Media Mikes has teamed up with their friends at STX Entertainment to give (5) readers and three guests the chance to be among the first to see the new film “UglyDolls.”
The film will be shown on Wednesday, May 1st at the Cinemark Theatre in Merriam, Kansas and will begin at 7:00 pm
All you have to do is click HERE. The first (5) people to do so will receive a family four-pack of passes to attend the screening. This is a first come/first serve giveaway. Once the allotted passes have been claimed the giveway has ended.
Media MIkes has teamed up with their friends at Lionsgate Films to give (35) readers and a guest the chance to be among the first to see the new film, “Long Shot,” starring Seth Rogen and Charlize Theron.
The screening will be held on Monday, April 29th at the Cinemark Theatre in Merriam, Kansas and will begin at 7:00 pm
All you have to do is click HERE. The first (35) readers to do so will receive a pass for two to attend the screening. This is a first come/first serve giveaway. Once the allotted passes have been claimed the giveaway has ended. Good luck!
On April 19, 2019, this timeless Hispanic legend comes to terrifying life in New Line Cinema’s “The Curse of La Llorona” and we giving away tickets to advance screenings in Florida on Monday, April 15th. Click below to get tickets, first come first serve! Good luck and like always leave a comment here after you’ve seen the film!
SYNOPSIS: La Llorona. The Weeping Woman. A horrifying apparition, caught between Heaven and Hell, trapped in a terrible fate sealed by her own hand. The mere mention of her name has struck terror around the world for generations.
In life, she drowned her children in a jealous rage, throwing herself in the churning river after them as she wept in pain.
Now her tears are eternal. They are lethal, and those who hear her death call in the night are doomed. La Llorona creeps in the shadows and preys on the children, desperate to replace her own. As the centuries have passed, her desire has grown more voracious…and her methods more terrifying.
In 1970s Los Angeles, La Llorona is stalking the night—and the children.
Ignoring the eerie warning of a troubled mother suspected of child endangerment, a social worker and her own small kids are soon drawn into a frightening supernatural realm. Their only hope to survive La Llorona’s deadly wrath may be a disillusioned priest and the mysticism he practices to keep evil at bay, on the fringes where fear and faith collide.
Beware of her chilling wail…she will stop at nothing to lure you into the gloom. Because there is no peace for her anguish. There is no mercy for her soul. And there is no escape from the curse of La Llorona.
With my 15th
birthday approaching, my father asked me what I wanted to do. Having been intrigued by the television
commercials for a new film, “Dog Day Afternoon,” I told him I wanted to see
that movie. On Sunday, September 21,
1975, my father dropped me off at the University Square Mall Cinema in Tampa to
see the movie. Sadly, I didn’t know it
was rated “R” and was told I couldn’t buy a ticket. As I began to dejectedly walk away, the girl
in the ticket booth called out to me “have you seen JAWS yet?” I hadn’t.
124 minutes later, my life was changed.
I include this because of what I did after the film. Like a normal kid, I wrote fan letters to the three stars. I soon received a letter from Richard Dreyfuss’ cousin, Arlene, who informed me that she ran Richard’s fan club. If I wanted to join, it would cost me $5.00 (a week’s allowance at that time). I immediately sent her the money, along with a note saying “if you ever need any help.” Within a few months, I was helping her with the club – basically I handled the fans east of the Mississippi river. It was a great time for a teenager. I’d scour the newspapers for articles about Richard and each month would send out a packet to the fans, which usually consisted of Xeroxed newspaper clippings and the occasional photograph. Not sure how many members were in the club, but when it disbanded in November 1978, shortly after the release of “The Big Fix,” I was dealing with almost 1,000 fans.
A collection of photographs sent to fans
I’ve been very fortunate to
have met Mr. Dreyfuss twice in my life.
Once, in Baltimore, when he was on the set of the film “Tin Men,” and in
July 2017 when we were both guests at a Hollywood Celebrity Show. At that show I was able to stand near his
table and listen to him tell the most amazing stories. I mention this because Mr. Dreyfuss is
currently traveling around the country, offering fans the opportunity to take
in AN EVENING WITH RICHARD DREYFUSS. He
will be in Kansas City this week (April 4th) and I have been honored
to have been chosen the moderator of the event.
