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jmarellano commented about UA Marketplace 6 on Jun 19, 2010 at 3:08 pm

This theater was converted to an H&M where the auditoriums were, and a Tiffanys where the lobby was.

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jmarellano commented about Triangle Square Cinemas on Jun 18, 2010 at 1:28 pm

The Triangle Square is actually an 8 screen multiplex.

It opened in 1993 as the Edwards Triangle Square 8. It is located on the upper level of the Triangle Square center in Costa Mesa. It was closed by regal in June 2010 and reopened in June 2010 as a Starlight Cinema.

At one point, this was to be the site of a Gold Class Cinema.

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jmarellano commented about Starlight Terrace Cinemas on Jun 18, 2010 at 1:22 pm

Actually this theater opened in the late 80’s as the Krikorian Terrace 6. In 1996 it was sold (along with most of the Krikorian chain) to Regal. It operated as a regal until they got rid of it in February 2010.

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jmarellano commented about AMC Criterion 6 on Jun 17, 2010 at 11:48 pm

Mann has taken this theater off their website not long ago. Checking the recording they still have it as the Mann Criterion. Tomorrows news ads will tell the story..

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jmarellano commented about Mann Glendora 6 on Jun 16, 2010 at 11:12 pm

Yes it is demolished. You can punch in the address in Bing Maps and look at the birds eye view. North amd south you will see the theater.. View it east and west you see it demolished.

Plus I go by that way a lot.

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jmarellano commented about AMC Criterion 6 on Jun 16, 2010 at 8:45 pm

That’s what I thought. I didn’t know the downstairs were stadium. I have never seen a movie downstairs. Only upstairs twice in the same auditorium.

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jmarellano commented about AMC Criterion 6 on Jun 16, 2010 at 8:00 pm

Ed.. I haven’t been to the Criterion for years.. Is it multi level too.. Right?

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jmarellano commented about Galaxy Glendale Marketplace on Jun 16, 2010 at 12:23 pm

This theater opened in 1998 and was the first Glendale theater to feature Stadium Seating. It is located on the upper level of the Marketplace complex across the street from Americana and the Glendale Galleria malls.

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jmarellano commented about LOOK Dine-In Cinemas Glendale on Jun 16, 2010 at 9:11 am

Also this theater will close in 2011 when the lease is up due to the competition from Pacific’s 18 plex at the Americana.

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jmarellano commented about LOOK Dine-In Cinemas Glendale on Jun 16, 2010 at 8:59 am

This originally opened as the Mann Exchange 8. Around 1996 2 additional screens were built across the hallway from the original complex to form the Exchange 10. The largest theater in the complex was located in the new two plex. Both the two and eight plexes share the same central box office.

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jmarellano commented about AMC Criterion 6 on Jun 15, 2010 at 3:52 pm

Did some checking online.
Janns Marketplace, Glendale 10 and 4 and the Plant 16 have no showtimes past Thursday.

Chinese, Chinese 6 and Westlake 8 have showtimes for Friday and past Friday.

I know its too early to speculate about the closure of these locations, but I know the Glendale 10 has been rumored to be packing it up soon. If the Criterion goes to AMC, I can see the Plant going to another operator as well.

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jmarellano commented about Mann Glendora 6 on Jun 15, 2010 at 11:22 am

This theater closed around 1997. It suffered once AMC Opened the new Covina 30.

The actual theater was demolished in 2009. Today the site is a Fresh and Easy.

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jmarellano commented about AMC Magic Johnson in LA to close, be renovated; will reopen under new operator on Jun 15, 2010 at 11:20 am

This theater has already closed. Its last day in operation was 6-13.

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jmarellano commented about Beverly Center 13 Cinemas on Jun 6, 2010 at 11:30 am

Anyone who is interested, I have uploaded 25 of the 225 pictures I took on Thursday night to the Cinematour page on Facebook. Other pictures will be posted on Cinematour in the future.

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jmarellano commented about Beverly Center Cinemas Closing Tonight on Jun 6, 2010 at 11:30 am

Anyone who is interested, I have uploaded 25 of the 225 pictures I took on Thursday night to the Cinematour page on Facebook. Other pictures will be posted on Cinematour in the future.

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jmarellano commented about First 20 screen theatre to close on Nov 18, 2008 at 7:09 pm

What he meant was this is the first 20 screen theatre built, and now its closing.

