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Greater Hazleton’s Business & Arts Magazine

The Review
Alexis J. Neapolitan, Jr.

Do You Know?
1.) The Cinema & Drafthouse, located at 31 West Broad
Street in West Hazleton, is the only movie theater within a
twenty-five mile radius screening unique and artistic films.
C&D recently hosted “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” one
of this year’s major critical successes.
C&D is also the only movie palace in Northeast
Pennsylvania where an audience can enjoy good food and
beverages. Patrons can choose to sit at two or four person
tables or at a counter. Once seated, moviegoers can peruse
a varied menu selection and then place their orders.
C&D evolved from the former Hersker Theater. The
alterations to the space changed it, yet remained faithful
to the theater’s original design.
Every month the Hillman family (the current owners
and operators) show second run features, but more
importantly gamble with more esoteric and locally
unscreened movies. There is a new screen and an
improved sound system.
The Cinema & Drafthouse awaits and richly deserves
your attendance.
2.) Fathom Events can be viewed at RC 14 in WilkesBarre, Cinemark Theater in Moosic, and the Bloomsburg
Cinema Center.
What are Fathom Events? You may well ask this
question.
The answers are: big screens, big sounds, and
big entertainment. In addition to live on film HD
Metropolitan Opera performances, Broadway shows such
as Memphis and The Nance, and the upcoming musical
from England, Tim Rice’s From Here to Eternity in
October, viewers will also discover concerts and sporting
events.
Fathom Events provide audiences with the best seats
in the house, in the comfort and convenience of the
previously noted movie theaters, for live and pre-recorded
concerts, world-class opera, comedy acts, and original
programming. The viewer receives great entertainment at
affordable prices courtesy of Fathom Events.
3.) Film Movement is an independent film Movie of
the Month Club. It is a full-service North American
distributor of critically acclaimed, award-winning
independent and foreign films. Through partnerships with
theaters, TV networks, wholesalers, retailers, institutions,
and a first of its kind subscription service (just google
www.filmmovement.com), Film Movement can acquire
the films it distributes to the audience who will appreciate
them.
According to the company’s marketing, “Film
Movement is a grassroots direct-to-consumer company
with a dedication to getting great films seen by as many
people as possible, and providing intelligent, beautiful,
and compelling art to an ever-growing community of
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consumers who want more than the standard Hollywood
fare.”
Subscriptions are available for yourself, or as an
unusual gift idea. Subscribers will automatically receive
Film Movement’s newest club film each month via DVD
and/or online streaming.
All-Access Pass subscribers get access to online
streaming of the Film Movement’s entire catalog
immediately. An award-winning feature film, plus a bonus
short is delivered each month before it is available for the
general public.
Subscribe today!
4.) The history of classic TV comes vividly alive at the
website: http://archive.org/details/classic_tv courtesy of
the Internet Archive.
The Internet Archive is a 501© (3) non-profit founded
to build an Internet library. Its purposes include offering
permanent access for researchers, historians, scholars,
people with disabilities, and the general public to
historical collections that exist in digital format.
The Archive TV website brings viewers classic
television shows submitted by Internet Archive users
since July 9, 2007.
Recent examples of what makes this site so special and
valuable are:
Promo Jetsons ABC-TV 1963
Coronation Street - First Episode
The Vincent Price Collection of Fine Art
(informational)
The Lone Ranger - “The Legion of Old Timers”
Four Star Playhouse - “A Spray of Bullets”
Stage 7 - “The Traveling Salesman”
Most of the television shows come from the 1950”s
and ‘60’s, so the quality varies, but what choices and what
an opportunity to relive the media’s past.
It’s all free and only a click away.
5.) Retrovision is a website for rare television and film
cult classics that updates its holdings twice a week. The
site claims to be run and operated by some of the biggest
film aficionados in the United States. They promise
to produce quality products for the company and the
customers.
Brannon Carty (one of Retrovision’s founders)
immersed himself with movies since his childhood.
He attributes his fascination with films to the summer
blockbuster Jaws (1975). Following his viewing and
researching film upon film, rare or readily available, from
collectors around the globe, Carty saw something pleasing
about these long-lost films. The concept of Retrovision
was born.
Retrovision Entertainment collects and restores cultclassic films and television shows to their original heyday
for the entertainment of those who possess a passion for
film.
Hopefully you will have many new viewing
experiences ahead of you by exploring these alternative
film and television options at your disposal.

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