I just passed this theater at the mall yesterday and could not believe that in Queens there is a cinema charging $13 admission, $17 for 3D. I think the $13 general admission (non 3D) is the most I’ve seen in all of New York, higher than even Manhattan. In Boston recently I saw $12.50 at the AMC Boston Commons cinema.
I remember seeing this movie as a sneak preview in Manhattan either at the Loews State or the RKO National, don’t remember which one. What was weird to me about the preview was that it was shown with a film that opened the same day in that theater. The regular film was “Sea Wolves” starring Gregory Peck, Roger Moore and David Niven. So you got 2 for the price of one, many people just sitting through “Sea Wolves” to see the first Spielberg/Lucas collaboration. I had never seen and I believe I have not seen since a sneak preview with an opening day film on the same screen. This is back when sneak previews in New York were shown on Fridays. Now the rare preview appears to be only on Saturdays.
I lived outside of Parkchester in 1990 and remember the American in Parkchester was showing Blue Steel with Jamie Lee Curtis. Instead I travelled up to the Riverdale twin for thew only time to see the same picture because you also got to see a sneak preview of Pretty Woman. This was back in 1990.
After seeing 17824 cinema releases in my life (tons on TV),and 12 years living in Queens, I finally saw my first film at the Cinemart. It was a documentary called “Inside Job” and has 1 showing a day in their 92 seat theater. Theater didn’t seem that small, 11 rows of 4 on each side with 4 by themselves in the back. Never saw a theater with screens behind others. Usually screens are side by side,opposite one another or on top of one another. Here 1 and 2 are seperated by a hall which leads to 3, 4 & 5.
Amazingly this week with 2 pictures opening predicted to make 100 million, Narnia and the Tourist Bay Terrace gets nothing. Yes we get another Fresh Meadows reject Love and Other Drugs but Fresh Meadows still puts Narnia on 2 screens. All right Bay Terrace is getting Tron but let’s see what picture of the Christmas season looks like a real underperformer, the Fighter, Yogi Bear, Gulliver’s Travels will they come here or some foreigh language epic exclusive to the city that no one knows is there or cares. Maybe they could become a $2 theater. Maybe the pediatric place moving next door to them will take some of their footage.
I think I could be wrong but Ridgewood might be borderline, some say Queens and Brooklyn. I went to a doctor once in Ridgewood and he called it Brooklyn but some others say Queens and it’s near Maspeth in Queens.
Today the first film of the Chinese picture deal started. The picture actually had an additional showing on another screen so it was on 2 screens at 1 time. It was in both big theaters, numbers 1 & 6. I went to the 3 pm showing in theater 1 where a whopping 3 people attended. Great start.
This week there are 2 screens here occupied foreign language films , the Korean flic Man From Nowhere and the Chinese film Aftershock. The latter is part of a deal where perhaps 15 Chinese language films may play here over the next year. This and the Korean deal leaves more mainstream Hollywood films that will not be shown in this neighborhood.
I’ve been there a few times and ironically the last film my wife and I saw there was Going the Distance on Labor Day. This is the film they state was also the last one to play there. It’s sad, it’s near great views of the water and beside a major supermarket. I think there used to be a Blockbuster there that went out of business too.
I’ve been there a few times and ironically the last film my wife and I saw there was Going the Distance on Labor Day. This is the film they state was also the last one to play there. It’s sad, it’s near great views of the water and beside a major supermarket. I think there used to be a Blockbuster there that went out of business too.
Bay Terrace 6 plex is currently playing a record 9 films there.
Nanny McPhee Returns
The Switch
Eat Pray Love
Step Up 3D (moveover from Fresh Meadows)
711: Into the Fire (Korean Film)
Cats and Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore (moveover from Fresh Meaadows)
Inception
Despicable Me
Toy Story 3 (10th week here)
This was the 2nd week this year that there were 2 moveovers from Fresh Meadows
These are the times when I really get mad at management of this theater. 3 wide releases opening this week, all open at sister theater in Fresh Meadows. We get another Korean film and moveover of Predators. They should just shut this place down.
Apparently at AMC Loews Lincoln Square where I believe Shrek is also being shown in IMAX, regular ticket is $13 + $6 extra for the 3D IMAX showing for a bargarin price of $19.
I went to see the 9:40 am showing today of Shrek Forever After in 3D and I learned to my surprise that the additional price for 3D showings had dropped a dollar. So from $14.50 to $13.50 and $10 to $9 for pre noon showings. The ticket seller told me thay had a call from management last week to drop the price. Is this because of the theaters in Manhattan charging $20 a pop for Shrek and then dropping the price to $19.
