A good lot of my professional life, from ages 18-30, was spent working sporadically in the cinematic presentation business, practically employed by every single theater in Oklahoma City and the surrounding areas. And why not? When you’re a young directionless slacker with very little gumption and even less vigor, a part-time job that allows you free movies, a steady diet of stolen tubed meats and a shockingly successful succession of 18-year-old girlfriends is the ultimate raison d'être.
Until it’s not.
That being said, while the theater business has changed drastically over the past decade, I still have a keen enough eye to know which ones, especially this holiday season with the entire family looking for filmed entertainment outside the house, are worth your time, money and trouble. Here’s your makeshift and mostly abridged TLO guide to the Metro’s movie theaters. Enjoy the feature presentation.
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