This is is a delightful art deco single screen country cinema built in 1947 with many of the…read moreoriginal features intact. The owners are well connected in the cinema world and so the program, within the restrictions of a single screen cinema, offers a selection of the best viewing around. It has a cute bar, lovely balcony and has special events including live music. It features special kids programs during school holidays. Well worth checking the program or even popping in for a coffee and look around.

Since they've started letting people scan their own tickets, the entry process is so much smoother…read more Overall, the cinema is fine, incredibly helpful staff, but it's getting ragged inside. It's impossible to completely clean all the popcorn that spills from the bottom of the carton. In our theatre tonight, the seat numbers were incorrect and I was fearful someone would ask us to move. Great sound and seating is comfy enough for a two hour movie. Cleaner bathrooms and viewing areas would restore this place to its earlier standard.

I want to be gangster and call this place my hood haha. This is the cinema where you'll hit up this…read moreplace on a Friday night only to have an awkward encounter with a high school class mate that works there. Ahh the memories. The theatres are awesome, there's plenty of movie times, it's clean and the best part, it's situated in a massive shopping mall. Once again, no one cares if you bring in food from outside (I may or may not have snuck in Maccas before) and the food court and Coles is so conveniently located on the level below. A movie night out must always include a trip to Coles to load up on junk food! Tip: Park on the rooftop/Coles side for easier access. As per all Westfields, free parking after 6pm. Hooray for movie nights!

Warning RAT infestation !!! Do not go to HOYTS cinema at…read morewestfield Warringah Mall if you value your health and want to be treated with decency by the manager when you report RATS running in the cinema !!! Cinema 5 ( if not others - I see someone on Google reviews has recently reported RATS in cinema 6 too ) is a serious health hazard clearly infested with rats . My family abruptly vacated mid movie yesterday evening after seeing 2 rats under the seats. Worse still the staff , and the manager on last night , were well aware of the rats. Said there were rat traps in the cinema but it was hard to eradicate the rats . Said there had been a rat sighting/ complaint a month ago . (see Google reviews, I'm not the only one to have seen RATS in the Warringah mall HOYTS cinemas . someone else reported rats in cinema 6 . ) last night the manager on duty refused to alert the remaining movie goers in cinema 5 , leaving them unawares they were sitting with rats around them . He also refused to give me his name , although he had all MY details. HOYTS management need to disclose they have a vermin problem, close down any affected cinemas and exterminate the rat infestation until such time as it's sanitary & safe for the public to sit in their theatre/s .

If you've never been, you might think Timezone is exclusively for silly boys in their early to…read moremid-teens, but you'd be wrong! Somewhat.. Of course you do get hordes of ill-behaved boys at Timezone, but it can also be a great, relatively inexpensive way to kill time, as I found the other day when I was waiting for a chronically-late friend. My personal favourite; the maxi claw. That thing is surprisingly hard to manipulate! But if you put your back into it, you can snag yourself a fluffy toy! Oh, and the staff seem some mixture of surprised/excited/suspicious to see a woman in her early twenties there (makes a nice break from rambunctious 14 year olds, I suppose), and showered me with attention. Which is always nice.

Pretty poor considering that there are much better arcades within walking distance (both Galaxy…read moreWorlds spring to mind). While small, it still has all the games you'd expect from this kind of place, and the same clientele (a mixture of sterotypical nerds, uni students and teenage boys). Can't really fault it, but the Galaxy World across the street is a hell of a lot better and if you can walk to Market City, the Galaxy World there is amazing. As it's in the cinema complex on George Street and opposite the Metro Theatre, it's a good place to visit to kill some time before a movie or concert.

Event cinemas at Burwood is one of the few locations in Sydney which screen Bollywood movies. They…read morealways have at least one Bollywood movie running in a week. And it's usually the latest release too! Event cinemas has plenty of screens and it's usually not packed or sold out. Unless of course, there is a new Harry Potter film released. If you have booked your tickets online and plan to Jump the Q, enter from the left and proceed directly to the counter. Most other Cinemas, have better signage about the quick ticket collection when compared to Burwood. If you plan on watching a movie after 6pm, it is better to park in the lower parking lot at the cinema level as the mall closes on most days, and you could get trapped getting to your car on another level.

Depending on what movie you go and see, some of the cinima's are quite small. Also they only reduce…read moreparking time on ticket so you may still have to pay if you go to the shops for good or a shop as well

Older local theater reasonable condition although the bathroom never has pump soap just bars which…read moregrosses me out. There are an arcade and restaurant with bar downstairs which is nice. A sign outside the bar says you can take beer and wine into the theaters which is nice. My only real complaint is that they put popular movies in the grand seating theater and if you dont want to buy gold class seats you have to sit up top in the wings.

