BigScreen Journal

The Premiere Cinemas - Premiere Tomball Cinema 6 in Tomball, Texas has closed for an extensive remodeling project that will last until around Thanksgiving 2012. A press release issued by Premiere...

Warner Bros. Pictures announced the details for the Los Angeles premiere of the upcoming dramatic thriller Argo. The event will be held on Thursday, October 4, 2012 at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater at...

The AMC Block E 15 in Minneapolis, Minnesota closed September 23, 2012 because its lease ran out, and AMC was unable to persuade the landlord to extend it, even after going to court. The StarTribune...

The Regal McCain Mall Stadium 12 & RPX in North Little Rock, Arkansas opened last Friday, September 21, 2012. The new 12-screen theater features Digital Cinema Projection systems in each...

West Wind Drive-Ins are playing free movies at all seven locations Thursday, September 27, 2012. Their web site shows the graphic at the left, with no other information, so if you need details,...

Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures announced today that their new reboot of Godzilla now has a release date of May 16, 2014. The movie has been described as one that will "return the...

The Carmike Chief Plaza 4 in Steamboat Springs, Colorado closed on September 6, 2012, according to an article in the Steamboat Today in August 29, 2012: The downtown district in Steamboat Springs...

The Channelside Cinemas 10 in Tampa, Florida closed on September 25, 2012, according to an article in The Tampa Tribune: Channelside Cinemas has turned out the lights on its last movie, becoming...

The San Franscisco Chronicle is reporting that the Lumiere Theatre in San Francisco, California is closing after the end of business Sunday, September 23, 2012: The Lumiere Theatre, a central...

The Cinema City - Columbus in Columbus, Ohio closed on September 14, 2012 when the lights went out shortly before the movies began. Normally, a power outage wouldn't close a theater, but it does when...

The Casablanca Cinema 4 in Bethel, Maine closed on September 20, 2012. Their web site simply says: WE ARE CLOSED THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATRONAGE An article published September 27th in The Bethel...

Several theaters in the Minneapolis, Minnesota area were featured in a recent article published by the Star Tribune about the transition happening in the movie theater industry to Digital Cinema...

The Pioneer Press is reporting that the Mann Theatres - Cottage View Drive-In in Cottage Grove, Minnesota will close for good after the 2012 season. The drive-in theater just southeast of Minneapolis...

Universal Pictures announced today that the World Premiere of the musical comedy Pitch Perfect will be held at the ArcLight Hollywood in Hollywood, California on Monday, September 24, 2012. In...

The Bellingham Herald is reporting that construction on the the Regal Barkley Village Stadium 16 & IMAX in Bellingham, Washington is on track to open in December 2012: From the outside, it...

Cinemark Holdings, Inc. announced plans today to build a new 12-screen movie theater in Temple, Texas. The new theater will anchor the redevelopment of the Outdoor America Mall, which will be renamed...

The Parma Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio closed on September 9, 2012. According to an article published on cleveland.com from the Sun News: Parma Theater, which has struggled financially in recent...

In 1982, Steven Spielberg introduced the world to a cute-in-his-own-way alien in E.T. The Extra Terrestrial and had people everywhere imitating his voice saying "phone home." (if that sounds...

Earlier this year, Dolby Laboratories announced a new sound format that it called Dolby Atmos. Instead of just the traditional front speakers, side surrounds, and rear surround speakers (for a max...

The Clay Theatre in Green Cove Springs, Florida closed in 2009, but is set to re-open later this month, according to an article in the Florida Times-Union: John Watzke was about 80 miles from where...