Showplace 16

This coming Saturday, September 3rd, more than 3,000 theaters across the US, including chains like Rockford and Machesney Park's AMC, are going to offer discounted $3 tickets in celebration of a new "National Cinema Day."

Weekends are going to feel a little different for young teens who regularly catch an in-theater movie in Rockford.

AMC Theaters is hoping that you've gotten good and tired of watching movies from your couch, and that you're up for the movie-going experience once again.

When AMC-owned Showplace 16 and Showplace 14 eventually re-open, they most likely will not being showing films distributed by Universal.

Another AMC Theater was approved to sell alcohol. What if Rockford and Machesney Park followed suit? [POLL]

In honor of a special anniversary for one of the 80's biggest movies, you get a chance to re-live in on the big screen.