Galveston's Primetime (not to be confused with the infamous Primetime himself, Deon Sanders), is a great place to take your family for a little fun. I haven't went bowling in years and I won our first game! Making reservations is pretty easy online. It saves time when you're checking in and choosing the right bowling shoes. The concession stand serves the bowling alley and the theater so I'd suggest ordering your food when you first arrive. it could take up to 40 minutes to get a simple order of fries. read more

Galveston Primetime - Cinema Near Me - Galveston, Texas

Super clean facilities that seem recently remodeled. The movie and bowling package was a good deal and a good way to spend the afternoon. The recliner chairs in the theater were top notch. Concessions were pretty standard. Some staff were super friendly and others not so much. read more

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Sept 11, 2025 It's been years since I've been here They remodeled and the seats recline, have moveable trays and a cup holder Saw Downtown Abbey $13 ticket, $7 large dr pepper read more

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Went to movie theater and it's clean and comfortable and their chairs recline. Bowling spot was also personal and perfect family time spent.. 10/10 read more

Great place for family fun ! you can bowl, watch a movie, or order a pizza and a beer. Great place for a date.

Spacious Chairs, IMMACULATELY clean bathrooms. Friendly staff. I highly recommend. Recently remodeled and put all the other theaters to shame! read more

The seats were brand new/very clean. Will update review pending renovation completion. read more

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Everything full family entertainment!! When you plan a trip to Galveston *****This Must be in your Plans!

I was so excited to see a movie at the theater. There is one movie theater on the island, and they can charge whatever they like. $9.73 for one adult at the matinee. The theater is clean, the recliners are very nice the assistant manger is very nice. The snack bar is absolutely overpriced. A bucket of popcorn and a 32 ounce drink is $15.00, but you do get a refill of popcorn and the soda. One ballpark beef hotdog is $6.00. read more

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The bowling alley is fine and fun but if you are going to sell beer you should include non alcohol options.

movie quality was dog shit and the bath room dirty. and food was not good at all and the service was not good read more

Galveston Primetime - Cinema Near Me - Galveston, Texas

I was surprised by this place. Very clean, nice big seats with big lighted buttons to control the recliner. Each seat had a table that could be rotated in or out as needed. The staff is very friendly and helpful. We arrived a bit early and the ticket taker encouraged us to wait at the seating by the bar and then came to let us know when the theater was ready. Nobody pushed drinks on us but kept an eye on us to see if we were looking for service. Count me impressed! The theater was on the cold side which is good for me but my wife wanted a blanket. read more

Very clean!!! Recliner chairs are a plus and the food is fresh! Will def be back. Love the popcorn with cheeses the only think I don't like is the slurppees only bc one in large and that's too much for my toddlers read more

The staff is always friendly and upbeat plus the new bowling lanes are filled with family Fun! read more

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Been to this theater twice since the remodel. Once to see Barbie with my wife and her friends. The second time last night, 12/9/23. Went to see Godzilla: Minus One with my Dad. I have a soft spot for this theater location. (See my previous review before the remodel) Great movie, awesome theater seats and what not. Although I do feel they need to invest in better sound insulation for their theater rooms. I was watching Godzilla in room five. Unfortunately I was able to hear Renaissance by Beyonce playing in the room to the left. Other than the action scenes in Godzilla there's a few really awesome quiet scenes. But no! Here comes Beyoncé's singing and the bass blaring through the left wall. I know maybe some of these concert movies in theaters are a new thing. But still, if I'm not seeing the concert movie I don't want to hear it. I want to only hear the movie I showed up to watch with out distraction from some other movie. Other than they need better sound insulation treatment....this is a good theater on the island where I grew up. I'm glad there is still a theater here. Looking forward to the bowling alley opening. read more

