Cinema Guide May - June 2011

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A Young Vic / Warwick Arts Centre co-production

Government InspectorMon 23 – Sat 28 May

Celebrated comic actor Julian Barratt in a new production of the glorious Russian comedy.

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Tales of Beatrix Potter U

Date: Sat 4 Jun 1.30pm£4.50 (£2.50)Dir: Reginald MillsUK 1971 90minsCast: Frederick Ashton, Alexander Grant, Julie Wood, Wayne Sleep

Potter’s beloved characters such as Mrs. Tiggywinkle, Jemima Puddleduck and Peter Rabbit are beautifully brought to life by the fantastic dancers of the Ashton Ballet Company. Faultless dancing on an exceptional set with charming music make this a true delight for the whole family.

A Turtle’s Tale: Sammy’s Adventure U

Date: Sat 11 Jun 1.30pm£4.50 (£2.50)Dir: Ben StassenBelgium 2010 88minsCast: Melanie Griffith, Isabelle Fuhrman, Yuri Lowenthal, Tim Curry

This beautifully animated adventure follows Sammy the turtle and his journey through the ocean in search of his mate, Shelley. Hatched in 1959, he spends the next 50 years searching the oceans and beaches for his beloved. The scenery is gloriously realised and truly a delight to see. As he travels, he sees the effect of people on the ocean around him.

Son of Rambow 12A

Date: Sat 25 Jun 1.30pm£4.50 (£2.50)Dir: Garth JenningsUK 2007 96minsCast: Bill Milner, Will Poulter, Jessica Hynes

This critically acclaimed coming of age story follows the young Will (Milner) who, after seeing Rambo: First Blood, is convinced into making a sequel with the worst behaved boy in school, Lee (Poulter). Through making their sequel, the boys develop a deep friendship and become blood brothers. But when French exchange student Didier wants to get involved in the film, complications develop.

A film that is warm, likeable and honest while avoiding sentimentalism. Certainly a grown up kids film.

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Sat 21 Gnomeo and Juliet 1.30pmWater for Elephants 4pmWater for Elephants 6.30pmSource Code 9pm

Sun 22 Water for Elephants 4pmSource Code 7.30pm

Mon 23 Water for Elephants 6.30pmSource Code 9pm

Tue 24 Farewell 6.30pmWater for Elephants 9pm

Wed 25 Water for Elephants 4pmWater for Elephants 6.30pmFarewell 9pm

Thu 26 Farewell PSD 6.30pmWater for Elephants 9pm

Fri 27 Cedar Rapids 6.30pmThe Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec 8.30pm

Sat 28 The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec 4pm

The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec 6.30pm

Cedar Rapids 8.50pmSun 29 The Extraordinary Adventures of

Adèle Blanc-Sec 4pm

Cedar Rapids 7.30pmMon 30 The Extraordinary Adventures of


Cedar Rapids 7.30pmTue 31 Third Star Q&A 6.30pm

The Silent House 9pm

JuneWed 1 Cedar Rapids 4pm

The Silent House 6.30pmThird Star 8.30pm

Thu 2 Third Star 6.30pmThe Silent House 8.45pm

Fri 3 The King's Speech 6.30pmThe Way 9pm

Sat 4 Tales of Beatrix Potter 1.30pmThe Way 3.30pmThe Way 6.15pmThe King's Speech 9pm

Sun 5 The King's Speech 4pmThe Way 7.30pm

Mon 6 The Way 6.15pmLove Like Poison 9pm

Tue 7 The Way 6.15pmLove Like Poison 9pm

Wed 8 The Way 3.45pmRapid Eye Movement 6.30pmThe Way 8.45pm

Thu 9 The Way 6.15pmLove Like Poison 9pm

Fri 10 Louise-Michel 6.30pm13 Assassins 8.30pm

Sat 11 A Turtle's Tale 1.30pmThe King's Speech 4pmLouise-Michel PSD 6.30pm13 Assassins 8.30pm

