Be Kind Rewind

Free Advance-Screening Passes For ‘10,000 B.C.,’ ‘Vantage Point,’ ‘Semi-Pro,’ ‘Stop-Loss’

HollywoodChicago.com — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 12:02:47 -0700

CHICAGO – Free advance-screening movie passes. No catch. Just click the link and RSVP.

This week, we have passes for “Honeydripper,” “Be Kind Rewind,” “Penelope,” “Stop-Loss,” “Semi-Pro,” “Vantage Point,” “The Bank Job” and “10,000 B.C.”. These passes go quickly, so if you’re interested in a particular film, snag your free ticket now!

Snag your “10,000 B.C.” pass!
March 5 in Boston
March 5 in Providence, R.I.
Snag your “Be Kind Rewind” pass!
Feb. 19 in Birmingham, Mich.

Snag your “Penelope” pass!
Feb. 19 in Orlando
Feb. 19 in Tampa
Feb. 19 in San Jose, Calif.
Feb. 19 in Sacramento, Calif.
Feb. 19 in Fresno, Calif.
Feb. 21 in Visalia, Calif.
Feb. 23 in San Rafael, Calif.
Feb. 23 in South Miami
Feb. 23 in Altamonte Springs, Fla.
Feb. 23 in Tampa
Feb. 23 in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.
Feb. 26 in Ft. Lauderdale
Feb. 26 in Santa Clara, Calif.
Feb. 26 in Roseville, Calif.
Feb. 26 in Clovis, Calif.
Feb. 27 in Sacramento, Calif.
Feb. 28 in South Miami
Feb. 28 in Orlando
Feb. 28 in Tampa
Feb. 28 in West Palm Beach
Feb. 28 in Emeryville, Calif.
Snag your “Stop-Loss” pass!
Feb. 19 in South Miami
Snag your “Semi-Pro” pass!
Feb. 19 in Westwood, Calif.
Feb. 25 in Denver
Feb. 25 in Salt Lake City
Snag your “Vantage Point” pass!
Feb. 21 in San Francisco
Snag your “Honeydripper” pass!
Feb. 19 in Denver
Snag your “The Bank Job” pass!
Feb. 26 in Denver
Feb. 26 in Hollywood

9:51 p.m. update on Feb. 20, 2008: We have just been informed of a special Chicago screening for students for “Drillbit Taylor”. To attend, a valid student ID must be presented with your pass.

Snag your “Drillbit Taylor” student pass!
Feb. 21 in Chicago

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By ADAM FENDELMAN
Editor-in-Chief
HollywoodChicago.com
adam@hollywoodchicago.com

Free Advance-Screening Passes For ‘Harold & Kumar,’ ‘Stop-Loss,’ ‘The Bank Job,’ ‘Vantage Point,’ ‘Semi-Pro’

HollywoodChicago.com — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:19:51 -0700

CHICAGO – Free advance-screening movie passes. No catch. Just click the link and RSVP. This is our largest list yet! Through our relationship with FilmMetro.com, we’re offering 41 free screenings for 11 films from Feb. 13 through Feb. 28.

This week, we have the most updated passes for “Step Up 2 the Streets,” “Penelope,” “Jumper,” “In Bruges,” “Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay,” “Be Kind Rewind,” “Honeydripper,” “Stop-Loss,” “Semi-Pro,” “Vantage Point” and “The Bank Job”. These passes go quickly, so if you’re interested in a particular film, snag your free ticket now!

