spinoffs for the 3DS. The Persona Q games focus on bringing together characters from multiple main series games. The battle systems and Persona collecting are the same as you would expect from the JRPG series. The biggest difference is in the Etrian Odyssey-inspired dungeon crawling and map creation.

Persona Q2 follows the story of a young white-haired film enthusiast named Hikari , with Joker taking center stage as our main protagonist. She finds herself trapped in a movie theater with the caring curator Nagi, the mysterious projectionist Doe, and eventually the cast of playable characters from Personas 3 through 5. This includes the P3 Portable protagonist who was not present in the first Persona Q.

The themes of submitting to the majority and blending in with the crowd are spun through each film. It's clear that Hikari has problems with thinking for herself. Her obsession with film is the only way she can escape from the pressures of life. Her connection to Doe and Nagi become clear late in the game, but some of the twists are predictable. On the other hand, there's also a twist that I was absolutely not expecting. It was a heartwarming moment for Hikari and stood out as one of the best story beats in the game.

Doe and Nagi are the mysterious inhabitants of the theater who were there before or right around the same time as Hikari. Nagi takes on the role of a motherly figure for Hikari throughout the game. Nagi's character doesn't grow too much past this maternal presence, but the reason for this becomes clear during the fairly late into the game. Overall, she delivers on what the story needed her to be as a character despite a lack of development early on.

Doe is the dark and mysterious projectionist that suddenly appeared in the theater around the same time as Hikari. He resembles a shadow with a dark featureless body, a blue tie, and a golden mask. Little is revealed about him until very late into the game, and he remains a shallow character throughout much of the story. He seems to only exist to play movies for Hikari and vomit keys once a film has been completed, which is a shame.

Everyone is brought to the theater by some unknown force and the only way to escape is to collect the keys to open the locks on the theater doors. The keys are obtained by entering and changing the endings of the films showing in the cinema. Most of the movies extol the virtues of following the pack and not thinking for yourself. Hikari is typically unsure of letting the Persona characters change the endings, but she always comes around to the idea by the end.

The previous Persona Q was a bit infamous for dungeons that dragged on too long but luckily there was just one in Persona Q2 suffered from this. The fourth film has the most maps in the game and one of the most convoluted methods for navigation. You have to get creative when marking the map, and this is where custom notes come in handy. It's a bit of a slog, but the dungeon is propped up by the fact that Hikari's character building ramps up in this film.

It's a long dungeon, but I'm glad they took that time to build more of a backstory for Hikari, as she's the most relatable of all the new characters. It was incredibly smart of them to use all that extra time to create more interest in her. I would have liked to get more depth earlier on, but there's even a story reason why this couldn't be done that's revealed in the final dungeon. The early lack of development is no issue thanks to the amount of character growth that happens near the end of the game.

Each film is a self-contained world filled with shadows and familiar characters. There are a few films that are quite clearly focused on the characters of one Persona game. The first film takes place in a city where Kamoshida is an autocratic Superman. Just like the palaces in Persona 5, these aren't the actual people. The film is just linked to the Phantom Thieves, so it places Kamoshida in the role of an important character.

It's fun to see characters you know in completely new roles and situations, but the story doesn't grip you like the mainline games. The stakes in these movie worlds just don't feel as high as they do in the real world you play through in other Persona titles. That's to be expected with spinoffs since nothing too drastic is usually allowed to happen.

It's an easy enough story to follow, but it isn't anything worth getting wrapped up in. The story just feels like it pulls too many punches early on, something which Persona is absolutely not known for. As you continue through the game it begins to take a darker turn. Even in one of the most colorful and upbeat films you get a horrifyingly dark and depressing story told through the eyes of Hikari.

The rest of the story features Hikari, but the Investigation Squad, SEES, and the Phantom Thieves get the most screen time through the first half of the game. It almost makes you forget that there are new characters in the game. The Persona user stories are good enough. They're not anything spectacular, but they have a good mix of intensity and levity.

Luckily, the interactions that you get between characters from past Persona games are the saving grace here. There are fun interactions between incredibly similar characters like the brutes Shinji and Ryuji. However, some of the best scenes take place when complete opposites team up like the extremely girly model Ann and the athletic carnivore Chie.

These interactions are all we get since there are no social links in Persona Q2. At first, I was a bit disappointed by this fact, but it's probably better that way when you consider the size of the roster. I can't imagine trying to max out friendships with over 25 different characters.

One of the strong points that all Persona games share is their character building. Since past titles have already built up who these people are, we don't get much character development except for the new character, Hikari. Even then, she doesn't really feel all that developed until the last two films. Yet, since the game is a spinoff it's easy to excuse the lack of character building.

Persona Q2 has a star-studded lineup, but also far too many characters. With a massive cast of 28 playable characters, it's too daunting of a task to keep them all adequately leveled. There are certainly ways to do it, but by the time every character joins the party, you'll have a minimum of 21 characters sitting on the sidelines each time you jump into a movie.

The worst part of the massive roster is that you can't even switch characters when you're in the middle of a dungeon. You need to completely back out, then go to the party menu to edit your lineup. They made what should be a simple couple button presses a painfully tedious chore. This also adds to the difficulty of leveling everyone equally since it's such a time sink.

The map building in Persona Q2 is another system that I had anticipated to be a drag. At the start of the game Hikari gives you a notebook to draw maps. The story excuse is that Futaba and other navigators can't use their powers in the films. It's a bit convenient but better than leaving it completely unexplained.

The mapping in this game is much improved from Persona Q. In the previous title you had to draw out each individual floor tile, wall, and obstacle. Now, as you walk it will fill in the floors and walls for you. This is not only much more convenient but it also makes it easier to keep track of where you have already walked. That's a huge asset if you're planning on exploring 100% of each map.

I was pleasantly surprised once I got into the thick of map creation. Again, the fact that it automatically maps the floor and walls for you as you walk is massively convenient. All you need to do is place icons for shortcuts, treasure chests, and whatever else you want to mark. If the tools you've been given don't work for a certain landmark you want to map, you can even place custom notes.

There are also oppressively powerful enemies that act as physical barriers to your progression. They're known as FOEs (it's an acronym). These hulking enemies add a thrilling component to map making. If your lower screen isn't filled in properly, then you might end up having some issues escaping these FOEs.

Assembling a map on the 3DS touchscreen doesn't sound like an enjoyable task. The screen is good compared to most resistive touchscreens, but it's still quite small. Somehow Atlus not only made it work, but they made it fun. The toolset is perfect, and you never feel like something you need is missing. The quick access menu makes it even easier to use the tools you assign to it.

Art styles in Persona titles don't differ too much from one iteration to the next, but it's still impressive to see characters from multiple games work so well together. Having them all together under one chibi style certainly helps.

Besides the chibi characters, Persona Q2 borrows from Persona 5 in the overarching style of menus and UI. It may seem like just shapes, words, and colors, but the UI just drips with style. It's not on the same level as Persona 5, but it's as darn good as the 3DS can do with limited screen real estate.

The Personas are the only characters that stand out in this game since they retained their original art. They look like dark and gritty highly detailed 2D drawings. I can understand why they didn't remake every Persona in a chibi style, but it's still a bit disappointing. A chibi Arsene would have been so cute with rounded corners instead of sharp and pointy edges.

