Cinema related newsitems

• • A Culinary Guide to Wellington Cinemas

    • 22 Feb 2010
    • Salient
    • Do not be misled, oh humble first year—this is not a judging of Wellington’s cinemas by the edible wares which they peddle.
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• • Films by Starlight

    • 16 Feb 2010
    • Wellington City Council
    • Put on your red shoes and join the crowds at the Botanic Garden Dell this Thursday evening (18.02.10) as they cheer Dorothy home to Kansas at a free outdoor screening of Hollywood classic, The Wizard of Oz (PG).
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    • cinema
    • events
    • Accepted from feed: Wellington City Council Latest News
  
  

• • King Kong boat scuttled

    • 10 Feb 2010
    • Greater Wellington Regional Council
    • The former cargo ship and ‘King Kong’ boat Manuia was scuttled in Cook Strait yesterday, ending the final chapter of a 54-year old boat with a curious history.
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    • cinema
    • film and video
    • Accepted from feed: GW Feed
  
  

• • Films by Starlight

    • 14 Jan 2010
    • Texture
    • This February the Film by Starlight series returns to The Dell in the Wellington Botanic Gardens as part of the Summer City programme and the line-up is particularly impressive.
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    • cinema
    • events
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• • Snapper Movie Mondays

    • 20 Dec 2009
    • Snapper card
    • After an initial launch of Snapper at Reading Courtenay on Friday, we are pleased to announce the launch of Snapper Mondays. If you pay for your mainstream movie tickets using Snapper at Reading Courtenay you'll pay just $11.50 - that's a discount of over 30%.
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    • cinema
    • snapper card

    • This Snapper card newsitem has 3 comments.

      • ‘[...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Team Snapper, Welly news. Welly news said: Snapper card – Snapper Movie Mondays http://tinyurl.com/ydfbyx9 [...]’
      • ‘Hi Robyn A mainstream ticket does not include 3D, Gold Lounge or any special events. Cheers Gabor’
      • ‘What counts as a “Mainstream” ticket? I know it’s a term Reading use for a specific kind of film, but I don’t know exactly what it includes. Are the more expensive 3D film tickets included in the Monday discount?’

      You can add own comments here.

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• • New Moon at midnight and city gets OTD

    • 19 Nov 2009
    • Newswire.co.nz
    • Hundreds of Twi-hards are lined up at Wellington’s reading and Embassy cinema’s to watch the premiere of the second vamptastic instalment of the Twilight saga New Moon.
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• • Forget Novemberkinder… HELLO Reel Brazil…

    • 13 Nov 2009
    • Texture
    • Soooooo I was meant to write about Novemberkinder; The German Film Festival this week… except… it finished yesterday. Sigh. Lucky for me however, the Reel Brazil Film Festival was following hot on its heels.
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    • cinema

    • This Texture newsitem has 1 comment.

      • ‘LAPA After Party info here - http://www.niceup.org.nz/gigs/lapa-after-party-wgtn’

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• • Cinephilia: Opening This Week

    • 22 Oct 2009
    • The Wellingtonista
    • It's Labour Weekend and, as such, you can pretty much guarantee that the weather will be filthy and the movies will be the place to be.
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    • cinema
  
  

• • Reading Cinemas Charity Screening of Sione's Wedding

    • 14 Oct 2009
    • Vodaphone Wellington Lions
    • Reading Cinemas are proud to host screenings of Sione's Wedding with 100% of proceeds raised going to the Samoan Tsunami Fund courtesy of Give A Little & Red Cross.
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    • cinema
    • rugby
  
  

• • Cinephilia: Italian Film Festival

    • 13 Oct 2009
    • The Wellingtonista
    • The Italian Film Festival once again surveys the best of recent Italian commercial cinema.
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• • Cinephilia: Opening This Week

    • 8 Oct 2009
    • The Wellingtonista
    • As that old war film quote goes, "it's quiet, too quiet": only three films opening this weekend as the mad rush of the last few weeks works its way through the system.
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    • cinema
  
  

• • The Cream of Italian Cinema

    • 28 Sep 2009
    • Texture
    • Now that winter’s chill is behind us it’s time to kick-into spring, with Cathay Pacific’s always entertaining, Italian Film Festival 2009.
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• • Cinephilia: Opening This Week

    • 24 Sep 2009
    • The Wellingtonista
    • Freakin' school holidays.
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    • cinema
  
  

• • Oscar winner will restore cinema that’s not shown a movie in 44 years

    • 18 Sep 2009
    • Newswire.co.nz
    • REVAMPED FLICKS: Jamie Selkirk and the Miramar Capitol cinMIRAMAR’S Capitol cinema hasn’t screened a film in 44 years – but that will change next September when it reopens as The MIRAMAR. Oscar-winning film editor Jamie Selkirk has been planning the cinema’s revamp over the last six months and says construction is expected to begin in Januaema he will restore.
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    • miramar
  
  

• • Cinephilia: Opening This Week

    • 17 Sep 2009
    • Still, they are returning from the Festival: Moon by Bowie's boy Duncan Jones is a Paramount exclusive which should do quite nicely for them as they prepare for new ownership (discuss rumours you might have heard in the comments).
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    • cinema

    • This newsitem has 1 comment.

      • ‘Brilliant! "Moon" returns! I must make an effort to see it this time.’

