Past News
Please find below an archive of our News and Press Releases for the four weeks previous to the current News page.
Week commencing Monday 9th March 2020
LONDON: Favourite independent cinemas in London (from Harpers Bazaar)
Where to get your next film fix...
LONDON (Holloway): Historic cinema turned into ‘eyesore’ by signs
A landmark picture house is set to become a “luxury cinema”, but concerns have been raised over the large blue signs now attached to the historic building.
Where to get your next film fix...
LONDON (Holloway): Historic cinema turned into ‘eyesore’ by signs
A landmark picture house is set to become a “luxury cinema”, but concerns have been raised over the large blue signs now attached to the historic building.
LONDON (Kentish Town): Should we finally get the popcorn ready for a cinema?
Long-awaited project at old Pizza Express building could be finished this time next year.
While film fans remain suspicious about whether the former North London Polytechnic building on the corner of Prince of Wales Road will ever become a long-promised new cinema, a developer is insistent the big screen dream will become a reality.
Long-awaited project at old Pizza Express building could be finished this time next year.
While film fans remain suspicious about whether the former North London Polytechnic building on the corner of Prince of Wales Road will ever become a long-promised new cinema, a developer is insistent the big screen dream will become a reality.
BLACKWOOD: A look back at the cinemas in the history of the town
As we celebrate Blackwood’s 200th birthday in 2020, we took a look at the 'forgotten' cinemas of Blackwood, with the help of Crumlin-born Phill Walkley – who has researched the cinemas across Wales ...
COLCHESTER: The Light to open multi-screen cinema at Tollgate Village
Tollgate Partnership Limited has announced The Light will run the new venue at its hotly anticipated development with work set to begin later this year.
It is due to be completed before the end of 2021 with the cinema and bowling alley between them creating 70 new jobs.
As we celebrate Blackwood’s 200th birthday in 2020, we took a look at the 'forgotten' cinemas of Blackwood, with the help of Crumlin-born Phill Walkley – who has researched the cinemas across Wales ...
COLCHESTER: The Light to open multi-screen cinema at Tollgate Village
Tollgate Partnership Limited has announced The Light will run the new venue at its hotly anticipated development with work set to begin later this year.
It is due to be completed before the end of 2021 with the cinema and bowling alley between them creating 70 new jobs.
DURHAM: Cinema at Gala Theatre faces uncertain future after competition from Odeon and Everyman
Culture chiefs have raised the prospect of cutting one or even both cinema screens from Durham’s Gala Theatre.
The arts centre has had to fight hard to get film fans through the doors following a marketing blitz by Odeon, which opened in the 2019.
EDINBURGH: Film festival organisers submit plan for £50m movie centre
The organisation behind the Edinburgh film festival has submitted a planning application for a £50m film centre that would be the first of its kind in the UK.
The Centre for the Moving Image has proposed an accessible and environmentally sustainable 11-floor building that it says would be a focal point for Edinburgh’s film community.
See also: Edinburgh's New Home for Film
FOLKESTONE: New images reveal flats plan at Leas Pavilion
Exciting new images have been released of a luxury apartment block proposed to be built around Folkestone's neglected Leas Pavilion.
The CGIs have been unveiled by a team at Hollaway architects, formerly Guy Hollaway, who have worked on a rescue plan for the former theatre and nightclub.
HULL: Bombed-out cinema that's the last surviving reminder of the Hull Blitz could re-open as a memorial
An audience was enjoying the Charlie Chaplin movie The Great Dictator in the National Picture Theatre on Beverley Road, Hull, when an air raid began on March 17 1941.
For more than 20 years campaigners have been fighting to save the ruins as a monument to the ordinary civilians who served on the Home Front.
An audience was enjoying the Charlie Chaplin movie The Great Dictator in the National Picture Theatre on Beverley Road, Hull, when an air raid began on March 17 1941.
For more than 20 years campaigners have been fighting to save the ruins as a monument to the ordinary civilians who served on the Home Front.
KIRKCALDY: Cinema plans back on the table
LaSalle Investment Management, owners of the Mercat Shopping Centre, have submitted plans which would see site of the town’s former swimming pool converted into an eight screen cinema, with more than 1000 seats.
However, it is not believed there is currently an operator to run the venture.
LaSalle Investment Management, owners of the Mercat Shopping Centre, have submitted plans which would see site of the town’s former swimming pool converted into an eight screen cinema, with more than 1000 seats.