Sun 12 13 Assassins 4pmLouise-Michel 7.30pm

Mon 13 13 Assassins 6pmBrighton Rock 9pm

Tue 14 Brighton Rock 6.30pmJulia's Eyes 8.50pm

Wed 15 Brighton Rock 4pmJulia's Eyes PSD 6.30pmBrighton Rock 8.50pm

Thu 16 Brighton Rock 6.30pmJulia's Eyes 8.50pm

Fri 17 Mammuth 6.30pmWin Win 8.45pm

Sat 18 The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo 1.30pmThe Girl Who Played With Fire 4.45pmThe Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest 8pm

Sun 19 Win Win 4pmMammuth 7.30pm

Mon 20 Mammuth PSD 6.30pmWin Win 8.45pm

Tue 21 Countdown to Zero Q&A 6.30pmMammuth 9pm

Wed 22 Mammuth 4pmThe Messenger 6.30pmWin Win 9pm

Thu 23 Win Win 6.30pmThe Messenger 8.50pm

Fri 24 The Beaver 6.30pmThe Messenger 8.45pm

Sat 25 Son of Rambow 1.30pmApocalypse Now 3.30pmThe Beaver 6.30pmThe Messenger 8.45pm

Sun 26 Apocalypse Now 4pmThe Beaver 7.30pm

Mon 27 The Messenger 6.30pmThe Beaver 9pm

Tue 28 The Beaver 6.30pmAngels of Evil 8.30pm

Wed 29 The Beaver 4pmAngels of Evil 6.15pmThe Beaver 9pm

Thu 30 The Beaver PSD 6.30pmAngels of Evil 8.30pm

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Gnomeo and Juliet U

Date: Sat 21 May 1.30pm£4.50 (£2.50)Dir: Kelly AsburyUK 2011 84minsCast: James McAvoy, Emily Blunt, Ashley Jensen, Maggie Smith, Michael Caine

This cheerful adaptation of Romeo and Juliet transfers the action to neighbouring London gardens with the blue gnomes (Montagues) and the red gnomes (Capulets). An all star cast includes James McAvoy and Emily Blunt as the star crossed lovers with Michael Caine and Maggie Smith as their parents. Complemented by a fun soundtrack from Elton John this is a treat for the whole family. (And the ending’s not as grim as Shakespeare!)

“… a cheerful, likable picture with a big heart.” The Guardian

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Our regular movie events for you to enjoy as a family

Give your opinion or pose questions for further debate on the film you have just seen in this series of post-screening discussions led by Julia Condon Jones.

Julia is a Film Studies teacher who has been leading the post-screening discussions (in the frame) at Warwick Arts Centre for two years and invites you to come and have a chat about the film you have just watched.

Everyone is welcome to talk about whatever issues the film has raised.

Little White Lies 15Fri 6 May 6pm

Inside Job 12ATue 10 May 6.15pm

Son of Babylon 12AThu 12 May 6.30pm

Farewell 12AThu 26 May 6.30pm

Louise-Michel 12ASat 11 Jun 6.30pm

Julia’s Eyes 15Wed 15 Jun 6.30pm

Mammuth 15Mon 20 Jun 6.30pm

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West Midlands Film HubWarwick Arts Centre and Screen WM have joined forces to create a Film Hub for the West Midlands. Come along to experience, understand, enjoy and even make movies.

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helloIt’s a bit like buses, you wait for one for ages, then a bunch come along all at once. So it is with French cinema it appears! But it has been worth the wait. A cluster of familiar names are here: Luc Besson, whose The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec, an ‘Indiana Jones in a dress’, is spectacular and will delight audiences of all ages. Gerard Depardieu returns to the big screen in Mammuth, a droll tale of a man obliged to revisit his past to assure his pension. This is directed by Gustave de Kervern and Benoît Delépine, who brought us the outrageous Aaltra a few years back. Now they have Mammuth and Louise-Michel, a magnificently dark comedy of redundancy and revenge starring the unforgettable Yolande Moreau. The Full Monty, this ain’t!

