We've listened to most of the [murmurs], and the one that attracted our interest was the Far East Theatre on 270 Spadina. It was an old theatre that showed mostly Chinese movies from HongKong cinema that featured actors like Jet Li, Chow Young Fat and Jackie Chan.
The movies were quite cheap, $6 for 2 showings. The theatre had a small lobby, and had a table top Pacman game. It was very much a place for families in the community to gather and socialize.
As imports of Chinese movies increased and with the improvements of technologies like DVD, the theatre slowly lost its popularity and was eventually shut down, which was a shame as the community lost a place to socialize.
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