Movie Outings Club

Event: Movie Outing: Shrek the Third

Tue, 22 May 2007 10:12:45 PDT

Join fellow Social Wavers to watch Shrek the Third on a Friday night!� You've heard� about this movie...big green ogre, donkey, cat with fencing sword, royalty, magic, hysterical laughter from the audience, all that good stuff...

We still have 7 discount passes left for AMC Theatres, so we'd like to use them!� Prices for this outing are $7 for the first seven people to respond.� All others will need to pay full admission.

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The Academy Awards 2007 (Oscars)

Mon, 26 Feb 2007 12:57:15 PST

Well, Martin Scorsese finally gets his Oscar, Ellen Degeneres worked an offbeat host routine, and Al Gore got a chance to fake a presidential run announcement. What'd you think of the Oscars this year and what'd you think of the winners?
I normally don't pay too much attention to the Oscars show, but this year I volunteered to be a Paparazzi photographer for the Oscars Night Benefit at the Coop and thus got to see a good bit of the show in style while working the event. You can see...more

Event: Screen on the Green: Bye Bye Birdie (Movie)

Thu, 21 Sep 2006 06:02:43 PDT

Screen on the green in Los Gatos is showing the movie; Bye, Bye, Birdie starring Dick Van Dyke and Ann Margret. The movie begins at 7:30pm in Oak Meadow Park. Bring a blanket or a chair, enjoy! And it is FREE!
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Bye Bye Birdie
Janet Leigh, Dick Van Dyke, Ann-Margret, Jesse Pearson Columbia Pictures; Directed by George Sidney Rated G; 112 minutes; 1963
Screen on the Green: Bye Bye Birdie (Movie)
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Event: Movie Outing: Little Miss Sunshine

Fri, 11 Aug 2006 02:01:52 PDT

Join us for "Little Miss Sunshine" on a Friday night!� This film, which premiered at the Sundance Festival and has gotten some great reviews from the critics, features Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear, Alan Arkin, Paul Dano, and Abigail Breslin.
We'll be meeting just outside the box office of the Camera 7 Pruneyard at 6:30pm.� Please be prompt so we can all get seats!
According to the Camera Cinemas website, the synopsis of the film is as follows:��"The motley Hoover family...more

Event: Movie Outing: A Prairie Home Companion (6/26/06)

Thu, 22 Jun 2006 09:43:03 PDT

Join fellow Social Wavers and see the latest film directed by Robert Altman, "A Prairie Home Companion." The comedy features the stellar talents of Meryl Streep, Lily Tomlin, Kevin Kline, Woody Harrelson, and Kevin Kline, and has been getting some good reviews from the critics.
Written and starring Minnesota Public Radio's own Garrison Keillor, host of "A Prairie Home Companion," the plot details the final days of a radio variety show whose small hometown host station has just been bought out by a large radio company.
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Event: Movie Outing: CSA: Confederate States of America (3/28/06)

Sat, 25 Mar 2006 01:26:22 PST

Sheldon and I have been wanting to see this film ever since we heard about it a few weeks ago. We'd like to invite any of you who are interested to join us!!
CSA: Confederate States of America is a mock documentary of the what the history of the USA might look like if the South had won the American Civil War. Directed by Kevin Willmott, the film is actually based on the documents Willmott uncovered over the course of his research that detailed the plan of the South for the...more

Event: Movie Outing: Match Point (2/09/06)

Thu, 02 Feb 2006 10:19:33 PST

Match Point, the new dramatic film written and directed by Woody Allen, has been getting good reviews and it's up for an Academy Award for best original screenplay. Let's watch it together!
A.O. Scott, of The New York Times, writes:
"Mr. Allen's accomplishment here is to fool his audience, or at least to misdirect us, with a tale whose gilded surface disguises the darkness beneath. His guile -- another name for it is art -- keeps the story moving with the fleet...more

Event: Harry Potter IMAX on Thanksgiving (11/24/05)

Wed, 23 Nov 2005 03:36:30 PST

Thanksgiving Alone?

I'm sure I'm not the only one without Thanksgiving plans.

Let's get together for a special showing of a very good movie!

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
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Event: Movie Outing: The Constant Gardener (10/05/05)

Sun, 02 Oct 2005 07:07:01 PDT

The Constant Gardener has been getting fantastic reviews all around. If you haven't had a chance to see it yet (or if you want to see it again), join Social Wave for this this Movie Outing!! Since this one's been out for a while, we're making all tickets for this outing $6.
A.O. Scott of The New York Times has this to say about the film:
"In "The Constant Gardener," Fernando Meirelles's excellent adaptation of John le Carr�'s novel, Ralph Fiennes plays...more

Constant Gardener, anyone?

Fri, 23 Sep 2005 10:46:30 PDT

Would anyone else like to see the Constant Gardener? I've really been wanting to see this, and it's still playing at the AMC Saratoga, but I'm not certain for how long. If you'd like to go, reply to this post and we can try to figure out a time to see it.