It ain't the worst cinema in the world... and it's great to have a cinema on the beaches. But boy…read moreit could do with a make over. The carpet is squelchy, it smells like a full laundry basket after two weeks of being untouched and the seats upstairs in the grand theater, you either fall through the bottom or brake your back on metal bars that seem to be sticking out of half of them. I'd love to support the local business but I often drive further to W'mall to have a nicer cinema experience.

Two years ago I interviewed people on the red carpet and went to the opening night and after party,…read morelast year I skipped that and I had an even better time. The Sydney Film Festival shows some outstanding films each year, some that go on to large distribution deals and so can be seen at a future date, but others, as amazing as they are do not secure a deal and thus can be near impossible to track down again. The film festival makes use of varying cinemas throughout Sydney, from the grandiose; such as the State Theatre, to the mainstream; like Event Cinemas on George Street; down to the independent, represented by the Dendy in Circular Quay. They provide a wide range of films in all different genres, with about ten films vying for the grand prize in the official competition. Occasionally the festival will even host the films director or cast for a Q & A after the screening. Tickets can be bought in ten packs, twenty packs, day or night passes or individually. There's always something on that is sure to suit your taste and it's well worth checking out the schedule and making a date to see an amazing film before it even enters the public consciousness. The festival runs in June each year and from what I understand, it's only going to get better.

Film buffs rejoice! The Sydney Film Festival (SFF) will soon be upon us. The SFF runs from 6-17…read moreJune 2012, and it's one of the longest running events of its kind in the world. The SFF brings the best new films from around the world, right here to Sydney. There are features from over 40 countries, short films, Australian films, documentaries and archive titles. The SFF also hosts a number of awards, such as the Dendy Awards for Australian Short Films (which are Academy Award eligible), the FOXTEL Australian Documentary Awards and the Official Competition, which celebrates 'courageous and audacious filmmaking'. The SFF spans across the city, with films shown at locations such including: State Theatre, Sydney Film Festival Hub @ Lower Town Hall, Event Cinemas George Street, Dendy Opera Quays, Art Gallery of NSW, Martin Place Amphitheatre, SFF Festival Lounge at Grasshopper, Apple Store. A host of Sydney restaurants have joined the celebration, offering $35 Dining Delight deals, exclusively for SFF patrons. Participating restaurants include: Caffe Sicilia, Chefs Gallery, The Cut Bar & Grill, Dome Restaurant, Etch, Gazebo Wine Garden, Glass Brasserie, Grasshopper Eating House and Bar, MOS Cafe, The Norfolk Hotel, Opera Bar, Otto Ristorante, Quarter Twenty One, Sake Restaurant & Bar, Sky Phoenix Chinese Restaurant, The Winery. You can buy Single Session Tickets (adults $18.50) or Flexipasses (from $137 - $347). So, make sure you check out the website and make the most of the SFF!

I had the lucky privilege to see the musical, Wicked here and it did not disappoint. The show had…read moregreat performers with beautiful singing and it was pretty magical. There was a green carpet welcoming where folks were taking photos with some of the cast. I am not sure if this was a special night or they do that each time. There was green lighting everywhere showcasing the musical. The venue seems pretty modern and clean and is located right at the Pyrmont Bay. There is a hotel, casino and several restaurants right next to it. Inside the venue it was on the warm side. It was a warm and humid night and it would have been great to have the temperature on the cool side but it wasn't.

I was at this theatre in the newly-presented Star (previously Star City Casino), which is part of…read morethe owners' attempt at an entire entertainment precinct. The layout, bars on every floor, and foyer views over Darling Harbour are nice. Inside it's very new, very clean, a very good-looking room. None of the ornateness of the old theatres here, just clean, dark lines that draw your attention to what's on stage. I saw Kevin Spacey in Richard III here on the weekend. It was, to be honest, a little big for that sort of theatre; I was up near the top and it felt somewhat distant, and some of the actors had trouble projecting that far. I'm sure it would be more suited to some of the musical acts that play here. I found the seats a little uncomfortable, though, and had to keep shifting throughout the performance (which, for Richard III, is admittedly three hours of sitting). I also found it awkward that - in the top grand tier, anyway - there were no central aisles to get to middle seats: you have to shuffle into the middle seats, past people's knees, from the far edges. Is that just to have more paying seats? And I noticed, when in the play and all the lights were off, that there were no exit signs over any of the doors. It was completely pitch black. Isn't there some safety requirement around that? A decent, good-looking venue, but perhaps not for long plays.