However, it is not believed there is currently an operator to run the venture.
LIVERPOOL: Odeon cinema workers share nine secrets they've always wanted to tell customers
From catching people getting intimate in the dark to what they really think when people take their own snacks...
From catching people getting intimate in the dark to what they really think when people take their own snacks...
MINEHEAD: Work underway to replace roof of landmark Regal Theatre building
The project is being undertaken by the MATA (Minehead Amateur Theatrical Association) Regal Theatre Company Ltd – an organisation entirely run by volunteers, who said the theatre will remain open for the duration of the project.
The Regal building opened in 1934 as a 1,600-seat cinema and was later used for live performances.
ROTHERHAM: Details coming in to focus for new cinema
A long awaited cinema in Rotherham town centre is set to be larger than originally expected, highlighting the levels of confidence that the private sector has in the key regeneration project.
The project is being undertaken by the MATA (Minehead Amateur Theatrical Association) Regal Theatre Company Ltd – an organisation entirely run by volunteers, who said the theatre will remain open for the duration of the project.
The Regal building opened in 1934 as a 1,600-seat cinema and was later used for live performances.
ROTHERHAM: Details coming in to focus for new cinema
A long awaited cinema in Rotherham town centre is set to be larger than originally expected, highlighting the levels of confidence that the private sector has in the key regeneration project.
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Week commencing Monday 2nd March 2020
LONDON (Battersea): Battersea Power Station announces first wave of international & domestic brands
Operator behind Olympic Studios and The Cinema at Selfridges, Archlight Cinema will open their second venue at BPS
LONDON (Bermondsey): Market revamp includes new cinema
Plans to revamp a market in Bermondsey include a new cinema and food hall for local traders.
Vacant former furniture store Thorowgoods will be converted into a three-screen cinema...
LONDON (Kensal Rise): The Lexi cinema is fundraising for a second screen
The cinema has given itself until May 25 this year to raise £148,390.
Just over a month after launching on January 26, members of the public have pledged over £52,000.
Owners hope to install the new facilities by November.
LONDON (Streatham): Streatham Hill Theatre - You've done it - first deadline met!
As of our first deadline we had over 300 people pledging over £10,000, that's 30% of our overall target.
ABERDEEN: Cineworld granted planning permission for Aberdeen’s first IMAX screen
Cineworld has been granted planning permission for an extension to its site at the beach.
The movie chain will be adding a 409-seat IMAX auditorium to its Queen’s Links Leisure Park site
BOURNEMOUTH: Gym plan for Westbourne Grand is refused again
Developer Currentasset Ltd had hoped its scaled down ambitions for the Grand building would win the approval of BCP Council.
But, refusing the scheme, planning officer Ruth Povey said the proposal to install a mezzanine in the auditorium was unacceptable.
COLCHESTER: Essex Highways bosses say drive-in cinema big screen will ‘distract drivers’
Nightflix wants permission to use the former Sainsbury’s site in Stanway for its movie events.
The firm held a successful Winter Food and Film Wonderland event with a 60ft by 40ft giant screen back in December.
FELIXSTOWE: Suffolk cinema temperature screens customers amid coronavirus fears
The Felixstowe Palace in Crescent Road introduced the policy last Friday for all visitors and contractors entering the venue to undergo non-invasive temperature screening.
Anyone recording a temperature of more than 37.4C will be turned away.
HUCKNALL: Redevelopment nears completion as cinema gets opening date
The new The Arc Cinema Hucknall will open to the public on Friday March 27th.
The Irish cinema operator, The Arc Cinema, is investing £3 million in converting the old Byron Cinema into a state of the art 4 screen cinema.
The cinema will have 425 leather electric recliner seats, laser digital projection and Dolby Digital 7.1 surround sound.
see also: New £3m cinema set to open in Notts town
HULL: Start date announced for work on bomb-damaged National Picture Theatre
Conservation work on one of Hull’s most historic buildings is due to start later this month.
On Monday, March 16, workers with local contractors Hobson & Porter are due to arrive at The National Picture Theatre in Beverley Road, where they will remain for a month.
The remedial work to the grade two-listed cinema will prepare the site for future conservation and repair works.
OSWESTRY: Cinema hub plan for empty buildings
The former Regal Cinema could be transformed into a community hub
The major project would see the former Regal Cinema and the neighbouring B Wise store transformed into a space for a cinema, eatery, shops and more.
