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Return Of Citrus Thrills Edinburg

Rows of original Citrus seats hold cherished memories for many Edinburg natives. (Courtesy)

Nick Cantu makes his way up the back stairs of the old Citrus Theater. If walls could only talk, the stories the eight-decades-old movie house could tell.  In an upstairs hallway, Cantu points to a room where he said the original owner of the Citrus, a doctor, practiced medicine in World War II-era Edinburg. For decades, the Citrus played the role of the hometown single-screen theater. The multi-screen movie plexes…

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Cinemark Brings Moviegoers Back In RGV

Cinemark theaters in the Rio Grande Valley are gradually seeing a return of moviegoers.

For Steven Rodriguez, there’s streaming television viewing at home – and then there’s the movies. “The experience of the big screen is something you can’t get at home,” Rodriguez said recently at the Cinemark 16 in Harlingen. “Any big movie, a Marvel or DC, we make a date and we’re here. Let’s get our popcorn and watch it on a big screen.” It’s the movie-returning demographic that the Plano-based Cinemark…

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