Households sport pajamas for discounted motion pictures, popcorn at Warehouse Cinemas
Jan. 29—Mike Zemrose, 39, remembers his first time going to see a film in theaters.
It was 1988, he was 5 years outdated and his mother took him to see “The Land Earlier than Time.”
On Sunday, life got here full circle for the Zemrose household, as Mike and his spouse, Megan, took their 3-year-old son, Jacob, to his first film in theaters.
The featured movie? The Land Earlier than Time.
It was considered one of two film classics that Warehouse Cinemas in Frederick confirmed as a part of its Pajamas and Popcorn Social gathering on Sunday, which included discounted motion pictures costs and free popcorn for individuals sporting pajamas, a onesie or a throwback Snuggie.
“I do not understand how he’ll do, he is a bit younger,” Mike Zemrose stated of his son. “However, I assumed it might be an ideal alternative to take him to his very first transfer theater expertise to see the identical film that his dad noticed for his first movie show expertise.”
The Zemroses have been dressed for the event, too. Jacob stole the present together with his Christmas tree pajamas — substitutes for his dinosaur PJs that may have matched the theme of the animated movie he was about to see, however these have been within the wash.
A member of the Prieur household, Wyatt, 4, additionally noticed “The Land Earlier than Time” for his first movie-going expertise.
“We simply left church and switched into our PJs,” stated his dad, T.J. Prieur, who secured his free popcorn by sporting a pepperoni-dotted onesie.
T.J. Prieur stated the discounted film worth of $5 additionally incentivized he and his spouse, Sarah, to convey Wyatt and his brother, Jack, 6, on Sunday.
Along with “The Land Earlier than Time,” Warehouse Cinemas confirmed “Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Misplaced Ark,” which Angie Dodson and her 4-year-old son, Cole, traveled from New Market to see.
Cole, who specified that he’s nearly 5-years-old, displayed a variety of pursuits in his alternative of sleepwear for the film — cumbersome Minecraft slippers paired with a Child Yoda t-shirt and a spherical Spider-Man pillow. However, the pajamas solely scratched the floor of younger Cole’s passions.
“I like Harry Potter,” he stated.
And, his mother stated, “he loves Indiana Jones.”
“We simply thought it was a enjoyable solution to get the free popcorn and watch a film that we knew he preferred,” stated Angie Dodson.
Warehouse Cinemas’ subsequent occasion, “Margarita and a Film: Magic Mike’s Final Dance,” is scheduled for Feb. 9.
Like Sunday’s Pajamas and Popcorn Social gathering, the occasion might be at each Warehouse’s Frederick Towne Mall and Leitersburg (Hagerstown) areas.
For extra data, go to warehousecinemas.com/events.
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