10-03-2014, 03:18 PM
The old Hyland was quite a nice theatre. The lobby was fairly spacious for a theatre of that size, if I recall correctly. The new cinema (would they dare call it the Duke Cinema, or is that too cheeky?) will be a second run house, like Imagine Cinemas in the Frederick St mall, although film distribution rules apparently ensure that they won't be showing the same films. One of the new owners is involved in getting TIFF films out to Ontario cinemas, so we might see some of that. I wonder if it won't occupy a bit of middle ground between the Princess Cinemas and the Imagine Cinemas? It would be great to have a Downtown venue for serious film and not just the Hollywood stuff.
By the way, if anyone hasn't been to the Imagine Cinemas since they were refurbished, it's worth checking out. The seating is not the most comfortable, but the fact that the got the seats from Graumans Chinese Theatre in LA is just so cool!
By the way, if anyone hasn't been to the Imagine Cinemas since they were refurbished, it's worth checking out. The seating is not the most comfortable, but the fact that the got the seats from Graumans Chinese Theatre in LA is just so cool!