This April, Canadian film buffs can immerse themselves in the brilliance of one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, at their local Cineplex theatre. Cineplex will present a special Stanley Kubrick retrospective, bringing all of the legendary director’s feature films back home to the big screen where they first captivated audiences.
A first for Cineplex, this comprehensive series showcases iconic films such as the mind-bending 2001: A Space Odyssey and the chilling masterpiece, The Shining, in full theatrical glory.
Running from March 29 to May 1, 2024, this special programme is part of Cineplex’s year-round Classic Film Series, screening in select theatres across Canada. Highlights include the 60th anniversary of Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb and 25th anniversary of Eyes Wide Shut.
See below for a full list of titles, synopses and showtimes. Tickets will be available March 20th on Cineplex.com, Cineplex App or in-theatre.
Fear and Desire (1953)
In this existential drama, four soldiers return to their senses after crash-landing in a forest behind enemy lines. On the verge of freedom, they discover an outpost of enemy officers, and must decide whether to slip silently past or stage a violent confrontation with their doppelgängers.
Showtimes: Friday, March 29 and Saturday, April 13
Killer’s Kiss (1955)
New York City boxer Davey strikes up a romance with nightclub dancer Gloria. Their budding relationship is violently interrupted by Gloria’s boss who has eyes for his employee. When Gloria is abducted, Davey is forced to search for her among the most squalid corners of the city.
Showtimes: Friday, March 29 and Saturday, April 13
The Killing (1956)
Career criminal Johnny Clay recruits a sharpshooter, a crooked police officer, a bartender and a betting teller named George, among others, for one last job before he goes straight and marries his fiancée, Fay. But when George tells his restless wife, Sherry, about the scheme to steal millions from the racetrack where he works, she hatches a plot of her own.
Showtimes: Tuesday, April 2 and Wednesday, April 17
Paths of Glory (1957)
Safe in a picturesque chateau behind WWI front lines, the French General Staff passes down a direct order to Colonel Dax take the Ant Hill at any cost. A blatant suicide mission, the attack is doomed to failure. Covering up their fatal blunder, the generals order the arrest of three innocent soldiers, charging them with cowardice and mutiny.
Showtimes: Wednesday, April 3; Sunday, April 14 and Tuesday, April 30
Spartacus (1960)
The rebellious Thracian Spartacus, born and raised a slave, is sold to Gladiator trainer Batiatus. After weeks of being trained to kill for the arena, Spartacus turns on his owners and leads the other slaves in rebellion. As the rebels move from town to town, their numbers swell as escaped slaves join their ranks.
Showtimes: Tuesday, April 23 and Sunday, April 28
Lolita (1962)
Humbert Humbert (James Mason) is a European professor who relocates to an American suburb, renting a room from lonely widow Charlotte Haze (Shelley Winters). Humbert marries Charlotte, but only to nurture his obsession with her comely teenage daughter, Lolita (Sue Lyon). After Charlotte’s sudden death, Humbert has Lolita all to himself — or does he?
Showtimes: Sunday, April 7 and Tuesday, April 18
60th Anniversary – Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
An insane American general orders a bombing attack on the Soviet Union, triggering a path to nuclear holocaust that a war room full of politicians and generals frantically tries to stop.
Showtimes: Monday, April 1; Sunday, April 14 and Friday, April 26
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
After uncovering a mysterious artifact buried beneath the Lunar surface, a spacecraft is sent to Jupiter to find its origins: a spacecraft manned by two men and the supercomputer HAL 9000.
Showtimes: Saturday, April 6; Sunday, April 21 and Wednesday, May 1
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
In the future, a sadistic gang leader is imprisoned and volunteers for a conduct-aversion experiment, but it doesn’t go as planned.
Showtimes: Friday, April 5; Thursday, April 18 and Sunday, April 28
Barry Lyndon (1975)
In the future, a sadistic gang leader is imprisoned and volunteers for a conduct-aversion experiment, but it doesn’t go as planned.
Showtimes: Sunday, March 31 and Sunday, April 21
The Shining (1980)
A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where a sinister presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from both past and future.
Showtimes: Wednesday, April 10; Friday, April 19 and Thursday, April 25
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.
Showtimes: Thursday, April 11; Monday, April 22 and Tuesday, April 30
25th anniversary – EYES WIDE SHUT (1999)
A Manhattan doctor embarks on a bizarre, night-long odyssey after his wife’s admission of unfulfilled longing.
Showtimes: Friday, April 12; Saturday, April 20 and Saturday, April 27
Cineplex Events is celebrating the accomplishments and 62nd birthday of an icon, Tom Hanks this July! See once again on the big screen some of Hanks’ greatest hits including Big (30th Anniversary), A League of their Own, Apollo 13 and Forrest Gump and fall in love with these classics all over again!