Event: Movie Outing: Tim Burton's Corpse Bride (9/28/05)

Fri, 23 Sep 2005 10:44:00 PDT

Join Social Wave for Tim Burton's latest stop-motion animation film! According to Manohla Dargis of The New York Times,
"The story hangs on a timid bachelor with matchstick legs and a pallid complexion, Victor (voiced by Johnny Depp), whose upwardly mobile parents arrange his marriage to Victoria (Emily Watson), the retiring daughter of impoverished gentry. When the wedding rehearsal goes kablooey, Victor retreats into the woods, whereupon he becomes the reluctant object of desire of the Corpse Bride, a blue-tinted beauty with gnawed-through limbs and a miraculously preserved bosom (Helena Bonham...more

Event: Movie Outing: The Aristocrats (8/17/05)

Wed, 10 Aug 2005 03:29:43 PDT

Sheldon and I have been wanting to see this film for a while, and it's just opening at Camera Cinemas this week, so we thought we'd see if anyone would like to join us. It's an entire film about the world's dirtiest joke. According to the write-up on the Camera Cinema website:
"Comedy veterans Penn Jillette and Paul Provenza capitalize on their insider status and invite more than 100 of their closest friends -- who happen to be some of the biggest names in entertainment -- to reminisce, analyze, deconstruct and...more

Event: Movie Outing: War of the Worlds (7/07/05)

Wed, 29 Jun 2005 03:38:19 PDT

Is anybody else besides me really excited about seeing the latest film from director Steven Spielberg? Join us for this Social Wave night out! This film is getting very good reviews, but with acting talent like Tom Cruise and Tim Robbins, a director of photography like Janusz Kaminski, and a film composer like John Williams all together in one movie, how can you lose?
For those of you who've been living in a paper bag for the past few months and missed all the advertising for this one, the plot is...more

Poll: Do Your Prefer to Watch Movies at Home or in Theaters?

Wed, 22 Jun 2005 04:48:02 PDT

A recent poll was put out by the Associated Press that found that 73% of Americans preferred to watch movies at home on DVD or pay-per-view instead of going out to the movie theaters. Just out of curiosity, where do you stand? If you had to pick between seeing the same movie in your living room or seeing it in a theater, what way do you think you'll most likely lean?

Event: Movie Outing: Batman Begins

Tue, 14 Jun 2005 04:51:18 PDT

Join us for this trip to watch "Batman Begins"! Directed by Christopher Nolan (Memento) and starring Christian Bale as Batman, this movie is getting some great reviews from the critics.
The plot? : "The origins of the Caped Crusader of Gotham City are finally brought to the big screen in this new adaptation of the perennially popular comic book series." Need we say more? Action, adventure, a little romance...hey, it's summer!!!!
We'll meet outside the Jamba Juice next to the AMC Mercado...more

Event: Movie Outing: Star Wars: Episode III

Tue, 24 May 2005 02:20:36 PDT

I trust that nobody needs a detailed introduction to the last of the Star Wars prequel trilogy, but here's the official movie synopsis anyway:
The galaxy is weary after three long years of war. Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi have become legendary heroes in their campaigns against the droid forces of the evil General Grievous. Anakin and his secret wife, Padme Amidala, have been separated for months, and he finally reunites with her to learn that she is pregnant. He is plagued by visions of her dying in childbirth, haunting...more

IMAX- Anyone interested? How about Mystery of the Nile?

Tue, 03 May 2005 11:26:02 PDT

Anyone interested in going in a group?

Event: Movie Outing: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Wed, 27 Apr 2005 11:49:24 PDT

Movie Outing: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Date:5/6 - apx. 7pm
Why is it important to carry a bath towel with you at all times? Why does every Gen Xer you know keep joking about the number 42? All this and more will be revealed with the film adaptation of the hilarious book by Douglas Adams, "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy." Directed by Garth Jennings and starring Martin Freeman and Mos Def, expect for this film to be uproariously good...more

Event: Movie Night: Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill

Fri, 08 Apr 2005 11:35:47 PDT

Movie Night: Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
Date:4/13 - 7:15pm
City: Campbell
Cost: $9.00
This uplifting documentary is getting a lot of attention. Fortunately we don't have to go to San Francisco to see it!
Join me Wednesday, April 13th, 7:15 p.m. at the Camera 7 Cinemas (at the...more

Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill Movie Night?

Thu, 07 Apr 2005 01:50:58 PDT

I just noticed that The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill is playing at Camera 7 at the Prunyard shopping center in Campbell. Would anyone be interested in getting together for this if I organized a movie event?

http://www.cameracinemas.com/playing3.html

I've heard raves about this documentary, but thought I'd have to drive so San Francisco to see it. I was...more