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IMAX is short for Image Maximum, a film format that can show images larger and with higher resolution than images displayed at most movie theaters. The Museum of Discovery and Science in Fort Lauderdale has a 5-story-high single screen IMAX theater featuring 300 stadium-styled seats, a 15,000-watt digital sound system and 42 speakers. The theater plays 3D movies made specifically to work with IMAX projectors. They show both educational and mainstream movies, such as Dinosaurs Alive! 3D, Happy Feet, and Beowulf. Since the film is ten times larger than normal film, Imax films fully immerse you in the scene. Originally named after the Blockbuster video rental company, AutoNation gained nami...
IMAX is short for Image Maximum, a film format that can show images larger and with higher resolution than images displayed at most movie theaters. The Museum of Discovery and Science in Fort Lauderdale has a 5-story-high single screen IMAX theater featuring 300 stadium-styled seats, a 15,000-watt digital sound system and 42 speakers. The theater plays 3D movies made specifically to work with IMAX projectors. They show both educational and mainstream movies, such as Dinosaurs Alive! 3D, Happy Feet, and Beowulf. Since the film is ten times larger than normal film, Imax films fully immerse you in the scene. Originally named after the Blockbuster video rental company, AutoNation gained naming right when it donated $3 million in August 2007. The AutoNation IMAX Theater is located at 401 SW Second Street, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312. Call 954-467-6637 or go to www.mods.org.
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Movies as they're meant to be: In communion with true believers
Some evenings it can feel as if the communal dream known as "a night at the movies" has ended, that we've all cocooned ourselves around the HDTV hearth for the night's Survivor: Biloxi or whatever Will Ferrell film Showtime is rerunning to death. Those...Tags: Alfred Hitchcock, Movies, The Dark Knight, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Maitland
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In time for Christmas: 'Dark Knight' on DVD
Here's a guaranteed hot seller this holiday season: " The Dark Knight" will be released on DVD and Blu-ray on Dec. 9, Warner Bros. announced Tuesday. The two-disc special edition DVD and two-disc Blu-ray offering will have separate artwork. The DVD...Tags: The Dark Knight, Christmas, Heath Ledger, Prices, Batman
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Free Fall Baltimore schedule
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D.J. Caruso has high hopes for 'Eagle Eye'
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterSOME writers encamp at coffee shops. Others lug their laptops to leafy parks or hushed university libraries. When D.J. Caruso came to Los Angeles, though, he found some of his best creative hours were spent amid the hustle and bustle of Union Station....Tags: Movies, Alfred Hitchcock, Shia LaBeouf, Ridley Scott, Angelina Jolie
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'Eagle Eye'
rafer.guzman@newsday.comNestled within the techno-nonsense of "Eagle Eye" lies a potentially stinging indictment of the Bush administration's aggressive wiretapping policies. Another example of Hollywood liberalism, you say? Actually, this lightweight thriller isn't thinking...Tags: Movies, Alfred Hitchcock, National Government, Shia LaBeouf, Heads of State
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Review: 'Eagle Eye'
rafer.guzman@newsday.com(2 1/2 STARS) (PG-13) PLOT A young slacker and a single mom are pulled into an assassination plot. CAST Shia LaBeouf, Michelle Monaghan, Billy Bob Thornton LENGTH 1:58 PLAYING AT Area theaters; some screenings in IMAX BOTTOM LINE Check your credulity...Tags: Steven Spielberg, Alfred Hitchcock, Shia LaBeouf, National Government, Government
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Stargazing on Long Island
judy.bernstein@newsday.comIf the phrase "stargazing on Long Island" conjures up an image of paparazzi gaping at celebs attending Hamptons parties, have we got news for you. All over Long Island -- and yes, particularly on the East End, which suffers less from light pollution --...Tags: Hempstead, Movies, Space Programs, Colleges and Universities, Environmental Pollution
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Ennui comes in waves for surfing champion Kelly Slater
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterWhat's truly remarkable about Kelly Slater, in the twilight of an extraordinary pro surfing career, is his level of performance and success in relation to his level of enthusiasm. "I'm not sure sometimes what's in the tank," concedes the eight-time world...Tags: Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, Roger Federer, Rod Laver, Tennis
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'Proud American' is a sickeningly sweet collection of vignettes
McClatchy NewspapersYou can be all for religious tolerance, up-by-the-bootstraps enterprise and love of country and still be turned off by "Proud American." The film attempts to capture some of what makes America great but plays like something that should have been shown at...Tags: Movies, Martin Luther King Jr., Interreligious Dialogue, American Airlines, Inc., Assault
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Movies of the fall
September
"Battle in Seattle": Actor Stuart Townsend wrote and directed this dramatization of the five volatile days of protest that rocked the Northwest city during the 2000 World Trade Organization summit. With Charlize Theron, Woody Harrelson, Ray...Tags: Jamie Bell, Theater, Charles S Dutton, Candice Bergen, Richard Gere
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Arts calendar
Fine art Museums Baltimore Museum of Art Art Museum Drive at North Charles and 31st streets. 443-573-1700. Free admission. Hours are 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesdays-Fridays, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturdays-Sundays. Permanent exhibit:Cone Collection, African Art,...Tags: Reisterstown, August Wilson, Owings Mills, National or Ethnic Minorities, Theater
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