Not the greatest of places to catch a flick BUT... You get to be in Galveston, which I love. You get a cheap ticket, which I love. This is my Go-To spot when I am loaded up to fish the surf and the fish are not agreeable. If I cannot catch fish, I can always catch a movie. This is also my Go-To spot when my daughter and I are loaded up to boogie board and the waves have decided to, well, not wave that day. If we cannot catch a wave, we can always catch a movie. Great popcorn, also! I'm guessing they are still using old-fashioned, heart stopping oil to cook it in :) . read more

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Do they have reclining leather seats? Nope. Is the popcorn the best ever? Nah. And the ticketing situation is odd. But, this is a fine place to catch a flick on the cheap and easy. My wife and I were on the island for a couple of days and decided we wanted to see a movie. Strangely, the tickets are sold at the snack counter. Weird and confusing, but it worked. The place was as clean as any other theater ... not a lot of glitz ... but we enjoyed our show and had plenty of cheddar left over for after-movie drinks. We'll be back for sure. read more

Could not hear the movie. We could hear the movie next door. Air conditioning was also very loud

The people don't seem to really be 'on it', but the concessions are always fresh, and I enjoy the theater seats. It is usually pretty clean, too. read more

Cinema is going thru renovation so the lobby is messy. The staff was really friendly, tho.

Well, in fact its now Prime Time Cinema, but I'll stick with this designation for people wanting a review of the islands only cinema. I think they did a refurbish, but I'm not sure because I don't go to the cinema enough to notice. Seats are plush, and are in fact recliners. Bathrooms seem clean enough. Concessions are ridiculously overpriced, but in what movie theatre aren't they? As an aside, if one gets a chance they should see Nightmare Alley. This is inspired filmmaking and the kind of noire that is sadly absent as a genre. Motherless Brooklyn was pretty good also! read more

This is not a flagship theater. It's not your favorite art house cinema. It's not a mega complex with three dozen theaters to see your movie with 450 of your closest friends starting every 45 mins. But it is clean-ish. After watching all the preview commercials with major amounts of fuzz and "snow" but at the start of the movie, 'pop' the "real" projector kicks on and the picture is fine. Wish the projectionist cleaned the glass better, but it's just as watchable as 90-85% the theaters out there, just a little Corona effect on extreme contrast areas. But good. The good: It's cheapish... $8 for a late night show seems a little much but it is a single digit, so that beats most of the non dollar theaters. Day time (pre 6pm) seems like a sweet spot. Drinks are way more than a store, but it's not $7 for a large.... so there is that... The Bad: Is "Saved by the Bell still on?" It feels old and like 20 years out of date. Give me a break... There are no chairs to sit and wait for the movie. What is wrong with you... But the floors need a real cleaning. My theater was "HOT" Because the AC was broke. read more

Galveston Primetime - Cinema Near Me - Galveston, Texas

Super nice !! Love the recliners and how spacious the theaters are. Everyone was so nice, especially Dylan at the ticket and concession stand. AmazIng theater. There was even police presence on a Friday night. read more

I hate to bring attention to this place because I love being in a movie alone with Covid still around! But they have updated with new reclining seats and table! Prices so much cheaper than a movie in Houston (we stopped going there having to pay $40 for a night out). read more

Pretty bare bones theater. Looking forward to the remodel they say they are going to do. read more

Service was great! People are friendly and very helpful! Theater was clean. Very friendly atmosphere!

First when you walk in employees just stare at you no one bothers to greet you in any fashion no one says hi welcome come in no one smiles literally just stare at you . then to top it off after you purchase your popcorn you cannot put butter on the popcorn yourself because for some reason they have to regulate it and they saturated it with butter and the butter was cold once I was ready to walk away feeling disappointed I asked for popcorn salt and they told me at that time popcorn salt you have to purchase what the .....? Galveston premier is so cheap. They literally charge you a separate price for salt! This should either be included into the popcorn price since the ticket is already $11.21 the building is old and smells like mildew still nothing is updated inside the theater this is just a poor excuse forthter elishment you guys suck. read more