Love Like Poison is a coming of age tale set in small town Brittany and draws you in with its compelling story telling. In marked contrast but equally effective, is La Casa Muda, The Silent House, a spine tingling tale of the Old Dark House from Uruguay. Shot on no budget, it is an object lesson in economical storytelling and scaring you out of your wits!

Wim Wenders, maker of The Buena Vista Social Club and The Wings of Desire, returns with Pina, a portrait of dance pioneer Pina Bausch in one of the most effective and engaging films about dance I have seen, worthy of the innovator that it portrays.

Avid readers will doubtless have picked up on the best seller, Water for Elephants, which now arrives as a beautiful and atmospheric romantic drama, set in the world of the travelling circus in Depression America, with Reese Witherspoon and Twilight heart-throb Robert Pattinson, proving there is more to him than just a pretty face.

Enjoy!

John Gore. Film Programmer

The Tempest

Cover Image: Mammuth The Tempest PG

Date: Fri 29 Apr – Thu 5 MayDir: Julie TaymorUS 2010 110minsCast: Helen Mirren, Felicity Jones, Djimon Honsou

In this adaptation of Shakespeare’s final play, Julie Taymor changes the gender of the main character, but leaves much of the rest unchanged. This allows Prospera to be played by Helen Mirren at the height of her powers. The phenomenal central performance from Mirren alone makes the film worth seeing but the supporting cast includes Alfred Molina, Tom Conti, Russell Brand and Ben Whishaw.

Shakespeare’s classic with a refreshing twist.

“Taymor’s winningly cast, imaginative take on Shakespeare passes the test of bringing the Bard to film.” Empire


Route Irish

Essential Killing

Route Irish 15

Date: Fri 29 Apr – Tue 3 MayDir: Ken LoachUK 2010 109minsCast: Mark Womack, Andrea Lowe, John Bishop

Fergus (Womack) returns to his native Liverpool for the funeral of his childhood friend Frankie (Bishop), a fellow private security contractor who has been killed on ‘Route Irish’, the deadly and now infamous stretch of road between Baghdad airport and the Green Zone.

Refusing to accept the official account of his best friend’s death, Fergus launches his own investigation, fuelled by the discovery of a cell phone on which Frankie had recorded the shooting of an innocent Iraqi family just days before his own death.

As his investigation ramps up Fergus soon draws the heat of those he is investigating and a once dirty foreign war is transferred to the streets of Liverpool and pursued on home turf.

Ken Loach’s latest film is a return to what he is known for – hard hitting, angry dramas.

Essential Killing 15

Date: Wed 4 & Thu 5 MayDir: Jerzy SkolimowskiPoland / Norway / Ireland / Hungary 2010 83mins subtitledCast: Vincent Gallo, Emmanuelle Seigner, David L. Price

Vincent Gallo stars as a man on the run…

Captured in Afghanistan by US forces, Mohammed is subject to interrogation and rendition. In the course of his journey through an unnamed European country, he escapes across a snow-covered landscape where he attempts to live off the land, eventually having his wounds tended by a deaf and mute woman.

Virtually without dialogue, its simple and in some ways traditional narrative recalls The Fugitive – but transformed through imaginative cinematography, clever use of natural imagery and perfect timing. A powerful reminder that in any conflict, one side does not hold a prerogative on human feeling and experience.

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Little White Lies 15 Les Petits Mouchoirs

Date: Fri 6 – Sun 8 MayDir: Guillaume CanetFrance 2010 154mins subtitledCast: François Cluzet, Marion Cotillard, Benoît Magimel

Marion Cotillard and François Cluzet head a terrific cast in this acerbic group portrait of the Parisian bourgeoisie on holiday, from Tell No One director Guillaume Canet.

