Where were you in 1983 when Director Martha Coolidge’s landmark 1983 comedy Valley Girl hit theaters? Well as crazy as it sounds, this year marks its thirtieth anniversary. Nicolas Cage’s satellite dish-sized eyes and shambling time made their leading man debut as Randy, the amiable punk who falls for Julie (Deborah Foreman) when he and his [...]
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Check Out VALLEY GIRL’s 30th Anniversary Event Tonight!
May 16th, 2013 
Beyond the Marquee Paul Shipper’s “The Rocketeer” Illustration Soars!!!
May 10th, 2013 Steve Czarnecki We recently announced that Beyond the Marquee‘s co-founder Jon Donahue was going to be working soon with popular New Zealand illustrator Paul Shipper on a newly envisioned fan poster for Cloud Atlas and we’re excited to share those updates with you soon. In the meantime, Paul has been busy not only working on personal projects, but [...]
STAR WARS Fans … MAY THE 4TH Be With You!!!
May 4th, 2013 Beyond the Marquee Though mentally you know it’s the day before Cinco de Mayo tomorrow, for Star Wars fans around the world, Saturday, May 4th is the worldwide day to say “May the Force be with you” to all and celebrate the beloved stories that bind our galaxy together. “May the 4th” kicks off a season of celebration, particularly [...]
Beyond the Marquee: The Web Series (Ep.45) – MONSTERPALOOZA 2013
April 26th, 2013 Beyond the Marquee Are you scared by things that go bump in the night? Do you cover your face at the scary parts of a movie? Are you squeamish around blood? Do Zombies, Werewolves, Vampires and terrifyingly weird creatures give you the heebie-jeebies? Then you most likely should NOT be at MONSTERPALOOZA in Burbank, California. It’s here that [...]
Harrison Ford Introduces BLADE RUNNER at AFI’s 2013 Night at The Movies
April 25th, 2013 Beyond the Marquee Last night saw a star-studded event in Tinsel-Town at the “Target Presents the American Film Institutes (AFI) Night at the Movies” at the famed Arclight Theater in Hollywood. A dozen of Tinsel-Town’s finest were on hand to help introduce and talk about their experiences with the iconic and successful films they were a part of. Among some [...]
Varese Sarabande 35th Anniversary Film Music Concert
April 24th, 2013 Beyond the Marquee For film music fans living in the Southern California area, a phenomenal treat of a concert is set for May 11th at the Golden State Pops Orchestra located in San Pedro. Varese Sarabande, a record label notable for producing many phenomenal film soundtrack albums throughout the years, celebrates its 35th Anniversary with a concert featuring [...]
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No Comments »VOTE for “Hoverboard” a Great BACK TO THE FUTURE Themed PBS Film Festival Entry
March 7th, 2013 Beyond the Marquee It’s always nice when filmmakers drop us a line here at Beyond the Marquee, and yesterday we heard from our good pal Bob Gale, co-creator, co-writer, and co-producer of the Back to the Future film trilogy. Bob forwarded us a link he thought our BTM readers would truly enjoy – a short fiction film that’s part [...]
Miss the Academy Awards? Here’s Who Won…
February 24th, 2013 Julia Miranda This years Academy Awards were a real treat to watch, not just from the vibe and feel of music and folly that host Seth McFarlane delivered, but just the entire energy given off by everyone in the audience and those who graced the stage for the 85th Annual event. Of course when you have prior [...]
Check out a Sizzle Reel for this years Animated Films from Walt Disney Studios
December 5th, 2012 Beyond the Marquee Last week Disney Studio’s Chairman Alan Horn hosted The Walt Disney Studios’ 2012 Animation Celebration amongst a room full of talented filmmakers from Disney and Pixar. Members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association were all on hand for a showcase of Brave, Frankenweenie, Paperman, and Wreck-It Ralph. These films have once again set [...]
There’s Still Time to Check Out the Graumans Chinese, Universal Pictures Film Festival
November 21st, 2012 Beyond the Marquee The most famous place in Hollywood, Grauman’s Chinese Theatre www.chinesetheatres.com, salutes Universal Pictures 100th Anniversary with Film Festival showcasing some of the Studio’s most iconic 80’s films. The Film Festival kicked off last Friday and runs thru Dec. 13. If you missed the double-feature of Sixteen Candles and The Breakfast Club on the 16th, don’t [...]
TOP 5 SPORTS MOVIES THAT NEED TO EXIST
November 8th, 2012 Steven D'Arcangelo Kicking off Friday in Southern California is the annual All Sports Los Angeles Film Festival, a 3-day event featuring films and filmmakers celebrating the wide wide world of sports. Given how many sports exist, a festival devoted to movies about them is a natural (not The Natural), but with such a wealth of cinematic [...]
