Cube Critics talk movies

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Image by Thomas Hawk

GRAND LAKE THEATER, OAKLAND CALIFORNIA: My latest published photo shoot for San Francisco Magazine (in the current issue on newstands now) was Lake Merritt. Lake Merritt is truly one of the highlights of Oakland. Beautiful water, natural water fowl, and wonderful restaurants nearby. My favorite photographic gem of all though in this part of Oakland is the Grand Lake Theater. I sold a photo of the Grand Lake Theater once that they used in a Choice Hotels commercial.

This is a shot of the interior of the Grand Lake Theater. It is a large and cavernous place and feels lonely when you are there by yourself hanging out and shooting outside the screening theaters.

To check out all of my shots from this Lake Merritt shoot you can visit my Lake Merritt set on Zooomr.

Cube Critics talk movies

MPR's Movie Maven Stephanie Curtis and film buff Euan Kerr sit in cubicles across from each other in the MPR newsroom. When they banter back and forth, it's usually about movies, and it's usually quite interesting. This week's topics include the comedy "Cedar Rapids" and the Bollywood extravanganza "Kites."

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Indonesians scramble to keep Hollywood films

Indonesians are fighting to keep Hollywood films in local theaters after the Motion Picture Association of America warned that a new tax on foreign-made movies could lead to studios pulling out of the country.

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The Kiddie Show at the Pines Theater - 1950s and 1960s

IN THE 1950s and the 1960s, America’s children flocked to movies on Saturdays across the land. Nowhere was this more evident than at Lufkin’s Pines Theater. Grade school and early teen-aged children would be dropped off by parents at the Pines early Saturday morning, and the fun would begin.

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