PEMBROKE: First blue plaque celebrates town's pioneer of cinema
A blue plaque to commemorate one of the pioneers of cinema in Wales has been unveiled in Pembroke’s Main Street
The plaque, the first in Pembroke, honours William Haggar, who achieved international success with his ground-breaking moving pictures.
...and it was he who took over the cinema in Main Street, Pembroke in the late 1930s (previously Pembroke Cinema).
SALFORD: Save the Victoria Theatre
This is a summary of a report that has examined whether there is a viable option for restoring the historic Victoria Theatre in Salford.
It has been commissioned by the Salford Victoria Theatre Trust (SVTT) with funding from the Theatres Trust's Theatres At Risk Capacity Building programme, the East Salford Communtiy Committee and Standing Together Fund
Operator behind Olympic Studios and The Cinema at Selfridges, Archlight Cinema will open their second venue at BPS
LONDON (Bermondsey): Market revamp includes new cinema
Plans to revamp a market in Bermondsey include a new cinema and food hall for local traders.
Vacant former furniture store Thorowgoods will be converted into a three-screen cinema...
LONDON (Kensal Rise): The Lexi cinema is fundraising for a second screen
The cinema has given itself until May 25 this year to raise £148,390.
Just over a month after launching on January 26, members of the public have pledged over £52,000.
Owners hope to install the new facilities by November.
LONDON (Streatham): Streatham Hill Theatre - You've done it - first deadline met!
As of our first deadline we had over 300 people pledging over £10,000, that's 30% of our overall target.
ABERDEEN: Cineworld granted planning permission for Aberdeen’s first IMAX screen
Cineworld has been granted planning permission for an extension to its site at the beach.
The movie chain will be adding a 409-seat IMAX auditorium to its Queen’s Links Leisure Park site
BOURNEMOUTH: Gym plan for Westbourne Grand is refused again
Developer Currentasset Ltd had hoped its scaled down ambitions for the Grand building would win the approval of BCP Council.
But, refusing the scheme, planning officer Ruth Povey said the proposal to install a mezzanine in the auditorium was unacceptable.
COLCHESTER: Essex Highways bosses say drive-in cinema big screen will ‘distract drivers’
Nightflix wants permission to use the former Sainsbury’s site in Stanway for its movie events.
The firm held a successful Winter Food and Film Wonderland event with a 60ft by 40ft giant screen back in December.
FELIXSTOWE: Suffolk cinema temperature screens customers amid coronavirus fears
The Felixstowe Palace in Crescent Road introduced the policy last Friday for all visitors and contractors entering the venue to undergo non-invasive temperature screening.
Anyone recording a temperature of more than 37.4C will be turned away.
HUCKNALL: Redevelopment nears completion as cinema gets opening date
The new The Arc Cinema Hucknall will open to the public on Friday March 27th.
The Irish cinema operator, The Arc Cinema, is investing £3 million in converting the old Byron Cinema into a state of the art 4 screen cinema.
The cinema will have 425 leather electric recliner seats, laser digital projection and Dolby Digital 7.1 surround sound.
see also: New £3m cinema set to open in Notts town
HULL: Start date announced for work on bomb-damaged National Picture Theatre
Conservation work on one of Hull’s most historic buildings is due to start later this month.
On Monday, March 16, workers with local contractors Hobson & Porter are due to arrive at The National Picture Theatre in Beverley Road, where they will remain for a month.
The remedial work to the grade two-listed cinema will prepare the site for future conservation and repair works.
OSWESTRY: Cinema hub plan for empty buildings
The former Regal Cinema could be transformed into a community hub
The major project would see the former Regal Cinema and the neighbouring B Wise store transformed into a space for a cinema, eatery, shops and more.
PEMBROKE: First blue plaque celebrates town's pioneer of cinema
A blue plaque to commemorate one of the pioneers of cinema in Wales has been unveiled in Pembroke’s Main Street
The plaque, the first in Pembroke, honours William Haggar, who achieved international success with his ground-breaking moving pictures.
...and it was he who took over the cinema in Main Street, Pembroke in the late 1930s (previously Pembroke Cinema).
SALFORD: Save the Victoria Theatre
This is a summary of a report that has examined whether there is a viable option for restoring the historic Victoria Theatre in Salford.
