Blue Jay 4 Theatre

Only movie house on this side of the mountain. Usually a good selection of movies. Clean. Friendly employees.

This is a 4 screen theater with a good selection of treats in the snack bar and decent prices. They make sure to have the newest films and are always friendly and helpful.

It’s the only place up here, so whaddyagonnado?
Overpriced, seats are terrible, usually filthy dirty. I keep going though, because who wants to go down the hill to spend a little less money in an updated theater with comfortable, clean stadium seating? Most of us don’t.

I wouldn’t expect much more from such a rural area, but it is definitely out-​dated. The entrance is somewhat hard to find, but I think once you spot the building, every entrance leads you in the theater, so it’s not too bad. The prices were very reasonable and the service was very friendly!

Great prices! It’s ten times cheaper to use this movie theater rather than the ones down the hill. Granted they don’t always have all the new movies but they have enough. It’s always clean as well and it’s never too over crowded.

First time here. Overall, pretty good. Excellent leg room in the theatre, nice size screen, good sound on the movie we saw. Our movie tickets were $ 9.50/each, about the same as other theaters. We noticed snack-​bar prices were higher than we were accustomed to… but, it has to cost more money to get things up here and keep a theatre this size warm and dry. Overall, good job, Blue Jay Theater!

This place has 1 serious flaw. The chairs are not close enough to put your feet up. If they were close enough to put your feet up I would give this place 5 stars.
They also need to get an arcade!!!

Good theater prices are a little high but our options are limited on the mountain lol… dont pay extra for 3D, not worth it there…

The employees at the theater are extremely friendly and helpful.
The theater is very small, which is actually kind of cute.
The problem lies in the fact that this place is absolutely filthy. The theater and the restrooms were just gross.
Please clean it up! But I’ll be back anyhow.

Cinema is totally old school except for prices! Staff was super friendly and place is old but clean.
Adults price is $ 12.50 for 3D and children under 12 are $ 10.75 for 3D
Large popcorn with one refill 7.75 small icee $ 5 and small soft drink $ 4
Let’s say for a family of 5 1large popcorn and 3 small drinks it was $ 80.00…
We enjoyed the movie and had a good time which is what is important ! Just know that just about like anywhere else movie night for a family of 5 isn’t cheap anymore!
I’m sure next time we are back In Lake arrowhead and there’s a good movie out we will stop by again!

This place has withstood some serious destruction. One winter, it snowed so much wet snow, the roof caved in! It took forever it seemed to get it put back together (unlike the Ice Castle which used to be across the street, and is now just a memory).
The Blue Jay Cinema does a pretty decent job at having the most current movies for show on it’s 4 screens.
There are two staircases which lead to the 2^nd floor. An elevator is also available.
You may also notice the star lights in the ceiling. They may not be there anymore.
Although there is not stadium seating like most modern theaters, viewing is not a big problem. It also feels very traditional and antique.
There’s a full concession bar with the usual overpriced popcorn, soda, and candy.
The first movie I ever saw here was Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in 1990. Kids actually snuck in through the Exit and took up the floor in the front of the theater.
BJC is also close to McDonalds, Jensen’s, and just a short car ride away from the restaurants of Agua Fria.

silly, way overpriced! I get it’s the only theatre on the mountain but it’s downright unjustifiable to gouge. They charge the exact same price as the brand new theaters with top rated sound system, comfortable, reclining seats. I guess when you’re the only theatre you can do whatever the heck you want. Pshhh. no thanks, I’ll wait till I get back down the hill to see a movie. I’m sure they lose a lot of business because of this – I feel bad for locals that have no other theatre choices.

Awful, overpriced @ 9.50 for matinée, seats are uncomfortable, screen is too low for seating, small popcorn $ 6.00, I’d expect these prices from a state of the art new theater, not this old place. I understand its the only one below big bear and we went due to convince never again take the trip down the mountain to literally anywhere else.

