Tower Cinemas, located at 183-185 King Street, Newcastle is Newcastle’s only city centre movie theatre, originally opening in April 1976. After being closed for 7 years, it has re-opened on Friday, 21st November 2025.
Queensland-based Five Star Cinemas purchased Tower Cinemas, and undertook an 18-month renovation to bring the cinema back to life, while also retaining the original feel of the cinema, with a few modern upgrades.
Matt and I booked tickets to the 2pm screening of 1985 movie The Goonies on Sunday, 1st March 2026. The Goonies is one of Matt’s favourite childhood movies & he was looking forward to being able to see it on the big screen for the first time.
It was great to be able to see that Five Star Cinemas have kept with the old school feel of the Tower Cinemas & haven’t made any drastic changes.
Overall, a brilliant experience that kept memories of the old Tower Cinemas alive. Matt & I both look forward to seeing more movies here in the future, both current releases and old school also.
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