BigScreen Journal

Rave Cinemas is giving families a chance to beat the heat of summer and see a movie at no cost during their "Free Family Film Festival." The movies will be shown twice a week at most Rave Cinemas...

The Arlington Theatre in Arlington Heights, Illinois closed July 9, 2012 when the theater could not negotiate a new lease with the landlord. This is according to an article that appeared earlier this...

Director Darren Aronofsky is working on his next movie, Noah, which is about the biblical story of a man who builds an Ark, which is a really, really big boat, after being told to by God before He...

Cineplex Inc., the largest theater chain in Canada, has acquired four locations from AMC Entertainment. The locations are: Cineplex Odeon - Courtney Park Cinemas - Mississauga, ON Cineplex Odeon...

O'neil Cinemas is building 10-screen movie theater in Epping, New Hampshire, according to their web site. The new theater will be located at the Brickyard Square plaza near the intersection of Route...

Digital Cinema Destinations Corp. (Digiplex) announced yesterday that it intends to purchase the Lisbon Landing Cinema in Lisbon, Connecticut. The 12-screen theater is currently being operated by...

The Middletown Patch is reporting that the Destinta Theatres - Metro Square 12 in Middletown, Connecticut has been sold to R/C Theatres, effective July 1, 2012: Manager Rachel McDonald confirmed...

The Ogdensburg Cinemas in Ogdensburg, New York closed July 5, 2012, according to an article in the Watertown Daily Times: The standoff continued Friday between the city and Plattsburgh developer...

Regal Entertainment Group announced recently that the Regal San Bernardino Square Stadium 14 & RPX in San Bernardino, California will open to the public on Friday, June 29, 2012. Each of the...

The AMC Mainstreet 6 in Kansas City, Missouri closed on June 20, 2012 and will reopen soon under the management of Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas as the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema - Mainstreet. The change...

The Boston Globe is reporting that the AMC Loews Harvard Square 5 in Cambridge, Massachusetts will close on July 8, 2012: The AMC Loews Theater in Harvard Square, where fans of the cult classic ...

The Carmike Beverly Cinema 18 in Champaign, Illinois will be replaced by a new 13-screen Carmike Cinemas movie theater, according to an article in the News-Gazette: An official of Carmike Cinemas...

On September 3, 2010, the screens for the Admiral Twin Drive-In in Tulsa, Oklahoma were destroyed by fire. The video that is featured in the Journal Article that we wrote about the fire shows how the...

Empire Theatres announced today that it acquired two AMC locations in Ontario, Canada. The AMC Kanata 24 in Kanata, Ontario and AMC Whitby 24 in Whitby, Ontario are now the Empire Theatres - Kanata...

The Newark Patch is reporting that the Cinedome 7 Newark in Newark, California is slashing its admission prices in the hopes of attracting customers. Apparently, business is down since the Century at...

Groundbreaking is set to happen today for the new Penn Cinema Riverfront & IMAX in Wilmington, Delaware, according to a press release issued by Riverfront Development Corporation. The 14-screen...

Dolby Laboratories, Inc. announced today that its new Dolby Atmos audio platform will be in place in several movie theaters across North America for the release of Disney Pixar's Brave 3D starting...

The Studio Movie Grill - Wheaton in Wheaton, Illinois opened to the public on Friday, June 8, 2012, according to a press release issued by the company. The new theater features first-run movies with...

The Dark Knight Rises is one of the summer's most anticipated movies, and it opens in theaters on July 20, 2012. The movie is the conclusion of director Christopher Nolan's "Dark Knight" trilogy that...

The Nova 10 Cinemas Haymarket Square in Des Moines, Iowa closed on May 24, 2012. The Des Moines Register mentions that the theater was closed in a June 7, 2012 blog posting by Patt Johnson: Nova...