The schedule is as follows:
A League of their Own plays beginning July 3
Big plays beginning July 13
Apollo 13 plays beginning July 20
Forrest Gump plays beginning July 27
See the Festival Trailer here:
Tickets at participating Cineplex theatres is $6.99 only or $5.00 for three or more Movies!
Find out more here!
(Photo/video credit: Cineplex Events)
Cineplex presents once again the FLASHBACK FILM FEST, bringing out faves onto the big screen one more time! Taking place at theatres across Canada between Friday, February 2 through Thursday, February 8, 2018.
Films this year include: Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Gremlins, The Terminator, Back to the Future, The Big Lebowski, Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg’s Cornetto Trilogy (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz and The World’s End) and more!
Check back, like in previous years we might even be able to hook you up with some goodies for the Festival!
See the Sizzle Reel!
For more on the FLASHBACK FILM FEST, click here!
(Photo/video credit: Flashback Film Fest)
The stunning and elegant Kelly Bishop was in Toronto today to launch Cineplex One Nighters, which brings fan favourites back to the screen in a VIP setting for an amazing $10, leaving you with some money maybe for a cocktail? Bishop had a full day or Press visiting several Television and Radio outlets including CBC’s Q, CITY‘s Breakfast Television and CP24 Breakfast.
The TONY Award-winning Actress who originated the role of Sheila in A Chorus Line, is known best for her roles on Gilmore Girls as Emily Gilmore and iconic Dirty Dancing as Marjorie Houseman, ringing-in the latter’s 30th anniversary. Upcoming titles in the Series include Clueless (September 11, 2017), Mean Girls (October 3, 2017) and Bad Moms (October 23, 2017).
Prior to treating a sold-out audience at Cineplex Yonge & Eglinton VIP tonight with a special Q&A, Bishop walked the carpet looking fantastic in an understated black dress and some gold accessories. Flawless!
Support still is very ardent for Bishop, who on Instagram has over 140k followers and she was so gracious to take a quick minute to chat with some fans at the theatre, some who came with memorabilia to be signed, some simply starstruck snapping photos of her on their phones as she chat with CTV‘s The Social.
See some Snaps. Hover mouse left and right to navigate slideshow:
For more on CINEPLEX ONE NIGHTERS, visit: https://www.cineplex.com/Events/OneNighters.
(Photo credit: Mr. Will Wong)
The Flashback Film Fest runs February 3-9, 2017 at Cineplex Theatres across Canada!
An Overview:
Canada’s only coast-to-coast film festival brings a lineup of sci-fi, fantasy and fan favourites back to the big screen. This year, Cineplex Events and renowned film critic Richard Crouse curated a lineup of 17 of the most blood-pumping, thrill-inducing and heart-warming films in cinema that will screen in over 25 cities across the country.
Formerly known as the Great Digital Film Festival, the festival was renamed to represent what makes it resonate with moviegoers.
Classics screening this year as part of the Festival include:
The Princess Bride
The Fifth Element
Heat
Jurassic Park
Fight Club
Blade Runner – The Final Cut
The Running Man
The Fugitive
Fargo
Groundhog Day
Air Force One
Blood Simple
Shallow Grave
Starship Troopers
Legend
Pulp Fiction
Trainspotting
Artwork:
To enter to win Passes, click “like” on this Post at MR. WILL ON FACEBOOK. Canadian Readers only please. In the comments there, tell us what you look forward to seeing!
More on the FBFF here.
(Photo credit: Cineplex)
We know you guys love Movies and now we want to give Willionaire$ across Canada chance to see their Cult, Sci-Fi and Action favourites in DIGITAL! Cineplex‘s GREAT DIGITAL FILM FESTIVAL takes place between February 5-11, 2016 at theatres across Canada. It now is in its successful seventh year!
Films this year include:
Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
Dirty Harry (1971)
From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
Ghostbusters (1984)
Inception (2010)
Labyrinth (1986)
Looper (2012)
Mad Max: The Road Warrior (1981) and Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
Runaway Train (1985)
Serenity (2005)
Star Trek 2: Wrath of Khan (1982) and Star Trek: Into Darkness (2013)
The Dark Crystal (1982)
The Thing (1982)
True Romance (1993)
Tickets are only $6.99 per Movie with additional savings the more Movies you see.
Head over here for more details and participating theatres!
To enter to win, simply click “like” on this Post at Mr. Will on Facebook and indicate for me your city!
What favourite are you looking forward to seeing again?
Join the conversation on Twitter, by using the Hashtag #GDFF2016!
(Photo credit: Cineplex)
Back for a seventh year, Cineplex‘s GREAT DIGITAL FILM FESTIVAL takes place between February 5-11, 2016 at theatres across Canada. #GDFF2016, as it is hashtagged, gives Film Lovers across the land a chance to see their Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Cult faves again with perfect digital precision!
