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Details have been confirmed for this Sunday’s showing of “one of the first truly must see movies of 2016,” EVERYBODY WANTS SOME at the Gateway Film Center (NEW LOCATION)!   Everybody Wants Some is earning a huge 91% positive rating on Rotten Tomatoes and should be a great film and a fun time together! Details for this event can be found below!

Coming up next week, don’t miss joining us for our split/screen event to see your choice of two fun movies! Choose between the current #1 Movie in America, THE BOSS, starring the always hilarious Melissa McCarthy -- or -- a film earning rave reviews and one being called a, “as lovely to behold as it is engrossing to watch,” the live-action version of THE JUNGLE BOOK!

And, later this month, we’ll get together to see the fantasy-adventure, THE HUNTSMAN: A WINTER’S WAR, feature an all-star cast, including Charlize Theron, Emily Blunt, Jessica Chastain and Chris Hemsworth!

THIS WEEKEND: EVERYBODY WANTS SOME on Sunday, April 17th at the Gateway Film Center (NEW LOCATION)!

• Details have been confirmed for this Sunday’s showing of the soon-to-be-classic, EVERYBODY WANTS SOME at its exclusive Columbus location, The Gateway Film Center!
• PLAN: Purchase your ticket for the 3pm showing and meet in the upstairs lobby between 2:30 and 2:45pm! After the movie, we’ll be just in time for conversation, dinner and drinks Mad Mex, located just next door to the theater!
• TICKETS: Since the Gateway is the exclusive location for this film, early arrival or advance ticket purchase is recommended! Tickets are $8 and can be purchased through Gateway’s website here: https://www.retrievertickets.com/rt/?theaterID=2474968&date=20160417
• PARKING: Easy, cheap parking is available in the garage located right next door to the theater on both 9th and 11th avenues! Purchase the $2 validation at the box office is your parking is covered for the night!
• DESCRIPTION: Set in the 1980’s, this comedy-drama follows the lives of college freshman baseball players as they navigate their way through the freedoms and responsibilities of unsupervised adulthood. Everybody Wants Some is written and directed by Richard Linklater, who gave us Oscar-winning Boyhood, the Before Sunrise series and the now-classic Dazed and Confused. The film stars Zoey Deutch, Tyler Hoechlin, Blake Jenner and R yan Guzman.
• BUZZ: Reviews for Everybody Wants some have been fantastic! Peter Travers of Rolling Stone says: “Linklater...builds human comedies, the kind that last.” Justin Chang of Variety says: “Few filmmakers have so fully embraced the bittersweet joy of living in the moment - one that's all the more glorious because it fades so soon.” Others call the film “ridiculously fun” and “deceptively deep,” and a movie that “slaps a smile on your face that won’t quit!”
• TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6raUs0CiCQ
• LINK: For complete details or to join Dan at this event, click here: http://www.meetup.com/Columbus-Movie-Group/events/229340399/

SPLIT/SCREEN: THE BOSS and THE JUNGLE BOOK on Thursday April 21st at AMC Lennox!

• Choose your movie this week as we get together to see a pair of FUN April releases: the Melissa McCarthy THE BOSS (currently the #1 movie in America) or the live-action remake of THE JUNGLE BOOK (currently earning a huge 92% positive rating on Rotten Tomatoes)!
• THE BOSS: The Boss follows a titan of industry who is sent to prison after she's convicted of insider trading. When she emerges ready to rebrand herself as America's latest sweetheart, not everyone is so quick to forgive and forget. The film is written and directed by Ben Falcone (Bridesmaids, Spy) and stars his real-life wife Melissa McCarthy along with Kristen Bell and Peter Dinklage. TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yakeigyf0vc
• THE JUNGLE BOOK: A boy is raised in the jungle by Indian wolves, but when a fearsome scarred Bengal tiger threatens his life, the boy must leave his jungle home. Guided by a black panther and Baloo the Bear, he sets out on a journey of self-discovery while encountering some jungle creatures who may not exactly have his best interests at heart! Director Jon Favreau teams up with the voices of Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley, Idris Elba, Lupita Nyong'o, Scarlett Johansson and Christopher Walken for what should be a fun film! TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mkm22yO-bs
• PLAN: We’ll plan for a 7pm(ish) showings of both films! We’ll meet together in the lobby, split into two groups to see the film of your choice, then all meet back up together at Champp’s for some food, drinks and fun after the movies!
• LINK: For complete details or to join Derek and Dan at this event, click here: http://www.meetup.com/Columbus-Movie-Group/events/229340619/

COMING SOON: THE HUNTSMAN: A WINTER’S WAR on Friday, April 29th at AMC Lennox!

• Charlize Theron, Emily Blunt, Jessica Chastain and Chris Hemsworth star in this fantasy-adventure about two evil sisters who try to conquer the land and the huntsman out to stop them!
• DESCRIPTION: This British-American dark fantasy action-adventure is set as a prequel to the surprisingly good Snow White and the Huntsman! In this film, two evil sisters prepare to conquer the land. However, a pair of renegades, Eric the Huntsman and his forbidden lover, Sara set out to stop them. The film stare Charlize Theron, Emily Blunt, Jessica Chastain, Chris Hemsworth and Sam Claflin.
• TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAvCgVR0gIM keanu
• PLAN: We’ll plan for a 7pm(ish) showing followed by conversation, food and drinks at a nearby restaurant! Complete details will be confirmed and announced as the date gets closer!
• LINK: For complete details or to join Barb at this event, click here: http://www.meetup.com/Columbus-Movie-Group/events/229578958/

Take care and look forward to seeing you soon!

Dan