![]() ![]() William believes the campaign is a big step to having the importance of independent cinemas recognized. While local cinemas in Toronto grow more popular, and the restoration of historic theatres has been celebrated over the past decade, the struggle is real. This dominance has created a landscape that's hostile to independent cinemas. ![]() In Canada, Cineplex represents a staggering 75% of the market. It's no secret that Cineplex rules a large part of the movie theatre market in Canada, but their slice of the pie is mammoth and more than double what other theatre chains have in other countries.Īustralia's largest chain holds 28.7% of the market, with the United States following at 26% and the UK at 24%. "Weeks after release, you could have been playing a film and you're just waiting on another theatre to open the film." He explains that in some cases movies have ended their initial run but he still won't be allowed to play them because Cineplex might want to re-release or put them back on screens after the Oscars. Willick says that it can be incredibly frustrating since indie cinemas are often left in limbo waiting for a film to be available to them. He has 15 years of experience with the zone system. ![]() Led by Director Sonya William, NICE has launched a letter-writing campaign called 'Support My Cinema' in which they are asking the government to address the issue.Īndy Willick owns Toronto's Fox Theatre, The Apollo in Kitchener, and ByTowne Cinema in Ottawa. The Network of Independent Canadian Exhibitors (NICE) is an alliance of independent cinemas and festivals. Historically, zones have been inconsistent, even though they impact two-thirds of independent cinemas. I would love to break the zones down for you, but there is no map of the zones available. This is the result of what's called the zone system. Even two Cineplex theatres in close proximity can play the same movie but an indie cinema nearby is restricted. Theatres like Scotiabank Theatre, The Beaches Cineplex, and the Yonge-Dundas Cineplex, for example, get priority. Mega theatre chain Cineplex has first dibs when new blockbuster movies are released and indie cinemas have to wait until a Cineplex in their 'zone' has ended their run of the film. Unfortunately, they're also constantly in a battle for survival because they simply cannot play the films people are eager to watch. But everything changes when Dom discovers that his own 8-year-old son (Leo Abelo Perry, Black-ish) is the ultimate target of Dante’s vengeance.Toronto's indie cinemas have always been the heart of their communities. New allies will be forged and old enemies will resurface. What they didn’t know was that Reyes’ son, Dante (Aquaman’s Jason Momoa), witnessed it all and has spent the last 12 years masterminding a plan to make Dom pay the ultimate price.ĭante’s plot will scatter Dom’s family from Los Angeles to the catacombs of Rome, from Brazil to London and from Portugal to Antarctica. In 2011’s Fast Five, Dom and his crew took out nefarious Brazilian drug kingpin Hernan Reyes and decapitated his empire on a bridge in Rio De Janeiro. Now, they confront the most lethal opponent they’ve ever faced: A terrifying threat emerging from the shadows of the past who’s fueled by blood revenge, and who is determined to shatter this family and destroy everything-and everyone-that Dom loves, forever. Over many missions and against impossible odds, Dom Toretto (Vin Diesel) and his family have outsmarted, out-nerved and outdriven every foe in their path. Fast X, the tenth film in the Fast & Furious Saga, launches the final chapters of one of cinema’s most storied and popular global franchises, now in its third decade and still going strong with the same core cast and characters as when it began. ![]()
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