Call it practice, but I had the opportunity to speak with Mr. Dreyfuss
and ask him some questions, a few of which may be included when we’re together
Thursday night.
Mike Smith: What led you to pursue a career in acting?
Richard Dreyfuss: Wow! I
don’t know….what leads someone to follow what they love? I don’t think I really had a choice.
MS: Was there a film or performer that inspired
you? I acted a lot through my 20s but
couldn’t make a living at it, but the inspiration came from wanting to do what
YOU did. I know you’re a fan of actors
like Charles Laughton, Irene Dunne and Spencer Tracy, among others. Were they the catalyst?
RD: They were, of course. I have no memory of NOT wanting to be an
actor. I think the first time I got on
record was when I was nine years old. We
had just moved to California from New York, and I said to my mother, “I want to
be an actor.” And she said, “Don’t just
talk about it.” So I went down to the
local Jewish Community Center and auditioned for a play. And I really never stopped. I realistically never had more than ten days
when I wasn’t acting in a play, or a scene or a class or a job until I was
27.
MS: You made your film debut in two very
different films in 1967 – “The Graduate” and “The Valley of the Dolls.” What do you think is the biggest difference
between filmmaking then and today?
RD: There are so many. The general level of quality for an actor has plummeted. When I was younger I never hesitated telling young actors to “go for it”…to pursue it. And now I don’t say that, because the real rewards are so rare…so few and far between The quality of scrips, from an acting viewpoint, suck. The sequel syndrome that we’re in, which we can’t seem to get out of, has really lessoned the level of quality of writing. Of story. And it seems more arbitrarily decided upon as an element of chicanery and thievery, even for a business that’s famous for it, it goes on. Film acting is not something I really recommend. If you want to be an actor in America you can live a very great and satisfied life if you never think about being a star. You can have a great life in Kansas City. Or St. Louis. Or a million other places. But if you want to go for that kind of brass ring, which I would question – if you do want to go for it, go to therapy first – you’ve got to go to L.A. or New York. And those towns are pretty sick.
Mr. Dreyfuss’s break-out role – Curt in “American Graffiti”
MS: You famously almost turned down your role in “Jaws.” Are there any roles you turned down and then
later regretted your decision?
RD: Oh yeah.
I was once watching a movie and I kept thinking, gosh, this seems so
familiar.” I thought “oh, shit,” and
then I remembered why. And I didn’t
ALMOST turn down “Jaws,” I did turn it down.
I turned it down twice. And then
I changed my mind and begged for the part.
(NOTE: The story goes like
this. After turning down “Jaws” – twice –
Mr. Dreyfuss saw his upcoming film “The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz” and
thought his performance was so terrible that he’d never work again. He then called director Steven Spielberg and
accepted the role. Of course, when “The
Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz” was released, Mr. Dreyfuss received rave
reviews for his performance, even being named Runner Up as the Best Actor of
1974 (tied with Gene Hackman for “The Conversation”) by the New York Film
Critics Circle.)
I will never tell you the ones I turned down that became hits. Thank God there aren’t that many of them!
As Matt Hooper in “Jaws”
MS: What fuels the passion for your work?
RD: If you asked me a question about my process –
how do you do this…what’s your method? – I would completely be unable to answer
that. And I’ve always known I’d never be
able to answer those kind of questions.
But I know that, in a business where if you’re a successful actor you
want to direct, I’ve never wanted to direct.
So I didn’t. I wanted to
act! I had made a decision when I was
very young, which probably wasn’t the most strategist thing to do in the world,
but it was the way I chose to live.
Which is to day, if I do a drama, then I’ll do a comedy. Then I’ll do a drama. Then I’ll do a comedy. That’s basically what I tried to do. And the mistake in that is that I don’t think
I ever did something enough times to establish a kind of signature recognition
of what I do. I did both. I did lots.
And I thought that was the best way for me to pursue my life. And that’s what I did for sixty years.
