Word: multiplexer
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...handful of hobbits. That was the strategy of Larry Probst, CEO of video-games giant Electronic Arts, based in Redwood City, Calif. As each new generation of console hardware makes video games look more like movies, Probst wanted to snap up franchises with repeated success at the multiplex--like James Bond, Harry Potter and The Lord of the Rings--and put them to work in the virtual arena...
...proud purist; he doesn't own a DVD player or VCR. "It's important to go out to see these films on a screen with an audience," he says. He prefers this small theater with no concession stand to the hard-sell accommodations of the multiplex chains. Croux's romantic purism is Paris incarnate; the popularity of no-frills, revival-house moviegoing helped make cinema's birthplace unique as the film capital of the world. A typical week in the City of Lights offers some 200 examples of second-run and repertoire fare from around...
...arty cineplex The Chain Reaction Somewhere between multiplex chain and art house lies the Groupe MK2. With 58 screens in 10 locations around Paris playing everything from Swiss documentaries to The Hulk, MK2 has fans among cinephiles and general moviegoers alike. Founder Marin Karmitz, 64, started his first cinema in 1974, near the Bastille. "I felt the time had come to approach cinema differently," says the Romanian émigré. "Opening that first theater was a reaction to the existing run-down art-house scene, a way to bring films in their original languages to Paris neighborhoods." Today, an average...
...becoming available, and if a movie lover can own or rent high-quality copies, often with bonus features, there are fewer reasons to leave home to see to them. It's just one more way that Paris - alas - is becoming more like other places. Another threat comes from multiplex chains like UGC, Gaumont and MK2, where patrons pay a yearly fee of just over €200 to attend any film, anytime, at cinemas with refreshments and often stadium-style seating in auditorium-size theaters. It's a great bargain for those who see more than a few films per month...
...fewer than eight big-budget action films opening between May Day and Labor Day boast smashing, auto-dynamic set pieces. The multiplex traffic jam started last month with the freeway fracas in The Matrix Reloaded and the Hollywood-and-Vine destruction derby in The Italian Job. This week 2F2F is joined by Hollywood Homicide, with a careering, nonstop trip through Beverly Hills and other L.A. tourist spots. Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle will show how car stunts can outdo kung fu. In Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, mankind's savior will try to keep his Toyota Tundra...