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Email me at Jenn@q101.com to enter for your chance to win the Spiderman Trilogy on DVD! We were out to celebrate “The Amazing Spiderman Truck Stops” and if you didn’t win there – it’s your chance to win here! Finish this quote and email it to me. “With Great Power comes….”
Oh no he didn’t! He sleeps with a teddybear and it talks? Whoa. Email me at Jenn@q101.com and tell me what Mark Wahlberg has three of and no it’s not that! Dirty birds. Screening on June 26th at 7:00pm at the Kerasotes Showplace Icon.
NSFW Trailer Right Here!
Killer cast + Killer Director = Awesome! Win a pair of tickets to see Oliver Stone’s new movie Savages. Email me at Jenn@q101.com and tell me a movie that Oliver Stone won an Academy Award for!
Our advanced screening is on July 2nd at 7:00pm at the Kerasotes Showplace Icon.
Synopsis:
Three-time Oscar®-winning filmmaker Oliver Stone returns to the screen with the ferocious thriller Savages, featuring the all-star ensemble cast of Taylor Kitsch, Blake Lively, Aaron Johnson, John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Benicio Del Toro, Salma Hayek, Emile Hirsch and Demian Bichir. The film is based on Don Winslow’s best-selling crime novel that was named one of The New York Times’ Top 10 Books of 2010.
Laguna Beach entrepreneurs Ben (Johnson), a peaceful and charitable Buddhist, and his closest friend Chon (Kitsch), a former Navy SEAL and ex-mercenary, run a lucrative, homegrown industry—raising some of the best marijuana ever developed. They also share a one-of-a-kind love with the extraordinary beauty Ophelia (Lively). Life is idyllic in their Southern California town…until the Mexican Baja Cartel decides to move in and demands that the trio partners with them.
When the merciless head of the BC, Elena (Hayek), and her brutal enforcer, Lado (Del Toro), underestimate the unbreakable bond among these three friends, Ben and Chon—with the reluctant, slippery assistance of a dirty DEA agent (Travolta)—wage a seemingly unwinnable war against the cartel. And so begins a series of increasingly vicious ploys and maneuvers in a high stakes, savage battle of wills.
Check out the movie here! To win, email me at Jenn@q101.com and tell me what your last meal would be! Win tickets to the advanced screening of “Seeking a friend for the end of the world” starring Steve Carrell and Keira Knightly.
The Advanced Screening is on:
Thursday, June 21
7:00 PM
AMC River East
SYNOPSIS:
Taking audiences on a humorous, moving, and intimate journey against an epic backdrop of Earth’s final days, Seeking a Friend for the End of the World explores what people will do and how they will feel when humanity’s end is near.
A 70-mile-wide asteroid is en route to Earth, and the last best attempt to counter it has failed. Also failing is the marriage of soft-spoken insurance salesman Dodge (Steve Carell); the breaking news that the world will end in an estimated 21 days cues his wife to leave him on the spot.
Dodge is a man who has always played by the rules of life, while his neighbor Penny (Keira Knightley) is an extroverted woman who hasn’t. From these opposite perspectives, both initially choose to navigate the impending end of the world with blinders on. Dodge declines joining his friends in increasingly reckless behavior, while Penny fixates on her relationship issues with a self-absorbed musician.
The two misfits meet first when Penny has a rough night and then again when she belatedly delivers Dodge a lost letter. That letter could alter Dodge’s future; it’s from his high-school sweetheart Olivia, the love of his life. When a riot breaks out around their apartment building, Dodge realizes that he must seek Olivia out before it’s too late while Penny makes the decision to spend her last days with family in England. Seizing the moment, Dodge promises to help Penny reach her family if she will provide transport for the two of them in her car immediately. She agrees, and they escape.
On the road together, the unlikely traveling companions’ respective personal journeys accelerate, and their outlooks – if not the world’s – brighten.
Win stuff!
In anticipation of the summer’s biggest blockbuster, The Amazing Spider-Man, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Walmart Stores, Inc., and Marvel Studios have teamed up present the ultimate Spider-Man experience at Walmart Stores nationwide.
