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LamorindaMan April 22, 2013 at 03:40 pm
CJ - "Give it up already." Please read my comment. And then speak intelligently. I've…Read More never supported keeping this theater opened because the owner clearly isn't interested in doing so. So, even if the developer is the operator then I'm still correct. Do you ever think before you type?
Ron Mangini May 6, 2013 at 04:27 pm
What a great idea and use for the Rheem Theater, a piece of history in its own right and a place of…Read More memories for many. My memories of Rheem Theater are from the '50's & '60's, probably one of the best era's in its history.
Congratulations & best of luck!
--- Ron Mangini (Orinda)
Jonathan Winchell May 6, 2013 at 12:29 pm
Good job in launching the Classic Hall of Fame by acquiring Mickey Rooney, Cloris Leachman, Chris…Read More Costello, and Sara Karloff on May 10-12. Congratulations!
God Bless, and take care!
Iris Alfonso-Giebus May 5, 2013 at 12:06 am
Think outside the box! In Miami Fl, we had a gorgeous Downtown theatre that was slated for same…Read More fate. Fortunately, a historical preservation group stepped in. Today this beautiful structure is a cultural center and NOT a Dicks Sporting Goods.
LamorindaMan April 28, 2013 at 02:12 pm
Real men don't drive. They dig an underground tunnel to the store.
LamorindaMan April 28, 2013 at 02:11 pm
To buy that pansy golf equipment no doubt. Try a real sport.
Lafayette Curmudgeon April 24, 2013 at 12:15 am
I have a ton of great, life-long memories from seeing movies in the dome -- familial, fraternal,…Read More romantic -- but it's just a theater. And, importantly, it's not my theater.
Sorry to see it go, really, but its time has passed.
LamorindaMan April 23, 2013 at 10:00 pm
This is absurd. Yet, again, we see that a landowner is prohibited from doing as he wishes with his…Read More own property.
There is nothing to save. Theater ownership doesn't want the theater anymore. Accept it and move forward.
Emily Henry (Editor) March 7, 2013 at 03:50 pm
Thanks for the review, Colby! I agree... this wasn't what I was expecting at all. I had braced…Read More myself for a boring-but-important political thriller, and this was much more entertaining. Although I still fell asleep and need to re-watch it...
Jonathan Winchell March 5, 2013 at 06:43 pm
It's very good that the goal was achieved in towards to the new elevator. Thank you Joan Bruzzone!…Read More It also speaks volumes in where the town of Moraga restaurants and it's establishments are not stepping up to the plate and in my opinion they should. I don't understand that. What do you think? On a second thought I like to follow it up with a question to the New Rheem Owners, did they solicit help from Moraga Restaurants to sponsor the Oscar Event on February 24, 2013.
A Gregory Gardener February 12, 2013 at 12:23 am
Thank you, Jim. Love Fats' music.... "There were three of us: me, your big feet and you!"…Read More Ha!
Jim Caroompas (Editor) February 5, 2013 at 06:04 pm
@Phillip, unfortunate sequence of events. Sometimes things don't work out the way they should. My…Read More apologies.
Jim Caroompas (Editor) February 5, 2013 at 06:03 pm
@Cheryl, that was a composition by Mr. Levitt, the store manager. I wish I would have had space for…Read More the whole piece - it's quite lovely. - Jim
Philip Wesler February 5, 2013 at 04:41 pm
Why is it that the first we've heard about it is when it's gone?
FAYE BULL May 3, 2013 at 10:36 pm
Bookshop Benicia!!!!! I love that shop. Independent bookstores are holy in my book! :-)
Julie Laura Rose March 22, 2013 at 06:51 pm
To support local businesses. Seems to me that as Sal the Plumber, you might be a local business too.…Read More Our community needs us to support it! Or else it will go away.
Julie Laura Rose March 22, 2013 at 06:49 pm
I love bookstores and frequent them, but have such a large professional library and such a backlog…Read More of books to read that mostly the ones I buy are treasure hunted at thrift stores or garage sales because they had just come up in conversation or an article, and there they were. But I do buy books at bookstores for gifts, and occasionally buy new ones. I just really don't need anymore books right now. And that's a big shame, since I do really like frequenting and supporting LOCAL retailers.
I guess one good way around this is to buy gift certificates at local bookstores, and get other people going in to them.
