Santikos Theatres Re-release of the Dark Knight

?THE DARK KNIGHT? RETURNS TO THE BIG SCREEN ON JANUARY 23RD

The Widely Acclaimed Hit Will Be Re-Released in IMAX and Theatres.

BURBANK, CA ? January 14, 2009 ? Warner Bros. Pictures is bringing ?The Dark Knight? back for a return engagement in IMAX and theatres on January 23, 2009, giving audiences one more chance to see the film on the big screen. The film will re-open nationwide, it was announced by Dan Fellman, Warner Bros. Pictures President of Domestic Distribution.
In making the announcement, Fellman stated, ??The Dark Knight? is a crowning achievement in every sense of the word. We wanted to provide one more opportunity for moviegoers to experience it on the big screen as it was meant to be seen.?
One of the most celebrated and successful films of this or any year, ?The Dark Knight? has been hailed by both critics and audiences since its original release last July. The film garnered widespread acclaim for its artistic and technical achievements, culminating with the film being named on more than 150 critics? lists of the year?s top-ten films.
In addition, the filmmakers behind ?The Dark Knight? have been honored by their peers, with Christopher Nolan receiving a Directors Guild of America Award nomination; producers Nolan, Charles Roven and Emma Thomas garnering a Producers Guild Award nomination; and a Writers Guild of America Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay going to Chris Nolan, Jonathan Nolan and David S. Goyer. Cast member Heath Ledger received a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination, and has also won a Golden Globe, Critics? Choice Award and numerous other critics groups? awards for Best Supporting Actor.
?The Dark Knight? also won the Critics? Choice Award for Best Action Film, and swept the People?s Choice Awards in five categories, including Favorite Movie and Favorite Cast.
?The Dark Knight? stars Christian Bale, reprising his role from ?Batman Begins,? Academy Award? nominee Heath Ledger (?Brokeback Mountain?), Academy Award? winner Michael Caine (?The Cider House Rules?), Gary Oldman (the ?Harry Potter? films), Aaron Eckhart (?Thank You for Smoking?), Maggie Gyllenhaal (?Stranger than Fiction?), and Academy Award? winner Morgan Freeman (?Million Dollar Baby?).
Christopher Nolan directed ?The Dark Knight? from a screenplay written by Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan, story by Christopher Nolan & David S. Goyer. Charles Roven, Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan produced the film, with Benjamin Melniker, Michael E. Uslan, Kevin De La Noy and Thomas Tull serving as executive producers.
Collaborating with Nolan behind the scenes were two-time Oscar?-nominated director of photography Wally Pfister (?The Prestige,? ?Batman Begins?), Oscar?-nominated production designer Nathan Crowley (?The Prestige?), Oscar?-nominated editor Lee Smith (?Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World?) and Oscar?-winning costume designer Lindy Hemming (?Topsy-Turvy?). The music is by Oscar? winner and multiple Oscar? nominee Hans Zimmer (?The Lion King,? ?Gladiator?) and seven-time Oscar? nominee James Newton Howard (?Michael Clayton,? ?The Fugitive?), who previously collaborated on the score for ?Batman Begins.?
Originally released on July 18, 2008, ?The Dark Knight? broke virtually every possible box office record to become the top-grossing film of 2008 and the second-highest grossing movie (domestically) of all time.
Warner Bros. Pictures presents, in association with Legendary Pictures, a Syncopy Production, a Christopher Nolan film. ?The Dark Knight,? is based upon characters appearing in comic books published by DC Comics. Batman was created by Bob Kane.
?The Dark Knight? is distributed worldwide in IMAX and theatres by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company. The film has been rated PG-13 for ?intense sequences of violence and some menace.? For downloadable information and photos from ?The Dark Knight,? please visit: press.warnerbros.com.

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Brad Pitt And Rachel McAdams’ Chest At ‘Time Traveler’s Wife’ Premiere

Executive producer Brad Pitt joined the cast of ‘The Time Traveler’s Wife’ at the film’s New York premiere Wednesday night. The other notable presence was that of Rachel McAdams’ sternum, visible in a plunging white ensemble.