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• • Notes on a NZ City: 1971 film on transport issues in Wellington

    • 16 Sep 2009
    • Cycle Aware Wellington (CAW)
    • The New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) invites you to step into a time machine with an entertaining snapshot of transport issues in the Wellington region, nearly 40 years ago with the movie screening of – “Notes on a New Zealand City”.
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    • cinema
    • events
    • local history
    • transport
  
  

• • Cinephilia: Opening This Week

    • 3 Sep 2009
    • The Wellingtonista
    • I think the highlight of the Wellingtonista cinema-going week is likely to be a toss-up between the wonderful Vanguard retrospective at the Film Archive or the restored print of Casablanca.
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    • cinema

    • This Wellingtonista newsitem has 5 comments.

      • ‘ Oh snap - sorry, must have been posting at the same time as you.  Full Vanguard links on the site now. Thanks Dan! ’
      • ‘By the way, Paramount publicity describes Casablanca as "One of the great enduring classics of modern cinema". It was made in 1941.’
      • ‘Stuff has a 2008 article looking back at the 24th anniversary of the bombing, but strangely there was no mention of it around the 25th anniversary in March.’

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• • Cinephilia: Opening This Week

    • 27 Aug 2009
    • The Wellingtonista
    • I have to keep this brief as time is short.
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• • Movie nuts queue for glimpse of Avatar

    • 21 Aug 2009
    • Newswire.co.nz
    • By Vaughan Elder and Kylie Klein-Nixon.
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• • Cinephilia: Opening This Week

    • 20 Aug 2009
    • The Wellingtonista
    • Righto, back again with a quick run down of what's new in cinemas this weekend.
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    • This Wellingtonista newsitem has 1 comment.

      • ‘It looks like the Avatar sneak preview is happening worldwide. The Guardian has an interesting article today looking at the 3D revolution. I'm encouraged by many of the new 3D films going beyond the "Whoa! This object is coming right at you!!! lol!!!!" s’

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• • Wellington a proving ground for cinema's next big thing

    • 20 Aug 2009
    • Newswire.co.nz
    • A CINEMATIC revolution is coming and Wellington will be on the frontline, says a leading international exponent of film production art.
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    • cinema
    • film and video
  
  

• • Cinephilia: Opening This Week

    • 13 Aug 2009
    • The Wellingtonista
    • The big noise this week is being made by Neill Blomkamp's District 9 which you can see at Readings, Empire, Embassy and Sky City Queensgate.
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    • cinema

    • This Wellingtonista newsitem has 4 comments.

      • ‘anyone else get an email from the regent-on-manners advising that it is closing for business as of August 19th? Sad times. was pretty rundown cinema, but at least it provided some competition. and the old lady who seems to have worked there forever alway’
      • ‘wow...just...wow. Do they sell jaffas? If I ever go there I shall take my Labour rosette just to see if they actually let me in’
      • ‘As I recall this particular owner refused to have glowing red floor lights in the new cinemas because red was "Labour's colour".’

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• • Lunch and a Movie for 8 Dollars!

    • 10 Aug 2009
    • Texture
    • Those rather smart cinemaphiles down at New Zealand's Film Archive have come up with a real doozy of an idea. It's called 'Soup & a Seat', where-upon the weary and ravenous film-lover can relax with a movie and a cup of piping-hot homemade soup, for just $8.
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    • cinema
  
  

• • Cinephilia: Opening This Week

    • 6 Aug 2009
    • The Wellingtonista
    • I thought I'd come out of hiding for a moment to trumpet the first Wellington feature film to get a decent release in ages, Separation City.
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• • Victoria comes up trumps at Deaf Short Film Festival

    • 3 Aug 2009
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • Victoria University's Deaf Studies programme has come up trumps in the recent New Zealand Deaf Short Film Festival.
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    • cinema
    • victoria university
  
  

• • Crossways Movie: The Age Of Stupid, Thursday 20 August

    • 2 Aug 2009
    • Mt Victoria Residents Association
    • Crossways is holding another of its film fundraisers at the Paramount Theatre at 8:30pm on Thursday 20 August.
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    • cinema
    • crossways
    • mount victoria
  
  

• • Cinephilia: Film Festival Preview

    • 15 Jul 2009
    • The Wellingtonista
    • The Wellington Film Festival (sorry, New Zealand International Film Festival, Wellington Branch) is a huge undertaking for the committed cinema-goer.
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• • Wellington's Forthcoming International Film Festival

    • 29 Jun 2009
    • Texture
    •  The Wellington arm of the International Film Festival is just over two weeks away. The event kicks off with Jane Campion’s ‘Bright Star’, and festival goers are to be the first in the world to view the New Zealand born directors new efforts. The many and varied films on offer range from animation, to documentary and the ‘incredibly strange’; and from the up-and-coming, to the directors whom
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    • cinema
  
  

• • Hold Still - 24 June, Film Archive

    • 26 Jun 2009
    • Texture
    • The new sound and video installation ‘Hold Still’ opened to much flurry and intrigue on Wednesday evening. The work which is situated in the Film Archive’s Mediagallery space is both poignant and charming; as artist Rachel Shearer does an extraordinary job at showcasing the work of amateur female film-makers during the 1930’s in New Zealand.
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    • art
    • cinema
    • film and video
    • womens
  
  

• • The Mighty Civic – 17 June, Film Archive

    • 22 Jun 2009
    • Texture
    • The 1988 film was an hour of pure nostalgia, delight, sorrow and amusement. Everyone is familiar with the mighty Auckland Civic Theatre, but not many (including myself) are familiar with its back-story and sprawling history. Until, that is last Wednesday.
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    • cinema