Entertainment opportunities include the 10-screen Showcase Cinema and the Orange Community Players, a 27-year-old group, which has about 100 dedicated members who produce three full-scale productions a year.
On the M8, a breakdown was disrupting the flow of traffic eastbound at Hermiston Gait, while traffic was at a near standstill near the Showcase Cinema at Bargeddie.
The Japanese anime began in a rather low-key way, exclusively at 17 Showcase cinemas.
The Cobbler, in which Sandler experiences the lives of his customers by walking in their shoes, is currently playing in 20 Showcase cinemas, daytime screenings only.
Theater chains like Loews Entertainment, Showcase Cinemas and the Madstone group and some individually owned theaters have begun holding weekly showings for parents and babies, usually 2 and younger.
UPDATE: Showcase Cinemas, which owns 20 venues nationwide, is offering a discount to Cineworld Unlimited card holders who have been unable to see The Hateful Eight after Cineworld's decision not to screen the film.
Mark Barlow, General Manager of UK Theatres at Showcase Cinemas has stated,"The Hateful Eight is going to be a hugely memorable film this year; Tarantino is a legendary writer and director, and the cast is second to none.
National Amusements, which owns Showcase Cinemas, began its program, Baby Pictures, last year at a single theater in Randolph, Mass., where the company is based, and has since expanded it to five states, Rhode Island, Kentucky, Virginia, Ohio and New York.
It currently partners with theater chains including AMC Theaters, Regal Cinemas, Southern Theatres, Showcase Cinemas and B&B Theatres, among others.
In Massachusetts, a branch of Showcase Cinemas showed Saw 3D instead of the cartoon Megamind, which was being watched by a seven-year-old celebrating a birthday.
Such popularity is important to Fajr, which sees itself both as the vitrine showcasing Iranian cinema to the world and as the mardomi (people's) festival.
