This is the only Regal theatre in the Huntsville-Decatur area that was actually built by Regal. It opened on Wednesday, July 3, 1991 with the name "River Oaks Mall 8". Click here to see the movies that played on this theatre's opening day.

Located adjacent to the Colonial Mall in Decatur on Alabama Highway 67, this theatre has 8 auditoriums, one of which is 52 feet wide (auditorium 6), with the other 7 being 28 feet wide. The largest auditorium has movable side masking which resizes the screen from a 40-foot width for scope to a 30-foot width for flat and was the first auditorium equipped with DTS sound. The other 7 auditoriums have screens from 25 to 27 feet wide with movable top masking which moves vertically to resize the screen properly for flat or scope movies. Four of these smaller auditoriums (1, 2, 3, and 4) have standard optical surround audio. Four of the auditoriums (numbers 5, 6, 7, and 8) have DTS sound systems. DTS was installed in auditoriums 5, 7, and 8 during May of 2001. This theatre uses Simplex projectors.

All movies in this theatre are shown in the correct aspect ratio.

Standard seating. Seats have cup holders.

This theatre is currently the best when it comes to projection quality and consistency. This theatre's projection quality and consistency ratings are practically impossible to beat. This theatre is very well managed, and has an outstanding staff. The auditoriums are usually "walked" twice during each movie to check presentation quality, which I have witnessed many times. Sometimes, noticeable projection problems are caught and fixed during the previews before the movie actually starts. The manager does an exceptional job of cracking down on presentation quality problems and fixing them, and keeps the projection equipment running smoothly. It definitely shows. A policeman that is often in the theatre told me that the manager is a perfectionist, and based on my experiences, and on my conversations with the manager and members of the staff (current and former), I believe it. No theatre has perfect projection quality all of the time, but this one is bound to be as good as any theatre anywhere.

The only improvements I could recommend for this location are stadium seating and digital sound in all auditoriums. The projection quality is so good that improving it would be extremely difficult.

Here are some reasons why this theatre has made such a positive impression on me (in no particular order):

• Aperture plates and projector aim are kept set for the masking to provide nice non-faded, sharp image edges without spillage onto the drapes outside the black portion of the masking. No theatre gets this perfect all of the time, but this theatre has been the best about it.
• There is rarely any noticeable shutter ghosting in the projected images.
• Images are always very well focused.
• The optics (lenses, port windows) are kept clean to provide the best possible contrast without light diffusion caused by dirty optics. This helps contrast and color quality.
• Images are of sufficient brightness to provide good contrast and color quality.
• Projector lamp brightness is steady and flicker free. This is a sign that lamps are replaced before they exhibit annoying brightness fluctuations (bright to dim every few seconds) during movies.
• There is seldom any significant accumulation of dirt at splice points.
• Splices are typically so well done that if it weren't for the reel change cue marks, I would not notice them.
• I have rarely heard the DTS audio cut out or default to optical during a presentation in the DTS auditoriums (auditoriums 5, 6, 7, and 8). It has happened once, on Star Wars Episode II, 2002/05/20, due to a defective DTS time code on a print, causing a one to two minute portion to play in analog, which was not the fault of the theatre.
• I have never seen an out-of-frame splice at this theatre.
• Prints are typically very clean looking and in good condition, and lack the dirt, scratches, and other signs of damage often seen in other theatres. This means that films are handled properly and carefully, and the projectors are kept clean and in proper working order.
• The trailers are often the pieces of film that show the most damage, but at this theatre, they're typically in perfect condition as well, and are not scratched, dirty, or damaged.
• Framing errors are rare here.
• When the projector is started, the image is already correctly framed nearly every time, and no framing adjustment is necessary. This means that the projectionist has been taught to thread in frame.
• The theatre is always very clean.
• Auditoriums are "walked" twice during presentations to check for problems.
• Audio volume has always been at an ideal level. I have never noticed a presentation being too loud or too soft.
• The sound systems in the auditoriums that have had standard optical Dolby Stereo audio have been kept in such good condition that the lack of digital sound has not been as apparent as it is in other theatres that lack digital sound. (Three of these auditoriums now have DTS.)
• I've never noticed an exit sign being too bright or throwing too much light onto a screen in any auditorium here.
• The manager does a good job of taking care of people who are disruptive or who do illegal things. Examples: cell-phone users in the theatres, cigarette smokers who smoke in the theatres.
• I feel that the security is very good in this theatre. In fact, there is usually always a policeman in the lobby, and I have seen policemen walk into the auditoriums when I have been watching a movie. A rather easy measure of a theatre's security is how often I can buy my ticket, see the movie, and leave the theatre with an untorn ticket. This theatre is the only one at which I have never been able to leave with an untorn ticket.
• The management and staff have always been very professional and friendly.

