AMC Empire 25

So it wasn’t until I sat down and started reading reviews of this place like bed bugs and what not that I got skurred. However after watching Star Wars 3d, waiting in line for 20 minutes because of a short line… to get some treats I finally made it up the stairs since the elevators were broken. The theater was empty, the seats were comfortable, and the 3d quality was excellent.
This is a great theater and right next door was my hotel the Hiton, so it served its purpose just fine and I din’t have any bites lol.

Pretty cool THEATHER we came to see one of our favorite movies ipman 3 with my partner in crime and my oldest son oxox

I’ve come here quite a few times over the years, the most recent time being for a midnight show of Harry Potter. The theater itself is great. Stadium style seating. Decent selections at the concession stand albeit high prices much like the tickets. But this is Times Square and they have to pay their rent too. My only gripe here is that every time I’ve come here there are usually loud groups of people here talking and generally disrupting the movie going experience. That being said, it won’t stop me from returning again.

This is where a lot of riff-​raff comes to see their movies – just a northbound subway ride away from the Bronx or wherever. They sling their feet over the back of the seat in front of them, use their cellphones during the movie. Some people just like to ruin it for everyone. See a family style movie rather than horror flick, which can attract the lowest of this denominator. The screens and seats are good, but the audience matters.

I’ve been to this AMC several times over the past year. Recently though I’ve gone here for the plentiful amount of free advanced screenings. Just last night I saw Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.
The place itself is quite large. I think in total there is about 6 floors of theaters so I recommend that you get there at least 40 minutes before the screening so that you can find the theater. In order to get to the theater you can take the ACE, NQR, 123, 7 or S train. Now be warned this theater is close to Times Square so expect the crowds.
The theater itself is snuggled between Dave and busters/Ripley’s Believe or not and a frog themed restaurant. The entrance way has about 8 doors so plenty of room to enter or exit. The first floor entrance contains all the ticket sales. Normally when I go here I purchase my tickets from the kiosk rather then the cashier. The kiosk provides you with all the information you need such as show times, theater number and the movies rating.
Once you purchase the tickets then you head up 3 escalators to the ticket taker. On this lower level where you relinquish your tickets is theaters 1 – 8. This floor houses the IMAX and other 3D type theaters. In the back, however, are small more intimate theaters for movies that will most likely be leaving in the coming days. I’ve personally found theaters 3 – 6 to be the smallest.
Each floor contains its own concession stands. This makes the refiling of popcorn and soda easy, especially during busy rush days. Otherwise you will have to take the escalators all the way down to floor 1 to refill which will most likely cost you a good 20+ minutes of screen time. (If your on the top floor thats about 5 escalators.) Also included on every floor is at least 3 sets of bathrooms for men and women. I’ve seen that once a movie lets out the nearest bathroom is impossible to use. I highly recommend that you go down one floor and use those bathrooms. The best part is that other then floor one every other floor is an exact copy which makes finding a bathroom that much easier.
The theater itself is a great place to go overall.

It really is too bad that Ip Man 3 played in so few theaters, or I totally would not have come here.
Despite reports of a possible bedbug infestation, my good friend Tony C., Maria V. and my lovely wife came to watch Ip Man 3 because Tony C. has been to this theater multiple times since the reported bedbug incidents and has yet to be bitten. We were very conscious and scanned every seat we took before sitting down. Happy to report that we had no issues, either.
The seats are terrible and not what I’m used to. It’s very unlike the Fresh Meadows AMC theater. No reclining leather seats or assigned seating for anyone, so good luck trying to get a seat. This theater somehow attracts the rudest of people, but the price isn’t cheap. I guess money doesn’t buy class.
Note to the cashier: Ip Man does not stand for «Internet Protocol Man.» It is not a new Disney/​Marvel/​DC character. AMC is also a Chinese owned company, so please get with the program. Haha, guess it was kind of funny hearing about how confused the cashier was.
Theater and crowd aren’t great, but for Ip Man, I’ll suffer a bit. Hope this place goes through a huge renovation really soon!

