While cleaning out boxes of stuff best left forgotten I found a few old newspapers which led to a fun look back at what was playing at the local theaters and what was popular in the day. Feast your eyes on these viewing choices at the local cinemas and let’s be honest with ourselves. Which ones did you spend your hard earned money on?
I saw neither of these on the big screen but the VHS tape cured that.
For this night out on the town, drop the girlfriend off at door number one so she can have a good cry and then sneak into door number two for the latest DeNiro – Scorsese offering. Cape Fear was a no brainer on the big screen for me back in the day. But let it be said right here and now, I’ll still take the original version from ’62 over this one.
Plenty to choose from here.
Field of Dreams….ok. But flicks like American Ninja 3 will never see the inside of a movie theater again. Kind of sad when you think about how the theater offerings have changed over the years.
Much like this title……. come on who spent there money on this one?
1987’s top hits round up. Seen them all and if I recall correctly, two of them at the theater. Stakeout and Eastwick.
Not in to a movie tonight? How about some live theater. Check out these touring shows.
I wonder who took which role?
I’d love to have seen this rather odd pairing!
A fun look back to past offerings and surprises.
Mike's Take On the Movies 
Mike, I really enjoy your blog! I discovered the videos you and Kristina did on books about movies – good stuff! I actually started working on a post a few days ago about the same topic of movie ads in newspapers, so it was great to read your post. Happy 2016!
Thanks a bunch. Videos are a lot of fun and hoping we will do some more soon. Newspapers are fun to check out what was playing wayyyy back in the day. Have a great 2016!
This is fascinating! I had a blast looking at these old newspaper adverts. Great idea for a post.
Also, all the best to you in 2016!
Really is fun to check them out when you come across them. Brings back a different time at the movies. Now it’s mostly event movies and reboots.
Keep sharing the ads, I have vivid memories of the layout of ads in the paper as I tried to decide what to see. The world has changed, but I’d still like to peruse the paper and see this kind of stuff.
I used to love when Friday’s paper came around and the entertainment section had full pics of the movie posters that I’d check out to see what looked cool growing up.