I wrote this review not realizing they didn't even have a Yelp entry yet. That goes perfectly with…read morethe theme of my review: the theater that doesn't want anyone to see movies.
This has to be the most outrageously useless theater in the known universe.
First, there is no indication anywhere on the building that it is, actually, a movie theater. No sign (other than dueling "Palas" and "Palace" signs), no movie posters, no marquee. No "movies" no "cinema" no "theatre."
Second, the entrance is completely hidden. It's not actually in the building marked Palace, it's in the one next to it, through a tunnel that, again, has NO SIGNAGE. All those glass doors? Exits.
Third, if you do manage to stumble across the box office (hint, it's behind a corner once you've gone blindly down an alley, and has no markings indicating it's the box office; just a hole in the wall with a person standing there), there's no signage once you get your ticket, either. "Third floor," she says and points to some stairs, which then lead to a bar (pub). This bar is set up like a maze, with odd walls jutting out. Again, there is NO SIGNAGE pointing the way to the rest of the staircase. Turns out, after asking the barman, it's behind one of the jutting walls, and down a hallway.
Fourth, three levels of screens, all of which are only accessible by stairs (apparently).
Fifth, no soda fountain, only bottled drinks without ice. Which, BTW, are sold only at the box office. Which she didn't mention, but I noticed a small fridge behind her and realized it's also the concession stand. Thank goodness I saw before walking up all the stairs.
Sixth, once you get all the way up all of the stairs to your theater, they have a tv monitor screen that says "Scan your ticket below." After passing my receipt under the screen for about a minute, a light finally came on and scanned the barcode. The result? The screen then said "Theater closed." Turns out the previous feature hadn't ended, so now I've gotta walk back down all the stairs to find a seating area, which turns out to be the bar two stories down.
Seventh: toilets. On the ground floor only. More stairs.
Eighth, while the seats are fairly well-padded, they do not recline or give at all.
Honestly, I think this theater was intended as an art installation with the theme being the importance of usability and signage. They've done everything so wrong that I find it hard to believe it wasn't intentional. The only thing they could have done to more polish off the effect would have been to not have a screen to display the movie on.
Also, I can't picture any woman on her own heading into that tunnel to buy tickets. It was broad daylight when I entered, and I was unnerved. Dark, hidden, and (one more time) not labeled.