Apex Cinemas Calvert Village

The theatre now accepts credit/​debit card payments, yay! They do seem to be having some HVAC issues and theaters all sport dehumidifies and caution signs that floors may be slippery. Also, don’t look up. The ceiling tiles are a mess, leaky roof or pipes perhaps?
First showing matinees of 2D movies are still $ 5.00 but 3D movies don’t have that advantage.
The popcorn is still the best and comes in big buckets.
The renovation of the shopping center has opened a bunch of new parking spaces.
Their ICEE machine has been down for a couple months (currently Dec 2015) but they didn’t drain the liquid out and I was told they’d just turn it back on when it’s fixed. I’m not sure if that’s accurate but definitely avoid those!
Overall it doesn’t seem that the ownership is keeping up the theater and with newer theaters popping up I’m not sure how long they’ll be able to compete without updating and renovating.

This is a great movie theater it is small and personal and a family setting I have been here three times already with my son and his friends to watch movies yet it is clean and dry and I will definitely keep coming back again
The popcorn is made fresh in front of you they have fountain sodas not bottles or cans and I love the nachos and the super big pretzels they are delicious they also have arcade games not too many but just enough for your child to play a few
Someone had made a comment about the smell in a theater this is so not true it is clean and it is even raining today there is no mildew or no smells at all

Apex Cinemas in Prince Frederick is in dire need of quality management, or maybe even mediocre management. This establishment is terribly understaffed. The staff member selling tickets also serves concessions — the only employee in the place. We bought large popcorns and sodas for the 7:25 show. When we went for refills at 8:10, we were told that the concession stand was closed. If you promise free refills with the purchase of a large, you should be open while the movie is playing.
The worst, however, is when you enter the movie theater itself, you get smacked in the face with the smell of urine. It was pervasive throughout the showing.
Driving the distance to a quality theater is inconvenient, but worth it.

I’ve been there 3 times with my kids. No major issues. It’s a small and tries to pass for a theater. They have a small selection of movies. They usually have only one kids movie. It’s the cheapest around unless you want to go to Annapolis and deal with that environment!!! Everybody who goes there are from in and around the Prince Frederick area, I feel real comfortable.

This theatre may not be the best or the most flashy, but it is hands down the best place to see a movie in southern Maryland. I’ll start by saying that they have updated. They do in fact accept cards now, and their screens are well taken care of. The seats aren’t anything special but they don’t distract you from the movie so that is pretty sweet, right? Right.
Next up, is the bad. All I can really say to the negative is that it is pretty far away. 40 minutes, but my other option is AMC Leows, and that is a disease… so please, if you value anything at all about your life do not visit that infernal hole of a theatre. I wouldn’t go to AMC Leows again even if it were the last theatre on earth, or even the last building to take refuge in… and anyway, back to Apex. Their website is kinda dinky, but short and to the point. So I like it all the same.

Hot, stuffy, smelly and the floor was so slippery with butter that it was impossible to walk to our seats without holding on to the seats on either side of us. Saw at least 4 people slip and eat it in the first 15 minutes we were there. That’s a personal injury lawsuit waiting to happen.

The only movie theater in town … and it shows.
Walking into the lobby prepares one for what to expect. Everything, from the carpeting to the counters, appears dirty and depressing. The last time anything was updated is best guessed by the nearly 15-​year-​old on-​screen welcome sequence.
The seats are old, broken, and painful on even the youngest backs. The theater floors are slick and gross, even after mopping. And what is that smell?! I’d rather not know.

Dear Apex of Prince Frederick,
I know you’re the only choice we have within 30 miles. I also understand that you’re small and doing the best you can to accommodate the SoMD masses and fit us all into your small space.
But I don’t understand why you must mop the entire theatre with the same water that has obviously come from the fetid, overflowing toilet.
I just sat through «Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix», and I could have sworn that somewhere between the opening credits and the final combat scene, Dumbledore loosed himself from the silver screen to take a magical dump in the seat next to me.
Hagrid may well have spent his «sabbatical» time pissing down the center aisle. At least it smelled that way.
The pungent scent of the mop water may be a useful tool if «Surround Smell» ever comes into vogue and we’re watching Harry and Voldemort out-​wizard one another in a London sewer, but for now, it’s just plain stinky.
Bleach is your friend.
Thank you for your time,
Cyn
ps…your counter sales girls and the ticket taker were extremely nice. I think they smelled okay too.