BigScreen Journal News Articles

Feb 28, 2025 -- When Wicked was released in theaters in November, it was a sensation in more ways than one! Along with spending nine weeks in the Top 10 Box Office Report, getting ten Academy Award nominations, and...

Jan 31, 2025 -- In January 1995, a movie website called The Penguin Cinema Guide was released. I founded this publication with the intent of providing movie theater showtimes and information about the movies that...

Mar 13, 2024 -- We have added two new searches to our Advanced Search tool. The first is for finding Movies Playing in ScreenX and the second is for Movies Playing in 4DX. About ScreenX ScreenX uses multiple...

Mar 5, 2024 -- We are happy to announce a new feature that allows you to view all the latest movie trailers, clips, and other videos that we've added called Recent Movie Trailers & Videos! Last month, we...

Oct 12, 2023 -- You now have the ability to search for movies playing with Spanish Subtitles anywhere in the United States using our Movies Playing with Spanish Subtitles search tool! When we improved our Advanced...

Jul 20, 2023 -- You now have the ability to search for Open Caption presentations anywhere in the United States using our Open Caption Presentations search! When we improved our Advanced Search tool earlier this...

Jul 6, 2023 -- Check out our new Instagram page!

Jul 5, 2023 -- The Advanced Search tool, which allows you to find movies playing with various characteristics, such as Sensory-friendly, in 70mm, Dolby Cinema, and more, is now more compatible with mobile devices....

Apr 9, 2020 -- The Journal section has been upgraded to be more visually interesting as well as more flexible for us to provide you with interesting information about enjoying movies, whether they are showing in...

Mar 19, 2020 -- To put it plainly, the last several days have been daunting and exhausting. What started in December as reports came in about a virus outbreak in China has grown to a worldwide pandemic that has...

Feb 27, 2019 -- We have added a new advanced search tool that allows you to find movies playing in Dolby Cinema locations anywhere in the United States: Movies Playing in Dolby Cinema The tool will show you...

Apr 4, 2018 -- Some theaters have special presentations that cater to moviegoers with special needs and those that prefer to go to movies where the sound isn't quite as loud, the lights aren't quite as low, and/or...

Oct 5, 2017 -- We would like to extend a big welcome to our newest writer -- Pippa Roslyn! She will be writing a weekly article in the Odds & Ends section, and her debut article is titled "From a Fan to the...

Jan 12, 2017 -- Our Reader Reviews allow readers to post their reviews about the movies they see, as an alternative to the professional critics that can be found on our Reviews pages for movies. When you write a...

Oct 21, 2016 -- If you are using the desktop version of this site, you will notice that we now have a new layout for the navigation bar that is at the top of every page. We thought that it was time to make some...

Apr 27, 2016 -- The Photo Gallery pages for movies and theaters was upgraded recently to support larger photos. Previously, all photos were limited to 600 pixels wide and 600 pixels high. Now, photos are still...

Jun 9, 2015 -- We recently added a new feature for movie theaters that makes it much easier to post links to Facebook for pages related to each theater, and the movies they are playing. The new feature can be found...

Apr 29, 2015 -- After a long time in development, The BigScreen Cinema Guide now has a smartphone-friendly interface! When you visit this site with a smartphone (iPhone, Android, etc.), the site will automatically...

Feb 19, 2015 -- We're happy to announce that theaters in movie showtimes now can be sorted by distance as well as by name! The list of theaters shown on a movie's Showtimes page has always been sorted by the...

Jan 30, 2015 -- We've changed the default sort option for Theater Showtimes to the "Sort by Release Date" option that was added in May 2014. This option makes it easier to find new releases as they are listed first...