Conversely, it's fantastic that they left battling alone. Persona Q2's battle system made me remember why I love the Persona series. To be fair, I first fell in love with the Shin Megami Tensei battle system, but you get the idea. If you've ever played a Persona game before then you know exactly what I mean.

If you're new to the series, each new battle is a race of sorts to figure out your enemy's weaknesses before they find yours. The basic idea hasn't changed massively over the decades, but this is the perfect way to do a turn-based RPG. The anticipation of finding the right skill all pays off in the exhilarating feeling of blowing your opponents away with an All-Out Attack.

Most of the battle features in Persona Q2 are familiar, but Unison attacks add some enjoyable flair to fights. These Unison attacks are unlocked through side quests known as Special Screenings. When you unlock one of these powerful moves, it adds a new bit of information to a character's stats screen that displays all the Unison attacks they can perform. Only specific characters can utilize certain Unison attacks.

These team moves let you gang up on shadows with a truly devastating attack. Their impressive strength makes you feel ridiculously powerful. Also, activating a Unison attack initiates a short cutscene that displays the characters assigned to that move launching a synchronized assault on the enemy. These attacks activate randomly, but it's better that way. They're too powerful to not be tied to RNG.

There's no doubt that the number of characters in Persona Q2 is a problem. Yet, they figured out a way to still make Unison attacks easily usable. If one character involved in the move is in your party, then it can activate. It's great because these attacks are unabashed fanservice of the best kind and that's part of what makes them so enjoyable.

The only next best thing are the often hilarious, sometimes absurd conversations you have with shadows. Sadly, there are no negotiations with shadows in this game. I know many Persona fans don't care much for negotiations, but it at least lets you target a specific Persona instead of just hoping you'll randomly get the one you need by defeating a rare enemy.

Overall, the gameplay loop is enough to keep you enthralled throughout the full 45 to 50 hour-long story. You jump into a film, battle enemies, collect materials to get new shop items, then return to the theater to rest up and do it all again. The repetition of slowly chipping away at each film can sometimes get to you.

Then once you think you're about to get bored with a given world, the challenge of the battle system and the full customization of the map creation pulls you back in. Another key to Persona Q2 combating boredom is by introducing new shadows multiple times per movie, despite a few reskins. However, it's easy to overlook reskinned enemies when their weaknesses change so drastically.

The 3DS may be aging and leaving us shortly, but you would be remiss to skip on Persona Q2. It's a little rough around the edges despite the beautiful roundness of the chibi style. The story and character building that we've come to expect from the Persona franchise is all but missing. Yet, battling and Persona collecting is still just as fun as it has always been — despite the lack of negotiations.

Even if you've never played a game in this series, Persona Q2 is still a great RPG. It makes references here and there to the main titles without getting too deep into spoilers. Of course, fans of the Persona franchise will also love this game. It's essentially an abridged version of the standard Persona experience. Get that 3DS charger ready, because you have one more wonderful game to finish.

Score: 4/5 – Great

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Robert Pattinson is new Batman; movie hits theaters in June 2021

Robert Pattinson attends the HFPA & Participant Media Honour Help Refugees' during the 72nd annual Cannes Film Festival on May 19, 2019 in Cannes, France. (Photo by Antony Jones/Getty Images)

× Robert Pattinson is new Batman; movie hits theaters in June 2021

Robert Pattinson attends the HFPA & Participant Media Honour Help Refugees' during the 72nd annual Cannes Film Festival on May 19, 2019 in Cannes, France. (Photo by Antony Jones/Getty Images)

LOS ANGELES — Robert Pattinson will be taking up residence in Gotham.

A representative for Warner Bros. confirmed Friday that the actor was in negotiations to play "The Batman" in the studio's forthcoming superhero film that Matt Reeves is set to direct.

Variety reported the 33-year-old "Twilight" star is officially the superhero in the film, which comes out in June 2021.

Earlier reports that Pattinson and "Tolkien" star Nicholas Hoult were the front-runners for the role had some observers skeptical that the "Twilight" actor was a good fit as the Caped Crusader.

Petitions were launched calling for Pattinson to be replaced before he had even been officially cast.

"Don't make the Batfleck mistake again," one petition implored.

That refers to the controversy behind Ben Affleck taking over the role in "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice," "Suicide Squad" and "Justice League" — a selection that did not go over well with some DC Comics devotees.

But there was also plenty of support for Pattinson, with some pointing out similar hoopla early on surrounded Heath Ledger's selection as the Joker in "The Dark Knight."

That performance earned Ledger, who died in 2008 from an accidental overdose, a posthumous Oscar for best supporting actor.

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New immersive movie watching experience in Fresno

FRESNO, Calif. -- Moviegoers in Fresno will have an immersive new experience to look forward to at Edwards Cinemas if they're willing to pay the price.

The new 4DX theater promises to bring viewers closer to the movie they are seeing than ever before by using scents, motion, and more.

This is Regal's third 4DX theater in California, but its first in Fresno. It looks to immerse customers by using motion-synchronized seats, wind, fog, rain, lightning, snow, vibration, and scents as you watch your film.

The theater debuted Friday night with showings of Aladdin.

The price for an adult evening ticket is $24.45 with discounts for children, military and seniors.

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Which movies in theaters are worth the price of admission?

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Need date night ideas? Don't miss this week's lineup of acclaimed movies showing on the big screen in and around New York City.

Here are the highest rated films to catch, based on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes' Tomatometer Score, which reflects the opinions of hundreds of film and television critics.

(Movie descriptions courtesy The Movie Database; showtimes via Fandango. Movie ratings and showtimes are subject to change.)

The Leopard

As Garibaldi's troops begin the unification of Italy in the 1860s, an aristocratic Sicilian family grudgingly adapts to the sweeping social changes undermining their way of life. Proud but pragmatic Prince Don Fabrizio Salina allows his war hero nephew, Tancredi, to marry Angelica, the beautiful daughter of gauche, bourgeois Don Calogero, in order to maintain the family's accustomed level of comfort and political clout.

Boasting a Tomatometer Score of 100 percent and an Audience Score of 89 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, this 1960s classic is a must-see. The AV Club's Scott Tobias said, "The film aches with regret over a crumbling empire, but its feelings are complicated by the wise prince, who recognizes his place on the wrong side of history," while Variety Staff noted, "A magnificent film, munificently outfitted and splendidly acted by a large cast dominated by Burt Lancaster's standout stint in the title role."

It's playing at Roxy Cinema Tribeca (2 Ave. of The Americas) through Saturday, June 1. Click here for showtimes and tickets.

Booksmart

Two academic teenage superstars realize, on the eve of their high school graduation, that they should have worked less and played more. Determined to never fall short of their peers, the girls set out on a mission to cram four years of fun into one night.

With a Tomatometer Score of 97 percent and an Audience Score of 75 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, "Booksmart" has been a must-watch since its release on May 24.

