Aksarben Cinema Rewards

“You know, I've had more rewarding friendships than this one.  Although I do get to keep telling the same jokes.”

-Teddy in Memento

Rewarding Friendship

Aksarben Cinema is the best friend you never had. Not only does this Omaha theatre show the best movies, but it also rewards guests with amazing concessions after they collect reward points. Reward points are accumulated by purchasing admission to one of the many Hollywood hits at Aksarben Cinema. This will most definitely be the most rewarding friendship you've ever had.

A Tradition of Giving

Aksarben Cinema is consistently donating to organizations such as Big Brothers and Big Sisters and the American Lung Association. Luckily for frequent patrons of Aksarben Cinema, the generosity doesn’t stop at organizations in need. With the Aksarben Cinema Rewards Program audiences can partake in delicious snacks and drinks throughout the year.

Simply walk up to the box office and visit with a staff member. Tell that individual you are interested in the Aksarben Cinema Rewards Program and you will then receive an Aksarben Cinema Rewards card that can be used immediately. With each admission you purchase, you will receive 20 POINTS on your card. That’s only 80 easy points until you find yourself with a small pop or popcorn, free of charge! Check out all the awesome potential rewards that are in store for you when you get this card:

●      100 - Small Pop or Popcorn

●      200 - $5 Voucher Good at the Concession Stand or Café

●      300 - Medium Pop or Popcorn

●      400 - $5 Voucher Good at the Concession Stand or Café

●      500 - Pretzel

●      600 - Hot Dog

●      700 - Regular Nacho

●      800 - $5 Voucher Good at the Concession Stand or Café

●      900 - #1 Combo

Whether you are a movie lover who prefers to go solo or you have a large family, this card is for you! Now you may be wondering what the limitations of this card are considering many rewards cards have limitations. The answer: There are hardly any!

Limitations: You must be 13 or older to receive the Rewards card, you cannot work for or have an immediate family member who works for Aksarben Cinema, free admission rewards vouchers are not redeemable for "No Pass" or "NP" engagements, and management reserves the right to change or discontinue the Aksarben Cinema Rewards program without notice or liability at any time.

For more information check out the Aksarben Cinema Rewards Program online and don’t miss all the new movies at Aksarben Cinema!

Aksarben Cinema Honors Educators

“Back to school, back to school, to prove to Dad that I’m not a fool.”

-Adam Sandler in Billy Madison

While some parents, teachers, and students may dread those three little words, “back to school,” some of us can’t help but smile thinking back to the lovable man child played by Adam Sandler in 1995’s Billy Madison.

Aksarben Cinema proved last Wednesday that they’re “no fools” because the theater announced a new discount which will provide educators with up to $2.00 off their ticket price. This discount further shows that Aksarben Cinema cares about these devoted individuals by not having the discount featured just once a week, but every single day.

The teacher discount was recommended by a customer because Aksarben Cinema already has a discount for students, but never before has featured one for teachers. Even more exciting than the announcement of this discount is the list of who all is included.

  *   Faculty or staff  of an accredited primary or secondary school, public or private university or college, or school district

  *   A teacher of a home schooled student

All these generous people need to do is show their school identification at the box office to receive the discount.

Aksarben Cinema Rewards

If that wasn’t enough, Aksarben Cinema tickets purchased by teachers are still eligible for the Aksarben Cinema Rewards program. For every ticket that is purchased you will receive 20 points. These points can be redeemed for free pop, popcorn, and other concession items. Aksarben Cinema takes care of Omaha teachers better than any theater in the city as evidenced by all of these amazing deals!

Book Clubs

Aksarben Cinema isn't simply devoted to academics with the introduction of this new discount.  Aksarben Cinema is also partnering with The Bookworm, an independent, family-owned bookstore for a Young Adult Book Club which featured the modern classic, The Giver. At a recent event, participants discussed the book and then watched the film adaptation of Lois Lowry’s book. The Young Adult Book Club will meet next to discuss The Maze Runner.

