I've been to a lot of movie theaters in my life... Big, sprawling, stadium seating theaters with…read morechandeliers and surround sound. I've been to the El Capitan on a premiere night. The theatre I grew up with had 20 screens, and it was surrounded by a plaza of food and activities. Gladbrook theater is still the coolest movie theater I've ever been to. Ever. Yeah, I suppose you could say it's because it was novel to me. It was cute and quaint, and the fact that it only shows one movie at a time is funny... but that's not what was so cool. What's cool is that the little town in the middle of corn fields and air decided they wanted a theater, and they did it. It's run by volunteers, and it's probably only frequented by the people who live near the town, but it's awesome. The place was clean, the snacks were cheap, and the movie selection for the night I was in town was perfect. I saw Wreck It Ralph in a little theater on a cold snowy night in Gladbrook, Iowa, with my boyfriend and two other awesome guys, one of whom was wearing a Teemo hat. Pretty great memory, I should think. I do think, in fact. If you live near here and you haven't stopped by, you really should. This place is great and definitely needs to be supported.

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This historical movie theater was once an opera house. It is beautiful and full of architectural…read morehistory inside and out. My husband and I caught a movie tonight we have been wanting to see and got a tub of popcorn and 2 sodas for $10 (free refills). The theater and bathrooms were very clean and well-maintained. The staff were great too! Definitely coming back. Tuesdays are bargain days for students too- $5 tickets and free 46 bag of popcorn with purchase of a soda.

Good prices $8 for main show times. Great popcorn and they do get first run movies right away at…read morethe release date.

It's our only option in Altoona so I'm thankful for that. But sometimes the employees are truly on…read morethe struggle bus. Today I ordered ahead and chose pick up of my popcorn and drink. Five minutes after the time I chose I had to ask for my order. So slow. I finally offered to get my own drink, which they then tried to charge me for again. All in all, once I got past that, the theaters are clean and the seats are comfortable.

The staff members here are really patient and friendly. This place became a madhouse when rush…read morehour hit but they all kept their heads and worked together to make it happen. Great team!

Worst movie theater I ever been to, it was terrible. I paid $42 for 5 people and we had to sit in…read morethe back which I thought no problem but when we got there the seats are flat and aligned with the ones in front of us and we couldn't see and screen, peoples heads were in the way, and the seats were in the way. The screen itself isn't even full screen, you can see both sides of the movie being all black and the audio was terrible. The seats sound like there are plastic bottles in them whenever you adjust the seat. I want my money back.

I was traveling through on my way back home and wanted to see a movie, not just go to sleep…read more It was a small theater. Nothing bad to say. Just don't go out the side door when seeing a late movie. You have to go around the building. Or be smart and just park on the back side.

The good. Plenty of screens to see basically anything out. Friendly workers. The bad. Last…read more night the police were there when we arrived because cars in the parking lot were being went through and cleaned out. The theater itself isn't having the money put into it that it should. I was in the mega screen and the speaker constantly crackled. The seats are grimy looking and feeling, they need a good cleaning. To top it off the bathrooms were dirty. Hope that maybe AMC will build a new theater in cedar falls or Waterloo sometime.

