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Rick_Wiese commented about Regal Greenbrier Stadium 13 on Jan 18, 2024 at 8:54 am

Cinema Cafe had crossed my mind since they had taken over the 4 screen Regal in the mall. Didn’t realize the mall situation was quite so dire there (hadn’t been there in quite a few years), but they’re all dying. It seems malls killed downtowns and now Amazon is killing the malls.

Sometimes I take a walk through Chesapeake Square Mall when I got to the Cinemark and it’s almost like a ghost mall now with one whole end shut down and half the stores in the other shuttered (although apparently there are redevelopment plans). I’m really sad about Pembroke and Military Circle considering how long they had been around.

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Rick_Wiese commented about Regal Greenbrier Stadium 13 on Jan 15, 2024 at 4:27 pm

TheaterDude, that would be fantastic. AMC seems to be on more stable footing than Regal. With a little refurbishment it could be a good moviegoing experience again. It’s a longshot, but it doesn’t hurt to try.

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Rick_Wiese commented about Beach Theater on Jan 14, 2024 at 12:37 pm

Sometime in the late 70s or early 80s I saw a double feature of Hitchcock’s “Notorious” and “Spellbound” at the Beach. It was a great experience seeing those two classics in a theater from the era of those films. But mall cinemas were killing the old theaters in those days, just as the multiplexes are closing rapidly today as viewing modes and habits change.

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Rick_Wiese commented about Regal Greenbrier Stadium 13 on Jan 14, 2024 at 12:09 pm

Glad I got to see a couple of movies here before it closed (Priscilla and The Holdovers). Used to go there often until the new Cinemark opened in Western Branch. No longer the moviegoing experience it once was. I was surprised it stayed open as long as it did after making the Regal hit list a year ago (it was supposed to close in February 2023). Another victim of streaming and the pandemic (which led to Regal bankruptcy). Always sad to see movie theaters close.