When the Towson Commons opens in the spring, it will include an eight-screen cinema complex, thanks to General Cinema, the corporation that owns the Perring Plaza Cinemas and the York Road Cinemas.

When the Commons cineplex opens, however, the Perring Plazas will disappear. They will be replaced by an economy food mart.

The General Cinema Corp. is apparently not planning to shut down the York Road Cinemas, at present.

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"Race the Wind," a 39-minute film on the history of sailing, will replace The Rolling Stones movie at the Imax Theater at the Maryland Science Center on Dec. 13. "Race the Wind" will continue there through May 8. The film includes sail footage from 1929 to the present.

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The Turner Broadcasting System wants you to know that if you are looking for something different as a Christmas gift, they have a Holiday Wish List that includes gifts for "classic film fanatics." One is the "Film Classics Gift Pack" that includes "three of the greatest films of all time in one gift pack," "Citizen Kane," "Gunga Din" and "King Kong." The price is $59.98.

If you're buying for a Cary Grant fan, "The Cary Grant Gift Pack," containing "The Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer," " Gunga Din" and "Suspicion," is available for $59.98.