Snag your “Step Up 2 the Streets” pass!
Feb. 13 in Denver
Snag your “Penelope” pass!
Feb. 13 in Royal Palm Beach
Feb. 14 in Tampa
Feb. 14 in San Francisco
Feb. 19 in Orlando
Feb. 19 in Tampa
Feb. 19 in San Francisco
Feb. 19 in San Jose, Calif.
Feb. 19 in Sacramento, Calif.
Feb. 19 in Fresno, Calif.
Feb. 21 in Visalia, Calif.
Feb. 23 in San Rafael, Calif.
Feb. 23 in Roseville, Calif.
Feb. 23 in Fresno, Calif.
Feb. 23 in South Miami
Feb. 23 in Altamonte Springs, Fla.
Feb. 23 in Tampa
Feb. 23 in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.
Feb. 26 in Ft. Lauderdale
Feb. 26 in San Francisco
Feb. 26 in Santa Clara, Calif.
Feb. 26 in Roseville, Calif.
Feb. 26 in Clovis, Calif.
Feb. 27 in Sacramento, Calif.
Feb. 28 in South Miami
Feb. 28 in Orlando
Feb. 28 in Tampa
Feb. 28 in West Palm Beach
Feb. 28 in Emeryville, Calif.
Snag your “Jumper” pass!
Feb. 13 in San Francisco
Snag your “In Bruges” pass!
Feb. 13 in Salt Lake City
Snag your “Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay” pass!
Feb. 18 in Los Angeles
Snag your “Be Kind Rewind” pass!
Feb. 18 in Denver
Feb. 19 in Birmingham, Mich.
Snag your “Honeydripper” pass!
Feb. 19 in Denver
Snag your “Stop-Loss” pass!
Feb. 19 in South Miami
Snag your “Semi-Pro” pass!
Feb. 19 in Westwood, Calif.
Feb. 25 in Denver
Feb. 25 in Salt Lake City
Snag your “Vantage Point” pass!
Feb. 21 in San Francisco
Snag your “The Bank Job” pass!
Feb. 26 in Hollywood

By ADAM FENDELMAN
Editor-in-Chief
HollywoodChicago.com
adam@hollywoodchicago.com

Free Advance-Screening Passes For ‘The Spiderwick Chronicles,’ ‘Run Fatboy Run,’ ‘Be Kind Rewind,’ ‘Penelope,’ ‘Semi-Pro’

HollywoodChicago.com — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 09:22:13 -0700

CHICAGO – Free advance-screening movie passes. No catch. Just click the link and RSVP.

This week, we have passes for “The Spiderwick Chronicles,” “Penelope,” “In Bruges,” “Caramel,” “Run Fatboy Run,” “Jumper,” “Be Kind Rewind” and “Semi-Pro”. These passes go quickly, so if you’re interested in a particular film, snag your free ticket now!

Snag your “The Spiderwick Chronicles” pass!
Feb. 7 in Orlando
Feb. 7 in Tampa
Feb. 7 in West Palm Beach
Feb. 12 in South Miami
Feb. 12 in Orlando
Feb. 12 in Tampa
Snag your “Penelope” pass!
Feb. 7 in Philadelphia
Feb. 12 in Aventura, Fla.
Feb. 13 in Royal Palm Beach
Feb. 14 in Tampa
Feb. 19 in Orlando
Feb. 19 in Tampa
Feb. 23 in South Miami
Feb. 23 in Altamonte Springs, Fla.
Feb. 23 in Tampa
Feb. 23 in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.
Feb. 13 in Royal Palm Beach
Feb. 26 in Ft. Lauderdale
Feb. 28 in South Miami
Feb. 28 in Orlando
Feb. 28 in Tampa
Feb. 28 in West Palm Beach
Snag your “In Bruges” pass!
Feb. 7 in West Valley City, Utah
Snag your “Caramel” pass!
Feb. 11 in La Jolla, Calif.
Snag your “Run Fatboy Run” pass!
Feb. 12 in Los Angeles
Snag your “Jumper” pass!
Feb. 13 in San Francisco
Snag your “Be Kind Rewind” pass!
Feb. 18 in Denver
Feb. 19 in Birmingham, Mich.
Snag your “Semi-Pro” pass!
Feb. 25 in Denver
Feb. 25 in Salt Lake City

By ADAM FENDELMAN
Editor-in-Chief
HollywoodChicago.com
adam@hollywoodchicago.com

Free Advance-Screening Passes For ‘Be Kind Rewind,’ ‘In Bruges,’ ‘Jumper,’ ‘Caramel,’ ‘Fool’s Gold’

HollywoodChicago.com — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 20:35:44 -0700

CHICAGO – Free advance-screening movie passes. No catch. Just click the link and RSVP.