A group of long-term friends get together for a holiday and end up confronting their personal truths and traumas. While Ludo, the biggest bon vivant in the crowd, faces a crisis of his own, the friends head off for their annual holiday at the seaside house of Max, a successful but hyper-stressed restaurateur. Inevitable, the friends soon come to terms with their own secrets, anxieties and desires, with Max in particular heading for meltdown after being rattled by an intimate confession from his closest friend.

Black Swan 15

Date: Fri 6 – Mon 9 MayDir: Darren AronofskyUS 2010 108minsCast: Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Winona Ryder, Vincent Cassel

A psychological thriller set in the world of a New York City ballet. Black Swan stars Natalie Portman in an Oscar winning performance as Nina, a featured dancer who finds herself locked in a web of competitive intrigue with a new rival at the company. This is a thrilling and at times terrifying journey through the psyche of a young ballerina whose starring role as the Swan Queen turns out to be a part for which she becomes frighteningly perfect.

“Natalie Portman excels in this gripping ballet psychodrama from Darren Aronofsky.” HHHH The Guardian

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Inside Job 12A

Date: Mon 9 – Wed 11 MayDir: Charles FergusonUS 2010 120minsCast: Matt Damon (narrator)

Charles Ferguson takes a bi-partisan, apolitical look into what actually caused the economic crash in 2008. This is a supremely rational look at the crisis and explores a broad range of highly informed economists, academics, psychologists, journalists and politicians to get to the bottom of who and what caused the crisis.

Directed with a clear head and a clenched fist, this is a measured, sensible exploration of the issues giving a comprehensive and understandable picture of the crash. Rejecting Michael Moore style stunts for statistics and a sober and mature examination, this is a truly must-see documentary.

Meek’s Cutoff PG

Date: Tue 10 – Thu 12 MayDir: Kelly ReichardtUS 2010 104mins Cast: Michelle Williams, Paul Dano, Bruce Greenwood, Shirley Henderson

An absorbing and beautifully composed western, set on the Oregon trail in the 1840s.

A wagon train of three families has hired mountain man Stephen Meek to guide them over the Cascade Mountains. Claiming to know a shortcut, he leads the group on an unmarked path over the high plain desert, only to become lost in the arid rock and sage. As food and water run low, tensions emerge, and the group’s faith in Meek and in their own ability to survive is sorely tested.

Son of Babylon 12A

Date: Wed 11 & Thu 12 MayDir: Mohamed Al DaradjiIraq / UK / France / Netherlands / UAE / Egypt / Palestine 2009 100mins subtitledCast: Shazda Hussein, Yasser Talib

Northern Iraq, 2003. Two weeks after the fall of Saddam Hussein. Ahmed, a 12-year-old boy begrudgingly follows in the shadows of his grandmother.

On hearing news that prisoners of war have been found alive in the South, she is determined to discover the fate of her missing son, Ahmed’s father, who never returned from the Gulf War.

From the mountains of Kurdistan to the sands of Babylon, they hitch rides from strangers and cross paths with fellow pilgrims on all too similar journeys. Struggling to understand his grandmother’s search, Ahmed follows in the forgotten footsteps of a father he never knew. This journey will lead the boy, to come of age.

Son of BabylonMeek’s CutoffInside Job

Silken Skin PG

La Peau Douce

Date: Fri 13 & Sat 14 MayDir: François TruffautFrance 1964 118mins subtitledCast: Jean Desailly, Françoise Dorléac, Nelly Benedetti

Silken Skin is regarded by critics as one of Truffaut’s finest films and yet is sadly neglected. It tells the story of a celebrity lecturer (Dessailly) who begins an affair with an air hostess (Dorléac).

“It’s stunningly assured, suspenseful, emotionally truthful and tough” Daily Telegraph

A rare chance to see a neglected film by a true master and a fantastic performance from Dorléac, Catherine Deneuve’s elder sister whose career was cut tragically short.

