Tag Archives: shot-2011-06-21

AMC Slates Four-Day Harry Potter Marathon Week at Select Theaters

AMC announced a four-day Harry Potter marathon screening scheduled for the week preceding Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part II ‘s premiere. In 35 participating theaters across the country, you’ll be able to watch two Harry Potter films a night (starting with The Sorcerer’s Stone on Monday, July 11 at 6 p.m.), and if you attend every screening, you’ll conclude on Thursday at midnight with the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 premiere. It’s only $45, a steal for Hogwarts matriculants. I’m wearing my feathered, conceptual Ravenclaw gown on Wednesday! [ First Showing ]

Go here to see the original:
AMC Slates Four-Day Harry Potter Marathon Week at Select Theaters

Monty Python’s Life of Brian Controversy Chronicled in New BBC Comedy-Drama

In 1979, church leaders and even some normal people clamored over the content in Monty Python’s Life of Brian , an excellent movie about a guy named Brian Cohen who’s mistaken for the messiah. Opponents claimed the film mocked Christianity, and thus it was banned in several countries (but not the U.S., where it was the highest-grossing British import that year). Now, the BBC is bringing us Holy Flying Circus , a comic drama that chronicles Brian ‘s furor in a bizarre and Python-appropriate format. Puppets are involved.

Continue reading here:
Monty Python’s Life of Brian Controversy Chronicled in New BBC Comedy-Drama