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Now You Can See ‘Interstellar’ As Many Times As You Want

(PCM) Thanks to AMC theaters, you can now see Christopher Nolan’s sci-fi adventure, Interstellar, an unlimited amount of times! Or as many times as you can watch the 2 hour and 49 minute film during its remaining run in AMC theaters.

Paramount Pictures teamed up with AMC theaters in an unconventional move to allow AMC Stubs members to purchase an Interstellar Unlimited Ticket, giving them access to unlimited screenings of the film.

AMC Stubs members can purchase the tickets at their local AMC box offices, ranging in price from $19.99 to $34.99. Members who have already purchased an Interstellar ticket can upgrade to an Unlimited Ticket for $14.99.

After purchasing the Unlimited Ticket, AMC Stubs members will receive commemorative Interstellar pass, granting them access to watch any screening of Interstellar in any AMC theater nationwide.

Grossing over $320 million worldwide, Interstellar follows a group of explorers led by Matthew … Read more

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Mike Leigh’s ‘Mr. Turner’ Opens in Select Theaters Friday, December 19

(PCM) Writer-director Mike Leigh is being heaped with praise from critics all around for his twelfth film, the biographical drama, Mr. Turner. After premiering at the Cannes Film Festival in France on May 15, 2014, Mr. Turner will open in select U.S. theaters December 19.

Dramatizing the life of British painter J.M.W. Turner, Mr. Turner is written and directed by seven-time Academy Award nominated writer-director Mike Leigh. The drama has been called “an exquisitely detailed, brilliantly acted biopic” by Scott Foundas in Variety and Brian Viner of the Uk’s Daily Mail stated that the film is “Leigh’s own masterpiece.”

Critics have also been quick to praise Timothy Spall, most recognizable to American audiences as Wormtail in the Harry Potter series, for his performance as the eccentric painter. Spall won Best Actor at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival for his portrayal of the controversial-for-his-time painter.

Lou Lumenick wrote in his … Read more

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After the Fall Opens in LA and NY Theaters and VOD December 12

(PCM) Wes Bentley stars in Saar Klein’s crime-drama After the Fall, opening in select theaters and on demand starting December 12, 2014.

First time writer-director Saar Klein, known for his Academy Award-nominated film editing on Almost Famous and The Thin Red Line, wrote After the Fall with co-writer Joe Conway (Undertow, Paradise, Texas).

Starring Wes Bentley, Jason Isaacs, Vinessa Shaw, and Haley Bennett, After the Fall follows a father, Bill Scanlon (Wes Bentley), who follows a path of crime to provide for his family after losing his job.

Read the official synopsis and watch the trailer below and visit After the Fall‘s official Facebook for more info and updates!

Bill Scanlin loses his job and is unable to tell his wife, Susan, for fear of losing his family, so he embarks on a life of crime. He befriends a detective, Frank McTiernan, who has chosen to uphold … Read more

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Katniss is Targeted in New Graffitied The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 Poster

(PCM) Lionsgate released a new “propaganda” poster for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1, featuring Katniss Everdeen with red targets on her black battle ready silhouette, an officer of the Capitol in white with a raised gun behind her while mockingjays fly in the background.

Described as the most brutal of the the Hunger Games trilogy, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 opens in theaters nationwide November 21, 2014 with select p.m. screenings starting on November 20, 2014.

The worldwide phenomenon of The Hunger Games continues to set the world on fire with The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1, which finds Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) in District 13 after she literally shatters the games forever.

Under the leadership of President Coin (Julianne Moore) and the advice of her trusted friends, Katniss spreads her wings as she fights to save Peeta (Josh Hutcherson) and a nation … Read more

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New Fifty Shades of Grey Trailer Portrays Christian Grey as Sensitive

(PCM) Focus Features premiered the new official trailer for Sam Taylor-Johnson’s adaption of E.L. James’ bestselling novel, Fifty Shades of Grey, on Thursday.

The new trailer debuted during ABC’s Thursday night episode of Scandal, hot on the heels of the new grayscale poster featuring Dakota Johnson as Anastasia Steele coquettishly biting her lip.

Giving viewers a more rounded-out picture of the man behind Christian Grey’s cold business-like exterior, the new trailer gives us a glimpse of a scene where Christian reveals to Anastasia that she is changing him, only after she accuses him of trying to change her.

In less than 48 hours, Fifty Shades of Grey‘s new trailer has already gained close to 6,000,000 views on Youtube. The official teaser trailer, released back in July, has over 15,000,000 views.

With these numbers, it looks pretty likely that Fifty Shades of Grey‘s target audience will be hitting … Read more

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It’s Up to Ben Stiller to Save History in the New Trailer for Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb

(PCM) Five years after Night at the Museum 2, Ben Stiller returns as museum security guard Larry Daley in Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb.

This time, Daley must travel the world and solve a mystery as he races against time to save the magic that brings his beloved artifacts to life.

The new trailer features some funny moments from the upcoming family adventure-comedy, including the hilarious Rebel Wilson as Tilly, an English museum security guard, as she compares the differences between American security guards and English security guards.

Night at the Museum 1 and 2 director Shawn Levy returns to direct Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb with the writing team behind The Ex and Dinner for Schmucks, David Guion and Michael Handelman, helming the screenplay.

Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb stars Ben Stiller, Robin Williams, Owen Wilson, Steve Coogan, Ricky Gervais, Dan Stevens, … Read more

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AMC Theaters Releases New Exclusive TV Spot for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1

(PCM) A week from the highly anticipated premiere of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1, AMC Theaters has debuted their own exclusive TV spot for the third installment in Lionsgate’s The Hunger Games series.

The new TV spot is an action-and-emotion-packed 30 seconds, featuring a pleading Peeta, an unmoving President Snow, and Katniss, unwilling to let President Snow destroy everything she holds dear.

Watch the new TV spot below, after the official synopsis, and visit the official Hunger Games website for more info and updates!

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 opens in theaters nationwide November 21, 2014 with select p.m. screenings starting on November 20, 2014.

Under the … Read more

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Samsung Unveils New Exclusive Extended ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’ Trailer

(PCM) In partnership with Marvel Studios, Samsung Mobile exclusively debuted a new extended trailer for Avengers: Age of Ultron on their Samsung Mobile Youtube account.

The new extended trailer features more new footage from Joss Whedon’s sequel to his 2012 colossal box office hit The Avengers. Unarguably the biggest super hero movie of all time, Marvel’s The Avengers grossed over $207 million in its U.S. opening weekend and over $1.5 billion worldwide.

That’s a huge act to follow, but fans and moviegoers alike are keeping their hopes high for an even more action-packed, wittily-scripted super hero blockbuster to match the hype.

Watch the new extended trailer below, after the official synopsis, and visit the official Avengers: Age of Ultron website for more info and updates!

Marvel Studios presents Avengers: Age of Ultron, the epic follow-up to the biggest Super Hero movie of all time.

When Tony Stark tries to jumpstart … Read more

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‘The Divergent Series: Insurgent’ New Teaser Trailer and Poster Released!

(PCM) Lionsgate released the first teaser trailer and poster for Insurgent, the second installment in The Divergent Series today, building up the excitement until the film’s release on March 20, 2015.

The intense minute long teaser trailer starts with our heroine, Tris Prior, standing in an absolutely devastated and desolate former city.

Her mother calls out to her from a still-standing concrete house, extending her hands in a welcoming gesture before the house bursts into flames and starts to slide away.

Tris scrambles to leap onto the now-flying structure, racing against time to overcome the surreal situation and save her mother’s life, all in the span of a minute.

Watch the new teaser trailer below, after the official synopsis, and visit the official Divergent Series website and Facebook for more info and updates!

One choice can transform you-or it can destroy you. But every choice has consequences, and as … Read more

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It’s All Business and Bitten Lips in the New Poster for Fifty Shades of Grey

(PCM) Leading up to its nationwide and much hyped Valentine’s Day release, Focus Features has released a new poster for Fifty Shades of Grey, the film adaption of E.L. James’ best-selling erotic romance novel.

The new poster, following the novel’s overall theme of grey, features Dakota Johnson from the nose down, biting her lip in grayscale with the line “Mr. Grey will see you now” hovering at her neck.

Gaining viral popularity after sparking controversy around its treatment of BDSM, its origins as an erotic Twilight fan-fiction, and its literary and grammatical content, Fifty Shades of Grey has sold over 100 million copies worldwide.

The new poster comes ahead of the new trailer, which premieres during ABC’s Thursday night episode of Scandal. Watch the current trailer below the official synopsis and visit the official Fifty Shades of Grey website, apply for an internship at GreyEnterprisesHoldings.com, and visit the Fifty Shades of … Read more

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New TV Spot For The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

(PCM) Less than a week after releasing the final trailer, Warner Bros. Pictures and New Line Cinema have released the first TV spot for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies.

A weary Gandalf warns his troop of dwarves and Bilbo Baggins, “A time is upon us when we must choose what side we are on” in the beginning of the TV spot, as the final installment in Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit trilogy comes to a close.

Watch the TV spot below, after the official synopsis!

From Academy Award ®-winning filmmaker Peter Jackson comes The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, the third in a trilogy of films adapting the enduringly popular masterpiece The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien.

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies brings to an epic conclusion the adventures of Bilbo Baggins, Thorin Oakenshield and the Company of Dwarves.

Having reclaimed their … Read more

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A New Trailer and Four New TV Spots For Ridley Scott’s ‘Exodus: Gods and Kings’

(PCM) 20th Century Fox is gearing up for the upcoming awards season, releasing a new trailer and four new TV spots for Ridley Scott’s epic biblical drama, Exodus: Gods and Kings, opening in theaters December 12, 2014.

The new trailer focuses on the bitter battle between brothers; the prophet Moses fighting for the freedom of his people while Ramses II, the hubris-ridden Pharaoh, fights to control his empire.

The trailer along with the new TV spots take us inside the rich, full, and dark world of ancient Egypt. Rivers run red with blood and locusts cover every surface as the Ten Plagues come over the land, bringing the book of Exodus to life in some pretty striking visuals.

Exodus: Gods and Kings stars Christian Bale, Joel Edgerton, Aaron Paul, John Turturro, Sigourney Weaver, and Ben Kingsley and is the 24th film of three-time Academy Award-nominated director Ridley Scott.

Scott is currently … Read more

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