A UNITED KINGDOM tells the inspiring true story of Seretse Khama, the King of Bechuanaland (modern Botswana), and Ruth Williams, the London office worker he married in 1948 in the face of fierce opposition from their families and the British and South African governments. Seretse and Ruth defied family, Apartheid and empire – their love triumphed over every obstacle flung in their path and in so doing they transformed their nation and inspired the world.
A UNITED KINGDOM tells the inspiring true story of Seretse Khama, the King of Bechuanaland (modern Botswana), and Ruth Williams, the London office worker he married in 1948 in the face of fierce opposition from their families and the British and South African governments. Seretse and Ruth defied family, Apartheid and empire – their love triumphed over every obstacle flung in their path and in so doing they transformed their nation and inspired the world.
A UNITED KINGDOM tells the inspiring true story of Seretse Khama, the King of Bechuanaland (modern Botswana), and Ruth Williams, the London office worker he married in 1948 in the face of fierce opposition from their families and the British and South African governments. Seretse and Ruth defied family, Apartheid and empire – their love triumphed over every obstacle flung in their path and in so doing they transformed their nation and inspired the world.
Winner of 6 Oscars, rated one of the best films of the year, La La Land needs no introduction.
Mia (Emma Stone), an aspiring actress, serves lattes to movie stars in between auditions, and Sebastian (Ryan Gosling), a dedicated jazz musician, scrapes by playing cocktail piano gigs in dingy bars, but as success mounts they are faced with decisions that begin to fray the fragile fabric of their love affair, and the dreams they worked so hard to maintain in each other threaten to rip them apart.
Certificate 12
FRIDAY 19th MAY 7.45PM
Parwich Memorial Hall
Free Entrance. Refreshments. Raffle
Based on the best-selling autobiographical novel by James Bowen, this feel-good film stars a cat named Bob.
Bob is a stray cat looking for somewhere warm to sleep. James is a street musician struggling to make ends meet.
When James and Bob meet, they forge a never-to-be-forgotten friendship; he found an injured cat curled up in the hallway of his apartment building, and he had no idea how much his life was about to change. James was living hand to mouth on the streets of London, barely making enough money to feed himself, and the last thing he needed was a pet. Yet James couldn’t resist helping the strikingly intelligent but very sick animal, whom he named Bob. He slowly nursed Bob back to health and then sent the cat on his way, imagining that he would never see him again. But Bob had other ideas……..
Based on the best-selling autobiographical novel by James Bowen, this feel-good film stars a cat named Bob.
Bob is a stray cat looking for somewhere warm to sleep. James is a street musician struggling to make ends meet.
When James and Bob meet, they forge a never-to-be-forgotten friendship; he found an injured cat curled up in the hallway of his apartment building, and he had no idea how much his life was about to change. James was living hand to mouth on the streets of London, barely making enough money to feed himself, and the last thing he needed was a pet. Yet James couldn’t resist helping the strikingly intelligent but very sick animal, whom he named Bob. He slowly nursed Bob back to health and then sent the cat on his way, imagining that he would never see him again. But Bob had other ideas……..
Winner of the BAFTA Outstanding British Film, this moving film, directed by famous Ken Loach, tells of a 59 year old carpenter who is recovering from a heart attack. He befriends a single mother and her two kids as they navigate their way through the impersonal, Kafkaesque benefits system. With equal amounts of humour, warmth and despair, the journey is heartfelt and emotional until the end.
Winner of the BAFTA Outstanding British Film, this moving film, directed by famous Ken Loach, tells of a 59 year old carpenter who is recovering from a heart attack. He befriends a single mother and her two kids as they navigate their way through the impersonal, Kafkaesque benefits system. With equal amounts of humour, warmth and despair, the journey is heartfelt and emotional until the end.
Winner of the BAFTA Outstanding British Film, this moving film, directed by famous Ken Loach, tells of a 59 year old carpenter who is recovering from a heart attack. He befriends a single mother and her two kids as they navigate their way through the impersonal, Kafkaesque benefits system. With equal amounts of humour, warmth and despair, the journey is heartfelt and emotional until the end.
Based on true events during the Cold War, a lawyer, James B. Donovan is recruited by the CIA and involved in an intense negotiation mission to release and exchange a CIA U-2 spy-plane pilot, Francis G. Powers. The pilot was arrested alive after his plane was shot down by the Soviet Union during a mission and stays in the company of a KGB intelligence officer, Rudolf Abel, who was arrested for espionage in the US.
Starring Tom Hanks, and Mark Rylance, directed by Steven Spielberg
6 Oscar nominations, won Best Supporting Actor
Certificate 12
Guardian 5/5 star review “Tom Hanks and Mark Rylance red hot in Steven Spielberg’s magnificent cold war thriller. The tense negotiations over the recovery of U2 pilot Gary Powers in 1960s Berlin are the real-life backdrop to this wonderfully uncynical. With terrific craftsmanship, pure storytelling gusto and that Midas-touch ability to find grounds for optimism everywhere, Steven Spielberg has dramatised a true-life cold war spy-swap drama”.
