Reel cinemas have announced that they hope to reopen the former Odeon cinema in Blossom Street on Friday 19th June with a showing of the summer blockbuster...
It is great news - I relieved there in the 60's when the very long serving manager was George Shepherd - he had a thing about the shops - they had to be as...
Wonderful news. but not the best timing.  Like Chester the York Odeon relied  on the local  Students for a lot of its custom. but the summer recess is...
This is great and welcome news after what seems to have been a never ending wait. Let's hope Reel have done this great building justice, however (and not to...
Dear All, Please find the latest news, although I know that some of it may date back to the end of May! There are two bodies after projectionists input at the...
Hello All, Please find the latest and news: http://www.madcornishprojectionist.co.uk/todays_news.php ... *2009-06-16* *3D Screens Now Number Over 5,000...
Today's Guardian (17/06/09) has a Summer Film special in G2. As well as Peter Bradshaw's top 20 films there is a two page spread on the best film venues in...
There have been several requests on this forum [and elsewhere] for the Look at Life 'The Cinema Steps Out'. I have found a VHS copy and transferred it to...
Hello All, Here is the latest news available at: http://www.madcornishprojectionist.co.uk/todays_news.php 2009-06-18 Council chiefs support cinema project -...
Dear All I am doing a little research into societies, websites, clubs, etc that are concerned with silent movies, or include silents in their remit. This is so...
Hello All, Here is the latest news, available as ever from http://www.madcornishprojectionist.co.uk/todays_news.php. I'm off to screen films at Glastonbury for...
Hi All, it's good to hear that the Phoenix at east Finchley has been awarded a sizeable lottery grant for the restoration of the building. Details here: ...
Hi All, you may be interested to know that there is a fairly rare opportunity to hear the mighty Compton organ in Southampton Guildhall on Saturday July 11th....
Hello All, There are only four stories for you today at: http://www.madcornishprojectionist.co.uk/todays_news.php - one of the most interesting is the first...
Peter J. Knight saw this story on the BBC News website and thought you should see it. ** Longest running cinema wins funds ** Britain's oldest continuously...
Hello All, Please find attached the latest news headlines, available as ever here: http://www.madcornishprojectionist.co.uk/todays_news.php. It is worth ...
This weekend the Cinema Theatre Association is taking a trip Doon the Watter and around the Clyde Coast, visiting Largs, Rothesay, and Campbeltown. We're...
HI Peter Don¹t know if it is just my email or what, your articles don¹t seem to have any web links in them? Also I was wanted to ask. Do you do mobile 35mm...
Hello All, Here are the latest news headlines, available at: http://www.madcornishprojectionist.co.uk/todays_news.php ... Cinema Map on Google - Get Involved:...
Hi Peter (Mad Cornish Projectionist) and others Further to the item on your newsletter today about mapping cinemas. This is a project I am currently working on...
Thanks Harry - great resource for us. Are you going to make it a TomTom app for downloading? I have the one for piers and Wetherspoons - wouldn't you know it! ...
Dear Harry - Total admiration for you - always one step in front - I would love access to it - All the cinemas I have worked in are plotted on Google Earth!! ...
Hi James, Mike and others I have been investigating how to make my database available and it may be easier than I thought. TomTom format looks fairly...
Hi all Just to keep you updated. I have been looking at Googol Maps. The format required for uploading data [KML] is quite complicated. I have found a program...
Hi there, the cladding on the front of the closed Odeon(ex-Gaumont), Doncaster has been removed and these shots have appeared on flickr of the carved frieze...