To be fair, here are some of the few negative things I have noticed. Keep in mind that any such list made for any other theatre would be much longer than this:

• Some of the auditoriums here have one aisle up the center of the theatre, which takes out the middle seats, leaving seats on the sides of the aisle to the walls. These auditoriums do not have staggered seating, and do not have as much slope as auditorium 6 does. These would be greatly improved by conversion to stadium seating.
• There is only one large auditorium here (auditorium 6) that is 52 feet wide. All other 7 auditoriums are no more than 28 feet wide. The small width of these auditoriums forces the use of top masking instead of side masking.
• I would like to eventually see stadium seating and digital sound added to all auditoriums here. While the facility is satisfactory, it is definitely dated in some ways.
• The seats are not very comfortable for long movies.

It should be clear that this theatre is the best when it comes to getting a high-quality image on the screen. The few negatives here are far outweighed by the positives. Keep in mind that some of the positive statements I made in the above listing can only be made for this theatre in the Huntville-Decatur area. Note that the lowest score for a movie presentation here has been -5, and that this theatre has achieved ratings of -1.0 and better in the past. No other theatre comes close to this level of quality of operations.

List of movie presentations attended:

2005/02/04 19:05, Auditorium 2
Finding Neverland

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 1.0000)
• Image comments: Excellent.
• Audio comments: Optical. OK.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 27 feet. Screen width: 26 feet (scope mode, movable top masking). Scope film (super35 origination).
• Problem codes: none

2004/07/31 13:30, Auditorium 8
I, Robot

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.8729)
• Image comments: Perfect
• Audio comments: DTS. Excellent.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 28 feet. Screen width: 26 feet (scope mode, movable top masking). Scope film (super35 origination). At least 9 commercials were shown before the previews.
• Problem codes: none

2004/05/21 19:10, Auditorium 6
Shrek 2

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.8243)
• Image comments: Perfect
• Audio comments: DTS. Excellent.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 52 feet. Screen width: 30 feet (flat mode). Flat animated film. There is a scene in the credits. 10 commercials were shown before the previews. This showing was very packed and may have sold out.
• Problem codes: none

2004/02/29 19:20, Auditorium 3
Eurotrip

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.7674)
• Image comments: Excellent.
• Audio comments: Optical. OK.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 27 feet. Screen width: 25 feet. Flat film. 7 commercials were shown before the previews. This movie has outtakes though the credits.
• Problem codes: none

2004/01/12 19:30, Auditorium 6
Lord of the Rings: Return of the King

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.7347)
• Image comments: Excellent.
• Audio comments: DTS. Excellent.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 52 feet. Screen width: 40 feet (scope mode). 11 commericals were shown before the previews, an unfortunate trend.
• Problem codes: none

2003/12/08 19:10, Auditorium 8
Bad Santa

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.7111)
• Image comments: Perfect.
• Audio comments: DTS. Excellent.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 28 feet. Screen width: 26 feet. Adjustable top masking. Flat film. This attendance set a new record for the number of commercials I saw before the previews. 13 commercials were shown (10 was the previous record for number of commercials). 7 minutes of the 20 minutes of preshow material was commericals rather than previews. This is a disturbing trend. Someone is definitely working overtime for Regal in Colorado to hurt the moviegoing experience at Regal theatres.
• Problem codes: none

