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Barrie Uptown Theater (formerly Imperial 8 Cinema) was a movie theatre in downtown Barrie, Ontario, Canada. The cinema was built in 1937, and is home to the Barrie Film Festival. [ 1 ] The building had 8 screens, though movies were only shown on 5 since its reopening.
Cineplex Inc. (formerly Cineplex Entertainment and Cineplex Galaxy) is a Canadian operator of movie theater and family entertainment centers, headquartered in Toronto.It is the largest cinema chain in Canada; as of 2019, it operated 165 locations, and accounted for 75% of the domestic box office.
The organization also stages Barrie's annual Reel Stories documentary film festival in the spring, [3] and the Central Ontario Youth Short Film Festival to showcase work by local emerging filmmakers in the summer, [4] as well as a monthly Screen One screening series of repertory films throughout the year, and a summer Lawnchair Luminata ...
He opened the International Theatre in Toronto which was the first theatre in Canada dedicated towards screening art films. [146] Taylor and Garth Drabinsky created the Cineplex Odeon Corporation in 1979, and by 1987 it was the largest theatre chain in North America with 1,500 theatres, with two-thirds of them in the United States.
A Regal Cinemas (with a built-in IMAX theater) in New Rochelle, New York, a suburb of New York City. Regal Cinemas was established in 1989 in Knoxville, Tennessee, with Mike Campbell as CEO. Its first location was the Searstown Cinema in Titusville, Florida. [7] Regal began to grow at a rapid pace, opening larger cinemas in suburban areas.
The SilverCity is now known as Cineplex Cinemas Yonge-Eglinton and VIP, and the Famous Players closed on October 24, 2021. In Manitoba, Famous Players Kildonan Place Cinemas opened in 1989. It was the last theatre operating in Manitoba under the brand. It featured six traditional movie screens and a small Cineplex arcade.
The year featured a diverse array of cinematic productions, ranging from major studio blockbusters to independent and streaming platform releases. The 2023 Hollywood labor disputes , including the Writers Guild of America strike and SAG-AFTRA strike , had a significant impact on the 2024 release schedule, with many films being postponed due to ...
IMAX is a proprietary system of high-resolution cameras, film formats, film projectors, and theaters known for having very large screens with a tall aspect ratio (approximately either 1.43:1 or 1.90:1) and steep stadium seating, with the 1.43:1 ratio format being available only in few selected locations.