It remains unexplained why a convention centre, which hosts indoor activities where people tend not to engage outdoors, ought to be on the water
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It remains unexplained why a convention centre, which hosts indoor activities where people tend not to engage outdoors, ought to be on the water
Yesterday I showed my nephew, a 7-year-old who is pretty good at chess, the movie the Queen of Katwe, and look who shows up
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The area where they are *increasing* points is with premium formats (IMAX etc...), highlighting how important it is to their bottom line
Following disappointing Q4 earnings and closing multiple theatres (one in Toronto and one in NB), Cineplex announces it is devaluing its Scene+ points.
On most items the same amount of money will now earn three points rather than five, a 40 per cent cut
I hope they're filming, because if Canada wins hockey gold while people are waiting in line for Nirvanna merch outside the Rivoli they'll get great footage
Randy heard I was interested in journalism when I was 14, and invited me to shadow him at the Star for a day.
I'm sure there's many stories like that of his kindness and generosity.
The Olympics are a good time to remember the late Randy Starkman, the Toronto Star amateur sports reporter who passed away too young at age 51 in 2012.
i missed out :(
Colonel Kernel shed a single tear
The last screening at the Beaches Cinema
They don't know the timeline on the Harvey's yet but it will be around longer than the theatre -- chatted with an employee
The only place where there isn't a party in this theatre is this sad room
Let it be noted this happened in Olivia Chow's Toronto
Farewell, sweet prince
I can faithfully report that at the last night of the Beaches Cinema, Harvey's next door is PACKED
If you are an elder millennial who can identify the different models of Toronto streetcars and the historic branding changes of Sankofa Square, then Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie is really the film for you (and me)
Fox Theatre with a younger-than-typical demo today for NTBTSTM, really good energy
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Sadly they weren't distributing their old posters when I was there yesterday
It's my local! A shame.
Booked my tickets to the last-ever movie at the Cineplex Beaches Cinema (CRIME 101)
It is so nice to have a movie theatre within walking distance, and sucks to see it close.
Bigger picture angle here that public inquiries, once a prominent tool for governments of the 90s and 00s, are less common now, and why that might be.
I am also shocked that James Patterson would put his name on a cash-in
It's hard to take New Hampshire too seriously when you remember their state motto sounds like a Goosebumps book
THE KNIGHTS AND KNAVES RIDDLE
You encounter two doors and two guards. One is a liar and one tells the truth.
What question would you ask to determine which way to go?
SIR MIX-A-LOT: Guard, how do you feel about big butts?
When it comes to trade deals and the US and Canada, it is instructive to see which commentators think only the US has agency
New from me at TVO, refusing to grant the premise that this city's subway-mongers of the 2010s were right. amp.tvo.org/article/analysis-lets-pump-the-brakes-on-talk-of-subways-subways-subways-in-toronto
The Jays should have let Ohtani's dog Decoy choose his favourite logo
