Mainstream Cinema

Vue:

Formed in May 2003, with Tim Richards (CEO), Alan McNair (CFO and Deputy CEO) and Steve Knibbs (COO).

Vue is now operating over 1,359 screens across 150 multiplex cinemas in 8 territories comprising the UK, Ireland, Germany, Denmark, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Taiwan.
Of its 755 UK screens, the majority are now equipped with Sony 4K Digital projection, and many are able to show the latest 3D films.

The company has the most modern state-of-the-art multiplex cinema circuit in the UK with 95% of its seats in stadium seated screens, the highest in the market compared to other major multiplex operators.

They show numerous special events, productions from the theatre, opera, Bollywood, museum exhibitions and event related films-Christmas.

Vue has won many accolades over the years, including winning Best Cinema of the Year UK and in 2005 Vue also won prestigious award for International Exhibitor of the Year at Cinema Expo.

ODEON:

Perry Bar in Birmingham saw the first ODEON cinema open in 1930, owned by Terra Firm. ODEON operate London’s BFI IMAX which is the largest cinema screen in the UK. ODEON have the UK’s biggest cinema loyalty scheme - ODEON Première Club - with over 2 million members.

ODEON Leicester Square has hosted over 700 of Europe’s biggest film premieres since the 1930s.

ODEON have over 100 cinemas and over 850 screens, and opened the first modern multiplex in the UK in Milton Keynes.

ISENSE screens: floor-to-ceiling and wall-to-wall with canvas for state-of-the-art 4K digital projectors. Four times the resolution of standard projectors, they deliver almost nine million pixels for an even brighter, clearer and more detailed picture.

‘The Lounge’ - one of their London cinemas, has no more than 50 seats, double the normal leg room. Waiters to serve food and drink as soon as you press the button on the armrest. “A night at the movies with a luxurious twist.”