Michael Nordine

When faux-IMAX is ashes

IMAX or Lie-MAX? Where to Actually See The Dark Knight Rises on the Biggest Screen Possible

Michael Nordine

The good news is that we have two legit IMAX locations to choose from (three if you count the California Science Center, which specializes in nature documentaries and the like): Universal CityWalk and Rave 18 at the Howard Hughes Center. (Personally I'm partial to the latter, but I leave that to you.) The bad news is that every single IMAX screening of The Dark Knight Rises at both theaters is sold out for the foreseeable future.

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Michael Nordine
Thursday, July 19 It's your last chance to catch the controversial baseball documentary Ballplayer: Pelotero, about corruption of baseball prospects in the Dominican Republic, at Laemmle's Music Hall 3. Friday, July 20 Seeing Casablanca on the big screen could be the beginning of a beautiful friendship with the Aero, which......

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Michael Nordine
Thursday, July 12 George Cukor's A Star Is Born plays the Aero at 7:30. Judy Garland and James Mason received Oscar nominations. This is the 170-minute, digitally restored version. Friday, July 13 Billy Bob Thornton showing up for a book signing is pretty cool on its own, but his performance......

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Michael Nordine
Thursday, July 5 The American Cinematheque's countdown to the end of the world (or at least the end of the Mayan calendar) continues with The Omega Man and The Last Man on Earth, two adaptations of Richard Matheson's vampiric novel I Am Legend, at the Egyptian. They're like that Will......

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Michael Nordine
Thursday, June 28 If Rebellion and La Haine — two politically charged films by French filmmaker Mathieu Kassovitz — aren't enough to convince you to head to the Egyptian tonight, then perhaps the discussion moderated by Guillermo del Toro will be. Across town at the Aero, meanwhile, are two music......