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In article <1992May6.221248.28416@sura.net> lidl@sura.net (Kurt J. Lidl) writes:
>In article <19275@oasys.dt.navy.mil> lito@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Angelito Lucena) writes:
>>can someone please recommend some good movie theaters
>>in the dc area to go to??  (dc = sub md, dc, no. va)
>
>(Dave Hsu, if you read this, please jump in!)

Uh huh, uh huh.

>Uptown Theater (DC) -- great sound (Full THX!).  Unique curving (hugh!)
>screen (holdover from the days when there was a movie or two that ran
>three parallel 35mm tracks at once --

Great, if you can deal with the screen weirdness.  Sit in the first 10
rows and your neck will cry for mercy, however.  It has the dual
advantages of being within a block of Ivy's Place on one side, and
Ireland's 4 Provinces (try their soda bread with a black & tan!) on
the other.  The other 70mm venue of choice used to be the KB MacArthur,
but I haven't been there in a few years.  It used to be
uncharacteristically tidy for a KB theater, tho.

>Senator Theater (Baltimore) -- another of the great movie houses from
>another era.

Far and away my favorite, despite the very long drive.  A _real_ movie
theater, of the sort that Halliwell pines for in his autobiography.

>Rio (Gaithersburg) -- nice, (pretty) clean and new.  Not capable of
>70mm shows, but not bad for a 35mm venue.

Getting more crowded all the time, and their management has been showing
increasing signs of the lowest-common-denominator-multiplex mindset
the past year or so.  They _had_ a THX screen (#3), then decided to
skip the expense of having it certified.  At least the rooms aren't puny,
but I find it less and less appealing all the time.  The United Artists
theaters in Bethesda (across from Malarkeys) and Rockville Metro Center
(nee Rockville Mall) are more shoebox-like, but better managed.

The real bargain, of course, is the Samuel Langley IMAX theater at the
Air & Space museum, during their seasonal film series.  The Science
Fiction series runs from January through mid-March, but they have
other interesting offerings now and then.  And of course, no food or
drinks allowed.

-dave

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