Odeon

...Birmingham, but opted for the Odeon as it was nearest to my hotel, and it was showing the film of choice for the night, "Mike Bassett: England manager". I boarded a taxi and said "odeon please" and found myself right outside it in about 5 minutes, the journey having cost only £3.20, a bonus. It is a fairly large building and i expected the screens to be similarly proportioned, which isn't quite the case.... I got myself a ticket, £4.50, pretty ...
...to kill before the film, i wandered up the street to have a much needed McDonalds. The street the cinema is on, New Street, seemed to have pretty much everything you would expect from a high street and food is not a problem here with a KFC, Burger King, Pizza Hut and McDonalds all within spitting distance of the cinema (this is helpful as food in cinema's always seems to be sold at exorbitant prices!!). My film was showing on screen 8. Before i ...

robscott 29.10.2001 · Read full review
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The Birmingham Odeon is perhaps the most conveninet to get to, if you live in Brum or are travelling in, but not the most convenient to sit in. here's a few of the pros and cons. Transport - by car of bus, this cinema is very accesible, making it ideal for people like me who travel in from outside the city. It's only about five minutes walk from New Street Station. Coming in by car it's a very different story - you would have to park up and pay ...
...- as the town centre Odeon has no car park of its own. The foyer is reasonably large and pleasant, but from experience you can be kept a while waiting for tickets. the staff are not very prompt and for 8pm showings, the queues can be very long. The building has several stories, with a reasonable distribution of toilets. it all smells a bit old and musty. the seats are small and cramped, most of the screens are not that big. The best place to sit ...

Bryn_Pearson 27.06.2001 · Read full review
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...you go to Birmingham, the Odeon is the most centrally located cinema and therefore the most popular. It's situated on New Street, where many bus routes travel through and indeed there are many bus stops right outside. The Cinema itself has recently had a major refurbishment and the foyer area looks a lot better now. It used to be quite dingy but now it is well lit and has a much classier look to it. However, the rest of the cinema is somehwat dingy ...
...kids who seem intent on spoiling the film. It does seem quite pricey aswell. They do have a fair few sceens though and they do show most major releases and some minor releases. The facilities are usually clean but I can't help but feel that the whole place needs another major overhaul. Probably worth a visit though. ...

MikeWoods 10.08.2000 · Read full review
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Given the 'Mad about film' or somesuch nonsense that the cinema was (is?) using as its strapline I thought I'd return to the venue I last visited when it was host to bands playing gigs. The interior was as dowdy and tired looking as I remember it, but not sufficiently so to imbue it with character (as is the case with the Electric). We watched Sleepy Hollow (so it was a while back) and what was glaringly obvious from the outset was the keystoning ...
...screen). I complained about this afterwards (my partner hanging around whispering 'leave it', but sometimes you just feel pedantic) and after seeing two people who couldn't grasp what the problem was I finally met up with the projectionist who admitted that Screen 1 was constructed in such a way that it was not possible to achieve a flat image and that vertical lines would appear to bend, particularly at the edges). Now, if I was 'mad about film', ...

oedipus 19.08.2001 · Read full review
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...Then I went to the Odeon on New Street the night before last to see Charlie's angels. Great film (see my review - Angel Delight) bad cinema. I am roughly 6' tall which as about average these days for a 19 year old male, ie me. However, the seats appear to have been designed to fit someone of 4' in height, which may well have been fine when they were designed, but not now. Also, the armrests on the seats were so high that I couldn't put my arm around ...

Timmi_B 08.12.2000 · Read full review
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