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Word has leaked out that Edwards Rancho Santa Margarita 6 will be heading for a luxury remodel/upgrade, under the operation of Cinepolis, in the near future. Unlike the makeover about to be undertaken at Laguna Niguel’s Ocean Ranch 7, the Rancho Santa Margarita site doesn’t have any concrete plans in place yet. However, the changeover has [...]

Interested in a chance to sit behind the console of a Mighty Wurlitzer pipe organ? This Saturday (8/13), the Orange County Theatre Organ Society will be holding an open console event at Fullerton’s Plummer Auditorium. Whether you are a theatre organ fan on just curious about these increasingly rare instruments, this is a great opportunity [...]

This Friday, August 5, the Yost Theatre celebrates it’s grand reopening. The ninety-nine year old Yost has sat semi dormant for the past two decades; serving as a church and sporadic host of live events during that period. Now, fresh off a pricey remodel and upgrade, Orange County’s oldest standing theatre will once again open it’s doors [...]

Edwards Ocean Ranch 7, in Laguna Niguel, will be converted in to a high end boutique cinema this fall. The Latin American chain, Cinepolis Luxury Cinemas, has announced that they will be taking over the lease and conducting a five to six month remodel; with plans to reopen the site in April of 2012.     Once completed, the [...]

Today, the Fox Fullerton will begin removing the 50′s era marquee and box office that most have come to identify the theatre with. While many will surely morn the loss, of what has come to be a downtown Fullerton landmark, the work is part of an ongoing effort to restore the theatre to a more accurate representation of the [...]

I stopped by Grauman’s Chinese Theatre today. My primary objective was to finally get around to taking the official tour (like many Southern California residents, I often neglect to take advantage of such offerings). However, a secondary motivation was rooted in the controversial rumors that are currently hanging over the theatre’s pending change in ownership. .   For [...]

Anaheim’s long struggling Brookhurst Theatre has closed yet again. The venue’s latest (perhaps final) incarnation lasted less than two years.  Stopping by the location this evening, I found the theatre returned to a state of disarray; much of 2009′s significant remodeling scavenged by the venue’s most recent operator, Tri Stone. While the Brookhurst has somehow [...]

It took almost three years, but the 2008 Krikorian Buena Park Metroplex 18 robbery looks to have finally been solved. In February, Fernando Ruiz, age 38, was arrested on charges of impersonating an officer, second degree robbery, and false imprisonment by violence or deceit. Mr. Ruiz was apprehended after his DNA was matched through a sample that [...]

Huntington Beach’s Pierside Pavilion 6 is officially off the market. After sitting vacant, since 2008, the theatre was converted into 33,049 square feet of office and restaurant space this past December.     Opened in May of 1991, the Pierside was operated by Mann (twice), Edwards, and The Movie Experience at varying times; none managing to [...]

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 [...]