film screening Archives - Millennium Point

Summer is still in full swing but you can’t blame us for getting excited about Halloween. Spooky season isn’t too far away and we’re gearing up to deliver two fun events across October.

The Rocky Horror Picture Show comes to our giant screen

Following on from our popular drink themed film screenings and celebrating Halloween, our movie choice had to be the musical comedy classic, The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Taking place on Saturday 21st October in our giant screen Auditorium, movie geek Tony Elvin will be your host on the night, providing spooky movie trivia and each guest will be served four shockingly good themed cocktails, all for £39.95 per person.

Book your tickets by clicking here.

Still not convinced? Check out the video below to get a feel of what our screenings are like.

“Fright for your right to party” – Halloween Silent Disco

You heard it right, another Silent Disco is coming to Millennium Point! Get your dancing shoes and Halloween costumes ready and join us on Saturday 28th October to boogie the night away as three DJ’s battle it out with Halloween hits from multiple genres.

Tickets are priced at £12.00 each and can be purchase here.

Never been to one of our Silent Disco’s? Watch below

Never miss an event

With plenty more exciting announcements to come make sure you never miss an event with us. Keep in touch through our What’s On page or sign up for our mailing list here.

To celebrate Christmas in July, we’ve got some very festive announcements! Christmas in summer? You might think we’re mad, but trust us when we say it’s the best time to start planning your Christmas activities. Whether you’re looking to book a Christmas party at our award-winning venue or attend one of our public events, we’ve got everything festive you need all under one roof.

Exclusive Party Night (from £40.00 per person)

Give your guests a VIP experience this Christmas with our Exclusive Party Night. This package gives businesses an exclusive hire of our Platform space, which includes an arrival drink under our 39ft Christmas tree, a two-or-three-course traditional Christmas dinner and a DJ and dancefloor until midnight. The package also includes exclusive use of the fully licenced bar and features branded up-lighters, table crackers and novelties.

Fancy further enhancing your guests experience? Why not customise this package to include our spectacular Auditorium. Formerly the first IMAX in the West Midlands, our Auditorium is perfect for awards, speeches or playing a Christmas film on the giant screen.

Shared Party Night (from £40.00 per person)

Ideal for smaller businesses who still want the big office party experience, our Shared Party Night gives you the same benefits as the exclusive package, but is shared with other businesses.

Get more when you book with us

How does extra prosecco sound? Take advantage of our early incentive and get your package upgraded to include complimentary prosecco for every table when you confirm your booking before Friday 29th July. In addition to this, the person that makes the booking will be entered into a prize draw to win a £100 Amazon voucher. This offer applies to both the exclusive and shared party nights.

Our special offers don’t stop there! Other bookings outside of the Christmas packages, will receive a 10% off drinks receptions under our Christmas tree in November and December.

What’s On at Millennium Point this Christmas

Rock around the Christmas Tree, Silent Disco style! Our Silent Disco night is back by popular demand – and this time full of festive fun! Get your dancing shoes ready, put your Santa hats on and pull off your best moves around our spectacular 39ft Christmas tree.

Priced at £10 per person, the night will feature three DJs and an assortment of genres from current chart toppers, RnB, and Hip Hop to Old Skool, Rock, Indie and Power Ballads alongside all of the Christmas classics. Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased by clicking below.

Who doesn’t love a festive film classic? Throw in some themed wines and Millennium Point is your place to be this Christmas! Teaming up once again with our good friends at The Wine Events Company, experience It’s a Wonderful Life on our giant screen, paused at various points to serve you your next glass of festive cheer.

We’re transforming into a Winter Wonderland

A Winter Wonderland is heading to our corner of Birmingham this year and it’s not one you’ll want to miss. Our spectacular 39ft Christmas tree (which makes the perfect backdrop for that festive selfie snapshot) is just the start. We’ve got a heap of decorations arriving, including colourful lighting, Nutcrackers and two of Santa’s Reindeers, that might even be happy to grab a photo with you.

Find more interesting content from Millennium Point over at our news section, or follow us for daily updates on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn with @MillenniumPoint. Millennium Point is a landmark public building and multi-award-winning events venue in the Eastside of Birmingham City centre. Profits from our commercial activity are invested by the Millennium Point Charitable Trust into projects, events and initiatives which support the growth of science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) and education in the West Midlands.

What’s ‘worse than the total agony of being in love’? … potentially not getting a ticket to Love Actually with wine!

There is only a few days left to buy tickets for this festive treat on Sunday 5^th December at our award-winning venue. Millennium Point have once again teamed up with the charming movie geeks The Wine Events Company for a fun and unique wine tasting. This festive event will include five themed wines and a very big screen, all for the price of £31.95 (plus fees).

