Posts Tagged: Pioneer Theatre

[Movie Review] Disney Has Wicked Fun With 'Maleficent'

Angelina Jolie is wickedly good as the iconic title character in Disney’s new re-imagining of the classic Sleepy Beauty fairy tale, this time told from the point of view of the horned and angry...

[Movie Review] X-Men Unite For Better ‘Days of Future Past’

X-Men: Days of Future Past just may be the most entertaining X movie to date, and that’s really saying something when you consider that this is technically “Part 7” of Marvel’s mutant franchise.  I...

[Movie Review] ‘Godzilla’ Roars Back to Life

Godzilla is back in theaters in a monster new reboot of the classic movie icon, and at 60-years-old, he has literally never looked better.  What was a terrifying warning against the dangers of nuclear...

[Movie Review] ‘Spider-Man’ Spins Amazing Sequel

Spider-Man swings back into action through the busy metropolis of New York City in an Amazing sequel that keeps the humanity of awkward teen Peter Parker just visible enough to remind us what makes...

Outer Banks Weekend Movie Update – May 2, 2014: ‘Spider-Man’ Returns

Spider-Man swings back into theaters this week, while a Divergent future takes over at The Pioneer. Here’s your Outer Banks Movie Update for the weekend of May 2, 2014!  Playing at the historic Pioneer Theatre in Manteo, Divergent (rated...

[Movie Review] ‘Winter Soldier’ Is Perfect Rival For Captain America

Captain America is back in theaters in the latest chapter from the ever-growing Marvel cinematic universe, a super secret agent adventure that introduces the patriotic hero’s greatest rival. Captain America is basically the grandfather of...

Outer Banks Weekend Movie Update – March 21, 2014: ‘Muppets’ Return

The Muppets return to theaters this week to face a Divergent future, while LEGO builds a new family classic at The Pioneer. Here’s your Outer Banks Movie Update for the weekend of March 21, 2014!  Playing at...

[Movie Review] 'LEGO' Builds a New Family Classic

I laughed out loud numerous times throughout The LEGO Movie, a new action comedy in the tradition of family classics like Toy Story and Shrek, and I even teared up at the unexpectedly heart...

[Movie Review] Smaug Breathes Fire Into 'The Hobbit'

It’s December, so that means it’s time for our annual trip back to the fantastic world of Middle-Earth, created by author J.R.R. Tolkien and fully realized on a grand cinematic scale by visionary director...

[Movie Review] 'The Hunger Games' Strike Back With 'Catching Fire'

Academy Award winner and America’s newest favorite badass, Jennifer Lawrence is in prime form in her second turn as Katniss Everdeen, the rebellious young heroine with a huge heart struggling to realize her destiny...

[Movie Review] Must-See 'Gravity' Takes Fear to New Heights

Gravity is this year’s must-see movie event, an epic groundbreaking cinematic experience that takes you into the cold darkness of outer space in ways that no other film has ever attempted, succeeding masterfully in...

[Movie Review] 'Percy Jackson' Returns In Monster Adventure

Percy Jackson is back on the back screen in the second adventure based on the popular young adult book series about a team of half-human half-god teens who have to save the world from...

[Movie Review] 'The Smurfs 2' Delivers More Smurfy Fun

The Smurfs are back on the big screen in a bigger, bluer, smurfier sequel that does for too-often-under-appreciated step parents what the 2010 original did for wary first time expecting parents. As in 2010’s...

[Movie Review] ‘Monsters University’ Is Scary Good Fun

The lovable frightsters Mike and Sulley, voiced by Billy Crystal (When Harry Met Sally, City Slickers) and John Goodman (Rosanne, The Babe) respectively, are back in Disney Pixar’s Monsters University, a candy-colored prequel the...