I also was a manager at the Loews Boston Common. The facility is a total beast. I sometimes wonder if the area is cursed. The layout is pretty awful in parts of the building (hiding extra concession stands in areas where people don’t walk, putting the big theaters in the wrong spots). Things are constantly breaking (elevators, escalators, pipes, fire alarms, HVAC, plain vandalism). I’ll readily grant that big places always have maintenance issues, but it became fairly obvious working there that the company had bit off a bit more than it could chew. Thanksgiving 2002 a pipe burst in the ceiling and it was literally raining in the 3rd floor lobby, as well as in offices and kitchens. The exploding generator probably takes the cake though, as we had to shut down for nearly a whole weekend, and smoke could be smelled in the lobby for weeks. But I do assure you not a single person lost any sleep about Deliver Us From Eva being off screen for two days. (Saying that this particular power outage had a significant effect on the film’s run is beyond absurd.) Anyway, despite all the potential disasters awaiting you there, it’s still the best place to watch a movie in town. It’s also not hard to argue that it’s the best theater north of New York on the east coast.
I also was a manager at the Loews Boston Common. The facility is a total beast. I sometimes wonder if the area is cursed. The layout is pretty awful in parts of the building (hiding extra concession stands in areas where people don’t walk, putting the big theaters in the wrong spots). Things are constantly breaking (elevators, escalators, pipes, fire alarms, HVAC, plain vandalism). I’ll readily grant that big places always have maintenance issues, but it became fairly obvious working there that the company had bit off a bit more than it could chew. Thanksgiving 2002 a pipe burst in the ceiling and it was literally raining in the 3rd floor lobby, as well as in offices and kitchens. The exploding generator probably takes the cake though, as we had to shut down for nearly a whole weekend, and smoke could be smelled in the lobby for weeks. But I do assure you not a single person lost any sleep about Deliver Us From Eva being off screen for two days. (Saying that this particular power outage had a significant effect on the film’s run is beyond absurd.) Anyway, despite all the potential disasters awaiting you there, it’s still the best place to watch a movie in town. It’s also not hard to argue that it’s the best theater north of New York on the east coast.