2003/10/10 19:20, Auditorium 4
Duplex

• Grade: -2 (Current grade weight : 0.6708)
• Image comments: Movie and all preview material had a wiggly vertical scratch roughly 0.2 screen widths from the left side. (-2) My eyes were drawn to it in some of the brighter scenes.
• Audio comments: Excellent. I was unsure if hearing digital or analog. The analog sound systems here are so good that sometimes it is hard to tell the difference in digital and analog for dialogue-driven movies like this one.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 27 feet. Screen width: 25 feet. Adjustable top masking. Flat film. This attendance set a new record for the number of commercials I saw before the previews. 10 commercials were shown (I think 4 was the previous record for number of commercials), then 5 movie previews were shown before the movie. Previews are great (they educate me on what movies are coming in the future so I'll know what I might want to come back to see), but commercials provide nothing useful. A trailer about piracy (which I've seen too many times), the Marines, a commercial for some TV show (video resolution blown up to film), 3 Coke commericals, Fandango, a jeans commercial where a stunt guy repeated gets thrown off a car into a parking meter pole -- in the crotch, and 3 more that I can't remember off the top of my head. I don't see that this is going to make more people want to go to the movie theatre.
• Problem codes: S2

2003/07/26 18:50, Auditorium 6
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.6194)
• Image comments: Excellent.
• Audio comments: DTS. Excellent.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 52 feet. Screen width: 40 feet (scope mode). Adjustable side masking. Scope film, filmed in Super35. There is a brief scene at the end of the credits.
• Problem codes: none

2003/07/05 19:00, Auditorium 7
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.6049)
• Image comments: Perfect.
• Audio comments: DTS. Excellent.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 28 feet. Screen width: 25 feet. Flat animated film.
• Problem codes: none

2003/06/19 18:45, Auditorium 8
The Matrix Reloaded

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.5938)
• Image comments: Perfect.
• Audio comments: DTS. Excellent.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 28 feet. Screen width: 26 feet. Adjustable top masking. Scope film, filmed in Super35. At the end of the credits is a trailer for The Matrix Revolutions.
• Problem codes: none

2003/04/23 19:00, Auditorium 6
Holes

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.5549)
• Image comments: Perfect.
• Audio comments: DTS. Excellent.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 52 feet. Screen width: 31 feet (flat mode). Adjustable side masking. Flat film.
• Problem codes: none

2003/02/09 19:05, Auditorium 6
Shaghai Knights

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.5035)
• Image comments: Perfect.
• Audio comments: DTS. Excellent.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 52 feet. Screen width: 39.5 feet (scope mode). Adjustable side masking. Scope film, filmed with an anamorphic lens.
• Problem codes: none

2002/11/08 19:10, Auditorium 7
Punch Drunk Love

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.4403)
• Image comments: Perfect.
• Audio comments: DTS. Excellent.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 28 feet. Screen width: 25 feet. Adjustable top masking. Scope film, filmed with an anamorphic lens.
• Problem codes: none

2002/08/10 16:00, Auditorium 7
Austin Powers in Goldmember

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.3792)
• Image comments: Perfect.
• Audio comments: DTS. Excellent.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 28 feet. Screen width: 25 feet. Adjustable top masking. Scope film, filmed in super35.
• Problem codes: none

2002/06/30 19:10, Auditorium 7
Lilo and Stitch

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.3514)
• Image comments: Perfect.
• Audio comments: DTS. Excellent.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 28 feet. Screen width: 26 feet. Adjustable top masking. Flat film, animated.
• Problem codes: none

2002/05/20 19:00, Auditorium 6
Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.3236)
• Image comments: Excellent.
• Audio comments: DTS. Excellent.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 52 feet. Screen width: 40 feet (scope mode). Scope film, shot digitally.
• Problem codes: none