The film costars McAdams and Eric Bana and opens up this Friday the 14th, almost against the Pitt-starring ‘Inglourious Basterds,’ the LA premiere of which Pitt attended Monday, which opens the 21st.

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Santikos Theaters History

Santikos Theater History

Louis Santikos, a Greek entrepreneur, was one of the pioneers in the San Antonio motion picture industry. Having immigrated to Texas Mr. Louis Santikos built the first opulent movie theatre in San Antonio, the Palace Theatre. This endeavor was only the beginning at the Santikos Company, which included film distribution and continued to introduce many more grand theatres throughout the decades that followed.

Louis’ son John always shared his father’s passion for motion pictures and after graduating from St. Mary’s University, he entered the movie business. His first involvement in the motion picture industry was with the Olmos theatre in San Antonio, a successful single screen movie house. John continued to bring new cinema experiences to San Antonio when he acquired thirteen Drive-In theatre locations, including the historic Mission Drive-In.

Over the next 2 decades, John Santikos added to his entrepreneurial resume with many more theatres across the city featuring the latest ideas in the industry including the first multi-screen indoor theatres, art theatres, THX and digital sound technology, 3D presentation etc.

In 1987, the operational division of the theatres was sold to Act III Theatres. However, in May 2001, John Santikos returned to his beloved business by obtaining the theatre chain he had sold. He quickly reinvigorated the company with his passion for films and business savvy.

At this time he brought many innovations to San Antonio; The in-theatre dining experience, the redesigning of the city’s only art house, The Bijou at Crossroads and completely remodeling the Galaxy, transforming it into the Rialto Cinema Bar and Grill. Today, the theatre circuit also includes the Northwest, the completely renovated Embassy and four brand new multiplexes: the Palladium IMAX, the Mayan, the Silverado in San Antonio and the Silverado IMAX in Houston. With the highly anticipated construction of the Granada and Legacy Theatres in San Antonio and with future entertainment venues to come, Santikos remains a prominent name as the only major independently owned and operated theatre circuit in Texas.

Wolverine is commonly known as Logan. His real name is James Howlett.

He is a mutant. His mutant powers are:

-a healing factor that cures any wound, and heals any disease. That healing factor also slows his aging, making him look a lot younger than he is.

-bone claws

-heightened senses including an enhanced sense of smell, that enables him to sense the specific scent of any person.

Also, a corrupt government program known as Weapon X bonded his bones with adamantium (the second strongest metal in the Marvel Universe next to vibranium which Captain America’s shield is made of), also banded to his bone claws that he can eject from between his knuckles. His claws can cut through almost anything.

When the Weapon X program erased his memories, he wandered about until he found out Charles Xavier, Professor x. Now, he fights crime as a member of the X-Men.

Wolverine’s cool personality, funny one-liners and bad ass attitude made him one of the most popular Marvel characters.

Real Name: James Howlett, now goes by Logan Identity: Secret Occupation: (current) Adventurer, member of the X-Men, (possible former) Samurai, (former) CIA operative, member of Canada’s Weapon X program, leader of Alpha Flight, bartender on Madripoor Other Aliases: Weapon X, Patch Place of Birth: Unknown, presumably in Canada. Marital Status: Single Known Relatives: John Howlett (father, deceased), Elizabeth Howlett (mother, presumed deceased) “The Old Man” (unnamed grandfather, presumed deceased) Windsong (wife, deceased) Base of Operations: (current) Xavier Institute for Higher Learning, (former) the Clan Yashida compound in Japan, Department H in Canada. Group Affiliation: (current) X-Men, (former) Clan Yashida, the Weapon X Program, Alpha Flight First Appearance: THE INCREDIBLE HULK #181

History: In the late 1880’s a child by the name of James Howlett was born. As a child James was a frail and sick boy. His allergies didn’t allow him to go out and play much. His father had requested that a twelve year old girl be brought to their estate. That girl was named Rose and she was to be a friend and play mate to James. She read to him and looked after him. Along with the grounds keeper’s son, Dog, James and Rose were the only children on the hill where the estate was. They had become close friends and played together as much as possible but Dog slowly grew away from them. Dog’s father, the grounds keeper was named Thomas Logan, he was an alcoholic and abuse his son.

