Friday, March 15, 2013
The screening will include fun family activities, a Q & A with the filmmakers and zoo “elephant whisperer” Will Thieson, plus much more.
When Mia Boccella Hartle and her husband, Tom Hartle, set out to make a documentary about the 2008 birth of two baby elephants at the Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium, she discovered the story didn’t just begin and end with the calves entering the world. Instead, she found the elephants, like any family, have a complex relationship with each other, and their trainers, that ranges from affection to sibling rivalry. “The dynamics are very, very similar to what goes on in human families,” Hartle, a Highland Park resident, said. The bond between the elephants, and how they adjust to their environment, is what led Hartle to name the documentary Elefamilia. “We knew right away that they were all part of a family and trying to be a family,” she …
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Some of the movies are in theaters now—which ones have you seen?
Now that the contenders for the Academy Awards have been announced, are you wondering where to catch an Oscar-nominated movie this weekend? Here are the listings for theaters close to the Pine-Richland area in which some of the nominees are playing. (Some movies start playing Friday. Others are already in theaters.) Set your GPS: 9700 McKnight Road, Pittsburgh Django Unchained—Nominated for Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor (Christoph Waltz), Best Original Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Sound Editing Les Miserables—Nominated for Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress (Anne Hathaway), Best Actor (Hugh Jackman), Best Costume Design, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Production Design, Best Sound Mixing, Best Music—Original Song ("…
40.682394
-80.100681
20111 Route 19, Cranberry Township, PA
Cranberry Cinemas
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40.58495
-80.03333
9700 McKnight Rd, Pittsburgh, PA
Rave Motion Pictures Pittsburgh North 11
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40.79627
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119 N Main St, Zelienople, PA
The Strand
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425 Pittsburgh Mills Cir, Tarentum, PA
Cinemark Galleria at Pittsburgh Mills
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Sunday, September 9, 2012
Born with a rare syndrome that causes facial abnormalities, Nick Wiese is dedicated to educating others about his condition.
Nick Wiese’s looks set him apart, and he still gets questions about his appearance—and sometimes stares. Weise was born with Apert syndrome, a rare genetic disease that causes craniofacial abnormalities, including fused skulls, fingers and toes. For the second year in a row, he is hosting a showing of Torey’s Distraction at Cranberry Cinemas. “I feel a responsibility to keep educating people about my condition,” Wiese said. “It’s a very rare condition, and not many people know about it.” An award-winning documentary, Torey’s Distraction, follows the life of Torey Harrah, who, like Wiese, has Apert syndrome. Harrah is preparing for a surgery that has been performed only 18 times in the world. Along her journey to a new face, she also tries …
Thursday, March 22, 2012
The theater has planned a food drive in conjunction with the event.
Warning: important plot point ahead. Throughout the first book in The Hunger Games trilogy, the 24 teenage boy and girl tributes competing in the fight-to-the-death tournament that’s broadcast live on national television might receive care packages parachuted into the arena from interested viewers. After reading the popular young adult novel, Caroline Hudacsek, assistant manager at Cranberry Cinemas, liked the concept so much she brainstormed it into a food drive to benefit a local charity. “I thought it would be an easy tie-in with the movie,” she said. In preparation for tonight’s midnight premiere of The Hunger Games, the theater is collecting non-perishable food items to benefit Gleaners Food Bank of Cranberry, which provides food to…
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Grab your wands and get ready, the final Harry Potter film premieres tonight.
There’s no business like show business – particularly when it comes to Harry Potter. That's something Jessica Levine knows for a fact. The head manager of Cranberry Cinemas said tonight’s midnight premiere of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 -- the final film in the seven-part series -- is sold out. And keep in mind that's with simultaneous showings of the movie in three separate screening rooms. “It has the potential to be the biggest opening weekend of all time,” Levine said of the film’s national debut. Pine-Richland teens looking to celebrate the premiere tonight can head over to Northern Tier Library for a Harry Potter Release Party from 6 to 8 p.m. Guests are encouraged to dress as their favorite characters for the "…
