Odeon Luxe London West End
40 Leicester Square,
London,
WC2H 7LP
40 Leicester Square,
London,
WC2H 7LP
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Operated by: Odeon Cinemas Group
Firms: Ellis Williams Architects
Functions: Movies (First Run)
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Located on the south side of Leicester Square, and built on the site of the much loved Odeon West End (which has its own page on Cinema Treasures). The Odeon Luxe London West End is in the basement of the Londoner Hotel. It was opened on 9th September 2021 with a special screening of “Respect”, starring Jennifer Hudson. The opening programme the following day was “Shan-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” in Screen 1 and “Malignant” starring Annabelle Wallace. in Screen 2.
Screen 1 has 168 recliner seats and Dolby Vision & Dolby Atmos. Screen 2 has 70 recliner seats and RealD 3D and Dolby Digital Sound. There is a licenced bar, and food can be ordered and served at your seat.
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I only saw the cinema, not the film on this occasion - but will be seeing it at my ‘local’ on Tuesday.
Ian: Thank you for posting links to those photos. It looks like Screen 2, happily, has a masked screen (c.f. the floating screen in Screen 1;) do you know if moveable masking is in use?
It also appears to be exceptionally bland–not even linear lighting to add a dash of colour to the sidewalls?
CF100: I cannot be entirely sure, but I think moveable masking is in place, although like the Odeon Luxe LS tabs whether it is used or not is an unknown fact.
I was very generously allowed in between screenings whilst cleaning was in progress, but looking at the walls in the photos I cannot discern any lighting strips which may add a colour in screen 2 - there are blue strips in the aisles. The shape of the auditorium may be a factor - the lighting strips may be more effective in a longer, more oblong theatre?
Moviebuff82: I, too, would recommend the Bond movie. As you would expect, the cinematography is superb, right from the start as the opening credits merge into a forest. It is witty, the chases exciting, and to say much more would give away too much! Do find a big screen to see it though.
it was sad.
Without being churlish I would much rather see the Odeon Covent Garden restored with seats in the 100s and a good mix of English language and foreign films…Every screen does not need Bond or a horror or Marvel film
SethLewis: Odeon are/were the leaseholder for both the West End and “Covent Garden” locations, with redevelopment of both sites proposed/completed such that cinemas are spatially not the primary use, that instead being hotel accommodation/associated facilities.
The current state of the Odeon Covent Garden appears to be that the 2017 planning application was rejected, and on 10/03/21 was dismissed on appeal. I could not find any further applications on Camden Council’s planning database.
That being said, from the 2017 application, unlike the OWE, for any redevelopment of the “Covent Garden” site incorporating a cinema, another operator would need to be found. Clearly, any such redevelopment is years away from completion…
Edgar Wright has posted a video of the entrance corridor to the Dolby Cinema auditorium.
AFAIK this is currently the only Dolby Cinema in the UK to include the “AVP corridor” feature.
Architects for this cinema was Ellis Williams Architects, they also oversaw the Luxe treatment being applied to the Odeon Leicester Square.
I would put the word recliners in quotes at this location. The legs stretch out but there is absolutely zero backwards tilt to the headrest, so you’re not reclining, just sitting with your legs heading out at an uncomfortable angle. So long as you don’t go expecting to actually recline, the Dolby Cinema is a perfectly fine place to see a movie.
Does anyone know if either Odeon Luxe, West End or Leicester Square have been upgraded to the new Christie projectors?
24/03/25 NEW Christie projectors being rolled out starting May 2025
https://www.christiedigital.com/press-releases/dolby-agreement
Christie® and Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: DLB) are pleased to announce their renewed collaboration to develop the next generation of Dolby Vision®laser projection systems, which will begin rolling out into theatres in May.
This next-generation Dolby Vision projection system will build on the spectacular moviegoing experience that filmmakers, moviegoers and exhibitors have come to expect since Dolby Cinema was introduced 10 years ago. With more than twice the brightness of typical cinema presentations, and a contrast ratio well exceeding a million-to-one, moviegoers will experience the brightest whites, darkest blacks, and the finest details in between. For highly saturated and real-life colors, this new 4K projection system will use RGB pure laser illumination to enable Dolby’s Wide Color Gamut 1.0 — which is nearly twice the color gamut of Rec. 709 and 122% of DCI-P3-capable projectors.