The city of Las Vegas is providing the free tickets to the screening at noon Feb. 7 at the South Point, 9777 Las Vegas Blvd. South.
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“Boyhood” is the overwhelming favorite to capture best picture, best director and best supporting actress at the Feb. 22 Academy Awards, according to the odds posted by Johnny Avello, director of race and sports operations at Wynn Las Vegas.
The actor, who adopts a mud-thick West Texas drawl and disappears behind a beard, an array of sweat-stained baseball caps and an extra 40 pounds of muscle to portray Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, is astonishingly good in the best work of his film career.
Show business satire “Birdman” and colorful caper “The Grand Budapest Hotel” led the Academy Awards nominees on Thursday with nine nods apiece, including best picture, in the quest for Hollywood’s top film prize.
A group of nine local youths participated in a job training program last summer about film production. Not only did they learn new skills and gain an interest in filmmaking, but the movie they made ended up having a lot to say.
“The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies” marched past the $700 million mark globally and dominated the foreign box office for the fourth week in a row.