"'Booksmart' puts a fresh spin on the coming-of-age comedy because it's focused on two girls, one of whom is also queer," noted Erin Keane of Salon.com, while the Globe and Mail's Chandler Levack said, "'Booksmart' is a love letter for any young woman who has ever stayed home on a Friday night to watch a Ken Burns documentary."

It's playing at AMC Bay Plaza Cinema 13 (2210 Bartow Ave.) through Wednesday, June 5; Regal E-Walk & RPX (247 W. 42nd St.) through Wednesday, June 5; Williamsburg Cinemas (217 Grand St.) through Thursday, June 6; and AMC Dine-in Staten Island Mall 11 (2655 Richmond Ave.) through Wednesday, June 5. Click here for showtimes and tickets.

A Star Is Born

A movie star helps a young singer/actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.

With a Tomatometer Score of 97 percent and an Audience Score of 82 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, this classic is a must-see. Time Magazine's Staff said, "All this, plus a dozen big musical sequences, makes this a mighty long gulp of champagne; but, like champagne, it is hard to refuse," and the Chicago Reader's Dave Kehr noted, "Judy Garland gives everything she has as the young star on the way up; her performance is an emotional autobiography."

Interested? It's playing at City Cinemas Village East (181-189 Second Ave.) through Monday, June 3. Click here for showtimes and tickets.

Avengers: Endgame

After the devastating events of "Avengers: Infinity War," the universe is in ruins due to the efforts of the Mad Titan, Thanos. With the help of remaining allies, the Avengers must assemble once more in order to undo Thanos' actions and restore order to the universe once and for all, no matter what consequences may be in store.

With a Tomatometer Score of 95 percent and an Audience Score of 90 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, "Avengers: Endgame" has become a favorite since its release on April 26. The Observer's Oliver Jones said, "What you will be getting when you walk into an inevitably overstuffed movie theater is something singular that reflects our age in a way that none of the MCU films that preceded it have. Indeed, very few Hollywood spectacles ever have," while Matthew Lickona of the San Diego Reader stated, "The MCU will go on and on, but this chapter, and the American pragmatism vs. American ideals bromance that drove it, have well and truly come to their 'Excelsior! Nuff said!' moment."

Want to see for yourself? It's playing at AMC Bay Plaza Cinema 13 (2210 Bartow Ave.) through Wednesday, June 5; Regal E-Walk & RPX (247 W. 42nd St.) through Wednesday, June 5; Concourse Plaza Multiplex (214 E. 161st St.) through Wednesday, June 5; and College Point Multiplex Cinemas (2855 Ulmer St.) throu gh Tuesday, June 4. Click here for showtimes and tickets.

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Aladdin had a mother in the original animated movie. Here's why she was cut.

The live-action remake of "Aladdin" is in theaters now. Similar to the animated movie, Aladdin doesn't have any parents. Early on, he vaguely reveals in the new movie that he lost both of them.

But that wasn't always the case with the 1992 movie.

"The one exception in our movies I think is 'Aladdin,'" Ron Clements, who codirected "Aladdin," told INSIDER in March of Disney movies without parents while discussing the animated movie and the 30th anniversary of "The Little Mermaid." "He didn't have a dad, but he did have a mom."

Aladdin's mother would've been a single parent.Disney

If you're a die-hard Disney fan, you may have known Aladdin's mother was cut from the finished film, but you may not be familiar with the story of how she wound up removed from the movie.

Disney lyricist Howard Ashman initially pitched the idea for the Oscar-winning movie. In addition to "Aladdin," Ashman wrote the lyrics for Disney classics during the studio's renaissance era, including "Beauty and the Beast" and "The Little Mermaid" before his death in 1991.

"Howard was very involved with 'Aladdin' and wrote the first version of 'Aladdin'," said Clements. "In fact, [he] wrote a song that was very personal to [him], that [Aladdin] sang to his mom called 'Proud of Your Boy.'"

In the song, Aladdin apologizes to his mother, admitting that he wasn't always the perfect son, but that he's going to make something of himself so that his mother will be proud of him. In a DVD feature for the film years later, Clements said the song meant a lot to Ashman because of his own relationship with his mother.

"At a certain point when we had sort of developed the story and put it up on story reels and showed it to [then-Disney chairman] Jeffrey Katzenberg for the first time, he wanted us to cut the mom," said Clements. "He said, 'The mom's a zero. 86 the mom."

Clements said Katzenberg was right to some degree.

"That was a blunt way of putting it," said Clements of Katzenberg's criticism, but acknowledged the movie was probably better off without her. "There were problems in terms of the way she worked in the story. The story did work better with Aladdin as just a street kid who didn't have a father or a mother."

Read more: Ron Clements explains why Disney movies often didn't have one or both parents

Though he had a lot of say in the creative direction of Disney's animated features at the time, Katzenberg didn't always get his way. A few years earlier, he wanted the now iconic "Part of Your World" song cut from "The Little Mermaid." Ariel actress Jodie Benson told INSIDER Katzenberg suggested cutting the song after some children were getting restless during a test screening of the film.

While "Part of Your World" did wind up in the final version of "The Little Mermaid," it wouldn't be until many years later when "Aladdin" came to Broadway that most people would hear "Proud of Your Boy" for the first time. The song Ashman wrote years ago is a staple of Disney's Broadway adaptation of the movie and you can hear it here.

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New movie theater featuring bedroom cinema experience opens in Switzerland

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New movie theater featuring bedroom cinema experience opens in Switzerland

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Ryan Jay Reviews Three New Movies in Theaters

Thinking about seeing a movie this weekend, but are afraid it won't be worth your time or money? Well, we have you covered! Ryan Jay, a nationally syndicated radio film critic and entertainment guru, joins us to tell you what movies you should make a trip to see in the theater, what movies you should wait to rent at home, and what movies you should skip altogether.

For full reviews and opportunities to see the newest movies before anyone else (for FREE!), visit his website at RyanJayReviews.com

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'Kinky Boots' to star in movie theaters, coming full circle

NEW YORK (AP) - If anyone is kicking themselves that they missed seeing the musical "Kinky Boots," relax - it's coming to a movie screen nearby this summer.

Fathom Events plans to show a performance from the London cast in nearly 500 movie theaters across America on June 25 and again on June 29.

The musical is about a staid British shoe factory on the brink of ruin that retrofits itself into a maker of footwear for drag queens. It has songs by Cyndi Lauper and a story by Harvey Fierstein.

The musical, which made its bow on Broadway in 2013, won the Tony Award that year and later a Grammy Award for best musical theater album. A London production won the Olivier Award.

Both the West End and Broadway runs are over, with the Broadway doors closing last month after more than six years and 2,500 performances. The filmed version was recorded at the Adelphi Theatre in London. It will star Matt Henry as Lola and Killian Donnelly as Charlie.

Viewers will also enjoy "an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the story and "never-before-seen footage from the record-breaking Broadway run."

Its appearance in movie theaters will mark a full-circle moment for the title: The show is based on the film written by Geoff Deane and Tim Firth.

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An extra-fancy new cinema just landed in South Yarra

And just like that, Melbourne got a flashy new cinema.

Palace Cinemas has just announced a new cinema offering at Palace Cinema Como. It's called Palace Platinum, and you can think of it like Palace's version of Gold Class (but, you know, better because it's platinum).

