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Print For the past few weeks, as vaccinations rolled out across the state and movie theaters reopened, I told myself the first theater I would go back to was the ArcLight Cinemas in Hollywood. Now it looks like that is not going to happen. Late on Monday, ArcLight and sister chain Pacific Theatres, which together operated some of L.A.’s top cinematic destinations, said they would not be opening their doors after the pandemic. Perhaps we should have seen it coming. Ever since Los Angeles County moved out of the dreaded “purple” tier, we watched as AMC, Regal and even Laemmle announced their reopening dates. But not ArcLight. ....