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[rolanni]

Here I'm barely over my fit of pique for having missed "The Illusionist," and I already have reason to regret my almost-certain missing of "The Prestige." To wit:

"The Prestige," directed by Christopher Nolan ("Memento," "Batman Begins"), stars Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale as magicians in turn-of-the-century London. The two begin a game of one-upmanship that draws blood -- and worse. Michael Caine, Scarlett Johansson and David Bowie (playing Nikola Tesla) also star.

David Bowie as Tesla. Yes.

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[merlinpole.livejournal.com]

Dollar movies? What are those? Around the area of Burlington/Woburn/Lowell MA it's all Showcase or that other company megaplex showing the same stuff on five or more screens per film, at premium prices, more like $10 than $1...

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

Dollar movies? What are those?.

There was a dollar theater in Reisterstown, back shortly before the rocks cooled, when we lived in the area.

You get a dollar theater when you have a population-dense area rich in long-standing independently held theaters which is suddenly invaded by a multiplex or three and/or brought face-to-face with the realities of a strong recession. The indie, in its scramble for life, starts showing movies for a buck during the day (and in the case of the Reisterstown theater at least), three bucks in the evening. It may be that they can rent a popular/new movie on unscheduled days before it moves on to the next region, and thereby Get It Cheap. I don't know enough about how film distribution work(s) to say for sure.