Hello Dayton! Last week’s blog featured lots of scary movies just in time for Halloween. This week focuses on more special events as well as upcoming releases that should be sure to make a splash!

JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR MONDAY OCTOBER 29^TH & THURSDAY NOVEMBER 1^ST @ 7:30PM

Experience Andrew Lloyd Webber’s newly staged rock opera sensation Jesus Christ Superstar in a whole new way, on the big screen. The theatrical production originally opened in the West End in 1972 and has been reimagined to capture today’s audiences with the classic musical numbers that you are sure to remember and love. The evening will begin with an exclusive historical retrospective on this iconic title including interviews with cast members from the past and present. This version features actor/singer Ben Forster as Jesus, Tim Minchin as Judas Iscariot, and Melanie Chisholm (aka Mel C from the Spice Girls) as Mary Magdalene.

Don’t miss this special event playing two nights only!

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HALLOWEEN TUESDAY OCTOBER 30^TH @ 7:30PM

Celebrate the day before Halloween with one of Halloween’s best loved scary movies! The original movie from 1972 featuring Jamie Lee Curtis will be on the big screen for just one night at one time and it’s more terrifying than ever. A psychotic murderer institutionalized since childhood for the murder of his sister, escapes and stalks a bookish teenage girl and her friends while his doctor chases him through the streets.

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CLOUD ATLAS- OPENING FRIDAY OCTOBER 26^TH

An exploration of how the actions of individual lives impact one another in the past, present and future, as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero, and an act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution. Beginning as far back as an 1849 diary of an ocean voyage and going as far into the future during a post-apocalyptic, this movie, based off a novel, has a stellar cast featuring Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Hugo Weaving, and Susan Serandon.

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CHASING MAVERICKS- OPENING FRIDAY OCTOBER 26^TH

The inspirational true story of real life surfing phenomenon Jay Moriarty begins when 15 year old Jay discovers that the mythic Mavericks surf break, one of the biggest waves on Earth exists just miles from his Santa Cruz home. He enlists the help of local legend Frosty Hesson to train him to survive it. As Jay and Frosty embark on their quest to accomplish the impossible, they form a unique friendship that transforms both their lives, and their quest to tame Mavericks becomes as much about their bond as it is about surfing.

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SPECIAL SHOWING- SILENT HILL: REVELATION 3D THURSDAY OCTOBER 25TH @ 10PM

Heather Mason and her father have been on the run, always one step ahead of dangerous forces that she doesn’t fully understand, Now on the eve of her 18th birthday, plagued by horrific nightmares and the disappearance of her father, Heather discovers she’s not who she thinks she is. The revelation leads her deeper into a demonic world that threatens to trap her forever. This movie releases on Friday, October 26^th but has a special early show Thursday at 10pm.

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ENTER TO WIN TWO MOVIE PASSES!

Complete the form and leave a Facebook comment telling us you want to WIN MOVIE PASSES from RAVE CINEMAS DAYTON SOUTH, we will randomly draw a winner and notify same. Contest closes 10/25/12. Passes awarded will be valid for 30 days from close date at Rave Cinemas Dayton South only and must be used by then or will be forfeited. Valid for any showing, except special events. Please bring ID to verify your name and just ask for a manager when attending informing them you won the Dayton Most Metro contest.

CONTEST CLOSED

Congratulations to this week’s winner:

Brian Anzek

Hello Again,

I started off this morning with Derek Cianfrance’s follow-up to BLUE VALENTINE. This film is called A PLACE BEYOND THE PINES, and it’s well shot, edited, etc…but I really disliked it. The film is about a motorcycle trick rider with a traveling carnival who finds out that he an old fling ended up pregnant during his last stop through town. He decides to stick around when the fair leaves…and will do anything to make things “right.” There are three chapters to this film – each with its own set of acts. Ryan Gosling, Bradley Cooper, Eva Mendes, Dean DeHaan are the leads. The story seemed overly contrived to me, and I thought the score had elements of western/thriller hybrid – which somehow appropriate didn’t seem right at the time (only after seeing the whole film did it make sense…but doesn’t work as far as I’m concerned). I shook my head and snickered at several moments…that wasn’t the response the director was hoping for.

Next up, I saw a film from the Netherlands called THE DEFLOWERING OF EVA VON END. When a handsome German exchange student arrives at the home of the von End family, their backwards, slightly wacky lives are turned upside down as almost everyone (except one jealous son) tries to win the attention of the new arrival. This film started off quirky & hysterical…became a little twisted…and then took some completely zany turns. Whereas I liked 80% of this movie, the ending dragged on and I wasn’t completely sold on the entire third act. (That said, I did laugh quite a bit for the first hour.)

Lastly, I saw the world premiere of CLOUD ATLAS. This epic film from the directors of THE MATRIX and Tom Tykwer (PERFUME and RUN, LOLA RUN) covers numerous characters, numerous plotlines and numerous time periods. Whereas I’m rarely a fan of science fiction (GATTACA is the only sci-fi film from the last 20 years that I consider a favorite), this film had me intrigued from the opening sequence. Though it’s a big Hollywood film (Warner Brother is distributing), it’s thoughtful, complicated and quite topical. It’s funny, it’s gory, it’s rough, it’s tender…and the crowd gave the film a standing ovation for more than 6 minutes. So many were there – the directors, Susan Sarandon, Ben Whishaw, Jim Broadbent, Halle Berry, Tom Hanks, and more! Overall, I think this is an ambitious piece – and for the most part, sucessful. Check out the long, special trailer below!

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After the film, I met up with an old friend who I haven’t seen since last year’s fest. I figured out that we met exactly 10 years ago to this very weekend. Bill and I met in line for Pedro Almodovar’s TALK TO HER – one of my favorite films of all time. And we’ve stayed in touch for a decade. That’s pretty special.

Time for bed. More tomorrow.

Jonathan