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Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Family Movie Night Screenings Announced

The Family Movie Night series at TD Bank Amphitheater starts June 11.

Starting June 11, the community is invited to TD Bank Amphitheater for Family Movie Nights. Sponsored by Building a Better Bensalem and The Bensalem Community Affairs, the Tuesday night movie series launches with The Lorax. All movies are free and start at dusk. Is it raining? No worries. The movies will be postponed to Thursday. The movie schedule is as follows: For more information, visit TDBAevents.com.

Friday, March 16, 2012

Bensalem Students Hit the Big Screen

They are participating in an anti-smoking public service announcement in movie theaters.

Bensalem High School students known as the Kick Butts Generation will be highlighted in an anti-smoking public service announcement before every PG, PG-13 and R rated movies in all 24 theaters including the IMAX cinema at Neshaminy 24 from March 16 to March 22.  According to a release, the students are working with Assistant Principal Ken Napaver and his in cooperation with the BHS Owls Television Network and sponsored by B3T (Building a Better Bensalem Together). B3T will sponsor another week of Kick Butts PSAs during spring break in the beginning of April, the release stated. 

Saturday, February 11, 2012

'Drive' Leads Weekly Redbox Rentals

Here's the top five.

Looking to rent a movie this weekend? Here are the five most-rented movies in our area, according to Redbox. Drive (R): How did Ryan Gosling get cast in this film for the man’s man? Driver is, well, a professional driver - a professional stunt driver who serves as the getaway man on nighttime heists. Cool, right? Well, he falls for a young mother who is somehow wrapped up with the mob. Mob. Fast cars. Love interest. Oh yeah. Contagion (PG-13): A lethal airborne virus can’t be stopped. Doesn’t this sound familiar? Real Steel (PG-13): How does someone as cool as Hugh Jackman end up in a movie that involves huge boxing robots? 50/50 (R): A buddy movie, kind of the guy version of a chick flick. A guy helps his best friend through cancer. …

Sunday, January 29, 2012

Redbox: Ides of March Overtakes Moneyball

Have you seen these movies? What do you think?

Looking to rent a movie this weekend? Here are the five most-rented movies in our area, according to Redbox. The Ides of March (R): An idealistic campaign worker learns the dirty truth about politics. With the presidential primary season in full swing, the timing is right for this one. Moneyball (PG-13): Real fans of baseball – the stats junkies – will love this story about how those Swingin’ A’s used more math than money to build a winning team. Abduction (PG-13): Here’s the description, straight from RedBox – “While looking at a website with pictures of missing or abducted children, teenager Nathan realizes that he is one of the subjects.” That’s enough to freak out anyone. Courageous (PG-13): Awesome cops learn how to be awesome dads in…

Friday, November 4, 2011

Redbox Rentals: Top 5 This Week

Three comedies and two action films.

In the mood to rent a movie, but not sure what's popular? Patch has teamed up with Redbox to bring you the top five movie rentals in our area. Here’s what’s hot:

Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Director/Writer: Thriller Could Visit Philly Area

“The Ledge,” nominated for Best U.S. Drama at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, stars Liv Tyler (The Lord of the Rings) Christopher Gorham (Covert Affairs) Terrence Howard (Iron Man) Patrick Wilson (Watchmen) and Charlie Hunnam (Sons Of Anarchy).

Matthew Chapman is no stranger to emotionally charged issues. The author, director and screenplay writer has tackled tough subjects including religious extremism. But his new project, “The Ledge,” uncovers another side of the creator.  “I’ve written a lot of thrillers for Hollywood, but none of them reflected much of who I am as a person,” Chapman said last week. His screenplay credits include “Runaway Jury,” which starred Dustin Hoffman, Gene Hackman, John Cusack, and Rachel Weisz, “Color of Night” starring Bruce Willis and “Consenting Adults” starring Kevin Spacey and Kevin Kline.  Chapman started crafting “The Ledge,” a philosophical thriller that surrounds a love triangle, after he spent time in Dover, York County, Pa. following a 2005…

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