I am a movie girl. I love going to the movies – everything from summer blockbusters to small independent films. My perfect date night is – you guessed it, dinner and a movie. As a teenager, I spent many weekends at the nearby Ridge Cinema, a beloved 7 screen theatre that existed where you will now find a large Kroger. I saw Grease seven times there, scared myself silly at Halloween and remember thinking “What is the Rocky Horror Picture Show and why do they show it every weekend at midnight?”
Sadly, the Ridge Cinema closed about 7 years ago and there are only 2 neighborhood theaters in the City of Richmond. The Westhampton Theatre on Grove Avenue and the Byrd in Carytown. These are both wonderful, iconic theaters that are very special in their own right – the first showing great independent and foreign films and the other offering the cheapest date night with $2 ticket prices for second-run movies. But if you want to see the latest Harry Potter or Bond movie on opening weekend, then you might have to drive for 15-20 minutes to Short Pump, Glen Allen or Chesterfield if you live in the city.
So I am thrilled – (perhaps slightly giddy with anticipation) for the opening of the new 17-screen multiplex, Movieland at Boulevard Square, in February 2009. As a city dweller and movie enthusiast, I cannot believe that our city has endured more than a decade without a genuine multiplex. And I love the location on Boulevard and Leigh – so centrally located for city residents yet its proximity to both I64 and I95 might just encourage a few suburbanites to come into the city for -- you guessed it, dinner and a movie!
Sadly, the Ridge Cinema closed about 7 years ago and there are only 2 neighborhood theaters in the City of Richmond. The Westhampton Theatre on Grove Avenue and the Byrd in Carytown. These are both wonderful, iconic theaters that are very special in their own right – the first showing great independent and foreign films and the other offering the cheapest date night with $2 ticket prices for second-run movies. But if you want to see the latest Harry Potter or Bond movie on opening weekend, then you might have to drive for 15-20 minutes to Short Pump, Glen Allen or Chesterfield if you live in the city.
So I am thrilled – (perhaps slightly giddy with anticipation) for the opening of the new 17-screen multiplex, Movieland at Boulevard Square, in February 2009. As a city dweller and movie enthusiast, I cannot believe that our city has endured more than a decade without a genuine multiplex. And I love the location on Boulevard and Leigh – so centrally located for city residents yet its proximity to both I64 and I95 might just encourage a few suburbanites to come into the city for -- you guessed it, dinner and a movie!
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