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August 17, 2012 at 9:45PM
- Lagoon Cinema
"Plays great titles and rarely experiences presentation problems, but if anyone wants to revolt against the bourgeois regime some call the concession stand, I'm in." --EMILY CONDON - Uptown Theater
"They just don't make 'em like this anymore. A big screen, a bright bulb, a balcony and just the right amount of mustiness. And damn, they play good movies!" --E.C. - Riverview Theater
"A cinephile's delight: an old-school second-run theater that is also home to film festivals and late-night movies." --SAILOR MARTIN - Southdale
"If you like your megaplexes slick and massive, AMC's 16-headed hydra in Edina is your place." --SIMON PETER GROEBNER - Block E
"A diamond in the rough. The projection and sound are pristine; the concession stand has hot dogs, and nobody yells when you put your feet up." --E.C. - Heights Theater
"Deliciously ornate, this restored gem sports a Wurlitzer organ and a 70 mm projector. Yet no one I know ever seems to go there." --E.C. - St. Anthony Main
"A serviceable if not remarkable option for University of Minnesota students." --E.C. - Oak Street Cinema
"Its future is eternally in question, but the no-frills Oak remains the sentimental favorite for devotees of classic movies." --S.P.G. - Edina 4 Theater
"The newest member of the Landmark family screens some of the best movies in town, but I often wonder if the employees are the only people there not carrying AARP cards." --E.C. - Willow Creek
"Pretty good presentation and isolated setting for a suburban multiplex, and it's only a few miles down I-394." --S.P.G.
- "Dazed and Confused"
- "Office Space"
- "Half Baked"
- "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas"
- "Friday"
- "The Wizard of Oz" (played with "The Dark Side of the Moon")
- "The Big Lebowski"
- "Donnie Darko"
- "The Matrix"
- "2001: A Space Odyssey"
- "Edward Scissorhands"
- "What's Eating Gilbert Grape?"
- "Pirates of the Caribbean"
- "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"
- "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas"
- "Blow"
- "Ed Wood"
- "Finding Neverland"
- "Donnie Brasco"
- "Cry Baby"
- "The Shawshank Redemption"
- "Amelie"
- "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind"
- "Life Is Beautiful"
- "Citizen Kane"
- "Real Genius"
- "O Brother, Where Art Thou?"
- "Blade Runner"
- "Gone With the Wind"
- "Annie Hall"
- "The Goonies"
- "Star Wars"
- "Back to the Future"
- "Ghostbusters"
- "Labyrinth"
- "The Neverending Story"
- "Dark Crystal"
- "The Princess Bride"
- "Willow"
- "The Parent Trap"
- "The Big Lebowski"
- "O Brother, Where Art Thou?"
- "Raising Arizona"
- "Fargo"
- "The Man Who Wasn't There"
- "The Hudsucker Proxy"
- "Barton Fink"
- "Miller's Crossing"
- "Intolerable Cruelty"
- "Blood Simple"
- Riverview
- Southdale
- Ones I bring
- Cinema Cafe
- Lagoon Cinema
- Uptown Theater
- Highland Theater
- Hopkins
- Mall of America
- Block E
Photo credits (from top)
- Lagoon Cinema / Kyndell Harkness
- Audrey Tautou in "Amelie" / Promo photo
- Riverview Theater / Tom Wallace
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