If one looks at the coming attractions for 3D films or looks at forthcomong films to be released they are either all animated children’s pics or horror flics like Saw in 3D. Only Men in Black III and Harry Potter (kid’s flick)stand out and they’ll probably call Men in Black something like Men in Black 3D. It reminds of the films of the 50’s which after a few horror pictures most were B westerns jazzed up in 3D or some early 80’s exploition films (Friday the 13th Part 3-D). With so many kids pictures in the format and the others looking like forgettable exploition. How many times will parents fork over high prices for next month’s kids film. Maybe once or twice a year. If it continues like the way it is going I fear 3D will be gone by say 2012. If that doesn’t happen maybe they will charge normal prices for them and the gimmick will be a bonus. Afterall in the 50’s & 80’s they didn’t raise prices.
I just opened the Bayside Times for the week of May 20 – 26 and on page 4 there is an article about Mr. Bernstein and why he is showing this film at this theater.
The Fresh Meadows 7 plex in Fresh Meadows, Queens is running a free showing Sunday of the 1963 film “It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World”. Apparently they also ran this film for free in November. These showings have been advertised in free local weeklies in Queens but are not shown on Fandango or Moviefone. They are also not listed in the papers though I believe the New York Post had a advertisment for it last year. I went to a film at the theater today and could not believe the film was up on the marquee with a May 23 date. I asked the manager about this and all he could tell me was that a Richard Bernstein rented the theater both times and it’s free for anyone to see. My question is who is Richard Bernstein and why does he do this.
The website is back up, they have all pictures playing and the coming soon column with Iron Man 2, Robin Hood, Shrek 4 Ever After, Just Write and Letters to Juliet.
In the Queens Tribune dated April 29, 2010 there is again an advertisement, this time for May 23 for a showing of 1963’s “It’s a Mad, Mad,Mad, Mad World” and it says seating is limited, only 145 spaces available. I wrote about this in November when they were supposedly running thia film for one showing and now it’s being advertised again. Does anybody know anything about this?
Has anybody noticed how many second run films from the Fresh Meadows theater come here for 1 week? Last week they brought over Hot Tub Time Machine in it’s 4th week for 1 week and the Bounty Hunter in it’s 5th for 1 show at night for 1 week. This was the first time I have seen 2 films transferred over from the Fresh Meadows theater in the same week. This week Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married Too comes here for evening shows. Earlier in the year the Tooth Fairy came here in it’s 6th week for 1 week.
I just passed this theater at the mall yesterday and could not believe that in Queens there is a cinema charging $13 admission, $17 for 3D. I think the $13 general admission (non 3D) is the most I’ve seen in all of New York, higher than even Manhattan. In Boston recently I saw $12.50 at the AMC Boston Commons cinema.
I remember seeing this movie as a sneak preview in Manhattan either at the Loews State or the RKO National, don’t remember which one. What was weird to me about the preview was that it was shown with a film that opened the same day in that theater. The regular film was “Sea Wolves” starring Gregory Peck, Roger Moore and David Niven. So you got 2 for the price of one, many people just sitting through “Sea Wolves” to see the first Spielberg/Lucas collaboration. I had never seen and I believe I have not seen since a sneak preview with an opening day film on the same screen. This is back when sneak previews in New York were shown on Fridays. Now the rare preview appears to be only on Saturdays.
I lived outside of Parkchester in 1990 and remember the American in Parkchester was showing Blue Steel with Jamie Lee Curtis. Instead I travelled up to the Riverdale twin for thew only time to see the same picture because you also got to see a sneak preview of Pretty Woman. This was back in 1990.
I remember seeing Born American starring Chuck Norris' son Mike here in 1986.
Once again 1963’s “It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World” is being shown here, Sunday May 1, 2011 at 1:30 PM.
According to the Bayside Times this week AMC has renewed the lease for this theater but will be doing renovations (hmmm).
After seeing 17824 cinema releases in my life (tons on TV),and 12 years living in Queens, I finally saw my first film at the Cinemart. It was a documentary called “Inside Job” and has 1 showing a day in their 92 seat theater. Theater didn’t seem that small, 11 rows of 4 on each side with 4 by themselves in the back. Never saw a theater with screens behind others. Usually screens are side by side,opposite one another or on top of one another. Here 1 and 2 are seperated by a hall which leads to 3, 4 & 5.
Amazingly this week with 2 pictures opening predicted to make 100 million, Narnia and the Tourist Bay Terrace gets nothing. Yes we get another Fresh Meadows reject Love and Other Drugs but Fresh Meadows still puts Narnia on 2 screens. All right Bay Terrace is getting Tron but let’s see what picture of the Christmas season looks like a real underperformer, the Fighter, Yogi Bear, Gulliver’s Travels will they come here or some foreigh language epic exclusive to the city that no one knows is there or cares. Maybe they could become a $2 theater. Maybe the pediatric place moving next door to them will take some of their footage.
I think I could be wrong but Ridgewood might be borderline, some say Queens and Brooklyn. I went to a doctor once in Ridgewood and he called it Brooklyn but some others say Queens and it’s near Maspeth in Queens.
