Vue reveals classic Christmas film lineup as chain announces plan to reopen 30 sites

Tom Butler
·Editor, Yahoo Entertainment UK
Updated ·2 min read
Vue in Preston. (Vue)
Vue in Preston. (Vue)

UK cinema chain Vue has announced it will reopen 30 of its venues from 11 December ‘with more to be announced shortly’, revealing a slate of festive favourites to enjoy.

Cinemas were closed across England at the start of November, but are now able to reopen in areas that are currently under Tier 1 and Tier 2 coronavirus restrictions. The Rule of Six still applies in those regions, and mixing with other households inside ‘leisure and entertainment venues’ such as cinemas, is only allowed in Tier 1 areas.

The Christmas films on offer at Vue sites include Last Christmas, Nightmare Before Christmas, Love Actually, Gremlins, Elf, Die Hard, It’s a Wonderful Life, and Home Alone.

Wonder Woman 1984 will also be released in cinemas nationwide from 16 December, and early reactions are pointing to it being another hit for DC.

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The Macaulay Culkin classic recently topped a poll of the best Christmas film moments with 23% of people polled by Vue naming the moment Kevin McCallister asks for his family back in time for Christmas as their top choice.

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The Vue cinemas which will reopen from 11 November are:

Vue Basingstoke - Festival Place

Vue Bedford

Vue Bromley

Vue Camberley

Vue Cambridge

Vue Cheshire Oaks

Vue Croydon Purley Way

Vue Dublin

Vue Eastleigh

Vue Farnborough

Vue Finchley North

Vue Finchley Road

Vue Fulham Broadway

Vue Harrow

Vue Islington

Vue Northampton

Vue Norwich

Vue Oxford

Vue Plymouth

Vue Portsmouth

Vue Reading

Vue Romford

Vue Southport

Vue Staines

Vue Thurrock

Vue Watford

Vue West End

Vue Westfield (Shepherd's Bush)

Vue Westfield Stratford City

Vue York

Vue joins Showcase and Odeon as the chains reopening in time for Christmas. Cineworld, which closed all of its sites after the latest delay to No Time To Die, hopes to reopen ‘by March 2021’.