Cineplex Odeon Yonge & Dundas 24
10 Dundas Street East,
Toronto,
ON
M5B 2G9
10 Dundas Street East,
Toronto,
ON
M5B 2G9
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I just heard that AMC will remove all of the Sony 4K projectors throughout the complex when they vacate to make room for the Cineplex takeover. These will more than likely be replaced by Christie machines. I don’t know what will happen with the IMAX auditorium but I doubt that Cineplex would get rid of it.
One thing I am very interested in since I have taken advantage a lot of it in recent years is if the $6 promotion will carry over to Cineplex for the matinees.
I am defintely leary especially when it comes to the Yonge and Dundas as to changes to the feel of the theatre. I am sure the ETX theatre in the back at some point will be “changed” to the AVX. But only time will tell. As for the art house theatre idea now that the cumberland has closed and this deal now has come through it makes even more sense for Varsity to take over that mantra, so see what happens
I agree with your comment. Now that the Cumberland is gone that would certainly make sense. Consequently, all of the big commercial films should open at the Y&D 24 with its totally up-to-date facilities: superior 4K digital projection, great sound, comfortable stadium seating, IMAX presentations, clean and plentiful washroom facilities, pleasant movie-themed decor along with genuinely friendly and helpful staff. I hope Cineplex recognizes what a great addition this venue will be to their chain of theatres and doesn’t make too many arbitrary changes.
I’m also wondering Jon, now that Cineplex will have the Y&D 24 AND the Scotiabank if they will put more arty type films in at the Varisty to partially fill the void left by the closure of the Cumberland Four? I mean right now the Varsity is the ONLY venue left in that whole area that was once RICH with theatres.
I think it happened when they decided to build plexes and chuck the wonderful old theatres we used to go to: the Carlton, Imperial, Loew’s, Loew’s Uptown, the University, etc. It was a real adventure going to the movies then. On the other hand, the plexes have their advantages too. Don’t like a movie? Skip down the hall and try another one. 3-D giving you a headache? There’s always the standard version showing in another auditorium. Things change and we’ve obviously adapted.
Well if that’s the case then they better close the Silvercity, the Winston Churchill is waaaay nicer and has more screens.
What puzzles me is this competition business that you can’t have too many Cineplex or Empires in one area, remember the days when Famous Players had 5 different theatre buildings in the Yonge/Bloor area or the Sheraton Centre twin right around the corner and up the street from the Imperial Six? When did all that change?
At this stage nothing would surprise me. Maybe they’ll simply close the Winston Churchill site and sell if off for anything but a movie theatre. Great way to make sure they’ll have zero competition in the area.
I am too Jon, should be interesting. I’m a bit surprised that Empire didn’t snap this up to get a downtown location and have more screens than Cineplex has at Scotiabank. I’m also a bit puzzled that Cineplex is taking over the Winston Churchill 24 in Oakville, which is literally down the street from it’s Silvercity Mississauga location. Maybe they will sell that one to Empire?
I’m looking forward to the conversion of the AMC Yonge & Dundas into a Cineplex venue since it’s my favorite cinema in Toronto. Maybe now they’ll be able to show everything that’s available. There’s been some strange business going on which kept a lot of good product from screening in this super venue.
….speaking of Cineplex. This one is slated to become a Cineplex location along with 4 AMC’s in the GTA and one in QB. Two AMCs are going to Empire and two might just close all together.
Yeah I believe Rainbow has a bunch of former Cineplex management running hence which is probably why the preference for venues taken over.
Rainbow cinemas took over Market Square long before Famous Players was sold. Rainbow took over June 2003 and none of the former Famous Players were sold to Rainbow. All of the Rainbow buys over the years have been former Cineplex Odeons.
The Market Square Cinemas were built and operated by Cineplex Odeon. When they took over Famous Players they were required to divest themselves of a certain number of theatres to reduce their dominance in Canadian exhibition to what the government considered a reasonable level. Some of their theatres were sold to Rainbow Cinemas, a mainly Western Canada small chain, and others to Empire Cinemas, an Eastern chain.
Yes, I thought there was an entry for it. I’ll contact the folks at CT and see if they can find it. If one was lost ……
I think there was an entry for the “Market Square Cinemas” which was originaly the “Ciniplex Odeon Market Square” but some how it disapeared.
PS I am the same person as scruffywilber. I forgot my password and closed my eMail account so I came back under my real name.
Scruffy, you mention the Market Square Rainbow Cinemas above. It’s not on CT. Maybe you could add it. On one of my trips to Toronto I was actually in it.
The AMC now has an IMAX auditorium. I saw the3-D IMAX short film about the Space Station on their new screen and was impressed by what I saw and heard. Too bad the Hollywood features converted into the IMAX format aren’t composed specifically for this type of presentation in order to maximize the effect.
The theater will have both ETX & digital Imax, it says on their website.
Its a case that it will stay the same (ETX), again if they retrofit any of the theatres it will be 6, 9 or 10 on the main floor or one of the one is the centre lobby on the top, but it will be tricky again since from my understanding for 70 mm the auditorium needs to meet certain specifications for seating as well for screen side and sound which is why it is easier to start from scratch such as the ones Famous has made for Colliseum, Scotiabank and Collosus. Since AMC are already existing houses and have limted room makes more sense to convert to etx rather than imax.
I wonder if the AMC’s ETX auditorium will be the one they retrofit for IMAX? If it is the same one, I certainly hope they eliminate the one row of seats in the middle of the auditorium where you can’t see over people’s heads. The two rows of seats are on the same level. So much for stadium seating throughout the entire complex. It’s got to be very annoying when paying a premium price for ETX and you can’t see the bottom half of the screen if you get stuck sitting in that row.
As an aside… the Scotiabank’s Imax auditorium screens 35 mm films that are blownup to large format 70mm stock. I suspect that all Imax theatres screening Hollywood features will soon be converted to digital projection technology. The cost of 70mm film prints (especially for 3-D since it requires two prints, one for the left and one for the right eye) is incredibly expensive.
It is not going to be a True Imax screen, just a retrofitted auditorium akin to the ETX to better compete with the Imax screenings taking place with Cineplex Entertainment, mainly the Parascotia. Whenever a new Imax auditorium is built in the city it is customarily built when the theatre is built or from scratch as part of an expansion (Colliseum 13 built further into the parking lot to built it to spec). The AMC doesn’t have the room. Not the first time I heard this rumor. Also heard someone at the Queensway saying their new Ultra AUX system was IMAX which it isn’t just higher resolution presentation.
This AMC is getting an Imax. Don’t know how the future hold for Scotiabank Theatre.
I think this will be considered a classic one day.
I like the Auditorium sizes much better than the shoe boxes around the corner at the “Market Square Rainbow Cinema”
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Interestingly enough TFF this year is using Theater #7. I might try to catch Cleanflicks (a documentary about the mormons editing Hollywood films to make them more family friendly) in ETX. Sweet.