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Avatar preview in Birmingham fails to live up to the hype

Just back from the 15-minute sneak preview of James Cameron's CGI fest at Birmingham's Cineworld Broad Street. So does sci-fi adventure Avatar live up to all the hype about its ground-breaking 3D and special effects surrounds? In a word,...

Posted by Paul Cole on August 21, 2009 7:49 PM

Watchmen artist Dave Gibbons on way to Birmingham IMAX

Great news for Watchmen fans. Word is that Birmingham's blockbuster IMAX cinema is lining up a special showing of the anti-hero movie in September. What's more, Watchmen artist Dave Gibbons will be on hand to do a Q&A session...

Posted by Paul Cole on June 20, 2009 6:47 PM

Star Trek : see the movie at IMAX

Just back from a sneak preview of the new Star Trek movie at Birmingham IMAX. It's a BIG movie - but it's even bigger on the giant screen. So whatever you do, get down to Thinktank for the full Federation...

Posted by Paul Cole on May 5, 2009 7:41 PM

Birmingham: The home of invention!

BIRMINGHAM might be classed as Britain's number one regional city. But its achievements are frequently overlooked and character belittled by outsiders. They mock our Midland accents, they sneer at our concrete constructions and cringe at our to glam rock...

Posted by Fionnuala Bourke on September 16, 2008 2:31 PM

BRAT club

No, its not a club for annoying adolescents - its Birmingham Running and Triathlon Club And after five weeks of training on my own I thought I would give it a go. I joined them on one of their 'gentler'...

Posted by Paul Bradley on July 30, 2008 9:59 PM

Batman breaks Brum records

The Dark Knight has set a new box office record at Birmingham's IMAX cinema. More than 6,000 tickets have already been snapped up to see Batman on the five-storey high screen. And that smashes Harry Potter out of sight...

Posted by Paul Cole on July 24, 2008 12:20 PM

Priceless

I've just been totting up how much this running lark is costing me...and this is just after four weeks! New running shoes = £45 New MP3 player = £35 New shorts = £5 New running vests = £10 Race fee...

Posted by Paul Bradley on July 21, 2008 2:58 PM

What's Happened to New Style?

It was a very warm afternoon way back in August 2002 and yours truly had just finished interviewing cricket legend Sir Viv Richards for BBC Midlands Today. As I prepared to do my piece-to-camera, I reckoned that Birmingham was...

Posted by Veron Graham on May 26, 2008 8:49 AM

Daily gags

The Birmingham Mail's cartoon today made the news conference laugh. With a forthcoming strike by council workers, Whittock's gag shows a concerned city leader Mike Whitby (great caricature) being told by his pa that she's kept February 5 clear (the...

Posted by Steve Dyson on January 29, 2008 8:04 AM