Harkins Shea is best recommended for the dimwits who think the Camelview (gag) is the only place to see foreign and art-house. Not true at all. As other reviews have pointed out, the Harkins Shea primary claim to fame, aside from the fact that nobody knows it even exists, is that it's where most of the Camelview-debuted titles go after their initial run: whether it's the "Wendy and Lucy," Best Docu Oscar nominee "I.O.U.S.A.", the local independent title "The Phoenix Lights," etc. Harkins Shea is like Chandler Cinemas for people who won't go to Chandler Cinemas.
There's plenty of parking, plenty of room in the lobby, plenty of room in even the smallest theater. Can you say that about Camelview? I don't think so. The seats are the same cushioned, rocker-back seats you'll find at other Harkins. If you're hep to a place like Chandler Cinemas (whose seats are practically milk crates compared to this), I don't see what the big deal is. It's not a new home: you only have to sit there for a couple hours. You don't have to marry the seat. Criminy. If your butt's that's sensitive, get a flippin' cushion to bring with you or get up and move to a different seat. Damn, people whine about the most trivial stuff.
My only complaint is the grumpy old guy ticket-taker, and that it seems to attract way too many old people - I mean, literally, senior citizens in wheelchairs and walkers everywhere you look. Which is kinda cool, because if you're feeling cheap on a particular day, you can ask for the senior discount and they'll give it to you. (Not that I, ahem, condone such dishonesty. Not I, said the fly.)
It's in the same plaza as Pita Jungle. So, a good movie and Pita Jungle afterwards. What's not to like about that?