3 Showcase Cinemas trim schedules
National Amusements Inc. has implemented abbreviated schedules at three of its seven area Showcase Cinemas on Monday through Thursday.

UltraStar Cinemas to show BCS on big screen in Surprise
Your weekly guide to shopping, dining and small business news: Surprise's UltraStar Cinemas will show the FedEx BCS National Championship Game between the University of Oklahoma and University of Florida football teams live in its theater.

Music comes to Clearview Cinemas in Mansfield Township
MANSFIELD TWP. -- Clearview Cinemas is presenting the folk music show "WoodSongs Old Time Radio Hour" every Wednesday at select theaters, including at the Mansfield Township location on Route 57. "Clearview Cinemas is pleased to partner with WoodSongs so music...

Mark Cuban Proclaims 3D Movies 'The LSD of 2009'
Mavericks owner has stakes in Landmark Theaters and Carmike Cinemas.

New movies at GMall cinemas
THREE Hollywood movies and one remaining entry in Metro Manila Film Festival opened Thursday at the theaters of Gaisano Mall of Davao. Debuting were the superhero-actioner "The Spirit", hard-action-sequel "Transporter 3", family-comedy-adventure "Bedtime Stories", and drama "Magkaibigan".

Local storage facilities packed
The economy may be lagging, but at least one local enterprise is booming - storage units are difficult to come by throughout San Benito County. "We've noticed a change in the last four months," said Tim Anderson, an employee at the 166-unit Premiere Storage on McCray Street behind Premiere Cinemas.

Business summary
AK Steel plans layoffs, Multi-Color will close a Massachusetts plant, and show times are cut at three Showcase Cinemas.

In Pics: What's playing at cinemas this Friday
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Win a Fall Out Boy skateboard with Sex Drive!
Fall Out Boy make their movie debut in the randy, raucous and unexpectedly romantic, Sex Drive, in cinemas today (January 9).

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FRENCH film star Catherine Deneuve tonight unveils the £800,000 transformation of Ciné Lumière, one of London's top independent cinemas.

Showtimes -- Jan. 9
Here's what's playing at South Sound cinemas. Because times are subject to change without notice, readers are encouraged to contact the theater to be certain of showtimes. Times preceded by * are open captioned.

Jockstrip: The world as we know it.
Bidens thwarted by sold-out movieWILMINGTON, Del., Jan. 6 (UPI) -- Employees at a Delaware cinema said Vice President-elect Joe Biden and his wife Jill couldn't see a Brad Pitt movie because it was sold out.Workers at the Regal Brandywine Cinemas in Wilmington said Jill Biden approached associate manager Inshirah Muhamut's box office window while the former Democratic senator looked on, The (New ...

'Dinner And A Movie' Gets A Makeover
These 10 movie theaters have moved far beyond stale popcorn. They offer good eats.

Notorious BIG feature film hits cinemas
Mary J Blige and Sean 'Diddy' Combs hit the red carpet in the Big Apple New York to honour their friend Notorious B.I.G. The rapper, whose real name is Christopher Wallace, was killed in a drive-by shooting in Los Angeles in 1997 and a feature film about his life, Notorious, has just been released.

In cinemas this weekend, Friday and coming soon
Che: Part One | The Reader | The Spirit | The Sisterhood Of The Travelling Pants 2 | Bring Me The Head Of Alfredo Garcia

More Met Opera Live in HD broadcasts
The Met Opera Live in HD is in its third season and has become so successful it now broadcasts 11 operas during its season. Here is the remainder of this season, which will show at Edwards 21 Cinemas:

Movieland on the Boulevard
I saw it on the back of a bus: Movieland at Boulevard Square?s target opening date is Feb. 27. I?ve had my antennae out for this news since I first wrote about the development in April 2006.

Fathom to reveal ?The Secret? in cinemas
Fathom and Anthem Pictures announce ?Beyond The Secret??a follow-up discussion to the DVD and book The Secret that sold over seven million copies nationwide.

Rebel about the cost
Is raising the ticket price of foreign films the only way for local films to compete?

Slumdog Millionaire poised to become a British film winner
It is the most talked-about British film in years ? a spectacularly over-the-top fusion of Hollywood and Bollywood, with a setting in the slums of Mumbai that has proved to be extraordinarily topical.