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We Watch Films
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UK based film club bringing classic movies back to the big screen every month, as well as our pre-film Big Movie Quiz. In partnership with Parkway Cinemas.

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Join us on Monday 12 January as we kick off our January–March season with Martin Scorsese’s GOODFELLAS, back where it belongs — on the big screen.

7pm: Big Movie Quiz
8pm: Film starts

📍 Parkway Cinema #Beverley, #Cleethorpes & #Workington
🎟️ Book tickets: wewatchfilms.com
December 29, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Welcome to all our new followers! There have been quite a few recently, so we thought it would be a great time to remind you all about what we do, just in case you've never come along to one of our screenings before.

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December 29, 2025 at 12:00 PM
We're kicking off our brand new 2026 season of films very soon, and here's what we've got in store for you,

PLUS, we've got an extra screening audience choice coming up in March! More on that in the new year.

Tickets on sale now:
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December 28, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Beyond our time, beyond our universe, there is a planet besieged by alien invaders, where a young king must rescue his love from the clutches of the Beast. Or risk the death of his world.

Classic fantasy film KRULL opened in the UK on this day in 1983.
December 27, 2025 at 4:30 PM
"I don't like to know exactly what I'm going to do in a scene, because the most interesting moments as an audience member are moments of truthful spontaneity."

Happy birthday Timothée Chalamet, who turns 30 today.
December 27, 2025 at 1:30 PM
STAR WARS had its London premiere on this day in 1977.

Do you remember the first time you saw it?
December 27, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Hey Folks. We're going to be taking a short break over the next few days, but we'll still be around over the holidays and keeping you loaded with plenty of nostalgic movie facts along with a few friendly reminders about our upcoming classic screenings for the new year
December 24, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Our last film of our January to March season is John Carpenter's cult classic BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA.

Join us on Monday 9 March, only at Parkway Cinema #Beverley, #Cleethorpes, #Workington and #Barnsley*!

Book tickets: wewatchfilms.com

*Barnsley tickets on sale soon
December 23, 2025 at 7:01 PM
“Gooooood morning, Vietnam!”

GOOD MORNING, VIETNAM received a limited release in US cinemas on this day in 1987.
December 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Today we remember the late Corey Haim, who was born on this day in 1971.
December 23, 2025 at 1:00 PM
THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY was first released in Italy on this day in 1966, a year before it would be released anywhere else in the world.
December 23, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Smart, modern take on Shakespeare, the endlessly rewatchable 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU will be back on the big screen on Mon 9 Feb as our mid-season movie, only at Parkway Cinema #Beverley, #Cleethorpes, #Workington and #Barnsley!

Tickets on sale now*: wewatchfilms.com

*Barnsley on sale soon
December 22, 2025 at 7:01 PM
"Wilsoooooooooooooon!"

Tom Hanks found himself stranded on a desert island with nothing but a volleyball he named Wilson when Robert Zemekis' Cast Away was released in the US 25 years ago today.
December 22, 2025 at 4:02 PM
"When children were introduced to Lord Voldemort, they looked suitably terrified. Which gave me great gratification."

Ralph (pronounced "Rafe" as in safe, not Ralph as in Malf(oy)) Fiennes turns 63 today.

What's your favourite of his roles so far?
December 22, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Happy Ben Stiller Day! Well, not officially, but he did have MEET THE FOCKERS, NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM, and LITTLE FOCKERS all open in US cinemas on this day in 2004, 2006, and 2010 respectively!
December 22, 2025 at 10:00 AM
David Fincher's THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO was released in the US and Scandinavia on this day in 2011.

Did you know when casting started, the role of Lisbeth Salander was originally offered to Natalie Portman but refused due to exhaustion. Rooney Mara was cast instead.
December 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
"I think everyone who says they don't like watching themselves in movies should stop lying."

Happy 77th birthday to Samuel Leroy Jackson. Same age as our mum and dad, only cooler (only a little bit though)!
December 21, 2025 at 4:06 PM
KINDERGARTEN COP opened in US cinemas 35 years ago today.

Arnold Schwarzenegger claimed that when he first started working with the kids he "was sweating. I felt like the character in the movie."
December 21, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Kevin McCallister was left home alone by his parents 35 years ago today!
December 21, 2025 at 9:56 AM
We’re kicking the new year off with a bang!

Our first film of the year is Scorsese’s GOODFELLAS 🕶️

Mon 12 Jan — Parkway Beverley, Cleethorpes & Workington
Mon 19 Jan — Parkway Barnsley (our first screening there!)

🧠 BIG MOVIE QUIZ 7pm
🎬 Film 8pm

🎟️ wewatchfilms.com
*Barnsley on sale soon
December 20, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Wes Craven's SCREAM opened in the US on this day in 1996.

Inspired by a Michael Jackson song, the original name of the film was 'Scary Movie', which went on to be the title of the parody film based on Scream.
December 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Happy birthday to writer, director, and one-half of the Adam and Joe Show, Joe Cornish, who turns 57 today.

We're still waiting on the sequel to one of our favorite British Sci-fi movies, Attack the Block to get made. Come on, Joe! We're ready! And what happened to Lockwood and Co?! We loved it!
December 20, 2025 at 1:00 PM
"Strange, isn't it? Each man's life touches so many other lives. When he isn't around he leaves an awful hole, doesn't he?"

Frank Capra's IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE held its US premiere in New York 79 years ago today. It goes on every year in our house when it's time to wrap the presents!
December 20, 2025 at 10:00 AM
🎬 We’re expanding! 🎉

From January 2026, We Watch Films is coming to a fourth Parkway cinema — say hello to Parkway Cinema Barnsley.

We’ll be kicking things off with our January season of classics back on the big screen, starting with GOODFELLAS on Monday 19 January, one month today!
December 19, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Joe Dante's EXPLORERS was released in the UK 40 years ago today.

The poster is a proper 80s nostalgia hit for me; the bike, the broken fence with the otherworldly glow and mystery lurking behind it, giving it the full-on Amblin-style feels a lot of these 80s movies tried to aspire to.
December 19, 2025 at 4:00 PM