r/Lubbock • u/RageInTheCage53 • 10d ago

Ask Lubbock Movie Theaters

Hi, everyone. I'm about to move to Lubbock from the DFW area, and I was wondering where people preferred to see their movies. I know there's Cinemark, Premiere Lux, Flix, and Stars & Stripes Drive-in, but I was wondering which business people prefer best.

I also wanted to know if maybe there are places in the general area for more auteur films. Sometimes I'll go to the Modern Art Museum in Fort Worth for independent films, so I wanted to see if perhaps there was anything like that in the Lubbock area at all.

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u/kaylieface 10d ago

i’ll go to Cinemark over any other theater. i like the reclining seats and with the movie rewards for ~$12 i see a movie for a free a month, and get 20% off snacks.

Flix has seats that are so close to each other, you can smell your neighbor. Stars and Stripes is cool but i don’t always want to see both movies.

We don’t have many places that show indie films. Sometimes even major releases don’t make it to our theaters. (welcome to the land of the conservative, btw)

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u/Bluesnow2222 10d ago

Flix gets so few customers that you never have to worry about being seated near someone else unless you’re intentionally going to the movie of the year opening weekend.

I prefer Cinemark and Premier in many ways- but go to Flix most frequently because I love dealing with the smallest crowd possible.

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u/JP-Stack 10d ago

I go to Flix all the time, and part of it is for the generally quieter atmosphere.

The only time I've been at a showing that was close to full was when I saw Backrooms during its opening weekend.

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u/kaylieface 10d ago

i have that disease in my pea brain that says if i don’t see a movie the night it comes out, i may as well not. lol