All of Us Strangers

Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal head up the cast in this twisty thriller.

Adam is a writer living in a quiet apartment block. He goes days without seeing his neighbours but an encounter with one mysterious new neighbour leads the pair on a thrilling relationship.

But mysterious encounters can have unusual outcomes and the more Adam and Harry see of each other, the more bizarre occurrences befall Adam leading him on a path back to his childhood and reliving the tragic deaths of his parents thirty years previous. But Adam actually seems to be reliving the era and not just recalling memories.

Great supporting cast includes Claire Foy and Jamie Bell. This looks to be a strong year for Mescal as he will also be heading up the cast in Ridley Scott’s Gladiator sequel.

The Colour purple

Taraji P. Henson heads up the cast in this musical reworking of Alice Walker’s 1982 novel.

The source had a 1985 adaptation from Spielberg who is back on production duties for this version. We follow Celie and her very difficult life in the deep south of the USA. Abusive parenting and parents and trying to protect those closest to her against a backdrop of racism and social unrest, this is a very powerful story that is given extra impetus with a musical offering.

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Rusalka

The first Covent Garden visit of the year and the Royal Ballet tonight (Wednesday, January 24).

Rusalka, a water spirit, lives with her family in the pure waters of the forest lake.

When she falls in love with a Prince, she sacrifices her voice and leaves her home in the hope of finding true love in a new world – a world that does not love her back.

Natalie Abrahami and Ann Yee create a poetic, contemporary new staging of Dvoák’s lyric fairy tale, revealing our uneasy relationship with the natural world and humanity’s attempts to own and tame it. Semyon

Bychkov conducts an all-star cast featuring Asmik Grigorian in the title role.

Pet Shop Boys Dreamworld

Select venues will be broadcasting the Pet Shop Boys Dreamworld: The Greatest Hits Live at the Royal Arena Copenhagen on January 31 and February 4.

Pet Shop Boys bring their critically-acclaimed greatest hits tour, Dreamworld, to movie theatres worldwide for two nights only!

Captured live at Copenhagen’s Royal Arena, Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe put on an exhilarating performance, featuring a lavish stage show, full back-up band and mesmerizing visual backdrops, in front of an exuberant, soldout audience.

With film direction from leading live performance director David Barnard in a 14-camera shoot, this brand new concert film includes all of Pet Shop Boys’ greatest hits including West End Girls, Suburbia, Opportunities (Let’s Make Lots of Money), Left to My Own Devices, Rent, Domino Dancing, Love Comes Quickly, Always on My Mind, What Have I Done to Deserve This and It’s a Sin.

Interview with Will Phillips - Sound Associates Senior Engineer, who are the UK’s leading integrator and equipment installer for the Digital Cinema Industry.

Will has been with the company since 2007 and has been servicing WTW cinemas sites to an amazing standard throughout those years.

As we both have the same first name I will use initials, WB for me and WP for Will Phillips.

The interview took place during an upgrade for a sound processor in screen 2 at St Austell, which has made the system even better.

WB - Hi Will, I know you are from over the seas but thank you for taking part in our local cinema memories, I thought you would be a great person to speak to with your many years’ experience in the industry.

WP - Thank you for asking me, it should be fun.

WB - Now a traditional question which cinema was your first visit and what did you watch?

WP - It was Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs on a re-release and the Palace cinema in Haverford West, Wales.

WB - One of my first recollections was seeing the Snow White re-issue queuing up to get into the Filmcentre. Do you remember the first film playing when you started working at a cinema?

WP - Yes it was Sleeping with the Enemy (starring Julia Roberts) and Basic Instinct was also on the schedule not long after starting, quite an eye opener.

WB - Yes, we don’t get films like that anymore! Now when did you move from the floor into projection?

WP - I was employed as ticket tearer and film rewind boy so my journey into projection started very early, my first film that I screened as a projectionist was Boomerang starring Eddie Murphy.

WB - Now you have seen major changes in the industry, what are the biggest differences in cinema going today compared to thirty years ago?

WP - The main changes have been the digitalisation and major improvements in sound quality which continues to evolve. Audio description and subtitled screenings are more defined.

WB - Now as you are someone that crossed the divide do you prefer the 35mm days or the current digital set up,purely from a projectionist perspective?

WP - Actually it is the current digital system. You can guarantee the quality is always there, the obvious scratches are now no more and for a projectionist you can automate so much of the show to make it a seamless presentation. I was always told that a projectionist should never be seen, if we are spotted then something is going wrong.

WB - Now the big question to finish is your cinema snack of choice?

WP - Well it has to be popcorn. 50/50 sweet and salt and then a bag of mint poppets on the top!