Lost @ Sea? Watch a Film Instead... (Lighthouse Cinema)

Member Name: sy2kgbr

Product:	Lighthouse Cinema
Date:	25/09/01 (680 review reads)
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Advantages: Location, location, location.

Disadvantages: n/a

The front entrance of the Lighthouse is just off the top end of Union Street, on Shiprow. Unlike UGC there isn't any parking, but it's conveniently so near our bus routes that we don't need cars. (Score one for the enviroment.)

It's where ABC used to be; only it's better. Like the Odeon, which sadly closed down this year, queue time for tickets is usually very short. Also like the Odeon, ID isn't an issue. The guy at the desk mistook us for students (can he see into the future?) so we all got in for £3 each - a saving of over £12 collectively. The girl in charge of checking tickets didn't question our right to study, so we didn't need our non-existant student cards. (Score one for us.)

There are tables and chairs near the entrance with leaflets detailing film times, and flat screens on the walls showing trailers for old movies. If you're waiting for a friend (or plural friends) then feel free to take a seat. Nearby is the place where food is sold - popcorn anyone? It's about £3 a tub.

Near that is a wide corridor. You have to get past this to get to the screens, so this is where they check your tickets. They point you in the direction of the film you're going to see - upstairs - downstairs - and you toddle off to find your screen. (There are about 7 in total.)

Since no one checks up on you beyond this point, you could theoretically buy a ticket for one film and decide to pop into the screen next door instead. We toddled off upstairs to see Shrek (for R., it was her 4th time...) because the showing of Moulin Rouge had been cancelled. (It *was* advertised outside, but the guy at the desk decided that was wrong. He actually wasn't sure, so M.R. *could* have been on and he just wasn't selling tickets for it... False advertising, or what? But for £3 we didn't mind...)

Anyway.

We like the Lighthouse. We get in as students, we pick our own seats (which are comfy) a
nd the back entrance leads out into Union Street where we can go and buy things.

At the moment, the Lighthouse is showing: A.I., The Fast And The Furious, Moulin Rouge, Scary Movie 2, A Knight's Tale, Planet Of The Apes, Rush Hour 2, Cats And Dogs, Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles, Dr Dolittle 2 and of course Shrek. You can book online, over the phone (0845 60 20 266) or do what we do - drop in randomly. That's the advantage of it being in a central location - no planning required.

The only other cinema in the area that hasn't shut down in the Belmont. But that's a different story...

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