04/17/06

Equal parts performing arts venue and discount movie house, Somerville's dated theater is conveniently situated in Davis Square.

by Contributor

In Short
Students head to the theater to take in alternative films and first-rate flicks that have been out for a month or two. As for concerts, Jonathan Edwards, Northern Lights and Alison Krauss are typical of the folksy acts that play most of the shows held in the 900-seat Cinema One theatre (built in 1918, it's listed on the National Register of Historic Places).

02/10/03

a very nice affordable place

by judgeman77

Bargain movie price at only 4 bucks weekdays, fresh popcorn with real butter, one huge screen with a balcony, also some smaller cinemas that ave funky character. Staff is friendly and laid back non-corporate atmosphere, a mom and pop feel to it. They get some good films, why pay more at the big theatres, wait 3 weeks and see them here!

• Pros: Inexpensive, Clean, Has Character
• Cons: Second Run Movies

08/02/02

seating_nightmare

by muppetwrangler

The "official" review says that there was a $1 million dollar renovation. I don't know where they spent that money b/c the I recently saw a concert there (in the balcony) and the seats were circa 1950 and nearly too small for an average sized person to fit into. To be honest there was one row of new seats (wider and with cup holders) in the balcony, but all the others were awful. Plus the numbering system is a mess, with some seats displaying three different numbers, and several seats in the same row with the same numbers! Nobody could figure it out, and there's no ushers to help. Also paint was cracking off the ceiling and the sound mix was terrible (could hear the lead singer). Other than that it was great.

• Pros: bands, small size
• Cons: seats, sound quality, old