Cinemas: which film is on at which screen?

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darcy m

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When cinemas first started being converted from single auditoria to several smaller screens, they always used to list which film was on at which screen. So you could decide whether it was a good idea to see a film in a particular cinema. Obviously it's better to see a huge blockbuster on a huge screen, but conversely there might be something about the layout of Screen 4 that means you like (or dislike) it more than the others.

Nowadays the listings just give films and times, not the screen numbers. So - and this is what worries me - it's possible to go to see The Dark Night and find it's on a screen that would be better used for a quirky comedy or an Iranian political satire.

Are there any web sites which list the films by screen number? Or is it just a case of avoiding converted cinemas if you want to see a big film? And does anyone know in which screen the Notting Hill Coronet are showing The Dark Knight?:confused:
 
The websites for Vue and Odeon tell you which screen a particular show is in. I don't think you can list them by screen number, but when you click on a specific time for the film you want, it tells you which screen it is in.

Not sure about independent converted cinemas though.
 
Good point re: Vues and Odeons. Actually I've tried a couple of other cinema chains and they do the same thing (although not Cineworld) - it's maybe not as big an issue as I thought. The cinema I mentioned doesn't do online booking, though.
 
Cineworld have started to do something even more annoying - which is to turn off the show times screens at their box offices. You have to book by using the Film Times leaflets. You also have to ask which films are in which screens, if it's important to you.

It's very annoying. I can only imagine they are going through (a prolonged) upgrade. Or they want to stop screen-hopping.
 
Not in the cineworld up in Glasgow. Ok i think you do have to show up and it will show you which screen you are in before you are even in the queue.
That's the thing with cineworld, at least in Glasgow because it has about 13 screens on about 5 or 6 levels, that it doesn't really matter. They usually have a later showing on a different screen so if you think one is too small then you only need to wait like a half hour and there is a bar in there as well.
Then again with my local odeon - you do need to know the screens quite well because no. 1 is the biggest but no. 2 and no. 3 are quite small i think with no. 4 being the bigger of the smaller screens.
 
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