A restored 1920s theatre provides a delightful experience for moviegoers and plenty of warm nostalgia for us just old enough to remember old-fashioned movie houses.
By Trey Shaughnessy
May. 31, 2005
Concession Street saw lots of streetlife on the weekend.
A rich movie fan helped The Movie Palace to view mainstream movies by purchasing a film-based projector. The owner/renovator of The Movie Palace had already invested in a digital projector, thought to be the replacement of Hollywood movie distribution. However, because of pirating, Hollywood is still distributing movies via old-fashioned film.
Madagascar opened on Saturday and throughout the weekend had 1:00, 3:00, 5:00, 7:00 and 9:00 show times. I was able to take my family on Sunday, and what a treat it was. It's a beautifully restored 1920s theatre complete with a tin ceiling, a huge screen, booth seating and the best washrooms I've seen anywhere. Lining up on the street was a fun, nostalgic moment - the line went fast - I was glad my sons had an opportunity to experience.
It was good to see lineups of people outside the renovated York Cinema on Concession Street – The Movie Palace.
Parking is easier then at the mall, with plenty on-street and a metered-parking lot on East 21st. Plus, Concession is serviced by the Upper Gage, Upper Sherman and Upper Wentworth bus routes.
I was able to get my family settled and they watched old-fashioned cartoons before the show (rather than advertising) in the spacious booth with a drop-down table while I walked across the street to bring in fresh coffees for my wife and me. Try doing that at Silver City.
Madagascar is playing throughout the month of June. Phone The Movie Palace at (905) 383-2641 or visit http://www.themoviepalace.com/ for more details.
The Movie Palace
They were being progressive and modern. But history has proved that modern planning was wrong in many ways." -- Bruce Kuwabara, on the 1970s architects responsible for downtown Hamilton's "renewal" buildings
NewsfeedsISSN: 1715-1554
Transit IS Pedestrian-Friendly (Aug. 25, 2008) - I really hope McMaster University will reconsider its decision to move the B-Line express buses off-campus, particularly given that the justification is to make the campus more pedestrian-friendly
Hamilton Lost 20% of Farmland since 1991 (Aug. 25, 2008) -
The Toronto Star has published an interactive map of lost farmland across southern Ontario.
Hamilton alone lost 20 percent of its farms in the 15 years between 1991 and 2006. Click on a high
Fringe Festival Review: I Am Not Neil Young (Aug. 22, 2008) -
What does it mean to live in the shadow of greatness? How can a talent made famous for his ability to impersonate demonstrate or even discover his own true self?
Frank Wilks is not Neil Y
Fringe Festival Review: New Talent (Aug. 22, 2008) -
The emotionally harrowing tale of a young woman driven by circumstance into the escort business, New Talent is simply a tremendous performance.
Interweaving a personal tragedy with a public
Fringe Festival Review: Lear's Shadow (Aug. 22, 2008) - The tragic Lear's Shadow boils Shakespeare's King Lear down to its essence: not the conflict between an insecure father and his treacherous daughters but rather the interplay between a foo
Fringe Festival Review: Because I Can (Aug. 21, 2008) -
Written by Allison McWood and directed by James Henderson, Because I Can is a screwball comedy that parlays a simple premise into a lively hour of very funny entertainment.
Karina Berschteyn
PRINT EDITION