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It is hard to believe that this year, as we enter the final weekend of the season, it has been 47 years.  Don’t know where it all went.  It sure has been a wild ride.  47 years since I embarked on a crazy idea to build 5 screens in a town of 300 people.  It

Well given I am 78, should start this with still here!  It was the winter from Hell, almost 5 ft. of snow.  Seemed to snow every day.  Some people ask me if I go South, well lets see daily routine, 2 hours snow or ice take you pick, 45 minutes walk the dog, 1.5 hours

Highlands Cinema’s has now closed for the season. I want to thank you all for your patronage, your donations to the cats and the memories!We will re-open on May 1st 2026 when we hope to see you at the movies. We are hiring staff for our 2026 season. If you are interested, please call 705-488-2199

Well to say it was the winter from Hell is an understatement!  3 ft of snow, then the Ice Storm.  It has taken several weeks to try and clean up the mess, so when we open, projects in the yard and museum will be going on for awhile.  Special thanks to those of you who

I want to take this opportunity to thank the many people who made donations to our 58 resident cats, before, during & after Covid, as well as the Theatres running the Movie Man Movie who went out of their way to gather and forward donations as well.  A special thanks to Maryanne Leach who has

Here we go again for our 45th season.   Customers will notice changes around our cat enclosures, with the new issues of coyotes on the property, changes had to be made to prevent them from digging or climbing into the pens, as well as additional lighting at night.  The problem seems to only be in areas the

Another season has come and gone. The spring and early summer season was scary to say the least with a substantial decrease in revenues. Then along came Barbie and she did right the ship. There was a private screening of Matt Finlin’s The Movie Man, which was beautifully done & well received. Matt got a

Here we go again, and another year older!! The Theatre is now 44, not to mention I will be turning 76…ouch!! Lets hope this year Hollywood gets its act together and figures out the future of movies is in Theatres, not streaming, at least if they plan on making any money. There are additions to

HIGHLANDS CINEMAS HAS NOW CLOSED FOR THE SEASON.WE WILL REOPEN FRIDAY MAY 5TH 2023.WE ARE HIRING FOR THE 2023 SEASON PLEASECALL 705 488 2199OREMAIL keithstata@nexicom.net. I want to take this opportunity to thank all our customers for your patronage, generous donations to our cats, and for all the special comments from so many of you regarding

OPENING! Highlands Cinemas is currently working toward re-opening on May 6th 2022. Since there is a considerable amount of work to do, only a small part of the building will be open on the 6th with a full opening planned for Friday May 20th 2022. When we closed for the season in Oct. 2019, I