It has been commissioned by the Salford Victoria Theatre Trust (SVTT) with funding from the Theatres Trust's Theatres At Risk Capacity Building programme, the East Salford Communtiy Committee and Standing Together Fund
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Week commencing Monday 24th February 2020
LONDON (Walthamstow): Pictures inside former EMD cinema show damage that raised construction costs by £5 million
The former EMD cinema in Hoe Street, Walthamstow, is now pockmarked by water damage and pigeon droppings, with peeling paint and ripped up seats a shadow of its once glamorous interior.
It is set to be restored to a 1,000 capacity theatre by Waltham Forest Council - but recent work revealed the extent of the damage to the Art Deco building.
BELFAST: Movie House cinema site to close in April
The Movie House Cinema in the city centre will close on Sunday, 26 April.
Movie House managing director Michael McAdam said: "It's the end of an era on the Dublin Road".
CARDIFF: Gaiety cinema can be demolished, councillors say
The Gaiety Grand Cinema on City Road opened in 1912, later housing bingo halls, a bowling alley and even anarchist squatters.
Cardiff councillors have backed plans to replace the building with 114 student bedsits over five floors, above a ground-floor cafe or restaurant.
CLEVEDON: Building work begins to replace leaky roof at Curzon Cinema
Contractors Corbel, experts in historic building conservation, began the process of repairing and replacing decaying timber, installing new rainwater goods and replacing all 12,830 terracotta tiles.
FOLKESTONE: Harry Potter star Miriam Margolyes reveals new plans for neglected Leas Pavilion
The unusual site, built originally as a Victorian tearoom in 1902, has fallen into major disrepair over the last decade.
But in a video recorded for the Friends of the Leas Pavilion (FLP) the actress said: "I'm standing outside the Leas Pavilion and I am delighted to report that plans are afoot.
GALASHIELS: Cinema celebrates 100th birthday
A century of cinema is being celebrated in a Scottish Borders town this year, as The Pavilion in Galashiels marks its 100th birthday.
It began life on Market Street in 1920 as The Playhouse where it ran as a theatre and cinema.
GUILDFORD: Seven things we know about new plans for Odeon cinema extension
Plans have been announced to extend Guildford's Odeon cinema and build a couple of new screens.
Documents uploaded to the Guildford Borough Council (GBC) website last Monday (February 17) revealed an intention to extend the popular cinema into the adjacent vacant former Old Orleans restaurant site.
LEITH: First apartments in former art deco cinema hit the market...
The first apartments inside a former art deco cinema in Leith have hit the market and they are set to be some highly sought-after real estate.
The State Cinema on Great Junction Street opened in 1938 with a screening of "Boots and Saddles". After closing in 1972, the cinema underwent various incarnations, including a church and, more recently, Mecca State Social Club.
SOUTHEND-ON-SEA: Seaway must go ahead or we'll lose out to Basildon
A promise that a developer would have just ‘one last chance’ to redevelop Southend's Seaway car park could be broken after councillors were warned Basildon and Chelmsford will pull business away from the town if the scheme doesn’t go ahead.
The former EMD cinema in Hoe Street, Walthamstow, is now pockmarked by water damage and pigeon droppings, with peeling paint and ripped up seats a shadow of its once glamorous interior.
It is set to be restored to a 1,000 capacity theatre by Waltham Forest Council - but recent work revealed the extent of the damage to the Art Deco building.
BELFAST: Movie House cinema site to close in April
The Movie House Cinema in the city centre will close on Sunday, 26 April.
Movie House managing director Michael McAdam said: "It's the end of an era on the Dublin Road".
CARDIFF: Gaiety cinema can be demolished, councillors say
The Gaiety Grand Cinema on City Road opened in 1912, later housing bingo halls, a bowling alley and even anarchist squatters.
Cardiff councillors have backed plans to replace the building with 114 student bedsits over five floors, above a ground-floor cafe or restaurant.
CLEVEDON: Building work begins to replace leaky roof at Curzon Cinema
Contractors Corbel, experts in historic building conservation, began the process of repairing and replacing decaying timber, installing new rainwater goods and replacing all 12,830 terracotta tiles.
FOLKESTONE: Harry Potter star Miriam Margolyes reveals new plans for neglected Leas Pavilion
The unusual site, built originally as a Victorian tearoom in 1902, has fallen into major disrepair over the last decade.
But in a video recorded for the Friends of the Leas Pavilion (FLP) the actress said: "I'm standing outside the Leas Pavilion and I am delighted to report that plans are afoot.