2002/04/17 19:15, Auditorium 7
The Sweetest Thing

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.3007)
• Image comments: Perfect.
• Audio comments: DTS. Excellent.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 28 feet. Screen width: 26 feet. Flat film.
• Problem codes: none

2002/03/03 19:15, Auditorium 6
40 Days and 40 Nights

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.2701)
• Image comments: Perfect.
• Audio comments: DTS. Ecellent.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 52 feeet. Screen width: 31 feet (flat mode). Adjustable side masking. Flat film.
• Problem codes: none

2002/02/18 19:00, Auditorium 5
Return to Neverland

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.2597)
• Image comments: Perfect.
• Audio comments: DTS. Excellent.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 29 feet. Screen width: 26 feet. (Fixed width with adjustable top masking). Flat animated film.
• Problem codes: none

2002/01/19 16:20, Auditorium 5
Snow Dogs

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.2396)
• Image comments: Excellent.
• Audio comments: DTS. Excellent.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 29 feet. Screen width: 26 feet. (Common width with adjutable top masking.) Flat film.
• Problem codes: none

2001/12/14 17:15, Auditorium 8
Not Another Teen Movie

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.2153)
• Image comments: Excellent.
• Audio comments: DTS. Excellent.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 28 feet. Screen width: 26 feet. (Fixed width with adjustable top masking). Flat film.
• Problem codes: none

2001/11/24 16:20, Auditorium 8
Out Cold

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.2014)
• Image comments: Perfect
• Audio comments: DTS. Excellent.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 28 feet. Screen width: 26 feet. (Fixed width with adjustable top masking). Flat film.
• Problem codes: none

2001/11/23 19:30, Auditorium 6
Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.2007)
• Image comments: Perfect
• Audio comments: DTS. Excellent.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 52 feet. Screen width: 40 feet (scope mode). Scope film. Appeared to be filmed in Super35.
• Problem codes: none

2001/10/24 19:20, Auditorium 5
Corky Romano

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.1806)
• Image comments: Perfect
• Audio comments: DTS. Excellent.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 29 feet. Screen width: 26 feet. (Fixed width with adjustable top masking). Flat film.
• Problem codes: none

2001/08/24 18:50, Auditorium 7
Rat Race

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.1389)
• Image comments: Excellent
• Audio comments: DTS. Excellent.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 28 feet. Screen width: 26 feet. Common width system with adjustable top masking. Scope film. Filmed in Panavision (using anamorphic lens).
• Problem codes: none

2001/07/07 15:15, Auditorium 1
Cats and Dogs

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.1062)
• Image comments: Excellent.
• Audio comments: Optical. OK.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 27 feet. Screen width: 26 feet. Common width screen with adjustable top masking. Flat film.
• Problem codes: none

2001/06/14 18:50, Auditorium 7
Evolution

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.0903)
• Image comments: Perfect.
• Audio comments: DTS. Excellent.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 28 feet. Screen width: 25 feet (common width with adjustable top masking). Flat film.
• Problem codes: none

2001/04/27 19:05, Auditorium 7
Town and Country

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.0576)
• Image comments: Perfect.
• Audio comments: Optical. OK.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 28 feet. Screen width: 25 feet (common width with adjustable top masking). Flat film.
• Problem codes: none

2001/03/29 18:50, Auditorium 5
Heartbreakers

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.0382)
• Image comments: Perfect.
• Audio comments: Optical. OK.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 29 feet. Screen width: 26 feet. (Fixed width system with top masking). Scope film. Most scenes appeared to have been filmed using an anamorphic process while some scenes appeared to have been shot with spherical lenses.
• Problem codes: none

2001/03/23 19:20, Auditorium 8
Say It Isn't So

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.0340)
• Image comments: Excellent.
• Audio comments: Optical. OK.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 28 feet. Screen width: 26 feet. (Fixed width system with adjustable top masking). Flat film.
• Problem codes: none