True Grit 15

Date: Fri 13 – Sun 15 May & Wed 18 MayDir: Ethan and Joel CoenUS 2010 110minsCast: Matt Damon, Jeff Bridges, Josh Brolin, Hailee Steinfield

This remake of the 1969 classic western by the Coen Brothers (Fargo, No Country for Old Men) sees a 14-year old girl (Steinfield) hire a man with ‘true grit’ to help her hunt down the killer of her father. She finds Reuben Cogburn (Bridges) a true reprobate and the toughest U.S. marshal around. His less than noble character makes her insist on following him and they are joined by Texas ranger LaBoeuf (Damon) who is hunting the killer for his own reasons.

“A classic American Western. Damon expertly navigates the line between foolish and loveable, and Bridges is sublime. True Grit is a classic expertly revisited.” Time

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The Blood of a Poet Le sang d’un poète

Date: Sun 15 May 8pm£10 (£8)Dir: Jean CocteauFrance 1930 55mins subtitledCast: Enrique Rivero, Elizabeth Lee Miller

It makes perfect sense that one of the most innovative forces in alternative music would apply his talent to one of the most innovative forces in cinema.

Live in person, Steven Severin takes poetic licence in presenting an avant-garde music event steeped in the darkness and light of the seductively surreal images by Jean Cocteau on screen.

One of cinema’s great experiments, The Blood of a Poet is the first instalment of the Orphic Trilogy and stretches the medium to its limits in an effort to capture the poet’s obsession with the struggle between the forces of life and death.

every minute, always by Melanie Wilson and Abigail Conway

Date: Mon 16 & Tue 17 May 7pmCinema £8 (£6), Under 26s £6 (tickets must be bought in pairs)Ages: 14+

every minute, always is a unique headphones performance for two people that takes place in a cinema. Seated amongst other couples, this highly crafted experience unfolds for each participant through headphones and in concert with what they see on screen. From the intimate, low-lit vantage of the cinema seat, the participant is guided by the voice of the narrator into a rich and sonically transporting world of cinematic perspective.

This is a captivating experience for two people, well suited to friends, families and work colleagues. It can also be undertaken by adventurous strangers too.

Pina UDate: Mon 16 – Wed 18 MayDir: Wim WendersGermany 2011 106mins subtitledCast: Regina Advento, Malou Airaudo, Ruth Amarante

Dancer Pina Bausch is legendary. As celebrated as Isadora Duncan and Martha Graham, she transformed the language of dance. Designed to ignite emotion in the viewer, Pina’s multi-media creations offered a visual experience like no other. This feature-length dance film with the ensemble of the Tanztheater Wuppertal, showcases the unique and inspiring art of the great German choreographer, who died in the summer of 2009.

Director Wim Wenders (Buena Vista Social Club, Wings of Desire) takes the audience straight onto the stage with the legendary ensemble and follows the dancers into the city and the surrounding area of Wuppertal. A visual stunning journey of discovery.

“Wim Wenders and Pina Bausch… a perfect match.” Hollywood Reporter

“A thrilling piece of cinema.” HHHHH The Times

The Blood of a Poet

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BAFTA ShortsDate: Thu 19 May108mins approx

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts’ Short Film and Short Animated Film Awards are open to entries from the UK only. Hundreds of short films are entered for selection each year, and two BAFTA juries, comprised of industry professionals, decide the overall winners. This is your opportunity to see their final choices.

A Small Act 12A

Date: Wed 18 & Thu 19 MayDir: Jennifer ArnoldUS 2010 88minsCast: Chris Mburu

When Hilde Back sponsored a young, rural Kenyan student, she thought nothing of it. She certainly never expected to hear from him, but years later she does. Now a Harvard graduate and a Human Rights Lawyer for the United Nations, Chris Mburu decides to find the stranger who changed his life. Inspired by her generosity, he starts a scholarship programme of his own and names it for his former benefactor.

