The UK is currently on lockdown, with holidays and breaks banned for the time being. But that doesn’t mean we can’t start planning our next vacation for when all this is over. And if you’re a film fan, this giant villa in Kissimmee, Florida, could be the perfect place to visit when we can travel again. The incredible Airbnb features rooms … [Read more...]
Cineworld to reopen with 4DX ‘extreme’ viewing of Harry Potter
The cinema has been closed since the lockdown imposed in March to contain the spread of coronavirus. From Friday, Cineworld will reopen its cinemas in Ipswich, Bury St Edmunds and Haverhill and to mark the occasion, the cinema chain will be running a special 4DX Never Been Seen screening programme at select venues, giving film fans the chance to … [Read more...]
Independent cinemas will be essential post-isolation, but they need us now
On March 16th, having seemingly contained domestic cases of the Coronavirus, China reopened its first cinema. In the following days this was followed by over 500 more, all of which were away from busy cities, and all of which showed a limited range of films including Green Book and the first Harry Potter. Despite being open for the first time in … [Read more...]
China Hopes ‘Harry Potter’ 4K 3D Restoration Will Restart Movie Theater Business
A 4K 3D restoration of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone will be coming to theaters in China this spring to hopefully help jumpstart the industry after weeks of closings due to the coronavirus pandemic. The country has been hit with mass closings since January, and Warner Bros. is hoping a high-profile re-release of the beloved film will help … [Read more...]
Harry Potter star Miriam Margolyes reveals new plans for Folkestone’s neglected Leas Pavilion
A Harry Potter actress has thrown her weight behind a campaign to save a much loved but neglected building in Kent. Miriam Margolyes, who played Head of Hufflepuff and Herbology teacher Professor Sprout in the beloved films, has revealed "plans are afoot" to restore the historic Leas Pavilion, along The Leas … [Read more...]
Sky Cinema only channel to secure the Harry Potter films this Christmas
There'll only be one place you catch the films this year The main stations have now all unveiled their Christmas schedules with a host of the firm festive favourites on the list. Harry Potter fans were quick to notice that not one Harry Potter film was in the mix on any of the free to air channels. However it's now been revealed that this … [Read more...]