XBerkeleyite February 10, 2013 at 02:24 pm
I vote for "Night of the Hunter," with Robert Mitchum. At his very best, M. portrays a…Read More relentlessly sinister psychopath who will stop at nothing to get what he wants. Worse, he is a faux evangelical, hell fire and brimstone spouting "pastor" in pursuit of two cute little kids with intent to do harm if necessary to snatch the little girl's tightly held money stuffed teddy bear.
I first viewed this masterfully shot, beautifully lit film as a 17 year old naive student at Berkeley, while babysitting alone in a dark, dingy apartment on Piedmont Avenue. Dang, it was effectively scary. Charles Laughton's first and only directorial film is a work of art on many levels, in my view.
I saw Mitchum once again, stalking clean cut attorney Gregory Peck and his photogenic, all-American family in another eerie fear fest, "Cape Fear," a couple nights ago on one of the cable movie channels.
Jonathan Winchell January 30, 2013 at 06:57 pm
I think when Shelby's Restaurant in Orinda is helping out Moraga Rheem Theatre with the elevator…Read More fund it speaks volumes in where the town of Moraga restaurants and it's establishments are not stepping up to the plate and in my opinion they should. I don't understand that. What do you think? On a second thought I like to follow it up with a question to the New Rheem Owners, did they solicit help from Moraga Restaurants to sponsor the Oscar Event on February 24, 2013.
Dive Turn Work January 29, 2013 at 03:54 pm
Like this fine example of grammar?
MIKE ALFORD
9:49 pm on Monday, January 28, 2013
You know ----…Read More Nobodys Buying That --- B.S.! -----The Worst ARE THE REFINARYS ---- Your starting to sound like Mark Ross (are you thinking about running for some office) when YOU Guys Start telling US Citizens of Martinez About the dangers of burning WOOD in our fire places ---- AND have the GAUL to Say YOU DONT ---- SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THE SHELL REFINARY RIGHT HERE IN MARTINEZ ----- What the HELL are you Trying to Tell Us ? -- Oh Yea If It Sounds Like Im MAD OR UPSET FROM Listening To You & Mark Well Than Your Right ! ---- And WE are all Fed Up with This Same B.S.
Dive Turn Work January 29, 2013 at 03:53 pm
Emily - Yes. Because, again, this new grammar standard is clearly a high priority on this site.…Read More Shall we forward all instances of bad grammar to you?
Stu Sweetow February 1, 2013 at 05:42 pm
Great music. Look forward to seeing them in concert. Video would do them justice if the camera was…Read More lower so you could see Isabelle's face and if an external mike was used. And was that a trash can in the background?
Stu Sweetow avconsultants.com
Marcia Walden January 31, 2013 at 04:48 pm
Wonderful! Thank you for sharing such a delightful video.
Marcia Walden
Marianne Burns January 23, 2013 at 10:48 pm
Although I have not watched this movie in over 30 years, I remember it as being a real force of…Read More energy in my life and I saw it then four times. I was younger and related to it very well. I wonder if there are other movies which are similar or which it reminds you of....can anyone think of any? But, Harold and Maude really spoke to the energy and positivity in a person regardless of age, race, class,orientation or profession......atitude with a capital A.
michael frederick January 20, 2013 at 03:28 am
Colby,
This is one of my favorite movies, ever:
The mom routinely swimming past Harold's floating…Read More body.
Harold excusing himself from the blind date his mom set up for him, to
ceremonially pour gas on himself and light-up in front of her, to "discretely"
drive her away.
The preacher's repulsion at the thought of Harold's "young, firm" body in bed with
Maude.
Priceless... I love Ruth Gordon. She's fearless.
And, the views of rolling hills and oaks lets you know it was filmed here.
About 35 years ago, Harold and Maude was a recurring feature -- along with Rocky Horror -- at the El Rey on Main St. That's where I first saw it.
Thanks for sharing. You're right, it's timeless.
Colby Wayne Heyer January 14, 2013 at 01:18 pm
Exactly, and this is why Avatar didn't blow my mind. Yes, the 3D technology used in filming was…Read More pretty awesome, but the story-line wasn't anything special. Especially because I think Dances with Wolves was way better.
The political aspect of awards shows like the Golden Globes, and the Oscars is usually what drives me to avoid them. I don't care what an actor or actress has to say about politics, and I hate when they use their acceptance speech as a soap box. Last night's Golden Globes didn't bother me as much as I thought (Probably because I had it on my DVR so I could fast forward through whatever I wanted) but I do understand what you are talking about when it comes to political influence within Hollywood.
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