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Calgary movie theatres bring the world of cinematic art to audiences hungry for a few hours of entertainment and more than a few servings of popcorn.
With fourteen movie theatres located throughout the city and a combined screen force of 117, Calgary offers theatre-goers a chance to view first-run, second-run, foreign, Canadian, and art-house films without straying too far from home.
The city also boasts Alberta’s largest indoor movie theatre and a movie house that rents out its space to patrons for virtually any occasion that can be accommodated in an auditorium with a movie screen.
For first-run films, Calgary movie theatres range from high-volume facilities with more than a dozen screens to smaller houses with one or two screens:
Famous Players Paramount-Chinook Theatre at 6455 MacLeod Trail SW / Chinook Centre / (403) 212-8994 offers maximum options for films with 17 screens.
Empire Studio 16 Country Hills at 388 Country Hills Boulevard NE / (403) 686-8491 showcases the latest Hollywood movies on 16 screens.
The Sunridge Spectrum at 2555 32nd Street NE and Sunridge Boulevard / (403) 717-1200 provides wheelchair access to 14 screens and party rooms.
CO Crowfoot Crossing at 91 Crowfoot Terrace NW / (403) 547-3329 has an even dozen screens.
Famous Players Westhills 10 at 165 Stewart Green SW / (403) 246-5291 has 10 screens.
Empire Studio 10 at 16061 MacLeod Trail SE / (403) 974-0472 has 10 screens, stadium seating, and a Zone interactive amusement arcade.
Moviedome at 3516 8th Avenue NE, Pacific Plaza / (403) 248-2000 presents films on 9 screens.
CO Eau Claire Market at 200 Barclay Parade SW / (403) 263-9853 offers 8 screens.
Dreamplex Cinemas at 2685 36th Street NE / (403) 250-5502 has 5 screens.
Uptown Stage and Screen at 612 8th Avenue SW / (403) 265-0120 has 2 screens.
Cross Iron Mills will be adding even more sreens to the calgary movie theatres.
Its 1-screen, 370-seat auditorium is the place to be for first-run films, older films such as Rocky Horror Picture Show, and an annual screening of The World’s Best Commercials.
The theatre also rents out its space for a multitude of public and private functions, including meetings, DVD launches, graduation ceremonies, stand-up comedy acts, live theatre, private screenings of current offerings or patrons’ films, and, yes, weddings.
If you’re interested in renting theatre space, call Mike at (403) 283-2222.
In addition to first-run movies, Globe Cinema at 617 8th Avenue SW (403-262-3308) offers independent, foreign, Canadian, and art-house films as well as those it classifies as “unique.”
Periodic midnight screenings, matinees, and special events take place in its two auditoriums, and for the past two years this theatre has been the site for the Calgary Pan Asian Film Festival.
It's different among the movie theatres.
If you’d like to join the all-volunteer staff that organizes the annual festival, send an e-mail to volunteer@cpaff.ca
Canyon Meadows Cinema 10, located in Bay 110 at 13226 Macleod Trail SE (403-670-5444) is an independent theatre with 10 screens and stadium seating, offering second-run films at admission prices that are about half of those at major-studio houses.
For kid-friendly family entertainment, the IWERKS Theatre at Telus World of Science at 701 11th Street SW (403- 268-8300) presents regular and IMAX films with an educational focus.
Movies like Bugs! A Rainforest Adventure are shown in the Discovery Dome, Alberta’s largest indoor theatre, and groups can arrange to have specific films shown at times that coincide with their museum visits.
If there’s a film you’d like to see, chances are good that you can find it at one of the many Calgary movie theatres.
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