tellyblues' disgust about My Mum, Your Dad is rather odd and a bit puritanical.

It seems those six Empire cinemas that closed recently are being eyed by rival smaller chains: https://www.screendaily.com/news/rival-uk-ireland-exhibitors-eye-closed-empire-cinemas-sites-exclusive/5184512.article Omniplex is an interesting one because the Anderson family used to have a stake in Emp...

I do think the boutique cinemas do a good job of keeping revenue within one building so if it has a restaurant or a good food offering then you're more likely to stay there for longer.

I bet it really stings for Empire that Barbenheimer happened two weeks after they went into administration, it might have helped things for a bit longer.

I find it interesting that while the multiplexes are having issues, the smaller cinemas like Everyman are thriving.

When TfL proposed closing the ticket offices, the RMT kicked off a massive stink and held a number of strikes but in the end, the offices ended up closing anyway. Contactless is expanding further especially on the metro services so it won't be long before you will able to travel to Windsor or Dartfo...

Empire were finished then they sold a chunk of the chain off to Cineworld in 2016/17. They were left with some very poor sites after that sale, the Chairman at the time boasted about having shares in Cineworld aswell, very bizarre transaction. Without stuff like the flagship site on Leicester Squar...

I think there’s certainly an argument for rationalising the number of ticket offices across the network, but not shuttering them altogether. There are almost certainly a host of smaller stations which do not justify having a ticket office anymore; for example on the London Overground and Elizabeth ...

I think ticket offices or some sort of hub should exist at the big stations like Waterloo, Manchester Piccadilly etc but I do it's a little unnecessary at some stations either numbers are so low, it's not worth the cost or in certain London stations. Indeed, I don't think anyone using the metro serv...

Empire Cinemas has gone bust. Six closed immediately, leaving Sunderland and Wigan with no cinema at all. The other half of the chain remains open while the administators look for a buyer. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66134084 I would imagine some of the closed sites will be acquired by othe...

Studio7 has only been on the site for two weeks and is rubbing people the wrong way.

JMT1985 (aka JKDerry) has gone way off topic in the Radio 2 thread talking about lockdowns....