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‘GKIDS Animated 8’ Retrospective Features Eight Oscar-nominated Animated Films and a Chance to Win an Amazing Animated Film Prize Package

February 10, 2016 by Lamb Laemmle 7 Comments

Animated8_finalWe are pleased to present the GKIDS ANIMATED 8 series at our Ahrya Fine Arts Theater in Beverly Hills. From February 12th through the 18th, we will screen eight Academy Award-Nominated animated feature films including two of this year’s nominees, BOY AND THE WORLD and WHEN MARNIE WAS THERE. Rounding out the eight are THE SECRET OF KELLS, SONG OF THE SEA, THE TALE OF PRINCESS KAGUYA, ERNEST & CELESTINE, A CAT IN PARIS, and CHICO & RITA. Click here to see the full schedule and to purchase tickets.

Thanks to our friends at GKIDS, we’re giving away TWO amazing prize packages sure to excite any fan of animated film. Earn contest entries by completing the tasks below. The more tasks you complete, the more chances you have to win!

'GKIDS Animated 8' Blu-ray Set and Collectibles Giveaway

PRIZES:

One Runner up will receive a GKIDS MOVIE PACK which includes BluRay/DVDs of The Secret of Kells, A Cat in Paris, Chico & Rita, Ernest & Celestine, Song of the Sea, The Tale of Princess Kaguya, and When Marnie Was There.

One Grand prize winner will receive the GKIDS SUPER-FAN PACK which includes the GKIDS MOVIE PACK plus:

  • Limited Edition Song of the Sea Print signed by director Tomm Moore
  • Song of the Sea T-Shirt
  • The Tale of Princess Kaguya Folder
  • The Tale of Princess Kaguya Bamboo Keychain
  • When Marnie Was There Notebook & Pencils
  • When Marnie Was There Necklace
  • When Marnie Was There/The Tale of Princess Kaguya Postcards
  • Ernest & Celestine Sticker Sheets
  • Ernest & Celestine Coloring Book
  • Ernest & Celestine Temporary Tattoos

Best of luck and enjoy!

7 Comments Filed Under: Ahrya Fine Arts, Contests, Featured Post, News

Win VIP tickets to the BREWS & BROS Draft Beer Festival in Upland

January 20, 2016 by Lamb Laemmle 17 Comments

Brews_Bros_2015_300x250_pOur friends at the BREWS & BROS Draft Beer Festival are offering Laemmle customers a chance to win VIP tickets to Dale Bros. Brewery’s 13th Anniversary celebration. Proceeds from the festival benefit the Claremont Educational Foundation!

BREWS & BROS Draft Beer Festival takes place from 1PM to 5PM Saturday, 1/23 at the Cable Airport on 1749 West 13th Street in Upland.

Features:
– 80+ Craft Beers
– Cider, Wine + Craft Soda
– Gourmet Food
– Live Music
– “BicyclePalooza”

The pair of VIP TICKETS gets you in an HOUR EARLIER (12pm) so you can avoid lines and sample rare beers that won’t be available to the general public (after 1pm).

The pair of VIP TICKETS is worth $120 and includes:
– Unlimited Pours and Keepsake Glass
– Bottle Opener
– Free Preferred Parking
– Rare Beer Hour from 12pm-1pm

Also:
– VISIT THE LAEMMLE BOOTH. Say hi and get some free popcorn!
– Kids under 12 are free
– Food must be purchased separately (not included with ticket)

The winner will be selected at random on Friday at 2PM and will receive tickets via email. Good Luck!

CONTEST IS CLOSED

17 Comments Filed Under: Claremont 5, Contests, Playhouse 7

CONTEST: Win an ANOMALISA poster signed by Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson!

January 7, 2016 by Lamb Laemmle 86 Comments

ANOM-SOS-BANOMALISA, the latest from Charlie Kaufman (Being John Malkovich, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) opens January 7th in Pasadena and later this month in Claremont and NoHo! We’re excited to offer our customers a chance to win an ANOMALISA poster signed by filmmakers Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson (Moral Orel, Frankenhole).

For ANOMALISA tickets and showtimes, click here.

Enter to win the signed poster using the form below (no purchase necessary). The more tasks you complete, the more you help us spread the word about the film, and the more chances you have to win. The winner will be selected at random and announced on February 1st. Special thanks to Paramount Pictures for making this contest possible!

Win an ANOMALISA poster signed by Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson

ANOMALISA is the tender and absurdly humorous story of a man crippled by the mundanity of his life. He discovers a possible escape from his desperation in the form of an unassuming sales rep who may or may not be the love of his life. ANOMALISA features the voices of Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tom Noonan, and David Thewlis. Its stirring strings-based score by Carter Burwell.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQkHA3fHk_0

86 Comments Filed Under: Claremont 5, Contests, NoHo 7, Playhouse 7

Win a poster signed by Kenneth Branagh and see THE WINTER’S TALE 1/18 & 1/19 at select Laemmle locations

December 28, 2015 by Lamb Laemmle 12 Comments

We’re excited to screen the Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company’s production of THE WINTER’S TALE as part of our Culture Vulture series January 18th and 19th at select Laemmle locations.  To celebrate we’re giving away a poster signed by Kenneth Branagh himself!