2001/03/11 18:50, Auditorium 7
The Mexican

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.0257)
• Image comments: Perfect.
• Audio comments: Optical. OK.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 28 feet. Screen width: 25 feet. Scope/Super35 film. Adjustable top masking.
• Problem codes: none

2000/12/23 19:15, Auditorium 5
What Women Want

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Perfect.
• Audio comments: Optical. OK.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 29 feet. Screen width: 26 feet (common width with adjustable top masking). Flat film.
• Problem codes: none

2000/10/21 16:10, Auditorium 6
Bedazzled

• Grade: -1 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Slight fading on lower left edge. (-1)
• Audio comments: DTS. Excellent.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 52 feet, screen width: 40 feet (scope mode). Scope film. Filmed in Panavision.
• Problem codes: A1

2000/07/16 19:10, Auditorium 6
X-Men

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Excellent.
• Audio comments: DTS. Excellent. This movie had excellent directional surround effects.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 52 feet. Screen width: 40 feet (scope mode). Filmed in Panavision.
• Problem codes: none

2000/07/07 21:15, Auditorium 6
Scary Movie

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Excellent.
• Audio comments: DTS. Excellent.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 52 feet. Screen width: 40 feet. Scope film (super35). There is a joke scene at the end of the credits, and my friend and I were the only two people in this packed auditorium that stayed and saw it.
• Problem codes: none

2000/06/20 19:25, Auditorium 6
Titan A.E.

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Excellent.
• Audio comments: DTS. Excellent.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 52 feet. Screen width: 39.5 feet. Scope film. Animated.
• Problem codes: none

2000/05/21 19:20, Auditorium 6
Road Trip

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Perfect.
• Audio comments: DTS. Excellent.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 52 feet. Screen width: 31 feet (flat mode). Flat film.
• Problem codes: none

2000/05/12 19:15, Auditorium 1
Screwed

• Grade: -2 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Slight fading on top and left edges. (-2)
• Audio comments: Optical. OK.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 27 feet. Screen width: 26 feet. Flat film.
• Problem codes: A2

2000/04/29 16:00, Auditorium 5
Where The Heart Is

• Grade: -1 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Slight fading on top edge. (-1)
• Audio comments: Optical. OK.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 29 feet. Screen width: 26 feet (common width system with adjustable top masking). Flat film.
• Problem codes: A1

2000/03/04 19:10, Auditorium 6
What Planet Are You From

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Excellent.
• Audio comments: DTS. Excellent.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 52 feet, Screen width: 31 feet (flat mode). Flat film.
• Problem codes: none

2000/02/25 19:20, Auditorium 5
Snow Day

• Grade: -1 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Slight fading on top edge. (-1)
• Audio comments: Optical. OK.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 29 feet. Screen width: 26 feet (common width system with adjustable top masking). Flat film.
• Problem codes: A1

2000/02/05 19:00, Auditorium 1
Toy Story 2

• Grade: -3 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Slight fading on top, left, and right edges. (-3)
• Audio comments: Optical. OK.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 27 feet (51 foot depth). Screen width: 26 feet. Common width system with top masking. Flat film. This print was still clean and in excellent condition after running since Thanksgiving 1999. A trailer was played for Bicentennial Man, which came out last Christmas, and was playing at the Carmike 8 on this night!
• Problem codes: A3

1999/12/14 19:25, Auditorium 7
Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo

• Grade: -1 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Slight fading on bottom edge (projector aimed slightly too high.) (-1)
• Audio comments: Optical. OK.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 28 feet. Screen width: 26 feet. Common width system with top masking. Flat film.
• Problem codes: A1

1999/12/10 21:00, Auditorium 7
Toy Story 2

• Grade: -1 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Slight fading on bottom edge (projector aimed slightly too high.) (-1)
• Audio comments: Optical. OK.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 28 feet. Screen width: 26 feet. Common width system with top masking. Flat film.
• Problem codes: A1