Today the first film of the Chinese picture deal started. The picture actually had an additional showing on another screen so it was on 2 screens at 1 time. It was in both big theaters, numbers 1 & 6. I went to the 3 pm showing in theater 1 where a whopping 3 people attended. Great start.
This week there are 2 screens here occupied foreign language films , the Korean flic Man From Nowhere and the Chinese film Aftershock. The latter is part of a deal where perhaps 15 Chinese language films may play here over the next year. This and the Korean deal leaves more mainstream Hollywood films that will not be shown in this neighborhood.
I’ve been there a few times and ironically the last film my wife and I saw there was Going the Distance on Labor Day. This is the film they state was also the last one to play there. It’s sad, it’s near great views of the water and beside a major supermarket. I think there used to be a Blockbuster there that went out of business too.
I’ve been there a few times and ironically the last film my wife and I saw there was Going the Distance on Labor Day. This is the film they state was also the last one to play there. It’s sad, it’s near great views of the water and beside a major supermarket. I think there used to be a Blockbuster there that went out of business too.
Bay Terrace 6 plex is currently playing a record 9 films there.
Nanny McPhee Returns
The Switch
Eat Pray Love
Step Up 3D (moveover from Fresh Meadows)
711: Into the Fire (Korean Film)
Cats and Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore (moveover from Fresh Meaadows)
Inception
Despicable Me
Toy Story 3 (10th week here)
This was the 2nd week this year that there were 2 moveovers from Fresh Meadows
These are the times when I really get mad at management of this theater. 3 wide releases opening this week, all open at sister theater in Fresh Meadows. We get another Korean film and moveover of Predators. They should just shut this place down.
Apparently at AMC Loews Lincoln Square where I believe Shrek is also being shown in IMAX, regular ticket is $13 + $6 extra for the 3D IMAX showing for a bargarin price of $19.
There should be a comma above between exploition and what should be how many times, sorry.
I went to see the 9:40 am showing today of Shrek Forever After in 3D and I learned to my surprise that the additional price for 3D showings had dropped a dollar. So from $14.50 to $13.50 and $10 to $9 for pre noon showings. The ticket seller told me thay had a call from management last week to drop the price. Is this because of the theaters in Manhattan charging $20 a pop for Shrek and then dropping the price to $19.
If one looks at the coming attractions for 3D films or looks at forthcomong films to be released they are either all animated children’s pics or horror flics like Saw in 3D. Only Men in Black III and Harry Potter (kid’s flick)stand out and they’ll probably call Men in Black something like Men in Black 3D. It reminds of the films of the 50’s which after a few horror pictures most were B westerns jazzed up in 3D or some early 80’s exploition films (Friday the 13th Part 3-D). With so many kids pictures in the format and the others looking like forgettable exploition. How many times will parents fork over high prices for next month’s kids film. Maybe once or twice a year. If it continues like the way it is going I fear 3D will be gone by say 2012. If that doesn’t happen maybe they will charge normal prices for them and the gimmick will be a bonus. Afterall in the 50’s & 80’s they didn’t raise prices.
I just opened the Bayside Times for the week of May 20 – 26 and on page 4 there is an article about Mr. Bernstein and why he is showing this film at this theater.
The Fresh Meadows 7 plex in Fresh Meadows, Queens is running a free showing Sunday of the 1963 film “It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World”. Apparently they also ran this film for free in November. These showings have been advertised in free local weeklies in Queens but are not shown on Fandango or Moviefone. They are also not listed in the papers though I believe the New York Post had a advertisment for it last year. I went to a film at the theater today and could not believe the film was up on the marquee with a May 23 date. I asked the manager about this and all he could tell me was that a Richard Bernstein rented the theater both times and it’s free for anyone to see. My question is who is Richard Bernstein and why does he do this.
The website is back up, they have all pictures playing and the coming soon column with Iron Man 2, Robin Hood, Shrek 4 Ever After, Just Write and Letters to Juliet.
In the Queens Tribune dated April 29, 2010 there is again an advertisement, this time for May 23 for a showing of 1963’s “It’s a Mad, Mad,Mad, Mad World” and it says seating is limited, only 145 spaces available. I wrote about this in November when they were supposedly running thia film for one showing and now it’s being advertised again. Does anybody know anything about this?
Has anybody noticed how many second run films from the Fresh Meadows theater come here for 1 week? Last week they brought over Hot Tub Time Machine in it’s 4th week for 1 week and the Bounty Hunter in it’s 5th for 1 show at night for 1 week. This was the first time I have seen 2 films transferred over from the Fresh Meadows theater in the same week. This week Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married Too comes here for evening shows. Earlier in the year the Tooth Fairy came here in it’s 6th week for 1 week.
How to Train Your Dragon is the first film to play in 3D here, opening March 29th on 1 screen in 3D and one in regular 2D.
Alice in Wonderland while opening here will not be in 3D.