I went to see this today, Monday, October 13th, 2014, in Richmond, CA, at the CENTURY 16 HILLTOP, for the 3:55 p.m. show in auditorium 3, 5th row ( counting from the front ), 5th column ( counting from the left ). The price of admission was $10.25. And I bought a medium Buttered Popcorn and a medium Powerade Zero Strawberry for the special price of $5.75 ( this week's on-line Century Cine-Mark Movie Watcher Reward ) at the concessions counter. On the way back home, I paid a $5.00 toll fee at the Carquinez Bridge.
Quickie Review: An international master thief ( Hrithik Roshan ) steals a diamond, dodges bullets, eludes capture and falls in love with a beautiful girl ( Katrina Kaif ) who leads quite a mundane life.
There was a young Indian couple and an elderly white couple in the audience with me. They seemed to have been entertained by this movie.
But I dozed off and on throughout the movie--only because I worked all night long at my job and hadn't had enough sleep the day before nor after I came home from work. The movie was entertaining enough for me, I would say. I especially liked the winter scenes in the city of Shimla, state of Himachal Pradesh, Northern India.
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I used to drive all the way to Emeryville, CA, to see a Bollywood movie at the UA EMERY BAY STADIUM 10 in Emeryville, CA. But the theatre lost its lease months ago to a real estate developer. It was shortly after this that CENTURY 16 HILLTOP started showing Bollywood movies to fill-in the niche ( I'd like to think that my Yogi prayer was answered--ahem! ). Well, at least, I only have to travel approximately half the distance now ( 14 miles/22.5 kilometres ) just to go see a Bollywood movie. So, I really can't complain even though I honestly miss the old UA EMERY BAY STADIUM 10.
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| Here's the marquee of the CENTURY 16 HILLTOP in Richmond, CA |
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| They have a couple of new and fancy soda fountain machines at this particular theatre. I've never seen this kind of soda fountain at any theatre before! |
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| This is the theatre's facade. 'Looks nice and fancy. |
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| This is the McDonald's Restaurant just a block away from the theatre at 3350 Klose Way. |
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I asked the box office clerk if I missed the matinee when I was charged $10.25 for adult admission. He told me that today was a holiday. Then, I realized that today was Columbus Day. No wonder there was a long line of patrons at the box office and a whole lot of cars in the parking lot when I arrived there!
As I ate away at my popcorn, I found out that the bottom inch of the bag was filled with butter! The concessions counter attendant put too much butter in my popcorn!
This McDonald's Restaurant has got to have the slowest Wi-Fi connection that I've ever used!
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