Using a strong narrative, the film interweaves seemingly separate lives into a cohesive whole. With clarity and grace, A Small Act bears witness to the ripple effect a single action can create.

“A Small Act is a precious and inspiring tale… Filmmaker Jennifer Arnold gracefully and fluidly tells the uplifting story of Hilde Back and Chris Mburu.” The Hollywood Reporter

Source Code 12A

Date: Fri 20 – Mon 23 MayDir: Duncan JonesUS 2011 93minsCast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan, Vera Farmiga, Jeffrey Wright

When decorated soldier Captain Colter Stevens (Gyllenhaal) wakes up in the body of an unknown man, he discovers he’s part of a mission to find the bomber of a Chicago commuter train. He learns he’s part of a government experiment called the Source Code, a programme that enables him to cross over into another man’s identity in the last 8 minutes of his life. With a second, much larger target threatening to kill millions in downtown Chicago, Colter re-lives the incident over and over again, gathering clues each time, until he can solve the mystery of who is behind the bombs and prevent the next attack.

Inception meets Groundhog Day in this exceptional film from one of the most original sci-fi directors working today, Duncan Jones (Moon).

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Water for Elephants 12A

Date: Fri 20 – Thu 26 MayDir: Francis LawrenceUS 2011 120minsCast: Robert Pattinson, Reese Witherspoon, Christoph Waltz

In 1930s America, student veterinarian Jacob (Pattinson) learns that his parents have died shortly before his final exams. He suffers a breakdown and jumps on a train only to discover that it is a circus train. There he meets and falls in love with the beautiful, but married, equestrian Marlena (Witherspoon).

Beautifully shot and hauntingly evocative, this adaptation of Sara Gruen’s award winning New York Times bestseller depicts a love story against the magical backdrop of the circus.

Son of Babylon

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Water for Elephants

Farewell 12AL’affaire Farewell

Date: Tue 24 – Thu 26 MayDir: Christian CarionFrance 2009 113mins subtitledCast: Diane Kruger, Willem Dafoe, Guillaume Canet

In the 1980s a disgruntled KGB agent gave away information to the Americans and the French which ended up undermining and ultimately causing the downfall of the Soviet regime. Christian Carion (Joyeux Noel) takes the basic facts and embellishes them to make this excellent spy thriller.

“Astonishing… like any good thriller, this is the story of deceptions within deceptions. It’s juicy, fascinating stuff.” Variety

“Harrowing! A richly human and well-acted espionage tale.” Screen Daily

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The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec 12A

Les aventures extraordinairs d’Adèle Blanc-Sec

Date: Fri 27 – Mon 30 MayDir: Luc BessonFrance 2010 107mins subtitledCast: Louise Bourgoin, Mathieu Amalric, Gilles Lellouche

Luc Besson (The Fifth Element, Leon) adapts the popular French comics of the same name by Jacques Tardi. Adèle (Bourgoin) is essentially a female Indiana Jones, an intrepid reporter who will go to any lengths to achieve her goals including sailing to Egypt to tackle mummies of all shapes and sizes!

This is a classic adventure film with a fantastic cast including Mathieu Amalric (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly) as the villainous Dieuleveult.

Cedar Rapids 15

Date: Fri 27 – Mon 30 May & Wed 1 JunDir: Miguel ArtetaUS 2011 87minsCast: Sigourney Weaver, Ed Helms, John C. Reilly, Anne Heche

To call insurance agent Tim Lippe ‘naïve’ is a gross understatement. He’s never left his small hometown. He’s never stayed at a hotel. And he’s never experienced anything like Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Sent to represent his company at the annual insurance convention, Tim is soon distracted by three convention veterans who will show him the ropes and push his boundaries. For a guy who plays everything by the book, this convention will be anything but conventional.

