I hope not! Haven't they just added digital projectors? Anyone?

I don't know. You said "digital IMAXes only have a ratio of about 1.9:1"

Yes, they do. But I had in mind purpose built digital IMAX theatres rather than sticking digital projectors in existing grand theatres. It would surely be bonkers to throw out an IMAX film projector and waste vast amounts of screen space for the rest of the building's life.

At least I hope they see it that way...

Most of the older western/war films are confined to Movies4Men.

I wouldn't be so sure. They seem glad of the fact that they can shove a ton of ads before it, like they can with the other screens.

And I made this vlog about it, too:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hln6XVNudE

(Unless otherwise indicated, all films in the following list were projected at 2.35:1 prior to 1971, and at 2.39:1 thereafter)

Scope and 3-D movies across the Freeview platform for the coming week (11 - 17 May):


Saturday (11 May)

• Alien: Resurrection (Film 4)
• Avatar (C4) [3-D] [1.85:1]
• The Family Man (5*)
• Flipper (ITV 2)
• The Green Berets (5 USA)
• Jumper (Film 4)
• Minority Report (BBC 1)
• Mirrors (C4)
• Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium (ITV 2)
• Peter Pan (ITV 2)
• Seabiscuit (ITV 3)
• Soldier (ITV 4)
• Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (Film 4)
• The Time Traveler's Wife (Film 4)
• Untraceable (5 USA)
• Vera Cruz (5 USA) [2.00:1]


Sunday (12 May)

• About a Boy (ITV 1)
• Anastasia (Film 4)
• Australia (Film 4)
• Blitz (C5)
• Godzilla (C5)
• Layer Cake (Film 4)
• Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium (ITV 2)
• Multiplicity (Movie Mix)
• Night at the Museum 2 [Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian] (Film 4)
• Shopgirl (C4)
• Silent Light [Stellet Licht] (Film 4)
• Year of the Dragon (ITV 4)


Monday (13 May)

• The Chronicles of Riddick (ITV 2)
• The Enemy Below (Film 4)
• The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain (More 4)
• Flashbacks of a Fool (BBC 1)
• Lost in Space (5*)
• The Outlaw Josey Wales (C5)
• Sink the Bismarck! (Film 4)
• Thumbsucker (Film 4)
• To Kill a Priest (Movie Mix)
• Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Film 4) [Panavision / IMAX] [2.39:1 and 144:1]
• The Violent Men (Film 4) [2.55:1]


Tuesday (14 May)

• Flags of Our Fathers (Film 4)
• The Informers (Film 4)
• Mission Impossible (Film 4)
• Secret Window (Movie Mix)
• Space Cowboys (ITV 4)
• Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (Film 4)
• Warlock (More 4)


Wednesday (15 May)

• Along Came a Spider (More 4)
• Face/Off (BBC 3)
• Letters From Iwo Jima [硫黄島からの手紙] (Film 4)
• The Simpsons Movie (E4)
• State of Play (ITV 2)
• Wild Hogs (BBC 1)


Thursday (16 May)

• Australia (Film 4)
• The Bourne Identity (ITV 2)
• Daybreakers (C5)
• Domino (Film 4)
• The Fighter (Film 4)
• Firefox (ITV 4)
• Major Dundee (Film 4)
• The Riddle of the Sands (More 4)
• Wild Things (Movie Mix)


Friday (17 May)

• The Enemy Below (Film 4)
• In the Line of Fire (5 USA)
• Jumper (Film 4)
• La Linea (The Line) (Film 4)
• Man on Fire (Film 4)
• Nurse Betty (C4)
• Run Fatboy Run (Film 4)
• Secret Window (Movie Mix)

SEABISCUIT screened OAR on ITV 3 this afternoon. Was this an OAR 'premiere', I wonder?

A Bronx Tale in 4:3, not OAR of 1.85:1 on BBC TWO, also should be available in HD transfer now.

I think Seabiscuit has been on ITV 2 previously, and it was cropped. Interesting how it changes channel and suddenly it's available in OAR...!

You were right. http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showp...&postcount=192

What a shambles.

Just to clarify, does digital projection in IMAX spell the end for a film being shown in different ratios throughout the same film? (eg. Dark Knight Rises and last year's Spiderman)

I'll be lodging a strong complaint if that's the case.

No, it means it will open out but only to 1.9 (apparently 1.89 to be accurate):1 instead of 1.44, leaving large sections of the screen unilluminated.

Unilluminated in 15/70 theatres running digital versions that is, of course. It'll fit the digital IMAX screen perfectly.

I wonder if Manchester have kept both so they can switch them over if need be? That's another question to put to them.

Anyone else seen Star Trek Into Darkness opened up to anything more than approx 16:9? (given how IMDB states 1.44:1, but may be wrong)

I'm planning to see the film next Monday, but I hear even the retrofitted 3D isn't great, so was going to see the 2D version.