Grab the family for a fun-filled adventure at your local Walmart store and explore the innovative “Secrets Unmasked” Truck Tour that turns a parking lot into a playground of interactive features including*:
PlayStation3 gaming center with advanced demo of The Amazing Spider-Man video game from Activision available in stores on June 26th
*activities vary by location
Wednesday June 6, 2012 3:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Walmart 801 Meacham Rd. Elk Grove Village, IL
It’s that time where men can men and women can just sit back and watch! It’s the Guy’s Choice Awards this Sunday on Spike TV. Tell us if you would rather lick whip cream off Betty White’s toes or lick Vin Diesel’s head. Let me know at jenn@q101.com. Win a new copy of Tina Fey’s book, BossyPants! Vote here for your picks!
Synopsis: This year’s star-studded homage to the year in Guydom once again brings together the biggest names in entertainment and sports. Make sure you watch Guy’s Choice on Saturday, June 9 at 9:00pm ET/PT on Spike TV and see Tina Fey win the Outstanding Literary Achievement award for BOSSYPANTS – the bestselling book where the star of 30 Rock reveals all, and proves what we’ve all suspected: you’re no one until someone calls you bossy. Now in paperback.
It’s the same Jaws but bigger and better! Email Jenn@q101.com and tell me what the shark’s nickname was off the set! Win big on August 14th! Include your name and address in your email.
SYNOPSIS: JAWS, one of the most enduring thrillers in motion picture history, is now available on Blu-ray for the first time. Directed by Steven Spielberg and nominated for four Academy Awards including Best Picture, relive the hunt for the great white that launched the beginning of the summer blockbuster and continues to make audiences afraid to go in the water. Filled with suspense and adventure, Jaws arrives on Blu-ray digitally remastered and fully restored from high resolution 35MM original film elements and includes all-new bonus features, 7.1 surround sound and digital copy for a limited time. All-new DVD also available.
This Thursday check out the feel good indie, Safety Not Guaranteed. Email me at jenn@q101.com for your passes. http://safetynotguaranteedmovie.com/
Thursday, June 7
Hope you had a nice weekend. FilmDistrict will release the feel-good indie SAFETY NOT GUARANTEED in Chicago on Friday, June 15. SNG stars Chicago-native Jake Johnson (New Girl), Aubrey Plaza (Parks and Recreation) and Mark Duplass in a film about an unusual classified ad that inspires three cynical Seattle magazine employees to look for the story behind it. They discover a mysterious eccentric named Kenneth, a likable but paranoid supermarket clerk, who believes he¹s solved the riddle of time travel and intends to depart again soon.
Together, they embark on a hilarious, smart, and unexpectedly heartfelt journey that reveals how far believing can take you.
Email me at Jenn@q101.com if you want a pair of tickets to the Advanced Screening of High School!
Tell me your most favorite subject from high school. Lunch, PE, none of the above? See the trailer HERE
Check out the deets here:
The day after soon-to-be valedictorian Henry Burke (Matt Bush) takes a hit of the chronic for the first time, his school principal (Michael Chiklis) institutes a zero tolerance drug policy and administers a mandatory drug test for all students. Henry has two options: fail and lose his college scholarship, or team up with his stoner friend Breaux (Sean Marquette) to beat the system. They steal a high powered ganja from law student-turned-drug-dealer Psycho Ed (Adrien Brody) and spike the school’s bake sale brownies, getting the whole school—faculty included—completely stoned out of their minds. But with the student body getting higher and higher with every brownie, and a pissed-off Psycho Ed on their tails for stealing his stash, they must find a way to keep their half-baked plan from going up in smoke.
Email me at Jenn@q101.com for your chance to win a $25 Movies on Demand gift card so you can catch the latest Reese Witherspoon flick filled with comedy, sexiness, and weapons. Just tell me what the worst place for a first date would be and why.
This Means War Info here!
Synopsis: It’s Spy vs. Spy in the ultimate battle for one Woman’s affection….This Means War, starring Academy Award® winner Reese Witherspoon, Chris Pine and Tom Hardy. Rent the fun & sexy comedy – This Means War – tonight with Xfinity Movies on Demand.
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