movies Archives - Frugalbits

Go {Really} Big Or Go Home At The Cineplex

June 1, 2012/10 Comments/in Culture & Leisure /by Editor

Cineplex cheap movie Tuesday just got cheaper. Here’s how you can see jumbo-screen movies at a lovely, discounted price.

SUPER VALUE | With Apple TV, a local video store (yes, we still have one in our neighbourhood) and Netflix to choose from, my dh and I rarely leave home for a movie anymore—why would we want to deal with crowds and potentially bad seats when we can watch most of what we care to see on our large flat-screen TV with (admittedly dated) in-wall surround sound.

But all that has changed after last week, when friends asked us to join them in downtown Vancouver on “cheap movie Tuesday” to see Snow White and the Huntsman at the Scotiabank Theatre’s UltraAVX. Read more

Is It Smart To Sign Up For Netflix Or Not?

September 28, 2010/4 Comments/in Culture & Leisure /by carolannrule

Streaming free movies for a month is good thing, but what about paying for the service after that?

SPEND SMART | Last Wednesday Bob Kronbauer over at Vancouver Is Awesome (a great website about everything that makes Vancouver the wonderful place it is) told me that Netflix had just launched in Canada and that anyone could instantly watch movies and TV episodes streamed to their computers for free the first month and then just $7.99 a month after that. I was pretty jazzed. “That feels like a Frugalbits story,” I told him. “I thought you might like to know,” he replied.

So I signed up immediately. And then straight away stopped to think. I know lots of teens and twentysomethings who think nothing of watching movies on their computers, but I stare a computer screen all day anyway, and even if I didn’t I wouldn’t want to watch movies on one when I have a decent-size television in my family room. Read more

Fresh Air Movie Night in Vancouver

June 26, 2010/0 Comments/in CANADIAN CONTENT, Culture & Leisure /by carolannrule

Going to a Fresh Air Cinema event (or two) should be on everyone’s “Must Do” list for the summer.

FREE IS GOOD | In the 1950s, when cars and families were big but budgets were small, drive-in movies were the perfect inexpensive way to spend a night out. Now there’s Fresh Air Cinema, which is not just frugal, it’s absolutely free. Read more

So Hot Out Of The Box: DVDs Cheap As Chips

May 25, 2010/0 Comments/in Culture & Leisure /by Editor

DVD collections from this online company are about as cheap as they come.

CHEAP + GOOD | Shopping online is such big business that it feels pretty safe. Still it’s a leap of faith to buy from companies you’ve never heard of that do not have a gargantuan brick and mortar setup like Staples or a solid online presence like Shopbop.com.

My friend Debbi admits to having felt slight misgivings when she ordered all five seasons (60 episodes) of The Wire from DVD Collects, an online company she had never heard of with DVD prices that were cheap as chips. Read more

Posts