The 20th annual Hollywood Nights 24-hour movie marathon was another great success! Thanks to the Children’s Leukemia Foundation of Michigan for organizing this fantastic event!
I was tweeting up a storm during this year’s movie marathon. If you missed it, I’ve embedded all my tweets from that day (and evening, and morning) below. This was first live tweeting of a public event like this. I hope you enjoy it.
Continue reading Hollywood Nights 2019 Recap – The Twitter FeedThe Children’s Leukemia foundation of Michigan will be holding their 20th annual 24-hour movie marathon in Novi, Michigan at the Emagine theater on Friday, November 1st through Saturday, November 2nd.
This is a fantastic charity event and you should go! If you can raise a minimum of $150, you can watch whatever movies are scheduled for the theater that day (plus more in the overnight), get unlimited popcorn, pop, free lunch, free dinner, and a goodie bag of candy.
Continue reading 20th Annual CLFM 24-Hour Movie Marathon!It’s official! The following movies will be playing on November 10th at the EMagine theater in Novi for the Hollywood Nights Movie-Thon 2017! The movies below are sorted by Rotten Tomatoes score.
Which ones would you see?
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 93%
Runtime: 130 minutes
IMDB Summary: Imprisoned, the mighty Thor finds himself in a lethal gladiatorial contest against the Hulk, his former ally. Thor must fight for survival and race against time to prevent the all-powerful Hela from destroying his home and the Asgardian civilization.
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 78%
Runtime: 109 minutes
IMDB Summary: A group of U.S. soldiers returning from Iraq struggle to integrate back into family and civilian life, while living with the memory of a war that threatens to destroy them long after they’ve left the battlefield.
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 69%
Runtime: 96 minutes
IMDB Summary: A college student must relive the day of her murder over and over again, in a loop that will end only when she discovers her killer’s identity.
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 65%
Runtime: 116 minutes
IMDB Summary: A lavish train ride unfolds into a stylish & suspenseful mystery. From the novel by Agatha Christie, Murder on the Orient Express tells of thirteen stranded strangers & one man’s race to solve the puzzle before the murderer strikes again.
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 51%
Runtime: 98 minutes
IMDB Summary: The story of U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson from his young days in West Texas to the White House.
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 32%
Runtime: 104 minutes
IMDB Summary: Amy, Carla, and Kiki struggle to cope when their respective mothers visit for the holidays.
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 31%
Runtime: 92 minutes
IMDB Summary: Bodies are turning up around the city, each having met a uniquely gruesome demise. As the investigation proceeds, evidence points to one man: John Kramer. But how can this be? The man known as Jigsaw has been dead for over a decade.
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 6%
Runtime: 101 minutes
IMDB Summary: Madea, Bam, and Hattie venture to a haunted campground and the group must run for their lives when monsters, goblins, and the boogeyman are unleashed.
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 0%*
Runtime: 100 minutes
IMDB Summary: Brad and Dusty must deal with their intrusive fathers during the holidays.
* Technically there is no Rotten Tomatoes score yet. However, the original Daddy’s Home got a 31%. Does anyone really think this sequel is going to get much more than a 0% rating?
The Children’s Leukemia Foundation of Michigan’s Hollywood Nights Movie-Thon 2017 is less than two months away! You should go if you can. It’s a great cause and it’s great fun. If you are on the fence because you want to know what movies will be playing, read on.
Looking up movie release dates is straightforward. IMDB has a list of upcoming movies and their release dates. However, the key question is “which of these movies will actually be playing on November 10th and 11th?”.
We can’t answer that question with certainty, since it is ultimately up to what each particular theater purchases and for how long. However, we can establish probability based on typical movie performance. According to this article, virtually no movies run shorter than two weeks, an average movie plays in theaters for four weeks, and some may go longer if they perform well.
So, based on these two sources, I give you: what will definitely probably maybe be playing at Hollywood Nights Movie-Thon 2017!
The following movies will be released on November 10th or no more than two weeks before.
The following movies will be released 2-4 weeks before the marathon.
The following movies will be released more than 4 weeks before the marathon, but may have good staying power.
In part 1, I reviewed the movies playing at the Children’s Leukemia Foundation of Michigan’s 24-hour movie marathon. In part 2, let’s recap what event itself was like. I hope I can convince you to come next year!
The Emagine theater in Novi is an 18-screen theater in a large shopping district conveniently located off Interstate 96. The doors opened to the movie marathon crowd at 9:00 AM for check-in. The volunteers and fellow movie goers mingled a bit at the entryway. Everyone was friendly and there was a good vibe going.
At check-in, if you’ve met the minimum fundraising goal, you got a wristband which gets you a free pass to any movie, any time, throughout the day. You also got a goodie bag, a refillable bucket of popcorn, and a refillable cup for fountain drinks. Food, drink, shelter, and free entertainment. You basically have everything you need to survive for the next 24 hours.
The goodie bag contained an assortment of candy and a few coupons for local businesses. And I was delighted to see they included a toothbrush and toothpaste. My hat is off to the foundation for thinking of the breath of the guests at 2:00 AM after about 10 sodas and an indeterminate amount of popcorn.
The goody bag also included a few free raffle tickets. A few smart volunteers sold more tickets to marathoners later in the evening. I bought about 20 and put most of them on the necklace from a local Jeweler in hopes of getting free brownie points with my wife. I also put a few on a giant meat and cheese gift case.
The prize drawing was at 9:00 PM. Alas, it was not to be. My numbers were not drawn..
Dinner was catered by Buffalo Wild Wings and featured wings in three different sauces, fries, and a salad option. Thanks to them for volunteering to feed us fundraisers!
The theater had a self-serve soda creator, the Coke Freestyle. I realized the tremendous potential this device contained at a movie marathon. What if I tried all the diet coke flavors over the course of the movie marathon? I had to collect them all!
And collect them all I did. My official report is as follows:
I learned after the fact that the Coca-Cola freestyle has an app because…well – why not? I could have increased my efficiency by pre-selecting my drink mix on my phone prior to using the machine. Ah well. There is always next time.
As far as the theater itself went, the Emagine theater was big, clean, and looked nice. This theater was unique: it has a bar with cocktails and multiple local beers. I would have appreciated the novelty of a drink and a movie, but I stay away from the alcohol on movie marathons (caffeine only!). One theater had leather seats with large armrests. I do appreciate the trend toward luxury seating in movie theaters.
As I mentioned in my previous post, I brought a variety of gear to get me through the marathon. Here are some highlights:
The Hollywood Nights 24-Hour movie marathon was a great event! I’m looking forward to attending again, and I hope I see you there next time!