MS: Where do you keep your Oscar? (NOTE: Mr. Dreyfuss received the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Elliot Garfield in “The Goodbye Girl.” At age 30, he was, at the time, the youngest actor to win that award).
As Elliot Garfield in “The Goodbye Girl”
RD: For the most part, in the refrigerator. (laughs). I always want people to know about it, but I don’t want to brag. But I figure that sooner or later they’re going to open the refrigerator.
And I’m also very aware that
the list of actors who were ever nominated or won an Oscar is as great a list
as the ones who never were. It’s a
wonderful evening, but it’s rarely more than that. It’s a great evening. You’re aware of the film work because the
audience for film is in the millions. But
I make no distinction between film and theater.
And, of course, the audience for the theater work I’ve done will be
1/100th of that of the film audience. But to me, it was always – if not equal than
more important –so that is something that I travel with. I have a little bucket list of things that I
check off every once in a while. “OK,
you did a Broadway show…check.” From the
time I was nine, into my teenage years, I was always in acting classes. At acting schools. I was always with actors. And they would always talk about a “National”
theater. And I would say, “There’s never
going to be a National theater in this country.
However, there could be fifty “State” theaters. And, as someone who lives in Kansas City, I
would say to you that, something that people should not ignore, is the fact
that we are from so many different places…so many different cultures…that we
come together as Americans only when we’re HERE, and we learn to be Americans. And each of us, whether you live in Seattle
or Mississippi, you have different strains of a culture. And I have always wanted each state to have
its own theater. And, in a state like
California, which is huge, you could have two, anchored North and South. And, instead of trying to get everyone to
agree on A National Theater, we could have one in every state. It’s silly to think we can’t afford a State
theater, to be able to see how Missourians and Floridians and North Dakotans
approach theater. I think that would be
a great endeavor and a great thing to do.
Only because we teach so few things that we share. We’ve actually given
up on the notion of teaching things that are of shared values. And that’s causing this terrible breach in
the country. And we should try to find
things that we can share. And one of
them could just be the artistic endeavor of a State theater.
MS: That makes a lot of sense.
RD: And they’ll never do it (laughs).
MS: Quick follow-up to the Oscar question, one of
your fellow nominees that year was Richard Burton. When Sylvester Stallone read the name of the
winner, and you heard “Richard” did you think Burton had one?
RD: My competition was Burton, Marcello Mastroianni, John Travolta and Woody Allen. There was no easy answer. But I just knew I was going to win it. (laughs) That’s all I cared about.
Richard Dreyfuss with his Oscar – named Best Actor of 1977 for “The Goodbye Girl”
MS: Me too, that night. I always wonder how people sometimes
vote. You were also nominated for “Mr.
Holland’s Opus,” but I thought you were most deserving four years earlier for “Once
Around.”
RD: It’s probably the easiest vote to define. There are two ways people vote in the Academy. One is, you vote for your friend. Or, you vote for who you think is best. In that order. It’s simple. You may not be able to predict it, but that’s the way people vote. And it’s the reason why people do vote. It’s not a mystery. The only thing wrong with the Oscars now is that there are too many other awards, and it’s cheapened the whole thing.
For more information on attending AN EVENING WITH RICHARD DREYFUSS, either in Kansas City or at a later date, click HERE.
NOTE: Mr. Dreyfuss wanted me to stress that, even though his appearance will be followed by a screening of “Jaws,” he will be discussing his entire career. So whether you’re a fan of “American Graffiti,” “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” “Down and Out in Beverly Hills” or want to know about his fantastic cameo in “Piranha,” come on out and listen to some amazing stories.
Meida Mikes has teamed up their friends at The Orchard to give (30) readers and a guest the chance to be among the first to see the new film “The Hummingbird Project.”
The film, which stars Jesse Eisenberg and Alexander Skarsgard, will be screened on Wednesday, March 27th at the AMC Studio 28 Theatre in Olathe, Kansas. The screening will begin at 7:00 pm
All you have to do is let us know in the comments below what film you are most looking forward to this summer. (30) random comments will be selected and they will receive a pass for (2) to attend the screening. The contest ends at 8:00 pm Monday, March 25th. Winners will be notified by email. Good luck!