Cinema-goers can expect fully reclining leather seats, personalised in-cinema wait service and intimate screenings that fit a total of 14 guests.

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You won't have to settle for stale popcorn again. The in-cinema dining menu includes share plates, charcuterie boards and ciabattas as well as options from surrounding restaurants. Choc tops are premium and handmade – as you'd expect.

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The area is also open to guests before screenings, where you can have a pre-show drink or snack in the lounge bar.

Palace Platinum's official launch is on Thursday, May 23. The cinema is offering an exclusive launch ticket price for $20 per seat (or $16 per seat for Palace Platinum Movie Club members). Find out more here.

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Which movies are in Tampa Bay theaters? ‘A Dog’s Journey,’ ‘John Wick: Chapter 3,’ ‘The Sun Is Also a Star’

OPEN THURSDAY

A Dog's Journey

The pooch with a purpose forms a new attachment and vows to watch over her in this sequel. With Marg Helgenberger, Betty Gilpin, Kathryn Prescott, Dennis Quaid and the voice of Josh Gad. Written by W. Bruce Cameron, Cathryn Michon, Maya Forbes, Wally Wolodarsky; based on the novel by Cameron. Directed by Gail Mancuso. (108 minutes, PG)

John Wick: Chapter 3 — Parabellum

The super-assassin played by Keanu Reeves is back, pursued by other hired killers looking to collect a $14 million bounty. With Halle Berry, Laurence Fishburne, Asia Kate Dillon, Lance Reddick, Jerome Flynn, Jason Mantzoukas, Anjelica Huston, Ian McShane. Written by Derek Kolstad, Shay Hatten, Chris Collins, Marc Abrams; story by Kolstad. Directed by Chad Stahelski. (130 minutes, R)

The Sun Is Also a Star

Love blooms for two young people over the course of one life-changing New York City day. With Yara Shahidi, Charles Melton, John Leguizamo. Written by Tracy Oliver; based on the novel by Nicola Yoon. Directed by Ry Russo-Young. (120 minutes, PG-13)

Good Sam

Based on the book series by Dete Meserve of the same name, this comedy-drama about a mysterious good Samaritan, which is set to launch on Netflix, stars Tiya Sircar. (89 minutes, NR)

OPEN FRIDAY

See You Yesterday

Netflix presents an adaptation of director Stefon Bristol's 2017 short, produced by Spike Lee. Two teenage friends who are building a time machine drive the movie. (86 minutes, NR)

PIONEERING PAIR: Satan and Adam

A screening of new documentary Satan and Adam celebrates the life and music of Gulfport blues legend Sterling "Mr. Satan" Magee and his blues partner Adam Gussow. $20 suggested donation. 6-8 p.m. Saturday. Catherine Hickman Theater, 5501 27th Ave. S, Gulfport. (727) 893-1070.

ON THE HUNT: The Orchid Seller

Coinciding with its exhibition "Oswaldo Vigas: Transformations," the Tampa Museum of Art features The Orchid Seller in the University of Tampa's Reeves Theater. The film centers around a search led by celebrated Venezuelan painter Vigas, whose son Lorenzo Vigas, a UT alumnus and 2015 Venice Film Festival Golden Lion winner, produces. 7-9 p.m. Tuesday. Vaughn Center, second floor, 200 UT Poe Parkway. (813) 274-8130.

MODERN TAKE: Booksmart

Don't miss this sneak-peek Booksmart screening. Officially in theaters May 24, the movie is a coming-of-age story as much as an unfiltered comedy about unforgettable high school bonds. Olivia Wilde directs. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. AMC West Shore 14, 210 WestShore Plaza, Tampa. (813) 637-8366.

BRING A HANKY: Steel Magnolias

You have three chances to observe the 30th anniversary of this hit comedy-drama embracing friendship, love and resilience. Regal Cinemas Citrus Park 20 in Tampa and Regal Cinemas Park Place 16 in Pinellas Park also plan to screen Steel Magnolias, which stars Sally Field, Dolly Parton, Shirley MacLaine, Daryl Hannah, Olympia Dukakis and Julia Roberts. 4 and 7 p.m. Sunday, 7 p.m. Tuesday, 7 p.m. Wednesday. AMC Regency 20, 2496 W Brandon Blvd., Brandon. fathomevents.com.

CRITICS' PICKS

Long Shot: A struggling journalist (Seth Rogen) catches a break when his first crush (Charize Theron) runs for president and hires him as a speech writer in this Pretty Woman role-reversal.

Shazam! A streetwise 14-year-old is able to transform into a superhero by shouting one magic word in this family-friendly movie with the feel of a 1980s adventure comedy.

The Mustang: A violent convict is given the opportunity to participate in a rehabilitation program involving training wild horses. Nicely acted and ultimately moving.

UPCOMING RELEASES

All dates subject to change.

May 24: The White Crow; Aladdin; BrightBurn; Booksmart

May 31: Ma; Godzilla: King of the Monsters; Rocketman

June 7: All Is True; The Secret Life of Pets 2; The Souvenir

June 14: The Dead Don't Die; Men in Black: International; Shaft

June 21: Child's Play; Toy Story 4

June 28: 47 Meters Down: Uncaged; Annabelle Comes Home; Yesterday

Times staff writer Meaghan Habuda and Times wires

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New Mortal Kombat movie goes into pre-production

Fans eagerly awaiting the return of bloody beat-em-up series Mortal Kombat to cinemas can rejoice today, as it's been announced that a Mortal Kombat movie reboot project is finally officially about to start shooting in Australia after spending several years in limbo.

As reported by GameSpot, the film was formally announced to be going into pre-production via an event in Adelaide and will be the 'largest film production in South Australia's history' according to Premier of South Australia Steven Marshall. The film will begin shooting and production proper later this year.

It'll be a Warner Bros Pictures and New Line Cinema production, with Aquaman's James Wan producing with Simon McQuoid as the latter's feature directoral debut. Also attached are E Bennett Walsh (Men in Black International) and Larry Kasanoff, the latter of whom worked on the original Mortal Kombat movie.

It is, of course, not the franchise's first foray into cinema, with the (in)famous Christopher Lambert movie from back in 1995 followed by Annihilation in 1997. The former starring actor Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa as Shang Tsung, who will be repising his role as the first post-launch DLC fighter for Mortal Kombat 11.   

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You Can Watch Movies on a Boat at This New Cinema in Prague

With summer just around the corner, outdoor movies are on the verge of popping up at parks, beaches, and rooftops in cities around the world.

But there's one movie theater in Prague that, while not actually outdoors, has upped the ante by virtue of being on a boat — and it's open all year round.

Anchored in the Vltava river, Kinolod first opened in Prague 7's Holešovice quarter in February 2019, Lonely Planet reports. For just Kč130 ($5.67), cinephiles can watch a film on this refurbished, 1925 transshipment vessel, to be enjoyed with a beer from the onboard bar.

Courtesy of Kinolod Courtesy of Kinolod

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If the idea of going to a movie theater in a country where you do not speak the language sounds intimidating, rest easy. Kinolod plays Czech movies, but you can watch some of them with English subtitles, or opt to watch an international film. Before you purchase your ticket, head to the cinema's website to see which Czech films are subtitled and which U.S. films are dubbed.

