Weekend Movie Events

It’s Oscar Weekend, so tomorrow is the Oscar Movie Marathon at AMC Theatres across the country. For $30 bucks you can sit through all five of the Best Picture nominees during AMC’s Best Picture Showcase. AMC’s official info is here.

If you live in the New York City area and are interested in seeing all the Oscar nominated short movies, the IFC Center is showing them. Buy one ticket and you can see all the live action shorts or all the animated shorts. These are the toughest categories to handicap and here is your chance to gain a real edge in your Oscar pool. Showtimes are here.

(Side note: We’ll be live-blogging the Oscars on Sunday, starting around 7pm.)

On a non-Oscar topic, if you live in the NYC or NJ area, a trip to the Loew’s Jersey is a must. This is an old movie palace, the kind that most of us have only seen in films. If you can imagine the grand cinemas where old movie premieres were held, then you are on the right track. The screen is several stories tall, and there are ornate paintings on the ceiling, crystal chandeliers, and grand staircases. Built in 1929, the theatre fell into disrepair and it is now being painstakingly restored by volunteers.

Loew’s Jersey only shows films one weekend a month, and this weekend they are screening their top 3 most-requested movies. If you’ve ever wanted to see one of these classics on a five-story screen, here is your chance.

Friday, 8pm: Back To The Future
Saturday, 2pm: Gone With The Wind
Saturday, 8pm: Casablanca

Adult tickets are just $6 and all proceeds benefit the theatre’s restoration. Snacks are cheap too. The Loew’s Jersey Theatre is surprisingly easy to reach from Manhattan, just steps away from the Journal Square PATH stop.

I can’t tell you how much I recommend visiting the Landmark Loew’s Jersey Theatre, at least once. Their official site is here.