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NYC on the Cheap: Last Two Nites of Free Movies in Central Park

Evelyn Kanter — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 04:01:44 +0000

It’s the last two nights of free movies in Central Park. The theme of this year’s The Central Park Conservancy Film Festival is Big Apple icons — films that feature New York City as one os its stars. The movies are being shown in the area just north of Sheep Meadow, behind Mineral Springs, at mid-park [...]

Disney Pixar Toy Story 3 Sweepstakes Contest

Evelyn Kanter — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 08:11:08 +0000

The Disney Pixar Toy Story 3, with Buzz Lightyear and the team, is a family favorite movie. If your kids have been clammoring for Toy Story toys, you should enter the Disney Pixar Toy Story 3 Sweepstakes, sponsored in conjunction with L’Oreal Kids. The Grand Prize is a$2,000 shopping spree in New York City. Other prizes [...]

Free Friday Movies for Kids Outdoors at Pier 46

Evelyn Kanter — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 08:20:07 +0000

Every Friday all summer, there are free outdoor movies for kids at Hudson River Park, Pier 46. You already missed the classic Wizard of Oz last week. Don’t miss these great, fun family films showing the rest of July.

July 16th — Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs July 23rd — The Great Muppet Caper July 30th — Monsters vs. Aliens

The movies [...]

Clint Eastwood Film Festival at Lincoln Center

Evelyn Kanter — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 12:42:37 +0000

Clint Eastwood as Dirty Harry, 1971

Make my day! Make several of them, with some of the best movies ever made. The Clint Eastwood Film Festival starts today at Lincoln Center’s Walter Reade Theater, sponsored by the Film Society of Lincoln Center. Between July 9 and July 27 there are westerns and police dramas, of course, [...]

Free Friday Movies for Kids in Hudson River Park

Evelyn Kanter — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 09:28:28 +0000

Fridays are for kids at the free River Flicks program in Hudson River Park. Here’s the July schedule:

July 9th — The Wizard of Oz, the classic musical about Dorothy (Judy Garland) , The Scarecrow (Ray Bolger), The Cowardly Lion (Bert Lahr) and The Tin Man heading off to see the Wizard, and the Wicked Witch of [...]

Summer Movies are $1 at AMC Theaters in NYC on Tuesdays

Evelyn Kanter — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 09:00:27 +0000

Shrek 3, other movies are $1 at AMC theaters

See movies for just $1 at AMC theaters in NYC from mid-June to mid-August. It’s a special AMC summer promotion aimed at kids and the adults who take them to the movies. The cheap seats are Tuesdays only, and only at 10 a.m., beginning June 15th, [...]

Win a Trip to Home of Robin Hood

Evelyn Kanter — Fri, 14 May 2010 18:44:45 +0000

Follow the footsteps of Robin Hood in this contest for a free trip to Nottingham and Sherwood Forest. Of course, the contest promotes the new blockbuster film directed by Ridley Scott and starring Russell Crowe as the famous outlaw and Cate Blanchett as his lady Marian. The contest is sponsored by Visit Britain, American Airlines and Holiday Inn. [...]

Movies About Newspapers Headline Film Forum Retrospective

Evelyn Kanter — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 05:37:12 +0000

Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford in "All the President's Men", 1976

The Hollywood version of news and the newspaper business ranges from screwball comedies to serious films that document real headlines. The entire range — from the craziness of the 1928 “The Front Page” to the insider look at the scandal that brought down the Nixon White House in [...]

Lincoln Center Celebrates the Oscars

Evelyn Kanter — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:07:30 +0000

The Oscars may be at home in Los Angeles, but The Big Apple is the star of dozens of Oscar-winning films. The Film Society of Lincoln Center celebates the Oscars all weekend with showings of award-winning films set right here, in New York City.

Saturday, Mar. 6, Oscar-winning movies set in New York City are:

Klute (1971) – Jane Fonda, Best [...]

Brooklyn’s Finest the Movie

Evelyn Kanter — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:00:40 +0000

The blockbuster movie for spring is Brooklyn’s Finest, a fast-paced cop drama pitting good guys against bad guys. From the looks of the movie trailer, some of those bad guys are wearing NYPD uniforms. Brooklyn’s Finest is from the same director as Training Day, the blockbuster police drama from a few years ago starring Denzel Washington. Broklyn’s Finest stars Richard Gere, Don Cheadle, Ethan Hawke and Wesley Snipes.. Gere and Hawke live here in The Big Apple, so they didn’t have far to travel to film this movie about Brooklyn and the NYPD. I wonder if the movie includes two other of Brooklyn’s finest — the legendary Junior’s cheesecake, and the world-famous Nathan’s hot dog at Coney Island.

Here’s the official trailer of Brooklyn’s Finest, opening on March 5, 2010:

Sex and the City 2 Movie Trailer is Xmas Gift to Fans

Evelyn Kanter — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 19:14:32 +0000

Sarah Jessica Parker as Carrie Bradshaw

Carrie, Miranda, Samanth and Charlotte, their fabulous designer fashions, and the men in and out of their lives, are back in town. Almost.

The movie “Sex and the City 2″ opens May 28, 2010. But we can’t wait until then to get a sneak peak of the ladies who take giant bites [...]

Contest Linked to George Clooney Movie “Up in the Air”

Evelyn Kanter — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:16:05 +0000

"Up in the Air" star George Clooney

Hilton Hotels is running a sweepstakes contest to promote “Up in the Air”, since several Hilton locations were filmed for the hit George Clooney movie. Prizes include one million Hilton HHonors points, and an all-expenses paid trip to Paris. Just book a stay through the special Hilton Up in the Air website before [...]

Free screening of new De Niro movie

Evelyn Kanter — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:34:25 +0000

Everybody’s Fine. Especially when we can get free tickets to a screening of a Robert De Niro movie, which just happens to be named “Everybody’s Fine”. The tickets are available online through the New York Observer. Register to have your name drawn. The movie also stars Drew Barrymore, Kate Beckinsale and Sam Rockwell, who play the roles [...]