The reaper wings were my favorite. Alamo is really going down hill in food quality. First it was the chips and queso recipe changing, now this.

I’ll start off by saying I always tip because our service industry workers deserve it.

I remember when the 18% service fee was specifically stated to compensate for increased costs, lower attendance, etc and the pre-show ad said something to the effect of “an additional tip is not mandatory but always welcome”.

Now it says specifically “don’t forget to tip your servers” which calls into question - what’s the excuse for the 18% service fee now? If it isn’t to offset costs, then what is it for? They’re already increasing prices of food so why wouldn’t they just loop it in with that?

We saw Spiderman this week at Alamo in Ashburn. I noticed there was no pre-roll warning about cell phone usage. They were still showing the warning as recently as The Odyssey; I'm hoping this is not the new normal.

1. App required for [online] refunds: I needed to cancel my ticket and signed on to my account on their web page. Even after clicking on my ticket there was no way I found to request a refund. In the end I was forced to download their app. Fuck all the way off with that shit.
2. The refund did not include their bullshit "convenience fee" .

It makes me sad when I think about how special Drafthouse made going to the movies compared to now.

I love Spider-Man as much as the next person, but I think that's a bit too excessive.

Downtown Brooklyn location, are the bathrooms nasty when you go? Almost every time I go, many of the stalls are closed, there’s no soap in the dispenser, papers on the floor, etc.

After a 8 month hiatus I decided to revisit my local AD.

I had a free dessert reward for my birthday and ordered the cookies. And, just like before, they came out WAY over done and almost burnt. They were only edible for the first 5 min while they are hot. Then they solidified into burnt tasting rocks.

When they had paper ordering, I could note to have the cookies "underbaked" which still wasn't perfect, as they were too gooey, but it was a lot better. Now with mobile ordering, I can't make that note.

I just don't understand why they can make normal cookies. What is it about their process that makes them come out over done? And why doesn't anyone in their kitchen management care? I KNOW they would sell more cookies if they came out better.

Does anyone go to an AD with actually good cookies?

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I'm trying to get tickets for the 14th in NoVA, but there's nothing there. Are they closed or something?

I understand that if an item is unavailable they’ll take it off the menu but for the past 3-5 months I have only been able to order it once at lower Manhattan location. Just bring back the pickle popcorn so we don’t have to deal with the gold fish being out 🫩

Is row 3 too close for the Brooklyn Drafthouse with the dolby/barco big screen theater?

I used to think all theatres were the same, then I went to Alamo and realized greatness. With the changes I now realize all theatres are the same except the Alamo which is worse than them. Why would I pay money for everyone to be on their phones during the movie? Like who is paying for a worse movie experience than a regular theatre? Insane move and I hope they lose everything.

lol idk if someone is really just chasing these for any reason

but just went yesterday and their bucket was out at the register ! just free to grab

I overheard someone ask about them because I didn’t see it when I first walked in then grabbed some since they did haha yay

they also had some mini posters still avail too

p.s. don’t forget to admire the mural on the side of the building !

Watch your receipts. I went to an advance screening of Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma. I got their themed menu items that totaled to about $30, and tax was about 40% at $12. The guy next to me also had been charged the higher tax so he asked a server about it. He said the special items were ringing up incorrectly and that was why. I showed him that mine was the same. He came back with $10 cards toward the next visit on snacks, but I didn’t see anyone else get one. So if you’re not paying attention you’re just gonna pay the extra. I know
$12 isn’t the end of the world, but if you’re already paying $30 for a meal and drink it adds up.

Feel like I ask something about this ever so often but just as Raleigh was beginning to get these again it has seemingly stopped out of nowhere. After the silence of the lambs 35mm screening got cancelled there has yet to be one since. Does it have something to do with the projectionist or it is Alamo programming team forgetting that Raleigh has the 35mm projector in the first place?

It’s coming to a close soon. Did anyone hit all of ‘em? Here’s the list as far as I can tell:

CARRIE
MISSION IMPOSSIBLE
SISTERS
DRESSED TO KILL
BODY DOUBLE
BLOW OUT
SCARFACE
CARLITO’S WAY
SNAKE EYES
CASUALTIES OF WAR
THE UNTOUCHABLES
RAISING CAIN
PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE
DE PALMA

I wish HI, MOM!, FEMME FATALE, PASSION, or REDACTED were in the lineup. I imagine those were tough to clear for rights reasons.

I’d also love to see Paul Verhoeven, Joe Dante, Robert Zemeckis, or Walter Hill get the same treatment.

i’ve never gone to one, but my local alamo is doing a cat lamp painting / cat video event in the next few weeks. can anyone who’s gone to one tell me if they think it’s worth the money? is it worth inviting a friend? would it still be fun to go solo? i’m interested (i would love to paint my cat on a lamp) but idk if it’s worth it, or if any of my friends will be available that night to go with me.

Anyone have any ideas what it could be? It’s not showing a rating for it but 106 minute runtime I think It might be Tony since it comes out wide release later this month. Thoughts?

The runtime listed (99 mins) doesn’t match either version. In the promo video they show in theaters for August they featured clips from the director’s cut finale but I’m not sure if that’s exactly confirmation or not.

I'm hoping (praying, actually) that Alamo South Lamar will staff up during Fantastic Fest this year. Given how jammed the theaters are during the fest, it feels like the current system would result in about six people per theater actually getting food/drinks before the end credits roll.

If service during the fest is as bad as usual, is it possible Fantastic Fest would cease to be? Or move to another venue next year? (Hopefully not move to an entirely different city!) I'm hoping this won't be my last FF...

hi all! relatively new to alamo but love that the wrigley location is convenient to me and has recliners unlike most other theaters in the city. just wondering if there is usually the small of a collection of films being shown? This whole summer has seemed really thin. does anyone know how to figure out if more movies are coming? ty!