Richland Cinemas

I love this place the prices are reasonable and the concessions are decently priced. The sound system is totally up to date with today’s technology and the seats and stadium seating are excellent! I have been coming here for years and will continue to go see movies here… to the people complaining about the place one you made the mistake of not reading the tickets and confirming the date and to the people complaining about this place you don’t realize what you got! It’s so expensive every where else this guy is taking a cut of what he could make at this theater to give you quality instead of high prices!

Went to the movies last night with my family to watch the minion movie! It was a fantastic movie!
This movie theater is one of the nicest one in Johnstown. Prices of movies are ridiculous these days so that’s nothing to complain about! No matter what city you are in, it’s just as expensive any where!
The biggest complaint is the prices of the concession stand! The prices are ridiculous! And of course when you walk in, it’s right there! Definitely hard to say no when you have your kids with you!
The movie theater is pretty clean and no weird smells or Anything of that nature.

Thumbs up for offering local theater. Thumbs down for making tickets available online with a service fee only to be told we still have to wait in the long lines.

I don’t give a shit what the other review’s say, this place is a good enough theatre.
The place shows most of the latest movies though for a varying amount of time and sometimes at odd showings. This is a good thing though because except for debut nights, you almost are never packed elbow to elbow here.
The stadium rooms always have open seats, especially in the front seats where you can have the most fun during a 3D movie (saw the Res Evil that was there a year or two ago with a buddy. Having bullets and shurikens scream past you is great). The smaller rooms have the typical theater smell of old popcorn and fear of the sticky floor but are also rarely packed.
I have never gotten food here except for nachos and seriously, they are nachos. They come in a bag and have cheese and taste exactly like you expect.
Protip: Catch an early movie for cheaper tickets or a late week night viewing to avoid lousy parents who bring babies/​toddlers/​little ones to R movies then bitch about violence or sex.

Too many people complaining. If you don’t like what is being offered, do something about it. Seriously, how else is it going to change if you don’t do anything about it.
I’ve been to this particular cinema once. Why, because I wanted to see a movie. Living in Johnstown at the time in the dead of winter, you really don’t have much of a choice to pick from if you don’t want to drive. To further expand on my rant at the beginning, the people of Johnstown kind of just sit back and take what is given to them, never demanding more. If you want something to come to you, stand up and demand it, quite complaining that other towns nearby are getting what you deserve.
Yes, the employees are usually of the teen set and could care less that you are there. I really don’t care about that, I’m there to see a movie. The quality of it isn’t always going to be stellar, but you get what you pay for. I paid to see a movie in a mediocre movie theater, I didn’t expect anything more or less. I mean when your movie theater is tucked away BEHIND a WalMart, that should be a clue that it’s not the main attraction in town.

The popcorn is not fresh. Ever. I don’t believe they even make it themselves, they just truck it in.
I usually have a mediocre experience there, but the other night was ridiculous. I checked THEIR website for movie times and arrived an hour earlier that it was actually showing, when I tried to inform who I believe was the owner taking tickets about the error he literally pulled out a magazine and started to read ignoring me while I talked.
I wish we had another option, but the wife and I do drive to Altoona and Greensburg to go to their theatres. I don’t know if the quality is much better, but at least the attitudes are better.

The only thing worse than this theater? No theater.
Seriously, there is no point in reviewing this theater since it’s the only theater for 50 miles. It is what is and what it is is a crappy theater.

After living in Johnstown until I was 19 and then spending the next 19 years in California, I finally discovered how theatrical films should be presented. Sadly, the people in Johnstown are missing out.
The Richland Cinemas are run and owned by the same family that has had control over movies theaters in Johnstown for decades. Johnstown used to have a bunch of movie houses when I was growing up in the 70’s and 80’s but because of the success of the multiplex, all of those places have been reduced to basically one outlet. A multiscreen complex that that really suffers when compared to the big chains of theaters in the bigger cities.
I congratulate them for still being able to run a privately owned theater when the chains are growing and expanding, but to be honest, the quality and theater experience is severely lacking.
The projectors need to be overhauled, the jitter and weave was horrible. The lamp brightness needs to be cranked up, and the sound is absolutely horrible. Dialogue is muffled and I dare to guess how many of the screens are even stereo let alone surround. You guys really shouldn’t use yellow splice tape for building your reels on the platters… it’s completely obvious and distracting.
Granted I’m probably going to be the harshest reviewer here. I’ve worked as a studio projectionist and engineer for 4 years and many of the locals who frequent the RC will probably find nothing wrong. Go see a film in Pittsburgh at a chain theater and see more accurately how films should be presented. Even chains fall short, but compared to the RC, they are leagues better.
Especially if you’re going to charge a premium for your ticket. The quality of the presentation should reflect the price. Sadly it doesn’t.
AND A NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO FREQUENT THE CINEMAS:
If you have a kid who is too young for the film and you can’t find a babysitter, PLEASE don’t bring them to the theater. The last film I saw there (PG13) had a couple with a 5 year-​old and a baby in a carrier. The baby was not happy so THEY GAVE THE KID A RATTLE during the movie! Are you f*cking serious?! The other patrons didn’t pay nearly $ 10 to be annoyed by a baby with clueless parents.