The midstate is host to a wide selection of regular multiplexes that show first-run mainstream fare.
The largest is the Regal Stadium in Susquehanna Twp. with 14 screens.
Art house, independent and foreign films are available on three screens at the independently owned Midtown Cinema in Harrisburg.
The Cinema Center of Camp Hill in Hampden Twp. also picks up one or two indies in addition to the usual Hollywood lineup.
Carlisle Theatre in Carlisle shows independent films on its single screen and often has hard-to-find selections like the Korean horror movie "The Host."
Allen Theatre in Annville has a single screen that mixes independent films with larger releases.
Elks Theatre in Middletown is on a historic site and plays regular current releases.
Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts in downtown Harrisburg has been showing mainstream releases such as "Spider-Man 3" in IMAX format. The complex also shows a variety of science-related films.
For those who like the drive-in experience, the area has the Cumberland Drive-In Theatre in Newville and Haar's Drive-In Theatre in Dillsburg.
And for those who don't mind waiting, the Colonial Park Mall theater shows second-run films at discounted ticket prices.
The biggest theater project looming in the area is the expected completion of a 14-screen complex at Harrisburg Mall toward the end of this year.
The Swatara Twp. theater, part of the Great Escape chain, is being touted by the mall's management company, Feldman Mall Properties, as "first-class."
The quick groundbreaking on the mammoth project shooed away a planned 16-screen theater at High Pointe Commons shopping center, just two miles from Harrisburg Mall.
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