Last Friday morning, DCM’s resident film specialist, Tom Linay, took a trip to Havas Media UK to participate in Ideas Week, with Ed Edwards, Creative Director, Writer and Director at Havas Worldwide.
Their Q&A session covered diverse topics, including how the story-telling power of the big screen compares to other media platforms, the sanctity that cinema provides in a content saturated, multi-device age and whether the fear of failure inspires or hinders creativity. Read more
Tom Cruise is back on top as Oblivion flew to an impressive £5m five day opening, with £1.6m coming from Wednesday and Thursday previews. This is further confirmation that audiences still love to see Tom Cruise headlining major films.
The Croods had yet another strong hold, falling just a measly 15% to £2m and a spectacular cume of £22.7m. By this time next week it should have overtaken Wreck-It Ralph to become the highest grossing animated film of the year so far. In third spot, is the fifth installment in the Scary Movie franchise. An opening of £1.1m is the lowest in the series and a long way off from Scary Movie 3’s series best £3.5m debut. Read more
The next three months have some absolutely barn storming Sci-Fi releases to satisfy every fan of the genre, from the casual to the hard-core.
First up on 9 May is JJ Abrams’ hugely anticipated Star Trek sequel, Star Trek into Darkness 3D. Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto, battling against the unstoppable evil of Benedict Cumberbatch. Read more
William Pryor, Director and Booker at the Lynton Cinema in Devon talks to DCM on his love of the Big Screen and how he started out in the industry.
How did you end up working in cinema and what do you love about it? Read more
Yes, we have a spectacular selection of summer blockbusters on the horizon but this summer is also a dream for comedy fans. Fans of 2005 hit The Wedding Crashers will be particularly interested in The Internship (4 July). Reuniting Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn as two salesmen who take an internship (hence the title) at Google. It also features a cracking support cast including Rose Byrne and John Goodman, so expect box office to rival Vaughn and Wilson’s previous outing.
A buddy comedy with a more female slant hits right at the end of July as Bridesmaids director Paul Feig re-teams with comedy star of the moment, Melissa McCarthy for The Heat. McCarthy plays an uncouth detective who has to team up with FBI agent Sandra Bullock. The two couldn’t be more different and many laughs ensue, you know the drill. However, with that line-up and a big screen return for Tom Wilson aka Biff Tannen, it can’t fail to be funny. Read more
Alternative cinema is a growing genre that is now worth around £12.5m in the UK alone, encompassing ballet, opera, sport and theatre events.
Recently, DCM partnered with Sony Digital Cinema and The Comedy Store to bring The Comedy Store Raw and Uncut to the big screen, with performances from Paul Tonkinson, Imran Yusuf and Hal Cruttenden. Read more
For the third weekend in succession, animated hit The Croods proved to be cinema’s biggest draw. A further £2.4m takes its cume to £17.7m and it now sits behind Les Misérables and Wreck-It Ralph 3D as the third highest grossing film released so far this year. With another week of the Easter holidays left, £20m-plus is a certainty.
GI Joe: Retaliation 3D held on to the second spot with £1.1m and has a cume of £5.6m. It’s now less than £1m behind the first G.I. Joe’s final total of £6.5m, which it should have overtaken by this time next week. Read more
The Queen has been described as the ‘most memorable Bond girl yet’ for her role opposite Daniel Craig in the Olympics opening ceremony after receiving an honorary BAFTA award.
Actor and director, Sir Kenneth Branagh, presented her the award at a Windsor Castle reception last week in recognition of a lifetime’s support of British film and television. Read more
The BFI opened its doors last week to some of the UK’s sharpest creative minds to discuss the issues and opportunities that 3D film-making presents. Headlined by Ang Lee and David Attenborough, the two day event took an in-depth view of the vast creative possibilities 3D is opening up to enhance the art form of film since the advent of digital film-making techniques.
DCM’s Commercial Director, Joe Evea, took his place on a panel dedicated to “Making 3D Sell” alongside Luke Beauchamp from Compendium Media, James Stewart from Geneva Films and panel chairman Danny Edwards, editor of Shots magazine. Read more
Six months ago, DCM embarked on the most significant change in the history of cinema advertising. It has been an ambitious and challenging journey and its successful implementation has been made possible by the support and commitment of all DCM’s exhibitor partners nationwide.
With your help, cinema advertising can now compete with other media on a level playing ground as a faster, more flexible, even more creative advertising option. Read more
DCM welcomes the Curzon Eastbourne to its estate following its conversion to digital last year, the latest innovation in the cinema’s 93 year history.
Originally named the Picturedrome, the historic site opened its doors in 1920, when it showed silent films accompanied by piano until the advent of talkies in the 1930s. Widescreen and cinemascope took over in the 1950s before the arrival of Dolby sound in 1967 when the cinema changed its name to the Curzon. Read more
Last week, Twentieth Century Fox was the first major studio to release a trailer tailored for Vine, Twitter's six second video service.
The Vine trailer was the first glimpse of the movie, due for release 26 July. With a predicted box office of £15m in the UK, The Wolverine is set to continue the commercial success of the X-Men franchise, which has now taken over $1b worldwide. The audience are predicted to be predominately affluent males, aged between 25-34. Read more
