Hearne: Cinetopia 18 & AMC Town Center Square Off as Hostilities Appear...
The stage is set… Just over four months ago Oregon-based movie exhibitor Cinetopia plighted its troth in Kansas City with its opulent Overland Park 18 theater and restaurant in the upscale Prairie Fire...
View ArticleHearne: AMC Puts Kibosh on Cinetopia World Series Promotion
Talk about getting ratted out… For three weeks the new Cinetopia Overland Park 18 has been hosting free watch parties for Kansas City Royals baseball games during the team’s playoffs run. It started...
View ArticleStarbeams: Kathie Lee Fingers Cosby, Sprint-NASCAR Divorce, New AMC Movie Deal
Kathie Lee Gifford says Bill Cosby once tried to kiss her. I’m going to defend Bill on this one. HE must have been drunk. … Continue reading →
View ArticleNew Jack City: ‘The Interview’—Not In Your Backyard?
If you want to see that raunchy, goofball comedy THE INTERVIEW, it may take a road trip… Is it a case of freedom of speech with the big movie theater chains? I don’t think so. I believe it’s a matter …...
View ArticleNew Jack City: Sony Entertainment, Now What?
My final thoughts on THE INTERVIEW debacle… Bear in mind that I fully supported the nation’s top theater circuits for having taken their tough hands off stand in not showing the movie. In my opinion...
View ArticleHearne: Star Wars Movie War Between AMC, Cinetopia Goes Galactic
Mystery solved… What movie theater in its right mind would pass on showing the new Star Wars: The Force Awakens? That’s a rhetorical question, btw. No theater would be dumb enough to not show Star...
View ArticleHearne: Amazon Buying AMC Rumor an Embarrassing Bust
Everybody in the journalism game loves a good yarn… By the opposite token, everyone in the journalism racket hates swallowing embarrassing corrections. So it is that you have to search really hard to...
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