Why 4 stars? Because it gets the job done. --- --- --- While miles from civilization halfway between Galveston proper and Freeport, we needed to find a theater, as Hunger Games had just come out, and we had the itch. We found Premiere Cinemas, and while this business will never win any awards for Theater of the Year, I appreciated its somewhat middle-of-nowhere location. People who live in BFE need to see movies too! It was a cheap ticket, and we had no complaints! As we were walking up to the entrance, it felt like we had taken a time machine back 20-30 years... definitely a little surreal :) read more

The reclining chairs are so comfortable, and the staff is always so nice. The sound is great and I love the popcorn. The place is very clean. One of my favorite movie theaters ever. I only wished they served pizza and beer. read more

I was on vacation and decided to go back and see black panther. When I arrived I was told by the young lady at the concession stand where you had to purchase your tickets that I couldn't use my Fandango gift card, which I knew was obserd because I found the movie listing on the Fandango app. She assured me that they did not have a partnership with Fandango and I could not use the card. So I paid cash but as I sat down I went back on the app and saw the tickets were on sale. I went back out to the coccesion stand/ ticket sale counter and the girl was gone but her manager was now running the ticket sales. I asked about fandango and she said the girl was misinformed and that I could have used the app. I went through the whole process of purchasing through Fandango and getting my money back and finally back the movie. It was just frustrating not being given the proper info and having to go back and repurchase the tickets. The theatre is old and needs new seats there are no recliners or assigned seats and to be honest the seats seemed dirty and dingy. I don't think this is the only movie theatre on the island so I will seek another on my return to Galveston. read more

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We reserved a private screening for Godzilla vs. Kong and absolutely loved it! The service was amazing, the staff friendly, and we were surprised to see reclining seats in the theater too! What a great experience to have the whole theater to yourself! Everything was very clean and enjoyable! We will definitely be coming here again for our beach adventures! read more

Oh yeah! They are back open and the renovations are amazing!! Love the new reclining seats and the first run new movies!! Glad you are back! read more

It was good. Cheap tickets over priced snakes. A little hood but that's ok. The seats reclined and heated.

Popcorn sucked.... self serve everything. Popcorn wasn't even warm. We were traveling but wouldn't go back if we lived there. Find another theater you'll be much happier read more

Wow! What a transformation!! We had not been to this movie since the Pandemic, name has changed to Prime Time. Obviously new ownership. Leather reclining seats with tray and drink holder. New carpet and a fresh new look! No longer need to leave the island for a nice clean theater!!!! read more

Of course prices have gone up: Matinee (from opening to 6 pm) $5.75 Adults after 6 pm $7.75 Kids and Seniors after 6 pm $5.75 3D Movies add $3.00 Of course they have gotten rid of student prices and snack prices are crazy expensive now. You can save money going to the Texas City Cinemark, while the theaters are old, the prices can't be beat, the screens are maintained and the projectors are newer. read more

The new upgrades and amazing. Leather reclining seats and adjustable treys are perfect. I'm so glad they upgraded the place.

It's a small somewhat small and dated theatre but the sound quality was surprisingly good. Only complaint is I could hear too much of movie in adjacent theatre. read more

Went there for the first time on Thursday watched a movie. We got popcorn and a drink. The drink didn't taste right, while getting it changed the lady said that this happens, some people just don't like the taste of sodas at certain places. Very true, after the switch everything else was fine. It's an older style theater. read more

This is a really great movie theater! It is more on the smaller side, but I have never gone and had a problem finding a good seat. The seating is comfortable and the floors are always clean. The bathrooms are older but you can tell they are maintained and cleaned often. The concessions are pretty standard for a movie place and are reasonably priced. You get a free refill on large popcorn! The parking lot is large and never seems to be too filled, even for big movie releases. If you are in Galveston, this really is your only option and it is a pretty great one! read more