Happy New Year to all Last picture show at 3D cinema A giant screen 3D cinema in Birmingham has closed its doors after it failed to attract large enough...
Hello All, I received the following email via my website and while I am unable to help directly I'm not sure if this maybe of interst/use to someone else. ...
There's an interesting story relating to the above cinema here: http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/lo/news/5022480.html The Panopticon is best known as a music...
You may be interested in this article in the Northampton Chronicle and Echo concerning the renovation and conversion of the former Cannon cinema (originally...
Does anyone have any firm details on these plans? I've heard bits and pieces from a couple of Odeon employees, and it seems that there are plans afoot to...
Don't take too much notice of these so called proposals!! It is highly unlikely that anything of that nature will ever happen. Tony Williams...
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Jan 12, 2004 9:53 am
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... highly ... Thank you Tony, I do hope you're right. It's just that the second time I heard the news (on Saturday) it came from a member of management at the...
Ken Roe saw this story on BBC News Online and thought you should see it. ** Message ** Curzon Clevedon restoration ** Grant aids cinema restoration ** An...
Newcastle Evening Chronicle reports that the 9-screen, 3,389 seat, Warner Village cinema which opened in December 1989 is to be sold to a ''mystery'' property...
ScreenDaily reported today that UGC has sold its 10 screen Belfast multiplex to the locally-based company Movie House Cinemas. http://www.moviehouse.co.uk Just...
... Interesting that an out-of-town site is losing out to a city centre one. I visited the Warner not long after it opened but don't recall much about it. Some...
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Jan 13, 2004 10:24 am
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Yes, I was intrigued to see an out of town site apparently losing out. I know that people always gravitate towards the new kid on the block, but the Warner has...
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Jan 13, 2004 11:18 am
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Jeremy commented about the closure of Warner Village Newcastle saying: Interesting that an out-of-town site is losing out to a city centre one. I visited the...
My name is Colin Bishop, I am a film maker who has a genuine and unhealthy interest in the Cinema heritage of the UK. I am shooting a feature film in and...
HI, COLIN, PLEASE CONTACT ME AT picturepalacespastandpresent@... RE YOUR REQUEST... Regards, Dave. Send more interesting e-mails - personalise them with...
Hello Colin, Here is a suggestion for you>>> The State Cinema, Grays, Essex. Listed building, Art Deco, closed for a few years now, but could be resurrected ...
Following on from recent news about the treat to the York Odeon cinema I am pleased to say that The Yorkshire Evening Press are backing our fight with a...
Does anyone know what state 'The State' is in? Also, I'm informed that a company called Morrisons or Morison is in control of it. A friend tells me they are a...
... Morrisons are the supermarket chain that has been bidding for Safeway for the last year. My understanding is that they own the State site, using the car...
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Jan 16, 2004 12:28 pm
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The proposed merger of Odeon and Vue (Warner Village) in order to release sites for property development, suggests that the following locations are likely to...
It's not in bad shape actually. 2200 seater Grade two * so I think it should be safe for a few years to come. The biggest threat to the building was that it ...
Friday, 16th January 2004 The first issue of the new trade magazine for UK cinema exhibition and distribution - called Cinema Business - is published to-day. ...
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Jan 16, 2004 6:13 pm
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How does the Brentwood Theatre rate on a scale of 1 to 10?...
I have added several links including the IMDB (movie data base), the Brentwood Theatre )Essex) site and because it has a Dorset and Oxfordshire connections the...
In response to a previous post about this cinema, follow this web link for some really good info on the cinema.. http://www.pavitt4.fsnet.co.uk/index.htm You...
Good news. Plans are in place to reopen the old La Scala cinema in Helensburgh, about 15 miles from Glasgow. Opened in 1913, the cinema closed on May 31 1984....
Dear all, I paid my customary visit to the reopened Coronet, Elephant and Castle, last Thursday to see "The Last Samurai". It's clear that the optimism...
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Jan 19, 2004 10:07 am
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Click here for the story (complete with predictable and irrelevant reference to the Apollo) http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/lo/news/5022855.html I believed that...