The Radio Times has THE SOCIAL NETWORK (Sun - C4) as a 'premiere', but I coulda swore this was on BBC 2 not so very long ago...


(Unless otherwise indicated, all films in the following list were projected at 2.35:1 prior to 1971, and at 2.39:1 thereafter)

* = May not be screened in all areas (check your local listings).

Scope and 3-D movies across the Freeview platform for the coming week (18 - 24 May):


Saturday (18 May)

• 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer (C4)
• America's Sweethearts (Film 4)
• Blood Work (5 USA)
• The Boat That Rocked (ITV 4)
• Crash (C4)
• The Eagle Has Landed (BBC 2)
• Face/Off (BBC 3)
• The Family Man (5*)
• The Mask of Zorro (5*)
• Mission: Impossible III (E4)
• Secret Window (Movie Mix)
• Small Soldiers (ITV 2)
• Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (Film 4)
• Sunshine (More 4)
• They [Ils] (Film 4)
• To Hell and Back (5 USA) [2.55:1]
• The Walker (BBC 2)
• Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (C4)
• Year of the Dragon (ITV 4)


Sunday (19 May)

• Blood Diamond (BBC 2)
• Evan Almighty (ITV 1)
• Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home (ITV 2)
• Godzilla (C5)
• Green Street (ITV 4)
• The Incredible Hulk (ITV 2)
• Little Buddha (Movie Mix)
• Mamma Mia! (ITV 2)
• The Mask of Zorro (5*)
• Out of Time (C5)
• Righteous Kill (C5)
• Sahara (Movie Mix)
• Shinjuku Incident [新宿事件] (Film 4)
• The Simpsons Movie (E4)
• Sink the Bismarck! (Film 4)
• The Social Network (C4)
• Space Cowboys (ITV 4)
• Walk the Line (C4)
• What Happens in Vegas... (Film 4)


Monday (20 May)

• Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (ITV 2)
• I'm Not Scared [Io No Ho Paura] (Film 4)
• Mission Impossible (Film 4)
• Mission: Impossible II (Film 4)
• The Seven Year Itch (More 4) [2.55:1]
• Silent Hill (Film 4)
• State of Play (ITV 2)
• Timecop (5 USA)
• X2 (5*)


Tuesday (21 May)

• Bandits (BBC 1)
• Blood Work (5 USA)
• Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant (ITV 2)
• The Fighter (Film 4)
• Green Street (ITV 4)
• How to Marry a Millionaire (More 4) [2.55:1]
• The Last Samurai (5 USA)
• Little Buddha (Movie Mix)
• Pride (Film 4)
• Thunderbolt [霹靂火] (Movie Mix)


Wednesday (22 May)

• America's Sweethearts (Film 4)
• The Bourne Identity (ITV 2)
• Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant (ITV 2)
• Control (Film 4)
• Hotel Rwanda (C4)
• Layer Cake (Film 4)
• The Losers (5*)
• Major Dundee (Film 4)
• Phenomenon (BBC 1)
• X-Men (E4)


Thursday (23 May)

• Anaconda (Movie Mix)
• The Boat That Rocked (ITV 4)
• The Bourne Supremacy (ITV 2)
• Brideshead Revisited (BBC 4)
• Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (Film 4)
• Man on Fire (Film 4)
• The Other Man (BBC 1)
• The Professionals (Film 4)


Friday (24 May)

• Blue Thunder (Movie Mix)
• Final Destination 3 (Film 4)
• Gunmen (Movie Mix)
• Hero [英雄] (More 4)
• Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (ITV 1)*
• Made of Honor (C5)
• Miracle (BBC 2)
• Mission: Impossible III (E4)
• Shattered Glass (BBC 2)
• Troy (ITV 2)
• What Happens in Vegas... (Film 4)

It's a definite premiere as it's come up on the Movie Premieres thread a few times, as it's been around for some time, but I thought C5 had all the Sony films (and they've still to show 2012, which came out in the cinema in 2009, and to miss the chance to show it DURING 2012 is just ridiculous).

Adventureland was shown on BBC2 recently. Was that the film you were thinking of? I saw a bit of it, but it didn't really interest me.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1091722/reference

The Social Network is a brilliant film. Looks terrible on paper, but for some reason evrything just clicks into place and it really works...

It's co-produced by Relativity who appear to have recently signed a deal with Channel 4, as a couple of their co-productions from various studios have started appearing on C4 recently.

I thought it was good but not great.
http://dvdfever.co.uk/?p=4101

We've been through this before you hate everything good...

"We have a difference of opinion, Jim", as used to be heard on Tarbuck's Winner Takes All, which was better than "Can I put my hand up your..."

No, let's not go there...

