Our pals over at SPEC have free tickets to advanced screenings of MacGruber on Thursday, April 22 (based on the SNL skit) and Get Him To The Greek on Monday, April 27 (the new Jonah Hill comedy) at the Bridge. They also have prize packs including a ping pong ball set, shot glasses, bottle opener key chains and other useless but fun trinkets.
If you want a pair of tickets, be one of the first ten to fire away an email to filmdirs@specevents.net. Be sure to indicate which movie you want to catch.
Update: You snooze, you lose. All the goods have been claimed.
Bemoaning The Bridge is a part of Penn culture. The assigned seating, the crappy show times, the general pseudo-movie theater vibe. Well, Penn moviegoers, we have some news for you.
The Philadelphia Inquirerreports that the movie theater may be getting a fly new owner. National Amusements, the company that has operated The Bridge since 2003, is giving up its lease. The group apparently interested in taking over the property is called Rave Entertainment, and let us tell you, they sound rad. According to the Inky, Rave “is known for its state-of-the-art digital projection and seating amenities, including chairs that rock and feature retractable armrests for cuddling.”
Wondering if the new digs will still have that annoying assigned seating system? We did some snooping around the ticketing section of Rave’s website, and it appears that at its other theaters, seating is open. Let’s hope for the same on 40th and Walnut.
We do have one last thing to admit: we are not-so-secretly fond patrons of 12 Lounge, the shady bar/lounge attached to The Bridge (it’s right across the street from our office!). We look forward to “cuddling” at the new theater, but we’ll be looking for a new spot to fuel our afternoon thirst.
Who likes free movies? When was the last time you went to a free movie? For us it was basically a free movie FESTIVAL over Thanksgiving break in our family room at home. Maybe you haven’t heard of DVDs but they’re kind of changing how we watch movies. Free movies all the time! (Except for the price of the DVDs! A cost that is often expensive! Hey, whatever!)
Wait, you already know about DVDs? And you’re saying that when you go to a free movie you want to leave your house and you want popcorn and you want to see Michael Cera in person? Then maybe this free movie is more up your alley. SPEC Film is hosting a free screening of Youth In Revolt at The Bridge tomorrow night at 7:30!
Plus, there’s a Q&A session afterwards with Michael Cera, Portia Doubleday and the C.D. Payne, the author of the book that is now the major motion picture in question. Which one of you guys is going to ask Mr. Cera the obligatory Arrested Development Movie question? Work that out amongst yourselves because one of you really should ask him.
You can pick up your tickets in the Office of Student Life or click here to print them out. Seating is first come, first served. As long as you show up early, you’ll probably have a better chance of getting a seat at The Bridge than in our family room. (Don’t even THINK about getting a spot on the couch if the whole family’s watching.)
SPEC Film is hosting a free screening of The Fourth Kind Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at The Bridge and it just so happens that they hooked us up with six pairs of VIP tickets. What comes along with that VIP treatment? No waiting on line! Roped off seats! A free poster!
Now, normally we would just invite our 11 closest friends and share an enormous bag of Mike and Ikes while we admire the fruits of Milla Jovovich’s transition from model to queen of the action thriller but we’re going to be so busy blogging! Also, look at that poster. Too scary.
So, here’s how we’re going to do this: the first six people to email us with THE FOURTH KIND as the subject and their name in the body of the message each get a pair of tickets to the screening. Do it right now or you’ll miss out! THE RACE IS ON.
Although Penn made the questionable decision to shorten fall break to three days this year, it’s still the perfect time to catch up on sleep, cram for midterms, or if you’re like us, see a movie. Or five. To help you figure out exactly what to see this weekend, 34th Street has picked out the cream of the October movie slump crop. Check out all the recommendations, plus an interview with a Gossip Girl castmember and Penn namesake, after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
Did you notice that weird building outside Houston last week? We saw there were people doing makeup but we JUST got a makeover so we walked right by. Clearly that was a mistake.
Turns out it was set up by Yoostar – the people who make this thing – as part of a campus tour they’re doing to help Jamie Kennedy find an extra for an upcoming movie. The audition tapes were created using the fancy Yoostar technology to insert students into famous movies. That’s just how show business works, guys. One day you’re pretending to be the secretary from Ferris Bueller after finishing your Blaze burger and the next day you’re not allowed to make eye contact with Mr. Kennedy while he makes America laugh.
Now, the important part is not that a Penn student might win the contest, but that Yoostar has posted all the videos here. They’re incredible. Seriously. We recommend you watch them all thousands of times, until every stilted nuance is burned into your brain forever, because gifts as wonderful as this don’t come around too often.
It's like a drive-in movie, but a lot scarier and not as comfortable
UPDATE: This event has been canceled due to rain. Don’t cry. If you had your heart set on seeing a movie in the 4000 Block of Walnut tonight, there’s still hope.
Tonight at 7:30 Campus Apartments will be hosting an outdoor screening of I Love You Man, starring our very own Paul Rudd. The event is for residents and friends of residents, and since some of us are residents, and all of our readers are friends (aww), that means you!
But where will it be, you ask?
Well you know that parking lot on the corner of 41st and Walnut, down the street from Lee’s Hoagie House and right across from Campus Apartments?
