Regal Cinemas Timberlyne 6

I haven’t been to this theater in years and my recent visit reminded me why I haven’t. The 5.99 price prompted me to give it a try. I was sooooo excited to see Star Wars! I purchased my popcorn and drink and settled down in my seat and eagerly awaited to see my all time favorite childhood movie. I didn’t allow the seating (I must admit I enjoy the stadium seating much better) to discourage me, after all I only paid 5.99 to get in. Ok its show time here we go, take me back. I felt like a little girl when I thought about the memories of Star Wars. The movie started and boy was I let down… the poor quality sound just made me stare in disbelief!!! NO NO NO you cant ruin MY movie and memories! I walked out of the theater. I didn’t even ask for my money back, I thought they could use my money I spent for admission popcorn and drink towards a sound system. A week later I went to Southpointe Cinemas to watch the best movie ever! I enjoyed it from start to finish, the surround sound and stadium seating just took me into another galaxy! Some things cant be compromised for the sake of price.

This is the closest movie house to my home and their recent switch to $ 5.99 a ticket for all shows has me hooked. Think it is a few bucks more for 3D. Prices for movies in the area are as high as $ 14.99 so for my wallet this is a great deal. They recently went digital so that is another plus in their favor and I’ve never had a breakdown at a movie like one reviewer talked about at Timberlyne 6. It is getting a bit busier but you can almost always get a ticket by walking up and they run a good selection of the popular movies that are out.
Real nice bunch of people who run the place and work there…

A pretty decent movie theater that I frequent primarily because of its proximity to my home. It has six theaters and typically shows all of the newest and highest profile movies, though movies don’t stay in this theater for too long (maybe a month or so). Tickets are around $ 8 for matinée and $ 10 for evening movies, which is on the average to high side of movie ticket prices.
The theaters themselves have a lot of seating, so you can almost always find a seat, even for blockbuster movies on their release day. One problem that I do consistently have with this theater is that the walls don’t have great sound insulation — at times, you can hear the sounds of the movies playing in the neighboring theaters. Usually, it’s not too big of a problem, but imagine being at a super emotional scene in the movie you’re watching with light, classical music playing in the background and suddenly hearing gunshots and screaming from the neighboring theater; ruins the mood completely!
One redeeming quality is definitely the fact that there’s a Food Lion right next door to the theater, meaning you can easily take a quick trip for some cheaper snacks and sneak them into the theater like I do (but shh, don’t tell anyone about this). The concessions here are expensive, as you would expect in any movie theater, so having a grocery store so close by is very, very convenient.
Oh, another thing. There’s a table right when you walk into the theater with free posters of upcoming movies, which is really cool. Pick some up if you’re interested!
Overall, a typical small town movie theater with lots of seating and all the newest movies. If you live near the area, Timberlyne is the place to go!

Very nice people working there. Great popcorn; okay seating. I will be back.