I need auditorium seating, check. I want ticket kiosks to avoid lines, check. I want clean theaters, check. I don’t care about concessions, I’m not paying $ 15 for soda and popcorn… I“m just not. The staff here have always helped me, so I don’t know what the other reviewers are doing but here’s what I’ve seen: Bought a gold AMC ticket online, the number didn’t scan at the counter so they sent us upstairs to customer service. The issue was sorted out in approx 5 minutes and we went on our way. Second, went to opening day of Hunger Games and a newbie sent us to the wrong line. I spoke to the manager and they apologized and we were let one of the first let in to the theater. So, again, I think the staff here are more than accommodating.
The one critique I have about the theaters here, is that they do vary in size and if you wait till the end of a movie’s life cycle, you could end up seeing it on a smaller screen.

I came here to watch a Doctor Who Christmas Special. The lines are massive! Oddly, since there like six or seven kiosks in the lobby. I felt bad not standing in line, walking to the machine, and twenty seconds later, grabbing my ticket. I felt like I was missing out on something. It seems that everyone was standing in line for the few terminals in the line of sight from the front door. Oh well.
This is a very busy theater! For a weekday prime time event, it wasn’t major dirty. It could have been worse.
I was NOT going to stand in the snack line. It did not move. I did not want to experience standing road rage.
The movie experience was pleasant. I even thought about catching another movie, the same night, but it came on like 1:30 am. Which could have been doable, if I felt like hangin out at Applebee’s or hitting up Midtown Comics, for a spell.
Maybe next time.

The line is chaos. There is absolutely no order and people just cut and the staff takes their sweet ass time getting tickets turned around.
Concession staff also on a similar mission to make sure you’re late and/​or have a terrible evening. If you ever want an example of how to be very inefficient, just go order popcorn and observe.
The theatre, it’s ok but by the time you get up the 4 escalators you realize you’ve wasted a day trying to see a movie.

This review is strictly for the Prime theater seating. Pricey at $ 21.59 I think it was… We went to see Star Wars and we don’t really care for 3D, so after I found out they had Prime seating available at the AMC 25, L had to try it out. We haven’t been to a movie theater in a while since we have a huge tv with surround sound at home and we hate dealing with all the lines, people talking… etc.
With Prime, we chose our seats at home, were able to see which seats were available, rows D, E are the best. We were basically in the middle in row D. Obviously with the most popular movies, you’re going to have to wait a week or so if you want «prime» seating… so for the price I’m definitely getting the best seat!
The kiosk is a bit slow and not all of them work. So that basically was the most annoying part of our theater experience when we had to pick up our tickets. It’s a smaller theater which is fine. The recliners are definitely comfortable and you don’t need to share the armrests which is always annoying. You get to lean back and put your feet up. It’s not as comfy for tall guys, your feet will hit the top of the balcony in front of you.
Screens are higher quality and the seats have buttkickers installed inside. The speakers were a lil too loud for me, but I’m more sensitive to noise then the average person. The theater wasn’t full that night, only the best seats were taken, nobody talked throughout the movie and I didn’t have to hear people munching on food. I really dislike the smell of theater popcorn. So overall a very delightful experience, but we’re probably going to buy our own theater chairs for our movie room.
Can you believe they ran out of Coke at 7pm?

Not one of my favorite theaters, I like the one by Lincoln Center and the one in Harlem 90x better — however, beggars can’t be choosers when your movie of choice is almost out of theaters and you have limited options.
Pros: Ticket sales kiosk was a 30 second transaction, a matinée ticket was reasonable, esp for times square, ample leg room.
Cons: Theatre 4 is tiny, therefore we were relegated to 2^nd row… thankfully the seats reclined a bit but I still have a crick in my neck. Also, the guy at the concession stand was definitely on SOMETHING. He sees the line backing up and wandered off for 10 minutes? (This contributed to our shitty seats in the theater, we didn’t exactly expect the concession line to take more than 2 minutes at 11:30am on a Sunday) You could also hear whatever was playing in the theater next to us through the wall. Soundproof your walls better AMC.
Additional con beyond the theater’s control: A woman sat next to me in spite of ¾ of the row being empty and crinkled her popcorn bag, mumbled to herself though the whole movie, and messed with her flip phone which emitted a dial key press every time… ugh. I wouldn’t have minded if it was silent key taps!!!
Can’t say I’d go out of my way to come here again given how underwhelmed I was and my hatred of Times Square — although the entrance is literally 20 feet from an exit from the 42^nd Street-​PABT A/​C/​E station, so fighting through sidewalks clogged with confused and/​or selfie taking tourists is pretty minimal. However, if it’s the only place playing what I want to see at a convenient time I’ll be back.