[Sharp intake of breath] You're showing your age there, son. Who amongst us under 40 even remembers Winner Takes All...

Hey, I'm only 41!

Blood Diamond currently showing in OAR. It's not a premiere, but it's from 2006, so I don't know if it's an OAR premiere.

Righteous Kill was in OAR on Channel 5 last night, as was Space Cowboys on ITV 4.

THE OTHER MAN broadcast OAR on BBC 1 last night.

A thousand apologies for being late in posting this week's listings. No fancy excuses - it just slipped my mind. I wouldn't care, but I prepared it specially on Thursday night, knowing it would be needed the next day, but time slipped away and I didn't remember until today. I'll wear sackcloth and ashes for the rest of the week as penance...

(Unless otherwise indicated, all films in the following list were projected at 2.35:1 prior to 1971, and at 2.39:1 thereafter)

Scope and 3-D movies across the Freeview platform for the coming week (25 - 31 May):


Saturday (25 May)

• Ben-Hur (C5) [MGM Camera 65] [2.76:1]
• The Big Country (5 USA) [Technirama]
• Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (ITV 2)
• The Crazies (Film 4)
• Daredevil (E4)
• D.A.R.Y.L. (Movie Mix)
• Eagle Eye (BBC 1)
• Forrest Gump (Film 4)
• Hero [英雄] (More 4)
• The Incredible Hulk (ITV 2)
• The Last Samurai (5 USA)
• The Losers (5*)
• Mamma Mia! (ITV 2)
• The Man Who Fell to Earth (BBC 2)
• Matilda (Movie Mix)
• Mission: Impossible II (Film 4)
• The Producers (Movie Mix)
• Small Soldiers (ITV 2)
• Titanic (C4)
• Troy (ITV 2)
• Unforgiven (ITV 4)
• The Wackness (BBC 2)
• X2 (5*)


Sunday (26 May)

• Another Year (C4)
• The Bourne Supremacy (ITV 2)
• The Cider House Rules (C4)
• Cinderella Man (BBC 2)
• "Crocodile" Dundee II (Film 4)
• Drag Me to Hell (C5)
• Gun for a Coward (5 USA)
• The Italian Job (Film 4)
• Knowing (Film 4)
• Kull the Conqueror (ITV 4)
• The Lake House (BBC 1)
• Matilda (Movie Mix)
• The Mummy (ITV 2)
• My Soul to Take (C5) [3-D]
• Paradise Lost [Turistas] (Film 4)
• The Producers (Movie Mix)
• Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (Film 4)
• Tooth Fairy (C4)
• X-Men (E4)


Bank Holiday Monday

• August Rush (Film 4)
• CutThroat island (Film 4)
• D.A.R.Y.L. (Movie Mix)
• Drillbit Taylor (Film 4)
• Gunmen (Movie Mix)
• Matilda (Movie Mix)
• The Producers (Movie Mix)
• Romancing the Stone (C4)
• The Scorpion King (ITV 2)
• Sword of Sherwood Forest (BBC 2)
• The Tourist (Film 4)
• Wind Chill (5*)
• Wyatt Earp (ITV 4)


Tuesday (28 May)

• Blue Thunder (Movie Mix)
• Broken Lance (Film 4) [2.55:1]
• College Road Trip (BBC 2)
• Death Drums Along the River (Film 4)
• A Good Year (Film 4)
• Green Zone (Film 4)
• Let the Right One In [Låt den Rätte Komma In] (Film 4)
• Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (Film 4)
• Next (5 USA)
• The Rare Breed (C4)
• Wyatt Earp (ITV 4)


Wednesday (29 May)

• G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (Film 4)
• Hard Eight (Film 4)
• The Italian Job (Film 4)
• Legally Blonde (5*)
• The Professionals (Film 4)
• The Proposal (BBC 3)
• Resident Evil: Extinction (C5)
• Unforgiven (ITV 4)
• Zoolander (E4)


Thursday (30 May)

• "Crocodile" Dundee II (Film 4)
• Evan Almighty (ITV 2)
• Final Destination 3 (Film 4)
• Forrest Gump (Film 4)
• The Magnificent Seven (ITV 4)
• Miss Potter (BBC 4)
• The Quiet American (BBC 1)
• Vampires (Movie Mix)


Friday (31 May)

• Broken Lance (Film 4) [2.55:1]
• The Crying Game (Film 4)
• Cursed (BBC 1)
• CutThroat Island (Film 4)
• Daredevil (E4)
• Death Race (C5)
• Lymelife (BBC 2)
• MacGruber (Film 4)
• The Magnificent Seven (ITV 4)
• Million Dollar Baby (C4)
• Practical Magic (5*)
• Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (BBC 2)
• Sudden Impact (5 USA)
• Tobruk (Film 4)