Studio City UW — Attraction in Laramie

Although a new theater with all the amenities, Studio City suffers from the same mind-set of the other cinema in town, Laramie Regal. Namely, let's exclusively show the latest blockbusters, teen tearjerkers, lame special effect horror movies and voiced over full-length cartoons. Neither establishment understands that there is a relatively large crowd of middle-aged adults, the elderly and intellectually curious young people in Laramie who appreciate smaller scale movies with excellent acting, interesting storylines and novel premises. That's too bad for them and us. We stay home and they lose out on revenue. Devoting only one screen to films of this sort would resurrect the enthusiasm for film-going that existed several years back when the film society of Laramie brought in movies to the old...

At first, I was gonna leave 4 stars because I thought, "Wow, kind of pricey for popcorn and a dark room where I willingly sit next to strangers."

But then I left Laramie and went to a theater elsewhere. Suddenly I was paying $27 for a small soda, a mortgage payment for a ticket, and I had to sell a kidney for a seat that didn’t even recline.

Came crawling back to Studio City with a new perspective and a half-healed bank account.

Turns out… it’s not that bad. Recliners? Check. Reasonable snacks? Check. No organ donation required? CHECK.

Thanks for keeping me spoiled, Studio City. You’re the ex I took for...

A nice new theater, the first new theater in Laramie in decades. Big, comfortable recliner seats are a lot different than the traditional theater seating from when I was a kid, but somehow it feels a bit odd to be sprawled out watching a movie. The only criticism I might make is not necessarily specific to this theater, but the sound system is so loud and the previews so packed with deep vibrating tones that it can be physically unnerving. The audience is presumably focused on what they're watching, and there are no competing sounds in the theater, so it seems unnecessary...