Empire Cinemas Columbia Park 12

3125 Kennedy Boulevard,
North Bergen, NJ 07047

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markp
markp on December 10, 2019 at 8:51 am

This theatre as well as the 13 in North Bergen were dogs since the day they were built.

moviebuff82
moviebuff82 on December 9, 2019 at 2:34 pm

it did live a long life for 21 years.

rivest266
rivest266 on December 2, 2018 at 8:09 am

This opened on June 26th, 1998 by Regal Cinemas and on December 18th, 1998 it switched over to Spanish-language movies with lower admission prices. Two ads posted in the photo section.

moviebuff82
moviebuff82 on March 1, 2017 at 4:54 pm

some of the seats from this theater were transferred over to the allwood sixplex.

John Fink
John Fink on March 20, 2015 at 4:46 pm

Still one the strangest theaters I’ve ever been to – went yesterday to see a film, as is the policy of Empire Cinemas they leave their theaters pitch black (I suppose they’re too cheap to install automatic lighting cues). The hallways are getting painted white and yellow. The seating is now a mix of second-hand seats from Kerasotes down the street (which recently installed luxury recliners) and rocker seating from somewhere else. The theater I was in had the later installed and they were quite comfortable. It appears despite the promise of luxury recliners that Empire Cinemas has abandoned the plan, Allwood has them in certain auditoriums (others I think got the second hand Regal seats from this theatre). Very odd operation these folks run.

moviebuff82
moviebuff82 on November 15, 2014 at 6:06 pm

http://newjersey.news12.com/news/2-brothers-critically-hurt-in-north-bergen-hit-and-run-1.9621061

KingBiscuits
KingBiscuits on September 29, 2009 at 12:23 pm

This theatre has returned to playing first run, with a mix of mainstream and Indian fare.

moviebuff82
moviebuff82 on September 28, 2009 at 4:02 pm

now owned by big cinemas, an indian theater company. digital 3d is now at this theater.

moviebuff82
moviebuff82 on July 6, 2007 at 12:20 pm

I agree with you…the closest theater near where I live right now is the Clearview in Parsippany, where they might show a Bollywood film or two once in a while amongst a wave of blockbusters and indies. Other than that, I’m sad for those Bollywood fans missing on their favorite film on a big screen with surround sound and stadium seating, hopefully the new Xanadu might play some films of that type.

ajy111
ajy111 on July 6, 2007 at 12:03 pm

This is terrible news. It’s a real blow to variety in the multiplexes in the area. This place was the only place dedicated to Bollywood films and it’s a real shame that that was stopped. Bwood films are a ton of fun and worth the trek to see them.

moviebuff82
moviebuff82 on July 1, 2007 at 2:25 pm

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check this out….no more cheesy Indian flicks playing at this theater anymore!!! This theater will once again be like the old Columbia Park 12, but show the same movies as the old Loews theaters since this theater has stadium seating and will do better business than the Secaucus theaters until the mammoth 26-screen Xanadu opens next year.

moviebuff82
moviebuff82 on July 1, 2007 at 2:25 pm

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check this out….no more cheesy Indian flicks playing at this theater anymore!!! This theater will once again be like the old Columbia Park 12, but show the same movies as the old Loews theaters since this theater has stadium seating and will do better business than the Secaucus theaters until the mammoth 26-screen Xanadu opens next year.

John Fink
John Fink on July 8, 2005 at 6:30 pm

We might wana consider changing this one to reflect its current status at 10-screens. Instead of displaying a movie title above the door Theatre 1 displayed “Do Not Enter” – when I asked an usher why they weren’t using the theatre his responce was “It had burned down” apparently it had sustained some fire damange, as did the theatre located directly above it #7.