Chester Cinema 6

Route 206 and Route 24,
Chester, NJ 07937

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hondo
hondo on March 23, 2022 at 2:25 am

The photo shown is not the Clearview 6-plex as that was located across highway 206 from the older Chester Mall shopping center as seen in the overhead photo. The photo shows what is today the Crossfit gym. The poster encasements remain on each side of the old doors. Oddly enough, the newer Clearview Chester 6-plex was also turned into a fitness place called the Nitroflex Gym.

Mountaineers89
Mountaineers89 on April 11, 2021 at 6:58 pm

I recall seeing quite a few films here In the 90s. I can’t recall if it was privately owned or a chain around 1995.

moviebuff82
moviebuff82 on January 11, 2017 at 12:33 am

Chester needs a new movie theater.

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moviebuff82 on December 16, 2014 at 11:47 pm

The gym is now open as i saw a commercial for it on tv….the gym is quite small compared to the one that replaced the route 4 tenplex years ago.

moviebuff82
moviebuff82 on May 21, 2013 at 7:19 pm

Theater should be changed to closed as this theater will be replaced by a gym.

moviebuff82
moviebuff82 on May 1, 2013 at 12:33 am

According to sources this theater will close on may 19.

moviebuff82
moviebuff82 on March 4, 2010 at 11:34 pm

digital 3d begins this weekend with Alice in Wonderland.

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moviebuff82 on October 25, 2009 at 7:57 pm

Recently Screenvision installed digital projectors only for the pre-shows as well as live events at this theater.

moviebuff82
moviebuff82 on August 24, 2009 at 11:52 pm

I hope this theater gets the same digital projection that other clearviews have.

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on November 19, 2008 at 12:22 am

OK, it’s Chester, NY. I was close.

moviebuff82
moviebuff82 on September 2, 2008 at 10:43 pm

When Clearview bought this theater, in addition to the two screens, four new screens were added alongside installation of sound systems and raising prices. Has this place improved since my last visit (around 2006, when I saw Cars). I know other Clearviews in Morris have improved, like the Madison.

moviebuff82
moviebuff82 on March 1, 2008 at 5:42 pm

Since this theater’s owned by Clearview, have they ran any midnight showings of ROCKY HORROR? I know a bunch of them still do, such as those in Bergenfield and Bellevue. Right across the street from the theater there is a new retail development that has more upscale stores.

filmfanz
filmfanz on March 1, 2008 at 5:36 pm

TC

I believe the Chester Cinema (Cinema 206) was originally built as a twin…circa ‘79. I know that the mall itself was put up starting in/around '76, and they gradually added as they went. The theater was one of the last 'things’ added.

I recall seeing 10 and THE IN-LAWS there in 1979, and I would swear that it was twinned already.

I KNOW it was twinned when I caught a midnight screening of NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD and THE MEATCLEAVER MASSACRE (double bill) sometime in ‘80/'81.

moviebuff82
moviebuff82 on March 1, 2008 at 5:14 pm

After Clearview bought the theater, it probably cut up the two big screens into six or added four into the theater.

teecee
teecee on March 1, 2008 at 5:00 pm

Back in 1993 this was a twin theater.
see 2nd paragraph.
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Not sure if originally built as a twin – need to do some more research.

moviebuff82
moviebuff82 on December 4, 2007 at 9:50 pm

i can’t believe this theater is still open!!! This theater has to be one of those underpeforming theaters that are owned by Clearview. Any word on when it might close soon? This is the only theater reachable from 206 for those who live in Newton, since the Newton theater shut down.

moviebuff82
moviebuff82 on April 7, 2007 at 1:29 pm

The address should be Route 206 and 24, not 204. I’ve been to this theater twice in the past few years, first to see “Collateral” in one of the main four auditoriums when it opened during the summer of 2004, and the second time during the weekend when “Cars” came out last year in the two back auditoriums. Both were smaller than the average Clearview Cinema and resemble more like the Allwood Sixplex (which is also owned by Clearview). They’re not as profitable as the other Clearview theaters around Morris and Warren counties, yet they play a good mix of family, art-house, and blockbuster fare in a busy rural shopping center located not too far from the turkey farms.

moviebuff82
moviebuff82 on April 7, 2007 at 1:27 pm

The address should be Route 206 and 24, not 204. I’ve been to this theater twice in the past few years, first to see “Collateral” in one of the main four auditoriums when it opened during the summer of 2004, and the second time during the weekend when “Cars” came out last year in the two back auditoriums. Both were smaller than the average Clearview Cinema and resemble more like the Allwood Sixplex (which is also owned by Clearview). They’re not as profitable as the other Clearview theaters around Morris and Warren counties, yet they play a good mix of family, art-house, and blockbuster fare in a busy rural shopping center located not too far from the turkey farms.

moviebuff82
moviebuff82 on December 14, 2006 at 9:33 pm

What is the history of the theater?