— Social Cinema
The group chat
finally has a venue.
Built for the ones who make the plan, stay through the credits, and can't just watch without narrating.
— Live feed
Upcoming Shows
Starship Troopers + Halo
Zero Lounge · 7:00 PM
Two free drinks. A room full of strangers screaming at bugs. And Halo the rest of the night. Friday, September 4 at Zero Lounge - we're taking over for a Starship Troopers drinking game screening. Not a quiet rep-house night: live prompts on screen, audience challenges, and jokes timed to the movie so you're playing along the whole runtime. Then the projector switches to Halo. Here's what's in the ticket: 🍺 Two free drinks (21+) 📱 Text your reactions from your phone, best ones hit the screen 🎮 Halo on the big screen after the credits — stick around, squad up 🎤 Hosted by Natalie Couture Would you like to know more? Fri 9/4 · 7:00 PM · Zero Lounge
Super Smash Brothers N64 Tournament
Zero Lounge · 6:00 PM
Join us for a Super Smash Bros. N64 at Zero Lounge for a live tournament night with cash prizes, two free drinks, and a room full of people ready to yell at a CRT. Waterfall bracket rules double elimination 3 lives stock 5 min timer no items no pause Dream Land This is Peanut Gallery Mode, which means the crowd is part of the show. Cheer, heckle, react, talk trash, and watch the best comments and prompts hit the screen as the bracket unfolds. Whether you are entering the tournament or just coming to hang, drink, and watch people get launched off Hyrule Castle, the whole night is built for audience participation. Your ticket includes: Two free drinks Entry to the Smash 64 tournament Cash prize pool Live Peanut Gallery audience chat Hosted by Matt Catanzano Come early, pick your main, and prepare for the most dangerous sentence in gaming: one more match.
— What we do
Small Rooms.
Big Nights.
Your reaction is the other half of the film.
Curated Programming
Cult classics, horror nights, premieres, trivia, karaoke, TV finales, comedy shows. Not just movies.
Immersive by Design
Synchronized lighting, live overlays, and theatrical effects. A movie night becomes an event.
Intentional Rooms
Small audiences, food and drink, and everyone chose to be there. That changes the energy of the whole night.
— Event modes
Your Group.
Your Film.
Your Rules.
Drinking Game
We wrote the rules. Synced them to the exact frame. You'll know the moment when it hits. Come thirsty.
Live Chat
Talk. Text. React. You're supposed to. Message from your phone, watch it appear on screen in real time.
Peanut Gallery
The room becomes the commentary track. Best lines hit the screen. MST3K energy, any film, no holds barred.
Shadowcasting
Callbacks, overlays, audience participation. Rocky Horror invented it. We brought it to everything else.
Trivia / Lore
The deep cuts between scenes. The facts that reframe everything. The quiz round that proves you were right all along.
Roulette
You vote. We play. Nobody knows what's next. That's the whole bit.
Powered by the Microplex App
Browse shows, buy tickets, and participate live during the event — chat, vote, trigger overlays, play drinking games. All from your phone.
— How it works
Get In
Find a Show
Browse upcoming events on the Microplex app. Filter by type, date, or vibe.
Buy Your Seat
Grab a ticket. Small rooms fill fast.
Show Up
QR ticket gets you in. Arrive at the venue and take your seat.
Experience It
Watch, participate, react. Drinking games, live overlays, commentary — film as a live event.
— Get involved
Run Your
Own Show.
For Community Hosts
Programmers · Cinephiles · Event Organizers
You've already got the taste and the group. Build your playlist, set the vibe, grow an audience. Microplex handles the projection, ticketing, and operations. Your living room energy. A real venue.
For Venues
Theaters · Restaurants · Bars · Event Spaces
We bring the full Microplex experience to your space — projection, lighting, ticketing, marketing, and operations. You provide the room. We fill it.
— About
About Microplex
Microplex runs software-powered social cinema events at venues across Los Angeles. We built it because something went missing — streaming gave everyone access to everything and somehow made watching feel lonelier. So we brought the third space back, and made it better. Every show runs on technology that turns a passive audience into an active one — drinking games synced to the exact frame, live commentary hitting the big screen, audience votes that change what plays next. Real rooms. Real projection. Every seat filled by someone who chose to be there.
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