Star Trek is known for breaking down barriers and bringing people together as much off-screen as on. Seizing on that influence, Nichelle Nichols may have been the first Trek alum to leverage her celebrity to promote real world change when...
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SNL Alum Jenny Slate’s Obvious Child Now At Spectrum
Prediction: "Expect Obvious Child to tick the usual indie rom-com boxes while somehow turning the genre on its head." Result: Mission accomplished. Synopsis: A twenty-something comedienne's unplanned pregnancy forces her to confront the realities of independent womanhood for the...
FREE PASSES HERE: Indie Hit Obvious Child At Crossgates. Monday 6/23
It's been less than 2 years and A24 Films has already made quite a name for itself. With films like Spring Breakers (John Franco), The Spectacular Now (Shailene Woodley), Sophia Coppola's The Bling Ring, the exceptional sci-fi drama Under the Skin (Scarlett...
THIS: Micheal Keaton’s New Film ‘Birdman.’ Also, Dumb & Dumber To and Sin City, A Dame To Kill For
Here's a synopsis that's more than a little on the nose: BIRDMAN or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance is a black comedy that tells the story of an actor (Michael Keaton) - famous for portraying an iconic superhero - as...
22 Jump Street’s A Slam Dunk
Expect 22 Jump Street to make some serious money this weekend. Like Kobe money. And not just because 21 Jump Street earned 5x its budget at the box office - though that itself is astounding - but also because 22...
Special Advance Showing Of The Fault In Our Stars With Cast Commentary TONIGHT
Regal continues experimenting with value-adds to the movie going experience with today's The Night Before Our Stars, a special advance showing of The Fault In Our Stars. A live simulcast interview with the cast of the film and author of the...
Regal Continues Classic Film Series With Saturday Night Fever, Dirty Dancing, And The Godfather
Sadly, Back to the Future, and Indiana Jones have already passed, but there's three more events this month! Every Sunday at 2pm and Wednesday at 2pm & 7pm, at Crossgates, something great is flying under the radar: June 8 & 11:...
Shine a Light!
I had a chance to speak with Graeme McKenna, General Manager of The Linda, about area independent film outlets. I had an inkling that there was a bevy of local talent after attending the Knickerbocker Film Festival last year at...