Long time readers know how much the Mikes love the movie JAWS. Well now we want to share that love with our Kansas City area fans by giving them the opportunity to an amazing evening “Jawing” with Academy Award winner Richard Dreyfuss.
“Jaws”
Richard Dreyfuss with his Oscar – named Best Actor of 1977 for “The Goodbye Girl”
The event, which will be moderated by Media Mike’s own Mike Smith, will be held on Thursday, April 4th at the Carlsen Center at Johnson County Community College. After the event, stay and enjoy a screening of the greatest film ever made (ok, I’m biased), JAWS.
Our friends at J & S Promotions has given us passes for (5) lucky readers and a guest to attend the event. All you have to do is let us know below your favorite Richard Dreyfuss film. Five random comments will be chosen and will receive a pass for (2) to attend the event. This giveaway will end on Sunday, March 31st at 6:00 p.m. Winners will be notified by email.
To purchase tickets to the event – including a Platinum VIP Package which puts you in the green room with Mr. Dreyfuss, click HERE. Good Luck!
Media Mikes has teamed up with their friends at Universal to give (5) lucky readers and a guest the opportunity to be one of the first to see one of the most anticipated films of the year, “Us.”
The screening will be held on Tuesday, March 19th at the Cinemark 20 & XD Theatre in Merriam, Kansas and will start at 7:00 p.m.
FOR YOUR CHANCE TO WIN A PASS FOR YOU AND A GUEST TO THE ADVANCE SCREENING IN KANSAS CITY ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS COMMENT BELOW WITH THE TITLE OF YOUR FAVORITE HORROR FILM. (5) RANDOM ENTRIES WILL BE SELECTED. THE GIVEAWAY RUNS UNTIL 6:00 p.m. ON SUNDAY, MARCH 17th. WINNERS WILL BE NOTIFIED BY EMAIL WITH INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO CLAIM THEIR PASSES.
NO PURCHASE REQUIRED.
US has been rated R (Restricted – Under 17 Requires Accompanying Parent or Adult Guardian) for violence/terror, and language.
Paramount Pictures is releasing the new film “What Men What”, starring Taraji P. Henson and which opens wide on February 8th. We will be holding an advance screening of the film in various theaters in Florida and are giving away tickets! Click below to get tickets, first come first serve! Good luck and like always leave a comment here after you’ve seen the film!
Ali Davis (Taraji P. Henson) is a successful sports agent who’s constantly boxed out by her male colleagues. When Ali is passed up for a well-deserved promotion, she questions what else she needs to do to succeed in a man’s world… until she gains the ability to hear men’s thoughts! With her newfound power, Ali looks to outsmart her colleagues as she races to sign the next basketball superstar, but the lengths she has to go to will put her relationship with her best friends and a potential new love interest (Aldis Hodge) to the test. WHAT MEN WANT is the latest comedy from director Adam Shankman (HAIRSPRAY) and producers Will Packer and James Lopez (GIRLS TRIP), co-starring Tracy Morgan, Richard Roundtree, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Josh Brener, Tamala Jones, Phoebe Robinson, Max Greenfield, Jason Jones, Brian Bosworth, Chris Witaske and Erykah Badu.
Media Mikes has teamed up with their friends at STX Entertainment to give (35) readers and their guests the chance to be among the first to see the new film “The Upside,” starring Bryan Cranston and Kevin Hart.
All you have to do is click HERE. The first (35) people to do so will receive a pass for (2) to attend the screening, which will be held on Wednesday, Jaunary 9, 2010 at the Cinemark Theatre in Merriam, Kansas. The screening begins at 7:00 pm
This is a first come/first serve giveaway. Once the (35) passes have been claimed, the giveaway has ended. Good Luck!
Media Mikes has teamed up with their friends at Paramount Pictures to give our readers in Florida the chance to be among the first to see, “Bumblebee,” starring Hailee Steinfeld and WWE Superstar John Cena. Click link below for your city and be sure to leave a comment after you watch the film!
