Opinion: The Empire strikes back? The sale of Canadian Cineplex to a British company is just a sequel of an old story

This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.Paul Moore is an associate professor of sociology at Ryerson University, specializing in the social history of movie-going and the Canadian cinema business.

It has all the feel, for instance, of the century-old silent-movie melodrama from 1919 – the year Canada’s original national chain of movie theatres, Allen Theatres, was sent packing into bankruptcy.

Or this could be the 40th anniversary of the big-budget blockbuster from 1979, when Garth Drabinsky and Nat Taylor opened the Guinness world-record 18-screen original Cineplex in the basement of the Eaton Centre, and reformed the activity of movie-going with novelties such as shopping mall mini-theatres, two-dollar Tuesday admissions and using real butter in the popcorn. Mr. Drabinsky turned Mr.

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Cineplex Set To Be Sold To U.K. Company For $2.8 BillionThe Toronto-based company is Canada's largest chain of movie theatres Does the new company make good popcorn? I still miss empire theatres popcorn.
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