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popcorn_pete commented about Cinema in the Hall on Jul 12, 2018 at 9:16 am

Diary for July 2018 5 July – Finding Your Feet (12) 12 July – I Tonya (15) 19 July – The Shape of Water (15) 26 July – Journey’s End (12A)

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popcorn_pete commented about Odeon Stillorgan on Jul 12, 2018 at 9:10 am

Opened 5 February 1983, five of the seven screens are situated at basement level.

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popcorn_pete commented about Rialto Cinema on Jul 12, 2018 at 8:20 am

Fire in January 2015, empty as of April 2017.

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popcorn_pete commented about Classic Cinema on Jul 12, 2018 at 8:16 am

A tribute site is at: http://myhome.iolfree.ie/~ccdublin/start.html

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popcorn_pete commented about Classic Cinema on Jul 12, 2018 at 8:15 am

The manager mentioned above was Albert Kelly who leased it initially before buying outright. It most likely closed owing to his ill-health from which he died in July 2005.

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popcorn_pete commented about Number 8 Community Arts Centre on Jul 5, 2018 at 9:44 am

The building was constructed on the site of a supermarket, courtesy of Six Architecture, although the listed façade is that of a former 19th century merchant’s house. The seating is in stadium style and although it stages plays, concerts and exhibitions, as of 2018 the staple diet is very much cinema.

Diary for June 2018

Saturday 2 June – Darkest Hour (PG) Monday 4 June – Edie (12A) Wednesday 6 June – Let the Sunshine In (15) Thursday 7 June – Custody (15) Monday 11 June – Saturday 16 June – No films Monday 18 June – Nothing Like a Dame (12A) Thursday 21 June – Wonderstruck (PG) Saturday 23 June – The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Society (12A) Monday 25 June – The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Society (12A) Tuesday 26 June – The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Society (12A) Friday 29 June – The Leisure Seeker (15)

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popcorn_pete commented about Vue Leamington Spa on Jul 5, 2018 at 9:30 am

Second screen of the conversion project was opened by Anne Diamond on 16 December 1994. “Miracle on 34th Street” and “Junior” were the two films shown that day.

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popcorn_pete commented about Catshill Cinema on Jul 5, 2018 at 9:26 am

The cinema on Stourbridge Road was in the Old School Hall and was run by Harry Bowers in the 1920s. It closed down when talkies arrived at the Plaza in 1931. There was another in the village on Golden Cross Lane where Spar is now, run by Archie Holloway in the 1940s. The tin-roofed hut was declared unsafe and business moved to the Village Hall opposite which lasted until 1964. The Hall is still standing.

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popcorn_pete commented about Regal Cinema on Jul 5, 2018 at 9:24 am

The Regal is currently a nightclub called 57 Monkeys.

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popcorn_pete commented about Artrix Cinema on Jul 5, 2018 at 9:23 am

Diary for May 2018

Tuesday 1 May – The Shape of Water (15) Wednesday 2 May – The Shape of Water (15) Friday 4 May – The Shape of Water (15) Friday 4 May – Film: TBC Tuesday 8 May – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri (15) Friday 11 May – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri (15) Tuesday 15 May – Cinderella (12A) Wednesday 16 May – NT Live: Macbeth (15) Friday 18 May – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri (15) Thursday 24 May – I, Claude Monet (12A) Friday 25 May – Winchester (15) Saturday 26 May – Peter Rabbit (PG) Tuesday 29 May – An American in Paris (PG) Wednesday 30 May – Peter Rabbit (PG) Wednesday 30 May – Darkest Hour (PG) Wednesday 30 May – Winchester (15)

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popcorn_pete commented about Arts Cinema on Jun 3, 2018 at 10:37 am

Warwick Arts Centre is one of the largest of its type in the UK. It opened in 1974 and is situated on the University of Warwick campus. The complex includes a 220-seat cinema, the 550-seat Goose Nest theatre, the Butterworth Hall capable of holding up to 1540 in various permutations, the 150-seat Helen Martin Studio space and the Mead Gallery along with several conference rooms. The fare includes theatre, including NT live, comedy, dance, music and visual arts. At the moment film seems to be the staple diet with several being screened each week.

In October 2017 a £17 million three-year programme began to redevelop the Centre, which will include demolition of the cinema and Mead Gallery to create a new building consisting of three auditoria and gallery with a new restaurant, and improvements to foyer areas. The programme is most likely to be connected with the announcement that Coventry will be the City of Culture 2021.

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popcorn_pete commented about Picture House on May 25, 2018 at 1:25 pm

The cinema opened on 17 April 1911 in former restaurant premises and was altered in the 1920s to include a gallery and bring the capacity up to 400 people. The Kingstown in the name was later dropped when the town reverted back to Dun Laoghaire. It passed from Associated Picture Houses to Odeon (Ireland) in the late 1940s and was closed. It reopened as the Tatler around 1950 giving it another decade or so of life. It closed in 1962 and was later dance-hall and then a bank.

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popcorn_pete commented about Sutton Grand Cinema on May 25, 2018 at 1:12 pm

Opened 4 January 1937.

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popcorn_pete commented about Odeon Blanchardstown on May 25, 2018 at 1:10 pm

Opened in December 1996.

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popcorn_pete commented about Odeon Coolock Dublin on May 25, 2018 at 1:09 pm

Opened 10 August 1991, reportedly by Elizabeth Hurley.

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popcorn_pete commented about Vue Dublin on May 25, 2018 at 1:08 pm

Opened 16 July 1999

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popcorn_pete commented about Briery Gap on May 25, 2018 at 12:41 pm

A fire in May 2016 is what caused the library to move to temporary accommodation. At the moment the theatre is open for limited events only.

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popcorn_pete commented about Oisin Cinema on May 19, 2018 at 12:28 pm

According to the local history society the Oisin was located on The Square where Langford Street meets Upper Bridge Street, there was never a cinema on Lower Bridge Street. It was active from 1963 to 1999. Owner Diarmuid O’Shea is on record as saying in 1998 that he was on the verge of closing it down as he could not get the films from Dublin quickly. Even Titanic didn’t do as well as expected. The cinema backed onto the Oisin Ballroom on Ivreagh Road (yes, there were two Oisins) which also operated as a cinema from shortly after it opened in 1938, see separate entry on this site.

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popcorn_pete commented about Picture Palace on May 19, 2018 at 11:42 am

Renamed Savoy about 1945 and closed 1959.

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popcorn_pete commented about Odeon Cinema on May 10, 2018 at 11:09 am

The building is now home to retail outlets and a Chinese restaurant upstairs.

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popcorn_pete commented about Odeon Newbridge on May 10, 2018 at 11:08 am

Whitewater Shopping Centre opened April 2006 but cinema came later.

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popcorn_pete commented about Cinema on May 10, 2018 at 11:02 am

Demolished in 2005.

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popcorn_pete commented about Gaiety Cinema on May 2, 2018 at 11:07 am

Gaiety opened in 1936 and closed as four-screen cinema on 15 June 1997. It was demolished shortly after. The last films were Anaconda, Absolute Power, Con-Air and Scream.

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popcorn_pete commented about Savoy Cinema on May 2, 2018 at 11:05 am

Further information indicates a nightclub proposed in 1986, Fianna Fail party offices in 1987 and a furniture shop 1994.

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popcorn_pete commented about Pavilion Cinema on May 2, 2018 at 11:03 am

The press reports the Pavilion as “reopenin” in 1936 but no closure date. Gaynor was the nephew of Kilgannon.