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• Madison, WI: Star Cinema - Fitchburg Opens IMAX Screen on December 23rd [12/22/2005]
• Milwaukee, WI: Times Cinema Switching to First-Run Films [12/16/2005]
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: The Imax Experience to Open In Record Number of IMAX(R) Theatres on November 18th [11/14/2005]
• Poseidon to be simultaneously released as IMAX(R) Film in May 2006 [11/03/2005]
• Superman Returns to be Simultaneously Released as IMAX(R) Film in June 2006 [11/03/2005]
• New James Bond Actor Announced [10/14/2005]
• Madison, WI: Madison Campus Theater to Close in 2006 [09/19/2005]
• Red Carpet Seats Available for 78th Oscars® Random Drawing to be Conducted Online [09/15/2005]
• AMC Theatres® to Donate All Proceeds from September 15 Sales to Hurricane Katrina Relief [09/13/2005]
• All-Star Cast Helps Voice Magnificent Desolation: Walking on The Moon 3D [08/30/2005]
• Moviegoers Treated to Luxury Touches... at Select Theaters [08/19/2005]
• Salt Lake City, UT: IMAX Signs Deal to Install IMAX® Theatre in Utah's Top Grossing Megaplex [08/11/2005]
• Peter Jackson working on DVD for original 'King Kong' [08/11/2005]
• New Study Says Movie Villains Smoke More Than Heroes [08/09/2005]
• Beaver Dam, WI: Beaver Dam Cinema Preparing for Expansion [08/01/2005]
• Digital Cinema Initiatives (DCI) Announces Final Overall System Requirements and Specifications for Digital Cinema [07/27/2005]
• Key Dates Announced for 78th Academy Awards ® [07/27/2005]
• Experience Star Wars Episode III on DVD November 1st [07/25/2005]
• Milwaukee, WI: Marcus Theatres to Develop Theater at PabstCity [07/01/2005]
• New Disney Stamps Released [06/30/2005]
• May the Fourth Be With Moviegoers This Weekend -- Buy Three Tickets to STAR WARS: EPISODE III REVENGE OF THE SITH and Get Your Fourth Ticket Free! [06/29/2005]
• AMC's 'Cinderella Man' Satisfaction Guarantee [06/29/2005]
• Disney and Dolby Labs Join Forces to Install 100 Digital Cinema Systems [06/28/2005]
• Roger Ebert Receives Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame [06/24/2005]
• New York, NY: Manhattan's Beekman Theater to Close [06/21/2005]
• AMC, Loews Cineplex Plan to Merge [06/21/2005]
• Wehrenberg Theatres to Open First Commercial IMAX® Theatre in St. Louis This Year at Missouri's Top Performing Megaplex [06/17/2005]
• Showtime Cinema Announces 2nd Annual Kids' Series of Free Movies [06/13/2005]
• Batman Begins: The IMAX Experience to Open in Select IMAX® Theatres June 15th [06/06/2005]
• Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith Shown in Select Theaters in Dolby Digital Surround EX [05/24/2005]
• Trailer for The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Debuts [05/06/2005]
• The Polar Express: an IMAX 3D Experience Back on Track to IMAX® Theatres in November 2005 [05/06/2005]
• Loews Cineplex to Publicize the Actual Start Times of Movies [05/03/2005]
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire to be Simultaneously Released as IMAX® Film in November 2005 [05/02/2005]
• Study Says Hollywood's Movie Rating System Flawed [05/02/2005]
• Enron Movie Released in Theaters and on TV Simultaneously [04/28/2005]
• Regal to Buy Eastern Federal Theatres [04/28/2005]
• Fenton, MI: Fenton Cinema May Grow to 14 Screens [04/22/2005]
• Carmike to Buy GKC Theatres for $66 Million [04/19/2005]
• Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith Gets a PG-13 Rating [04/14/2005]
• Troy, MI: Emagine Entertainment, Inc. and Paragon Developments Announce a 14 Screen Megaplex in Holly Township, Michigan [04/12/2005]
• Maumee, OH: Ohio Cinemas Offer Moviegoers the Star Treatment [04/10/2005]
• Town of Brookfield, WI: Brookfield Marcus Theater Gets Conditional Approval [04/06/2005]
• Star Wars Fans Wait in Wrong Line [04/06/2005]
• New 'Superman' names its Perry White [04/05/2005]
• Disney, Miramax Founders Reach Settlement [03/30/2005]
• Quad Cities, IL: Two new movie theaters to open in Illinois Quad-Cities [03/29/2005]
• Madison, WI: IMAX Signs Multiplex Theatre Deal with Star Cinema [03/24/2005]
• Thomas Haden Church Cast as Next Spider-Man Villain [03/22/2005]
• George Lucas, James Cameron, Peter Jackson plan 3-D Movies [03/18/2005]
• George Lucas Calls Star Wars: Episode III 'a tearjerker' [03/18/2005]
• Star Wars Episode III Soundtrack Includes Bonus DVD [03/16/2005]
• Family Films Reign Over R-Rated Movies in 2004 [03/16/2005]
• Showest Report: Digital Cinema Still Not Done [03/16/2005]
• Eisner’s Disney Exit Reopens Pixar Talks [03/16/2005]
• Milwaukee, WI: Avalon Theatre Expected to Reopen [03/11/2005]
• Saukville, WI: Marcus Theatres® New Saukville, Wis. Cinema to Open March 11 [03/10/2005]
• Batman Begins to be Released as IMAX® Film in June 2005 [03/01/2005]
• 77th Academy Awards® Rundown - Winners & News [02/27/2005]
• Disney Stops Selling EZ-D's -- Wired News [02/07/2005]
• Nominations Announced for 77th Academy Awards® [01/25/2005]
• Sundance Channel Shines a Spotlight on the 2005 Sundance Film Festival [01/21/2005]
• Golden Globes Winners -- IMDb [01/17/2005]
• Marcus may focus on acquisition of GKC -- JSOnline [01/12/2005]
• Brookfield, WI: Marcus Theatres Announces UltraCinema in Brookfield, Wis. [01/10/2005]
• Findlay, OH: Marcus Theatres Announces New Cinema in Findlay, Ohio [01/06/2005]