8 Days - November 02, 2017

8 DAYS | 43

BY DOUGLAS TSENG

GOI NG

POSTE R!

The Commuter

Liam Neeson is back to tear someone a new

one... on a train. We know that because he’s

striking the same don't-mess-with-me pose he did

on the posters of Taken and Unknown. So don't

tell him his train is going to be late.

OPENS:JAN 11

Expect a more immersive experience at

two new cineplexes.

Golden Village and Cathay Cineplex have just expanded

their businesses in the east — the former with the

eight-hall Golden Village Paya Lebar at SingPost Centre

in Eunos, and the latter the seven-hall Cathay Cineplex

Parkway Parade. If you’ve been to one cineplex, you’ve

seen them all, right? Not really. GV Paya Lebar prides

itself as the first cineplex to use the Barco Smart

Laser Projection, which delivers picture quality that’s

brighter and sharper than that of your standard digital

projection. Of course, to make the distinction, you have

to watch the same movie twice. (Okay, who wants to sit

through Geostorm again? Maybe it’ll be less crappy the

second around.) Elsewhere, Cathay Cineplex Parkway

Parade offers the Assistive Listening Device system,

which lets hearing- and visually-impaired patrons

better appreciate the movie via wireless infrared

headphones (below). So they’ll be like watching an

inflight movie but on a way bigger screen. Come to

think of it, the management should extend the service

to regular patrons who don’t want to

be disrupted by incessant talkers

and noisy eaters. Another plus: It’ll

help them better understand what

the characters — like Tom Hardy’s

mumbling Bane in The Dark Knight

Rises — are saying sometimes.

Battles

Big Screen

Cathay Cineplex

Parkway Parade

Golden Village

Paya Lebar