On the run in the year 1987, Bumblebee the Autobot seeks refuge in a junkyard in a small California beach town. Charlie, on the brink of turning 18 years old and trying to find her place in the world, soon discovers the battle-scarred and broken Bumblebee. When Charlie revives him, she quickly learns that this is no ordinary yellow Volkswagen.
20th Century Fox is releasing “Once Upon a Deadpool” on December 12th through December 24th. We will be holding an advance screening of the film on December 11th and are giving away tickets! Click below to get tickets, first come first serve! Good luck and like always leave a comment here after you’ve seen the film!
To download your complimentary passes to the “Once Upon a Deadpool” advance screening at Showplace Icon 10 wIcon X on Tuesday, December 11, 2018 at 7:00pm, please visit:
Synopsis: This December, get ready for a fairy tale that gives zero F’s. To kick off the holiday season, the (sometimes) good guy in red is delivering the official trailer for ONCE UPON A DEADPOOL from 20th Century Fox! Audiences of almost all ages will soon be able to enjoy the Merc with the Mouth’s reimagining of Deadpool 2 filtered through the prism of childlike innocence. “Fox has been asking for a PG-13 basically since the start in 2006,” Ryan Reynolds told Deadline. “I’ve said no since 2006. Now, this one time, I said ‘Yes’ on two conditions. First, a portion of the proceeds had to go to charity. Second, I wanted to kidnap Fred Savage. The second condition took some explaining…” Fred Savage will join Reynolds in new scenes for ONCE UPON A DEADPOOL in an homage to Savage’s starring role in the 1987 bedtime-story classic THE PRINCESS BRIDE.
Media Mikes has teamed up with their friends at MGM to give (50) lucky readers and a guest the chance to be among the first to see one of the most anticipated films of the year, “CREED II.”
The film will be shown on Monday, November 19 at the Cinemark Palace at the Plaza in Kansas City, Missouri and will begin at 7:00 p.m.
All you have to do is click HERE. The first (50) readers to do so will receive a pass for (2) to attend the screening. This is a first come/first serve giveaway. Once the (50) passes have been claimed the giveaway is over. Good luck!
CREED II
Monday, November 19, 2018 – 7:00 pm
Cinemark Palace at the Plaza – Kansas City, Missouri
Media Mikes has teamed up with their friends at Summit Entertainment to give (3) lucky readers and a guest the chance to attend the special sneak preview of the upcoming film, “Robin Hood,” starring Taron Egerton and Jamie Foxx.
The film will be shown on Monday, November 19th at the AMC Barrywoods Theatre in Kansas City, Missouri. The show begins at 7:00 p.m.
All you have to do to enter for a chance to win these passes is let us know below who your favorite big-screen Robin Hood is. Errol Flynn? Kevin Costner? How about Disney’s animated hero?
Three entries will be randomly chosen and the winners notified by email.
This giveaway ends at 6:00 p.m. Sunday night, November 18th. Good luck!
Paramount Pictures is releasing the new WWII horror film, Overlord, produced by J.J. Abrams. We are excited to be giving away tickets for advance screening in Florida! Click below to get tickets, first come first serve! Good luck and like always leave a comment here after you’ve seen the film!
On the eve of D-Day during World War II, American paratroopers are caught behind enemy lines after their plane crashes on a mission to destroy a German Radio Tower in a small town outside of Normandy. After reaching their target, the paratroopers come to realize that besides fighting off Nazi soldiers, they also must face off against horrifying, bloody, and violent creatures that are a result of a secret Nazi experiment.”
Media Mikes has teamed up with their friends at Focus Features to give (50) readers and a guest the chance to be among the first to see one of the most anticipated films of the upcoming season, “Boy Erased.”
The film, written and directed by Joel Edgerton, will be screened on Wednesday, November 7 at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in Kansas City. The screening will begin at 7:30 p.m.
To attend, all you have to do is click HERE. The first (50) readers to do so will receive a pass for (2) to attend the screening. This is a first come/first serve giveaway. Once the (50) passes have been claimed, the giveaway has ended. Good luck!
