
What we’re about
Are you sick of your Sunday mornings passing by in a haze of laziness? Do you wish them to be ever so slightly less lazy? OR are you a super active Sunday morning person who secretly craves to be a whole lot lazier? Do you find yourself compulsively addicted to the cinema, most especially at preposterous and improbable hours of the day? Do you feel dormant and rebellious reservoirs of your soul light up with glee at the thought of sneaking contraband food into the cinema? If you find yourself nodding along enthusiastically (or even nonchalantly) then The Cinema Breakfast Club might be for you.
Those of us who regularly indulge in this irregular habit would compare it to arising early of a morning and sitting on a mountaintop to watch the sunrise…although instead of the sun you have a darkened screen and instead of being immersed in nature you are ensconced in a manmade McCinema monstrosity…besides that though it’s pretty much exactly the same…ahem…anyway we decided to share the best keep secret in cinema-going with all of you: cheap ticket prices, no big queues, no (or at the very least, few) screaming children or chatty teens, your choice of seats and an all round relaxing movie experience. So join us for sex, adventure, laughs, tears, spaceships, monsters and mayhem*!
(*please note: these can only be guaranteed to occur on screen)
Our meetups will take place fortnightly on a Sunday morning in Cineworld, Parnell Street. If you have a Cineworld Unlimited card you’re plain sailing but if you don’t you are still in luck, as ticket prices before 12PM are at the bargain price of €8.60 (or €7.81 if you book online). Movie times will be between 10 and 11:30 depending on scheduling. Those who care to, can meet in the bar area before the film so they can sit together inside but we will meet for a proper sit down and discussion after the movie. The dates will be posted weeks in advance and the movie title confirmed on the wednesday before the meetup. We are at the mercy of the Cineworld Scheduling Gods so movie titles and times will change from time to time, do keep an eye on updates.
For the especially bedbound of our cohort, we will on occasion venture into brunch territory on a Saturday afternoon (which will of course necessitate a temporary name change from "Brekkies" to "Brunchies"). Such meetups will be announced from time to time or on demand and may involve boldly going to cinemas we haven't gone to before e.g. The Lighthouse in Smithfield
So grab yourself tea and a muffin, indulge in a popcorn breakfast or bring whatever other breakfasty delight you care to smuggle in (there’s no judgment here) and be a part of Dublin's one and only (eh...we think) Cinema Breakfast Club.
Upcoming events (4+)
See all- One Battle After Another @IFI, 8pm - "Late Late" Breakfast - Friday Night MovieNeeds location
Hi everyone,
With postponing this month’s Meetup by a week, this Friday is falling on the opening weekend of the next 70mm showing at the IFI Cinema 1.ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER @8pm Cinema 1 (168 mins)
I am seated in seat K-10, but feel free to sit where you wish.One Battle After Another - Official Trailer - Warner Bros. UK & Ireland
“After his freewheeling, shaggy dog adaptation of Inherent Vice (2014), Paul Thomas Anderson, one of contemporary American cinema’s leading directors (Boogie Nights (1997); The Master (2012); There Will Be Blood (2007) and Phantom Thread (2017), both starring Daniel Day-Lewis) once again finds inspiration in the work of author Thomas Pynchon, loosely updating the themes and characters of novel Vineland (1990) to a contemporary setting. Bob Ferguson (Leonardo DiCaprio) and partner Perfidia (Teyana Taylor) are members of revolutionary group the French 75. Life is complicated by the arrival of daughter Willa (Chase Infiniti), and their constant pursuit by Steven Lockjaw (Sean Penn), Perfidia’s former partner. Lockjaw’s eventual, inevitable resurfacing forces Bob to contact members of the disbanded group to help protect his daughter. There are some surprising new additions to Anderson’s palette in his latest star-studded, action-packed, darkly comic epic.”Dining: I’ll book a table for dinner at 6:15pm at the IFI Café Bar. If you wish to join us for dinner, please post a Comment to be included in the numbers.
Note that they do not split bills there so it’s CASH ONLY again for this one, and there’s a 10% service charge on large table bookings. Please bring smaller notes and change for ease of payment.