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It gave me some food for thought (which was greedily consumed when, a few months later, I saw a second-run showing of Life of Brian and finally shook off my feelings of guilt and duty towards the church I had been taken away from) and was also very entertaining.
MIND MELD: Memorable Short Stories to Add to Your Reading List (Part 2 of 2) 2009
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The Hood Theater, circa 1976, was a second-run house, showing Steve McQueen auto-racing fare, Bruce Lee and Chariots of the Gods.
Born to Be Alive Richard Melo 2011
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I didn't see either of them until they were at the second-run $1 theatre, and I saw The Matrix first.
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Will you wait six weeks and hit a local second-run engagement for those lucky enough to have that option?
Scott Mendelson: 2011: The Year 3D Kills Mainstream Moviegoing? Scott Mendelson 2011
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Lastly, the shockingly good Despicable Me (finally saw it in second-run last weekend) has crossed $246 million domestic, which makes it the tenth-biggest grossing cartoon of all-time.
Scott Mendelson: The Social Network Scores, Four Horror Films Crumble, and Holdovers Remain Steady: Weekend Box Office 10/03/10 Scott Mendelson 2010
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In a second-run vote, Mr. Strauss-Kahn would collect 61% of the votes against 39% for Mr. Sarkozy, according to a survey conducted by polling agency CSA on Feb. 14 and 15.
Strauss-Kahn Remains Elusive Over Primary Run Gauthier-Villars 2011
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The only theaters not included are drive-ins and second-run theaters, Mr. Randolph-Wall says.
MoviePass Makes Second Stab at Unlimited Filmgoing Michelle Kung 2011
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Drive-ins, once dumping grounds for second-run films and independent exploitation fare, are now a part of major studio tent-pole release strategies, where expensively made and advertised films live and die by their opening-weekend numbers.
Drive-Ins Hang Tough in Digital Age Bruce Bennett 2011
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When Taxi Driver came to Tempe's venerable Valley Art Theater on Mill Avenue, one of two second-run/arthouse screens in Phoenix along with the long-gone and greatly missed landmark the Sombrero Playhouse, my dad took me for my 13th birthday.
Alex Simon: My First R-rated Movie or... How I Became the James Bond of Covert Forbidden Film Viewing Alex Simon 2011
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Lastly, the shockingly good Despicable Me (finally saw it in second-run last weekend) has crossed $246 million domestic, which makes it the tenth-biggest grossing cartoon of all-time.
Scott Mendelson: The Social Network Scores, Four Horror Films Crumble, and Holdovers Remain Steady: Weekend Box Office 10/03/10 Scott Mendelson 2010
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