[neverending]

I've posted this a few times here but I'll tell it again since it fits the topic.

When I was young we had something that doesn't exist any more: a neighborhood theatre. With one screen. Every Saturday I would go to the matinee. Admission was $1.25 and for that you got a double feature with cartoons, old newsreels, serials and prizes.

This is how I saw a lot of great movies: all the Corman films, all the Hammer films, all the AIP stuff- even sometimes old WB classics. There would be comedies, Disney kid flicks, westerns, action movies, but my faves were always the horror films.

One time I even won an Ed "Big Daddy" Roth Weirdohs model kit!

These were great times. It's too bad there's nothing like it today.

We also had a Cinerama theatre in our town- a full 180 degree screen. I saw 2001 there on its initial release, and that's the ONLY way to really see it. The space scenes just wrapped around you... indescribable.