aintitcool.com - 4/7/2009
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God Bless JJ Abrams. Seriously. For the last decade or so I’ve thrown screenings in Austin and beyond. I’ve worked so hard to give people the sort of screening that I always dreamt about as a geek growing up. As a kid, I saw movies just like most of you do – and that was great. I loved lining up ...
filmschoolrejects.com - 4/7/2009
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filmschoolrejects.com —
We should begin this little report with a
few disclosures — first of all, I just got...
back home from seeing J.J. Abrams’ new Star Trek movie at the world famous Alamo Drafthouse in Austin. I was there, as you may know if you follow ...
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Star Trek Makes Surprise World Premiere in Austin! Read ...
aintitcool.com - 4/7/2009
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aintitcool.com —
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here… Holy crap what a
night. I started it expecting to see 10 minutes...
of JJ Abrams’ TREK with the full feature of a pristine WRATH OF KHAN and ended it by watching about 5 minutes of WRATH OF KHAN (the opening credits) with the ...
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Quint has seen JJ Abrams' STAR TREK!
chud.com - 4/7/2009
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chud.com —
Tonight was the world premiere of JJ Abrams'
Star Trek in Australia... or so everybody thought. Paramount...
actually secretly brought the film to the Alamo Drafthouse in Austin, Texas, where a crowd had assembled for what they thought was a free ...
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STAR TREK: THE WRATH OF A REVIEW!
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First Reviews of J.J. Abrams’s Star Trek from Secret Screening in Austin
Film Junk —
... to post their thoughts across the web, and they seem very positive indeed. I’ve been avoiding reading the full reviews, but in skimming through them I don’t see many major complaints. Only one more month to go! You can bet we’ll be having a special live episode of the Film Junk Podcast with Reed Farrington when the movie finally hits theatres. In the meantime, the first batch of reviews are linked below. Feel free to share any others you find out there.
Ain’t It Cool News (Harry)
Ain’t It Cool News (Quint) ...
Surprise screening of Star Trek in Austin
Awards Daily —
... …the reactions range from wildly ecstatic to only barely less ecstatic. On his AICN site, Austin’s blogging poobah Harry Knowles dedicated about 40,000 words to the screening, reporting that it concluded with a standing ovation that lasted five to six minutes. “After the film, the audience was a collective smile, some crying they were so happy,” Knowles wrote. ...
Star Trek Reviews: Sneak Peeks From Around The Web
Cinema Blend News —
... This is the STAR TREK that Ive been waiting for. STAR TREK that is on a grand level of spectacle, STAR TREK that is smart science fiction and STAR TREK that gives me characters that I love to spend time with. Harry Knowles, AICN Without exception, I think the first 45 minutes of the movie is rock solid. - ...
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TREK reviews pour in from the Drafthouse screening!
aintitcool.com 4/7/2009 — Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. The reader reviews from tonight's screening at the Drafthouse are starting to come in and I'm sure we'll have some from the Australian premiere rolling in tonight as well. As they come in either myself or one of my fellow ...
Dear Tom Cruise, Please Let This ‘Butch Cassidy’ Rumor Be False
filmschoolrejects.com 4/6/2009 —
I’ll just throw my prejudice down like a gauntlet in this first paragraph. I’m not a fan of John Travolta or Tom Cruise . And God Bless the late great Paul Newman, but I don’t care if Cruise got his blessing for a remake of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid , the idea of ...
Two Days After —
Hollywood Elsewhere
I should have linked by now to Moises Chiullan's 4.6 piece about the Star Trek screening at the Alamo Draft House. (Leading excuses include yesterday's half-day shutdown, urgent business in the city, screenings, etc.) In any case here it is. Rapture, glowing, hosannahs, fanboy flutter, my wife ...
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