We are making a home for weekly TV movie listings online. Starting today, you will find the movie listings that we used to publish in TV Cu actually, a prolonged version, with additional information for each movie in a format that’s easier to read — on our main television Web page, www.jsonline.com/tvradio. Look for the heading Movies on TV.
How to find movie theatre listings? No matter how many satellite channels you receive or DVDs you get in the mail, there’s still nothing like catching a movie at the theater. Today, you can check movie theater listings online, by phone or in the newspaper. Whether it’s a matinee or midnight special, it’s always a good time for newly popped corn and the big screen.
Going to the movies in Los Angeles has always been magnificent. Los Angeles movie theatres were interesting and opulent not only because the city was rapidly growing at a time of intense movie theaters listings construction across the country but also because this was the center of the film industry. All the studios wanted exotic palaces to showcase their product.
Odds are, with all of those options, you haven’t checked your local movie listings in years– that are, and if you’re local paper even still exist. Variety is reporting that that will become an even rarer occurrence, as Regal Entertainment and AMC Entertainment– the top two U.S. theater chains– are phasing out newspaper listings entirely.
Since this is advertisement revenue, the Post is actually quite distress about this, and worried that other chains might follow suit. So it’s really hoping that theater attendance will drop, and AMC will be convinced to pay for new movie listings again. Of course, the data itself is factual information, and if the Washington Post really wanted to, it could print the times itself but, instead it clearly wants the advertising money (and to prove why it thinks AMC is making a mistake). It will be fascinating to see what happens, but you get the feeling that even if AMC is convinced to come back, it won’t be long before movie theaters stop paying newspapers to print show times.
It’s impossible to deny the popularity of Hollywood movie listings in America and worldwide. Whether you rent, borrow, or go to a theater to see them, there is nothing like watching a flick with a friend or family member. The Internet is transforming the very methods in which we watch movies.