GALASHIELS: Cinema celebrates 100th birthday
A century of cinema is being celebrated in a Scottish Borders town this year, as The Pavilion in Galashiels marks its 100th birthday.
It began life on Market Street in 1920 as The Playhouse where it ran as a theatre and cinema.
GUILDFORD: Seven things we know about new plans for Odeon cinema extension
Plans have been announced to extend Guildford's Odeon cinema and build a couple of new screens.
Documents uploaded to the Guildford Borough Council (GBC) website last Monday (February 17) revealed an intention to extend the popular cinema into the adjacent vacant former Old Orleans restaurant site.
LEITH: First apartments in former art deco cinema hit the market...
The first apartments inside a former art deco cinema in Leith have hit the market and they are set to be some highly sought-after real estate.
The State Cinema on Great Junction Street opened in 1938 with a screening of "Boots and Saddles". After closing in 1972, the cinema underwent various incarnations, including a church and, more recently, Mecca State Social Club.
SOUTHEND-ON-SEA: Seaway must go ahead or we'll lose out to Basildon
A promise that a developer would have just ‘one last chance’ to redevelop Southend's Seaway car park could be broken after councillors were warned Basildon and Chelmsford will pull business away from the town if the scheme doesn’t go ahead.
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WEEK COMMENCING MONDAY 17th February 2020
LONDON: At the movies: the best cinemas in London
BRADFORD: Former cinema has 'high historic and architectural value' - according to planning inspector
The inspector was referring to the former Dudley Hill Picture Palace, a Grade II listed, 600 seat building on Tong Street. It is though to be one of the country’s oldest surviving “picture palaces.”
CLEVEDON: Work to start on repairing historic cinema's leaky roof following fundraising appeal
Specialist contractors are due to move on site at The Curzon Cinema on February 24 to begin repairs on the roof of the historic Grade II listed building.
Work will start on the top floor where decaying timber will be repaired and replaced, new rainwater goods will installed followed by all the 12,380 terracotta tiles being replaced.
...and finally: The 1895 “First Movie Ever Made” Gets Visually Stunning 4K Restoration
Now a silent classic, it has received the mother of all digital restorations.
Lumiere Brothers short ‘Arrivée d’un train à la Ciota’ (‘Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat’) has been rendered in stunning 4K.
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LONDON: Lambeth typo knocks 100m off height of Waterloo IMAX tower
It was reported in 2018 that Lambeth Council's draft local plan included provision for a 130-metre tower on the site of the BFI IMAX cinema at the southern end of Waterloo Bridge.
The council owns the freehold of the land at the centre of the Waterloo roundabout, and the British Film Institute has 129 years left on its lease.
Last autumn Lambeth Council published an updated draft of the local plan with a revised list of sites in Waterloo suitable for tall buildings.
In this document the suggested height for the Waterloo roundabout site was cut to just 30 metres...
It was reported in 2018 that Lambeth Council's draft local plan included provision for a 130-metre tower on the site of the BFI IMAX cinema at the southern end of Waterloo Bridge.
The council owns the freehold of the land at the centre of the Waterloo roundabout, and the British Film Institute has 129 years left on its lease.
Last autumn Lambeth Council published an updated draft of the local plan with a revised list of sites in Waterloo suitable for tall buildings.
In this document the suggested height for the Waterloo roundabout site was cut to just 30 metres...
AYLESBURY: Odeon reveal what's happening inside cinema
Works have already begun at the Exchange cinema building, but Odeon have shared what it will look like.
They have now confirmed Aylesbury Odeon will be becoming a Luxe cinema which involves lots of new things for people visiting.
BATH: Student housing and upgraded store planned for former cinema
The neo-classical former cinema opened in 1921 as the Oldfield Picture House, and then in 1935 was billed as the Scala, when it was also licensed for dancing, singing and music.
The Scala Cinema closed in 1961 and the Co-op moved in soon afterwards.
Works have already begun at the Exchange cinema building, but Odeon have shared what it will look like.
They have now confirmed Aylesbury Odeon will be becoming a Luxe cinema which involves lots of new things for people visiting.
BATH: Student housing and upgraded store planned for former cinema
The neo-classical former cinema opened in 1921 as the Oldfield Picture House, and then in 1935 was billed as the Scala, when it was also licensed for dancing, singing and music.
The Scala Cinema closed in 1961 and the Co-op moved in soon afterwards.
