Grab your stove-top hat and get ready to feast your eyes on the trailer for LINCOLN, Steven Spielberg’s latest film depicting the last 4 months of the life of President Abraham Lincoln. If there’s one thing Spielberg has mastered in some of his recent historic films, are a dark and emotional vibe that truly puts you into the mind-set of the period. Whether it be on the back of a War Horse, or in the presence of a President these films feel rich with detail and historic accuracy unlike anything we’ve seen before . If you didn’t know much about the history of the 16th President of the United States, this trailer seems to hint that we’ll get a good sense of the man and his values in this film. Academy Award® winner Daniel Day-Lewis really seems to have nailed this one! LINCOLN is in theaters November 9th, 2012 (Limited) and Nationwide November 16th, 2012. Let us know what you think in the comments below!
11:24 Advertising debuts Spike Lee’s Michael Jacksons’ BAD 25 documentary Ad Campaign!
September 13th, 2012 
Beyond the Marquee 
Michael Jackson BAD 25 Documentary
The Michael Jackson Estate and Legacy Recordings / Sony Music Entertainment chose Art Sims’ 11:24 as the ad agency to create the official ad campaign for Michael Jackson BAD 25 documentary. 11:24 designed and created the print ad campaign for the movie. According to The Michael Jackson Estate, “We have met some great and talented people. Art Sims, you are one of them.” Sims says, “I am humbled that my firm, 11:24, is regarded as the preeminent ad agency in America for creating memorable movie marketing creations for iconic films showcasing African American talents and stories for nearly two decades. We are very excited about the Michael Jackson BAD 25 documentary ad campaign that we created for such an important and must-see film. I think it may be our best ad campaign ever!” Michael Jackson BAD 25 is a documentary about the BAD album. The film reveals never-seen images of Jackson and more, including footage shot by the King of Pop himself. Spike Lee directs and also interviews choreographers, musicians and collaborators including Martin Scorsese, Mariah Carey, Sheryl Crow, L.A. Reid and Kanye West
Arbitrage, a New Take on a Familiar Theme (Film Review)
September 13th, 2012 John Delia Packed with intrigue and very tense moments, Arbitrage makes its way into movie theaters this weekend. You may have seen similar stories as the Arbitrage script certainly isn’t the most original plot that’s come to the big screen. But, the performances, directing and cinematography make the film a nice piece of entertainment. If you haven’t had your ‘Richard Gere’ fixes lately, bat those sexy eyelashes at your significant other, tell him it’s a suspense thriller and get him to take you out for a dinner and a movie.
For a Good Time, Call…, a Comedy About Phone Sex (Film Review)
September 13th, 2012 John Delia Using sexuality in a comedy has stimulated a wave of movie making but has it gone too far? Using every expletive possible from today’s amoral vocabulary For a Good Time, Call… opens in theaters with an attempt to titillate and shock audiences. Well it does the latter for sure, but for the most part it’s the ladies who are taking to the film while the men just gawk and chortle as witnessed at a recent screening of the comedy. Is degrading women even though it tongue-in-cheek comedy a good tactic in today’s society? I guess we’ll just have to wait for the box-office results.
New WRECK IT RALPH trailer is Packed with Video-Game Goodness!!!
September 13th, 2012 Beyond the Marquee It’s refreshing when a movie comes along that opens itself up to many levels of appreciation and Wreck It Ralph does just that. With Video Games now just as popular as motion pictures it’s a rare treat to see a movie about a video game world, as opposed to a movie based on a video-game! Disney seems to be the best at pulling us into the digital world and giving us amazing characters to root for and partake on amazing adventures. They pulled it off twice with TRON and have done it now again with Wreck It Ralph. In this latest trailer you get a vibe for the broad scope of this movie and it’s colorful inhabitants that play in it. Appealing to die-hard adults who may be video game fans, they will be delighted to see faces of classic 8-bit characters while their kids will connect with more contemporary ones from the past decade. Lots of fun to be had, Wreck It Ralph is out in theaters this November.
Beyond the Marquee: The Web Series (Episode 26) POPEYE VILLAGE
September 13th, 2012 Beyond the Marquee In 1980 a young actor named Robin Williams, hot off his role as television’s favorite martian, Mork, starred in his first motion picture, along with actress Shelly Duvall. The musical-comedy Popeye, directed by Robert Altman, was based on a classic cartoon and comic series called; Popeye the Sailor Man. On the European island of Malta, a recreation of Popeye’s town, Sweethaven, was constructed for the film. At the time, this permanent and working set was a laboring job taking over 7 months to construct for the production. When the film wrapped, the set remained…and so did the legacy of Popeye that put Malta on the Motion Picture map. Now 32 years later, it’s a popular tourist attraction that features walk around characters from the film, a restaurant, gift shop, boat tours and more! Beyond the Marquee’s own Jon Donahue (a fan of not only Robin Willliams, but the movie Popeye itself), joined by his friend’s Mike, Allison and Elizabeth, set off on an international Road Trip 1/2 way across the globe to check out the fictional town of Sweethaven (aka Popeye Village) and files this report!
Exciting Details on the KNIGHT RIDER 30th Anniversary Event!!!
September 13th, 2012 Steve Czarnecki 
October 5th-7th, all Knight, all day!
This October, buckle-up for a weekend that will have you Turbo-boosting with excitement, because the Knight Rider 30th Anniversary Reunion event is coming! October 5th-7th at the Beverly Garland hotel in Universal City, California is the location for what’s sure to be a historic event for any fan of the hit TV show! Hard to believe it’s been 30 years since David Hasselhoff (aka “the Hoff) and his crime fighting super-car K.I.T.T. sped onto the airwaves and into the hearts and imaginations of fans everywhere. Click ahead to read all about this exciting event and don’t worry, Beyond the Marquee will have VIP access to the event to capture and share with you, all the excitement it will have to offer.
