Walk towards the centre of Belfast from the south of the city, along the Dublin Road, and you’ll pass what used to be the Movie House cinema. It sold cheap tickets, screened mostly blockbusters, had wall-to wall-sticky carpets and, though it was built as recently as the mid-1990s, felt considerably older. It was the kind of place that’s precious precisely because it’s a bit of a dump. In 2017, planning permission was granted for a £65 million ‘upgrade’ on the site.
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