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Author Topic: What's the latest theatre to close or open you have heard about? Chris Slycord Film God Posts: 2986 From: 청주시, 경북도, South Korea Registered: Mar 2007 posted 05-02-2011 09:39 PM                     Enhanced sound can mean damn near anything. At least the other bullet points tell me exactly what I get (even if I don't care for "wall-to-wall, ceiling-to-floor" top-masking screens).  |  IP: Logged Frank Angel Film God Posts: 5305 From: Brooklyn NY USA Registered: Dec 1999 posted 05-03-2011 10:49 AM                        " wall-to-wall, ceiling-to-floor screens" ....both at the same time? So if I've got side masking, then that's a ceiling-to-floor screen? And if I have the abominable top masking, then I have a wall-to-wall screen? But how can it be both? Like most marketing, it sounds like something (add his "state of the art") but it means nothing. Tell me the SIZE of the screen if you are trying to impress me. BTW, in a small enough room, my TV is a wall-to-wall screen.  |  IP: Logged Chase Pickett Expert Film Handler Posts: 142 From: Irving, Texas, USA Registered: Nov 2010 posted 05-03-2011 12:14 PM                     AMC Bergen Park 7 in Evergreen Colorado will be closing in a month or so.  |  IP: Logged Sam Graham AKA: "The Evil Sam Graham". Wackiness ensues. Posts: 1431 From: Waukee, IA Registered: Dec 2004 posted 05-03-2011 12:18 PM                        quote: Frank Angel " wall-to-wall, ceiling-to-floor screens" ....both at the same time? So if I've got side masking, then that's a ceiling-to-floor screen? And if I have the abominable top masking, then I have a wall-to-wall screen? But how can it be both? If it's like the XD builds, there IS no masking. They just throw the picture up on the screen in whatever aspect ratio they want and leave the rest of the screen blank.  |  IP: Logged Mike Rivest Expert Film Handler Posts: 185 From: Montréal QC Canada Registered: Nov 2009 posted 05-03-2011 03:22 PM                     Another "Wall to Wall, Floor to ceiling" ad: http://www.flickr.com/photos/30943004@N00/5266903147/in/set-72157624072106730 "Wall To Wall" screens ads: AMC Forum 22 - Montréal http://www.flickr.com/photos/30943004@N00/4420731181/in/set-72157622950183105 En Français http://www.flickr.com/photos/30943004@N00/4420731209/in/set-72157622950183105 Brookfield WI: GC General Cinemas 1967 "Living screen" http://www.flickr.com/photos/30943004@N00/5212665481/in/set-72157625481708492 (it helps to throw popcorn on it to make the mold grow!) Milwaukee Cinemark Movies 10 April 16th, 1993 "Wall to Wall" http://www.flickr.com/photos/30943004@N00/5212666315/in/set-72157625481708492 Another Cinemark offender from DFW, the Cinemark 12 in Mansfield TX: http://www.flickr.com/photos/30943004@N00/3998763177/in/set-72157622557757224 and the Northpark I & II in Dallas, http://www.flickr.com/photos/30943004@N00/3998762521/in/set-72157622557757224 ("Wall to Wall" & "Picture Window") with all these links above, none of the above also said "floor and ceiling" (but the Northpark I & II ad did say "Picture Window Screen")  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 05-03-2011 05:36 PM                        "Picture Window Screen?" So the screen is about 4 x 5 feet. Impressive!  |  IP: Logged Mike Rivest Expert Film Handler Posts: 185 From: Montréal QC Canada Registered: Nov 2009 posted 05-03-2011 05:40 PM                     I believe that the "Picture Window" screen was at least 60 feet wide at the Northpark cinemas in Dallas TX. Much larger than most screen inside most cinema today. also none of the ads tell you HOW BIG they are.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 05-03-2011 06:42 PM                        That's what I'm saying, most people when they think "picture window" think of the big window in front of their house. (At least, I do!) Which is way smaller than the smallest cinema screens.  