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Theaters
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July 19, 2012
Theater for sale in Wildwood
WILDWOOD, NJ — The iconic small theater on the Wildwood, NJ Pacific Avenue strip is up for sale. The Sea Theater, possibly the last nickelodeon built in the United States, has suspended its film program for this summer, making it impossible to see a film on this island — leaving Wildwood without a single motion picture theater.
The Sea Theater was well known for its unique cinematic fare. It played first-run blockbusters with a mixture of avant-garde, retro and classics. It showed films that were exclusively featured on its screen and brought back some old-fashioned showmanship to its patrons.
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July 16, 2012
Curzon reaches semi-finals of National Lottery Awards
CLEVEDON, UNITED KINGDOM — The Curzon Community Cinema in Clevedon is through to the semi-finals of The National Lottery Awards 2012, and needs the public’s votes to win.
The Cinema, which celebrates its centenary this year, is one of only ten projects to make it through to the semi-finals in the Best Heritage Project category of The National Lottery Awards. The Awards are an annual search to find the UK’s favourite Lottery-funded projects, and they recognize and celebrate the difference that Lottery-funded projects make to communities across the UK.
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July 12, 2012
Theater showing only ‘golden age’ movies proposed in Westwood
WESTWOOD, NJ — North Jersey.com is reporting that a new revival house could be coming to Westwood. As part of a multi-use project, an old law office would be converted into three separate businesses.
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July 11, 2012
Older theaters were part of Houma’s history
HOUMA, LA — A piece in Home Today looks at the history of Houma’s former cinemas. Theaters like the Grand and the Bijou are long gone but locals are being asked to send their memories in to the paper.
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July 6, 2012
Capitol Theatre in line for tax breaks
FLINT, MI — The long closed John Eberson-designed Capitol Theatre is among a dozen or so vacant downtown Flint properties in line for tax incentives proposed by Flint’s emergency financial manager Michael Brown under Michigan’s Obsolete Property Rehabilitation Act. If approved, this can help in the effort to restore the theater.
There are additional details in the Flint Journal.
(Thanks to steelbeard1 for providing the photo.)
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July 5, 2012
Cineplex buys four Canadian AMC Theaters in Ontario and Quebec
There are more byproducts of AMC’s sales to Wanda Group as Cineplex Odeon has purchased 4 large theaters from them in Ontario and Quebec. It’s unclear what other sales might follow.
Read more in the Hollywood Reporter.
(Thanks to jeterga for providing the photo.)
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New movie theater for grown-ups at Arboretum
CHARLOTTE, NC — Cinebarre is opening its sixth location nationwide at the Arboretum this summer. The joint venture with the theatre’s prior operator, Regal, aims to cater to a more mature audience by banning young children and offering a full menu inside the theaters.
Read more at WCNC.
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July 3, 2012
Stone Age movies revealed
For all those cinemas claiming they were the first “movie theater” it may be time to give up that distinction. Archeologists in France have discovered cave paintings that use animation effects to convey movement. Seen in succession, these images provide a movie-like experience.
Read more in Discovery News.
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Film Fatale: Dark times for independent movie theaters
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Dolby expetcs big boom for Atmos theaters
Dolby Atmos was just launched for the premiere of “Brave” the other week but the company is already talking about a wider rollout. Dolby is now estimating that there will be 100 Atmos screens with the immersive sound system by the end of the year and 1,000 by the end of next.
Read more in the Hollywood Reporter.