So far, 34th Street still has all 14 screens open. This theatre definitely needs recliners, the Sony/Loews signature seats are outdated.
Once 34th Street is done, the other theatres in Manhattan with Sony/Loews signature seats are the Orpheum, Lincoln Square and Harlem USA in Manhattan and of course AMC Love Seats at the Empire.
Most theatres cut down the 3D shows to bare minimum or limited shows. Since laser came out, AMC doesn’t like to maintain the Dolby glasses that are needed for both IMAX and Dolby CInema.
Disney has cut down on that most IMAX films are standard 2D. I like to see 3D, but it very difficult to see. I’m not seeing 3D films on small screens or non Dolby 5.1 or 7.1 screens. I don’t know if some of the former Loews theatres, if AMC replaced the SDDS processors with Dolby Digital.
When I saw a few films in the AMC Empire small houses, it didn’t sound like Dolby Digital. At least when I saw Once Upon A Time in Hollywood in theatre 7 Paradise, I was surprised it sounded like it was Dolby DIgital for the film.
AMC and the former Loews Theatres, the primary sound in the 1990s and the start of the new millenium, the sound of choice was Sony Dynamic Digital Sound.
QUESTION
Saw Joker in 70MM at the Alamo Drafhouse Downtown Brooklyn. I notice the film was in flat, I thought all 70MM films are widescreen (scope). The sound sounded like 70MM 6 track.
Films like ET or Back To The Future which were FLAT films, did they look like they were FLAT in 70MM or widescreen.
All the 70MM films I saw in the 1980’s and early 1990’s were widescreen.
I would love to see photos of inside the theatre when it converted to seven screens. The basement theatres were lousy and BS Moss had mono system installed in the basement in 1981.
I just posted pictures of the different screens on the main floor. The plaque for the Valencia was missing and AMC removed the LOEWS plaque when they went DOLBY. Unfortunately don’t have them for the downstairs screens.
Don’t like seeing movies downstairs because when AMC went digital, the masking for FLAT films is awful and the manager said they don’t have curtains to cover it. When Loews ran 35MM film downstairs, FLAT films weren’t a problem.
Saw “Once Upon A Time In Hollywood” in the Paradise, the masking was no problem and looks like the sound was Dolby Digital. Screens 6 to 12 were originally SDDS and Dolby SR when it open in 1994.
Dolby Digital was in Loews since 1994 and and added to screens 2 and 5 10 years later, hopefully Dolby Digital is now in all.
Does anyone know if any house have Dolby 7.1 in 2 thru 12? Loews was very big at SDDS in 1994. ,
QUESTION, I was on yelp and it look like a auditorium is not stadium seating. Is is possible that 1 or 2 screens are not stadium seating. I almost went their a few years ago on vacation, but went to the Ritz 5 which I wasn’t impressed, it was like a 1980 retro movie place, not modern.
In Brooklyn, NY United Artists converted Sheepshead Bay to Stadium seating with the exception of 2 screens. Did that happen at Riverview also.
Please update in description, the theatre closed for renovations late January 1988, reopened under Loews and M and R on February 9, 1990. Theatre closed by AMC on September 14, 2006. Just uploaded some material from the Chicago Tribune.
Question is what happened to the orchestra, when I was their in August 1994, it had 6 screens which were on the two old balcony levels. It would of been nice Loews would of built a screen in the old orchestra level.
PLEASE UPDATE, THE THEATRE OPENED ON NOVEMBER 27, 1996.. WRONG DATE IN DESCRIPTION. It was a Cineplex Odeon Theatre, which became Loews Cineplex before it was merge with AMC, the curent owners.
Please update, Also, IMAX theatre opened February 27, 2009 with Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience. First IMAX Theatres in Suffok County, open the same day as Regal Deer Park.
Also, AMC and Loews merged, using AMC as the brand name and it open in 1998 with 15 screens. 2 auditoriums weren’t open at Grand Opening due to the county wasn’t crazy about 17 screens in their neighborhood.. A few years later, Loews and the county got the ok to open the remaining two screens.