Yeah, we didn’t either. It’s not exactly the biggest, or the nicest, or the most well-lit place we’ve ever considered parking illegally. But that’s where it will be. Really and truly.
On the plus side, we hear that popcorn will be provided, that attendees are encouraged to bring a beverage, and that the movie is intended for mature audiences. Check out the E-vite after the jump. And listen, friend, if you do decide to go, be careful. We mean it.
We’ve gotten a few texts and tips about the giant bus in front of the bridge and sent UTB photog Melanie Lei to scoop out the scene.
Apparently, the Philadelphia premiere for I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell (based on Tucker Max’s best-selling book about excess drinking, debauchery and belligerence) is tonight at The Bridge. The screening, which starts at 7 p.m., is sold out. But if you’re still interested, the movie’s Web site says that there will probably be about 5-10 unused press tickets that will be given away close to show time.
You know, last time he was here, he hooked up with a Penn chick…
DRL is usually filled with little more than engineers with their huge backpacks and pocket calculators and that giant periodic table. But, as we reported Friday, today it is doubling as a set for the untitled James L. Brooks movie (can we just give it a title already?) starring Reese Witherspoon, Paul Rudd and Owen Wilson.
The building is almost entirely blocked off, and surrounded by security guards, yellow police tape and at least five studio trucks. There is just one door open for the extras (our very own Penn physics majors!) to use, but if you happen to be in the area, you could always try to sneak onto the set… who knows, you might just see Paul checking his phone in an empty classroom or Reese wandering the linoleum halls! Check out what we found with our intrepid photog Melanie Lei. Read the rest of this entry »
We hate DRL. The place pretty much has zero redeeming qualities. Well, until now. A tipster informs us that the untitled James L. Brooks movie (yeah, the one starring Reese Witherspoon, Paul Rudd and Owen Wilson) will be filming at DRL on Monday. This is better than when they went to Marathon!
And we’re told that they’re recruiting physics students to be extras for a scene in a physics class. This is probably the only time in the history of the world we wish we were physics majors. Regardless, we think they still should have pulled a Philadelphia and substituted a pretty building for the repulsive DRL.
We’re not given to obvious displays of geekery (that one time we said “Frak” doesn’t count), so when we went to see the new Star Trek movie, we were nervous. Would everyone in the audience be wearing Federation uniforms? Would they be speaking Klingon? Sure, mad scientist director J.J. Abrams, the mastermind behind sci-fi lovechildren Lost and Fringe (and Felicity!), promised us that this film would rejuvenate the Trek franchise. But still, visions of Star Trek conventions haunted our dreams.
Do you have nothing to do tomorrow? Can you see yourself as a convincing hippie, Asian businessman or sombrero guy? Then you, friend, could be a movie star. Via the Green Line Cafe’s website, we hear that the producers of Napoleon Dynamite are looking for Green Line-esque people to populate their Green Line-inspired set. Read on for the full announcement.
EXTRAS WANTED FOR FEATURE FILM “CAFÉ”
From the Producers of Napoleon Dynamite
Written and directed by Mark Erlbaum, WHO WROTE THE FILM WHILE SITTING AT THE GREEN LINE!
The cafe will be used for exterior shots and they are currently building a set based on the layout and atmosphere of the Green Line. The producers would love to have “real” Green Line folks as extras.
First shoot is still frame photography (tattoo’d individuals wanted!). We plan to do the shoot on Tuesday, May 5th from 11am to 1pm so time is tightening up. It’s paid work ($20) and the folks we cast will get a pretty cool large format print of the still shot.
Several readers have written in to alert us that the trailer for Transformers 2 is online, and Penn’s quadrangle makes a rather prominent appearance about 20 seconds in. Penn geeks, what would we ever do without you? Check out the trailer below, or for a more clear version, click here.
UTB loves awards. We love liveblogging the Oscars. We love voting for Best of Penn. Just this afternoon, we loved seeing the World Series Trophy, if only because Penn students (like infants, pirates and Gossip Girls) love shiny things. This Friday night is the Greater Philadelphia Student Film Festival (GSPFF). Doors open at 6:15, the show starts at 7, and at the Awards Ceremony, 17 of the best student films will be playing. Tickets are $10 online and $15 at the door; entry not only gets you entertainment but also free Qdoba and Honest Tea, plus a soundtrack provided by DJ Foxx Boogie, Penn’s own Langston Clement. For a preview, check out the trailer below:
It’s time for another ticket giveaway! Street has ten free tickets to an advanced screening of Fast & Furious, this Wednesday night at 7:30 at the Bridge. Each ticket admits two, and comes with F&F condoms, an F&F Frisbee, and an F&F poster! Swag just doesn’t get better than that.
To win, all you have to do is email street-film@dailypennsylvanian.com with suggestions of how to use all three of those items at once. The ten most creative ideas win, and the contest closes Tuesday night at midnight.
DRL is usually filled with little more than engineers with their huge backpacks and pocket calculators and that giant periodic table. But, as we 
We hate DRL. The place pretty much has zero redeeming qualities. Well, until now. A tipster informs us that the 
You can stun me with your phaser anytime. 
Do you have nothing to do tomorrow? Can you see yourself as a convincing hippie, Asian businessman or sombrero guy? Then you, friend, could be a movie star. Via the 
