The Kabuki is nestled right in the heart of “Japantown” in San Francisco. I have been here a couple of times. The upstair cinemas is sorta like mini versions of the AMC 1000 decor on Van Ness. The real deal of the Kabuki is the MAIN auditorium downstairs. The decor is very neat because I saw Crouching TIger Hidden Dragon there. :D BUT the downside is don’t be caught behind the pillars in ANY of the cinemas on the first floor.
The Lumiere may be on the seemingly dinky part of San Francisco I have been there. Small theater yes. The MAIN auditorium is the best part of the place. Very nice and cozy. I saw “All The Rage” and boy! That room was jammed packed. I was un-fortunate to have gone in the smaller cinemas… :( I felt like I was in a Tenderloin Theater but not….
Opera Plaza is NOT the best place but they are the last chance to see some of the bigee underdogs before disappearing completely from SF. I was fortunate to have seen a FEW flicks here both Margaret Cho’s concert films Im The One That i Want & Notorious C.H.O.
The Wai'alae Drive-In, was a popular spot on Oahu. The drive-in was owned by The Royal Chain that also had another Drive-In on the island The Royal Sunset of in Waipahu and a few other theaters like the Marina, Royal, King & Queen. By the mid 80’s The Royal Chain bowed out. The Marina was taken over by Consolidated and went on for a few more years before closing.
Awesome Bryan!
I wanna add that The Kam Drive In opened up as a single but twined in the 70’s datewise I forget.
Unfortunately I have ONLY been there a couple of times for Jaws 2, Gray Lady Down, The Deep & The Exorcist. The absolute last movie for me was More American Graffiti.
As a kid I did partake at the playground facility they had. Goin to the snack bar before and during the movie was fun. Putting on that seemingly huge speaker box and trying to set it up against the AM radio to get the sound was sometimes a headache as I recall. I was playing around w/ the knobs and the lights went on & off and I freaked thinking it was me that was doing that….
As for the Kam Super Swap Meet I went there a lot too also. The admission was $.35! I’d go w/ my mom and we go up & down in the hot sun until we got tired. Crowds flocked to the swap meet like crazy……ahhhhhh the memories
Well I have been here for “She’s All That ” in the main auditorium & the upstairs for the screening of “10 Things I Hate About You”…
It’s a nice looking theater inside & out.
I have been at this theater at least twice so my memories of The Alexandria will always be there. The decor & look of the main auditorium I thought as grand. Just the downside is location & parking. I hate to see a San Francisco Landmark to bite the dust. :(
The Hyatt owned by Century Theaters is a tri-plex, “1” main screen & “2” smaller screens. The surroundings of the place exterior-wise still in the 70’s… Star Wars Episode 1 was the first ever movie that I saw there. Movie houses in SF would have been too crazt to deal w/ so me & my roomate came here. The main theater is really big and cinemadome in appearance. The seats well is not soo great nor not in the best of shape but beats the awful seats at Century 8 San Bruno or Century 12 Redwood City..
That was back in 1999 & Now The Hyatt continues on into 2004 showing Art-House oriented movies.
The location of the theater is very convient fescape the very busy downtown San Francisco. I only went there once and found the look & decor kinda still stuck in the late 70s meets 80s how theaters once looked at one time. An update is needed if the chain decides to do so. And yes the positioning of the chairs really doesn’t give patrons like me the full on movie experience. I felt I should I brought my binoculars.
The Kabuki is nestled right in the heart of “Japantown” in San Francisco. I have been here a couple of times. The upstair cinemas is sorta like mini versions of the AMC 1000 decor on Van Ness. The real deal of the Kabuki is the MAIN auditorium downstairs. The decor is very neat because I saw Crouching TIger Hidden Dragon there. :D BUT the downside is don’t be caught behind the pillars in ANY of the cinemas on the first floor.
The Lumiere may be on the seemingly dinky part of San Francisco I have been there. Small theater yes. The MAIN auditorium is the best part of the place. Very nice and cozy. I saw “All The Rage” and boy! That room was jammed packed. I was un-fortunate to have gone in the smaller cinemas… :( I felt like I was in a Tenderloin Theater but not….
Opera Plaza is NOT the best place but they are the last chance to see some of the bigee underdogs before disappearing completely from SF. I was fortunate to have seen a FEW flicks here both Margaret Cho’s concert films Im The One That i Want & Notorious C.H.O.
The Wai'alae Drive-In, was a popular spot on Oahu. The drive-in was owned by The Royal Chain that also had another Drive-In on the island The Royal Sunset of in Waipahu and a few other theaters like the Marina, Royal, King & Queen. By the mid 80’s The Royal Chain bowed out. The Marina was taken over by Consolidated and went on for a few more years before closing.
Awesome Bryan!
I wanna add that The Kam Drive In opened up as a single but twined in the 70’s datewise I forget.
Unfortunately I have ONLY been there a couple of times for Jaws 2, Gray Lady Down, The Deep & The Exorcist. The absolute last movie for me was More American Graffiti.
As a kid I did partake at the playground facility they had. Goin to the snack bar before and during the movie was fun. Putting on that seemingly huge speaker box and trying to set it up against the AM radio to get the sound was sometimes a headache as I recall. I was playing around w/ the knobs and the lights went on & off and I freaked thinking it was me that was doing that….
As for the Kam Super Swap Meet I went there a lot too also. The admission was $.35! I’d go w/ my mom and we go up & down in the hot sun until we got tired. Crowds flocked to the swap meet like crazy……ahhhhhh the memories
Well I have been here for “She’s All That ” in the main auditorium & the upstairs for the screening of “10 Things I Hate About You”…
It’s a nice looking theater inside & out.
Did they really close? Funny, I didn’t hear a peep on TV or see this reported on The SF Chronicle. They must be really behind on this.
I have been at this theater at least twice so my memories of The Alexandria will always be there. The decor & look of the main auditorium I thought as grand. Just the downside is location & parking. I hate to see a San Francisco Landmark to bite the dust. :(
Ah well, I guess AMC & Loews were not meant to be…
Here in San Francisco that has both a Loews and AMC would have improved on the service…
The Hyatt owned by Century Theaters is a tri-plex, “1” main screen & “2” smaller screens. The surroundings of the place exterior-wise still in the 70’s… Star Wars Episode 1 was the first ever movie that I saw there. Movie houses in SF would have been too crazt to deal w/ so me & my roomate came here. The main theater is really big and cinemadome in appearance. The seats well is not soo great nor not in the best of shape but beats the awful seats at Century 8 San Bruno or Century 12 Redwood City..
That was back in 1999 & Now The Hyatt continues on into 2004 showing Art-House oriented movies.
The theater is still goin but will fold soon…
This floor is kinda hard to describe. The middle section near the screens how should I say slopes…
The location of the theater is very convient fescape the very busy downtown San Francisco. I only went there once and found the look & decor kinda still stuck in the late 70s meets 80s how theaters once looked at one time. An update is needed if the chain decides to do so. And yes the positioning of the chairs really doesn’t give patrons like me the full on movie experience. I felt I should I brought my binoculars.