Over the next few years Dog started to follow in his father footsteps, becoming cruel and heartless. James was given more responsibilities by his father and grandfather. After a big fight, Dog killed James’s K-9 companion which resulted in the Logans getting kicked off the Howlett estate.

In a fit of rage and anger Thomas Logan and his son entered the estate armed. They then took Rose hostage and demanded that she take them to the masters’ bedroom. There the elder Logan tried to persuade James’s mother, Elizabeth, to leave with them. Before they could leave John entered the room and discovered them together. In a rage of hate and dislike Thomas shot John as James walked into the room. Seeing his father shot and killed shocked him so much that it triggered his latent mutant abilities. His claws extended and continued through Thomas.

After his mother shunned him for his unusual abilities he fled the house. Rose followed to see what she could do. She found James outside the house on the ground and cold. She brought him to the barn in order to try and warm him up. Not knowing what to do Rose brought James to his grandfather house. He ended up giving them cash and told them never to come back again.

Rose took James and went to British Columbia looking for a place that they could live in peace. Rose remembered her father talking of quarries in the Northern frontiers and she figured that would be a good place for them to start looking. Making it to a quarry, they met a man named Smitty who was the foreman. That is when Rose gave James the name Logan to hide his true identity.

By the second summer there Logan was providing for both Rose and himself. He had trained himself to be a fine hunter and he also worked hard at the quarry. Smitty even gave him a new job in demolitions. Shortly after that Smitty asked Rose to marry him. The proposal upset Logan but he finally realized that Smitty did indeed love Rose. Logan then helped Smitty get money for tickets away from the quarry.

Before Smitty and Rose could leave Dog showed up. At the request of Logans grandfather he was to kill Logan and Rose for what he believed they did. In the fight that followed Rose tried to break it up but was struck by Logans claws and died. After that, not being able to live among people for what he did he left the camp and went off into the wilderness to live alone.

It wasn’t until his first recorded encounter with the Hulk, as an agent of Canada’s Department H, that anyone had heard of him or knew that he was interacting with people again.

Logan possesses memories of being a Samurai in Japan, a mercenary operative for the Central Intelligence Agency, and a “wild man” in the Canadian wilderness. Due to the extensive memory implants given to Logan through the Weapon X program, any and all of these memories are suspect. Logan has at least one memory of meeting Captain America in World War II which was verified as true. It is possible that Logan’s healing factor grants him an extended life span and has granted him the physical condition of a man in his prime, despite his age.

Sometime after World War II, Logan was taken by a group of scientists led by Dr. Cornelius as part of the Weapon X program. Cornelius was hired to perfect and use a technique that would bond the indestructible element adamantium to human bone cells. Logan’s skeleton was bonded to the adamantium, and he was indoctrinated into the Weapon X assassin program.

After his encounter with the Hulk, Wolverine was conscripted by Department H to join and lead Alpha Flight, Canada’s government-run super team. During his leadership of Alpha Flight, Wolverine was approached by Professor Charles Xavier, who was looking for mutants to help his students, the X-Men, escape from the island-being known as Krakoa, which had captured them. Wolverine left Alpha Flight to accompany Xavier and rescue the captured X-Men. After Krakoa was defeated, Wolverine decided to stay with the X-Men, for reasons which included that he had fallen for the X-Man known as Marvel Girl.

Logan remained with the X-Men for quite some time, at one time being their field commander, and encountering adversaries such as Proteus, Magneto, the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, the Brood, the Reavers, demons from the dimension of Limbo, the Marauders, the Morlocks, and even Dracula on one occasion.

After his encounter with the mutant assassin Omega Red, Logan began to question the memories he possessed, but his searches to find his true identity and memories proved fruitless.

