Beverly Center 13 Cinemas
8522 Beverly Boulevard,
Los Angeles,
CA
90048
8522 Beverly Boulevard,
Los Angeles,
CA
90048
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Showtimes are now live on MovieTickets.com.
SIX of the auditoriums are equipped with digital projection as of today. There are no REAL D capable units as of now.
Will be interesting to see if they plan on making a full conversion.
By the way, with that type of fare, they are definitely not all-digital like true RMPs. “Whatever Works” and “Cold Souls” were not offered to exhibitors in DLP. And given there was no mention of “3D” by “Up”, I’d say it’s all still the same.
They are indeed opening TOMORROW, 9/4, with the following features:
Cold Souls
The Proposal
Adam
Whatever Works
Paper Heart
The Hurt Locker
Shorts
Post Grad
The Goods
Ponyo
The Ugly Truth
Bandslam
The Collector
The Orphan
Public Enemies
Transformers 2
Up
Prices are: Matinee, senior, military, children- $7, student- $8, evening- $9.50
The neon green and orange, while entirely possible, would be downright hilarious. To try to modernize a property that’s so distinctly 80s…
Then again, much as I like a second-run programming alternative, I’d take the Burbank 8 for 80s vibes over this ‘plex any day, so they can butcher it all they want so long as the film presentation is good.
I could buy that they’re reupholstering the seats (or even installing new ones), but I don’t believe they’d install DLP in all the auditoriums. That’s a multi-million dollar investment in a property with no future. Then again, the place is now on MovieTickets.com WITH the Rave Motion Pictures header, which would imply a shift in the plan. So hey, maybe it will be DLP. Actually, second-run is about the only time I’d really champion DLP.
Break out the NEON GREEN & ORANGE!
Looks like the opening is being delayed even further. Sounds like that there will be more than a few changes at the theatres (my best guess: they are installing digital projection in all auditoriums and doing some cosmetic changes as well).
Woop — you beat me to it.
The phone line now states they need “extra time preparing” and will be open NEXT Friday with showtimes available on Wednesday. Shows how much the Rave rep I talked to knew.
Called their number and they say “we need more time to get the theatre ready, call back Wednesday.” I can only imagine.
They’re listed in the Independent Theatre section in today’s Los Angeles Times. But they have no movies or times listed.
Well, the big day is here. Did it open?
Something’s fishy about all this. I think they are just jockeying to be the front runners if/when Beverly Center mgmt decide to build a new theatre there.
I contacted Rave again and they assured me the theater would re-open tomorrow. But no showtimes on any major website, on the phone line, or in the publications I’ve seen. If this is any indication of how it will be run, then Houston, this place is doomed for more failure.
As stated above, Rave said there would be no significant programming changes.
As for ticket prices, we’ll have to wait ‘til Tuesday.
Any new news on what the new operators are planning for the Beverly Center. Will it be 2nd run films as before?
Exactly! Close and remodel completely or close and build somewhere else in B.H.
Pretty much anyone who takes over the Beverly Center theatres will have to run them as they are. There is not much you can do to improve them without gutting the place out and starting from scratch. As far as bookings; they will have to contend on getting 2nd run. Mann just pretty much took all the moveovers from The Grove and occasionally a really crappy film Pacific did not want for The Grove.
I have a hard time believing that they’d want to build in the general vicinity of the BevCenter, what with the Grove and Century City siphoning off business.
And Regency would NEVER want a 13-screen discount house. That’s a semi-insane concept in the first place.
I think they’re just using this as a means to break into the LA market – if and when they decide to build a whole new theatre in or around the Center, they want first dibs. They have no business taking over this place. I said it before – I said it again: Beverly Center should either be a Regency discount house or put out of it’s misery outright!
They are VERY responsive on twitter.com/ravemovies to all your concerns. Thus far, I’ve recommended that they work to lower ticket prices to $5 for second-run shows and negotiate a parking validation deal with the BevCenter.
Will they live up to this?: “our main objective is to provide the best possible customer service and experience possible within the current environment [of the Beverly Center 13].”
RMP = Rave Motion Picture — AKA the all DLP, all stadium seating brand.
Follow up: “the show lineup is to be similiar to what is being run now. Any renovations are at the discretion of the Beverly Center.”
looks like some words are missing. Also what is an RMP?
I just received this response via Twitter from Rave: “we will operate the location but as The Beverly & not an RMP. Wide scale DLP isn’t planned, but 1 screen or so is possible.”
I will continue to try to find stuff out via this avenue.