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All cinema performances start at 7.30pm (unless otherwise stated)

 

Ticket prices  : Adults £6 , Under 15s £4 

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MATINEE SHOWING on SATURDAY 4 FEBRUARY at 2.30 pm

THE ROYAL COMMAND PERFORMANCE  FILM 2011

NOW WITH 11 OSCAR NOMINATIONS

HUGO ( U )

Directed by Martin SCORSESE

 

 

A live action film (not an animation !) set in 1930s Paris, an orphan who lives in the walls of a train station is wrapped up in a mystery involving his late father and an automaton.

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SATURDAY 4 FEBRUARY to THURSDAY 9 FEBRUARY Nightly at 7.30 pm

Also a MATINEE SHOWING on SUN 5 FEB at 2.30 pm

THE IRON LADY (12A)

MERYL STREEP 'BEST ACTRESS' OSCAR NOMINATION

 

 

Tells the story of a woman who smashed through the barriers of gender and class to be heard in a male-dominated world. The story concerns power and the price that is paid for power, and is a surprising and insightful portrait of an extraordinary and complex woman.

 

Phyllida Lloyd, the director of Mamma Mia! brings us another side of Meryl Streep in the mesmerising The Iron Lady.  With an exceptional UK cast, this film centres around the political and family life of Margaret Thatcher from her early years, through the power struggles of parliament to her current living situation dealing with dementia.  This film doesn’t hold back and shows the good and bad through those years with an absolutely captivating performance by Meryl Streep who’s utterly convincing in the role and is a firm favourite to take home some silverware during the awards season!!!!

 

The cert is 12A (Contains real images of moderate violence, injury detail and brief nudity) and the running time is 105 mins.

 

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FOR HALF TERM !!

FRIDAY 10 FEBRUARY to THURSDAY 16 FEBRUARY Nightly at 7.30 pm

Also a MATINEE SHOWING on SAT 11 FEB at 2.30 pm

WAR HORSE (12A tbc)

Directed by Stephen Spielberg

Written by Lee Hall & Richard Curtis

NOW WITH 6 OSCAR NOMINATIONS

 

Follows a young man named Albert and his horse, Joey, and how their bond is broken when Joey is sold to the cavalry and sent to the trenches of World War One. Despite being too young to enlist, Albert heads to France to save his friend.

This film contains dramatic war scenes. 

We consider this NOT suitable for children under 10 years old or those of a nervous disposition.

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FRIDAY 17 FEBRUARY & SATURDAY 18 FEBRUARY at  7.30 pm

ANOTHER EARTH (12A)

On the night of the discovery of a duplicate planet in the solar system, 

an ambitious young student and an accomplished composer cross paths in a tragic accident.

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SUNDAY 19 FEBRUARY & MONDAY 20 FEBRUARY at  7.30 pm

The latest in a long line of adaptations of the story

of passion, hatred and revenge

WUTHERING HEIGHTS (15)  {2011}

Directed by Andrea Arnold

and starring James Howson & Kaya Scodelario

This timeless story is told in breathtaking visual style. It is unlikely you will ever see Yorkshire's 

wild and windy moors so bleakly and beautifully captured.

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TUESDAY 21 FEBRUARY to THURSDAY 23 FEBRUARY at  7.30 pm

A true love story

THE LADY (12A)

Michelle Yeoh & David Thewlis portray 

Aung Saan Suu Kyi and Michael Aris' 

whose enduring love story survived despite separation, 

distance and a hostile regime. 

It is also the story of a woman's peaceful quest for democracy in Burma 

and her on-going championing of human rights in that country.

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FRIDAY 24 FEBRUARY at  7.30 pm

and SUNDAY 26 FEBRUARY at 3.00 pm

THE DEEP BLUE SEA (12A)

    Terence Davies

 

The wife of a British Judge is caught in a self-destructive love affair with a Royal Air Force pilot.

 

Rachel Weisz & Tom Hiddleston lead in this acclaimed  film

 directed by film veteran Terence Davis from a scipt written by 

Davies and Terence Rattigan.   Simon Russell Beale co-stars

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SUNDAY 26 FEBRUARY to THURSDAY 1 MARCH at  7.30 pm

Leonardo D'Caprio gives a stunning portrayal of

J Edgar (15)

with Naomi Watts & Annie Hammer

and Dame Judi Dench as Anne Marie Hoover

 

J Edgar Hoover                                        Leonardo D'Caprio as J Edgar

 

As the face of law enforcement in america for almost 50 years J Edgar Hoover 

the FBI director waged war on homosexuals, black people and communists. 