Before I begin my lengthy story about my dreadful experience at this theater two weeks ago, I want to make it clear that this ²⁄₅ score is solely based on the quality of the theater alone. It has nothing to do with overall experience.
Being the middle of winter, it was about 35 degrees at 12:15 when I was entering the theater. I bought a ticket for Selma for a very reasonable $ 7.50 matinée special and sat in my customary spot of 4 rows from the back of the auditorium in the left isle seat. Being an above-​average sized auditorium, this seat puts me behind most of the audience members, and allows me to enter and exit the theater without being a serious distraction towards others. Before I arrived at this establishment, I purchased a bag of trail mix at a local 76 filling station, and hid it in my briefcase so it would go undetected by the theater employees. Most theaters don’t mind if you do this, but I was just making sure because this was my first time at this particular location. The chairs were very uncomfortable, and kept constantly inflaming my sciatica. My legs didn’t get much a break either. I definitely wouldn’t advise doing a 90 minute high intensity cardio workout before coming here as it’ll feel like sitting on a cactus for 2 hours. At this point I decided to take a look around and see who the players in the audience were. 8 seats to my right was a family who, despite being Saturday, appeared to come straight out of church, sporting their Sunday best, effectively eliminating my hope of using any profanity at the theater. 3 rows in front of me, an entire row was dedicated to what I’m assuming was the local elderly bingo club. These people were even here before me, and I got here 45 minutes before the posted start time. During this entire period, these people NEVER stopped talking. Boy did they ever love Downton Abbey. 30 seconds before the opening credits, a middle-​aged, socially conservative couple sat in the two seats DIRECTLY in front of me, and immediately got out their phones to turn them off. They must’ve been using the spotlight setting or something because the light in my eyes had the same effect as a violet laser pointer. I loudly exclaimed, «Ow!», much to the dismay of the church family. The wife over there of course made a deafening «Shhhh!» sound, and the couple in front of me apologized. I quietly, and gladly accepted their apology, and was prepared to enjoy the film. I wish I could’ve done this, but for the next 45 minutes, the church family provided me with their own interactive commentary track of the film. They were talking so loud, large portions of the film dialogue were completely inaudible, prompting the couple in front of me to walk out and never return. Their teenage children were so frightened by the PG-​13 violence, that I heard them several times yell, «I have to close my eyes!», and the parents responding, «I’ll tell you when you can open them.». I was so annoyed that I decided I would move to the furthest possible seat away from these people in the front. As I was packing my briefcase, the dad apparently caught a glimpse of my smuggled trail mix, and ran across the entire row to confront me about sneaking items into the theater. He told me that he would get the manager if I didn’t throw my snack in the trash. Unable to deal with any more of their unfathomable stupidity, I angrily stormed out the theater to never return. I caught a showing of Selma at Wynnsong later that day.
In conclusion, this is an innocuous, below average, strip mall theater. I can’t exactly say that this should be your first choice for theaters in the local area, but you could certainly do worse, especially with the matinée deals.

I hadn’t been here in a while, 7 – 8 years or so, ever since I got dripped on by a roof leak during a thunderstorm with no available seats to move into and no satisfaction from the manager. So I thought I’d give them another try…
…and this time the digital projector broke. At first there was no light, only sound. My wife graciously went to inform management, who came in and apologized to the patrons and then went to reboot the system. Five minutes later, the same thing happened. Reboot. This time the show finally started (without any coming attractions, to make up for lost time). We got perhaps 25 minutes into the movie, when it happened again. This time the manager apologetically gave passes for a «free» movie to make up for the inconvenience. Too bad it couldn’t make up for lost time and a derailed date night.
(I’ve got to say, I DO NOT BLAME THE MANAGER ON DUTY. He clearly did the best he could with a bad situation.)

Old, out dated seats. Tiny cramped theaters. I could hear the movie in the theater next to us DURING the movie I was watching. They are charging full price current movies and leave you feeling ripped off and dissatisfied.

My kids like to go here because the popcorn and drink sizes are very generous (gluttonous). I like to go here because I have a regal movie club card which are free at the box office and help me to earn free movie tickets and concessions. Plus every movie we want to see is here including 3D which very few Chapel Hill theaters have.
I prefer not to drive to Durham to see movies and this place foots the bill. The parking can be tight and sometimes I have to park at the Food Lion but management seems very involved and interested in being there and the staff are very easy going and friendly.
Sound and movie quality are great and there are enough screens to support a good selection of movies without being some monolithic mall 17 screen theater.
If they replaced the slushee machine they have now with real Icees then I would be all 4.5ing this place.

The temperature in this theater was cold when I went. I saw a 2.5 hour movie, so it’s just not really enjoyable to feel cold for that long. No problems other than that

As others have said, not as crowded or pricey as other area theaters. But by the same token, you won’t have reclining seats, stadium seating, or movable cup holders. The sound in the speakers on the right cracked in and out. The pre-​show reels were really fuzzy, and I worried that the picture would be that way (luckily it wasn’t!). Parking isn’t big enough to hold everyone’s car, so you may have to park across the drive in Timberlyne shopping center. Staff was nice though, and theater was clean. Not sure I’d choose this place again, especially considering I’m usually in Durham.

One of the grossest theaters I have ever visited in my life. I, unfortunately, had to come here with friends a handful of times in college and regretted it every time. Why go here when you can travel just a bit further in the opposite direction and go to The Lumina at Southern Village?

So, as other people have said, Timberlyne is slightly cheaper and definitely closer than other theaters if you’re in Chapel Hill. Sometimes I’m feeling lazy and don’t want to fight the crowds at Southpointe — and Timberlyne even has 3D now.
The glaring problem with Timberlyne is that the walls are paper thin. Fine if you’re seeing an action film, but I can’t imagine watching anything quieter than that and not asking for my money back.

