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| - Back in the day, the Royal was one of the great festival cinema's in Toronto. You could catch second run movies here on a regular basis, and enjoy the sense of community. Then the festival cinemas hit some hard times, and most of them (including this one) shut down. The masses wallowed in sorrow.
In time, some of these cinemas, now independently or community run, began to find new ways to operate. The Royal installed a digital projector and began to rent its space out for business groups and private functions during the day. It was a way of during the space into a smart business and at the time I thought it was a great idea.
Since then, however, I have come to this theatre once, maybe twice, and that is because only rarely will I see regular movies being played. The theatre's plan to rent out the space became such a popular idea that more often than not there seems to be some sort of function to which I am not invited happening here. This results in me not bothering to check the schedule anymore, but if you do, you'll be able to pick out the rare occasion when you can go to the movies and... actually, watch a movie.
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