Entertainment

This Week at the Reel Deal

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Column by JIM O’DONNELL
Reel Deal Theater

This week we are opening The Other Woman. We will hold Captain America, Transcendence and Rio 2. The Grand Budapest Hotel will end this Thursday so don’t miss it. It is quirky and funny.  

‘The Other Woman’ movie poster. Courtesy/Reel Deal Theater

In The Other Woman, after discovering her boyfriend is married, a woman (Cameron Diaz) tries to get her ruined life back on track. But when she accidentally meets the wife he’s been cheating on (Leslie Mann), she realizes they have much in common, and her sworn enemy becomes her Read More

Craig Martin Experience Packs Blue Window Bistro

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The finger-snapping, toe-tapping jazz from The Craig Martin Experience brought dancers to their feet Saturday night at the Blue Window Bistro. The band entertained the sold-out crowd who dined on a special selection of entrees, desserts and beverages. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Craig Martin, center, and his band, The Craig Martin Experience performed to a sold-out crowd Saturday night at the Blue Window Bistro. Together since 2012, the band features a three-horn front line backed by a solid rhythm section. Martin plays tenor sax and is joined by alto sax player Quinn Marksteiner Read More

This Week at the Reel Deal

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Column By JIM O’DONNELL
Reel Deal Theater                   

This week we are opening Transcendence. We will hold Captain America, The Grand Budapest Hotel and Rio 2. Need for Speed will end this Thursday.  

Movie Poster for ‘Transcendence.’ Courtesy/Reel Deal Theater

In Transcendence,Dr. Will Caster (Johnny Depp) is the foremost researcher in the field of Artificial Intelligence, working to create a sentient machine that combines the collective intelligence Read More

‘A Second Chance’ at Reel Deal Saturday Benefits High Flyers Gymnastics

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HFG News:

Sometimes in life we all wish for “A Second Chance.” That is the premise behind an inspirational family gymnastics film showing Saturday, April 19 at Reel Deal Theater in Los Alamos.

Sponsored by High Flyers Gymnastics (HFG) as a fundraising event, the movie focuses on a group of school-age gymnasts and their quest to compete for spots on the Australian national gymnastics team.

Tickets for the one-time showing are $10 (child/adult) and on sale now at CB FOX, Uli’s Cottontail, Reel Deal Theater and High Flyers Gymnastics. Proceeds benefit improvements and equipment Read More

Cinema Cindy Reviews: ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’

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Reveiw by CYNTHIA BIDDLECOMB

‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’ movie poster. Courtesy/Reel Deal Theater

“Captain America: The Winter Soldier” is entertaining for those of us who, due to familial or marital commitments, must accompany someone we love to movies in the comic book/superhero genre.

After sitting through all the “pow, boom, splat” as we call it at our house, one does come out of the film taking the advice of SHIELD Director Nick Fury, “Trust no one.” If you take this kind of movie too seriously, the world will feel much less safe Read More

Local Movie Extra Recounts Positive Experience

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Jennifer McDonald of White Rock dressed for her role in “Outlaw Prophet.” Courtesy photo
 
By CAROL A. CLARK
Los Alamos Daily Post

White Rock resident Jennifer McDonald was cast last week in the movie “Outlaw Prophet” as one of the wives of Warren Jeffs, the leader of a Fundamentalist Mormon polygamist sect.

She filmed Tuesday and Wednesday on a set at Ghost Ranch. Speculation had surrounded the movie as it was being shot earlier this month in a Pajarito Acres home. The announced title of the film is “Jubilee” but the initials “OP” appeared Read More

Cinema Cindy Reviews ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’

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‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’
Review by CYNTHIA BIDDLECOMB

Movie poster for ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel. Courtesy Reel Deal Theater

“The Grand Budapest Hotel” director Wes Anderson’s latest cinematic romp, is all that we’ve come to appreciate about Anderson’s films (“Moonrise Kingdom” and “The Royal Tannenbaums”, for example), only better.

It is vastly entertaining, rich in minute visual details, and presenting a surprising scene at nearly every turn. The film earned four chilies (out of a possible four) Read More

This Week at the Reel Deal

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Column By JIM O’DONNELL
Reel Deal Theater                  

This week we are opening The Grand Budapest Hotel, Rio 2 and Need for Speed. We will hold Captain America for another week. Noah, Muppets Most Wanted, and Divergent end this Thursday.

After dozens of requests we finally got a print of The Grand Budapest Hotel after weeks of haggling. This comedy/drama is getting reviews in the 90 percent plus range. It doesn’t get much better than that.

Also on our short list, we plan to show 50-1, Read More