Based on true events during the Cold War, a lawyer, James B. Donovan is recruited by the CIA and involved in an intense negotiation mission to release and exchange a CIA U-2 spy-plane pilot, Francis G. Powers. The pilot was arrested alive after his plane was shot down by the Soviet Union during a mission and stays in the company of a KGB intelligence officer, Rudolf Abel, who was arrested for espionage in the US.
Starring Tom Hanks, and Mark Rylance, directed by Steven Spielberg
6 Oscar nominations, won Best Supporting Actor
Certificate 12
Guardian 5/5 star review “Tom Hanks and Mark Rylance red hot in Steven Spielberg’s magnificent cold war thriller. The tense negotiations over the recovery of U2 pilot Gary Powers in 1960s Berlin are the real-life backdrop to this wonderfully uncynical. With terrific craftsmanship, pure storytelling gusto and that Midas-touch ability to find grounds for optimism everywhere, Steven Spielberg has dramatised a true-life cold war spy-swap drama”.
Based on true events during the Cold War, a lawyer, James B. Donovan is recruited by the CIA and involved in an intense negotiation mission to release and exchange a CIA U-2 spy-plane pilot, Francis G. Powers. The pilot was arrested alive after his plane was shot down by the Soviet Union during a mission and stays in the company of a KGB intelligence officer, Rudolf Abel, who was arrested for espionage in the US.
Starring Tom Hanks, and Mark Rylance, directed by Steven Spielberg
6 Oscar nominations, won Best Supporting Actor
Certificate 12
Guardian 5/5 star review “Tom Hanks and Mark Rylance red hot in Steven Spielberg’s magnificent cold war thriller. The tense negotiations over the recovery of U2 pilot Gary Powers in 1960s Berlin are the real-life backdrop to this wonderfully uncynical. With terrific craftsmanship, pure storytelling gusto and that Midas-touch ability to find grounds for optimism everywhere, Steven Spielberg has dramatised a true-life cold war spy-swap drama”.
This is a beautiful adaptation of Jane Austen’s novella, Lady Susan, filmed on location in Ireland. With beautiful costumes and fine interiors it is a gem of a film.
Set in the 1790s, Love and Friendship centres on beautiful widow Lady Susan Vernon, who has taken up temporary residence at the estate of her in-laws to wait out colourful rumours about her dalliances circulating through polite society. Whilst there, while there, is determined to be a matchmaker for her daughter Frederica — and herself too, naturally.
Starring Kate Beckinsale, Stephen Fry
“Love & Friendship is an unexpected delight, a tremendously witty adaptation of a little known Jane Austen novella. The film boasts surely the finest performance in Kate Beckinsale’s screen career” Independent
Love & Friendship shows just how funny Jane Austen can be -**** Telegraph
“What audacity, what elegance! Here is a hilariously self-aware period comedy polished to a brilliant sheen
Love & Friendship somehow feels like an undiscovered Oscar Wilde play. Guardian
FRIDAY 13th January 7.45PM
Free Entrance. Refreshments. Raffle
Silent projection
Hi Fi Sound
Special hi-fi headphones for those with hearing difficulties, please ask.
This is a beautiful adaptation of Jane Austen’s novella, Lady Susan, filmed on location in Ireland. With beautiful costumes and fine interiors it is a gem of a film.
Set in the 1790s, Love and Friendship centres on beautiful widow Lady Susan Vernon, who has taken up temporary residence at the estate of her in-laws to wait out colourful rumours about her dalliances circulating through polite society. Whilst there, while there, is determined to be a matchmaker for her daughter Frederica — and herself too, naturally.
Starring Kate Beckinsale, Stephen Fry
“Love & Friendship is an unexpected delight, a tremendously witty adaptation of a little known Jane Austen novella. The film boasts surely the finest performance in Kate Beckinsale’s screen career” Independent
Love & Friendship shows just how funny Jane Austen can be -**** Telegraph
“What audacity, what elegance! Here is a hilariously self-aware period comedy polished to a brilliant sheen
Love & Friendship somehow feels like an undiscovered Oscar Wilde play. Guardian
FRIDAY 13th January 7.45PM
Free Entrance. Refreshments. Raffle
Silent projection
Hi Fi Sound
Special hi-fi headphones for those with hearing difficulties, please ask.
This is a beautiful adaptation of Jane Austen’s novella, Lady Susan, filmed on location in Ireland. With beautiful costumes and fine interiors it is a gem of a film.
Set in the 1790s, Love and Friendship centres on beautiful widow Lady Susan Vernon, who has taken up temporary residence at the estate of her in-laws to wait out colourful rumours about her dalliances circulating through polite society. Whilst there, while there, is determined to be a matchmaker for her daughter Frederica — and herself too, naturally.