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 05-03-2011 08:07 PM                     quote: Mike Blakesley I'm sure he's talking about stopping the show midstream for an intermission ...okey, gotcha! I worked at a first run single house where the manager started to do the same thing (on accident due to a 5min power outage and conc sales drastically increased that day..) for a few months until the head office caught wind of this and put the kabosh on this real quick. Agree: On the end of the 3rd reel, I had to put on an intermission snipe no matter what was going on the screen - either a quiet scene or an action scene.. -Monte  |  IP: Logged Ron Potter Film Handler Posts: 2 From: Port Orchard, WA / USA Registered: May 2011 posted 05-04-2011 12:14 AM                  An old theater in Port Orchard, Washington, is re-opening soon under the name of Dragonfly Cinema. It was first known as Star Liberty when it opened with the Perils of Pauline in 1914. Since then it has been McGill's Theatre, Community Theater, D&R Theater, Plaza Twin Theater, and Historic Orchard Theater (which closed December 2010). Some details of the new owners plans can be seen here: http://bit.ly/l30foX  |  IP: Logged Mike Frese Master Film Handler Posts: 465 From: Holts Summit, MO Registered: Jun 2007 posted 05-19-2011 12:50 PM                        Ft. Myers Beach, FL http://www.news-press.com/article/20110519/BUSINESS/105190377/Fort-Myers-Beach-s-movie-theater-reopen-within-week The movies are coming back to Fort Myers Beach after an 8-month hiatus caused by a disastrous tourist season last summer. Marco Movie Theater Fort Myers Beach will reopen Friday or sometime next week, said Nick Campo, general manager of both the Beach theater and another one on Marco Island. The theater will stick to its formula of offering the latest family-friendly blockbuster movies at its four screens at discount ticket prices along with food, beer and wine, he said. "We've always been a first-run theater and we always will be." He's got most of the old staff back and is just waiting on a health inspection, Campo said - the food operation's state license lapsed while it was closed and getting it reactivated delayed the inspection. John Albion, president of the Fort Myers Beach Chamber of Commerce, said getting the theater back is "a big deal" because it keeps visitors from leaving the island to go to the movies, "especially in the summer when you get these late afternoon rains. It's going to give people another option." Campo, who's also one of the owners, said they shut down the theater in September after a bad summer but realized recently that a lot of the problem had been the BP oil spill that kept people away from destinations all along the Gulf of Mexico. "It really killed business, it hurt," he said, but now the theater should be a success - he's cutting the prices of tickets and food to compensate for the ill effects of a down economy. Showing times, ticket prices, menus and other information will be posted on fmbtheater.com but that website hasn't been put up because the theater isn't open. Marcomovies.com gives information for the theater's sister operation in Marco Island, which has similar features. The theater opened in December 1999 in a new building. It was the first time in more than a decade that a theater was operating at the Beach.  |  IP: Logged Mike Rivest Expert Film Handler Posts: 185 From: Montréal QC Canada Registered: Nov 2009 posted 05-22-2011 06:54 PM                     NYC Area: National Amusements opened an 12-plex this weekend in Yonkers. ad: http://www.flickr.com/photos/30943004@N00/5748233521/in/photostream  |  IP: Logged James Westbrook Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1133 From: Lubbock, Texas, Usa Registered: Mar 2006 posted 06-06-2011 03:34 PM                     The Lode theater in Houghton, Michigan has been closed and is up for sale, according to my manager who is vacationing there this week.  |  IP: Logged Ron Potter Film Handler Posts: 2 From: Port Orchard, WA / USA Registered: May 2011 posted 06-06-2011 05:34 PM                  Dragonfly Cinema in Port Orchard, WA is now open. It is running two screens Fri/Sat/Sun only. Schedules, history and other details are available at http://dragonflycinema.com/  |  IP: Logged David Zylstra Master Film Handler Posts: 432 From: Novi, MI, USA Registered: Mar 2007 posted 06-06-2011 09:59 PM                     The Emagine Royal Oak in Royal Oak, Mi opened May 16 (after a weekend of charity previews). 10 screens with luxury sections in every auditorium and DBOX rows in 2. Christie projectors, DoReMi servers, QSC audio equipment and 4 RealD 3D screens. Building also houses a 16 lane bowling center and full service restaurant.  |  IP: Logged

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