Now, a controversial film by Clint Eastwood is set to reveal some of the explosive 

truth about the man who was admired and feared, reviled and revered. 

But behind closed doors he held secrets that would have destroyed his image, his career and his life.

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FRIDAY 2 MARCH & SATURDAY 3 MARCH at 7.30 pm

and MATINEE SUNDAY 4 MARCH at 3.00 pm

NOW WITH 10 OSCAR NOMINATIONS

THE ARTIST (PG)

Conceived, Directed & Written by Michael Hazanavicius

 

 

Hollywood, 1927: As silent movie star George Valentin wonders if the arrival of talking pictures 

will cause him to fade into oblivion, he sparks with Peppy Miller, a young dancer set for a big break.

 

This modern incarnation of a black& white (almost silent)  film has knocked the critics for six !

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SUNDAY 4 MARCH to THURSDAY 8 MARCH at 7.30 pm

 

Roman Polanski's adaptation of Yasmina Reza's play

"God of Carnage" rapturously received in Venice 

 is a pitch-black farce of unbelievable tension.

CARNAGE (15)

 

 

 

Jodie Foster and John C Reilly respectively play Penelope and Michael, a pair of bohemian Brooklynites whose

11-year-old son was attacked in the local park. Kate Winslet and Christoph Waltz (sporting a passable American accent) are Nancy and Alan, the parents of the culprit, supposedly visiting to make the peace. But with the battle lines drawn across the coffee table (replete with vase of tulips and Oskar Kokoschka art book) we swiftly realise that there are to be no heroes in this war: no one to rally behind and urge on to victory.

 

The film barely puts a foot wrong. The acting comes at full throttle while the pacing cranks up the tension in agonising, incremental degrees. At one point this is all too much for Nancy, ….. it is an astonishing scene, an icebreaker like no other. And at the Venice screening, the viewers greeted it with a wild abandon, howling with delight and applauding like thunder, perhaps relieved that someone had cracked before they did themselves.

 

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FRIDAY 9 MARCH at 7.30 pm FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY

 

RECONFIGURED AS A STUDY OF MODERN WARFARE, 

COMPLETE WITH NEWS CHANNEL INSERTS, 

RALPH FIENNES' DIRECTORIAL DEBUT IS A TRIUMPH.

with Gerald Butler, Vanessa Redgrave, 

Jessica Chastain, Brian Cox, James Nesbitt

 

CORIOLANUS (15)

 

A banished hero of Rome allies with a sworn enemy to take his revenge on the city.

Directed by Ralph Fiennes he reprises the role he played on the London Stage

in this contemporary take on the Bard's tale of warring factions.

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SUNDAY 25 MARCH to TUESDAY 27 MARCH at 7.30 pm

 

George Clooney excels in

THE DESCENDANTS (15)

NOW WITH 5 OSCAR NOMINATIONS

 

 

A Comedy Drama 

in which a land baron tries to re-connect with his two daughters 

after his wife suffers a boating accident.

 

Alexander Payne's bittersweet reflection on family and grief is drama of unusual maturity 

with George Clooney eager to play the fool to outstanding effect.

 

If not quite the Oscar sucker-punch many anticipated it is a dram of unusual nuance. 

It lingers, spawns thoughts and connections as agreat film ought.

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WEDNESDAY 28 MARCH & THURSDAY 29 MARCH at 7.30 pm

 

Keira Knightly gives a highly praised performance as Sabina Spielrein 

a Russian diagnosed with hysteria who has a pivotal role in the birth of psychoanalysis 

A DANGEROUS METHOD (15)

Directed by David Cronenberg from a script by Christopher Hampton

the film charts the development of psychoanalysis 

with Viggo Mortensen as Freud and Michael Fassbender as Jung

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FRIDAY 30 MARCH to TUESDAY 3 APRIL at 7.30 pm  

"THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL" 

All star BRITISH film starring Judi DENCH, Bill NIGHY, Maggie SMITH, Tom WILKINSON

A group of British retirees travel to India to take up residence in what they believe is a newly restored hotel. Less luxurious than its advertisements, the Marigold Hotel nevertheless slowly begins to charm in unexpected ways.

 

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