Vickers Theatre

We make a trip to Vickers (from South Bend) about once a month. The staff is excellent, concessions are both varied and reasonable, and the movies seldom disappoint.
A highlight is the short introduction that Bill (one of the owners, who seems to manage the theater) does for every movie, complete with a trivia question and a chance to win a mystery prize (aka: a free large popcorn).

A great movie house in a small town. It is an experience nothing you will find at your local AMC :)

Vickers is a gem for folks like me in the Region looking for independent, art, and just good film. The seating is fun, and the popcorn is excellent. The staff are always friendly, and it’s been my experience that they are willing to talk to you about the films like true cinephiles. Try getting café seating, real popcorn, and excellent conversations with other film enthusiasts at a megaplex theatre.
Vickers is a true treasure and one of the reasons to travel to beautiful Three Oaks, Michigan.

Great little theatre with wonderful movies that you don’t see in the big theaters. Hot tea and popcorn and chocolate for sale.

Should have added my review when I went last year. Invited by friends and love this little indie gem. Highly recommend. Small and intimate. Saw «Tracks» about young woman’s true experience trekking through the Outback. I’ll be making a point of going in 2015! Also had a great meal in town across the street. Three Oaks has really been a favorite locale and has changed a lot over the years but always great.

One of my favorite places to see films. This small theatre shows a fantastically curated selection of films. There’s usually only a 2 – 3 films being screened but they’re all critically acclaimed and accessible (not weird art house films). This theatre is the complete opposite of the multiplexes I’ve grown to hate– it’s small, friendly, cheap, and shows great indie films. I love how the owner always comes out before the movie and speaks a little about it before it starts. I come for the friendly atmosphere and the great selection of films I can’t always find at AMC.

You can see movies at this theatre that you cannot see anywhere in the area. The movies and the theatre is excellent. The train that went through three times is a bit distracting. The center isle is also not the best, but probably required. I would definitely go again.

This is a really cute theater with top-​notch movies, which are carefully selected. I live out of town, but I visit frequently to visit my parents and we usually check the Vickers schedule and catch a movie when I am in town.
My main gripe that it loses a star for is the environmentally unfriendly (and customer-​unfriendly) policy of not allowing outside water bottles. The justification the owners give is that they need to make money via concessions. I’d rather pay an extra dollar for the ticket and be able to drink water during a movie without putting another disposable plastic bottle in a landfill, and not having to walk back out to my car to put my own water bottle back.

It is wonderful to have an indie cinema in SW Michigan. The Vickers is small, clean and friendly. The owner sells the tickets and usually makes a friendly, welcome «speech» before beginning the film. The theater is small so you need to get there much earlier than at a large venue. We usually arrive 30 minutes before showtime. Ticket prices are not cheap ($ 9) but that is understandable. Sure wish they served wine because it seems fitting for a small artsy place!

I love this Theatre. They have a nice selection of indie films. The staff was very friendly and they even did an introduction of the film before it started. Great popcorn too. Definitely worth checking out if you’re in the area.

What’s a girl to do on a rainy night in the country??? Go to the movies at the Vickers. Wow! Super clean, quite civilized and with little café chairs in the back (I am not quite sure what those are for as I didn’t notice real food being served.) This small gem of a theatre is the perfect cherry on the cake. Since this was my first time, I was delighted they were showing two films I had wanted to see but didn’t get the chance at the film fest. Three Oaks is a nice, updated town with lovely shops, galleries, live performance, cafes and a cool movie theatre. Definitely the place to go rain or shine.

I like the theater and I like the movies that they play I just wish they played a larger variety. That being said I love going because its a cute movie house and they do play great films. They only accept cash so make sure to bring some! Its a great place to go when the weather is bad and you want a change of scenery. Its the only place to see independent films in the area.

Love, love, love the vickers! Every time I get a chance to see what they have playing and drive over there its ALWAYS been a great pick! Thank god for places like this to bring some culture to southwest michigan!

hooray for indie film and art houses tucked away in small town michigan! this place is a pleasant surprise :)

A nice little gem of a theatre/​art gallery tucked away in little Three Oaks. After living in several large cities and then moving back to Berrien County, was happy that there’s one theatre that shows indie movies. I’ll drive the extra mileage to your place over the Celebration (blech!!) theatre anytime. Thank you Vickers family for having the vision and bringing your theatre to fruition.

When I first visited Three Oaks, I was a fourteen-​year-​old with an attitude who wondered what the hell I was going to do with my weekends visiting my dad and Tina in Nowheresville, MI. That year, Jon and Jennifer Vickers bought the historic 1890s theatre in the center of town and began major renovations to restore it to its former glory.
The finished product is an intimate, wonderful art house, dedicated to bringing indie films, live theatre and music performances, open mics, poetry readings and local artists’ work to Three Oaks, in addition to the annual «Sound of Silents» film festival (which is this weekend, 8/3−5!!). I don’t think it’s an exaggeration to say that the work of Jon and Jenn and the success of the Vickers Theatre was a huge impetus behind the «cultural revolution» in Three Oaks.
I’ve seen my fair share of films at the Vix (as we lovingly call it), my brother and his lady perform there somewhat regularly, my dad sells his pottery there and he and Tina (the two who dragged me to Three Oaks in the first place) have both shown their artwork there. So yeah, I love the place for the history I have with it and the friendship we’ve established with the Vickers. Personal affinity aside, though, the Vickers Theatre really brings a lot to Three Oaks and people from all over have noticed. Folks from various parts of Michigan, Indiana and Illinois all make the trip to Harbor Country to visit the theatre and enjoy the friendly folks who serve the theatre well. Maybe you should be one of them, too! :)