A month ago I received "sorry tickets" for an unpleasant experience resulting in me and 4 kids…read morehaving to leave a movie right after it started due to an illness, the manager on staff wasn't concerned and dismissed us resulting in our first bad experience with 4 kids that have never been to a theatre before BUT the GM, if I remember right, reached out through and reimbursed me 5 tickets. I planned on taking the kids to see Gabby's Dollhouse the following month (today) for a birthday outing to make it up to them, the website would not work properly and wouldn't let me reserve seats with the complimentary tickets. To avoid a seating issue due to their faulty system like the last time having to split the kids up in different sections I called and spoke to a manager named Destiny. She confirmed reserving me 5 seats together and when I got there to just give her the tickets and we would be good to go. First thing out of the gate, we get there, 2 of the 5 seats "magically got sold right before we got there" she blamed the system. I was flexible and settled for different seats. She directed me to room 4 for a 5:10pm showing, we went in and got settled around 5pm but was thrown off by why the movie seemed to have already been playing. Short story shorter, it was a different showing time and ended 30 minutes after we got there, it was supposed to be 1 hr 30 minutes. We missed an hour of the movie. I went back to address the issue and Destiny and a long haired gentleman came up, right out of the gate Destiny blamed the projectors, the guy went to verify but I noticed he went the opposite way, I then noticed there was a Gabby moving playing in 2 separate rooms 4 & 9, we were directed to 4 which had started around an hour prior making them both overlap, after bringing this up to Destiny, she immediately dismissed my problem saying I should have read the ticket stub. I went to the room I was directed to, why would I question that and why in the world would I know the same movie is playing in 2 separate rooms overlapping at the same time?! She continued to dismiss me and blamed me for not checking my ticket stub instead of admitting she messed up and told the long hair guy the same thing ( I don't know if he was management as well but she acted like she was answering to him even though she said she was a manager). For the sake of making a scene in front of the kids I just left, but not before she made a saracastic, passive aggressive smarta** "have a good day". This is twice now and 10 wasted tickets and buckets of overpriced popcorn later. I havent been to this theatre in over 10 years and the only 2 times I come back to take my nieces for a first time movie experience- they're both bad, albeit the 1st experience got partially rectified followed by a second even worse experience. Let me be clear, NONE of the front line staff I had any problems with in either scenario, they were all great, it was all management. I don't know who's what manager in what capacity but I count 4 different management between the 2 experiences and only 1 gave a crap about my concern and that was over an email who I think was the GM. This has been an absolute nightmare of an experience and resulted in ruining my 4 girls birthday movie outting for a movie we've been planning for a month, all because the management didn't appear to know what they're doing and kept making excuses, or frankly just don't care.

A nice nonprofit local cinema. I've been to a couple of their themed showings and have seen a few…read moreother movies here. Seating is pretty decent, I haven't had any issues. And staff have been chill and friendly. Honestly this place gives me the most nostalgic vibes and is a great local spot to support. Definitely a pretty active social media community so worth checking out.

I've been here a few times. I really like the great customer service. But also please someone fix…read morethese poor folx keg. Aside of that. Love the venue love the employees. They're so kind and doing their best. I really appreciate this theater and it's cozy feel. Super easy to navigate. Definitely worth going to this Summer or anytime. The a/c is working well! And their restrroms are very clean. Parking super close.

What a cool little museum tucked away in Gladbrook. It would be easy to overlook, but is certainly…read moreworth a stop. The variety of sculptures made of matchsticks in the museum is cool, and from reading the materials and pictures there, it also makes me want to check out some of the artists other works that are held at Ripley's locations. The detail of the work and sheer volume of pieces in each of these is stunning.

Let me just say from the get-go, I was not looking forward to visiting this place. We went to…read moreappease a relative the day after Thanksgiving. It was a 45 minute drive. I wanted to veg. But, it was a cool spot. I'm not sure there's anything else to see in town (but we were told that the little grocery store was giving away free ice cream). Amazing stuff here. I have no idea how he does the carvings (like on the capitol complex cornices). I would recommend and I did have to eat my words.

Gayle and I recently returned to Movies 12 to see "Lucy". The movie was a fun to watch sci-fi romp…read morethat made absolutely no sense plot wise. In other words, it was a perfect summer escape movie that required no thought (other than why it got such good reviews). We paid a total of $13 for a discount matinee plus the concession "tax". The Theater itself remains in good shape (including comfortable seats and nice people who work here), and there were several other patrons watching the movie with us. That included a group of local lads, who kept on yacking, until Gayle nicely asked them to moderate their noise. I'm never quite sure what to do in those situations....

This place was recently remodeled with HEATED RECLINING seats! Seats are assigned, so come early…read moreto get your favorite spot! Clean. Family friendly. Friendly staff. Plenty of parking. Marcydiner tantrum scale of 5/5-no screaming kids. Prices are average local theater prices. We've been here a dozen times or so in the last month.