“I think they (Anthem) have some sort of plan for the space, but they haven’t shared what that’s going to be.” They’re not going to put a theatre in there anymore,” Manji said. He’s been told that the space will not reopen as a movie theatre once he moves out his projection system, seats and other equipment. ![]() “If it wasn’t for them, I wouldn’t have been able to stay as long as I did.” “The landlords, Anthem Properties, were really, really good to me,” he noted. It’s business as usual at the Caprice, Manji said, but not in Newton. Located in a corner of the shopping plaza off 138 Street, the Hollywood screens second-run movies that have been in chain theatres for several weeks, while the Caprice shows newer, first-run titles, including mid-December releases “Avatar: The Way of the Water” and the Whitney Houston biopic “I Want to Dance With Somebody.” That month, the theatre closed after the landlord hiked the rent by nearly 200 per cent. In South Surrey, the Manji family operates the Caprice Theatre on King George Boulevard, and also ran the Rialto on 152 Street until September 2020. “I mean, we’re the cheapest theatre in B.C. “It’s not for a lack of trying,” he added. We’re down to six (employees), a skeleton crew for the final week. My biggest thing was trying to keep it open for the neighbourhood and also my employees. When we used to have a couple, 300 people a day, we’re at like, six and 15 people. “People just weren’t coming to movies in this location anymore. “The lack of (movies) is the biggest hurdle, because the (chain theatres) are holding on to them longer, and people just didn’t come back after COVID,” Manji said in a phone call Tuesday afternoon. This week’s closure can be blamed on a couple of factors, he said. Owner/manager Rahim Manji took over Hollywood 3 operations in 2008, and figures the movie theatre has been in business in that location for close to 30 years, at least a couple decades prior to his arrival. It’s been a hard decision to close our doors, (and we) would have never lasted this long without your help.” Unfortunately, we just aren’t able to continue. ![]() ![]() “We thank you all for always being there for us and supporting our theatre. 20) in an email highlighting movie listings for the week. “We will be closing our doors after that for good,” the Manji family, which has operated the theatre for 14 years, wrote Tuesday (Dec. The doors of Hollywood 3 Cinema in Newton will close forever on Dec. ** This story was updated with additional information at 1:35 p.m.
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