Read Full Article Blobfest, the annual celebration of the 1958 filming of the B-horror flick “The Blob” in Phoenixville, will be a very different celebration this year. During the coronavirus pandemic, the 21st annual celebration on Friday and Saturday, July...
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VANITY FAIR: Movie Theaters Are Still Dark. Long Live Their Marquees
Read the full article Colonial Theatre—Phoenixville, Pennsylvania The Colonial has leaned on puns, riffing on movie titles by posting messages like “Don’t Stand by Me” and “No Close Encounters of any kind” on its marquee. “That usually takes two people. It...
BUZZFEED: 17 Movie Theater Marquees During The Coronavirus That Are Hilarious, Inspiring, And A Little Heartbreaking
Read full article 4. This theater is “showing” this almost Steven Spielberg movie:
PHILLY MAG: The Best Thing That Happened This Week: Hey, Colonial Theatre, That’s Really Punny!
Read the full article One of the major casualties of our modern age has been the pun. Once treasured as the product of quick and lively minds (see: Dorothy Parker, Oscar Wilde, Groucho Marx), the mighty pun has been made obsolete by the...
THE PHILADELPHIA CITIZEN: SURVIVING THE QUARANTINE: WHAT MOVIES TO STREAM
Read the full article FLICKS WITH A FOREIGN TWIST Kenneth L. Metzner is the executive director of The Colonial Theatre, the Phoenixville movie house most known for its annual Blobfest, but also for its ongoing showings of first-run independent and classic films,...
Movie Theater Uses Marquee to Promote Safety Tips With Cleverly Manipulated Film Titles
Read Full Article by Lori Dorn on March 30, 2020 Like movie theaters around the world, the Colonial Theatre in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania had to temporarily shut its doors to the public due. Theater management let their patrons know of the closure through traditional means, though they...