I’d heard a lot of good things about the Showtime cinema in Ashbourne. I’d heard that it was really comfortable and that the auditoriums were well laid out and that the staff were friendly and that the food was nice. And I have to say that for the most part, everything that I had heard … More The Screening Process – Showtime Cinema Ashbourne
When I come to the end of Republic of Cinema, one of the very many lists that I end up with will be a very short list of cinemas that I got to both by car and by public transport. One of the cinemas that’s going to be on that list is the Odeon in … More The Screening Process – Naas Odeon
I’m starting to run out of Odeon cinemas that I can review. Certainly at this point I’ve seen a movie on every screen on every Odeon in Dublin and I’m close (definitely this month) to having seen a movie on every screen in every Odeon in Kildare too. The Odeon that I visited last in … More The Screening Process: Odeon Coolock
Writing a Screening Process post for the Odeon cinemas is becoming an increasingly hard thing to do. There’s only so many times that you can write the same things; friendly staff, good service, tasty food, loyalty card, comfortable seats, blah de blah. The internet exists on hate, and that kind of thing just won’t fly. … More The Screening Process: Odeon Newbridge
In the club house of Arklow Golf Club in Arklow, County Wicklow, there is a list of the members of the Golf Club and their respective handicaps. The list is updated monthly and it changes according to how well or how badly the members have played over the course of the month. My name is … More The Screening Process: Gaiety Arklow
The thing that actually impressed me the most about the Kilkenny Omniplex is that each of the four screens have framed poster on the walls beside the entrance to the screens which show the movies that are playing in the screen that day. It’s not the biggest innovation in the history of cinema and most … More The Screening Process – Kilkenny Omniplex
The Point Village Odeon was the first Odeon cinema that opened in Ireland. The Odeon group also own the UCI cinema chain and the Storm cinema chain. Over the past couple of months, the UCI and Storm chains have been slowly converting to the Odeon brand. But the Point Village Odeon was the vanguard of … More The Screening Process – Point Village Odeon
There’s a really bad habit that I’ve gotten myself in to. I know that I shouldn’t do it, but it’s just so easy to do and it becomes a bit of a habit. That habit is opening any piece of writing with a Thesis Statement. No matter how I try to avoid it, I keep … More The Screening Process – Lighthouse Cinema
When I was younger, my Mother used to say to me that if I can’t say anything nice, then I shouldn’t bother saying anything at all. It’s probably fair to say that I don’t follow that rule exclusively, but I do try to find something positive to focus on in my day to day ramblings. … More The Screening Process – Irish Film Institute
The UCI in Stillorgan is a great cinema in a woeful location. It’s probably clear by now that I have no love for Stillorgan as an area, and that stands true. I’m glad to be finished with the cinema there and I can tell you here and now that I won’t be going back. But … More The Screening Process – UCI Stillorgan
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