This uproarious and uplifting comedy features an all star cast including John C. Reilly (Chicago, Boogie Nights) Anne Heche (Ally McBeal, Birth) and Isiah Whitlock Jr. (The Wire).

“A tender, raunchy comedy.” New York Times

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The King’s Speech 12A

Date: Fri 3 – Sun 5 JunDir: Tom HooperUK / Australia 2010 118minsCast: Colin Firth, Helena Bonham Carter, Geoffrey Rush

The unlikely subject of this costume drama is George VI’s stutter. After his brother abdicates, George (Firth) reluctantly assumes the throne. Plagued by a speech impediment and considered unfit to be king, he consults an unorthodox Australian speech therapist, Lionel Logue (Rush). Logue and George strike up an unlikely friendship, and as a result George is able to find his voice and lead the country through war.

A stellar cast including Timothy Spall and Derek Jacobi unite to tell this surprisingly unknown story about a man’s struggle to ascend the throne and leave his people.

Winner of seven BAFTAs and four Oscars including Best Director, Actor and Film.

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Date: Tue 31 May – Thu 2 JunDir: Hattie DaltonUK 2010 92 minsCast: Hugh Bonneville, Tom Burke, Benedict Cumberbatch

James (Cumberbatch) wants to make the most of his life – what’s left of it.

He invites his three closest friends to join him on a camping trip to his favourite place in the world. The undertaking, however, is fraught with practical difficulties, surreal encounters and emotionally ravaging revelations. For his best friend Miles, the trip means wrestling with the gloomy reality that the ones he loves tend to die. For Davy it’s about being there and holding the effort together, while for Bill it’s about running away from the mistakes he’s made and the comfortable trap that is his life.

Each step of the journey is one step further from the past and to a brave new world about courage, dignity and the beauty that lies in the friendship between these four young men.

Q&A with producer and member of the cast following the screening on Tue 31 May

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La Casa Muda

Date: Tue 31 May – Thu 2 JunDir: Gustavo HernándezUruguay 2010 86mins subtitledCast: Florencia Colucci, Abel Tripaldi, Gustavo Alonso

Laura and her father settle down in a cottage off the beaten track in order to update it, since its owner will soon put the house on sale. Everything seems to be going smoothly until Laura hears a sound that comes from outside and gets louder and louder in the upper floor of the house. Her father goes up to see what is going on while she remains downstairs on her own waiting for him to come down…

Shot on a budget of around $6,000 in one take this is an excellent example of film making and a tense thriller to boot!

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The Silent House

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REMRapid Eye MovementDate: Wed 8 Jun £3.50

The showcase of the best of short film making from our region will present a sparkling selection of the serious and silly, drama, animation, documentary or music video.

If you would like to submit a film for inclusion, it should be less than 15mins in duration, on DVD, DigiBeta, Beta SP or 35 mm film and sent to:

John Gore, Film Programmer, Warwick Arts Centre, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL by Fri 3 Jun.

The Way 12A

Date: Fri 3 – Thu 9 JunDir: Emilio EstevezUS 2010 129minsCast: Martin Sheen, Emilio Estevez, James Nesbitt

Martin Sheen is directed by his son in this beautiful drama. He plays Tom, a father travelling the Camino pilgrimage in Spain to recover the body of his estranged son. Unlike many other pilgrimages, the Camino isn’t about personal healing, but about discovery and Tom uses the journey to learn about his son.

This deeply personal film has a majestic central performance from Sheen as well as the stunning landscape of Spain surrounding it. A touching and deeply moving piece of cinema.

Love Like Poison 15

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Date: Mon 6 – Thu 9 JunDir: Katell QuillévéréFrance 2010 92mins subtitledCast: Clara Augarde, Lio, Michel Galabru

Young teenager Anna (Augarde) comes home from her Catholic boarding school for the holidays to discover her father has left. Her mother is devastated and seeks comfort from the local priest. Anna finds herself growing close to Pierre, a free spirited teenager who cares little for God. While Anna prepares for her confirmation her budding desire for Pierre shakes her faith.