Beyond the Marquee: The Web Series (Eps.34)- TRON 30th Anniversary Celebration
November 8th, 2012 Beyond the Marquee Beyond the Marquee was recently on hand in the heart of Hollywood for the 30th Anniversary Celebration for the iconic 1982 Disney film TRON. Original crew and die-hard fans showed up to the historic Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood to rejoice in the film that 3 decades ago was heralded as groundbreaking digital technology. In [...]
Get on the Grid!!! The TRON 30th Anniversary Celebration Event is Tomorrow!!!
October 26th, 2012 Beyond the Marquee Fans of the digital world of TRON, TOMORROW NIGHT in the heart of Hollywood itself is an event that will have you Grid’ing from Ear to Ear, it’s the 30th anniversary of the original Disney classic film; TRON! The handfull of remaining tickets are still on sale and this is expected to be a “Flynn’credible” fan [...]
Only 10 Days Left Till the TRON 30th Anniversary Celebration!!!
October 17th, 2012 Steve Czarnecki Fans of the digital world of TRON, Oct 27th in the heart of Hollywood itself is an event that will have you Grid’ing from Ear to Ear, it’s the 30th anniversary of the original Disney classic film; TRON! The handfull of remaining tickets are still on sale and this is expected to be a “Flynn’credible” fan [...]
Tickets Now On-Sale for the TRON 30th Anniversary Event in Hollywood!
September 21st, 2012 Beyond the Marquee Some Flynn’credible news here for fans of the digital world of TRON! Oct 27th in the heart of Hollywood itself is an event that will have you Grid’ing from Ear to Ear, it’s the 30th anniversary of the original Disney classic film; TRON! Tickets are now on sale and this is expected to be a [...]
New Information Announced for the ALL SPORTS LOS ANGELES FILM FESTIVAL
August 16th, 2012 Beyond the Marquee It’s almost time once again for the All Sports Los Angeles Film Festival , this is the 4th year and it keeps getting bigger and better! The All Sports Los Angeles Film Festival is the only one of this sort of genre of festival on the West Coast and what more fitting a home than in Los Angeles. [...]
Beyond the Marquee: The Web-Series (Episode 20): San Diego COMIC-CON 2012
July 26th, 2012 Beyond the Marquee At this year’s San Diego Comic-Con, we not only had two of our most highest-trafficked web-series episodes shown at the MATTEL Matty Collector booth, but we managed to squeeze in a day to get a crew down to this year’s sold-out, 4-day event to meet many of our new fans and establish a presence amongst the 130,000 [...]
Posted in BTM (THE SHOW), FILM FESTIVALS, MISC, MOVIES, MOVIES, NEWS, ORIGINAL FEATURES, THE WEB SERIES 1 Comment »Beyond The Marquee Invades Comic-Con 2012!
July 13th, 2012 Kevin Stern Great Scott!! The staff here at Beyond the Marquee think it’s far out that we’ve been given the honor to showcase our Exclusive Hoverboard videos at the MATTEL booth during this week’s Comic-Con in San Diego. Interest in making Hoverboards a reality has not waned for Back to the Future and sci-fi fans and MATTEL has [...]
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Tags: Back to the Future, Beyond the Marquee, camera crew, Comic-Con, Hoverboard, Mattel 5 Comments »Does Elijah Wood Walk the Floor of Comic-Con?
July 12th, 2012 Beyond the Marquee With San Diego’s 2012 Comic-Con kicking off today, you might wonder what celebrities will be seen walking the show floor in-between their appearances in the Exhibit Halls. Some celebs attend just to do their part for a studio’s Publicity dept. and quickly head home. However, there are also a good number of celebrity attendees who [...]
Posted in ARTICLES BY AUTHOR, CELEBRITY, David Chase, FILM FESTIVALS, MOVIES, MOVIES, NEWS Tags: Comic-Con, Disney, Elijah Wood, Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, TRON, Uprising 1 Comment »Batmobiles Headed To Comic-Con!
July 10th, 2012 Steve Czarnecki Holy Bat Transports! Southern California residents and visitors from around the globe traveling to this week’s Comic-Con 2012 in San Diego … NO! your eyes are not deceiving you if you see trailers with Batmobiles on them heading down the freeway! Today, the Batman Forever and Batman & Robin Batmobiles were spied being loaded up on [...]
Posted in ARTICLES BY AUTHOR, Beyond The Marquee, FILM FESTIVALS, MISC, MOVIES, MOVIES, NEWS, PROPS & COSTUMES, TRAILERS, Uncategorized Tags: Batman, Batman & Robin, Batman Forever, Batmobile, Clooney, Comic-Con, Dark Knight, Dark Knight Rises, Extra, Kilmer, Nolan, Warner Bros. Studios 2 Comments »