BRADFORD: Former cinema has 'high historic and architectural value' - according to planning inspector
The inspector was referring to the former Dudley Hill Picture Palace, a Grade II listed, 600 seat building on Tong Street. It is though to be one of the country’s oldest surviving “picture palaces.”
BURTON-ON-TRENT: Cinemas from the past you may remember
The big screen has played a huge part in the town's history...
The big screen has played a huge part in the town's history...
CARDIFF: Student scheme on site of former cinema to move forward
Applicant Bonnes Mares Ltd is seeking permission to demolish the former Gaeity Cinema on Cardiff's City Road and replace it with an eight-storey, 114-bed student block.
The building was a cinema until 1961 when it became a bingo hall. In 2001 it reopened as The Spin, a bar and bowling centre before closing in 2006.
Applicant Bonnes Mares Ltd is seeking permission to demolish the former Gaeity Cinema on Cardiff's City Road and replace it with an eight-storey, 114-bed student block.
The building was a cinema until 1961 when it became a bingo hall. In 2001 it reopened as The Spin, a bar and bowling centre before closing in 2006.
CHADWELL HEATH: Owners of the Mayfair Venue set to take next steps against 'unfair' planning permission refusal
The Mayfair Venue in Chadwell Heath High Road had once again applied for permission to change its use from a bingo hall to a wedding and events venue in December, but management was informed last week that application had been refused.
The Mayfair Venue in Chadwell Heath High Road had once again applied for permission to change its use from a bingo hall to a wedding and events venue in December, but management was informed last week that application had been refused.
CLEVEDON: Work to start on repairing historic cinema's leaky roof following fundraising appeal
Specialist contractors are due to move on site at The Curzon Cinema on February 24 to begin repairs on the roof of the historic Grade II listed building.
Work will start on the top floor where decaying timber will be repaired and replaced, new rainwater goods will installed followed by all the 12,380 terracotta tiles being replaced.
DUNDEE: City centre cinema plans stall amid ‘challenging’ market conditions:
Plans to build a multiplex cinema on a vacant site in Dundee city centre are on hold – and have been for several months...
Plans to build a multiplex cinema on a vacant site in Dundee city centre are on hold – and have been for several months...
GLASGOW: Seven-screen cinema planned for new Gorbals retail park
Plans have been submitted to Glasgow City Council requesting permission to combine two units within the Crown Street Retail Park to make way for the 600-seat cinema and a restaurant/bar.
GUILDFORD: Odeon puts in application to extend cinema into vacant former Old Orleans restaurant
The once-loved large, white building has laid empty next to the multi-screen cinema for years, but could finally be about to be given a new lease of life in the form of two new auditoriums built inside it.
Plans have been submitted to Glasgow City Council requesting permission to combine two units within the Crown Street Retail Park to make way for the 600-seat cinema and a restaurant/bar.
GUILDFORD: Odeon puts in application to extend cinema into vacant former Old Orleans restaurant
The once-loved large, white building has laid empty next to the multi-screen cinema for years, but could finally be about to be given a new lease of life in the form of two new auditoriums built inside it.
MANCHESTER: The most beautiful cinemas around Greater Manchester
From art deco grandeur to modern luxury, these cinemas are a whole lot prettier than your run-of-the-mill multiplex.
From art deco grandeur to modern luxury, these cinemas are a whole lot prettier than your run-of-the-mill multiplex.
PETERBOROUGH: Bus service disruption to begin as work starts on Queensgate cinema
The £60m extension to Queensgate, which will see a 10-screen Empire cinema, new restaurants and stores open, has taken a big step to move the project forward.
The £60m extension to Queensgate, which will see a 10-screen Empire cinema, new restaurants and stores open, has taken a big step to move the project forward.
STAFFORD: Cinema fails to sell at auction months after being saved
The freehold of Stafford Cinema was up for sale by auctioneers Acuitus in London on Wednesday.
It had been listed for a guide price of £350,000.
The freehold of Stafford Cinema was up for sale by auctioneers Acuitus in London on Wednesday.
It had been listed for a guide price of £350,000.
...and finally: The 1895 “First Movie Ever Made” Gets Visually Stunning 4K Restoration
Now a silent classic, it has received the mother of all digital restorations.
Lumiere Brothers short ‘Arrivée d’un train à la Ciota’ (‘Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat’) has been rendered in stunning 4K.
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