Lush Cosmetics Century City

Located inside Westfield mall. Clean and efficient. When you purchase tickets you can reserve your seat, which is really nice. No stress.

There's a lot of construction going on at the mall surrounding this theater so walking through it all to get to the theater was a bit of a pain. This theater was clean and functioned well as a typical AMC. They also validate parking so it was free, major plus.

Validate parking for a few hours and theater is clean and well maintained. Assigned seating available for tickets.

The AMC Century was remodeled a few years ago (along with the rest of the Century City Shopping Center). It is one of the better multiplexes in Los Angeles for me (due to prices, proximity, and movie times), though it does seem to be slipping of late (in terms of projection quality).



The good:

--Usually a good sampling of mainstream and independent films (plus in the fall, this theater often gets the movies playing only in NY and LA).

--Large variety of times (including early times), so you can see a movie early and get on with your day.

--Stadium seating throughout; no tiny screens like the old AMC Century.

--Like other AMCs, $6 a ticket for shows before noon.

--Free parking for the first 3 hours.

--Popcorn (when fresh) is good.



The bad:

--The automatic kiosks don't record your movie watcher points, which forces you to go to the counter (ugh).

--Can be quite difficult getting a ticket/seat during peak times (this place is often super busy).

--There have been some projection problems recently; usually, it gets fixed before the previews end; but one movie I went to recently was pretty much out of focus the whole time.

--The IMAX screen isn't a real IMAX screen (it isn't a big screen like the one at The Bridge).



Best moviegoing experience at this theater (pre-renovation): Black Hawk Down (2001). Pre-renovation celebrity sightings: Nick Stahl, Halle Berry.



Best moviegoing experience at this theater (post-renovation): Children Of Men (2006). Post-renovation celebrity sighting: Judd Apatow.

pretty OK for the experience.