Please update, first the theatre has 16 screens. Also, IMAX theatre opened February 27, 2009 with Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience. First IMAX Theatres in Suffok County, open the same day as AMC Stony Brook
Please add to description, Eagle Eye was the first movie shown in IMAX Cinema 1 at the AMC Empire on September 26, 2008. It was the first IMAX digital theatre in New York City.
Question, this theatre show IMAX 15/70 films before IMAX Digital. Is this a big IMAX screen or similar to baby IMAX but show IMAX 15/70 before IMAX digital started. I’m looking at old ads in 2004 and 2005 in the Daily News and this theatre show IMAX movies, IMAX Digital didn’t start until Eagle Eye in 2008.
Just uploaded photos taken between 2004 and 2010 of the Grand Avenue Cinemas. I was last there in 2010 when it was Clearview CInemas. Bow Tie Cinemas never went to digital projection and it now independent. The new owners don’t have a website.
Please note the photos are screen numbers when it was Clearview Cinemas. Based on a photo I saw on Google, the new owners renumbered the screens. Theatre 5 is now Theatre 2 and Theatre 4 is now Theatre 3.
So far, 34th Street still has all 14 screens open. This theatre definitely needs recliners, the Sony/Loews signature seats are outdated.
Once 34th Street is done, the other theatres in Manhattan with Sony/Loews signature seats are the Orpheum, Lincoln Square and Harlem USA in Manhattan and of course AMC Love Seats at the Empire.
Most theatres cut down the 3D shows to bare minimum or limited shows. Since laser came out, AMC doesn’t like to maintain the Dolby glasses that are needed for both IMAX and Dolby CInema.
Disney has cut down on that most IMAX films are standard 2D. I like to see 3D, but it very difficult to see. I’m not seeing 3D films on small screens or non Dolby 5.1 or 7.1 screens. I don’t know if some of the former Loews theatres, if AMC replaced the SDDS processors with Dolby Digital.
When I saw a few films in the AMC Empire small houses, it didn’t sound like Dolby Digital. At least when I saw Once Upon A Time in Hollywood in theatre 7 Paradise, I was surprised it sounded like it was Dolby DIgital for the film.
AMC and the former Loews Theatres, the primary sound in the 1990s and the start of the new millenium, the sound of choice was Sony Dynamic Digital Sound.
Star Wars is meant to be seen in IMAX laser 3D. I Don’t understand why 3D shows are very limited
cost savings for AMC
QUESTION Saw Joker in 70MM at the Alamo Drafhouse Downtown Brooklyn. I notice the film was in flat, I thought all 70MM films are widescreen (scope). The sound sounded like 70MM 6 track.
Films like ET or Back To The Future which were FLAT films, did they look like they were FLAT in 70MM or widescreen.
All the 70MM films I saw in the 1980’s and early 1990’s were widescreen.
I would love to see photos of inside the theatre when it converted to seven screens. The basement theatres were lousy and BS Moss had mono system installed in the basement in 1981.
I just posted pictures of the different screens on the main floor. The plaque for the Valencia was missing and AMC removed the LOEWS plaque when they went DOLBY. Unfortunately don’t have them for the downstairs screens.
Don’t like seeing movies downstairs because when AMC went digital, the masking for FLAT films is awful and the manager said they don’t have curtains to cover it. When Loews ran 35MM film downstairs, FLAT films weren’t a problem.
Saw “Once Upon A Time In Hollywood” in the Paradise, the masking was no problem and looks like the sound was Dolby Digital. Screens 6 to 12 were originally SDDS and Dolby SR when it open in 1994.
Dolby Digital was in Loews since 1994 and and added to screens 2 and 5 10 years later, hopefully Dolby Digital is now in all.
