Aiming to Stem Attendance Losses, More Cinemas Try a Full-Frills Model
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Cinema operators are increasingly taking steps to entice adults out of their living rooms and back to the theaters. Some even have waiters to deliver food to seats.
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na summer when many of the studios&#39; biggest bets failed to pay off, it was familiarity in the form of sequels and low-budget comedies that resonated with movie audiences.
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Regal Entertainment Group cinemas is arming some audience members with devices that can be used to silently alert the theater staff about various irritations.
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Unlike major movie chains, many Broadway theaters have lagged behind (pun intended) when it comes to the most basic of audience amenities: their seats.
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With changing times, movie promotions too are turning at their innovative best.
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Several movie studios choose a side in the battle of DVD formats.
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A funny thing has happened on the  way to movie theaters this fall: Hollywood, it seems, has been  listening to fans looking for original features after years of  boring sequels, prequels and remakes.
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Ratings are based on the box office collections and the cost of the film.
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How to avoid bad movies in the name of a good cause.
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Among hardcore film  fans, movie directors have become the equivalent of rock stars.
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It looks like the era of shorter films has had its day. 2007 is going
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Since the box office hit rock bottom last weekend, there's no place to go but up. And two films targeting very different audiences are looking to take advantage of the usual seasonal slump this weekend.
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For a few years, technology companies have been racing to find a way to get movies from the Internet to the living-room TV in a way that will get consumers excited.
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In a summer when many of the studios' biggest bets failed to pay off, it was familiarity in the form of sequels and low-budget comedies that resonated with movie audiences.
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Moviegoers who have become inured to pre-show car ads and trivia quizzes may soon get something old enough to seem new: cartoon shorts.
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In the new Hollywood agencies are finding it can be tougher to meet the needs of a corporate customer than than to baby-sit for a temperamental star.
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Technology that acquires films instantaneously gives theater operators unprecedented flexibility in selecting what they screen. Now, a box-office bomb can be ditched for an old favorite. By the Associated Press.