See a Sizzle Reel for the upcoming Festival:
Films this year include:
Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
Dirty Harry (1971)
From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
Ghostbusters (1984)
Inception (2010)
Labyrinth (1986)
Looper (2012)
Mad Max: The Road Warrior (1981) and Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
Runaway Train (1985)
Serenity (2005)
Star Trek 2: Wrath of Khan (1982) and Star Trek: Into Darkness (2013)
The Dark Crystal (1982)
The Thing (1982)
True Romance (1993)
Tickets are only $6.99 per Movie with additional savings the more Movies you see. Head over here for more details and participating theatres!
(Photo credit: Cineplex)
If you’ve been to a Cineplex to see Movie over the Holidays this year, you’ve probably at some point seen this touching short titled Lily & the Snowman. Unsure what I was watching, I literally thought I was watching a Disney short. It was that good!
The short follows Lily, who as a young girl shares plenty of heartwarming moments with her Snowman, preserving him in a freezer as he whittles away year by year until eventually she grows older and the responsibilities of life take over. Sometimes we lose sight of the person we once were.
The Snowman is metaphorical of anything that means something to you. A piece of your childhood that you miss. A pet that you loved. A friend you lost touch with. A family member you wish was still here.
I was moved to tears even before the Movie I went to see had started and knew I had to look for it on YouTube as soon as I got home. Please watch it below. You won’t regret it.
Lily & the Snowman
(Photo/video credit: Cineplex)
By Justin Waldman for Mr. Will Wong
Last night, I was incredibly-lucky to experience a Holiday Classic at the new VIP Cinemas at Cineplex Yonge-Eglinton. First off, when I heard that Yonge-Eglinton was getting the VIP treatment, I was skeptical about screen size mostly because the theatre seemingly already used all the space it had…or so I thought. Thankfully, I was wrong and the spacious new VIP area actually is beyond stunning, located just across from the concession area and in a secluded VIP area for a nice night out with some friends or a significant other.
Most notably different about Yonge-Eglinton VIP unlike others of its kind in Greater Toronto is that there are two designated dining areas. The first area, right when you walk in is an ambient bar/lounge area with a comfortable seating area, a beautiful view of bustling Yonge-Eglinton and a dozen or so bar tables that seat four for a quick drink before the cinematic escape begins. Upon walking down the stairs towards the cinema, there is another eating area and this is for the guests who wish to have more than an appetizer or a drink and enjoy an actual meal before or after their Movie. The area is nice and secluded, which is perfect for a cozy date night.
Secondly, the theatre size is truly remarkable. Similar to Yonge-Dundas and Don Mills, the screens are a sized generously, similar to screens we’ve come to enjoy at other Cineplex locations. As well, the cushy seating heightens the experience just that much more. If you have ever experienced the VIP at Don Mills, Auditoriums 1 and 2 are the most comfortable due to the completely reclining theatre chairs. However, in Cinemas 3, 4 and 5, only the front two rows recline and sitting that close is not for everyone. Thankfully though, the new VIP at Yonge-Eglinton has fully-reclining chairs in all three auditoriums to bring the ultimate luxury and relaxation to the cinema viewing experience.
As well, the menu items and drink selections were quite delicious and had a vast variety of options. From Shrimp Cocktail to Pulled Pork Sandwiches to Poutine, offerings you’d want pre/post Movie was accessible… and flavourful. There is no better way to enjoy a Movie than in a comfortable, reclined seat, with popcorn in one hand and wine in another. Yonge-Eglinton VIP will be getting the most in-demand titles starting with Creed, Hunger Games and Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens, giving us a refined way to enjoy the season’s best.
Cineplex Yonge-Eglinton VIP opens to the public on Friday, December 11, 2015. More here.
Would you have guessed BRANGELINA would have lasted as long as they have? Cineplex Entertainment soon will be celebrating the 10-year anniversary of the Film that brought together Hollywood’s top Power Couple, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie!
In a survey conducted among Canadians, we are pretty divided on Brangelina‘s most memorable moment:
· 16% – When they were first photographed together in Kenya in 2005
· 17% – When Angelina’s right leg dominated coverage of the 2012 Academy Awards
· 20% – The birth of their first child, Shiloh, in 2006
· 20% – The birth of their twins, Knox and Vivienne, in 2008
· 27% – When they first announced their engagement in 2012
For one night only, Cineplex Entertainment across Canada will for one night be screening MR. & MRS. SMITH Sunday, June 22, 2014. Don’t miss your chance to see that electric chemistry once more on the Big Screen!
Watch the Trailer:
Check your local listings for showtimes!
(Photo/video credit: 20th Century Fox)
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