The list of guests for the Island Fantasy Convention continues to grow and with their latest announcement, I squealed like a nerd.
Our fair city of Victoria, located on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, will see in 2015 not one but two Power Rangers! Wether they are here as special guests of the con or they are expecting the Empress Hotel to be smashed by a giant creature is anyone’s guess. I’m just happy they’ll be here — destruction or no.
In the month of September, Cinecenta has a treat for film lovers of both old and new. Movies such as Ghostbusters, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Obvious Child, Neighbors, Edge of Tomorrow, Maleficent, and Lawrence of Arabia will delight all at the little theatre located at the University of Victoria campus.
Cinecenta will also be celebrating their 5th Latin America and Spanish film week with movies from such filmmakers as Rodrigo H. Vila, Juan Carlos Maneglia, Shula Erenberg, and Cesc Gay.
Meanwhile, at The Fritz (a theatre located on Salt Spring Island) will offer what every sci-fi fan want. On Agusut 27th and 28th at 7pm, they will be showing Doctor Who, series 8 premiere episode “Deep Breath.”
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Written by James Robert Shaw
Coming soon to Sidney’s Star Cinema will be Maïna (2013), winner of Best Picture at the American Indian Film Festival and nominated for six Canadian Screen Awards at the 2nd Annual Canadian Screenm Awards.
Coming soon to a theatre near you will be Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy at The Fritz, the musical comedy Frank at The Vic Theatre starring Michael fassbender, and the king of all monsters, Godzilla, will be appearing in his latest release at the Cinecenta on August 15th and 16th.
Begin Again, starring Mark Ruffalo and Kiera Knightley is currently in the second week at Sidney’s Star Cinema.
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The Vic Theatre will be showing The Amazing Spider-Man 2 this Sunday, August 3, for a small ticket price of $5. If you didn’t get to see the web slinger the first time out or didn’t want to spend full ticket price to see this film, now is your chance.
Cinecenta is currently offering a great package for the movie lover in all of us. From July 27 – August 2, get 10 movies for $50. It is available to Students, Cinemagic Members, UVic Alumni, UVic Faculty & Staff and Seniors. There is a limit of two per customer. Offer is available weekdays at the Munchie Bar and nightly at the Cinecenta Box Office.
There is currently no listings for Salt Spring Island’s, The Fritz, in this article. At time of publish, their official web site had not been updated.
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Cinecenta is currently offering a great package for the movie lover in all of us. From July 27 – August 2, get 10 movies for $50. It is available to Students, Cinemagic Members, UVic Alumni, UVic Faculty & Staff and Seniors. There is a limit of two per customer. Offer is available weekdays at the Munchie Bar and nightly at the Cinecenta Box Office.
The Vic Theatre has announced their August movie line-up. For film aficianados who missed them the first time around, The Vic will include such titles as The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone), Snowpiercer (Chris Evans and Jamie Bell), Belle (Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Matthew Goode) and the box office smash (or stomp) Godzilla (Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Elizabeth Olsen).
The weekend is here and we all know what that means. No, it doesn’t mean you can sit in front of your computer and play World of Warcraft. It means you can do something better by going out with friends and/or loved ones to your local cinema. The smell of the popcorn, the rattle of candy and the slurping of soda hasn’t changed in generations.
Are any of you old enough to remember watching a film from the balcony or seeing your first film in Victoria’s Coronet. Do you even remember watching movies in the Royal Theatre? If the answer is no to the aforementioned then you are most definitely not old enough. And if you don’t have enough memories of going to the movies then perhaps a Saturday night out is what you’ve been missing.
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