1999/11/27 19:00, Auditorium 6
Toy Story 2

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Excellent.
• Audio comments: DTS. Excellent.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 52 feet. Screen width: 31 feet (flat mode). Flat film. Probably was a sold out showing. Very few empty seats.
• Problem codes: none

1999/10/23 13:45, Auditorium 2
American Beauty

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Excellent.
• Audio comments: Optical. OK.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 27 feet. Screen width: 26 feet (common width system with adjustable top masking.) Scope film, filmed in Super35. Ticket stub identified theatre as Westlake Promenade instead of River Oaks Cinemas. Oops.
• Problem codes: none

1999/09/09 19:15, Auditorium 3
The Iron Giant

• Grade: -2 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Top edge slightly faded and uneven. Lower left edge had slight fading. (-2)
• Audio comments: Optical. OK.
• Other comments: Scope print. Animated. Auditorium width: 27 feet. Screen width: 25 feet. Common width system with adjustable top masking. I was the only person in the auditorium.
• Problem codes: A2

1999/08/01 13:35, Auditorium 7
Runaway Bride

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Perfect. The focus was so good that the graininess of this super35-format film was very apparent. During some of the previews which had higher resolution, I could actually see the tiny holes in the screen from the middle 4th row seat! I've never noticed those in any theatre before from any seat, although they're always there, in any theatre! It's amazing when the focus is so good that makes me notice something silly like that.
• Audio comments: Optical. OK.
• Other comments: Auditorium: 28 feet wide. Screen: 25 feet (common width system with top masking). Super35/scope film. Delightful movie. Auditorium was packed, for a Sunday afternoon 1:35 matinee!
• Problem codes: none

1999/06/30 17:00, Auditorium 8
South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut

• Grade: -2 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Slight fading on left and bottom edges. (-2)
• Audio comments: Optical. OK.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 28 feet. Flat film. This was the opening night for this movie. Only one or two other people came to this showing.
• Problem codes: A2

1999/06/13 13:30, Auditorium 7
Austin Powers 2: The Spy Who Shagged Me

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Perfect.
• Audio comments: Optical. OK.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 28 feet, screen width 25 feet (common width system with top masking). Scope print, filmed in Super35. I bought a ticket for the 2:00 show in auditorium 5, but eating did not take as long as I thought, and the staff talked me into going into the 1:30 showing when I got back, because the print showing in auditorium 5 arrived at the theatre with scratches.
• Problem codes: none

1999/05/28 18:55, Auditorium 5
Notting Hill

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Perfect.
• Audio comments: Optical. OK.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 29 feet, screen width: 26 feet (constant width system, top masking). Scope print, appeared to be filmed in super35.
• Problem codes: none

1999/05/26 19:00, Auditorium 6
Star Wars: The Phantom Menace

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Beautiful.
• Audio comments: DTS. Excellent.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 52 feet, screen width (scope mode): 40 feet. Filmed with anamorphic attachment, scope print, very grain free. This movie really shows how great 35mm film can look in a well-setup environment.
• Problem codes: none

1999/05/20 19:00, Auditorium 6
Star Wars: The Phantom Menace

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Excellent. This the best presentation of this movie that I've seen. The focus was far better than any previous showing I've attended, which really helped to make the computer-generated imagery appear more real. There was a very small faded area on the bottom of the left edge, but since the image quality was superior (in clarity and focus) to other presentations I've seen of this film, I have decided not to deduct a point for it.
• Audio comments: DTS. Excellent.
• Other comments: Auditorium width 52 feet, screen width 40 feet in scope mode. This showing was at least two-thirds full. This is the only movie I've ever seen three nights in a row! The manager mentioned that he could not properly focus this print when he first got it, and got a tech person to come in and make some sort of adjustment to the projector.
• Problem codes: none

1999/05/08 21:30, Auditorium 2
Pushing Tin

• Grade: -1 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Slight fading on lower part of left edge. (-1)
• Audio comments: Optical. OK.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 27 feet. Screen width 26 feet (common width system). Scope print, flat shooting format (probably super35).
• Problem codes: A1

