This is indeed a luxury theater with recliners and a bar. Unlike the ArcLight, you can carry your alcoholic beverage inside the theater. The over-21 shows with the bar are segregated from the all-ages screens. Because it’s an AMC, you can use AMC discount tickets from Costco, so it’s a much better deal than the ArcLight. The ArcLight is kind of a disappointment. I was hoping for less mainstream movies there. The AMC actually shows more off-the-beaten-track films [for example, SNOWPIERCER], probably because they are getting the ArcLight’s leftovers.
I saw E.T. at the Loma during the summer of ‘82. You might have torn my ticket. It was a few weeks into the movie’s run after the initial crowds had dissipated, on a weekday afternoon if I remember right. What stands out about that particular movie excursion is the audacious smuggling of a pot of tea that my sister and I pulled off. I had just made tea when my sister burst into the kitchen and said, “let’s go see E.T.”. “But I just made tea.” “Bring it along.” I had this Chinese tea cozy basket that my mom bought in Hong Kong — a padded wicker basket with slots for a tea pot and two cups. So I put the tea in there and we went. I think the usher may have given me an odd look but nobody stopped me from carrying that basket into the theater. So we enjoyed E.T. over a hot cup of tea.
The La Paloma still operates as a movie theater most of the time. They have special live performances once or twice a month, but the rest of the time they show films with an arthouse bent. Here’s their website:
This is indeed a luxury theater with recliners and a bar. Unlike the ArcLight, you can carry your alcoholic beverage inside the theater. The over-21 shows with the bar are segregated from the all-ages screens. Because it’s an AMC, you can use AMC discount tickets from Costco, so it’s a much better deal than the ArcLight. The ArcLight is kind of a disappointment. I was hoping for less mainstream movies there. The AMC actually shows more off-the-beaten-track films [for example, SNOWPIERCER], probably because they are getting the ArcLight’s leftovers.
I saw E.T. at the Loma during the summer of ‘82. You might have torn my ticket. It was a few weeks into the movie’s run after the initial crowds had dissipated, on a weekday afternoon if I remember right. What stands out about that particular movie excursion is the audacious smuggling of a pot of tea that my sister and I pulled off. I had just made tea when my sister burst into the kitchen and said, “let’s go see E.T.”. “But I just made tea.” “Bring it along.” I had this Chinese tea cozy basket that my mom bought in Hong Kong — a padded wicker basket with slots for a tea pot and two cups. So I put the tea in there and we went. I think the usher may have given me an odd look but nobody stopped me from carrying that basket into the theater. So we enjoyed E.T. over a hot cup of tea.
The Strand Theater was located in Ocean Beach. For decades, it was the only venue in town for THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW.
The La Paloma still operates as a movie theater most of the time. They have special live performances once or twice a month, but the rest of the time they show films with an arthouse bent. Here’s their website:
http://www.lapalomatheatre.com/