AV team member Andrew Boswell in Screen 6 at Cineworld, Cardinal Park, Ipswich. The room is being turned into an Imax screen.
Ipswich: IMAX cinema open for business in ten days
By JOSH WARWICK
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
9:16 AM
A STATE of the art IMAX cinema will be open for business in Ipswich in just ten days, it emerged today.
Work to convert the largest screen at the Cineworld Multiplex is almost complete.
And the huge screen will be open to the public on October 26, when customers will have the chance to watch the new Bond film Skyfall.
Preview screenings will take place a day earlier.
Tickets for such performances cost more than those in normal screens and many blockbusters are now filmed with a view to be shown in an IMAX cinema.
The opening of the IMAX – which allows films to be projected on to a giant curved screen – is part of a project to refurbish the cinema, which first opened in 1998.
Piers Button, Cineworld Ipswich general manager, added: “We couldn’t be more excited to be bringing this amazing cinema experience to our customers. We can’t wait to open this screen in style with the latest Bond film, Skyfall.”
The opening of the IMAX comes ahead of the project to build a nine-screen multiplex in the Buttermarket.
Last month the borough council’s planning and development committee unanimously approved the conversion of most of the former department store into a cinema, which will be operated by Vue.
There will also be new restaurants and cafes developed on the upper floor of the mall as part of the application.
Work on the project is expected to start early next year and the new cinema should be open for business by the summer of 2014.
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13 comments
"something new in Ipswich" !? its an ugly pre fabricated building with extortionate prices and lots of dead end non jobs for a company that doesn't care one iota about Ipswich.
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Andrea Hills Ego
Monday, October 22, 2012
Loving the negativity on here. It's great news for those of us in Ipswich that actually go to the cinema to have the option of an IMAX screen. The seats are not "all ripped", uncomfortable or likely to give you head lice. Cardinal Park is not infested with low-life. Food and drink is expensive - yes - but it has been for at least the past 30 years at the cinema (which is true of many other entertainment venues). Everyone knows it - eatdrink something before you go to watch a film and don't buy it! And yes, home cinema has improved, but if you think that a 50'' TV and a few satellite speakers stuffed behind the sofa at home is comparable to the cinema, then you clearly do not go. I think it is great that we have something new in Ipswich, and I wish people were more positive about things.
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john2012
Sunday, October 21, 2012
@Lee Sadler Perhaps it should be called "IMAX Lite" or IMIN?
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bigger niche
Friday, October 19, 2012
I have just discovered that as well as paying £14.99 per month for their so called "UNLIMITED" card, I'd also be required to pay an additional £4.50 on top of that to view an IMAX film, and given the reviews I have seen online concerning the IMAX facilities at other Cineworld venues, I very much doubt that the Ipswich Cineworld will have genuine IMAX facilities.
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Lee Sadler
Friday, October 19, 2012
Experiencing the over priced scuminess of Cineworld led me to downloading films of the Internet. Now I can watch a good quality film in the comfort of my own home without contracting head lice from dirty head rests, having the back of my seat kicked & having to listen to eastern Europeans translating the film to their friends.
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Chezee bellend
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Cineworld have been ripping people off since Odeon closed. The exterior tells a completely different story to the shoddy repair and general upkeep inside. It had a monopoly in Ipswich and I'm glad we will have another cinema soon. Hopefully people will leave Cineworld like they did Odeon.
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redhotitfc
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
So much for all the doom-mongerers who predicted so-called "pirates" downloading films from the internet would lead to the demise of cinema as we know it. Far from finishing the flicks, or even leading to a reduction of prices in this over-priced form of "entertainment", it seems the cinema-owners are laughing all the way to the bank as they introduce yet another novelty and jack-up already over-inflated prices still further as they continue to fleece the popcorn crunching, pop-swilling, Hollywood pap-viewing masses!
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bigger niche
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
As good as that sounds, the Cineworld cinema is far too expensive already. If you have an unlimited card then you will still have to pay more to see these. What is the point? I may as well wait for it to come out on Blueray. A 50" HD tv and surround sound at home is a great experience these days and is comparable to the cost of popcorn purchased just three times. And there are no broken seats, smelly toilets, lights left on during the film, or noisy people chatting all the way through. Bring on the Vue cinema so hopefully there is some competition around here.
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George
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Since it means running the gauntlet of the crowds of low-life that infest the horrible Cardinal Park and will undoubtedly have the soundtrack played at a deafening level, I think I'll pass on it, thanks.
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beerlover
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
£14 per adult to see a film, fantastic value....
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tony cowling
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Cannot afford your silly prices Cineworld, noticed on your website how expensive you are and do not miss going as between film coming out at cinema, give it a few months and It will be sitting on my shelf
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an idea
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
It will be nice when Cineworld has competition, perhaps then the extortionate price of drinks and snacks will come down, we can but hope. I do not mind paying to watch a good film but £4 for a bag of popcorn that costs pence to make and £2.80 for a bottle of water is criminal.
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C Smith
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
All is good in upgrading 1 screen but what about the whole cinema the seats are all ripped and not comfy i refuse to go and and also pay them prices by the time u buy ya kids pop corn sweets and a drink and payed to get in it cost u near on £30
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Antony Perkins
Tuesday, October 16, 2012