{"id":6330,"date":"2006-04-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-04-20T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yfiledev.uit.yorku.ca\/2006\/04\/20\/york-is-u-movie-nights-a-big-success\/"},"modified":"2025-04-01T11:58:52","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T15:58:52","slug":"york-is-u-movie-nights-a-big-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/yfile\/2006\/04\/20\/york-is-u-movie-nights-a-big-success\/","title":{"rendered":"York is U Movie Nights a big success"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P>Y<IMG hspace=\"8\" src=\"http:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/yfile\/photos\/20060420\/YorkisU2-movie nights.jpg\" align=\"right\" vspace=\"8\" border=\"0\">ork is U Movie Nights were launched this year with much success. Every other Friday night, the student-spirit organization screened free Hollywood films, gave out free popcorn and attracted hundreds.<\/P><br \/>\n<P><STRONG>Right: Kiran Singh, a Movie Nights coordinator,&nbsp;and Huma Qureshi, York is U charity and entertainment director, prepare free snacks for movie goers. <\/STRONG><\/P><br \/>\n<P>Huma Qureshi, York is U charity and entertainment director, and her Movie Nights team hosted close to a dozen movie nights each semester and enjoyed a steady rise in attendance as word of mouth spread among students and other community members. Over 1,300 York students enjoyed this year\u2019s lineup, including <I>Mr. &amp; Mrs. Smith, Batman Begins<\/I>,<I> Charlie and the Chocolate Factory<\/I>,<I> King Kong<\/I>,<I> Harry Potter I<\/I>,<I> II<\/I>,<I> III <\/I>and<I> IV<\/I>,<I> Rumour Has It<\/I>,<I> The Legend of Zorro<\/I>,<I> Red Eye<\/I>,<I> Corpse Bride, Flight Plan<\/I> and more. <\/P><br \/>\n<P>Qureshi\u2019s Movie Nights team gave away loot bags, movie snacks and pizza, decorated the theatre and tailored games and prizes based on the theme of the movie. <\/P><br \/>\n<P>Whitney Dunning, a Movie Nights coordinator, provides a possible explanation for Movie Nights popularity: \"Who doesn't enjoy a free showing of a blockbuster movie with snacks provided?\" Fellow coordinator <IMG hspace=\"8\" src=\"http:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/yfile\/photos\/20060420\/YorkisUgroup1.jpg\" align=\"left\" vspace=\"8\" border=\"0\">Sharmila Sundaralingam says, \"Movie Nights has outraced our expectations and has become one of the top events York is U offers students.\"<\/P><br \/>\n<P><STRONG>Left:&nbsp;Movie Nights v<STRONG>olunteers, from left, Melissa Nguyen, Farhan Ali, Kiran Singh, Diane Truong, Whitney Dunning, Sharmila Sundaralingam, Suganya Yoganathan, Huma Qureshi, Masroora Haque and Alexia Casalinuovo. Standing&nbsp;above others at&nbsp;back are&nbsp;Leo Wong and Adeyinka Daramola. <\/STRONG><\/P><br \/>\n<P>&nbsp;<\/P><\/STRONG><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over 1,300 students attended. 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