Went to see Star Trek in 2D for the 5:40 showing. There was a line out the door to buy tickets. Only two people working behind the counter and they were selling tickets and concessions at the same time. VERY INEFFICIENT!!! I do have to say that the employees were very friendly, so this is a management issue. Matinée prices are $ 9.50 (which is ridiculously high) and regular prices are $ 11.50, so the matinée price isn’t really a bargain. They were selling old popcorn, not freshly popped and charged $ 7.00 for a medium, not-​so-​fresh popcorn. When we left the theatre on a Sunday night, the lobby was a mess and the trash cans were all full! Very disappointing. If you can, watch movies down the hill.

I do appreciate that we have a movie theater on this end of the mountain — and we locals don’t expect that the movie experience will be similar to the large theaters down the hill. With 4 very small theaters, no stadium seating, and chairs that have seen better days, you would think that Blue Jay 4 Theaters would price their tickets and concessions at a rate below that of their competition. No such luck there. The ticket prices are nearly identical to Krikorian’s and the concession prices are substantially higher. $ 6.50 for a small popcorn? I paid $ 40 for 2 matinée tickets, a kid’s pack, a medium drink and 2 hot dogs.
Also, no ticket sales at a separate window. If you just want a ticket, you have to wait in the concession line and wait while the two employees fill overpriced popcorn bags and soda cups for the customers ahead of you. This is just a bad first impression of a business. For a better movie experience on the mountain, I’m headed to Big Bear where the prices are much better.

It’s really the only theater within miles and it’s an absolute godsend when you’re in the area and bored. The prices are pretty comparable to any other theater, but I feel as though it should be a bit more discounted given the screen/​sound quality, seating, and cleanliness overall. Since I’m pretty tall, the non-​stadium seating wasn’t too much of a bother. Besides, it was pretty dead when I went, so it wasn’t like there was a full house and people were struggling to see over each other’s heads. However, the screen and sound quality were both lacking, and it was obvious the film wasn’t correctly centered.
The part that really got me, though, was the bloody tampon I found just chilling on the floor of the women’s bathroom. Okay… granted, this is (I would assume?) the handiwork of some gnarly ass female customer. But still, it was all old and dried out… I’m thinking it had been lying there for quite some time. Don’t they do bathroom checks? This really made me question the cleanliness of the whole place. Yikes!

It’s the local theater that has managed to stay in business and offer tickets at reasonable prices. I’ve heard they’ve gone through management changes over the years, and while they may not always be as clean or swanky as some of the bigger theaters it is NOT a dump as many smaller ones are.
The employees are on the younger side but very polite and helpful. Food and drinks are expensive but they’ve got to make a profit margin somewhere. Overall a great little theater in our town.

Screen 2 stars, sound 2 stars, seats 1 star. My back is still killing me a day after sitting in what was probably the most uncomfortable movie theater seat in at least 10 years. I’ve been to movie theaters in developing countries better than this. Maybe I need to gain some weight in my posterior so I have some extra padding? Maybe I should inject some local anesthesia? I guess it doesn’t really matter how much my butt hurts when I can barely hear what’s going on and the projector’s so dim I can barely see what I’m not hearing in the first place. At least my sense of smell was in full force when I first walked in and was olfactorily accosted by the oily fog of ancient popcorn butter.
I *love* cute little aging theaters. Some of them have a lot of character. But this one doesn’t really have much in the way of redeeming value. At the very least they could afford to turn up the volume a bit, especially for an action movie.
Next time I’m in the area I’ll just rent a movie instead, or at least drink more heavily beforehand.

Nice little theater very cozy and the people there are very helpful. i like the smaller theater atmosphere and enjoyed watching Twilight Breaking dawn part 1.
Love Lake Arrowhead too!

Ok… so a little harsh on the review due to the Management.
For some reason they only have one line for both the box office and the concessions. The line moves at a snails pace… took more than 20 min to buy a ticket and caused us to miss the previews and a few min of the movie. When I asked the clerk (nice enough guy) the response was that he and the rest of the staff agreed but the management wants it that way. He gave me an email address to complain, I decided to Unilocal it instead.
Great location, nice theater, and a friendly staff… poor choice on the box office/​concession line being combined.
If you’re going there… give yourself extra time.