Jack Sherlock
Reporter
The Bengal Theater at Idaho State University is to many an appealing and inclusive resource for students, staff and the surrounding Pocatello community. It offers movies year round for timeless entertainment, with tickets at a maximum price of $3 for adult guests, $2 for children 12 and under or for faculty and staff, down to free admission for students with a Bengal ID.
The theater also provides a full concessions bar with a variety of snacks, as well as a thorough selection of the newest and hottest movies to come out of present day Hollywood, while also taking the time to honor the classics by occasionally bringing them back to the big screen.
COVID-19 has had a drastic impact on the ability to interact with our friends and family through shared entertainment, and despite the struggles brought on by the pandemic and it’s limited allowance for social interaction, the Bengal Theater aims to continue providing for customers. School, work, church and even partying with friends has gone virtual since last March, and now the Bengal Theater is following this pattern of online platform development by offering a brand new streaming service.
The Bengal Theater is able to provide this online streaming service through a program called Swank Motion Pictures (SMP). SMP is a movie and TV show licensing company that specializes in film distribution and licensing as a third party entity looking to more easily provide entertainment access for all.
Films and shows are purchased through SMP, and then access to these forms of digital entertainment are broadcasted and advertised through SMP through a login or association with an organization.
Accessing the streaming service provided by the Bengal Theater, specifically, is limited to ISU students or associates with an ISU username and password that has been provided by the university. Anyone with an ISU login is seconds away from streaming hours of entertainment that would otherwise be unavailable due to the allowance of in- person attendance to the Bengal Theater.
Simply visit the ISU Bengal Theater website at https://www.isu.edu/bengaltheater/, click “Watch Now” on any available movie that you’re interested in, and use your ISU login credentials to get full access to movie streaming.
