AMC Empire 25
234 W. 42nd Street,
New York,
NY
10036
234 W. 42nd Street,
New York,
NY
10036
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Justin: GO IN.
moviebuff I saw the digital presentation due to timing concerns. I plan to see the movie again in IMAX at a later date.
Ed, if it isn’t custom built, it is fake IMAX. Sony opened Lincoln Square with a real one.
Is the Empire’s IMAX conversion a real lie like most multiplex conversions? I know this didn’t open with an IMAX facility, but I would have thought this might have been one of the better conversions around town.
did you see it in liemax or digital
Saw MI4 here yesterday. Still a great place to see a movie. A small complaint – the popcorn is tasteless compared to the Regal 13.
Nope but i’ve seen pictures of the interior online on CT and other picture sites..and i go right by there every time i visit the big apple. I also go by the regal ewalk as well.
Justin, have you been inside here yet? (It seems you practically live at the Rockaway!)
how does it compare with the one in rockaway? The one is ok….the seats near the front of screen suck.
Uncomfortable seats, rude patrons and nasty personnel , this place stinks!
The exterior of this theater is something to behold, unlike the Regal Ewalk theater right across the street.
I like this theater usually a very good presentation.
I agree saps.
Someday we will tell younger generations about a time when there were 38 screens on 42nd street, across from each other, showing 2D & 3D Hollywood fare, art house, opera, philharmonic concerts, Broadway shows and grind house schlock, all at the same time, to audiences who enjoyed sitting together, albeit in smaller screens than in the heyday of cinema.
Although not the Roxy, this is sure better than Skype. Enjoy it while it is still here.
Justin, like most (all?) AMC theaters coast-to-coast, all shows here starting before noon are only $6.00. And the regular admission price of $13. is not much higher than the usual suburban price (your beloved AMC Rockaway is $11., for example.)
And I’ve never waited on line, especially with about 20 ticket kiosks in the lobby.
So, please…stop in next time you’re in the neighborhood. And once you’re in the door you can wander around nearly at will, checking out the different levels and cinemas. You’ll be glad you did.
amazing….I actually go by that theater when I’m in Times Square but never been there due to its expensive prices and long lines…good thing I live near an AMC theater that is not as busy as this one yet has plenty of parking around it compared to parking in a lot then walking all the way to the theater.
Interesting article on the current AMC with some history of the Empire (and beyond).
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Nice shot above on Oct. 11, 2010.
a tilt shift look at 42nd street
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/5076192847/
seen here in the 20/30’s as the Eltinge Burlesque
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/5068941189/
I agree tinseltoes. Hope the bedbug Empire doesn’t strike back at this theater!!!
Registering.
For one day, the theater was closed so that pest control would spray the theater with bug spray. The theater reopened the next day. I also noticed that one of the screens is now an ETX. How is ETX at the theater? I hope ETX comes to Rockaway.
Don’t let the bedbugs bite.
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AMC and Regal didn’t put small theaters out of business. Audiences embracing big stadium seating noisy multiplexes did.
If people bought tickets to quaint, small, classic theatres AMC and Regal would have bought, built or remodeled one on every block in America.
You should also note that specialty theatre audiences practically disappeared when the DVD player and VOD arrived.