Oscar Ballot: Enter Your Predictions and Win Prizes!

Posted on February 17, 2012 by Chris

Who will take home Oscars at the 84th Academy Awards? Make your predictions here!

How to play: It’s easy! Enter your name and contact information and then select whoever you think will win. All answers are multiple choice, exception for the two tie-breaker questions which require a numeric answer. Categories are weighted with a total of 100 possible points.

Prizes will be awarded for First, Second, and Third places. Winners will receive an Ambler Theater Oscar statuette and free passes. A special award will be given if the winners are in attendance at our Oscar Party.

Fill Out Your Oscar Ballot Now!

Screen Watch – Lord of the Rings, Oscar Death Race, Jimmy the Projectionist, Douglas Trumbull, Pirates, Wizard of Oz, David Bordwell, Jean Dujardin, Wes Anderson, Moonrise Kingdom

Posted on February 16, 2012 by Chris

What is Screen Watch? Each week, we post a collection of images, trailers, videos, and articles on the film industry as it relates to the Ambler and County Theaters. We are also now proud to feature your testimonials and pictures of your at the theater. Do you have something that you think we will find interesting or should be included? Email it to ccollier@renewtheaters.org. Continue reading →

Screen Watch: Oscars, Harry Potter, Uggie, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Artist, Leonard Maltin, Digital Cinema, Margaret Thatcher, Saul Bass, Roman Mars

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Chris

Harry Potter Hard Drive

What is Screen Watch? Each week, we post a collection of images, trailers, videos, and articles on the film industry as it relates to the Ambler and County Theaters. Do you have something that you think we will find interesting or should be included? Email it to ccollier@renewtheaters.org. Continue reading →

Harry Potter screenings shifted one hour earlier

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Chris

Courtesy of Warner Brothers

Harry Potter will now be starting at 10:00am instead of 11:00. This is for both the Ambler screening on Saturday, February 4th and the County screening on Saturday, March 17th.

Over a decade ago, three Wizards burst onto the silver screen in what would be the first of eight Harry Potter films. We are excited to bring this first installment back to theaters as part of our Saturday Family Matinee series. But due to some scheduling issues – and the fact that Chris Columbus did not feel the need to cut anything in order to make his big-screen adaptation – we have had to shift the screenings of Harry Potter one hour earlier than our normal Matinee start time.

Costumes are encouraged for both screenings and outfits will be rewarded with free popcorn. Depending on how many participants we have, we might even divide up the theater into seating by Hogwarts house. We welcome any ideas you might have to make these screenings more fun and interactive. Please share any thoughts or suggestions below in the comments section.

The Things We Learned from this Year’s Art House Convergence

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Chris

Chris and John at the 2012 Art House Convergence Five years ago 24 delegates from twelve theaters came together in Salt Lake City to work together to build a stronger art house theater community. Since then, the Art House Convergence has grown to 300 like-minded individuals, representing over 100 theaters nationwide, who meet annually to share best practices and forge bonds to make art house theaters strong, vibrant, “community-supported and mission-based” centers.

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Screen Watch: National Theatre, Oscars, Universal Pictures, The Artist, Vertigo, The Big Lebowski, Raymond Chandler

Posted on January 12, 2012 by Chris

What is Screen Watch? Each week, we post a collection of images, trailers, videos, and articles on the film industry as it relates to the Ambler and County Theaters. Do you have something that you think we will find interesting or should be included? Email it to ccollier@renewtheaters.org. Continue reading →

What Are Your Top Films of 2011?

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Chris

2011 Best Of Lists

There are still 2011 movies that have not made their way to the Ambler or County yet. But, with Award season in full swing, it is hard not to think back over the year and start comparing notes.

What were your favorite films of 2011? Post your list in the comments section below. Feel free to add your top five worst films if you like. We would love to know those as well. In case you forgot the movies that came out this year, here is the complete list of films released in 2011.

We will keep this post open until the end of the month, and then will condense all of the lists into one master Top Ten.

Ambler YMCA Day: Despicable Me – Sat. Jan 21, 2012

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Chris

Despicable Me

Saturday, January 21st
11:00 am

The Ambler Theater and The Ambler Area YMCA are coming together for another morning of fun and community support. The morning will feature a screening of Despicable Me, the animated tale of a criminal mastermind who uses a trio of orphan girls as pawns for a grand scheme, but finds their love is profoundly changing him for the better.

Bring a donation of a canned good, a winter hat, or gloves/mittens and get a free popcorn. Donations support the Ambler Food Cupboard.

Proceeds from the screening support the YMCA’s Strong Kids Campaign, which makes the Ambler Area Y accessible to all people and helps to empower the community to learn, grow and thrive.

Admission:
$4.50 individual
$10 for the whole family