This review is mainly for the AMC Prime experience (there is only one Prime screen in the theatre).
What makes watching a movie in the Prime room unique are the amazing leather lazy boy seats. A convenient (although hard to activate in the dark) LCD remote reclines the back and raises the legrest. Nice and wide seats with big cupholders and armrests. Extremely comfortable. It’s basically the cat’s meow as far as movie theatre seating goes.
Another feature is that the chairs shake when loud sound is played during the movie. You either love this or merely tolerate it.
You can reserve your exact seat ahead of time online which is nice so you don’t have to worry about getting there early to get good seats. Although if you are in the middle of the row, it can be hard to get past all the already fully reclined chairs and feet blocking the walkway.
IMO, the best rows are D, E, and F, with row E being the best. Try to stay within seats E7-​E15 otherwise you will be too far right or left for optimal viewing.
The screen itself was decent size although not IMAX big. The sound seemed good but was not blown away. The screen was amazing and sharp projection.

I saw Star Wars twice in this theater. IMAX 3D and Dolby Cinema/​AMC Prime theater. Personally, I liked the set up of the Amc prime. Reserved seating option was great. The seats were comfortable, clean and they had 4 button options to recline the seat, electrically. The sound system is really good in there. Dolby is unfortunately not mainstream like the IMAX or RPX but it certainly rivals it with the big screens and great audio. This theater in the heart of Times Square and can be annoying to get to. When you do AVOID the escalators. They are annoying. Hop on the elevator all the way to the left when you first walk in. There’s an employee on there who will check your ticket and take you to your floor.
Concession service was very slow. Staff are friendly but did not handle the Star Wars crowd the best. Bathroom situation was also not the best. Arrive earlier than normal for a movie. I would only come back for the Dolby cinema option. IMAX 3D is a gross theater however I’ll give AMC 4 stars for the Dolby/​AMC prime option and helpful & friendly staff.

BLUF: Massive theater with a wide range of movies and times to ensure you will get to watch what ever you came in to see. However, be prepared to pay NYC style prices as it is right in Times Square.
The first thing that gets everyone when they walk in is that the building is huge. Not only is the AMC building itself large, but the individual theaters are quite roomy and the screens are big too. The first time I came in, I expected there to be many people milling around and the theater to be packed but it really wasn’t.
Also, there are a lot screening times for each movie. You’ll most likely get to see your choice even if you missed it by a little bit because another theater will probably be showing the same show soon.
While it seems like all positives, my knock down to three stars was the price. I anticipated the price hike before walking in but to my surprise, my single adult ticket cost $ 18 even when the board behind the cashier said $ 15. I asked about why it was more expensive and the employee just blew me off and told me it was because «NYC». Since I already had plans and wanted to watch a movie that was playing soon, I just brushed it off as a few bucks but still, that kind of response isn’t what AMC should be servicing.
All in all, I’ll go watch a movie outside of NYC next time but this AMC is not a bad place to go if you don’t mind the price.

I really like this theater. It’s a lot bigger than you’d think, given how tightly packed the area can be, and the ticket prices seem pretty normal given the Times Square location. The staff has been very friendly, and again, that’s pretty good considering the location.
The IMAX screen is great for the big pictures and action sets, and we love the reclining seats with liftable arms. Concession prices are a little high, but I’ve seen a lot of bags walk in here without anyone checking.
Best bet: preorder your tickets and use the Stubs membership card. Less lines.

Came here at 7pm on a Sunday night to watch Mockingjay p.2 and had a fantastic experience! I chose this theater over Regal because Regal wasn’t even showing Mockingjay (what the heck, right?!)!
There are a ton of screening times for each movie. For popular new hits like Mockingjay, there was a showing every 30 minutes!
The theater itself was HUGE. The screen was huge, and I wasn’t even watching IMAX. The seating was plentiful. The seats were super wide and comfy, and I had plenty of leg room. No complaints here.
Movie theater snack prices are pretty much what you would expect from a NYC movie theater. Consider going to CVS beforehand to buy snacks if you want to save money. Otherwise, the popcorn tasted pretty good!
I bought my tickets online beforehand, and redeeming the tickets from the counter was a very quick and painless process.
Finally, this theater is gorgeous! You can tell that it used to be a theater for performances and has been converted into a modern day movie theater!
Maybe, my experience was so great because I just happened to come during a less busy time, so if that really is the case, come on Sunday nights!

