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I went to Meet Me In St Louis today and found the presentation appearing to be bitstarved. Like it was a stream that couldn't get a fast enough internet connection so it throttled back the quality of the stream. I just checked my Blu-Ray and it was much better. Ben Mankiewicz pointed out that...

This thread was started January 13, 2019 so that is a guess of when they were announced.

Went to When Harry Met Sally today, I forgot that Carrie Fisher was in the movie. This movie featured the song "Have Yourself A Very Merry Christmas" which originated in next week's film Meet Me In St Louis. Much of the comedy still holds up today. I arrived in the theater just at the...

At no point do they tell you how long it was, but the house lights did come on so I went to the bathroom. 30 seconds after I sat down again the movie resumed. 5 minutes is better than some Fathom events I went to where it said intermission and then immediately started the entr'acte.

I want to point out that there is an actual intermission for Godfather 2 but it is only 5 minutes.

Nothing was listed during today's event other than the two already scheduled for December.

I just got back from The Godfather pt 2. Looked and sounded spectacular. Kudos to @Robert Harris.

Back from The Shawshank Redemption. I enjoyed myself but that film could definitely use a new transfer.

I took my mom to Forrest Gump yesterday for her birthday. The "print" was obviously sourced from last year's UHD release since it had the same wide variety in image quality from shot to shot. I know the projection in the theater was good because in some of the sharpest shots in the film I...

I took my dad to Field of Dreams today, there was a decent sized crowd and a pretty good presentation. The rainy father's day here seems to have pushed many people to the theater today so I had to miss the first 15 minutes of the movie to get through the concessions line.

Great presentation for Saving Private Ryan today. Definitely a 4K DCP. Looked and sounded phenomenal. There was a decent crowd and before the movie they showed a vintage featurette where the cast went to basic training.

Saving Private Ryan Sunday and Wednesday.

Today I saw Steel Magnolias for what I think was my first time. My mother and I enjoyed it very much. The presentation was good but there was a small streak of blue towards the bottom of the screen for the entire movie. I think the projector needs a calibration.

Saving Private Ryan coming in June for D-Day.

It is better Fathom show classic movies than not which would leave vast stretches of the country without theaters showing classics. If a local theater does a better job showing them then go to those showings, but if not something at least adequately done is better than nothing.

I just purchased True Grit from iTunes and it has far fewer signs of DNR than in the theater today. I don't know if they did a new scan and added DNR or if something was up with my theater.

I just got back from the True Grit Fathom Event. This was my first time seeing the original 1969 version having previously seen the 2010 Coen Brother remake. I liked this movie quite a bit, but the picture looked like it was a bit too strongly DNR'd.

I went to Ben Hur today. Unfortunately when I entered the theater instead of the Fathom pre-show they had a black screen with a white mouse pointer. I was waiting on a pizza so I went out and told the ticket takers who paged management. When I got back to the theater Scott Mantz kept...

I went to the Goonies last night, tickets were actually only $5 with a Regal Crown Club card and you get a digital coupon for a $5 popcorn/soda combo. I sat in the first stadium seating row and the film looked and sounded great, just like a movie from the mid 80's should look. Unfortunately...

Not TCM or Fathom, but Regal is having a Fathom style Goonies event on Saturday and Monday. https://www.regmovies.com/movies/goonies-2019/ho00008894#/buy-tickets-by-film-for-cinemas?at=2019-04-13&for-movie=ho00008894&view-mode=list Looks like tickets are $7.

$12.50 is very close to the $11.70 which is what a regular movie ticket costs in my area and much less than the $16.49 NY or $15.49 in LA.

I've found that almost any non premium screen at my local Regals have either soft focus or are too dim or both. Since coming home I watched The Karate Kid on Blu Ray and although it isn't the sharpest film, it was noticeably more sharp than it was in the theater today. I also have rarely seen...

I've seen them forget to star the pre show and then after people complained that the movie didn't start they had to fast forward to the start of the movie.

Not TCM, but I just got back from the Fathom Event for The Karate Kid. They started with a retrospective with new interviews with Ralph Macchio, William Zabka, and Martin Kove. Next they showed a clip and a trailer for season 2 of Cobra Kai. Finally they showed the movie. Everyone had a...

My Fair Lady was glorious today. About as good looking as anything I've seen in that theater.

Anybody going to today's showing of My Fair Lady? I will probably go on Wednesday as it is only playing at 1PM today.

The multiplex I went to has 1.85 screens and usually drops the image to the bottom of the screen and lowers a curtain to mask for scope. The other big multiplex in my area has 2.39 screens and has side maskings for 1.85 films. In this case I went with the multiplex with the 1.85 screens...

I just got back from the 5pm screening. The stadium section of seating was about 3/4 full. 1 person was sitting in the area below the stadium seating. Presentation was about as good as you could expect in a multiplex as there probably aren't any multiplexes that can mask for 1.37:1. Tickets...

Both of my local theaters showing The Wizard of OZ on Sunday have reserved seating so I just checked how they are doing. They are both doing very brisk sales with the majority of available seats being in the first couple of rows. I think I will go to the 5pm screening where there are more...