Niagara Gazette Flicks 2012-02-12T06:43:48-05:00 urn:uuid:c429bf7b-dfb3-4017-9538-db806ce07e18 MOVIES: Could 'Knight’ catch 'Titanic’ wave? urn:uuid:1049cf8b-fb14-4b3c-9479-ed4efd4c39cc 2008-08-04T09:51:00-04:00 With $43.8 million this weekend, “The Dark Knight” becomes the year’s first movie to claim the box office throne for three straight weeks and appears destined to become at least the second-biggest film of all time.<br class="zc-v4-fix" /><br class="zc-v4-fix" /> MOVIES: ‘Dark Knight’ sets weekend record with $155.34M urn:uuid:491db82e-76f7-40da-8c46-659d9c62ffeb 2008-07-21T10:00:00-04:00 Batman has sent Spidey packing as king of Hollywood’s box-office superheroes. BOX OFFICE: ’Indiana Jones’ unearths $126M in box office gold urn:uuid:deb2305a-3813-4dc9-8b96-1922a5bf79e1 2008-05-26T09:47:00-04:00 Indiana Jones unearthed box office gold at domestic theaters with a performance that puts the film on track to become the second biggest Memorial Day movie opening ever, according to studio estimates. LIFESTYLE: Jivin' at the drive-in By Paul Lane<br><a href="mailto:lanep@gnnewspaper.com">E-mail Paul</a> urn:uuid:0ff99372-5d07-437f-ae11-433b29694408 2008-04-18T12:26:00-04:00 As the drive-in theater readies for its 75th anniversary this summer, a group of local enthusiasts is banding together to make sure the seasonal icon is around for decades more.<br class="zc-v4-fix" /><br class="zc-v4-fix" /> MOVIES: Silent film fest coming to NT By Phil Dzikiy<br><a href="mailto:dzikiyp@gnnewspaper.com">E-mail Phil</a> urn:uuid:93ceac2c-8600-4475-84fa-c21c8520fd0a 2008-04-16T14:29:00-04:00 An often-overlooked silent film star will get the spotlight to himself this weekend at the Riviera Theatre in North Tonawanda. MOVIES: ‘Prom Night’ carves out No. 1 stake at weekend box office urn:uuid:5a512c0d-224c-47af-ac50-ecf862f35968 2008-04-14T09:09:00-04:00 Audiences made a date with “Prom Night,” the remake of the 1980 slasher flick that took in $22.7 million to debut as the weekend’s No. 1 movie, according to studio estimates. LANE: Computers may erase animators' presence By Paul Lane<br><a href="mailto:lanep@gnnewspaper.com">E-mail Paul</a> urn:uuid:5a6210d8-4bab-4031-96a0-99bc4647c267 2008-04-09T13:26:00-04:00 While the “Toy Story” series, “Ratatouille” and other computer-generated films are well-done (and dazzling to look at sometimes), there’s just something about the old-school, hand-drawn movies that’s special. FILM: On ’Quantum of Solace’ set, even the explosions are feeling lonely urn:uuid:a03aa52b-a489-4be4-892b-e3490248918a 2008-04-08T09:15:00-04:00 Picking up an hour after “Casino Royale” left off, “Quantum of Solace” is Bond franchise’s first direct sequel. Filming began in January and has taken the crew from Britain to Panama to this moonlike landscape in northern Chile, which is standing in for Bolivia. MOVIES: '21' doubles down to stay on top urn:uuid:df983a2c-bf4b-438e-9900-4f91cf131018 2008-04-07T10:26:00-04:00 The gambling tale “21” kept up its winning streak as it took in $15.1 million to stay on top of the box office for a second-straight weekend, leaving George Clooney’s “Leatherheads” and the family tale “Nim’s Island” to scrimmage for second place. MOVIES: 'Natural' party opens film fest By Paul Lane/lanep@gnnewspaper.com urn:uuid:3b47a8ca-ce02-4dbb-aaa9-c2e7f52f3004 2008-03-26T15:54:00-04:00 One of the best parts of filming “The Natural” for Craig Stonebraker was seeing the filmmakers play God for an afternoon.