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Recent news of the Newport Beach Film Festival’s hurried search for a new venue brought to mind a lesser known county festival, which briefly attempted to carve out a cinematic niche,  just south of Newport.   Back in the late 90’s, the Laguna Beach Exchange Club (a local chapter of the now 100 year old […]

With the closure of Edwards Island 7, organizers of the Newport Beach Film Festival find themselves scrambling to procure another theatre to replace the Fashion Island site. While the annual festival’s high profile Lido and Big Newport venues remain in place, there remains a need for a theatre that can play a more utilitarian role, accommodating the bulk […]

I stopped by Newport Beach’s Edwards Island 7 for the venue’s closing day (1/12/11). Per media accounts, the theatre will begin an extensive year long remodel and expansion tommorrow. While earmarked for a December 2011 reopening, there has yet to be an announcement on who the future operator will be. If the lack of advertising and downbeat mood of […]

Over the holidays, Laguna Beach’s South Coast Cinemas faced off with an all too familiar threat, as heavy rain storms sent a river of mud and water through the downtown area. Flooding proved so severe that most of downtown Laguna was closed off for two days, with many area merchants experiencing significant property damage and a full week […]

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