You can book your ticket here.

Love Actually – several modern love stories in one classic film

Nine intertwined stories examine the complexities of the one emotion that connects us all: love. Among the characters explored are David (Hugh Grant), the handsome newly elected British prime minister who falls for a young junior staffer (Martine McCutcheon), Sarah (Laura Linney), a graphic designer whose devotion to her mentally ill brother complicates her love life, and Harry (Alan Rickman), a married man tempted by his attractive new secretary.

Featuring: Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Alan Rickman

Certificate: 15|Running Time: 2 hours 15 minutes

‘To me, you are perfect’- You to the wine… probably

The ‘new classic’ Christmas movie will be paused to pour you a glass of festive cheer as The Wine Events Company shares with you their five perfect wines. The film and wine connoisseurs will also pause the film at appropriate moments to share some fun movie trivia. For example, did you know that Love Actually was the most rented DVD in the UK in 2004, it must be good!

The event will be a safe, fun, and interactive ‘wines and movie’ event in our multi-award-winning venue with one of Birmingham’s biggest screens.

The film is showing on the Sunday 5^th December, the doors will open at 4:00pm with the event starting at 5:00pm. There are limited tickets available so make your you secure your ticket for this fantastic festival event.

Our movie + drinks nights are not to be missed

Our movie + drinks nights have been hugely successful with fans and are not to be missed. Want to get a feeling of what to expect? Check out our screening of the eighties classic Dirty Dancing below. Guests had the time of their lives with a live band, themed cocktails, and movie trivia from the film geeks at The Wine Events Company.

We pride ourselves on our outstanding hospitality, with a wide range of events there is something for everyone. You can keep up to date with all our events on our refurbished website here.

Getting to Millennium Point

Millennium Point is in the Eastside of Birmingham City Centre just 5-minutes’ walk from Moor Street and 15-minutes from Grand Central and the tram. There is also limited parking on-site which means we’re easy to find regardless of how you travel. For more information please click here.

You’ve got less than a week to book your seats for the musical hit Rocketman, alongside five ‘Elton John themed’ wines.

It’s almost time to reach the sky and head to Millennium Point, to experience a modern musical hit while enjoying five tasty wines. Rocketman with Wine takes place on Saturday 13th November at 7:30pm (doors open at 6:30pm).

Continuing our successful partnership, we will once again be teaming up with movie geeks, The Wine Events Company, who will be serving up Rocketman trivia alongside five ‘Elton John themed’ wines throughout the screening. As with any musical, there will be plenty of singing opportunities, so make sure those vocal cords are warmed up!

About the film

Rocketman is the epic musical story of Elton John and his breakthrough years in the 1970s. It l ooks at his fantastical transformation from shy piano prodigy to international superstar. All of this set to the toe-tapping rythms of the pop music icons greatest hits.

Featuring: Taron Egerton, Richard Madden, Jamie Bell, Bryce Dallas Howard and many more.

Certificate: 15 | Running Time: 2 hours 1 minute

What do you get with your ticket?

Tickets are priced at £31.95 per person (plus Eventbrite fees) and you’ll get more than just a film screening!

Rocketman on the big screen: Admission to the film screening in our new and improved Auditorium with entertainment throughout by the film geeks at The Wine & Events Company

Five themed Wines: So, how do you pair wines with an Elton John movie? Well, we’ve researched Elton’s favourite wines from his demanding on-tour-Ryders and Wedding Breakfast menu. From the Loire to Burgundy, the Rhone Valley to Tuscany, Elton has an expensively decadent taste in wine that we will be sharing with you on the night. Not only that but we’ll show you how to enjoy a rockstar collection on a supermarket budget!

Don’t miss our movie and drink nights

Our movie and drinks nights have been hugely successful with fans and are not to be missed. Want to get a feeling of what to expect? Check out our screening of the eighties classic Dirty Dancing below. Guests had the time of their lives with a live band, themed cocktails and movie trivia. To keep up to date with all our event offerings please click here.

Feel the love this Christmas with Love Actually with Wine

With the festive period fast approaching, feel the love this Christmas with a screening and themed wine tasting experience of the seminal 2003 festive rom com, Love Actually. We’ve once again teamed up with the Wine Events Company to bring you a safe, fun, and interactive ‘wines and movie’ event in our multi-award-winning venue with one of Birmingham’s biggest screens.

The film is showing on Sunday 5th December, the doors will open at 4pm with the event starting at 5pm. There are limited tickets available so make your you secure your ticket for this fantastic festival event.