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    The Gate Picturehouse

    4.3(12 reviews)
    0.7 miNotting Hill

    Yup, this one's pretty spesh. Cannae knock it really. It's bring your own which I LIKE in a…read morecinema, 4 bottles of ale make any film a deeper, more textual visual experience I find. And it has a beautifully-decorated auditoreum, of the kind Britain used to have, before Warner Villages, and entertainment parks and Thatcher came to town. And I really rate their selection and choices of films - the artier, more complex interesting side of Hollywood and lots of indy European films. Which tend to be much more inspired than our indy, left-of-centre film industry. So, you'll be watching films amongst other very cool people, who dig these things just like you. But I like that feeling, like, "yeah the Gate Cinema is good, just like this film. Is good - c'est bon uh?" Comme 'le gate'.

    I think this is the best cinema in London, hands down. They always have a really great variety of…read morefilms showing, from the latest blockbuster featuring any number of Hollywood 6 packs to the latest limited release French art house featuring people having sex. The seats are ultra comfortable and there is a coffee table style ledge next to most seats where you can put your bottle of wine or beer - so much more civilised than a plastic cup holder. That's right you can buy alcohol at the bar when you buy your tickets so there's no messing around and getting there 4 hours before. The whole feel is quite upmarket and a little bit of a throw back to when cinemas were really special.

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    The Gate Picturehouse - Now this is cinema.

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    Vue

    Vue

    3.0(25 reviews)
    2.4 miSwiss Cottage, Finchley Road

    Bf and I came here to see No Time to Die this past weekend!!! Was such a great feeling being in a…read moremovie theater in front of the big screen again, and for the long-awaited James Bond movie at last! Screen 8 where we watched the movie was a large theater room, which is what you want for such an action movie I think. Boyfriend pointed out it wasn't edge to edge (so there might be even better options out there), but I didn't even notice that before he mentioned it and thought the huge screen and great sound system did the job. Sound was loud enough without being deafening, so just right imo. The seats we got were in the very center in front of the walkway (so no rows of seats in front of us, yet we're not too close), which I would absolutely recommend!

    I looooove going to the cinema. It's one of those easy, reliable ways of treating yourself…read more But let's be discerning about it. We're lucky in London because we have so many options. Given that, I can't see why Vue is worth going to. I didn't realise before coming here, but a standard ticket on a Sunday afternoon was £12.99 in what must have been one of their smaller screens. Come on. Bear in mind we're not in zone 1, Leicester Square premiere central. I can think of several cinemas that would do far cheaper tickets (obviously especially if you go on their deal days), but also, if you do want to spend over a tenner on a ticket, then for goodness' sake go to an Everyman or something. I think that's about £1.50 more expensive and you get a sofa and a waiter, plus there are a couple pretty close to this Vue. (Nevermind paying £8.99 for a popcorn and drink.) The screen we were in was also really odd - it was a large screen but only four rows of seats, and they were very close to the screen itself. It was quite hard to actually see the whole screen because we were so pushed up against it. It didn't make for an enjoyable viewing experience. That was also only once we got into it - the movie started late because the lights were off, the place wasn't set up, and nobody knew why. Pretty weird and overpriced place.

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