THE WINTER’S TALE screens Monday, January 18th at 7:30PM and on Tuesday, January 20th at 1PM at the Ahrya Fine Arts in Beverly Hills, The Town Center 5 in Encino, the Claremont 5 in Claremont, and the Playhouse 7 in Pasadena. Click here for tickets.

Enter to win the signed poster using the form below (no purchase necessary). The more tasks you complete, the more chances you have to win.

Win a poster signed by Kenneth Branagh and see THE WINTER'S TALE 1/18 & 1/19 at Laemmle Theatres

Shakespeare’s timeless tragicomedy of obsession and redemption is re-imagined in a new production co-directed by Rob Ashford and Kenneth Branagh. The Winter’s Tale stars a remarkable group of actors, featuring Judi Dench as Paulina, alongside Tom Bateman (Florizel), Jessie Buckley (Perdita), Hadley Fraser (Polixenes), Miranda Raison (Hermione) and Kenneth Branagh as Leontes.

Win this poster for THE WINTER'S TALE signed by Kenneth Branagh. Background persian rug not included =)
Win this poster for THE WINTER’S TALE signed by Kenneth Branagh. Background persian rug not included =)

12 Comments Filed Under: Ahrya Fine Arts, Claremont 5, Contests, Culture Vulture, Featured Post, Playhouse 7, Town Center 5

Win tickets to a Halloween screening of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde at the Walt Disney Concert Hall

October 19, 2015 by Lamb Laemmle 132 Comments

UPDATE: Winners have been drawn and emailed. Details below!

It’s “Horror in the Hall” this Halloween as the silent classic, DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE, is accompanied live by Clark Wilson on the Walt Disney Concert Hall’s monster organ.

jekyllParamount’s Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, directed by John S. Robertson and produced by Famous Players-Lasky, was the first of three film treatments of Robert Louis Stevenson’s famous novella produced in 1920. It starred John Barrymore as the fatally split personalities, and featured Martha Mansfield and Nita Naldi as their love interests, roles based on a stage treatment, not the original story.

Four winners (selected at random) will each receive a pair of tickets to DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE. As a bonus, winners will also receive two tickets to Laemmle’s very own pre-Halloween double feature of THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1935) & ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN (1948) on Friday, 10/30 at the Ahrya Fine Arts in Beverly Hills. Good luck!

Enter below!

Halloween at the Walt Disney Concert Hall Ticket Giveaway

Special thanks to the LA Phil for making these tickets available to our customers! If you don’t win, please consider purchasing tickets here.

132 Comments Filed Under: Ahrya Fine Arts, Around Town, Contests, Music Hall 3, News, Royal, Santa Monica, Town Center 5

TOP SPIN: Ping Pong Exhibition and Table Giveaway!

August 12, 2015 by Lamb Laemmle 99 Comments

ts-posterAn inside look at the offbeat sport of ping pong, the new documentary TOP SPIN turns one of America’s favorite pastimes on its head and reveals a coming-of-age story where success and failure come down to mere millimeters.

Laemmle Theatres and First Run Features are planning special events for our TOP SPIN screenings, including:
– Raffle to Win an Olympic Quality Ping Pong Table!
– Live Ping Pong Exhibitions by Elite Players
– Lots of Q&A’s

Click here to buy tickets to see TOP SPIN!
 

RAFFLE

Everyone who attends ANY screening of TOP SPIN at Laemmle will be given a FREE RAFFLE TICKET to win a top-of-the-line JOOLA Ping Pong Table! This is a  tournament-tested refurbished Olympic-quality table that has been used by the pros.  JOOLA lists this item at approx. $1400.  We will have a sample table at the Playhouse from August 19 to 23.

Grand prize:
JOOLA 3000SC Table Tennis Table, the Official Table of USATT. The JOOLA 3000SC is an ITTF approved high quality centerfold table. It has four heavy-duty durable wheels serving the undercarriage, which is made of powder-coated metal and contains a 50 mm metal frame under its Olympic-quality 22 mm fast playing surface. The 3000SC also boasts adjustable, solid rubber levelers underneath each corner leg and includes a professional quality WM net.

JOOLA will ship the table directly to the winner anywhere in the continental United States.

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Runner up prizes:

Joola Hit Set Table Tennis Set: Four JOOLA Hit rackets with eight balls.

Joola Falcon Set: High end recreational racket with a protective racket case.

For official Raffle Rules, click here.
 

PING PONG EXHIBITONS

Elite ping-pong players will be at the Playhouse 7 for Q&A’s and LIVE PING PONG EXHIBITIONS at select Top Spin screenings:

Fri. 8/21: 6:30pm – 7:00pm and 9:15pm to 9:30PM* (at the Paseo next to the box office)
Sat. 8/22: 6:30pm – 7:00pm and 9:15pm to 9:30PM* (at the Paseo next to the box office)
Sun. 8/23 – 6:30pm – 7:00pm and 9:15pm to 9:30PM* (location TBD)

* Before and after the 7:30pm screening of Top Spin

Players include 2012 Teenage Olympian ERICA WU and U.S. National Team member, GRANT LI, as well as professionals KIM GILBERT and ADAM BOBROW.