Courtesy of Kinolod

Adding to its cool factor, Kinolod is more than just an 80-seat movie theater: it also doubles as a concert venue. After special film viewings, the theater moves the screen to unveil a stage, where music inspired by the movie is performed.

Courtesy of Kinolod

For those who get seasick, you can still partake in the fun. According to Lonely Planet, Kinolod plans to eventually play outdoor movies next to the boat, on the left bank of the Vltava.

Want to make a whole day out of your trip to Holešvoice? Before or after your movie, be sure to shop the boutiques on Veverkova Street, check out one — or more — of the district's many art galleries, and head to Letna Park for stunning views of the city.

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New Trailer Out For Pittsburgh-Filmed Movie, ‘Where’d You Go, Bernadette’

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The latest trailer is out for a new movie, starring Cate Blanchett, that was filmed here in Pittsburgh.

"Where'd You Go, Bernadette" is based on a best-selling novel by the same name.

The movie stars Blanchett, Kristen Wiig, Lawrence Fishurne and Judy Greer. It tells the story of fictional Bernadette Fox, a mother who vanishes on a quest to reclaim her passion for life.

Watch the trailer here:

Parts of the movie were filmed at Pittsburgh's 31st Street Studios, which stands in for the story setting of Seattle, Washington. It was directed by award-winning filmmaker Richard Linklater.

It hits theaters on Aug. 16.

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This New Movie Shows the Hellish Life of a B-17 Bomber Crew

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Restored footage shows heroism and death in the skies above Nazi Germany.

This New Movie Shows the Hellish Life of a World War II B-17 Bomber Crew

The Cold Blue is as much a meditation on death and fear as it as a tribute those who found the courage to climb back into a flying fortress and face it all again, day after day.

A new documentary places the audience inside of a B-17 flying fortress during one of the deadliest moments of World War II for American military aviators: Soaring over Europe in 1943 on a daylight bombing mission.

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The Best Movies New to Every Major Streaming Platform in May 2019

Netflix may get most of the attention, but it's hardly a one-stop shop for cinephiles who are looking to stream essential classic and contemporary films. Each of the prominent streaming platforms — and there are more of them all the time — caters to its own niche of film obsessives. From chilling horror fare on Shudder, to the boundless wonders of the Criterion Channel, and esoteric (but unmissable) festival hits on the newly launched OVID.tv, IndieWire's monthly guide will highlight the best of what's coming to every major streaming site, with an eye towards exclusive titles that may help readers decide which of these services is right for them.

Here's the best of the best for May 2019.

AMAZON PRIME

Amazon Prime continues to be among the best streaming platform for exclusive streaming access to "first-run" arthouse and foreign films that you may have just missed in theaters. While their May lineup is padded out by all the usual randomness that's shared between various streaming services ("F/X," "Antitrust," "The Punisher: War Zone," etc.), it's defined by the likes of Luca Guadagnino's "Suspiria," Neil Jordan's camp-tastic "Greta," and the fascinating archaeological documentary "Dinosaur 13."

Of course, the real highlight on Amazon Prime this month is season two of Phoebe Waller-Bridge's "Fleabag," but that's out of this column's jurisdiction.

"Suspiria" (2018)

Perhaps the single most polarizing film that came out last year (and one of the biggest box office disappointments), Luca Guadagnino's "Suspiria" is a coldly violent seance for the evils of the 20th century, none of which are quite as dead as we might have once hoped. Based on the screenplay of Dario Argento's giallo classic about a coven of witches behind a German dance academy, Guadagnino's radical new take is less a remake of the original than it is an estranged sibling — the fraternal twin sister who recognized herself as the black sheep of an already twisted family, ran away from home to become a fascist, and has dressed in gray every day since then. Only by drawing some blood can you tell the two are even related.

As grim and severe as Argento's film was ecstatic and harlequin, this "Suspiria" offers a richer, more explicit interpretation of that old nightmare; it digs up the latent anxieties of that story like someone picking at a scab and watching with a queasy mix of horror and delight as the pus seeps out and makes everything literal. Those ideas don't always have the emotional force to justify the degree of self-harm, but Guadagnino's wicked opus ultimately cares more about the scars it leaves behind than it does the violence that caused them, or might cut them open again. Mileage will vary (to put it mildly), but "Suspiria" is worth streaming for Dakota Johnson's committed lead turn alone, not to mention Tilda Swinton's three performances and an unnerving score from Radiohead's Thom Yorke.

Available to stream May 3.

THE CRITERION CHANNEL The Criterion Channel

Hot off the most exciting launch lineup that any streaming platform has ever had, the Criterion Channel is keeping the party going with another month of incredible classic and contemporary movies. It's hard to know where to even begin, as the May titles cover so many bases. The month kicks off with a Masterclass with Kelly Reichardt (accompanied by four of her best films), and then follows that up on May 8 with three brilliant — and previously elusive — features from "The Souvenir" auteur Joanna Hogg. Later on, the Channel shines an overdue spotlight on Claudia Weill's raw and funny "Girlfriends," a trio of Hong Sang-soo's recent work, and three vintage works from the Taviani brothers. Along the way, thematically curated programs pegged to Mother's Day and leg endary Japanese cinematographer Kazuo Miyagawa offer clear roadmaps through Criterion's intimidatingly vast Collection of 20th century masterpieces.

"The Love Witch" (2016)

Amidst the Criterion Channel's latest embarrassment of classic and contemporary riches, "The Love Witch" stands out for how it epitomizes the streaming platform's ability to rescue more recent films from the edge of oblivion, and draw new audiences to working filmmakers while they still have the opportunity to make use of that attention.

So please say hello to your new obsession: A spellbinding homage to old pulp paperbacks and the Technicolor melodramas of the 1960s, Anna Biller's "The Love Witch" is a throwback that's told with a degree of perverse conviction and studied expertise that would make Quentin Tarantino blush. Shot in velvety 35mm and seen through the lens of a playfully violent female gaze, the film follows a beautiful, narcissistic young sorceress named Elaine (Samantha Robinson, unforgettable in a demented breakthrough performance that earned her a role in Tarantino's "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood") as she blows into a coastal Californian town in desperate search of a replacement for her recently murdered husband. Sex, death, Satanic rituals, God-level costume design, and cinema's greatest tampon joke ensue, as Biller spins an archly funny — but also hyper-sincere — story about the true price of the patriarchy.

Available to stream May 29.

FILM MOVEMENT PLUS Film Movement

Film Movement Plus is the streaming complement to Film Movement, which began in 2002 as a mail-order DVD-of-the-month club with a special focus on arthouse and foreign cinema. The company's online venture is a natural outgrowth of that brand, offering subscribers access to more than 250 recent festival favorites (and a scattering of older treasures) for just $5.99 per month. Perfect for cinephiles whose tastes are a bit off the beaten path, Film Movement Plus' May lineup includes contemporary work like "Theeb" and "Narcissister Organ Player," along with vintage titles like Arturo Ripstein's semi-obscure Western "Time To Die," and also Budd Boetticher's 1982 swan song, "A Time for Dying."

