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Scott Neff commented about Cinemark Tinseltown USA on Mar 1, 2018 at 11:50 am

Kind of strange Cinemark keeps replacing the Tinseltown signage when they still have it as part of their banner of brands. Unless of course they’re planning to phase it out because of all the purple and green checkered memories it evokes.

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Scott Neff commented about AMC Mesa Grand 14 on Jan 30, 2018 at 5:39 pm

From photos on Google it looks like they closed down the original theatres 1-10 and renumbered the theatres starting with theatre #1 in the lobby, which I assume was originally theatre #11.

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Scott Neff commented about Regal Forum 5 on Jan 23, 2018 at 5:02 pm

Regal has added onto the building and installed recliners in all theatres. It is now a 5-screen.

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Scott Neff commented about AMC Arizona Center 24 on Jan 17, 2018 at 10:27 am

I think they may have just added new carpet. The entire development (not just AMC) was being renovated so perhaps AMC is hoping there’s some life left in this place.

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Scott Neff commented about Landmark Theatres Sunset on Jan 17, 2018 at 10:26 am

Ovation was the only one Carmike came up with on their own. Sundance was a company that Carmike acquired and never rebranded. Bogarts was also Muvico’s concept that Carmike never rebranded.

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Scott Neff commented about Landmark Theatres Sunset on Jan 16, 2018 at 3:49 pm

Well — more so that Carmike acquired Sundance Cinemas and didn’t really plan to brand them separately. When AMC got Carmike they just so happened to fall in line with AMC’s Dine-In concept.

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Scott Neff commented about AMC Deer Valley 17 on Jan 16, 2018 at 3:44 pm

Well would you look at that… interesting!

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Scott Neff commented about AMC Arizona Center 24 on Jan 12, 2018 at 9:46 am

I visited last month and can confirm all 24-screens are still open and operating. Some of them looked like they had brand new carpet, didn’t look like they were preparing to shut down any portion soon.

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Scott Neff commented about AMC Deer Valley 17 on Jan 12, 2018 at 9:44 am

It would depend on which side of the theatre they closed down. Since most of the AMC 30-plexes were essentially two 13-plexes flanking four screens that surround the snack bar, they achieve 17-screens by closing down one entire wing. Most of the 30/24 plexes that AMC has cut down to 17/14 screens, they’ve simply closed the 18-30/15-24 wing making it impossible to tell there were ever more screens unless you knew they were there. I would be interested in seeing one where they close the 1-13 side down and kept everything numbered the same.

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Scott Neff commented about Regal Gallery Place Stadium 14 on Jan 5, 2018 at 9:49 am

I’ve been to other 4DX screens — never watched a full movie, just checked them out. Like DBox, they aren’t for me, distract me from the movie.

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Scott Neff commented about Regal Downtown West Cinema 8 on Jan 3, 2018 at 4:21 pm

Plush rockers/seats from another Regal that got the recliner treatment?

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Scott Neff commented about CMX Market Cinemas Old Orchard on Dec 28, 2017 at 12:19 pm

CMX stands for Cinemex, but it’s their US brand.

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Scott Neff commented about Bay Cinema 4 on Dec 20, 2017 at 5:01 pm

I believe this theatre is now closed. Schulman’s Movie Bowl Grille appears to be the operating theatre in town.

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Scott Neff commented about AMC Spring 10 on Dec 12, 2017 at 11:22 pm

I help run a handy site called Cinematour.com — when in doubt, check there. (But please, do not post here unless you give us credit.)

https://www.cinematour.com/tour/us/5044.html

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Scott Neff commented about Regency II on Dec 7, 2017 at 4:01 pm

Regency II did have an escalator from the street level into the lobby.

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Scott Neff commented about Vineland Drive-In on Dec 6, 2017 at 2:49 pm

Technalight was an enhanced lamphouse for the 35mm projection system that greatly increased the amount of light emitted from the projector. This was particularly important at a Drive-In where ambient light around/behind the screens would wash out the projected image making dark scenes difficult to view. I believe once everybody converted to digital projection it improved image quality even more, making Technalight irrelevant/obsolte. Ambient light continues to be a challenge for most Drive-Ins that aren’t isolated or on the outskirts of town.

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Scott Neff commented about Century Capitol 16 on Dec 6, 2017 at 2:44 pm

The theatre was built on the west portion of the Capitol 6 Drive-In, which itself was reconfigured to continue operation of all six screens on the east portion of the property. Now that the theatre has been demolished, the west portion of the property, including the land the building was on, acts as parking for the Capitol Flea Market/Swap Meet that operates at the Drive-In during the days Thu-Sun.

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Scott Neff commented about AMC Arizona Center 24 on Dec 5, 2017 at 11:11 am

This one isn’t your typical layout so it may not lend itself to the typical “shut down a hallway” so it’s hard to say. I’ll be in PHX next week, I’ll try and stop by and figure it out.

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Scott Neff commented about AMC Crystal Run 16 on Nov 27, 2017 at 4:25 pm

The shooting is quite unfortunate. Can anybody confirm if this theatre was originally 10-screens or if it has always been 16-screens? If the 10-screen was a separate building, does it have an entry on the site?

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Scott Neff commented about Regal Westborough Stadium 12 on Nov 9, 2017 at 2:06 pm

I did not. Born and raised in Northern California.

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Scott Neff commented about Regal Westborough Stadium 12 on Nov 3, 2017 at 5:59 pm

http://www.telegram.com/news/20171102/questions-remain-as-westboros-only-movie-theater-closes-doors

Interesting article about how nobody knows who actually owns the building.

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Scott Neff commented about AMC Metreon 16 on Oct 10, 2017 at 3:39 am

Probably safe to call this straight up AMC Metreon… all Loews signage has finally been removed inside and outside the building.

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Scott Neff commented about Regal Brooklyn Center Stadium 20 on Sep 21, 2017 at 5:37 pm

This location closed after business on 8/31.

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Scott Neff commented about Regal Malibu Cinemas on Sep 20, 2017 at 1:18 pm

Unless the landlord is trying otherwise, I have to think a smaller operator could come in and operate this. It was never really a popular location with large chains. The only reason Regal had it was Wallace had it, became Hollywood and sold it along with the rest of the plexes to Regal. I could see a small chain like Regency or Laemmle coming in if the landlord was motivated.

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Scott Neff commented about AMC Tilghman Square 8 on Sep 7, 2017 at 2:22 pm

Mike — AMC is not in dire financial anything due to acquisition of Carmike or any other chain. The cause of their stock price declining so sharply was because of their investment in NCM (essentially an advertising company) and the way they chose to account for this on their financial statements. My understanding is that they reached a deadline and could no longer defer the loss and that accounting practices required them to recognize the loss.