tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4752635184984991530.post8920049752353163232..comments2023-10-08T13:53:12.354+01:00Comments on SPLENDOR CINEMA: UpdateJonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12163742378339504296noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4752635184984991530.post-72606716339363058202009-10-16T00:33:49.594+01:002009-10-16T00:33:49.594+01:00I know it's not even in the same league as you...I know it's not even in the same league as your beloved cinema, but I visited the Isle Of Wight recently (on a nostalgia trip) and discovered that the cinema where, as a child, I saw the Star Wars Trilogy, The Black Hole (one of MY guilty pleasures, by the way!), E.T. and a re-release of The Jungle Book has had its heart torn out and been unceremoniously turned into a Yates's! If you're considering holding a Benefit, at The Duke's, may I suggest Cinema Paradiso? (I'm not that well-versed in Nicaraguan Cinema, I'm afraid!)<br />We are very lucky, in this country, to still have cinemas that verge on National Treasure status - and hold special memories for all of us. Besides The Grand Old Duke, my own personal favourites are The Royal Playhouse in Tenby (for rainy nights on British holidays!) http://www.tenbycinema.co.uk/<br />And The Forum, in Northamptonshire, which was my sanctuary during the Nine Years I spent in the East Midlands. http://www.northampton.gov.uk/film<br />I, too, am an Unlimited cardholder; and I regularly walk in, unchallenged, with a Rucksack containing my Notebook (They're not a bad bunch, down at the Marina, to be fair.) The best way, in my humble opinion, that piracy can be thwarted is to offer the best possible standards of service and presentation - a lesson that the Multiplexes could learn from the Independants I've mentioned above...Binary Sunsetnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4752635184984991530.post-32372838463987649242009-10-15T19:19:55.539+01:002009-10-15T19:19:55.539+01:00Would this be the Cinema ?
http://commons.wikimedi...Would this be the Cinema ?<br />http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cine_esteli.jpgAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4752635184984991530.post-91181768728382840092009-10-15T19:17:57.777+01:002009-10-15T19:17:57.777+01:00I hope you succeed-reminds me of one of the extras...I hope you succeed-reminds me of one of the extras on 4 months,3 weeks,etc,which I have just watched;the director had to drag a sort of caravan around Rumania in order that his own people could see a film about their own country,because the cinemas are so few and far between;it seems that in developing countries the moneymakers are well entrenched;their motto is supermarkets over cinemasAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com