CLOSE Big screens are back in business in metro Detroit. Movie theaters in and around the Motor City are reopening this weekend after seven months of being shut down by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s orders aimed at curbing the COVID-19 pandemic. What changes will moviegoers notice when and if they return? What’s […]
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One of the biggest challenges theaters are facing these days in producing live, filmed or Zoom-based theater performances is trying to make the actors’ interactions believable with social distancing restrictions. That isn’t a problem for North Coast Repertory Theatre’s “Same Time Next Year,” a two-character romance that stars actors Katie […]
Watching a movie or play in the theater. Bowling. Playing in the arcade. Yes, fun is returning to Miami-Dade after months of COVID-19 closures. Miami-Dade and Broward County have finally entered Phase 2 as COVID-19 cases continue to show signs of slowing down, a positive outlook for Florida’s hardest hit […]
The ShowRoom Cinema in Asbury Park and the Beach Cinema in Bradley Beach got the greenlight to reopen at the end of August when New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy lifted restrictions on movie theaters. Mike Sodano, who owns both venues, says that even though he can turn on the marquee […]
With Christopher Nolan’s Tenet having cleared a path for the return of blockbuster movies to the multiplex amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, James Bond is reminding moviegoers they’ll meet again in November. A new trailer for the 25th 007 adventure — which will also be Daniel Craig’s farewell to the […]
Beijing partially reopened movie theaters Friday as the threat from the coronavirus continues to recede in China’s capital. Cinemas in parts of the city deemed at low risk of cross-infection began admitting moviegoers under social distancing rules. Tickets must be booked in advance, attendance is capped at 30% of capacity […]
BEIJING (AP) — Beijing partially reopened movie theaters Friday as the threat from the coronavirus continues to recede in China’s capital. Cinemas in parts of the city deemed at low risk of cross-infection began admitting moviegoers under social distancing rules. Tickets must be booked in advance, attendance is capped at […]
Warner Bros. delivered bad news for the U.S. movie theater industry on Monday: the studio has delayed the U.S. theatrical release of Christopher Nolan’s secretive action thriller “Tenet” indefinitely, with no new date given. That news comes after Warner Bros. had already pushed the film from July 17 to July […]
As an actor, Liam Neeson is in rare company these days. He’s one of the few stars with movies that have actually opened in theaters in the past 12 months. “We have streaming services, and they’re wonderful. But at the end of the day, we’re social beings. We like being […]
Despite what you may have heard, movies were released in 2020. In fact, plenty of them were. While many movie theaters big and small closed in March because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the film industry soldiered on, determined to release its bevy of content to the masses. Not all of […]
MUNICH — Perhaps it’s the onset of winter, the shorter days and the longer evenings, but right now, watching theater at home, online, doesn’t seem quite as dreary or tiresome as it did during the spring lockdown. Back in March, theaters scrambled to put up as much of their recorded […]
Lansing — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced wide-ranging new restrictions limiting gatherings at high schools, colleges and restaurants Sunday night to combat what she described as the “worst moment” yet in the COVID-19 pandemic. The new policies will temporarily halt in-person instruction at high schools and colleges, indoor dine-in service […]