Category Archives: New_Jack_City
New Jack City: Radio Ratings Shake Up About to Begin
After decades of what many in radio and advertising have considered to be an outdated system of surveying listenership, local radio ratings will never be the same!
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NEW JACK CITY: Your Great Lines MATCHES!
So how did you do? Here are the matching movies to the classic lines and the film’s release year. 1.–“DIRTY DANCING” / 1987 2.–“THE WIZARD OF OZ” / 1939 3.–“GOLDFINGER” / 1964 4.–“A FEW GOOD MEN” / 1992 5.–“WHEN HARRY … Continue reading
NEW JACK CITY: Great Lines from Greater Times!
Let’s have some fun. The American Film Institute (AFI) recently compiled its choices of what they consider to be the 100 most famous movie quotes of all time. I went through their list and randomly picked some of my favorites … Continue reading
NEW JACK CITY: Dickinson Theatres Debuts B.Y.O.B. Movies!
There’s no excuse now for not taking a Continue reading
New Jack City: Katie Horner Unleashes the Heat, Texting Smackdown, Gloriously Inglourious
K.C. Weather ‘Hottie’ Update: Continue reading
New Jack City: HARRY POTTER Enjoys Record-Breaking Midnight Start!
If last nights (actually this morning’s – 12:01 a.m.) Midnight Shows are any indication, then HARRY POTTER 6 is well on its way to becoming the biggest boy wizard—make that TEEN-Wizard–adventure yet!
According to early boxoffice estimates, HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE established a new bewitching hour record with $20 million in ticket sales.
Compare that to last year’s THE DARK KNIGHT midnight kick-off which brought in $18 million—and Harry’s last big-screen outing (ORDER OF THE PHOENIX in 2007) which premiered at midnight with $12 million.
But HOW does Harry compare to this summer’s TRANSFORMERS 2 juggernaut?
Very well! Thanks for asking. Continue reading
New Jack City: You’ve Got to Love Those Whips & Chains – Bet NBC-Universal Does!
BRUNO’s laughing all the way to the bank! Sacha Baron Cohen’s highly controversial new
New Jack City: KCTV Kaffee Klatch Kontroversy & Kontest
Something’s been bugging me about KCTV’s morning news shows. No big deal, really.
But why do Channel 5’s anchors put their breakfast dishes on the news desk?
OK, maybe it’s just their oversized coffee cups.
Still you’d think they’d keep their pottery Continue reading
New Jack City: Transformers, Fan Boys Crash Box Office!
With 4,226 runs across America—of which 126 are IMAX engagements—TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN plowed into the nation’s theatres Wednesday with 12:01 a.m. midnight showings. This baby held up very well during the witching hour, with many theatres adding 3:00 … Continue reading
New Jack City: Harry Potter IMAX Debut Delayed
A Clash of Titans is brewing and the fallout is affecting every IMAX theater in the country.
It involves two of the biggest studios–Paramount/DreamWorks versus Warner Brothers and two of this summer Continue reading
NEW JACK CITY: Movie Mom on Sex, Nudity, Vulgar Humor & Child in Comic Peril
New Jack City: Boulevard Drive In 60th Year Under the Stars!
Not only is Kansas City one of the top rated movie going cities in the country on a per capita basis, it’s also home to one of the oldest continuously operating Drive-In Theatres in the entire nation.
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New Jack City: 7 Deadly Movie Sins Plus Contest!
I spend a lot of time in dark auditoriums… but don’t take that the wrong way, mostly attending preview screenings. More than half are at nighttime with recruited audiences. (Daytime screenings are usually critics only.) And there are 7 DEADLY … Continue reading
