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Q. What are the summer films
to look out for?
A. Shrek Forever After
and Toy Story 3 will be keeping the kids and familys entertained.
Twilight Eclipse will be hugely popular with all ages. The
A-Team should keep the 80’s revival going along with
The Karate Kid. Personally I’m looking forward to Get
Him To The Greek, Knight And Day and Cats And Dogs: Revenge
Of Kitty Galore.
Q. You predicted last time that
Kick Ass was the ‘sleeper hit’ and it looks like
your right – why has this film attracted so much attention?
A. Generally because
the film is very close to the bone, not for anyone who is
easily offended and once you see the film its pretty much
all you can talk about and you tell everyone about it so word
of mouth has definately helped. There have also been some
negative reports in the press regarding the levels of violence
in the film and also the bad language. This kind of media
attention usually only serves to boost a films popularity
as people want to see what the fuss is about.
Q.Are you a fan of the Toy Story Franchise
and have you heard any news on the third instalment?
I have heard very little so far apart
from that it will be in 3-D. I should have more information
at the start of May.
Q. I am a fan of disaster movies are there any being released
this year? - Craig Lewis –
Wem.
A. I’ve been pestering out marketing
and film buying department and after much digging we can’t
find anything really for this year to fill your disaster movie
needs I’m afraid. It seems 2009 was the year for the
disaster movie with Knowing and 2012 being the biggest hitters.
Q. How
come some films don’t get shown at all cinemas in all
areas of the country? - Mark
Haynes – Market Drayton
A. It costs roughly about £1000
per print to produce a movie on 35mm film. This is obviously
a huge cost when you consider how many cinemas there are around
the country if you wanted every site to have a copy of the
film. It’s not a problem for the latest blockbuster
with an all star cast and big budget that is pretty much guaranteed
to pull in huge numbers of people, but for a smaller film
with a small cast and budget it’s a risk the distributor
can’t afford to take.
So what happens is these films get a
“Limited” release which usually means about 100
copies of the film gets made. Obviously these copies of the
film go to the bigger cinemas as they want as many people
to watch the film as possible. Once the film has been out
a couple of weeks these copies then get moved around to other
cinemas but of course by this point the marketing for the
film has stopped and interest has decreased.
We do try our very best to show as wide
a range of titles as possible, as film fans ourselves we want
to watch these smaller films too, unfortunately sometimes
it just isn’t possible.
Q. What was all the fuss about
with Alice In Wonderland and some cinemas threatening not
to show it? - Nikki Powell
– Shrewsbury
A. The problem was with Disney wanting
to reduce the amount of time between the Cinema release of
the film and the DVD release of the film from 17 weeks to
13 weeks. Thankfully Cineworld were the first major chain
to agree to show the film with Disney, no one wanted to not
show it given the large British cast.
Q. Why are drinks and popcorn so
expensive to buy in the cinema and what are the rules for
bringing your own? - Stuart
Moore – Bridgnorth
A. Our policy is that food and drink
not purchased from the cinema can not be taken in to the screen.
We don’t want pizza and burger smells ruining people’s
enjoyment of a film. First and foremost we are a business
and the vast majority of our profit is through the sale of
food and drink. Basically if people didn’t buy food
from us we wouldn’t function as a business. We offer
a wide selection of sizes for our food and drink which not
all of our competitors do and we are also amongst the cheapest,
with larger sizes offering greater value.
Q. Can you
suggest some films that are suitable for my family to go and
see I have two daughters aged 8 and 10? -
Laura Beddows - Telford
A. Most family films get released around
the kids holidays, at the moment Nanny Mcphee And The Big
bang has been hugely popular, How To Train Your Dragon is
also very good.
You can also pop along to our Movies
For Juniors on a Saturday morning at 10am. We show a choice
of 3 films for £1 per person. The films we show vary
from week to week so check the website or drop in and get
a film times leaflet.
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