theatres showing movies in English

[Aussie Mike]

I'm sure all the main theaters show movies in English but they are not well advertised.
I've seen more movies in English in Hefei in more theatres than there are now.

Yes, I've watched movies in theaters in Hefei that have since closed.

For years I have approached theaters to advertise with us for free.
Typically, no response. They think there are no English only speaking people in Hefei except me and those who do speak English and Chinese will go to there website or read the Chinese papers.

WTFH?
I'm Australian, I like to add "Hell" to International colloquialisms.  

SuZhou Lu Cinema
Near ChangJiang Lu in the city.

Yuan Yi Cinema Times Square
ShengLi Lu near Hilton

IMAX Wanda Plaza
IMAX theatre Wanda Plaza

[noel2512]

Hello all,

I went to Wanda Imax cinema, and took their programs... My assistant told me that there are actually movies in english there ( even in portuguese this week ... !)
But if you don't read chinese ... no way to know which ones are in English

[Bonnie]

yea. thats hte problem for your foreigners.there is hefei movie news website ,but no english translation . i have spoken up to the administrator  about the enlish movie news .if they can improve it ,that must be helpful .good luck

[大枪]

I've been to see a few movies out at the MBOX cinema at Swan Lake. Mostly, the English movies involve blasting aliens and/or armageddon, or else they are animated kids movies. I've actually sat through Chinese movies and sometimes, it doesn't even matter that you can't understand the all the dialogue, especially if the visuals or kung fu are decent.

There's a new Zhang Yimou movie showing at the moment called "Flowers of War" (金陵十三钗). It stars Christian Bale and has English subtitles. If you haven't already seen a thousand retellings of the Sino-Japanese war, this one might be worth a squiz.

There's also cinemas at:  the corner of Anqing and Huai he lu; on Walking St. (opp. temple); 3rd level of Carrefour on Changjiang lu
Le Gou shopping centre on Qian Shan lu; JieFang cinema on Suzhou lu (near Changjiang lu intersection).

[大枪]

went to see "Flowers of War" (金陵十三钗).

In a nutshell, it is tai guofen- graphic and harrowing. The storyline itself wasn't bad, although the trope of the hero-priest is pretty old. But it was the brutally realistic war and rape scenes that had me considering walking out. (Not because I'm squeamish, but because I just think there was sensationalism intended). I mean, in at least 3 key scenes when someone got shot, the blood had to 'spray' dramatically, like in a B-grade movie.
 
I also can't understand why children were allowed into the cinema to see it.

[Tim S. Mercurio]

Hello all,

I went to Wanda Imax cinema, and took their programs... My assistant told me that there are actually movies in english there ( even in portuguese this week ... !)
But if you don't read chinese ... no way to know which ones are in English

well yuan yi/wanda imax all play movies in english, and a 3rd one i forgot the location though,
ive been living in hefei for 6 years and most cinemas have movies in its almost original take.
the small cinema near downtown only plays movies in chinese

for the nanking etc. movies they are just plagued with too much drama,and sino jap propaganda ,I hate chinese tv network ,so for me i just watch my dvd's while collecting them or go on baidu. i've got about 1.000 dvds or something like that

the best deal is to group shop i don't usually pay for full price for movie tickets,

[Dom79]

Hi everyone! I think Wanda Plaza has some of the best theaters showing movies in English. I highly recommend it The seats are very nice and it is very clean. I've already gone a few times with my husband Marc and we've enjoyed all the films we've seen there so far. Not all the theaters are IMAX though. Only one is. So you can choose to go to a regular priced showing in a regular theater if you wish to save, as the IMAX theater is usually 100RMB. Buying the tickets can be scary at first as the screen with the times/schedule are all in Chinese characters. But there is a trick to go about that: I just grab one of the flyers/brochures available there that have pictures of the movies and I memorize the characters of the movie I want to watch and then look at the schedule screen to see the time I want. By now, I also know the 2 Chinese characters for English to make sure the movie I'm watching is in English. Then you simply point to the time you want when you buy the tickets. It's pretty easy and organized.

So far, I've seen Real Steel, The Flowers of War, The Adventures of Tin Tin and Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol all at Wanda Plaza theaters. They were all very nice. Mission Impossible was my favorite as we had to watch it in IMAX and the effects were awesome!

I believe they are showing John Carter now, a Disney epic science fiction film supposed to be pretty good. The weekends can get pretty crowded, so I still prefer my dvds at home, but it's still worth it to watch a movie in a theater once in awhile.

[luiz_iniciante]

Having been to the cinema at Wanda Plaza, I would agree that it is the best. However, I am still interested to see some of the other cinemas downtown. Could anyone who has been to a couple of movie houses here try to rate the others?