No new films go into "wide" release Friday, Dec. 1, but Marquee Pullman 16 (and select additional cinemas) will be opening a film that has received widespread promotion on certain TV networks. "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri" stars Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell, Abbie Cornish and Lucas Hedges in a film about an unsolved murder. Read more
Marshall University’s Choral Union will present a holiday concert at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 5, in the sanctuary of First United Methodist Church at 1124 Fifth Avenue in Huntington. Read more
HUNTINGTON, WV- Christmas time is here- happiness and cheer! Reynolds and Associates, American Babbitt Bearing, Prichard Electric, Chapman Printing, and Hoops Family Children’s Hospital presentA Charlie Brown Christmas Live on Stageat theKeith Albee Performing Arts Center on December 5, 2017 at 7 p.m.Tis the season for Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and all of the Peanuts gang to bring the holiday season back to life!Read more
Actress, model and musician Naya Rivera, 30, who played Santana Lopez on the Fox series "Glee" and "Devious Maids" has been arraigned and released on domestic battery charges stemming from an incident at her home Chesapeake, WV, near Charleston.
WSAZ first reported that the actress/songwriter faces a domestic battery charge following an incident involving husband Ryan Dorsey. Multiple TV stations showed video of her wearing a "hoodie" being led into court. Read more
When the curtain falls on 2017, two observations appear certain:
First, six out of the top ten of popular films will be super hero related ( Submission Deadline was late November, so expert projections included from Box Office Mojo and Boxoffice Magazine.) , and (2) it's been a Rotten Tomatoes kind of year. Read more
Show lineup for the week, beginning Fri, Nov 24, 2017. Upcoming shows and auditions are also listed. If I've missed anything, please let me know. Break legs, everyone! Read more
Facing a now uphill battle to attain acclaim, "Justice League of America" has opened with mixed reviews and at the low end of attendance expectations. Now, the tentpole faces an animated Pixar film, "Coco," in a test of Turkey Day weekend Top of the Box Office chart. Read more
Disney's Pixar crosses cultural grains with the opening of "Coco," which has its roots in Latino culture. Writer and director Lee Unkrich (Toy Story 3) relied on research and personal stories of Latino team members to develop the studio's initial film featuring a minority character. And, a Village Voice review warns viewers to bring lots of tissues for it and "Wonder."
What started out as a fun Halloween project for 2017, ended up being an award-winning costume, “Best in Show”, at Beckley’s first convention, Causeacon. I hope by telling you how I made my costume, down to my first experience and being judged at a con inspires you to come out, dress up, support a wonderful cause and HAVE FUN! Read more
POTOMAC, Md., Nov. 16, 2017 /Christian Newswire/ -- There is a crisis in our healthcare system and it is not declining reimbursement rates or bureaucratic interference. Our healthcare system may be suffering from a crisis of faith. The documentary "Your Health: A Sacred Matter" (yourhealthasacredmatter.com/) investigates this crisis from the perspective of patients and medical professionals.Read more
This Christmas, Disney Parks celebrates the joy of the holiday season on Christmas Day with "Disney Parks Magical Christmas Celebration" airs MONDAY, DECEMBER 25(10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. EST, 9:00-11:00 a.m. CST/MST/PST).Read more
Bug duty, rope tricks, and playing well together all provide devious hints to the enjoyable content of "Justice League of America" on the big screen. The preview audience lightly clapped and all stayed through closing credits.
Me? It recalled a youthful experience. As an asthmatic , dad often in the evening had to pick up a prescription at the drug store while I lay in bed. He brought items with the meds, hoping I would not complain about "taste" of the cough medicine. One night he brought two "Justice League" comics to gently tide me over until I felt better. They were the first one's I'd read. Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Green Lantern, and more. I was in comic book heaven. Read more
Highly anticipated, the Justice League of America Warner Bros. tentpole represents a coming together that spans decades. Likely, only true fans of comic books --- especially in the Golden and Silver Ages--- know some of the history. Read more
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 15, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE:DLB), Paramount Pictures, and AMC Theatres® (NYSE:AMC) today announced that Titanic, winner of 11 Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Director, will return to select theaters nationwide for an exclusive one-week engagement in Dolby Cinema at AMC. In celebration of the film’s 20-year anniversary, audiences across the U.S. can experience Paramount Pictures and Twentieth Century Fox’s Titanic in all Dolby Cinema at AMC locations, including 20 locations supporting 3D, beginning December 1, 2017. Read more
Marquee Pullman will play "Justice League" in four auditoriums beginning Friday, Nov. 17, including one auditorium in 3D. Two additional films open, "Wonder" and "Star," an animated film.