This week, we have passes for “Over Her Dead Body,” “In Bruges” (including one screening in Chicago!), “The Hottie and the Nottie,” “Vince Vaughn’s Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days & 30 Nights,” “Caramel,” “Fool’s Gold,” “Penelope,” “Jumper” and “Be Kind Rewind”. These passes go quickly, so if you’re interested in a particular film, snag your free ticket now!

Snag your “Over Her Dead Body” pass!
Jan. 28 in Denver
Jan. 29 in Salt Lake City
Jan. 29 in New York
Jan. 29 in Los Angeles
Jan. 29 in Birmingham, Mich.
Jan. 30 in Orange, Calif.
Jan. 31 in Los Angeles
Snag your “In Bruges” pass!
Jan. 29 in Denver
Jan. 31 in Orange, Calif.
Jan. 31 in Chicago
Snag your “The Hottie and the Nottie” pass!
Jan. 29 in Aventura, Fla.
Jan. 30 in Washington, D.C.
Feb. 5 in Los Angeles

Snag your “Fool’s Gold” pass!
Feb. 4 in Novi, Mich.
Feb. 4 in Norfolk, Va.
Feb. 4 in Baltimore
Snag your “Vince Vaughn’s Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days & 30 Nights” pass!
Jan. 31 in Novi, Mich.
Snag your “Caramel” pass!
Feb. 4 in Cambridge, Mass.
Snag your “Penelope” pass!
Feb. 6 in Coconut Grove, Fla.
Snag your “Jumper” pass!
Feb. 13 in San Francisco
Snag your “Be Kind Rewind” pass!
Feb. 18 in Denver
Feb. 19 in Birmingham, Mich.

By ADAM FENDELMAN
Editor-in-Chief
HollywoodChicago.com
adam@hollywoodchicago.com

Jack Black Drops Biblical ‘Year One’ Bomb in ‘Be Kind Rewind’ Interview

HollywoodChicago.com — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 21:12:05 -0700

CHICAGO – Though actors aren’t supposed to chat it up about their other films when they’re being interviewed specifically for one, every now and then they do and the focus of the interview changes entirely. When Collider.com on Saturday published an interview with Jack Black about his Feb. 22 film “Be Kind Rewind,” details willingly slipped about his upcoming film “Year One”.

Mos Def (left) and Jack Black in “Be Kind Rewind”.
Photo credit: IMDb

Though the particulars of that project have been kept quietly sacred and despite the ongoing writer’s strike, we learn the following about “Year One”:

“Year One” is a biblical comedy. It’s about the Old Testament. I’m just a dude wandering through biblical times. I’m not a famous character … you would have heard of before. Me and Michael Cera are just sort of wandering through and you get to see all these old stories from the Torah told through agnostic – sort of – eyes.

The talent in the film feels partially “Superbad” as it features both Michael Cera and Christopher Mintz-Plasse along with Jack Black and Oliver Platt. The film is directed and written by Chicago native Harold Ramis (“Ghostbusters,” “Caddyshack”) and produced by Judd Apatow (also a producer for “Superbad” and Knocked Up). /Film wrote about the interview:

It appears we might have a new controversial comedy that takes aim at religion (i.e. Monty Python’s “Life of Brian”), which may explain why details have been kept hush-hush.

Black also confirmed that the script was finished before the [WGA strike started] and the project is plowing ahead without the constant rewrites that he is accustomed to. “Year One” is scheduled to hit theaters on June 19, 2009.

A video segment from the Collider.com interview can be seen here. MTV published a very brief video clip from an “Year One” interview with Black back on Dec. 10, 2007. I’ve embedded it below.

By ADAM FENDELMAN
Editor-in-Chief
HollywoodChicago.com
adam@hollywoodchicago.com

‘Be Kind Rewind’ Trailer For ‘Rush Hour’ Parody Surfaces Online

HollywoodChicago.com — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 14:50:28 -0700

Starring Jack Black and Mos Def, the trailer for the “Rush Hour” parody has surfaced from within the Michel Gondry film “Be Kind Rewind,” which is slated to open on Jan. 25, 2008.

Gondry also directed and wrote “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind”. Other parodies following this theme can be found here.