Cinema Paradiso (1895-2020); Nuovo Cinema Paradiso (2021-??)

Nothing is too big.

But Showcase Cinemas is already owned by the same company that owns ViacomCBS. Not like these types or arrangements are anything new.

This is some seriously depressing shit.

Sadly, the discount theaters are getting ever thinner on the ground.  I don't know of any left in D/FW anymore.  The last one I knew about closed not long after I saw X-Men: Days of Future Past there.

We haven’t had a dollar-theatre in, like, 10 years. Maybe longer.

According to the article, "The Paris Theatre was opened in 1948 and began its story as a location in NYC that streamed French films."

Apparently, the Paris Theatre was incredibly advanced for it's time.  I was unaware of any theaters streaming movies in the twentieth century.  The state of modern journalism is a disgrace.

On the plus side, a classic old theater has been saved.  That's never a bad thing.

There's no money in running a movie theatre.

There were at least 4 only a little while ago within a 15 mile radius of each other but this was two connected to a university and a part of an organization that received grants for the public arts etc. They closed one down a few months ago and I should have seen this coming.

8 bucks a movie. 2 buck drinks, 6 bucks corns, and 2 buck candy.

They're more common than you'd think, we've had one for a few years and it's great.  

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Regal bought Canada’s CinePlex for $2.1 Billion. They’re now North America’s largest exhibitor. Although, I think, in the U.S., AMC is still numero uno.

deadline.com/2019/12/cineworld-acquires-cineplex-canada-regal-largest-north-american-exhibition-circuit-1202809965/

Alamo Drafthouse monthly subscription service

variety.com/2020/film/news/alamo-drafthouse-theater-subscription-service-1203507588/

It really just depends on how you order, and how much you eat.  If you each order a burger and a couple of beers each, it's going to get kinda pricey.  If you split a pizza and drink ice water, not so much.  The last time I went on a Saturday afternoon, we ordered cokes in the bar, which was half the price of ordering the same sodas in the theater.  We were then able to take our cokes to the theater and get refills there at no additional cost.

I've signed up for the subscription service beta test, but haven't been called so far.  It hasn't been rolled out here yet, sadly.  I go often enough for it to be well worth it.