Box Office Hit by UK Riots

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As the dust settles and embers slowly die out in a troubled London it is with a big ‘well, duh’, that I bring you the news that this week’s box office numbers are looking a little uhealthy. With the combination of punters understandably preferring to have a night in this week and a large number [...]

Vue Cinemas Sold For $726 Million

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Vue cinemas have just announced via the press release below that they have been sold to private equity firm, Doughty Hanson & Co. for the rather large sum of $726m. This can only be good news for the consumer as it shows that even in this time of global economic recession, investment in cinema and [...]

UK Cinemas To Show the World Cup in 3d

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47 Cinemas across the UK will be showing the final 16 countries in 3d for the first time ever. We’ve got a list of the cinemas that will be showing the games in 3d which you can see below. All the main chains in the UK including Cineworld, Vue, Empire and Odeon cinemas will be [...]

See BAFTA Winning Films for Free at Cineworld

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Between Friday 5th March and Thursday 11th March Cineworld are touring a selection of BAFTA winning films include Moon, Hurt Locker, The Young Victoria, An Education, Inglourious Basterds, Twilight New Moon and Fish Tank. The films can be seen at Cineworld in Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Cheltenham, Chichester, Crawley, Didsbury, Edinburgh, Glasgow Renfrew Street, Nottingham, Shaftesbury [...]

I Support Odeon, You Should Too!

Following this week’s confirmation that Odeon will not be showing Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland in their cinemas (story here), there has been a bit of a public backlash against the cinema chain for making this decision. In view of this, i feel compelled to offer some words in defence of the action Odeon have [...]

VUE will NOT be Boycotting Alice in Wonderland in UK Cinemas

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VUE cinemas have literally just put out a statement saying that, unlike Odeon, they will NOT be following the biggest UK cinema chain and boycotting Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland. The news just came through their official twitter account and we’ll be getting the full statement sent through shorty (now below). The tweet said: “We [...]

Now US Cinemas Move to Boycott Alice in Wonderland?

Disney is brewing up a storm with their Tim Burton adapted Alice in Wonderland. While UK cinema chains Vue and Cineworld have worked out a deal with Disney, who were lobbying for a reduction in the time delay between the cinema release of their latest film and the home entertainment release, Odeon today made good [...]

Odeon Confirm that they Will Boycott Alice in Wonderland in UK Cinemas

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Well, it would seem that Odeon aren’t as ‘Fanatical about Film’ as their logo might suggest and that it is indeed more about the bottom line as they’ve decided not to show one of the biggest movies of the year to make a point! There were rumours a couple of weeks ago that big chain [...]

UK’s Cinemas to Boycott Disney’s Alice in Wonderland?

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In what is becoming a test case, the news being reported that the UK’s biggest cinema chains, a group consisting of Vue, Cineworld and Odeon, are threatening to boycott Disney’s forthcoming Tim Burton film Alice in Wonderland over a reduction in the time delay between the cinematic release and the home entertainment release,  is timely [...]