During an encounter with the mutant Magneto on his space station called Avalon, Wolverine attempted to defeat Magneto using the claws presumably given to him by the Weapon X project. Magneto retaliated, using his powers of the magnetic field to tear the adamantium out of Wolverine’s skeleton, causing extensive injuries. These injuries shorted out Wolverine’s healing factor for a time, and Logan also discovered that the claws that he believed a result of the Weapon X project were in fact a natural mutation. The claws he now possesses are bone, and a natural part of his skeletal structure.

As a result of his injuries, Logan left the X-Men for a time, returning after he was asked by Xavier, who also asked the mutant Cable, to rescue the X-Men in Tibet, where they were captured during the Phalanx invasion.

Recently, Logan was kidnapped by Tyler Dayspring, calling himself Genesis, who wanted to make Wolverine one of his new Horsemen. Genesis had acquired adamantium by destroying the body of the mercenary known as Cyber, and had planned to recreate the bonding process used on Logan years ago. This time, however, Logan’s body rejected the adamantium, and he regressed for a time to a feral-like state.

Logan regained his lucidity, rejoined the X-Men, and is now supervising the team while Cyclops and Jean Grey are on leave. Still without his Adamantium, Logan was kidnapped by the would-be conqueror Apocalypse, perhaps the world’s first mutant, and forced to fight the savage assassin Sabretooth for the mantle of the Horseman Death. Viewing himself as a more merciful candidate than his fellow mutant, Logan fought hard to win the battle. As a result, his skeleton again was laced with Adamantium. Under the control of Apocalypse, Wolverine fought the X-Men ferociously in his Death persona. But with the help of his teammates, he eventually broke free from Apocalypse’s control.

Height:5 ft. 3 in. Weight: (without adamantium skeleton) 200 lbs., (with adamantium skeleton) 300 lbs. Eyes: Blue Hair: Black

Strength Level: While Wolverine may be of an advanced age, he possesses the normal human strength of a man in his prime with his height and build who engages in intensive regular exercise. While possessing the adamantium skeleton, Wolverine’s strength was increased to the human maximum, making him capable of lifting (pressing) 800 lbs.

Known Superhuman Powers: Wolverine is a mutant with a number of enhancements to his physiology. Wolverine possesses heightened senses, making him capable of seeing things at a maximum distance greater than that of a normal human. His hearing is enhanced in a similar manner, and he is able to recognize people and objects by scent, even if that person or object is hidden. Logan can use these enhanced senses to track anyone, with an impressive degree of success.

He possesses retractable bone claws that are housed in his forearms, they are part of his skeleton system. At will Wolverine can release these claws through his skin between the knuckles on each hand. The skin between the knuckles tears and bleeds, but bleeding is quickly halted by his healing factor. The claws are naturally sharp and tougher than that of normal human bone structure. This allows Wolverine to be able to cut through most types of flesh and natural materials. (Note: While Wolverine possessed his adamantium skeleton, his claws were able to cut through almost any material without any fear of damage to the claws.)

Lastly, Wolverine possesses an accelerated healing factor based on his physiology. While most normal humans heal injuries over a long period of time, Wolverine’s healing factor speeds up that natural process. Wolverine’s natural healing has been advanced to the point where he can heal extensive injuries (such as broken limbs) in a matter of hours to days. This factor gives him a higher resistance to poisons and toxins, and he can recover from almost any injury. The more extensive the injury, the longer the healing time will be.

Wolverine is not immortal, however. If the injuries are extensive enough, especially if they result in the loss of vital organs, large amounts of blood, and/or loss of physical form (such as having flesh burned away by fire or acid), Logan can die.

Wolverine, again due to his healing factor, has an enhanced resistance to disease, as well as an extended life span. Despite Wolverine’s chronological age, he is still as healthy and physically fit as a man in his prime.

Abilities: Due to his extensive training as a CIA operative, a Samurai, and as a member of the Weapon X program, Wolverine is a master of multiple forms of martial arts, weapons, and vehicles. He is also a trained expert in computers, explosives, and assassination techniques. – marveldirectory.com

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