Starring Kate Beckinsale, Stephen Fry
“Love & Friendship is an unexpected delight, a tremendously witty adaptation of a little known Jane Austen novella. The film boasts surely the finest performance in Kate Beckinsale’s screen career” Independent
Love & Friendship shows just how funny Jane Austen can be -**** Telegraph
“What audacity, what elegance! Here is a hilariously self-aware period comedy polished to a brilliant sheen
Love & Friendship somehow feels like an undiscovered Oscar Wilde play. Guardian
FRIDAY 13th January 7.45PM
Free Entrance. Refreshments. Raffle
Silent projection
Hi Fi Sound
Special hi-fi headphones for those with hearing difficulties, please ask.
Dory is a wide-eyed, blue tang fish who suffers from memory loss every 10 seconds or so. The one thing she can remember is that she somehow became separated from her parents as a child. With help from her friends Nemo and Marlin, Dory embarks on an epic adventure to find them.
Certificate PG
Dory is a wide-eyed, blue tang fish who suffers from memory loss every 10 seconds or so. The one thing she can remember is that she somehow became separated from her parents as a child. With help from her friends Nemo and Marlin, Dory embarks on an epic adventure to find them.
Certificate PG
Dad’s Army is a 2016 British war comedy film, based on the BBC television sitcom Dad’s Army. Directed by Oliver Parker, set in 1944, after the events depicted in the television series. The Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard platoon deal with a visiting female journalist and a German spy as World War II draws to its conclusion. Filmed on location in Yorkshire (Flamborough Head, Beverley, Bridlington).
Certificate PG
Starring Catherine Zeta Jones, Michael Gambon, Tom Courtenay, Bill Nighy, Toby Jones
Dory is a wide-eyed, blue tang fish who suffers from memory loss every 10 seconds or so. The one thing she can remember is that she somehow became separated from her parents as a child. With help from her friends Nemo and Marlin, Dory embarks on an epic adventure to find them.
Certificate PG
Dad’s Army is a 2016 British war comedy film, based on the BBC television sitcom Dad’s Army. Directed by Oliver Parker, set in 1944, after the events depicted in the television series. The Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard platoon deal with a visiting female journalist and a German spy as World War II draws to its conclusion. Filmed on location in Yorkshire (Flamborough Head, Beverley, Bridlington).
Certificate PG
Starring Catherine Zeta Jones, Michael Gambon, Tom Courtenay, Bill Nighy, Toby Jones
Florence Foster Jenkins was a wealthy grande dame and patron of the arts who notoriously deluded herself she was a talented opera singer, warbling off-key at excruciating private concerts and soirees. Meryl Streep plays her with great gusto, the empress proud of her new clothes. This Florence is a scary amazon to go with Streep’s impersonations of Margaret Thatcher and Emmeline Pankhurst. Hugh Grant plays her indulgent partner and chief courtier, a failed Shakespearian actor – and his performance is genuinely touching. Simon Helberg (from The Big Bang Theory) is her cowed accompanist, a man who finds himself along for an increasingly bumpy ride.
“Stephen Frears’s new film is based on a true story, but one of the biggest compliments it can be paid is that you wouldn’t know it. Florence Foster Jenkins feels less like a biopic than a classic postwar studio comedy – a pillowy paean to silliness, and the perfect antidote for sobering times.
That’s particularly appropriate given its subject: an American amateur opera singer whose voice brought joy to millions in the depths of wartime, largely because she could turn even the most graceful coloratura soprano line into what could only be described as a contaminated aria.
Foster Jenkins wasn’t famous because her singing sounded like a cat fighting a duck in a wheelie bin, but because she committed to it with the panache and depth of feeling of a peak-form Callas. Her records became instant collectors’ items, and her concerts sold out immediately. Florence Foster Jenkins put musique brut on the stage of Carnegie Hall in New York City and gave two bucks from every ticket sale to charity.”- Daily Telegraph 4 star review
The true story of how, in 2001, reporters at the Boston Globe investigated accusations of Catholic priests in Boston molesting children. Following on from leads, interviews with victims, existing court cases and extensive research they reveal decades of abuse. Moreover, they discover that the issue was far wider spread than they at first believed, that senior members of the diocese were aware of the issue and that the church systemically covered up the crimes.
WINNER BEST PICTURE IN THE RECENT OSCARS
Spotlight has been critically acclaimed, and has been included in many critics’ Top Ten Films of 2015 lists. The film has received over 100 industry and critics’ awards and nominations.
As always the Carnival & Recreation Committee do us proud, as can be seen in the proliferation of posts and photos here on the Blog. Indeed they come in fast and furious, so it can be hard to find what you are looking for. Here is a list of the posts and links to them, which will hopefully make reading the Blog easier:
This Thursday sees the popular family film night return to Wakes with Snoopy and Charlie Brown: the Peanuts Movie, here is a trailer to get you in the mood:
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