Current Theater Statuses as of August 1 2021

Last updated August 1 2021 A lot of theaters and theater chains did NOT make it through the pandemic unscathed, and this will be a weekly attempt to get everything up to date on the

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Arclight Boston…we hardly knew ye…

The announcement yesterday that Arclight Cinemas is closing permanently hit the film industry like no other recent news. Arclight, which also operates Pacific Cinemas, announced that the ongoing coronavirus pandemic led to the decision to

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Boston’s North Shore losing it’s ONLY major movie hub – Showcase Revere is closing

I am utterly APPALLED by the news, which broke yesterday, that Showcase Cinemas has decided to close one of the oldest theaters in their chain, our home base, Showcase Revere. I’m so angry I can’t

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OPINION: Disney’s “Mulan” cash grab will end up KILLING the entire industry if it is allowed to succeed

Yesterday, after months of trying to salvage the theatrical experience for everyone, the bigwigs at Disney decided to take a gamble, and announced that their planned summer blockbuster, the live action remake of “Mulan“, would

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So….a funny thing happened on the way to February….

It seems like every f**king year I have to do a post similar to this one, detailing what happened and why we’re suddenly missing a great deal from the podcast and website landscapes…::sigh:: So it

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