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Thank you to all our members and guests for your continuing support and we hope to see you again for the start of Season 8 later in the year - click on "COMING SOON IN SEASON 8 in the top menu bar for a selection of films and events planned for future screenings
On Fridays the bar is open 30 minutes before the film starts
On Fridays the bar is open 30 minutes before the film starts
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FRIDAY 18 OCTOBER 2019
GREEN BOOK CERTIFICATE 12A RUNNING TIME 127 MINUTES START TIME 8 PM AWARDS Oscar: Best picture, best supporting actor, best original screen play Golden Globes: Best picture, best supporting actor, best original screen play BAFTA: best supporting actor |
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Dr Don Shirley is a world-class African-American pianist, who is about to embark on a concert tour in the Deep South in 1962. In need of a driver and protection, Shirley recruits Tony Lip, a tough-talking bouncer from an Italian-American neighbourhood in the Bronx. Despite their differences, the two men soon develop an unexpected bond while confronting racism and danger in an era of segregation.
Mahershala Ali plays a jazz musician who confronts the racism of his driver, played by Viggo Mortensen, in a warm but tentative real-life story. Guardian |
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FRIDAY 25 OCTOBER 2019
FISHERMAN'S FRIEND CERTIFICATE 12A RUNNING TIME 109 MINUTES START TIME 8 PM ***BASED ON A TRUE STORY*** |
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Danny (Mays) is a music executive who travels to Cornwall on a stag weekend with a bunch of his shallow London music PR mates – joining in with their inanities just to soothe his secret loneliness – and he’s pranked by them into offering to sign the local sea shanty singers, led by Jim (James Purefoy), Jago (David Hayman) and Leadville (Dave Johns). But of course something in the music speaks to Danny’s romantic soul; he starts to fall in love with Jim’s single-mum daughter Alwyn (Middleton) and he makes it his mission to bring the Fisherman’s Friends and their music to the world.
A supremely likeable film. EMPIRE This gentle, sweet-natured comedy has warmth and a certain X factor of likability, helped by big-hearted performances from a cast including Daniel Mays and Tuppence Middleton. It’s inspired by the true story of the Fisherman’s Friends, an all-male a capella folk singing group from Port Isaac in Cornwall who in the noughties became an unexpected hit for their authentic sea shanties. The Guardian |
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Friday 1 November 2019
ALADDIN CERTIFICATE PG RUNNING TIME 128 MINUTES ***START TIME 7.30 PM*** |
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A young kindly street thief named Aladdin finds his world turned upside down when he falls in love with a beautiful young girl, who in reality is the gorgeous Princess Jasmine. As Aladdin is determined to win her heart, he comes across a mysterious oil lamp, which holds a powerful genie, who may be the key to making his dreams come true. As the duo becomes close friends, they soon find out that the lamp is also being sought by the wily Jafar, who intends to use the lamp in an evil plot to take over the kingdom and wage war on the neighbouring towns.
Guy Ritchie’s adaptation is lively, colourful and genuinely funny – making only judicious tweaks to the original, it’s thankfully not a whole new world. The Guardian Will Smith steps into Robin Williams' shoes, bringing fresh attitude to the role of the genie in Guy Ritchie's high risk mostly rewarding live-action remake. Variety |
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Friday 8 November 2019
FREE SOLO CERTIFICATE 12A RUNNING TIME 100 MINUTES START TIME 8 PM |
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This unflinching, extraordinary and multi-award-winning documentary follows rock climber Alex Honnold as he attempts the first ever free solo climb of the 3200-foot vertical face of El Capitan in June 2017.
Free Solo depicts athletic feats that many viewers will find beyond reason – and grounds the attempts in passions that are all but universal. Rotten Tomatoes This is daring, dangerous and dizzying stuff, the story of a one man simultaneously in competition and cooperation with nature. Empire |
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Friday 15 November 2019
FIRST MAN CERTIFICATE 12A RUNNING TIME 141 MINUTES START TIME 8 PM |
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This is the riveting story of NASA's mission to land a man on the moon focussing on the life of the legendary American Astronaut Neil Armstrong from 1961-1969, and his journey to becoming the first human to walk the moon. It explores the sacrifices and costs on the nation and Neil himself, during one of the most dangerous missions in the history of space travel.
Damien Chazelle’s drama about Neil Armstrong and the 1969 Apollo 11 moon landing is a moving tale of loss and peril. The Guardian Astonishing. The definitive take on a monumental moment in history — without ever losing sight of the man underneath the visor. Empire |
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Friday 22 November 2019
VICE CERTIFICATE 15 RUNNING TIME 132 MINUTES START TIME 8 PM |
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The story of Dick Cheney, an unassuming bureaucratic Washington insider, who quietly wielded immense power as Vice President to George W. Bush, reshaping the country and the globe in ways that we still feel today.
From being a Yale University dropout doing odd jobs in early-1960s Wyoming, Dick Cheney decides to take back control of his life. As an intern during Richard Nixon's administration, Cheney grabs the opportunity to join the staff of his mentor, Donald Rumsfeld paving the way to rise through the ranks of the White House. Cheney reluctantly accepts George W. Bush's proposal to be his running mate, a decision that would grant him the power to pull the strings of foreign policy, especially after the fateful and devastating 9/11 terrorist attacks. Bale brilliantly captures the former vice-president’s bland magnificence in Adam McKay’s entertainingly nihilist biopic. The Guardian |
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Friday 29 November 2019
ALL IS TRUE CERTIFICATE 12A RUNNING TIME 101 MINUTES START TIME 8 PM |
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The year is 1613, Shakespeare is acknowledged as the greatest writer of the age. But disaster strikes when his renowned Globe Theatre burns to the ground, and devastated, Shakespeare returns to Stratford, where he must face a troubled past and a neglected family. Haunted by the death of his only son Hamnet, he struggles to mend the broken relationships with his wife and daughters. In so doing, he is ruthlessly forced to examine his own failings as husband and father. His very personal search for the truth uncovers secrets and lies within a family at war.
A quiet and meditative portrait of the artist as a retiree, this lacks incident or high stakes but has an elegiac feeling of regret and reckoning that fits its subject’s twilight years. Empire Kenneth Branagh and Ben Elton might have played fast and loose with the truth but they have created something bold and contemporary. Independent |