Pros: If they have a movie and you want to see it, it’s going to happen. How could it not? they literally are showing the same movie every 20 – 30 min. This is great when you don’t plan ahead, something that always happens to me
Cons: Times Square

I remember frequenting AMC years ago. It’s a huge movie theater that attracts many people. AMC is historic in a sense that everyone goes to this theater more so than Loews which directly across the street.
The gripe that I have with this particular location is that albeit the theaters are huge the seating is cramped. I’m a shorty so I can only imagine what tall people go through. I had to push a guy’s chair in the row in front of me into an upright position to get to my seat. He reclined his chair all the way back as if he was about to take off to a tropical destination.
Also what’s up with one concession stand being open. I feel that when there’s more traffic both stands should be readily accessible. That line can be painful. There’s been plenty of times that I’ve passed on getting a slushy and candy because of the dreaded line.

Très grand cinema, qui n’a pas l’air vu de l’extérieur. Très facilement accessible à la sortie du métro.
Beaucoup de choix de films et de séances par jour.
Les séances avant 12h00 soient chères, moins de 8 $ par personne.
Salles bien agencées, cinema très propres.

This is getting 5 stars because it has a AMC Prime theater. The Prime theater has speakers on the walls and ceilings, leather recliners that will vibrate with explosions and gun fire. It is like $ 20 a ticket but you can pick your seats before you go. I think it’s worth every penny. You don’t have to rush to get there early to get a good seat. It is worth trying it at least once. The seats are very wide and almost too comfortable.
The normal theater seats here are better than most AMC that I’ve been too. It is an old building and theaters are on the 3^rd and 4^th floor so give yourself time to get to your seats. The have escalators to get up to the theaters. Without the Prime I would give it 4 stars. I’ve never had a bad experience at this theater. I only go when I’m in town visiting. So I’ve only been here a dozen times or so.

This fantastic classic IMAX which has over 10 screens at Times Sq is worst visiting.
For 15 $ you get a big comfortable seat, crisp sound quality and a big screen with a high def picture quality.
And it is located next to the subway and crosstown bus…. Here I saw many movies and last night it was the supreme Mad Max -((which was full of messages and symbols if you care to view it with a sharp eye))-Anyhow that’s besides the point, the cinema is grand and wonderful and I certainly will return and recommend it for everyone.

Ein gigantisches Kino mitten in NY mit 25 Kinosäalen! Hauptsächlich laufen hier die Blockbuster, Sonntags gibt es sogar christliche Messen in einigen Säalen. Die Kinos sind groß und modern eingerichtet, die Sitze sind sehr bequem. Absolut zu empfehlen.

Als Cineastin kann ich es auch bei Reisen in die USA nicht lassen, ins Kino zu gehen. In New York fiel meine Wahl schon mehrfach auf dieses Kino.
Das AMC Empire ist ein riesiges Multiplex-​Kino mit vielen, verschieden großen Kinosälen. Zu den verschiedenen Ebenen des Kinos führen Rolltreppen, von denen aus man auch einen tollen Blick nach draussen auf die 42^nd Street hat.
Die obligatorischen Theken für Popcorn und Getränke gibt es hier natürlich auch. Die Ausstattung der Kinosäle ist gut und die Sitze sind bequem. Das Kino ist sauberer, als so manches Kino in Deutschland, das ich schon besucht habe und das bei andauernd großem Besucherandrang.
Wenn ich wieder im Big Apple bin, werde ich gerne wieder in dieses Kino gehen. Filme im Originalton in den USA, so macht mir Kino noch mehr Spaß.

Enorme complexde cinéma à deux pas de times square et juste à coté du musée Madame Tussauds. Les sièges sont confortables, inclinables en position transats. Grand espace dans les allées nous empechant donc de marcher sur les pieds de nos voisins.
Au niveau confiserie, très moyen selon moi. A évite les pop corns avec du beurre fondu. Puis prenez la size small car le medium est plus grand que le large en France.
La dernière touché positive, c’est qu’à la fin de la séance, si vous avez un creux, ou simplement envie de boire un verre, vous avez accès directement au restaurant applebee’s ou bien a l’arcade de jeux pour finir la soirée sur une note funny.