There is also a Senior Book Club that will be meeting to discuss upcoming releases This Is Where I Leave You and Gone Girl. Check out Aksarben Cinema on Facebook for more information!

Education is obviously a priority for Aksarben Cinema with wonderful discounts and opportunities to enjoy a good book before seeing the movie. “Back to school” is now a phrase that rings with excitement thanks to Aksarben Cinema!

Love is in the Air at Aksarben Cinema

Love is in the air at Aksarben Cinema! Omaha’s favorite movie theatre has you covered on date night with incredible deals on movie tickets, food and drinks. The selection is excellent at Aksarben Café located inside this gorgeous cinema and guests will easily find something to satisfy their taste buds.

Food and Drink Choices

•    Try Aksarben Cinema’s new cheeseburgers, grilled chicken, salads or old favorites such as pizza, fried green beans, chicken strips, and mozzarella sticks.

•    For a tasty treat enjoy the plentiful options including ice cream, shakes, fresh baked cookies, and fruit and veggie cups.

•      Don’t forget about The Bar! Aksarben Cinema has a full-service bar featuring beers, liquors, wine, frozen margaritas and strawberry daiquiris.

All of these refreshments can be taken inside the theatre with you while you enjoy one of Aksarben Cinema’s fine films. Also, make sure to take advantage of their cross-promotion with Dudley’s Pizza & Tavern: Show your ticket stub and get $3.00 off a medium or large pizza. The best films in Omaha deserve to be featured with delicious pizza from Dudley’s.

Call the Babysitter

Is that enough to make you call the babysitter? If not, then a reminder that Aksarben Cinema offers $5.00 movies all day on Tuesday will likely push you over the edge. The deal also features $2.00 hot dogs, pop, popcorn, and $3.00 Bud Light.

Enchant your special someone tonight with great food and fun at Aksarben Cinema. There is no better date than dinner and a movie, whether it is your first date or a long anticipated night away from home. The best theatre just got better!

$5 Tuesdays

Tuesday will be your new favorite day.

Every Tuesday Aksarben Cinema offers films for $5.00 all day (excluding 3D films which will be shown for the equally exciting $7.50 price). This promotional offer is an incredible deal considering Aksarben Cinema already offers some pretty impressive snack deals on Tuesdays including:

·     $2.00 hot dogs

·     $2.00 small sodas

·     $2.00 small popcorn

For those over age 21 there are also $3.00 Bud Lights to quench your thirst after a long day of work. It just doesn't get much better than that. 

Besides, if you consider what $5 buys nowadays, it's easy to see how hours of entertainment in a ridiculously comfortable, state-of-the-art movie theater is a heck of a deal for the price.

Timing is everything

This promotion comes at the perfect time as Marvel recently released their latest blockbuster, “Guardians of the Galaxy.” The new film stars Chris Pratt as Star Lord - at least that's what he likes to call himself - and a group of outcasts including a wise-cracking raccoon named Rocket, a talking tree with a limited vocabulary, a dry-humored literalist known as Drax the Destroyer, and the aggressive beauty, Gamora.

With the best snacks to keep your taste buds occupied while you marvel at the sheer spectacle of “Guardians of the Galaxy,” Aksarben Cinema'sTuesday deals don't disappoint.

If space isn't your place then consider checking out any of the many other films available for viewing at Aksarben Cinema. Check out the schedule here.

Tuesdays: Your new favorite day

If you have $5 in your pocket and appreciate watching movies in a movie theater that can only be described as magnificently modern, mark your calendar for Aksarben Cinema's $5 Tuesdays.

CinemaCon 2013 Pt. 2

My CinemaCon 2013 Pt. 1 post concluded with our Tuesday night screening of The Heat starring Melissa McCarthy and Sandra Bullock.  So now we jump into Wednesday!  

We started the day with a seminar on "Meeting the Expectations of Today's Savvy Moviegoer".  Not to toot our own horn, but we already have a lot of their ideas in place.  They focused a lot on community involvement, doing specialty screenings for local organizations, and becoming a vibrant gathering space.  We did take away some new ideas, and look forward to continuing to grow in this area in the coming months.

