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See Met Opera performances for $22 or less

Normally, tickets to the Metropolitan Opera in Lincoln Center cost $100 and more, but you can see grand opera for $22 with this special deal — watch live HD performances in a movie theater, on a gigantic screen.  The Met Opera Live HD series begins this Saturday, October 15th, in more than 100 movie [...]

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Blockbuster 30 day FREE rental deal fights Netflix price increases

Blockbuster is living up to its name with blockbuster rental deals on movies and games.  The blockbuster deals are aimed directly at Netflix, which recently raised prices by around 60%.  Clearly, Blockbuster wants the Netflix customers who are bailing from Netflix in disgust over the price increase.  Blockbuster is offering a 30 FREE [...]

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Daily deals: $5 AMC movie tickets, 25% off at Old Navy, Chili’s free chips + queso, pet wellness

These are a combination of voucher deals and regular store sales, with different expiration dates.

$5 movie tickets for AMC Theatres Silver Experience.  Limit vouchers two per household.  Must purchase before Friday, Sept. 30 and use within 60 days, at any AMC Theatre anywhere in the USA. Old Navy is having a special 25% [...]

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Free screening of new zombie movie The Dead on Oct. 13

Fangoria will host a FREE screening in NYC of the Ford Brothers’ Africa-set zombiefest The Dead before it opens in theaters throughout the U.S.  The special event is Thursday, October 13 at 10 p.m., at Cinema Village, 22 East 12th St. off University Place.  The film’s co-writer/co-director, Howard J. Ford, will be attending the [...]

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Movie deal: $15 for two tickets, two sodas, two popcorns, in Brooklyn

Remember when you could go to the movies and get a ticket, popcorn and a soda for under $10?  Those days are back for a limited time at Cobble Hill Cinema in Brooklyn with this special deal — $15 for two tickets, two sodas and two popcorns.  Cobble Hill Cinemas is a historic, Art [...]

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AMC movie deal: half-price popcorn and soda

Going to the movies this week or weekend?  Download a free coupon from AMC Theatres to get half-off a large popcorn and fountain drink combo.  You must download and print out the coupon for the half off deal, but there’s no limit to how many you can download and print out from the AMC [...]

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Special anniversary showing of Al Pacino in Scarface one night only

Scarface special event — The 30th anniversary of Scarface, one of the best gangster movies ever made, is being celebrated with a special movie theater screenings on Wednesday, August 31st.  Al Pacino as Tony Montana is one of the most ruthless, notorious and scary gangsters ever to terrorize us from a darkened movie [...]

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Central Park Film Festival of free movies is August 23-27

2011 Central Park Film Festival is August 23-27

The Ninth Annual Central Park Film Festival is set for August 23-27, with an interesting of movies each night for five nights, each one about music and show business, and each one is FREE.  The films are shown at the northern edge of the Sheep Meadow, [...]

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Free movies today, outdoors and indoors

New York City’s free summer film screenings continue around town.  Here’s what you can see today for free, and the weather should cooperate  –

Grease — at the Mad46 rooftop garden at the Hotel Roosevelt, in Midtown, at 9 p.m. Toy Story 3 — this week’s Movies Under the Bridge series at the Little [...]

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Latin American film festival at Lincoln Center

Latin American film festival at LincolnCenter

Films from ten different Latin American countries are on the big screen at the annual Lincoln Center Latinbeat Film Festival, including a documentary about Cuba’s Che Guevara and a couple of cult classic horror films.  How can you not go to see a film named Marimbas from [...]

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Angry at Netflix rate increase? Walmart streaming video and rentals cost less

Netflix essentially doubled the price of its DVD and streaming video monthly fee in July, angering a lot of its customers.  Instead of a $9.99 monthly fee for the combo deal for unlimited rentals and unlimited streaming video, Netflix separated the twins — now charging $7.99 a month for DVDs and $7.99 a month [...]

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Movies on the cheap: four-pack tickets to first-run films for $30

Purchase a four-pack of tickets  good at any Regal Cinemas, United Artists Theatres, and Edwards Theatres for just $30 today only, which figures out at $7.50 per ticket plus a small service fee, plus a surcharge for IMAX and 3-D films.  The great thing about these tickets, as opposed to other cheap ticket deals, [...]

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