AMC Penn Square 10

Old Dickerson theatre. Now owned by AMC. Not a bad place. They are looking to really upgrade and will be installing some AWESOME reclining chairs.

My wife and I got fandango "movie money" and were limited to what we considered "terrible mall theaters" which we've always felt no desire to frequent. (Usually we view movies at Harkins in Bricktown or The Warren in Moore)

One minor gripe that was causing problems for a few patrons is AMC's insistence of advertising that the movies are "Digital" by putting a "-D" at the end of the movie titles. To be honest, I doubt anyone cares that it's digital, so let me detail the problem this causes:
"Iron Man 3 3D" vs "Iron Man 3-D" Legitimately people were trying to by tickets to see Iron Man 3 in 3-D for the showing under "Iron Man 3-D" because the corporate office chose to slap a -D after the name. Just a silly gripe.

All the boards are digital, and while it was pretty, I found it distracting when I was checking to see what their food costs were, and if large drinks get refills or not (last time I was at Tinseltown they refused refills on drinks, only on popcorn). Just as I got to the menu I wanted to see, BAM, a giant hotdog popped up in my face. The menu returned after a few seconds, but I was less than amused.

The coolest thing about the soda there, is they don't fill your cup with one of 5-8 predefined choices. Instead they have a self-serve station with 2 coke machines that have a large selection of sodas and flavor additives. The signs boast "100+ flavor combinations" though my wife and I settled for only a Peach Mellow Yellow. It was pretty awesome.

The bathrooms are another manner of disarray. No mirrors have been installed as of last night (5/3/13), and the toilet paper industrial sized rolls do not fit on the normal toilet paper sized dispensers. Instead they have this awful thin scratchy industrial junk, literally sitting on the auto-flusher where the tank would sit on a normal toilet. They have recently installed what looks like brand new tiles, stalls, toilets, urinals, sinks, and Dyson Air Blade hand dryers. This was met with random hand soaps from Walmart and Bath and Body Works, and the lack of mirrors and toilet seat covers.

My wife and I were skeptical about going to this theater, as she recalls the theater rooms being small, smelly, sticky, run down, covered in God only knows what, with rickety chairs and teenagers loudly making out in the back row. Upon entry to the theater #8 to watch Oblivion, we were met with about 4-5 rows of seating.

Wow is all I can say. Every chair is essentially a paired leather recliner with electronic controls that enable you to slide all the way back to a near-flat position. Individual arm rests with drink holders to the outside of each paired seating, and a shared no-drink arm rest in the middle that can be lifted up to allow all manner of cuddling or extra space. (We could have easily tossed our nearing 2 year old daughter between us had we opted to bring her.) The seats were pretty much incredible. I turned to my wife and asked "how am I supposed to enjoy this film if a kid can't sit behind me and kick my chair every 0.8seconds?"

The screen size was adequate considering we were fairly close. With only 4-5 rows of seating, probably allowing 30 patrons at capacity, I'm not sure if far-sighted individuals will have difficulty viewing movies. Having 20/20 vision, I can say the picture quality was just what I expected without difficulty viewing. Sound quality was fine as well, though I was scared at first because the pre-movie/previews sound was extremely quiet and sounded like mono sound.

The large isles (to accommodate the reclining of the chairs) enables patrons to exit quickly with almost no "excuse me while I squeeze my butt past your face" awkwardness. This was oddly more of a plus than I would have guessed, as my wife rushed to refill our drink just as the movie was about to start.

all the comforts of home on the large screen! This movie theater is a treat. As a 'senior' I want to tell you I am thrilled to have my feet up any time. The reclining seats were such an unexpected surprise. This was really a great movie experience. I hope I never take it for granted. Thanks AMC for thinking outside of the business as usual.