"The Teacher" (2016)

Effectively transposing "12 Angry Men" into the most intense PTA meeting of all time, Jan Hřebejk's "The Teacher" is a sardonic, richly seriocomic morality play that uses a delicate touch to explore why communism never seems to work out in the long run. Set in Czechoslovakia circa 1983 — when the country was just beginning to peek out from behind the Iron Curtain — and loosely inspired by true events, this perverse crowd-pleaser leverages its hyper-specific setting to convey a universal story of fear and power. It's a lot more fun than it sounds!

In large part, that's because of the spellbindingly hateful lead performance from Sloval actress Zuzana Mauréry. Essentially Dolores Umbridge for the muggle set, her Mrs. Drazděchová is lustful, and low-key where her Hogwarts counterpart was the living embodiment of toffee-nosed evil. A teacher at an elementary school that looks more like a concrete concentration camp, Drazděchová terrorizes her students without fear that they'll rat her out to their parents; being the highest-ranking Communist in town has its perks, and Drazděchová has no reservations about exploiting every one of them. Mauréry is a symbol of corruption who's most compelling when she's right on the brink of becoming a cartoon, and her performance threads the needle between dismantling communism and skewering the timeless human qualities that make it so untenable.

Available to stream May 3.

HULU Hulu

Hulu offers a mixed bag for cinephiles this month, as the platform seems to be focusing its energy on the May 17 release of George Clooney's "Catch-22" series. On the film side of things, subscribers will have access to a litany of movies that are being shared between Netflix and Amazon Prime, but hot exclusives are few and far between ("Dazed and Confused" is a big one, but Richard Linklater's classic has never been especially hard to find).

"Happy-Go-Lucky" 

There had never been a character quite like Pauline "Poppy" Cross, and there hasn't been one since. Not even "Inside Out," which starred Joy herself, could match the immaculate buoyancy that Sally Hawkins brought to the lead role of "Happy-Go-Lucky" — indeed, the character could have easily been a cartoon if not for Hawkins' ability to show us a little bit of her soul with every smile. Written and directed by Mike Leigh (of all people), the film follows a relentlessly cheery London gal as she irritates almost everyone around her with her perpetual positivity, eventually sending her driving instructor (Eddie Marsan) into a violent rage that's as raw as real life and a touch more relatable than most of us might care to admit. A charming comedy that isn't afraid to stare unpleasantness in the face, "Happy-Go-Lucky" knows that some of us can't always afford to laugh at life, but that happiness is always a little bit easier to see than it seems. Also, it has Eddie Marsan absolutely bringing it in one of the more disturbing supporting turns in recent memory, and one that you're unlikely to ever forget.

Available to stream May 1.

KANOPY Kanopy

Kanopy continues to be a film lover's most generous friend, as the streaming service taps into America's library and university systems in order to provide totally free (no fees, no commercials) access to essential classic and contemporary cinema. Kanopy's May lineup is impressive — if not for its volume, than for its quality. In addition to low-key essentials from major auteurs (e.g. Paul Thomas Anderson's "Hard Eight," Jia Zhangke's "24 City," Iwai Shunji's unmissable "All About Lily Chou-Chou"), the service is also dipping into mumblecore ("Mutual Appreciation") and Tucci-core ("Big Night"). But the biggest new addition of them all is an anime.

"Millennium Actress" (2003)

Satoshi Kon left us far too soon (the staggeringly brilliant storyteller died of cancer in 2010; he was only 46 years old), but the slim oeuvre he left behind will shape 21st century cinema for decades to come. His volatile body of work has already been thoroughly subsumed into American film, as "Black Swan" is like a defanged remake of "Perfect Blue," and "Inception" is pretty much just "Paprika" without the spice. Swirling together the lives of legendary Japanese actresses Setsuko Hara and Hideko Takamine, 2001's "Millennium Actress" is a magnificent Charlie Kaufman-esque character study that blurs the line between fantasy and reality as it uses an aging star's movie roles in order to tell her life story and solve the mystery of her broken heart. It may not match the scope of Kon's limited series "Paranoia Agent," but this achingly human story epitomizes how Kon used animation to express real emotions in a more vivid and three-dimensional way than m ost live-action films could dream.

Available to stream May 1.

MUBI MUBI

Always the most fluid and responsive of the streaming platforms, MUBI is leaning hard into Cannes season with a dozen films from some of the festival's biggest names. Lars von Trier ("Antichrist"), Gus van Sant ("Paranoid Park"), Cristian Mungiu ("4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days"), and more will be dropping by the service as the month rolls on and the action begins on the Croisette. Meanwhile, MUBI is offering a special focus on the great French auteur Olivier Assayas — whose delightful "Non-Fiction" is now playing in theaters — and streaming five of his best films, including exclusive access to "Noise" and "Demonlover." If that's not enough for you, how about a 10-film Straub-Huillet retrospective, a profile of Eugène Green, and some highlights from the Film Society's Art of the Rea l series?

"Something in the Air" (2012)

Of all the Assayas films coming to MUBI this month, the one we're going to highlight isn't necessarily the auteur's best — for this critic, that's "Irma Vep" now and forever — but perhaps the one that's most in need of rediscovery, or at least most ready to be rediscovered. A semi-autobiographical portrait of a floppy-haired teenager (Clément Métayer) trying to find himself in the immediate aftermath of Frances' May '68 revolution, "Something in the Air" burns with the orphaned energy that shaped Assayas' formative artistic years. The plot is as wayward and wandering as its young hero, but it's basically structured around a series of flashbulb memories (e.g. sex, protest, a house fire that revisits Assayas' "Cold Water") that allow Assayas to personify the sublime embarrassment of self-discovery, and build to an ending that crystallizes the moment when someone starts living their life instead of just watching it all go by around them. It's a gitated, it's romantic, and it's essential to understanding what makes Assayas tick.

Available to stream May 11

NETFLIX Netflix

Netflix's May release slate is a bit quiet compared to the average month, as it almost seems as if the streaming giant were ceding a little bit of viewers' attention to the first onslaught of summer movies (the platform's new television offerings are more robust, highlighted by Ava DuVernay's "When They See Us"). But that doesn't mean Netflix is leaving its subscribers high and dry for the rest of the spring, as the assortment of titles streaming over the next few weeks are a grab bag of new — and classic! — films that should offer a little something for everyone.

The new batch of Netflix Originals include "Knock Down the House" and "The Perfection" (the former of which stormed through Sundance, and the latter of which was a Fantastic Fest highlight last fall), and the mixed bag Ted Bundy biopic, "Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil, and Vile." On the older front, Netflix is also adding a handful of films that were formative in their respective genres, including "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?," "Scream," and "The Matrix."

"Moonlight" (2016)

There's still plenty to say about "Moonlight." There will probably always be plenty to say about "Moonlight," particularly as the landscape continues to change (and Barry Jenkins continues to play a part in changing it). But for now it's enough to say that "Moonlight" is coming to Netflix, which should hopefully allow it to reach an even wider audience than before; winning Best Picture can do a lot to raise a movie's profile, but a relatively small $27 million box office haul suggests that some people have yet to discover what IndieWire crowned as the best LGBTQ film of the 21st century.

