Amazon has emerged as the guiding light to lead AMC Theatres from the brink of bankruptcy and into a new post-pandemic dawn. While Faultline’s coverage during the ongoing crisis has tended to lean towards positive projections, as far as cinema chains are concerned, it is intrinsically and increasingly difficult to see any light at the end of the tunnel. Déjà vu, anyone? The story is a carbon copy of one which circulated throughout 2018, about Amazon acquiring Landmark Theatres. Except, of course, AMC represents a sizable upgrade in ambition from Amazon, if reports are true. Nevertheless, the world’s largest movie theater chain – with some 10,000 cinemas – will be desperate for Amazon’s reported buyout to complete. Naturally, the industry…