![]() Councilmembers Rebecca Kaplan, Carroll Fife, Noel Gallo, and Treva Reid did not return our request for comment. We contacted the mayor and councilmembers to see if they’d visited a local movie theater last weekend and received responses from several. But electeds watch movies too, so we decided to reach out to see if they’ve also caught on to the latest film phenomenon. Normally when our newsroom reaches out to elected officials, it’s to ask them about the city budget or have them remark on a contentious issue having to do with housing, the police, or our public schools. Credit: Amir Aziz What’s City Hall watching? “The director tapped into that pulse that the young people need to go back to the movie theater.” Thanks to the Barbie movie, the Grand Lake theater had its best weekend since Black Panther premiered five years ago. It created a whole upbeat mood,” she said. “There was an upbeat rhythm to Barbie that we haven’t seen in movies. Michaan’s wife, Yvette Michaan, also hopes that the excitement from the weekend changes the tides. Over at Grand Lake, Michaan said it was the “best weekend we’ve had since Black Panther premiered five years ago.” ![]() He hopes it’s the beginning of more people coming to the New Parkway. “That was challenging, operationally.”ĭespite the delays, Caesar is grateful for the enthusiasm Barbie fans brought to the theater. It felt like we were stretched very thin on many occasions,” he said. “We’re probably 90% of where we want to be staffing-wise. The sold-out shows caused long lines at the concessions and long waits to get food delivered to customers inside the theater, something that Caesar concedes is “not how the experience at the theater should be.” He said the last time the theater had similar crowds was when Wakanda Forever premiered last November. It is unclear if the company has heard any complaints or if plans to make any changes at the theater to resolve the issue.Ceasar declared it was “the busiest weekend ever in the history of the theater.” The New Parkway screened Barbie in one of its two theater rooms over the weekend-it showed other films and the women’s World Cup in the other-with all but one of the Barbie showings selling out from Thursday through Sunday. KTVU contacted Syufy Enterprises which runs the theater but never heard back. My children were devastated," said Powell. "There is no way to avoid looking at that screen. But that's basically what happens each night at the Solano Drive In for most of the night, as the movies overlap for several hours. ![]() No parent would say a kids cartoon belongs side-by-side with a controversial R-rated movie about a highly sexual relationship that's rife with bondage and domination. He agreed that it wasn't appropriate, and that there had been other complaints," said Powell. But both screens are easily visible from most vantage points. The drive-in has two screens, one pointing north, one west. I could see another car behind us that had children in there with their eyes closed." "So we had to have our children close their eyes. "At the time, there was a woman being slapped, naked, bound up," explained Powell. "We had no choice but to go straight head on to '50 Shades of Gray' in the background. And then we sit in lawn chairs," said Powell.īut as the carloads of 12 got in line at the theater, they had an unpleasant surprise. "Because we have so many kids, it's hard to get a good view in the Yukon or the van, so we back in, put mattresses in the back and the kids sit in the back with the hatch open. With two loads of kids ready to see "The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water" on Sunday night, the group headed to Concord. "A mat for the kids, pillows, full of blankets and some snacks," Powell said. The unlikely combination of movies upset some families that came to Concord's West Wind Solano Drive-In.ĭeborah Powell of Vallejo had the SUV all packed up for a fun night at the movies.
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