Ending their big screen runs on Thursday, Nov 16: Victoria and Abdul; Kingsman Golden Circle; Snowman; Tyler Perry Boo 2; Thank You for Your Service; Ninjago Movie. Read more
An attorney once told me that justice is not for all that beckon. Sometimes powers overcome the search. Justice then must wait lying buried until truth seeps its way to the surface.
Agatha Christie's "Murder on the Orient Express" plunges her famous creation Hercule Poirot onto a snow bound luxury train crammed with traveling strangers intentionally intertwined to an infamous crime which leads to a murder after midnight. Read more
Honing in on the "exceptional" time in Huntington, we revisit the excitement that came from the filming and premiere of "We Are Marshall." Likely, you will recognize some locally "famous" people in these pictures, as well as the movie stars. Read more
Does anyone believe that Agatha Christie iconic mystery remake , "Murder on the Orient Express" can out thunder Thor, Hulk, Dr. Strange, and Valkerie? Neither will "Daddy's Home 2," which also debuts Friday, Nov. 10.
What will be a juggernaut battle begins Nov. 17 when "Justice League of America" goes head on against Asgard saviors from the Marvel Universe. Batman, Aquaman, Flash, Wonder Woman, and Superman. Read more
West Virginia native Dee "Ducky" Smith has created a rock opus against the drug epidemic that is ripping through his hometown of Huntington, West Virginia. Read more
Earth needs heroes. Thor ( Chris Hemsworth,) escapes from his chains racing to save Asgard from a Ragnarok apocalypse. But the god of thunder has a cryptic , slice and dice sense of humor facing the crisis delivering an deliciously entertaining escape that hits a stride between "Guardians of the Galaxy" humor and a space traveling odyssey with cameo appearances by Avenger favorites. Read more
The small crowd exiting an auditorium at Marquee Cinemas Pullman Square had strong thumbs up opinions of "West of Chemical Valley," a home grown independent film produced and directed by the VanScoy Brothers. Read more
Mandy News had the pleasure of talking to the latest Marvel movie's BAFTA-nominated cinematographer Javier Aguirresarobe (The Twilight Saga, The Road, Talk to Her) about his craft, career, advice to cinematographers and shooting Thor: Ragnarok. Read more
"What Lies Upstream," an independent film made mostly in WV, promises "not to bore," as the political thriller utilizes both the WV water crisis and the Flint crisis for its basis.
We caught up with filmmaker Vince Sweeney who talked via email about the production which screens at Marquee Pullman @ 12 noon on Saturday, Nov. 4. The movie screens in Charleston Friday Nov 3 at 7 p.m. as part of the WV International Film Festival. Read more
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla., Nov. 01, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Movie Studio, Inc. proudly announces exhibiting at the 2017 American Film Market in association with Cinema Arts Entertainment to present The Movie Studio's list of feature films in its film library for worldwide distribution and the solicitation of the release of its motion pictures for worldwide distribution including EXPOSURE currently on Amazon Prime in 80 million homes: Read more
Minneapolis, MN-based progressive/technical death metal group REAPING ASMODEIA dropped their Prosthetic Records release, Impuritize, in February of this year. Impuritize is available to order here: www.smarturl.it/REAPINGASMODEIARead more
Facebook reminded me this weekend of a five year friendship. It's more like a working and sharing of creative works --- About that time HNN "discovered" Bunny (the) Bombshell clad in a costume in between a shoot. Her then primary photographer assisted with the delicate process of getting to know her creative dynamics that includes personal privacy and somehow mixes appreciation of vintage female attire to imaginative cosplay recreations AND strong identification with feminism. Read more
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