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AMC Dine-In Fashion District 8, opens for business
PhillyVoice toured the new theater Wednesday, and spoke with an AMC representative about what moviegoers can expect. “The (Fashion District) development had a lot to do with it,” Ryan Noonan, AMC’s director of corporate communications said, explaining why AMC is entering the Center City market now. “We don’t build that many new (buildings) anymore … we’ve been really focused on renovating the existing theaters in our circuit, including in the Philadelphia area… The theater has eight screens, two of which – the Prime and Dolby theaters – are “premium” experiences with larger auditoriums and screens. The Dolby theater features state-of-the-art projection and sound, as well as seats that pulsate. A…
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HARRIET Kasi Lemmons Interview Philadelphia
By Le Anne Lindsay, Editor Harriet Tubman, the most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad as a superhero. Not in a Marvel sense of course, however an intention to show a woman of extraordinary courage & heroism is behind director Kasi Lemmons and Gregory Allen Howard’s script – as we see Tubman jump off a bridge to elude captors, travel hundreds of miles alone on foot to free herself, then risking that freedom to return again and again to free others, brandishing pistols, wading through deep waters and basically exhibiting the kind of physical & mental strength usually reserved for male super or action heroes. We begin on a plantation,…
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Steven Spielberg’s WEST SIDE STORY December 18, 2020
An adaptation of the original Broadway musical, WEST SIDE STORY explores young love and tensions between rival gangs the Jets and the Sharks on the streets of 1957 New York. The cast also includes Ansel Elgort (Tony); Rachel Zegler (Maria); Ana Isabelle (Rosalia); Corey Stoll (Lieutenant Schrank); Brian d’Arcy James (Officer Krupke); Curtiss Cook (Abe) and Academy Award®-winner Rita Moreno, who plays Valentina and also serves as one of the film’s Executive Producers. The film is now in production for Twentieth Century Fox and The Walt Disney Studios. WEST SIDE STORY is produced and directed by Steven Spielberg from a script by Academy Award®-nominated screenwriter and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tony Kushner.…
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PHILADELPHIA-BASED EVIL GENIUS ANNOUNCES NEW ALL-NATURAL LINE OF HARD SELTZER
On (10/21) my #PhillyCalendar consisted of Evil Genius Beer Company reveal party for their newest offering – HARD SELTZERS! Owners Luke Bowen and Trevor Hayward have taken things to the next level with this exciting new product line – #BigMood Lemon Lime | #TBT Grapefruit | #Bestlife Black Cherry -made with all-natural ingredients. “We really loved the idea of creating something new and different from beer,” said Evil Genius partner Trevor Hayward. “Our taproom in Philadelphia, while the vast majority of what we sell is beer, has seen a huge rise in the demand for hard seltzer. We love to create new things, and experiment, and saw this…
