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August 29, 2011
Movies 14 for sale
WILKES-BARRE, PA — Even though it’s been very successful for the community, the Movies 14 space of University Corners is up for sale for $8.5 Million. The five year-old complex is on the market because its owner recently filed for bankruptcy.
Read the full story in the Citizen’s Voice.
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Weekend box office
The Help $14.3M Colombiana $10.3M Don't Be Afraid of the Dark $8.69M Rise of the Planet of the Apes $8.65M Our Idiot Brother $6.59M -
August 28, 2011
Cinema Treasures featured in the New York Times
We’re extremely excited to say that Cinema Treasures is profiled in the Arts and Leisure section of today’s New York Times.
The New York Times: Scrapbooking Big-Screen Memories
Also… special thanks to Amanda Petrusich and Konrad Fiedler at the Times, as well as Roger Ebert and Gordon McAlpin for their kind words.
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August 27, 2011
Hurricane Irene shutters dozen of movie theaters
According to a report from the Hollywood Reporter, Hurricane Irene will have a strong negative impact on this weekend’s box office, as moviegoers flee low-lying coastal areas along the Eastern seaboard.
AMC Entertainment, one of the nation’s largest theater circuits, has said that theaters in Norfolk, Va., Baltimore, Md., and Washington, D.C., will close on Saturday, and predicts that numerous New York theaters will be closed on Sunday. The circuit also is closing all New Jersey theaters at 6 p.m. Saturday.
And Clearview Cinemas, which operates 57 theaters along the Philadelphia-New York corridor, is closing all of its locations Saturday and Sunday.
The closings will likely reduce weekend box office totals by up to $30 million.
(Hurricane Irene image by NASA/GSFC/Jeff Schmaltz/MODIS Land Rapid Response Team)
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Bad Ideas from the 1970s: Jerry Lewis Cinema Franchises Were a Nutty Disaster
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August 26, 2011
Croswell Opera House celebrates 43 summers
ADRIAN, MI — After spending many years as a movie theater, the Croswell Opera House became a live performance venue in 1968. They’ll be celebrating productions past and future in a revue entitled, “43 Summers” this weekend.
Read more in the Daily Telegram.
(photo by Croswell Opera House)
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Defining ‘independent film’
IOWA CITY, IA — With the Landlocked Film Festival opening at the Englert Theatre, its director, Mary Blackwood, looks at the origins of independent film and how we can define it today.
That said, are all movies created equal? Not at all. Some are “independent.” Landlocked is celebrating its fifth anniversary in 2011, and like most film festivals, we focus on showing independent films.
OK, but what does that mean?
(photo by Landlocked Film Festival)
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August 25, 2011
Aging Sutter Theater gets face-lift
YUBA CITY, CA — Sutter Cinemas has begun the first step of its planned restoration.
An aging Hollywood beauty received a face-lift Wednesday in downtown Yuba City in front of dozens of people, including a man who remembered her when she was young and beautiful.
Restoration of the theater marquee now under way along Plumas Street is part of the site’s restoration and hoped-for reopening as a performing arts center.
Read more in the Appeal-Democrat.
(photo by Chris Kaufman/Appeal-Democrat)
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Digital ushers in a new era of the silver screen
The Goldstream News-Gazette looks at how digital prints have changed the life of a projectionist.
As with changing from film to digital photography, those invested in film technology resisted, Robinson said, but after years of refinements, digital movie quality is good or better than 35 mm.
“There’s no deterioration, no shaky lateral movement,” he said. “Clarity is always perfect and no one is moving lenses (on projectors).
(photo by Edward Hill/News staff)
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August 24, 2011
UltraStar Cinemas executive sets stage before movie starts
In an interview in the Press-Enterprise, Damon Rubio, EVP of Operations for UltraStar Cinemas, discusses changes in the moviegoing experience. Unlike many major theater chains, UltraStar is finding success in refurbishing older multiplexes.
Well what happens is the little six-plex or eight-plex down the road is a pit, it’s not maintained, no one’s watching it. Over time, on the books, it looks like that theater is not making any money. So they shed it, they get rid of it. Well the reality is, that theater could be very profitable if someone just paid attention to it, gave it love and care. And that’s where our company comes in.
(photo by Patrick Crowley)