I like the convenience of Timberlyne, and the fact that even the largest film will likely not sell out by the time you get there. That is really all I like.
It’s overpriced for what you get. At 8.75, it’s not a terrible price for movies, but considering that the seats aren’t really updated, it is a little pricey.
Movie food is also highly priced (again, not surprising, considering that all movie food is overpriced). But here it just seemed excessive: $ 4 for candy, $ 4.50 for a soda that probably cost the theater about 10 cents to make. Yes, it’s a captive audience, but considering I can get a beer at the Varsity for less than what I pay for a soda at the Timberlyne, this seems a little costly.
Overall, if you want to see a new film, and don’t care about the quality as much as the film itself, Timberlyne is a good choice. For quality, you’re better off at Southpoint. For cheap fares, you’re far better off at Varsity.

Pretty average theater, carrying all the major pictures, convenient to my house so this is where I usually go. Average prices, theaters are on the big side so they never seem very crowded. They aren’t very sloped, which is too bad. Sometimes you can hear the movie next to you at quiet parts. Unless you’re close, pay an extra dollar and go to Southpoint or save a buck and go to Lumina!

Whatever. If I’m going to see a mainstream flick, I’m going to go to a theater that’s got up-​to-​date equipment to do it justice. If I’m going to a slightly less mainstream film, it’s probably playing across the street at Chelsea, or in town at Varsity. So, I guess that means that there’s no reason for me to go to Timberlyne.
For those not so concerned with picture and sound quality, and who also happen to live in North Chapel Hill, I guess Timberlyne is a fine option for not driving to Southpoint.

This is an old theater, with slightly discounted seats to mainstream releases. Beyond the cheaper seats, there isn’t really a huge reason to recommend this over an art house that shows those movies we love to talk about having seen like they make us better than everyone else or the multiplex with stadium seating (you’ll find just as many kids here as you would as Southpoint on a Friday night).
I’m sentimental, though, and this spot was where my first real-​live date took place. Not a group of friends meeting up so I could spend some quality make-​out time or hanging out in some unreachable corner of someone’s house to do the same… but a real, actual take-the-girl-out-for-dinner-and-a-movie-because-I’m-16-and-that-awesome date.
So three stars rather than two on account of the night I rolled into Chapel Hill and promised Erica’s step dad that my «intentions» were — if not honorable — at least not horrible.

It’s great to have a movie theater less than a mile from where I live. Timberlyne can get busy on the weekends, but even then it’s preferable to driving 20 minutes to Southpoint and then spending another 20 minutes to find parking. Most of the popular new releases play here, but there have been a few times that they haven’t shown a movie I wanted to see (if that happens I check the Varsity Theater). This is a pretty old facility, so it doesn’t have reclining chairs or stadium seating. It’s a little cheaper than Southpoint, but not as comfortable. The woman working the ticket window called me out one day for having an expired student ID (by like 2 mos.), but I still try it anyway.

This has always been my least favorite Chapel Hill Theater because of the paper thin walls. You can always hear that loud parts of the movie in the adjacent theater.
The last time I was there I was very rudely treated by an employee. I know I am not supposed to bring in my own food but I had a temporary lapse. My daughter and I had bought chocolate at the lovely Chocolaterie Stam and were excited to try it. We did not hide this as we walked in — we had our bags and were talking about it. No one said anything when we bought tickets, walked in or passed the ticket taker, but after we sat down and opened our treats, the usher came and said that we could either throw it away or she would ‘hold’ it for us until after the show. I apologized and asked if I could just put it away and not eat it but she would not let us do that. I am over 60 years old and felt like I was being treated like a naughty nine year old. On top of that, she seemed to be enjoying our discomfort. It’s a little thing — she was within her rights to stop us but it is all about the way it was done. I will not be going back.

Did someone say cheap seats?
Timberlyne isn’t your new-​age, space-​ship movie theater. It is a cinema close enough to everything Chapel Hill with good movie offerings, and tickets priced at half that of their more luxurious competitors.
No need to show up a half hour early, the show won’t sell out, and you’re even likely to have an empty row in front of you so that you can put your feet up on the seat.
Timberlyne is clean and close with all the big-​time movies. Best of all, you’ll leave with enough money for dinner afterward.