Available to stream May 21.

OVID.tv OVID.tv

Now in its third month, OVID.tv bills itself as "an unprecedented collaborative effort of eight of the most noteworthy independent film distributors in the United States." And while it remains to be seen if that effort will be enough of an advantage to earn the service a devoted fanbase in an increasingly competitive space, it's allowed OVID to burst out of the gate as a valuable (and inexpensive) way for dedicated cinephiles to track down exciting contemporary films that may have only played on the festival circuit. Their small but well-curated May lineup once again appeals to hardcore cinephiles, as it focuses on recent festival curiosities ("The Strange Little Cat"), hard-to-find auteur gems (Raúl Ruiz's "Time Regained"), and illuminating documentaries about great arti sts ("Jean Rouch, the Adventurous Filmmaker").

"Trouble Every Day" (2001)

Ranking high on IndieWire's list of the best foreign-language horror films of the 21st century, Claire Denis' savage masterpiece simultaneously finds the great French auteur at her most violent and tender (a paradox that only she is able to pull off). Marking the occasion, Chris O'Falt wrote that "Denis found tension boiling underneath the glistening bodies of young legionnaires in 'Beau Travail'; with 'Trouble Every Day,' that fixation erupts into sexual obsession and body horror in the great French filmmaker's into genre territory." The story is simple enough: An American scientist (Vincent Gallo) uses his honeymoon as an excuse to visit France and search for his ex-lover Coré (Béatric Dalle), who shares his supernatural fetish for human blood. For her part, Coré escapes from her keeper (Denis regular Alex Descas), and begins going full "Under the Skin" on the male population of Paris. Carnage ensues, as Denis' sensual camera probes new territory in the dark space between sex and violence.

Available to stream May 3.

SHUDDER Shudder

The world's best (and only) premium streaming service exclusively for genre fare is offering another strong lineup for horror mavens, adding a motley collection of classics like Robert Mulligan's "The Other," recent genre highlights like "V/H/S/2," and various oddities ("White God") that might appeal to the platform's unique audience.

"Fear" (1996)

Before "Boogie Nights" (but after Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch), there was James Foley's "Fear," an MTV Movie Award-minted psychothriller in which Mark Wahlberg plays every father's worst nightmare. Basically a youth-friendly riff on "The Stepfather," this is one of those movies where an ominous man shows up and starts gaslighting everyone around him into thinking that he's not a deranged serial killer. Except this time, that ominous man is a foster kid (scary!) with a proto-swoop haircut and a fatal attraction to 16-year-old Reese Witherspoon. A trashy '90s time capsule that's full of nostalgic value and iced off by a tense Carter Burwell score, "Fear" is the movie that Wahlberg should actually be apologizing for every time he goes out of his way to suggest that "Boogie Nights" was the devil's work — and that's exactly what makes it so much fun.

Available to stream May 1.

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Showtime: Michigan's restored golden-age movie theaters are places to see and be seen

The most prominent and successful theater renovation has been at the State Theatre in downtown Traverse City, which reopened in 2007 after a renovation spearheaded by filmmaker Michael Moore.

It helped fuel the continued rebirth of Traverse City, providing customers for the fine-dining restaurants up and down Front Street and helping give more prominence to the Traverse City Film Festival, which Moore founded in 2005. The festival brings thousands to the city in later July and early August for screenings of upwards of 100 movies at a variety of venues.

Run by volunteers, the theater shows first-run films as well as midnight classics and kids' matinees for 25 cents.

The State traces its history to 1916, when the Lyric Theatre opened. It was destroyed by fire in 1923 and rebuilt and reopened later that year. The Lyric was destroyed by fire again in 1948 and a new theater built on the site in 1949 and christened the State.

The theater closed in 1996 and wound up in the hands of the Rotary Charities, which donated it to the film festival in 2007, the year its renovation was complete.

The State's success led to the opening in 2013 of another downtown theater, the Bijou, a project that renovated the Con Foster Museum building, which had been built by the Civil Works Administration in the 1930s but had sat vacant for years.

Traverse City is also home to the City Opera House, which was built in 1892 for $50,000. The building was added to National Register of Historic Places in 1972, fell on hard times and was given to the city in 1980. The City Opera House Heritage Association, a nonprofit, has restored the downtown building to its Victorian grandeur, preserving its fresco paintings and gold-leaf accents, and it is now home to a variety of events, including musical concerts, the National Writers Series, the Traverse City Film Festival, conferences and weddings.

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New Avengers: Endgame Trailer Goes In On Spoilery Content

Massive spoilers ahead for Avengers: Endgame. If you haven't seen the movie yet, look away!

Avengers: Endgame is going into its third weekend in theaters, and just continues to make insane box office numbers. The blockbuster has surpassed the gross of Titanic, and is currently the second highest earning movie in history. Endgame is showing no signs of slowing down, as the dense narrative warrants multiple viewings, especially from the hardcore fandom.

Co-directors The Russo Brothers officially lifted the Avengers: Endgame spoiler ban this week, after the film had two full weekends of showings. As such, the cast and crew have gotten a bit more chatty about their experience on set. And a new TV spot for Endgame is going ham on spoiler content, revealing tons of clips from the epic final battle. Check it out.

Holy HD footage. To this point, the only way you could watch Endgame's insane final battle against Thanos at the theaters. But this new TV spot will likely get tons of views, as it offers brief glimpses at the biggest battle in Marvel history.

The new Avengers: Endgame TV spot boast the film's wild success and killer reviews. As praise for The Russo Brothers' (final?) Marvel movie is shown in big letters, the audience is treated to exclusive footage from the lat conflict with Thanos. It's a scene that brought every character imaginable, and some of the epic new team-ups appear in the new TV spot.

This latest Endgame commercial starts with familiar footage: we see the Avengers in their Quantum Suits, and assembled around a table at the Compound. But then the new clips start arriving, and they seriously deliver. To start, we see a clip from the moment where Marvel's most badass female characters teamed up on the field. It's a mind-blowing moment in the film, one that has erupted more than a few theaters into thunderous applause.

There's also some brief shots from Avengers: Endgame's time heist. The survivors' quest to assemble the Infinity Stones by stealing them throughout the MCU's timeline was super ambitious, and one of the most fun and cameo-laden moments in the movie. Specifically, the new Endgame trailer shows some footage of the team who traveled back to the Battle of New York. We see Hulk's confrontation with Tilda Swinton's The Ancient One, as well as the two Captain Americas facing off. Luckily, they both have America's ass.

The latest Avengers: Endgame TV spot also includes some of the most epic shots of the entire film. After the dusted heroes are revived and joined the Avengers on the field, there's an insane few moments of Earth's forces running toward Thanos' army. That shot and the battle itself are a big selling point in this new trailer, encouraging moviegoers to see it on the big screen one more time.

You can catch Avengers: Endgame in theaters now, and help it gain even more box office success. In the meantime, check out our 2019 release list to plan your next trip to the movie.

