Studio 35 Cinema

What Sark M. said. Old school theater. Great price for college students (bring your id), park and walk, non-shady neighborhood. Support your local businesses, especially ones with character like this one. You feel vintage just being in the theatre. The seats might not be as recliner-like as you're used to, but the atmosphere and the range of movies they run (the Ramones documentary, Wedding Crashers to OSU football on big screen ) make it worth your while. Hint: great to use as a fun little date nite opener. more

Studio 35 has some history, but I don't know it.The main claim to fame is that you can watch a movie AND drink beer AT THE SAME TIME. Ostensibly, that's all there is to it, but really the draw is the films. While they usually show current popular movies (they have to eat, too) now and again there will be an offering that's great to see on the big screen. Not that their screen's that big, but you know what I mean. For example, my favorite was when they showed "Gimmie Shelter" one summer. They did "Dazed and Confused" recently, but I came late and drunk and hung out in the ladies' for half an hour chatting with a friend and admiring (bemusedly) the new decor. They used to have a really great messy poster-collaged bathroom, but now it's very white and I think meant to be a deco nose-powdering area, which doesn't quite come off, though I appreciate the effort. Anyway I didn't watch the movie. It's cheap, there's food and (did I mention) BEER, they show unusual films now and again. It's nice to have around. more

If you have any interest in supporting local businesses go to Studio 35 to see a movie. They have great deals on tickets, a few old school video games in the lobby, cool movie posters / art, a wide selection of really good beers on tap/bottle, food delivered from the pizza joint next door, great workers, new comfy seats, and an incredible environmentally friendly air conditioning system (see their website for the details). They get good first-run movies as well as very cool old ones and will show locally produced movies on occasion. And if you don't have any interest in supporting local businesses you should still go for all of the reasons listed above - you can't beat seeing a movie here! more