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Summer Movie Mania!

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Hooray for summer! Endless days, warm and dreamy nights, and a chance to watch the year’s BIGGEST blockbuster movies! Tell me, what was the last film you enjoyed on the big screen? We LOVED Inside Out and Minions, both incredible family movies that had us in stitches (and at times, a little teary-eyed! Shh… don’t tell my kids).

And since my husband and I are movie buffs, of course we love movie trivia, tidbits and other fun facts. Feeling nostalgic, Cineplex Entertainment recently polled Canadians about all things summer camp flick related. See if you agree with the results!

What Canadian movie-star would make the best camp counsellor?
myers• Mike Meyers (35 per cent)
• Ryan Reynolds (23 per cent)
• Martin Short (21 per cent)

Now what would YOU do if your son or daughter spent the summer with Mike Myers? I think they’d be quite the comedian by the end of camp! However, Ryan Reynolds? I know he’s a funny guy, but he’s also… um…. HOT. I currently drop off my kids to day camp wearing sweats and a baseball cap. Not sure how I’d feel if Ryan greeted me at the door… *powders nose and sucks in tummy*. 

Canada’s favourite classic movie about summer camp:
Lindsay_Lohan_in_The_Parent_Trap1. The Parent Trap (43 per cent)
2. Meatballs (20 per cent)
3. Friday the 13th (19 per cent)

Okay, you can totally start ribbing me, because I haven’t seen any of these movies! And I feel like I totally should have seen Lindsay Lohan in The Parent Trap before she became Lindsay Lohan Half-Dressed and High in LA. Shudder.

Also, here’s another little tidbit about Meatballs – it was filmed in Haliburton, Ontario at Camp White Pine, whose alumni includes author Margaret Atwood. Très cool, eh?

The fictional movie summer camp we wish we could attend:
keller1. Kellermans’s resort from Dirty Dancing (52 per cent)
2. Camp NorthStar from Meatballs (17 per cent)
3. Camp Kikakee from Earnest goes to Camp and Camp Nowhere from Camp Nowhere (16 per cent)

NO surprise here! Who wouldn’t want to spend a summer learning how to do the Fox Trot and paint pottery? And oh, if there just happened to be a studly dance instructor named Johnny Castle (played by the late Patrick Swayze), that would just be the icing on the cake.

So, what are some of your favourite summertime flicks? Or, which movie(s) are you looking forward to seeing this summer? Leave a comment below for a chance to win a family pack (4 admissions) to Cineplex! Good luck all, and enjoy the show!

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  3. Alayne Langford

    The girls and I were just reminiscing about “Willow” “Matilda” and “Princess Bride”, which are just some of our all time faves to watch in the summer! ;)

  6. andrea amy

    I’m not sure what is coming out soon but I always take my son to the movies for his birthday in August just the two of us. He’ll be 18, but still likes to go to the movies with Mom :) Maybe Ant Man :)

  22. Louanne Baelde

    I really enjoyed Jurassic World, the last one, and I am looking forward to seeing Trainwreck.

  25. Lorraine Watters

    Would like to take grandchildren to see Minions. They are obsessed with Minions Thank you !

  26. Terri Baker

    I am taking my granddaughter to see the Minions this week. She is so excited, although I think it’s because there will be popcorn and candy lol

  34. mrdisco

    so far i’ve seen pretty much everything in the theatres this year. my top pick would be Inside Out (so far)

  41. Monica Petzoldt

    I am looking forward to seeing Mission Impossible as well as the latest Terminator movie. For the past movies it is anything with John Candy.

  48. Dana Miller

    I am looking forward to seeing Minions and Inside Out with my daughter. They look like a lot of laughs!

  53. Maria McLachlan

    I really wanted to take my eldest to Jurassic World but not looking like gonna happen. we’d like to see minions and Pixels though

  55. Dianne G

    I would like to see Inside Out with my grandchildren this summer. Dirty Dancing is one of my all time favourite summer movies and when I want a real laugh I like to watch Summer Rental with John Candy.

