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This month marks the ten year anniversary of Orange County’s largest (by number of screens) movie theatre, AMC’s Block 30. The theatre, which was built at the height of the late 90’s mega-plex craze, exemplified the era’s “more is better” approach; which relied more on screen count and an ability to efficiently herd a huge number of customers […]

This past week, I ran in to a long abandoned bit of multiplex “flair”; the booth viewing window. Back in the mid to late 80’s, many multiplexes were equipped with a small to medium sized window that allowed customers a view of the “inner workings” of the theatre’s projection booth. This feature was almost exclusively tied in with the second floor […]