1999/03/08 19:15, Auditorium 4
My Favorite Martian

• Grade: -3 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Excellent. Very slight fading on left side of bottom edge. (-1)
• Audio comments: Optical. OK.
• Other comments: Auditorium width: 27 feet; screen width: 26 feet (constant width system). Flat film. I was the only person in the auditorium. At one point, the projectionist looked into the theatre, didn't see me, and thinking nobody was in there, shut off the projector lamp (common practice to extend lamp life by not running it when nobody is watching a movie). I went to the lobby and told them and they had it back on in a few seconds. (-2) Both the projectionist and the manager were very apologetic about it and the manager offered me a free pass, which I didn't feel I should take.
• Problem codes: A1 L2

1999/02/21 16:15, Auditorium 6
October Sky

• Grade: -1 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Excellent. Very slight fading on right edge toward top of screen and very slight fading on bottom edge.
• Audio comments: DTS. Excellent.
• Other comments: Auditorium width 52 feet; screen width 40 feet (scope mode). Filmed in Panavision.
• Problem codes: A1

1999/02/20 19:15, Auditorium 7
Office Space

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Perfect. I was impressed that a lady walked in and checked the projection during the previews, resulting in a very minor (barely noticeable) framing error (6 inches too high on screen) being corrected before the movie started.
• Audio comments: Optical. OK.
• Other comments: Auditorium width 28 feet; screen width 25 feet (constant width system). Flat film.
• Problem codes: none

1998/11/14 21:20, Auditorium 7
Wizard of Oz

• Grade: -4 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: During first 10 minutes, film was misframed so that approximately one foot of black was showing at the bottom of the screen, which was quite distracting. (-4) It was more distracting that it normally would be due to the abmormal presentation of this movie. This movie was originally filmed in the 1.37:1 aspect ratio, and since few theatres have the correct aperture plates, lenses, and masking to show the original Academy-style prints properly, the prints were made by centering the 1.37:1 image in the 1.85 image area, resulting in a 1.37:1 square printed in the center of the image area, utilizing only about 40 percent of the entire image area on the film.
• Audio comments: Optical. OK.
• Other comments: Auditorium width 28 feet; screen width 25 feet, image width 20 feet.
• Problem codes: M4

1998/10/24 19:00, Auditorium 5
Antz

• Grade: -1 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Fading on top edge at right corner. (-1)
• Audio comments: Optical. OK.
• Other comments: Flat film; screen width 26 feet, auditorium width 29 feet.
• Problem codes: A1

1998/07/10 19:00, Auditorium 6
Small Soldiers

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Excellent
• Audio comments: DTS. Excellent.
• Other comments: Scope/Super35 film; screen width 40 feet, auditorium width 52 feet.
• Problem codes: none

1998/06/28 16:15, Auditorium 6
Dr. Dolittle

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Perfect.
• Audio comments: DTS. Excellent.
• Other comments: Flat film; screen width 30 feet, auditorium width 52 feet.
• Problem codes: none

1998/06/18 21:40, Auditorium 6
The Truman Show

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Perfect.
• Audio comments: DTS. Excellent.
• Other comments: Flat film; screen width 30 feet.
• Problem codes: none

1998/04/10 21:30, Auditorium 4
My Giant

• Grade: -2 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Excellent. Bottom edge faded significantly before reaching bottom of screen. (-2)
• Audio comments: Optical. OK.
• Other comments: Flat film.
• Problem codes: A2

1998/04/05 18:55, Auditorium 6
Lost in Space

• Grade: -5 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Very slightly misframed, causing 2 to 4 inches of the bottom of the frame to be visible at the top of the screen (scope print), during the previews and entire movie, which was distracting in some scenes. Scope prints give practically no leeway for misframing. (-5) Otherwise, everything was excellent.
• Audio comments: DTS. Excellent.
• Other comments: N/C
• Problem codes: M5

