Hooray for Hollywood
Brummywood takes what Hollywood dishes out and lovingly serves it up in Itchy's fave Brum picture houses:
47-49 Station Street
(0121) 643 7279
Back when it was still called 'the pictures' the UK's oldest working cinema opened, and it's still the best in the city. Showing a wider choice of flicks than your average 12-screener, this film experience has a class that you don't find all so often these days. Tickets start at four quid, or you could go the whole hog and get the 'Text A Waiter' service. Your order is delivered right to your sofa, with absinthe from a fountain top of the menu. Every settee in the place is named after a star of the silver screen, which means that Laurel and Hardy are available to hire should you need a date for the night. Opens 30 minutes before first film.
Broadway Plaza, 220 Ladywood Middleway, Five Ways
(0870) 755 5657
Generally, there's not much to distinguish one cinema from the next; they're soulless look-alikes with overpriced popcorn and ASBO teens too young to go anywhere else. The AMC, however, is a small cut above the rest. It's fairly clean and cheap, plus there's the chance to show off just what a sad film geek you are by identifying all the quotes in the entrance. As an added bonus, the oversized sofa seats are perfect for the boring bits in Titanic-length features.
Mon–Thu, 11.30am–11pm; Fri-Sat, 11.30am–12am; Sun, 11.30am–10pm
£3.50; £5 after 6pm
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