 

Clockwise, from top-left: Erica Wu, 2012 U.S. Olympian; Grant Li, 2015 U.S. National Team Member; Adam Bobrow, Professional Ping Pong Player and Actor; Kim Gilbert, Professional Ping Pong Player
Clockwise, from top-left: Erica Wu, 2012 U.S. Olympian; Grant Li, 2015 U.S. National Team Member; Adam Bobrow, Professional Ping Pong Player and Actor; Kim Gilbert, Professional Ping Pong Player

 

Q&A’S

Playhouse 7 Q&A’s: 

Wed 8/19: Filmmakers Mina T. Son & Sara Newens + Teenage Olympian Erica Wu in Person

Fri 8/21: Filmmakers Mina T. Son & Sara Newens + Teenage Olympian Erica Wu in Person

Sat 8/22: Filmmaker Mina T. Son & Teenage Olympian Erica Wu in Person

Sun 8/23: Filmmaker Mina T. Son & Teenage Olympian Erica Wu in Person

Weekday Q&A’s: 

Mon 8/24 (NOHO 7) : Filmmaker Mina T. Son in Person

Tues 8/25 (ROYAL): Filmmaker Mina T. Son in Person

Wed 8/26 (CLAREMONT 5): Filmmaker Mina T. Son in Person

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=539TOEBuPqM

99 Comments Filed Under: Claremont 5, Contests, Featured Films, Featured Post, Filmmaker in Person, News, NoHo 7, Playhouse 7, Q&A's, Royal

It’s Not Too Late to See Oscar Nominees and Enter Our Oscar Contest

February 18, 2015 by Lamb Laemmle

The Academy Awards air this Sunday which means entries for our Umpteenth Annual Oscar Contest are due Sunday morning. The person who most accurately predicts the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science’s choices wins ten pairs of passes, second place wins eight pairs and third place wins six pairs.

It's Not Too Late to See Oscar Nominees and Enter Our Oscar ContestThe best way to up your Oscar game is to see the nominees. Watching THE 2015 OSCAR-NOMINATED SHORTS ANIMATED, DOCUMENTARY, and LIVE ACTION will certainly put you ahead of the pack.

Best Foreign Film nominees LEVIATHAN and TIMBUKTU expand to Claremont and NoHo this Friday. IDA is playing in Beverly Hills. Unfortunately, WILD TALES and TANGERINES won’t be released prior to the awards.

Other nominees of note still playing at one or more of our theatres include: SONG OF THE SEA, STILL ALICE, WHIPLASH, CITIZENFOUR, TWO DAYS ONE NIGHT, THE IMITATION GAME, AMERICAN SNIPER, and more.

BONUS TIP: Take the tie-breaker question seriously!

ENTER HERE

Filed Under: Claremont 5, Contests, Music Hall 3, NoHo 7, Playhouse 7, Royal, Santa Monica, Town Center 5

Ride with Greg Laemmle and Win a 2015 Movie Pass

January 7, 2015 by Lamb Laemmle Leave a Comment

Ride with Greg Laemmle and Win a 2015 Movie PassIt’s time for our 3rd Annual Ride with Greg Laemmle Climate Ride Contest!  Don’t miss your chance to participate in this life-altering event.  Last year our team was 14 strong and we’re expecting to surpass that number for 2015.  Join us and become part of our amazing group!

What’s more, tell us why you want to ride with Greg and you could win an Unlimited Laemmle Movie Pass for the remainder of 2015, free registration for Climate Ride California, and a $2500 contribution toward your Climate Ride fundraising goal from the Laemmle Charitable Foundation.  See the second and third prize packages, eligibility requirements, and all contest details over on the contest entry page.

An outside panel of judges will select the winners based on the quality of their entry statement so take the time to craft something that’ll really knock their cycling socks off! But don’t wait too long, the deadline for entry is Monday, February 16!

Climate Ride California 2015 is a fully-supported, five-day group ride covering approx. 300 miles of stellar Northern California scenery starting with the awe-inspiring Redwood State Park,  down miles of spectacular coastline, through California wine growing country, and culminating with a jaunt over the Golden Gate Bridge and into the City By the Bay.  Bike fitness is recommended, but the ride caters to all levels of ability.

ENTER HERE

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Tickets: http://laemmle.com/film/artfully-united | Subscribe: http://bit.ly/3b8JTym | ARTFULLY UNITED is a celebration of the power of positivity and a reminder that hope can sometimes grow in the most unlikely of places. As artist Mike Norice creates a series of inspirational murals in under-served neighborhoods in and around Los Angeles, the Artfully United Tour transforms from a simple idea on a wall to a community of artists and activists coming together to heal and uplift a city.

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