Next came one of the presentations I was most looking forward to, Disney.  I am a sucker for Pixar films and couldn't wait for our screening of Monsters University, which did not disappoint.  They also presented the following titles The Lone Ranger (which looked fantastic & Johnny Depp made an appearance), Planes (opening Aug. 9th), Delivery Man (starring Vince Vaughn & opening in October), Thor: The Dark World (opening in November), Frozen (opening Thanksgiving weekend), and finishing the year with Saving Mr. Banks starring Tom Hanks.  Saving Mr. Banks is the story of how Mary Poppins made it to the big screen. 

Following the studio presentation, we were off to the Filmmakers' Luncheon, which featured Guillermo del Toro, Sam Raimi, and Oliver Stone. They discussed the horror genre of films, and how they grew up loving movies.  This is becoming one of my favorite highlights each year at CinemaCon.

This lead us into the Sony Pictures studio presentation.  They kicked off their presentation with After Earth starring Will Smith and his son Jaden Smith, which opens May 31st.  On June 14th, This is the End, starring James Franco, Jonah Hill, Seth Rogen, "follows 6 friends trapped inside a house after a series of strange events devastate Los Angeles".  They also have White House Down (opening June 28th), Grown Ups 2 (opening July 12th & they brought out the whole cast!), The Smurfs 2 (opening July 31st), Elysium starring Matt Damon (opening August 9th), The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (opening August 23rd), and The Monuments Men (opening December 18th).  In 2014 they will bring us RoboCop, The Equalizer, Popeye, and The Amazing Spider-Man 2!  

Our final day, Thursday, included 2 studio presentations, and the final night Achievement Awards.  The first presentation was from 20th Century Fox.  Their summer kicks off with the animated film Epic (opening May 24th), The Internship starring Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson (opening June 7th), The Heat (two thumbs up from us! opening June 28th), Turbo (opening July 17th), The Wolverine (opening July 26th),  and Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (opening August 7th).  The next presentation was from the studio that brought you The Hunger Games, Lionsgate.  They kick off their summer season with Now You See Me starring Morgan Freeman, Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Isla Fisher, and Mark Ruffalo.  Now You See Me is about a team of illusionists in a cat and mouse game with the FBI, and opens on May 31st.  The rest of their year includes Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain opening July 3rd (Kevin Hart emceed their presentation), Red 2 (opening July 19th), You're Next (opening August 23rd), Escape Plan (opening September 27th), and Ender's Game (opening November 1st).  This brings us to The Hunger Games: Catching Fire which opens November 23rd.  I don't know about you, but November 23rd can't get here soon enough.  They also round out the holiday season with Tyler Perry's A Madea Christmas which opens on December 13th.  

Now on to my favorite part, the awards show, but first my funny story about meeting Elizabeth Banks.  I knew she was receiving an award that night for "Award of Excellence in Acting" and my goal was to meet her.  Before the awards started, I headed towards the women's restroom, and guess who I see washing her hands?!  I go straight to the sink and wash my hands next to her and let her know I love her.  Most people may think it is weird to say that to someone you don't know, but I really do love her.  She told me she loved me back, so that was good enough for me! 

The award honorees were as follows: 

Breakthrough Filmmaker of the Year- Joseph Gordon- Levitt

Breakthrough Performer of the Year- Aubrey Plaza

Cinema Icon Award- Morgan Freeman

Male Star of Tomorrow- Armie Hammer

Female Star of Tomorrow- Hailee Steinfeld

Director of the Year- Justin Lin

Rising Star of 2013- Asa Butterfield

Award of Excellence in Acting- Elizabeth Banks

Comedy Duo of the Year- Owen Wilson & Vince Vaughn

Lifetime Achievement Award- Harrison Ford

Male Star of the Year- Chris Pine

Female Star of the Year- Melissa McCarthy

Melissa McCarthy

Chris Pine

Harrison Ford

Vince Vaughn & Owen Wilson

Elizabeth Banks

Asa Butterfield

Hailee Steinfeld

Morgan Freeman

Aubrey Plaza