  58. Debbie F

    I look forward to seeing Mr. Holmes. A couple of my fun summer movies are Grease and Dirty Dancing.

  62. Josh S

    I am taking my daughter to see the minion movie. I have heard it isnt that great, but we are going anyway.

  66. Tara Jeles

    My kids just discovered the Goonies! but we’re looking forward to Mission impossible.

  67. Rose Hately

    I’m looking forward to seeing The Age of Adaline, I’ll See You In My Dreams, The Water Diviner and Suite Francaise

  72. Shelley Hickey

    Had the opportunity to do the pre-screening of Inside Out….what a perfect family movie!

  76. Kelly Nash

    Love watching Grease !
    Really looking forward to taking our daughter to see the Minion movie this summer !

  79. nicolthepickle

    Haha, I loved the parent trap, and you should still watch it.
    I’d like to see Home this summer.

  81. Nancy T

    We’ve seen Inside Out so far this summer and can’t wait to see the Minions movie. One of my favourite summer camp movies is It Takes Two (Parent Trap spin off with the Olsen twins) that was filmed at a camp I worked at in Port Sydney – Camp Mini-Yo-We.

  83. Judy Cowan

    I would have to pick my fave Summer Movie as Dirty Dancing – I have lost track how many times I have seen it!

  91. Maggie C

    Some of my favourite movies include: Charlie and the Chocolate factory with Johnny Depp, Alice in Wonderland

  95. marie s

    I can’t wait for the new ghostbusters and frozen 2 but I don’t think it’ll be out by the end of summer

  98. Wendy Jensen

    I am looking forward to seeing TrainWreck. My daughter seen it last week and really liked it.

  107. Millie Bittman

    I would love to take my granddaughters to the movies. They just love watching movies and I love watching them as they get so excited – so cute

  116. Herbert To

    I love to see marvel movies, so this summer i’m most looking forward to seeing Ant-man and fantastic 4

  118. Amy Brown

    We saw the Minions movie this summer it was funny and Inside Out, which was cute but sort of sad.. I love watching Goonies from my childhood summers.

  121. Lindsay T

    We loved Inside out & want to go see Minions too. Then later this summer we want to see Hotel Transylvania 2.

  127. Carey Hurst

    I am a total 80s movie buff when it comes to awesome summer movies.
    One Crazy Summer has to be the best summer movies of all time. I loved that the Minions came out, can’t wait for Ghosbusters.
    Love

  131. Jennpup (@jennpup)

    While the kids are at day camp this week, DH and I are going to see Trainwreck – matinee date time! :-)

  132. Rob U

    My son and wife saw “Inside Out” and he and I saw “Minions”. We are still wanting to see “Antman”.

  158. Jared S Denison

    I am looking forward to seeing The Gift tomorrow night. Some of my fave summer camp movies are Meatballs, Camp Nowhere, Friday the 13th, and Indian Summer.

  160. Angela Massis

    I am looking forward to taking my kids to see The Minions! Doesn’t matter how young or how old you are, those little yellow guys have captured our hearts and they make us smile

  166. Ophelia C

    I’m looking forward to Mission Impossible!! Watching it this weekend! And also: The Man from U.N.C.L.E., American Ultra, Hitman Agent 47, Maya the Bee Movie (missed this at TIFF!), and The Visit (looks so fun & scary!!)

  169. Brandee H

    My favourite summer movie is definitely Dirty Dancing! I have seen it at least a hundred times!! :-)

  178. Rebecca H

    Summer favourites are the big budget, big explosions, fun popcorn movies! Love those for summer!!!

  181. Will Deaffie

    Here in Winnipeg they show movies drive in style downtown over the summer. I go regardless of the movie. I like the atmosphere. Also the Gimli Film Festival movies on the beach. Can’t get any better. Well if mosquitoes were extinct I guess it could….