Full steam ahead.ALL ABOARD! With a screen as high as a five storey building and as wide as four buses nose to tail, the IMAX IMAX Noun a film projection process that produces an image ten times larger than standard cinema is the place to enjoy a re-run of Polar Express 3D (U). Directed by Back to the Future's Robert Zemeckis, the story is based on the 29-page book by Chris Van Allsburg about a boy transported to the North Pole North Pole, northern end of the earth's axis, lat. 90°N. It is distinguished from the north magnetic pole. U.S. explorer Robert E. Peary is traditionally credited as being the first to reach (1909) the North Pole. In 1926, Richard E. . The voice cast includes Tom Hanks Noun 1. Tom Hanks - United States film actor (born in 1956) Hanks, Thomas J. Hanks . There are screenings today at 5.30pm and 7.30pm, and at 1.15pm, 5.30pm and 7.30pm on Sat/Sun. From Monday 18, there are daily screenings at 10am, 2pm, 4pm and 6pm (not 2 pm on Tue 19) with extra 8pm screenings nightly from Thu 21 up to, and including, Christmas Eve. From Boxing Day there are daily screenings at 10am, 2pm, 4pm and 6pm with an 8pm screening added from Wednesday 27 till Saturday 30. New Year's Eve screenings on Sunday 31 are at noon, 2pm and 4pm. IMAX is at Millennium Point Millennium Point is a complex in Birmingham, situated in the developing Eastside of the city centre. It is a Millennium Commission project. Designed by Nicholas Grimshaw and Partners, construction is estimated to have cost £114 million. , Curzon Street. Tel 0121 202 2222 or visit www.imax.ac Polar Express tickets cost: adult pounds 8, child pounds 6. Family (2+2) pounds 24. Other films showing before Christmas include Mystery of the Nile 2D, Aliens of the Deep 3D, Sharks 3D, Santa Vs The Snowman 3D, T. Rex 3D and Cyberworld 3D. These films are' adults pounds 7, child: 3-15 yrs pounds 5, family (2+2) pounds 20. Coming soon: Superman Returns: An IMAX 3D Experience (12A)! Special offers Children experiencing any IMAX film, including The Polar Express 3D, will receive a FREE child pass to Thinktank, Birmingham's science museum till Jan 28. Each weekend throughout December and every day from December 18-January 7, tickets for the first show of the day at IMAX Cinema will be just pounds 3. Note: The Kids Go Free offer is NOT redeemable on date of purchase and cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer. Kids Go Free offer valid till February 9, allowing free entry for one child with each paying adult. All offers subject to availability. |
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