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Tribeca Review: Abel Ferrara’s ‘The Projectionist’ Sheds Light on Running Movie Theaters in a Changing Landscape

Tribeca 2019 ReviewIndependent; 89 minutes

Director: Abel Ferrara

Written by John Fink on May 3, 2019 

If anything, Abel Ferrara's lovingly crafted personal documentary The Projectionist answers a question has plagued many a hardcore New York-based cinephile at one point or another: how the hell does the Cinema Village on 12th street stay open? While Ferrara doesn't audit the finances of his subject–life-long movie exhibitor and real estate developer Nicolas Nicolaou–he never the less crafts a portrait of a man who has kept neighborhood theaters alive in the city, fighting it out with the big guns like Regal, AMC, and Landmark Theaters (the de facto new proprietor of neighboring Quad Cinema) for first run product. Premiering in Tribeca's programming lineup This Used To Be New York, The Projectionist provides a personal history of running movie theaters through the changing landscape.

The film starts with a friendship between Nicolaou and Ferrara–always a lively presence in festival Q&As, occasionally taking on the persona of host, which he claims much of the film was left on the cutting room. A native New Yorker, Ferrara's early pictures documented the gritty Ed Koch era in which Nicolaou cut his teeth as the owner of several neighborhood theaters showing adult and art films. In the 1980s the cinema landscape in New York changes as gritty neighborhood theaters are swallowed in a buying spree by Canadian chain Cineplex Odeon.

With a million-dollar check from Cineplex's colorful CEO Garth Drabinsky (presented through footage from Barry Avrich's documentary about him, Show Stopper: The Colorful Life of Garth Drabinksy), Nicolaou sets out to buy his buildings outright, rehabbing down-and-out theaters with new seats, carpeting, and presentation. He can only hold on so long before making personally painful calculation that in a hot Manhattan real estate market the buildings may be better served by another use. In the case of a theater turned lounge, he argues both serve as a purpose as a community meeting space.

See Also: Abel Ferrara on Finding Light in the Darkness, NYC Post-9/11, and the Realities of the Film Industry

The film opens in Cyprus where Nicolaou lives for a part of the year, running his empire remotely with the assistance of his children. He arrives in New York in 1970; attending college first, he's drawn to the magic of cinema through the Upper East Side luxury theaters (like the still standing Cinema 1, 2, and 3) before cutting his teeth in an industry that at that time made little to no distinction between adult and art product. Operating the Union Square market near NYU, Cinema Village survives through a four-wall program (allowing filmmakers to rent the cinema to show their films) as well as nurturing other independent films in the shadow of 38 other first-run films that at one time were unable to play the same product. His other venues the Alpine in Bay Ridge and Cinemart in Forrest Hills thrive as neighborhood movie theaters with low prices, first run product, and new amenities. 

The joy of Ferrara's The Projectionist is simply in getting to know its subject. Fredrick Wiseman famously states he can find interesting characters at work in any situation and here Ferrara invites us into the living room of a man who shaped cinematic exhibition in New York City in both the pre- and post-9/11 era. Nicolaou is the kind of guy you meet to do business with and end up staying longer than planned just to hear him talk about the old days.

Illustrated with examples of films and historical research of the era, The Projectionist is a warm and rich documentary that should excite the kinds of New York City cinephiles that plan their weekend around four or five movies at various venues. While repertory and 35mm have made a big comeback in an evolving landscape that now includes an updated Quad Cinema, Alamo Drafthouse, and Metrograph, one has to pine for good ol' bad days. Sure, the floors were stickier and seats didn't recline but what a joy it must have been to curate your own adventure without the guidance of Film Twitter and Letterboxd.

The Projectionist premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival.

See More: Abel Ferrara, Festivals, The Projectionist, Tribeca 2019

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The Film Event of a Generation, 1969's 'Easy Rider' Turns 50 by Cruising Back to Movie Theaters Across America for Two Days Only: July 14 and 17

Restored 4K Version of 'Easy Rider' Makes its Debut at Cannes Classics This May Before Heading to U.S. Cinemas

DENVER, May 6, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Massively influential and en ormously popular, "Easy Rider" became the film event for an entire generation when it was released on July 14, 1969, less than a week before a human being landed on the moon – and for the film industry, "Easy Rider" turned out to be as significant as that event. Now, exactly 50 years after it became a cultural touchstone, "Easy Rider" is returning to movie theaters across the country for two days only: Sunday, July 14, and Wednesday, July 17.

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Tickets for "Easy Rider" can be purchased today at www.FathomEvents.com and at participating theater box offices.

Fathom Events and Sony Pictures Entertainment present "Easy Rider" in more than 400 movie theaters at 4:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. local time each day. For a complete list of theater locations, visit the Fathom Events website (theaters and participants are subject to change).

"In 1969, I went looking for America," said star Peter Fonda, who co-wrote the film with Terry Southern and director Dennis Hopper. "Fifty years later, I'm still looking …" The Fathom presentation will also include a brand-new, exclusive introduction by Fonda.

A massive box-office hit when it was released, "Easy Rider" did more than impress a generation of young, dis illusioned Americans, who had never seen themselves represented in film quite as accurately before. The film was also a critical hit, The New York Times called it "A statement on film," and Hopper received the First Film Award at the 1969 Cannes Film Festival.

Fifty years later, "Easy Rider" returns to the South of France where Peter Fonda will present a restored 4K version of the film from its original 35mm original picture negative this month at Cannes Classics 2019. The restoration, which will be used for the Fathom Events screenings, was done by Sony Pictures Entertainment in collaboration wit h Cineteca di Bologna.

Co-star Jack Nicholson and the film's screenplay were both nominated for Oscars®. In 1998, "Easy Rider" was added to the National Film Registry, and the iconic movie is also part of the American Film Institute's list of 100 best American films.

"A seminal counterculture film that spoke for a generation, 'Easy Rider' captured the imagination and social consciousness of the late '60s," said Fathom Events Vice President of Studio Relations Tom Lucas. "On the big screen fifty years later, the film continues to resonate, doing so beautifully in its new 4K restoration." 

For artwork/photos related to "Easy Rider," please visit the Fathom Events press site.

About Fathom EventsFathom Events is the leading event cinema distributor with theater locations in all top 100 DMAs® (Designated Market Areas) and ranks as one of the largest overall theater content distributors. Owned by AMC Entertainment Inc. (AMC); Cinemark Holdings, Inc. (CNK); and Regal Cinemas, a subsidiary of the Cineworld Group (LSE:CINE.L), Fathom Events offers a variety of unique entertainment events in movie theaters such as live performances of the Metropolitan Opera, top Broadway stage productions, major sporting events, epic concerts, the yearlong TCM Big Screen Classics series, inspirational events and popular anime franchises. Fathom Events takes audiences behind the scenes for unique extras including audience Q&As, backstage footage and interviews with cast and crew, creating the ultimate VIP experience. Fathom Events' live Digital Broadcast Network ("DBN") is the largest cinema broadcast network in North America, bringing live and pre-recorded events to 1,010 locations and 1,628 screens in 182 DMAs. The company also provides corporations a compelling national footprint for hosting employee meetings, customer rewards eve nts and new product launches. For more information, visit www.FathomEvents.com. 

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