Regent 3 Cinemas (Masterton)
Address:
Cnr Queen Street & Peter Jackson (!) Streets, Masterton, 5810 Contact Person: Brent Goodwin Phone: +64 3 377 5479 Email: [email protected] Brent's Email: [email protected] Website: www.regent3.co.nz |
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Details
Capacity: 75 + 97 + 160
Screen: Three screens, Fully digital. 3D
Sound: Great Dolby 7.1 sound
Seating: Stadium, ranked, flip-up seats
Snackbar: Snackbar, + adjacent Strada cafe
Accessibility: Level access to two ground floor screens
Capacity: 75 + 97 + 160
Screen: Three screens, Fully digital. 3D
Sound: Great Dolby 7.1 sound
Seating: Stadium, ranked, flip-up seats
Snackbar: Snackbar, + adjacent Strada cafe
Accessibility: Level access to two ground floor screens
Geoff's Review
Most recent visit: May 2022
People are often a little unkind about Masterton, for it does not have the visual appeal and tourist pull of other Wairarapa towns, but it certainly has two tremendous cinemas--the long-established Regent 3 and the classy new arrival The Screening Room, both to be found on Queen Street.
As with other Wairarapa towns, Masterton is increasingly a dormitory town for Wellington, with a daily rail service to the capitol.
The entrance and foyer of the Regent 3, which opens to Masterton's main shopping street, evokes grander, more opulent days of cinema-going. Established in 1930, it once had sister cinemas in Palmerston North and Whanganui.
You do need catch out a film here for the auditoriums are something special, and far removed from the bland boxes of the multiplex. The projection is digital on to curved screens, with great sight-lines and reproduction. The sound system is something special too and a real treat for film buffs--rich and deep, rather than overpowering. A good mix of films, with very generous ticket prices eg adults after 5pm pay $13.
The Regent 3 screens a good mix of mainstream, holiday programmes and art house title (including National Theatre), with small town ticket prices. It has hosted the Masterton leg of the NZ International Film Festival and in May 2022, it is hosting the second Wairarapa Film Festival, featuring films with a local connection (see www.waifilmfest.co.nz).
There is a good adjacent cafe but also check out the very popular Ten O'Clock Cookie Bakery Cafe just up the street (180 Queen Street), which offers the most extraordinary array of pastries, gourmet sandwiches, cabinet and menu offerings. Nothing else quite like it in NZ.
Most recent visit: May 2022
People are often a little unkind about Masterton, for it does not have the visual appeal and tourist pull of other Wairarapa towns, but it certainly has two tremendous cinemas--the long-established Regent 3 and the classy new arrival The Screening Room, both to be found on Queen Street.
As with other Wairarapa towns, Masterton is increasingly a dormitory town for Wellington, with a daily rail service to the capitol.
The entrance and foyer of the Regent 3, which opens to Masterton's main shopping street, evokes grander, more opulent days of cinema-going. Established in 1930, it once had sister cinemas in Palmerston North and Whanganui.
You do need catch out a film here for the auditoriums are something special, and far removed from the bland boxes of the multiplex. The projection is digital on to curved screens, with great sight-lines and reproduction. The sound system is something special too and a real treat for film buffs--rich and deep, rather than overpowering. A good mix of films, with very generous ticket prices eg adults after 5pm pay $13.
The Regent 3 screens a good mix of mainstream, holiday programmes and art house title (including National Theatre), with small town ticket prices. It has hosted the Masterton leg of the NZ International Film Festival and in May 2022, it is hosting the second Wairarapa Film Festival, featuring films with a local connection (see www.waifilmfest.co.nz).
There is a good adjacent cafe but also check out the very popular Ten O'Clock Cookie Bakery Cafe just up the street (180 Queen Street), which offers the most extraordinary array of pastries, gourmet sandwiches, cabinet and menu offerings. Nothing else quite like it in NZ.