Does anyone know if any house have Dolby 7.1 in 2 thru 12? Loews was very big at SDDS in 1994. ,
KINGS
Latest seating capacity at Lincoln Square (Based on Cast Members schedule) 1. 291 DOLBY CINEMA AT AMC (former Loews)and AMC Signature Recliners 2.345 (Kings) 3. 317 (State) 4. 299 (Olympia) 5. 335 (Valencia) 6. 172 (Capital) 7. 169 (Paradise) 8. 169 (Avalon) 9. 214 (Majestic) 10. 126 (Canal) 11. 146 (Palace) 12. 187 (Jersey) 13. 472 LASER AT AMC with AMC Signature Plush Rockers
ALL OTHER SCREENS HAS SONY/LOEWS ROCKERS (Not very comfortable for a 3 hour film)
QUESTION, I was on yelp and it look like a auditorium is not stadium seating. Is is possible that 1 or 2 screens are not stadium seating. I almost went their a few years ago on vacation, but went to the Ritz 5 which I wasn’t impressed, it was like a 1980 retro movie place, not modern.
In Brooklyn, NY United Artists converted Sheepshead Bay to Stadium seating with the exception of 2 screens. Did that happen at Riverview also.
Please update, the additional 6 screens opened on August 28, 1998
Please update in description, the theatre closed for renovations late January 1988, reopened under Loews and M and R on February 9, 1990. Theatre closed by AMC on September 14, 2006. Just uploaded some material from the Chicago Tribune.
Question is what happened to the orchestra, when I was their in August 1994, it had 6 screens which were on the two old balcony levels. It would of been nice Loews would of built a screen in the old orchestra level.
I also posted the Cineplex Odeon display ad from November 27 Chicago Tribune in the photos
PLEASE UPDATE, THE THEATRE OPENED ON NOVEMBER 27, 1996.. WRONG DATE IN DESCRIPTION. It was a Cineplex Odeon Theatre, which became Loews Cineplex before it was merge with AMC, the curent owners.
This should be on the list of 30 plexus In the 30. Yes only 17 are open
Please update, Also, IMAX theatre opened February 27, 2009 with Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience. First IMAX Theatres in Suffok County, open the same day as Regal Deer Park.
Also, AMC and Loews merged, using AMC as the brand name and it open in 1998 with 15 screens. 2 auditoriums weren’t open at Grand Opening due to the county wasn’t crazy about 17 screens in their neighborhood.. A few years later, Loews and the county got the ok to open the remaining two screens.
Please update, first the theatre has 16 screens. Also, IMAX theatre opened February 27, 2009 with Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience. First IMAX Theatres in Suffok County, open the same day as AMC Stony Brook
Please update, IMAX Auditorium #12 open on November 7, 2008 with Madagascar: Escape to Africa
Please add to description, Eagle Eye was the first movie shown in IMAX Cinema 1 at the AMC Empire on September 26, 2008. It was the first IMAX digital theatre in New York City.
Question, this theatre show IMAX 15/70 films before IMAX Digital. Is this a big IMAX screen or similar to baby IMAX but show IMAX 15/70 before IMAX digital started. I’m looking at old ads in 2004 and 2005 in the Daily News and this theatre show IMAX movies, IMAX Digital didn’t start until Eagle Eye in 2008.
Luckily Cinema 123 is still open. In 2002 it was rumored that the location would close. Luckily it still open
Look on google Foursquare or yelp. There are some with renovations. Last there in June 2017 a few months before they started
I only upload photos I take and won’t take pictures from another photographer
Please update, theatre open October 9, 1998
Just uploaded photos taken between 2004 and 2010 of the Grand Avenue Cinemas. I was last there in 2010 when it was Clearview CInemas. Bow Tie Cinemas never went to digital projection and it now independent. The new owners don’t have a website.
Please note the photos are screen numbers when it was Clearview Cinemas. Based on a photo I saw on Google, the new owners renumbered the screens. Theatre 5 is now Theatre 2 and Theatre 4 is now Theatre 3.
PLEASE UPDATE, THE THEATRE OPEN ON OCTOBER 3, 1965. I follow person updated the grand opening ad