BigScreen Journal

Two weeks ago, we mentioned that Marcus Theatres Corp. was working on installing 3D digital cinema projection systems in its large-screen UltraScreen auditoriums. Yesterday, the company announced...

Movie fans in La Porte, Indiana have reason to celebrate as the La Porte Cinemas will re-open on April 1, 2010! The movie theater was closed last October by operator Kerasotes ShowPlace Theatres,...

As part of the purchase by Rave Motion Pictures of 28 theaters owned by National Amusements, the Showcase Cinemas 53 in Davenport, Iowa will re-open as the Rave Motion Pictures Davenport 53 on...

Groundbreaking for the Cinemark Cinema 12 in the Conway Towne Centre on Skyline Drive in Conway, Arkansas is set to happen today, according to an article from Sunday in the Arkansas Democrat...

The upcoming action/adventure movie Clash of the Titans 3D, will have the ability to move theater audiences using the D-BOX motion seating system that is available at a few theaters in North America...

Dreamworks Animation's upcoming movie, How to Train Your Dragon, will premiere at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, California on Sunday, March 21, 2010. The screening will begin at 3pm at...

The Park Labrea News & Beverly Press is reporting that the Regency Fairfax Cinemas 3 in Los Angeles, California remains closed after heavy rains in January damaged its roof. The damage forced its...

Marcus Theatres Corp. is working on adding 3D capability to their large-screen UltraScreen auditoriums, according to a report in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel today: Currently, the digital 3-D...

IMAX Corporation announced this week that the upcoming action/adventure movie Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time will be released in IMAX theaters on May 28, 2010. The movie will be re-mastered...

Marcus Theatres announced today that they will be increasing their 3D capability with 19 new installations to take place by April 2010. Ten of these installations will be at locations with no...

The 2010 Academy Awards (the 82nd award show, for those keeping count) were given out last night, Sunday, March 7th. Clocking in at 3.5 hours, the ceremony was hosted by Steve Martin and Alec...

The Business Journal of Milwaukee is reporting that IPic Theatres at Bayshore Town Center in Glendale, Wisconsin has converted all of its screens to be capable of showing 3D movies, with the debut...

Cinemark opened new XD large format screens last week at the Cinemark Tinseltown USA - Colorado Springs in Colorado Springs, Colorado and the Cinemark at Moosic in Moosic, Pennsylvania....

The Hamilton Journal-News has a short article about the closure of the Showcase Cinemas Cincinnati Mall in Cincinnati, Ohio: Showcase Cinemas at Cincinnati Mall has permanently closed. The cinema...

A new 5-screen movie theater is being developed in Walden's Landing in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, according to a press release issued yesterday. The new theater will be operated by Big Cinemas and is...

Two theaters in the Chicago area will be celebrating the 25th Anniversary of Back to the Future this coming weekend, with appearances by actors from the movie before and after each showing. The...

The Criterion Theatre in Bar Harbor, Maine has paid the city $4,000 for a fine imposed on it because of unapproved elements on their newly-restored marquee, according to an article in the Bangor...

IMAX Corporation, Marvel Entertainment, and Paramount Pictures announced in January that the action-adventure movie Iron Man 2 will be released to digital IMAX® theatres on May 7, 2010. Iron Man...

The Journal Sentinel's Business Blogs section reported on February 12, 2010 that Jay Hollis, former operator of the Rosebud Cinema Drafthouse is interested in purchasing the Paradise Theatre in West...

Paramount Pictures announced yesterday that it is making Mission: Impossible IV, with a scheduled release date of Memorial Day weekend 2011. The movie will star Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt and will be...