The Cinema Society Club Anmeldelser 

Since 2022, I have purchased over £30,000 worth of Cineworld corporate cinema ticket stock through CinemaSocietyVouchers.com & Cinemasocietyclub.com for my business, FilmPass. However, Stripe later confirmed that the transactions for both were processed under WeAreSpark.com — one of several brochure-style brand websites the company has, which I never purchased from.

This caused serious confusion, as the payment descriptor stated “The Cinema Society,” but the legal merchant identity was never disclosed. I submitted a DSAR (data subject access request) to Spark Marketing Services Ltd & Cineworld on 19th December 2024. Spark Marketing Services Ltd was eventually acknowledged by a regulatory and PR solicitor, and on 16th January 2025, Spark requested an additional month to respond. I finally received the DSAR on 13th February 2025.

However, the DSAR responses from both Spark Marketing Services Ltd and Cineworld Cinemas were heavily redacted, citing third-party privacy — despite this being a consumer request for transaction-level data. Both responses failed to include any of the metadata or transaction-level information I had specifically requested. Aside from Spark Marketing Services Ltd's vague mention of Blue Light Card — with no explanation or context — the response provided no details on third-party access, transaction logs, abandoned checkouts, device fingerprinting, or whether behavioural signals had been processed. As a result, key questions remain unanswered — including who controls my data and whether fraud prevention telemetry has been repurposed for marketing insight.

“The Cinema Society” is presented as a standalone brand, yet no legal entity under that name exists — making it impossible to trace accountability or get clarity as a business customer. Due to these concerns, I paused FilmPass on 23rd December 2024 to protect my members.

I’m sharing this to raise awareness about the lack of merchant transparency behind this scheme and to help other businesses avoid the same confusion.

At times, trying to get a straight answer has felt like a scene from Mission: Impossible — except in this version, "the mission" really was impossible. Hidden merchants, brand aliases, and redacted disclosures have made transparency vanish in a puff of marketing smoke.

All I wanted was to know who I was paying for cinema stock, why VAT is being charged on tickets that appear to contradict HMRC’s 2023 determination (that corporate cinema tickets must be classed as MPVs, not SPVs), and whether my metadata — before and after purchase — has been used as data science.

Not a spy thriller.

Update 19/05/25

Thank you for your reply. I appreciate the confirmation that I was a business customer.
However, this reply does not clarify which legal entity was responsible for processing over £30,000 in transactions. Nor does it address the controller ID confusion, the Stripe descriptor mismatch (“wearespark.com”), or the DSAR redactions.
ISO27001 certification is welcome, but it does not cover profiling, brand aliasing, or consent transparency.
I remain open to resolving this, but your reply confirms the very obfuscation I’ve raised with regulators.

This response has now been logged and will be shared with the ICO as part of the ongoing investigation, as it directly supports my concerns around brand aliasing, legal accountability, and controller clarity.

Clarification: Personal and Bulk Transactions via Both Cinema Society Platforms

To correct your public claim: I have purchased from both CinemaSocietyClub.com and CinemaSocietyVouchers.com. The following transactions reflect my use of the club platform — typically 1–10 tickets per day for individual members:

• 02/06/2023 – £37.44
• 25/07/2023 – £40.00
• 22/06/2023 – £62.40
• 21/05/2024 – £65.52
• 13/11/2024 – £69.90
• 04/12/2024 – £21.77

Separately, I’ve made high-value bulk purchases for FilmPass stock — often 50+ tickets — via CinemaSocietyVouchers.com. These include:

01/06/23 - £824.89
25/05/23 - £838.07
09/09/23 - £838.07
11/01/24 - £883.96
08/06/24 - £1330.87
20/03/24 - £1537.72

These transactions appear on my bank statements and were processed by Spark Marketing Services Ltd, not a company named “The Cinema Society.” The Stripe payment descriptor used was “CARD PAYMENT TO THE CINEMA SOCIETY” throughout.

This full breakdown will now be submitted to the ICO as part of Annex D11 – Transaction Evidence and Brand Alias Misrepresentation.

