Movies

The Spring Giveaway Weekend will take place on Saturday, June 6 and Sunday, June 7. Don’t put your unwanted stuff in the garbage — set it out at the curb on Giveaway Weekend. Tour your neighbourhood, community and city to find hidden treasures. ...

Andrew King got a look inside the new Cineplex VIP Cinemas at Lansdowne Park on Sunday. They open on March 27. “Ottawa, you are going to absolutely love this new theatre,” wrote King. “Blew me away. Can’t wait to see the new Star Wars in there! ...

The Lunch Out Loud podcast looks to promote the amazing talent, food, events and music Ottawa has to offer. Every week we will introduce you to new things about Ottawa you never knew existed. ** This week: ** We meet up with Ilona Smyth who runs Smyth Casting in Ottawa. ...

[caption id=“attachment_11511” align=“aligncenter” width=“400”] Mr. Loaf by Andrew King[/caption]

[caption id=“attachment_6256” align=“alignnone” width=“720”] [ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/1958-00-00-Aerial-Auto-Sky.png) The Auto-Sky Drive-In was located at the corner of Baseline and Fisher. Image: geoOttawa (1958) Aerial.[/caption] Although they have come to occupy a somewhat legendary position in North American popular culture, the glory days of the drive-in theatre were actually somewhat short-lived, being largely confined to the 1950s. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/3f51161c322611e3bb5722000a1fd013_8.jpg) “Long may you run, you beautiful bastard,” Instagram art by minkwilliams Here’s our third annual list of things that Ottawa was obsessed with (for better or for worse) in 2013. ...

Did you know that there’s an old movie theatre hidden above the Home Hardware building in the Glebe? The Avalon Theatre (later the Glebe Theatre) was open from 1928 to 1956. It has the distinction of being the first movie theatre in Ottawa to show films with sound . ...

[  ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/lazyartist/6906119048/) Trickle. Photo by [ Mitch Carriere ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/lazyartist/6906119048/) , shared in the [ OttawaStart Flickr Pool ](http://flickr.com/groups/ottawastart) . I received this note recently from Steve Wilson, one of a group of independent filmmakers who are producing a movie about the Rideau Canal. ...

[  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/invisible-cinema.jpg) Inside [ Invisible Cinema ](http://invisiblecinema.ca/) , a great movie rental shop at Lisgar and Bank. Photo by [ veganbackpacker ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/jillpyle/) . Last week, reader Darcie Walker asked, ”Where to rent foreign films now that DVD stores are closing? ...

So far this week we’ve blogged about Ottawa videos featuring an Indian Youtube sensation , and some amazing timelapse images . Today we bring you the worldwide premiere of Pirates vs. Ninjas , produced and shot entirely here in Ottawa by IMX Productions. ...