1998/03/15 18:50, Auditorium 1
The Apostle

• Grade: -2 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Excellent. The edges were not bad, but the right and bottom edges faded out a little before reaching the edges of the screen. The left edge of the image, at the bottom left, did not quite reach the left edge of the screen. (-2)
• Audio comments: Optical. OK.
• Other comments: Flat film.
• Problem codes: A2

1998/03/13 21:20, Auditorium 4
As Good As It Gets

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Perfect. To start with, during the previews, the bottom edge was fuzzy. Between two of the previews, the projector was stopped for no more than 30 seconds and the problem was fixed. I was impressed that the projectionist stopped the projector cleanly between two of the previews (nothing was missed) to fix this very minor image defect.
• Audio comments: Optical. OK.
• Other comments: Flat film.
• Problem codes: none

1998/02/25 19:20, Auditorium 7
Senseless

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Excellent.
• Audio comments: Optical. OK.
• Other comments: Flat film.
• Problem codes: none

1998/02/13 19:15, Auditorium 5
The Borrowers

• Grade: -1 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Top edge of movie didn't quite reach the top of the screen during the movie itself, but this edge was very sharp, though. (-1) Image quality was excellent.
• Audio comments: Optical. OK.
• Other comments: Flat film.
• Problem codes: A1

1998/02/08 19:00, Auditorium 6
Blues Brothers 2000

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Perfect.
• Audio comments: DTS. Excellent.
• Other comments: Flat film.
• Problem codes: none

1998/02/07 19:05, Auditorium 8
Good Will Hunting

• Grade: -5 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Perfect.
• Audio comments: Optical. OK. Intermission music was not turned down completely after the movie started and was faintly audible during quiet scenes of the movie. It was slightly noticeable during the quieter scenes. (-2)
• Other comments: Projector was started 14 minutes late. The auditorium was available on time, though, so there was no wait to go in. (-1) Projector was shut off before credits finished running. The credits of this movie were not plain black-background credits. (-2) The manager mentioned that there was a problem earlier in this auditorium and a technician had been in there.
• Problem codes: B2 T1 C2

1998/01/24 21:35, Auditorium 7
Half Baked

• Grade: -1 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Excellent. Top edge went above black masking onto curtain. (-1)
• Audio comments: Optical. OK.
• Other comments: Before the movie started, a staff member came in and asked to see everyone's ticket stub, and went around and looked at every single one, which was unusual.
• Problem codes: A1

1997/12/27 21:00, Auditorium 1
Mr. Magoo

• Grade: -2 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Excellent. Right edge not sharp (faded before reaching right edge of screen. (-2)
• Audio comments: Optical. OK.
• Other comments: The credits say Filmed in Panavision. It wasn't. It was a flat film.
• Problem codes: A2

1997/12/13 19:10, Auditorium 1
For Richer or Poorer

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Excellent.
• Audio comments: Optical. OK.
• Other comments: Scope print.
• Problem codes: none

1997/12/12 19:30, Auditorium 5
Home Alone 3

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Excellent.
• Audio comments: Optical. OK.
• Other comments: Flat film.
• Problem codes: none

1997/12/05 21:30, Auditorium 6
Flubber

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Perfect.
• Audio comments: DTS; Excellent.
• Other comments: The credits say Filmed in Panavision. It's not. It's flat.
• Problem codes: none

1997/11/21 21:00, Auditorium 6
Anastasia

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Perfect.
• Audio comments: DTS; Excellent.
• Other comments: According to the credits, this was filmed in Cinemascope. This was the first Cinemascope movie in 30 years!
• Problem codes: none

1997/08/08 21:20, Auditorium 4
Air Bud

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Excellent.
• Audio comments: Optical. OK.
• Other comments: Remember, I'm grading projection quality, not the movie. Flat film.
• Problem codes: none

1997/07/26 13:55, Auditorium 7
Nothing To Lose

• Grade: 0 (Current grade weight : 0.0000)
• Image comments: Excellent.
• Audio comments: Optical. OK.
• Other comments: Flat film.
• Problem codes: none

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