CHRISTMAS DAY FILM: Joy (biographical comedy-drama, $12.99)
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Join us on Christmas Day for JOY, a powerful biographical comedy-drama about the woman who invented the Miracle Mop.
*** It's HIGHLY recommended you buy your ticket(s) WELL in advance, as this is opening day for this acclaimed movie. ***
The online link to purchase tickets: http://www.cineplex.com/Showtimes/joy/toronto-on?Date=12/25/2015 .. Select The Varsity ..Then select start time - 7:20 pm
Before the film, you can join us for a Christmas Day gathering two subway stops away at Pauper's Pub at 539 Bloor Street West: https://www.meetup.com/Thumbs-Up-Theatre-Toronto/events/224463215/ (https://www.meetup.com/Thumbs-Up-Theatre-Toronto/events/183180122/)
THE FILM
Joyis a biographical comedy-drama about a struggling single mom of three children, Joy Mangano (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joy_Mangano), who invented the Miracle Mop and is the president of Ingenious Designs. It stars Jennifer Lawrence (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Lawrence) as Mangano, Robert De Niro (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_De_Niro), and Bradley Cooper (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradley_Cooper).
Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uR-2TiQVY-k
** Golden Globe Nominee: Best Motion Picture & Best Actress
DETAILS
WHEN: Friday, December 25, 2015
MOVIE TIME: 7:20 pm ... We gather from 6:35 - 6:40 ... We go in at 6:45 pm - OPENING DAY (Cinema will fill up quickly)
CINEMA LOCATION: Varsity Cinema, Manulife Centre, 2nd floor, 55 Bloor St. W., Toronto, Ont.
Take escalator up to the theatre, at south end of street level.
RUN TIME: 2 hr 4 min
TICKET: $12.99
MEETUP FEE: No meetup fee for this event
HOW TO BOOK
RSVP on this event page and purchase your ticket online as soon as possible in advance because we are seeing the film on opening day.
The link for online purchasing will be added to this page by December 23. If booking online, choose December 25th @ TBA for Cineplex Odeon Varsity (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=55+Bloor+St+W%2C+Toronto%2C+ON%2C+M4W+1A5%2C+ca).
Members are responsible for purchasing their own tickets directly from the cinema.
SEATING ARRANGEMENTS: Seating is unreserved so members will enter the seating area together and sit together as a group.
MEETUP ARRANGEMENTS
Meet Peter at 5:15 p.m. beside the movie posters on the second floor. (Turn left at the top of the escalator.) He will be carrying a tan brown shoulder bag.
AFTER-MOVIE MEETUP SPOT: We will discuss the movie at the original meeting spot. For those interested in a bite / drink we will go to, and do our best to get tables at "The Bloor St. Diner" on the second floor, in the same building as the Varsity Theatre. ... If that is busy, we'll go to Hemingway's at 142 Cumberland St..