The record speaks for itself.

For the record, Stripe confirmed that all of these transactions were processed by WeAreSpark.com — not by CinemaSocietyClub.com or CinemaSocietyVouchers.com, where the purchases actually took place.

The merchant you pay isn’t the one you see.

Don't fall to discount pries. For Example you buying tickets via website and they are telling you can save 33% but wen you add vouchers to system per tickets in Oden they add 3£ fee on top. Then you not get tickets cheaper but at the same price what you pay in online booking. And no where you will find when you need pay 3£ extra. On the website says 1£ per ticket on check put all ready 3£ per ticket extra.

Very impressed with my first experience of The Cinema Society Club. Excellent customer service when I messed up.

They sorted me out when Cineworld service was so shocking. I used the cinema society E tickets to make a booking with several seats with Cineworld and realised I booked the wrong day.

I realised my mistake quickly and tried to cancel but the Cineworld site was having none of it with either the option missing or getting errors. Emailed their support multiple times but got back generated responses telling me either I wasn't eligible to cancel (I was as booked through My Cineworld) or to cancel on their site. You cannot phone cineworld and raising complaint is almost impossible as they are no longer with resolver.

As a last ditch effort I reached out to cinema society and they sorted me out with replacement codes with the booking fee waived. I can't thank them enough for sorting me out when the Cineworld support service is shocking non existent.

Some great deals, fairly easy site to use.
Just be sure you know what and where your booking before proceeding

I use this site a lot it’s easy to use and I would recommend joining. I had a minor issue recently with ticket pricing, after contacting my issue was resolved quickly and I was kept updated at all times. It was the best customer experience I have had in a long time. Thank you

This is a fantastic club to join, I always use the discount for both tickets and the popcorn and drink bundle and save almost half the full price every visit. Finally a trip to the cinema is affordable!

I bought vouchers to send elderly group to picture in Odeon Coolock Dublin. When I tried booking online it said this cinema was not taking vouchers at this time. So we had to pay full price as I couldnt disappoint them. When I tried to book again 1 week later it was the same story... We are very unhappy with the service and would like a refund of the money we spent on vouchers.
So cinema society emailed me 10 3 25 and said vouchers are working but I have tried again without success on both my phone and laptop wasting another hour of my time. I would rather pay the full price now and get the money back for the useless vouchers and not waste any more of my time. REFUND PLEASE

Fantastic service.
I was having issues with getting an answer from Cineworld in renewing my unlimited membership. Their process has changed, no one to speak to. I was getting no where, and getting automated replies. I was reluctant to buy 2 e vouchers from my workplace in case it didn't work.
I found TCS contact details, it was so lovely to speak to a human, who helped me, and go through the process and where to put the code.
I had a couple of questions after that, i emailed them and came back to me very quickly, and the problem is resolved.

Just been to the Odeon with three friends. Tickets less than half price. Very happy will use again and again . Thankyou

Booked and paid for 4 tickets at Vue. An email comes through with the codes however no codes on it so you cant book. I'm now down money and missed the film. Have to wait until Monday for any response.
Previously booked without issue but noticed prices gone up at Vue so maybe they can no longer supply tickets.

Thrilled with this service. It was considerably cheaper than going direct to the Picturehouse and I was able to buy tickets online within a few minutes. Will definitely use again.

Fab idea to have one hour toddler session on Tuesday afternoons ,,,tabby Mac tat and room on the broom brilliant,, staff lovely and grandson got a sticker

Fantastic customer service. We used our vouchers and unfortunately there was an issue with the cinema and the screening was cancelled mid film. The cinema weren't of any help with a refund etc. I contacted The Cinema Society Club and they responded so quickly and resolved the issue immediately. Really impressed with their service and would absolutely use them again.

Never lets me down fast reliable service. Great value for money.

Great experience last few times I have used, very happy, simple and user friendly.

Best and most cost effective place to get cinema tickets and enjoy the whole packing!

Great to keep up to date and not miss the movies you want to see.