A father and teen daughter attend a pop concert, where they realize they’re at the center of a dark and sinister event. Written and directer by M. Night Shyamalan.  Rated PG-13 (105 min) Entertainment Weekly .... masterfully shot, with great use of wide angles, cropped frames, and a sense of foreboding [...]

A young boy named Harold embarks on a magical mission with the help of his purple crayon The Telegraph This bright children’s adventure, loosely adapted from a picture book about a young boy whose drawings become real, feels like the sort of thing Jim Carrey might have made in his first [...]

Returning to the mind of newly minted teenager Riley just as headquarters is undergoing a sudden demolition to make room for something entirely unexpected: new Emotions! Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear and Disgust, who’ve long been running a successful operation by all accounts, aren’t sure how to feel when Anxiety shows up. [...]

Academy Award-winning  filmmaker Kevin Costner directs a multi-faceted chronicle covering the Civil War expansion and settlement of the American West.   A story of America too big for one film, this truecinematic event also stars Costner.  “Horizon: An American Saga” explores the lure of the Old West and how it was won—and [...]

A VERY SPECIAL EVENT !! If  you have only seen it on T.V., you have not come close to experiencing this motion picture.   If you have never seen it ...you are in for a breathless and emotional cinematic experience. Close Encounter of the First Kind – witnessing UFOs soaring across the [...]

Seventeen years after joining forces as the backing band for rockabilly cult hero Ronnie Hawkins, Canadian roots rockers The Band call it quits with a lavish farewell show at San Francisco's Winterland Ballroom on Nov. 25, 1976. Filmed by Martin Scorsese, this documentary features standout performances by a host of rock [...]

What a bold, mad act of genius it was, to make “Lawrence of Arabia.  The superlatives are endless, Lawrence of Arabia is truly an piece of epic film making - grand in scope with stunning cinematography, a magnificent and beautiful score and cast full of brilliant groundbreaking performances.  On video, it [...]

The documentary "Birth of The Endless Summer: Discovery of Cape St. Francis" reveals the untold story behind Bruce Brown's iconic film "The Endless Summer." It follows the journey of Dick Metz, a California surf pioneer, as he travels the world from 1958 to 1961. Metz's adventures lead him to discover the [...]

The correct answer wins -- one free pass to the Magic Lantern and lunch for two (2) at Rasberrys ($25 value gratuity/alcohol not included) WINNERS will be announced on this this site In the event of multiple correct answers -- the winner will be drawn from a hat This Week's Question Who [...]

The correct answer wins -- one free pass to the Magic Lantern and lunch for two (2) at Rasberrys ($25 value gratuity/alcohol not included) WINNERS will be announced on this this site In the event of multiple correct answers -- the winner will be drawn from a hat This Week's Question Who [...]

It's the time of year we would normally be doing our Spring Film Festival --well, normal went away when Covid arrived.  Despite limited choice, every now and then we find a few gems. This week check out ONE LIFE and KNOX GOES AWAY.

Last Year our Valentines gift to the Valley was free showings of what is easily one of the MOST ROMANTIC movies of all time, not to mention, one of the greatest movies of all time -- CASABLANCA.   Sooo, we are doing it again.  Grab your sweetheart and fall in love with the movies, at [...]

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Moviegoer’s love affair with musicals began the moment movies began to talk.  When Al Jolsen’s character famously said, in what now has become a classic cinematic moment in 1929’s The Jazz Singer, “you ain’t heard nothing yet,”  he had no idea how prescient he was.  The new “talkies” proved to be the [...]

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1st Place -- Gabreile Anderson -83 points 2nd Place -- Dick Anderson -82 points 3rd Place -- tie -- Linda Cohen & Taylor Phillips each had 81 points and the correct tie breaker-THE LAST JEDI Congratulations!!  Your Prizes are available at the Magic Lantern Boxoffice

he 2017 Sun Valley Film Noir Series will screen two films for this year’s film noir lovers. As an abbreviated series, which will end the Magic Lantern Cinemas Fall Film Festival, the Sun Valley Film Noir Series will feature “The Maltese Falcon” on Thursday, Oct. 5, and “Chinatown” on Thursday, Oct. 12. The film [...]

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  Kyle Morrison and Max  Kessler met their freshman year at Emerson College in Boston where they shared a dorm room bathroom. As a result, they not only lived together for the next decade, but also, they became longtime creative collaborators, shooting their first sitcom pilot THE MARLBOROUGH WAY for Emerson’s TV station in 2006.<br> [...]