ALL seats are extremely spacious, new and comfortable, and come with a small table area, unlike…read moresome other branded cinema (who I won't name) which crams 999999999 tiny red seats into one cinema. Hoyts cinema is large and people/viewers aren't inappropriately rowdy. Located in the shopping centre (westpoint) and therefore has a lot of parking and is very close to public transport and restaurant/food/drinks etc. Top tier cinema.

The cinemas are modern and there is plenty of parking in the shopping centre…read more I chose to book my tickets on line and by the time I paid the booking fees and ticket prices (which I thought were a bit pricey) taking my family to the movies was almost $100 and we haven't purchased any snacks for the movie. Would have been nice to also prebook my seat. The cinema needed a vacuum and a clean as it seems they just played back to back movies. The thing that saved the rating was it was almost empty so finding seats wasn't difficult. All in all a reasonable experience. Lost a star due to cleanliness on the night and not being able to prebook my seat after paying a premium.

Reading at Rhodes is excellent. Very comfortable seats and good size screens with amazing sounds…read more The staff are generally friendly.

So friendly I wish I could move in…read more The Mountains would be lost without Glenbrook Cinema, a little one-screen independent movie theatre here since 1968. With so many of Sydney's indie cinemas long gone, Glenbrook has made a perfect niche for itself, showing everything from the latest blockbuster to world cinema releases, all mostly with a run for a single week. So you have to be organised to make sure you don't miss something, but at $10 for all tickets (yes, really) you can even take a risk on showing up and seeing whatever's on. The screen does not block out all concept of peripheral vision, the sounds is not felt in the solar plexus rather than heard, the seats comfy and you can get a cup of coffee in a real cup and saucer with a bikkie on the side. Session times vary, so check the website. And the staff are lovely. I saw 'Agora' here recently and no-one pointed and stared at the poor weeping lady overcome at the fate of female philosophers. I'll be up again this week for 'Jane Eyre', being a sucker for corsets, repression and windswept moors in close proximity. No laughing if the urge for Kate Bush dance moves becomes too much, please.

Glenbrook Cinema has a wonderful atmosphere and the staff there are very friendly and eager to…read morehelp. However, due to there only being one available theatre, the options on what movie to see are limited. The screen itself is also very small. Overall, Glenbrook Cinema is good, it is great to support a small business and it has a great vintage atmosphere but the movies on show don't have that same 'epic' feel that movies at hoyts sometimes do.

Ok so big cinema complexes hold none of the charm of little independent spots like Roseville or the…read moreHayden Orpheum, but that's not always a bad thing. For one Event Cinemas have refurbed with big seats and now boast massive VMAX screens (which, ok, you'll pay a premium for). But the real appeal of the Hornsby branch is its ease of use. There's stacks of parking at Westfield, you can grab a pre or post-movie meal at a number of nearby restaurants or at the foodcourt. There's even a Coles on the ground floor if you want to buy your snacks there rather than paying the usurious cinema prices. Event Cinemas also do pretty good deals with their Cinebuzz club - you can earn points for free movies ('free' once you pay the mandated $1 online booking fee). Plus they'll email you about preview screenings and other specials. Worthwhile if you're a movie fan stuck on the upper north shore.

I rather enjoy watching movies at Event Cinemas in Hornsby. I'm not sure why, but I prefer it to…read moresome of the other event movie cinemas I have frequented over the years. The food court is nearby and is often open late into the evening, unlike other supercentres such as Chatswood. If you join up for their club card you can accumulate points. They also have Student Mondays for those of us who enjoy a decent discount! Cheap Tuesdays are also super popular and attract a steady crowd.

I haven't seen an old style cinema building like this for a long, long time. Probably not since I…read morelast saw a movie in Richmond in about 1997. Since I've been living about 7,500 miles (12,000 K) away, it was just a little too far to go for a movie, with those long security lines, and the price of air travel and all. Hard to find the time really. But since we were visiting locally in November 2012, I took my young son to the Richmond Regent itself to see the latest James Bond movie Skyfall, and to see the cinema building itself. It gets super dark inside, which is very cool and this is probably the darkest theatre I know. In the pitch black you can immerse yourself in the movie. My research shows that the Regent Theatre is one of a large number of picture palaces built in Spanish style from the end of the 1920s. The cinema was designed by Herbert and Wilson, the architects and designers of the Parramatta Roxy cinema. The Regent is rumored to have a resident ghost, which doesn't surprise me. The creaky old floorboards remind me of a haunted house. There's a lot of history here. The building has an upstairs red velvet lounge area with couches, which was functional to hang out in those days when there were actually intermissions between double features or long movies. Nowadays I guess it's the place to take a cell phone call if a world leader needs your urgent advice before the movie ends. Or maybe it's a girlfriend calling to apologize that she was actually wrong about it all and you were right and she should have listened. I joke about this because such a girlfriend call is purely fictional and would never happen. A call from a world leader would be more likely. Now that I think about it I don't know the difference between a cinema and a theatre, or if there is a difference at all. Four stars for something historic and different from the mundane.

Smooth purchase to cinema experience with helpful staff comfortable seating with clean surroundings…read moreand wonderful sound system within theaters and large screens

Wonderful old-school theatre. The seats are comfortable and the screen large…read more What it might lack in the very latest technology (and that's not a lot), it more than makes up for in ticket price price, excellent (and relatively inexpensive) food and drinks and sheer character. Do yourself a favour, go back to a time when a trip to the movies was something special!

I love going to the movies and the Gold Class is the epitome of the movie going experience. Big…read morereclining seats, timed seat service, lounge to relax to have a drink before the movie and individual bathrooms. Unfortunately at Castle Hill they continually drop the ball. One time we ordered popcorn and a drink and the popcorn came out after 10 minutes and finally the drink came 15 minutes after, which meant it was a very dry popcorn experience. This time I thought I would be smart and got a drink at the Kmart just below. Except the popcorn never came, I pressed the call button continuously for over 15 minutes (after over 30 minutes of waiting). The dude finally came out a bit peeved letting me know I am pressing the call button, I let him know that I haven't got my popcorn and presto it arrived. It shouldn't be hard to deliver simple food at the start of the movie. It also shouldn't take 15 minutes to get service. Also they decided to collect empty plates 10 minutes before the movie ended. Why? Doesn't really make sense to disturb everyone during the climax of the movie...

Theres no getting around the fact that Gold Class is very expensive. Firstly the tickets are double…read morewhat a normal session costs ($40 v $20) and then there is the cost of the food & drinks. They have a nice foyer with little booths to sit in which I can only assume is so you can come and eat/drink before the movie. No idea why you would though when the cinema is in the middle of a shopping centre which has loads of cheaper and better food options. I went there once to have one of their 'signature sundaes'. It was the first time I saw it in normal lighting and I was surprised to find it was half the size I thought it was! They've also gone with the odd choice of unisex toilets so you walk into a unisex room with a big long mirror and basin and off that room is a load of doors each leading to a little ensuite. Who knows what they were thinking but its just odd. The seats are quite nice but the place is getting on now and because they haven't treated or repaired any of the seats the leather is torn or cracked on many of the seats. All in all its a nice experience but something I usually only end up doing in January to use any movie vouchers I picked up at Christmas time!