First movie in 8 years opens to rave reviews

It’s official. Belize is no longer on that select list of nations that are without a single movie theatre. To the delight of Belizean film fans, the first movie projector to roll in nearly eight years went into operation on Friday night at the Princess Hotel in Belize City. The opening night VIP crowd watched the Academy Award winning film American Beauty, while on Saturday the feature switched to Mission to Mars. That film will run twice each night at six and nine through Thursday and on Friday Mission Impossible Two takes over. For the kids the Disney classic Fantasia 2000 has been playing each afternoon at one. Early reports indicate that the Princess theatre is the reel deal with first class picture, sound and comfortable seating. The Box Office is open everyday from nine to nine.