Whoa! We get a lot of movie passes, but this one is especially cool. Inside Llewyn Davis, the next film from the legendary Coen brothers, is playing this Thursday at 7pm in Friendship Heights, and we have passes! This is a big movie with high award prospects, and we’re excited that our friends and customers […]
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See Dallas Buyers Club early on Tuesday
Matthew McConaughey shocking physical transformation for his portrayal of AIDS patient Ron Woodroof has made Dallas Buyers Club one of the most anticipated films of the year. Despite an early screen presence characterized by mediocre romantic comedies like Failure to Launch, McConaughey’s career has dramatically rebounded with the help of serious and popular films including […]
Continue readingBe the first for Last Vegas!
Summer movie season may be over, but that’s not stopping us from giving out movie passes! This time around, we’ve acquired passes to Last Vegas, the new comedy film in which Morgan Freeman, Robert De Niro, and others essentially play themselves having a bachelor party. We’re never ones to turn down an opportunity to hang […]
Continue readingCatch new short films around DC all week
DC has become an epicenter of independent films, attracting filmmakers from around the country to take advantage of the city’s social activism and global culture. One of DC’s hallmark film events, the DC Shorts Film Festival, kicked off last Thursday and continues through this week. The DC Shorts Festival includes screenings of 153 films from […]
Continue readingThese Banned Books Week film screens are [REDACTED]
Banned Books Week, the annual tongue-in-cheek celebration of censorship in libraries, starts on Sunday, September 22nd. Libraries have a long history of fighting critics and officials about the inclusion of books with controversial, especially ones aimed towards children. This is a chance to push back and shine a light on why these books were challenged […]
Continue readingGet pumped! Free passes for Don Jon and Captain Phillips
We’ve been getting busier and busier since the start of the semester, so we imagine it’s pretty hectic for students too. There’s no better time for a cooldown than this week, and what better way to take a break than by going to the movies? We have passes to see two new movies for free […]
Continue readingSee The World’s End early and attend a Q&A WITH SIMON PEGG! Seriously!
Once in a while, we offer passes to advance screenings of movies big and small. But this is by far the biggest and most exciting we’ve ever had. On Monday, July 29th, you are invited to an advance screening of Edgar Wright’s new comedy, The World’s End, with a Q&A with the director and stars […]
Continue readingE.T. kicks off Screen on the Green
Of the many film screenings happening around the DMV area this summer, none has a stronger pedigree and brand than the HBO- and Universal-sponsored Screen on the Green. Every Monday for the next four weeks, HBO will screen a classic film on the National Mall at sunset, around 8pm. This year’s festivities begin tonight with […]
Continue readingExcellent! AFI Silver starts righteous 80s film series
We’ve posted in the past about summer film screenings, but this one takes the cake. Throughout the next few months, AFI Silver, located close to the Silver Spring metro stop, will be showing original prints of great films from the 1980s. These aren’t just DVD copies: you get to see the original things, as they […]
Continue readingGet advance passes to see Pacific Rim THIS TUESDAY!
A number of high-profile movies come out this week, including the kid’s mega-hit Despicable Me 2 and Gore Verbinski’s big-budget gamble, The Lone Ranger. Those are all fine and well. But our real excitement is reserved for next week’s Pacific Rim, a tribute to Japanese kaiju monster movies from Guillermo del Toro. So why post […]
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