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chuckkahn commented about University Theatre on Dec 27, 2023 at 10:02 am

(Checks the the Toronto 70mm Presentations article) That 1985 gap between Ladyhawke in April and Year of the Dragon in August with no 70mm playing at the University seemed like such a waste, especially given that it would close forever after 1986.

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chuckkahn commented about University Theatre on Aug 14, 2023 at 10:31 pm

Is there somewhere to get a list of screen sizes of the Toronto closed theatres: the University, Hollywood 1, Hyland 1, York 1 Cinema (on Eglinton), Uptown 1 and Eglinton? In feet would work. Thanks.

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chuckkahn commented about Eaton Centre Cinemas on Feb 13, 2023 at 5:37 pm

A 1983 newspaper ad for Cineplex and found these theatres:

Eaton Centre
Scarborough Town Centre
Hillcrest Mall
Erin Mills
Warden Woods

https://imgur.com/a/puUxIoe

“And Cineplex wept, seeing as he had no more worlds to conquer. So he merged with Odeon, bought Famous Players and destroyed all that was great about the Toronto movie landscape.”

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chuckkahn commented about Erin Mills Town Centre 5 on Feb 13, 2023 at 5:27 pm

I was looking for screen counts for all the 1983 Cineplex Toronto area theatres but this is a 1989 theatre. Where’s the 1983 version of Erin Mills South Common Mall?

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chuckkahn commented about Scotiabank Theatre Toronto on Feb 11, 2016 at 12:40 pm

I was in Scotiabank cinema #4 for The Great Digital Film Festival 5:30pm screening of “Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan” and during the scene where Bones gifts Romulan ale to Kirk I could hear the music from the Cineplex animated short “Lily & the Snowman” leaking through the walls from the AVX cinema next door. I guess because the song was a cover of the Genesis song “Follow You Follow Me”, it was on topic and this was acceptable — not. (Because Genesis is also the name of secret project Khan steals in the movie.)

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chuckkahn commented about York Theatres 1 & 2 on Jan 18, 2016 at 3:21 pm

Memorable screenings I attended here include 70mm presentations of Ghostbusters, Amadeus and the restored Lawrence of Arabia, Spartacus and My Fair Lady as well as 35mm presentations of The Last Temptation of Christ and Silverado as their first THX presentation and Jurassic Park as their first DTS presentation. I remember Warren Beatty complementing the York in a tv interview after he held an Ishtar screening there back in 1987.

Also saw the Special Editions of Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back upstairs and Return of the Jedi downstairs. I think I saw myself in the lineup for Empire Strikes Back on CFTO news. I wonder if that video is online anywhere?

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chuckkahn commented about University Theatre on Jan 6, 2016 at 1:55 pm

GilG, this is really disturbing that our libraries are being used to disseminate inaccurate information. What was your count for the number of errors in Mr. Taylor’s book?

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chuckkahn commented about University Theatre on Jan 6, 2016 at 11:42 am

To the taunting jerryross: Why should Mr. Taylor get a break for putting out a book full of errors? If there is a more suitable medium for addressing the errors in Mr. Taylor’s book, please point the way. Otherwise, let’s applaud GiLG’s efforts at documenting them.

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chuckkahn commented about University Theatre on Jan 5, 2016 at 4:08 pm

I don’t think you’re being too hard on Doug Taylor’s book. Mistakes are mistakes, and it’s frustrating to see inaccuracies serve as ingredients in something people might use as an information resource. I wonder how many libraries are putting this book on their shelves for the consumption of poor unwitting readers. Mr. Taylor should have checked this website for clippings such as this ad for Lawrence of Arabia that lists the Carlton as the theatre: http://cinematreasures.org/members/coasternut/photos/125837

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chuckkahn commented about Odeon Hyland on Jul 3, 2015 at 4:55 pm

This is where I saw “Back to the Future” 30 years ago today. Movie exceeded my expectations.

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chuckkahn commented about Scotiabank Theatre Toronto on Jan 13, 2013 at 9:29 am

This article reports that Scotiabank has 4K projection in Cinema 2 (Christie Series 2 4K 3-Chip DLP (HFR Compatible)):

http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/article/1313763—the-top-10-movie-seats-in-toronto

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chuckkahn commented about Cineplex Cinemas Winston Churchill on Dec 23, 2011 at 4:53 pm

The “Sony Digital Cinema 4K Theatre Locator” identifies this as a 4K cinema. I phoned and asked if “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” was playing 4K here, but the employee who answered didn’t seem clear on what 4K was and gave a vague answer about which showtimes were digital and which were film. Before travelling 34.5 km to this theatre, is there a more definitive way to confirm that this movie is playing 4K here?

http://pro.sony.com/bbsc/ssr/mkt-digitalcinema/resource.latest.bbsccms-assets-mkt-digicinema-latest-webapp4ktheatregmap.shtml

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chuckkahn commented about University Theatre on Jan 6, 2010 at 10:22 pm

I’ve started a list (working backwards) of movies that played here at View link

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chuckkahn commented about University Theatre on Nov 7, 2009 at 6:14 pm

“Strange Brew” (1983) featured the University Theatre quite prominently hosting the premiere of Bob & Doug’s “Mutants of 2051 A.D.”

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