Empire Theaters Is No More
It looks like my local theaters will again change owners, within a year of it’s conversion from an AMC Theater to an Empire Theater.
Empire Theaters west of Ontario have been sold to Landmark Cinemas whilst the Atlantic Canada locations have been sold to Cineplex Inc. But in Ontario itself all but two Empire Theaters have been purchased by Landmark Cinemas, the Kanata and Whitby locations having been purchased by Cineplex Inc.
Alberta Needs Your Help
Flooding has done some serious damage to several communities in Alberta. Please donate by clicking here. Thank you.
May The 4th Be With You
It’s Star Wars Day. Time to look for those rare Star Wars items on sale and to enjoy those John Williams soundtracks.
Yes, even fans that were disappointed by the alternations on the original trilogy can still enjoy the original music
The main themes remain in most of the official original trilogy soundtracks so I’ve heard only a few complaints over the years about them. Except of course when it comes to Lapti Nek (by the Max Rebo Band) and the original Ewok celebration theme (a.k.a “Yub Nub”), both of which were featured on the original Return of the Jedi CD soundtrack release
As for the films, DVD is the end of the road for me.
Perhaps Disney will release a limited edition Blu-ray collection that includes the original footage from the original trilogy years from now. But I see no point in investing in higher resolution copies of the current remasters, for reasons that should be obvious to anyone who were not introduced to the franchise with the prequels.
I am interested in seeing JJ Abrams’ take on the sequel trilogy though, which are scheduled for release in 2015, 2017 and 2019 according to The Guardian. I like most of the films he worked on.
Looking For An Instrument Or Accessories ?
GuitarCenter.com has extended numerous offers for Canadians, including their free shipping offer for orders over $199 Canadian.
Until July 16th, you will be able to enjoy the aforementioned free shipping offer and 5% off orders over $199 Canadian with coupon code LESPAUL. You can also use this LESPAUL coupon code to get 10% off orders over $999 Canadian until July 16th, 2013.
10 Years !
iTunes is ten years old today !
It went online on April 28th, 2003, offering Apple users 200,000 recordings, and sold over ten million mp3s by the time Windows compatible software was released for the service, on October 15th, 2003.
Trade In Your DVDs
You can again trade in your old DVDs for discounts towards select Blu-Ray titles at Best Buy Canada and Future Shop stores, until May 23rd, 2013.
You can save $5 on select Blu-ray titles, $10 on select 3D Blu-ray titles and $15 on select Television series Blu-ray titles.
Over 80 titles are available for Trade-In in store at Future Shop, all marked with Trade & Save stickers. The amount of selections available at Best Buy Canada stores has not been published on their site.