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jmarellano commented about What's the Cinemark difference? on Jun 15, 2008 at 4:42 pm

Another AMC that is different from the rest is AMC La Jolla 12. It opened in 1994 before the stadium seating era, and is strange design with 3 theatres down a little hall to the right side of the main lobby, and 9 theatres down the main hall.

On a side note, the Loews designed AMC Atlantic Times Square 14 in Monterey Park I beleive is the very last Lowes designed theatre to open. It has the look of a Late model Lowes theatre, but who knows what the inside will be like. There are pictures of it floating around, but here is the layout:

http://tinyurl.com/6c9qs3

There will be 2 theatres in the mail lobby area, and 14 down the hall. This theatre is scheduled to open sometime next year. Walls are not up yet.

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jmarellano commented about LOOK Dine-In Cinemas Monrovia on Apr 7, 2008 at 9:59 pm

One last thing, it was never finished as of a few years ago and the upstairs recently was still closed.

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jmarellano commented about LOOK Dine-In Cinemas Monrovia on Apr 7, 2008 at 9:57 pm

The main words about this theatre: NEVER FINISHED.

this theatre is a relatively small neighborhood theatre. 10 relatively small screens (less than 150 seats) and two theatres that hold about 250-300. One of the main theatres is an LFX screen. When this theatre was built, it originally had 3 concession stands planned. One was never finished and never opened. Its used on occasion for some merchandise. The Elevator never opened to go to the upstairs level. In fact, for years……unfinished. Upstairs they originally planned a bar, then a kids room, then a coffee bar, then back to bar……but it was, you guessed it, NEVER FINISHED. The stairway is behind the Box Office.

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jmarellano commented about Globe Theatre on Mar 18, 2008 at 3:42 pm

I thought this was interesting.

I drove by the Globe today and noticed that they have finally replaced and restored the GLOBE letters on the marquee. not only that, the neon inside was lit and it was beautiful. Im glad that they finally have finished it. I wish I had a camera. But if you are in the area, stop by and look.

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jmarellano commented about AMC Beverly Connection 6 on Feb 27, 2008 at 3:18 pm

The north view shows the theatre before demolition.

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jmarellano commented about AMC Beverly Connection 6 on Feb 27, 2008 at 3:16 pm

The lower level was rebuilt as a loading dock area, and the upper area is now a Home Goods. If you go to Windows Live Local and look at the Beverly Connection, the south view shows the demolished theatre, and you can see the footprint of the three downstairs theatres. The sloped floors were all that was left when the picture was taken.

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jmarellano commented about Booking question on Feb 5, 2008 at 9:02 am

I worked at a 20 and 30 plex from 1998-2002. All the schedules were done manually by hand. Usually the first thing that was done was choosing the auditoriums for the films. Kids films that had only morning shows and could be used for interlocks for evening shows. Then showtimes were made. You would have a lot of shows starting at the same time (2 Saban Theatre:00, 2Saban Theatre:15, 2Saban Theatre:30 etc). You would have to adust times slightly to make sure auditoriums weren’t breaking at the same time next to each other. It was a tedious task.

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jmarellano commented about AMC Rolling Hills 20 on Jan 28, 2008 at 10:40 pm

The AMC Rolling Hills 20 started out originally as the AMC Rolling Hills 6. It was your typical early 80’s 6plex, mirrored in design to the AMC Marina Pacifica 6 amongst others. The theatre was always busy and expansion was needed. In the mid 90’s, it was determined that the theatre would be added on, and expanded to a 20 plex. A new 13 plex was added next to the old 6 plex (which stayed open, sans one doorway out) while the 6 plex stayed opened. AMC then opened the new 13 plex with stadium seating, and all theatres under 300 seats.

With the new theatre, the old 6 plex was semi gutted. The old 6 screens were rebuilt with stadium seating, and a 7th theatre was added where the former lobby was. The concession stand there was remodeled to form a very small satellite stand, and the restrooms were kept in the old lobby area, just long corridors led to them. Its definitely neat to see a movie in the old lobby!

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jmarellano commented about Starlight Lakewood Center on Jan 27, 2008 at 7:50 pm

Nevermind, i read the other article. So the 3 plex was to the east of the buffums store and then 6 screens added at the buffums.