A brilliantly presented and charmingly executed film that discusses the ideas of childhood innocence and the fragility of adulthood.

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Louise-Michel

Louise-Michel 12A

Date: Fri 10 – Sun 12 JunDir: Gustave de Kervern, Benoît DelépineBelgium 2008 93mins subtitledCast: Yolande Moreau, Bouli Lanners, Benoît Poelvoorde

Absurdist French filmmakers Benoît Delépine and Gustave Kervern follow up Aaltra with Louise-Michel, a wonderfully unpredictable, left-of-centre comedy in which the recently-fired female employees of a children’s clothing factory pool their funds in order to put a ‘hit’ on their callous boss.

Out of work and down on her luck ex-con Louise proposes to her jobless sisters the idea of ridding the world of the man responsible for their dire situation. While security specialist Michel seems like the perfect candidate to carry out the hit, his ineptitude is so great that he attempts to sub-contract the job to a series of inexperienced – and highly inappropriate – assassins.

“Gleefully anarchic, relentlessly subversive and furiously funny.” HHHH Empire

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Jûsan-nin no shikaku

Date: Fri 10 – Mon 13 JunDir: Takashi Miike Japan 2010 141mins subtitledCast: Kôji Yakusho, Takayuki Yamada, Yûsuke Iseva

The latest film from Takashi Miike (Audition) sees thirteen Samurai teaming up to take out the sadistic Lord Naritsugu. They set a trap for him in a nearby town and prepare to kill him and his seventy guards.

This masterful piece of story-telling is Miike’s most accomplished feature to date with a strong cast and a phenomenal final act.

“13 Assassins is pure pleasure. It culminates in a magnificent 45-minute showdown that has to be the best final battle sequence in cinema since, oh Kill Bill at least.” Screendaily.com

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Brighton Rock 15

Date: Mon 13 – Thu 16 JunDir: Rowan JofféUK 2011 107minsCast: Helen Mirren, John Hurt, Andy Serkis, Sam Riley, Andrea Riseborough

Another chance to see one of this year’s favourites.

Based on the 1938 British noir classic by Graham Greene, Rowan Joffe’s Brighton Rock is set in the mods and rockers era of the 60s. It charts the headlong fall of Pinkie (Sam Riley, Control), a razor-wielding disadvantaged teenager hell bent on clawing his way up through the ranks of organised crime. At the heart of the story is Pinkie’s relationship with Rose (Riseborough), an apparently innocent young waitress who stumbles on evidence linking Pinkie and his gang to a revenge killing.

Julia’s Eyes 15

Los ojos de Julia

Date: Tue 14 – Thu 16 JunDir: Guillem MoralesSpain 2010 112mins subtitledCast: Belén Rueda, Lluís Homar, Pablo Derqui

Julia (Rueda) must investigate the suspicious suicide of her blind twin sister when she is found dead in her basement. Shortly after the discovery, Julia’s eyes begin to fail and she has an eye transplant. When recovering from the surgery in her sister’s house she begins to feel that she is being watched…

Much of the team who made The Orphanage including producer Guillermo del Toro return to make this tense thriller.

Brighton Rock

Julia’s Eyes

Mammuth 15

Date: Fri 17 – Wed 22 JunDir: Gustave de Kervern, Benoît DelépineFrance 2010 92mins subtitledCast: Gérard Depardieu, Yolande Moreau, Isabelle Adjani

Mammuth is the story of a man, a mission and a motorbike. Serge (Depardieu) is an abattoir worker who retires only to find that he doesn’t have a pension and needs to track down paperwork from his former employers. Hitting the road on his Mammuth bike, he has a series of variously humiliating and inspiring encounters – including a reunion with a long-lost cousin, the cue for one of the most outrageous sight gags in recent cinema.

The cult directors Kervern and Delépine return with an incredible cast with seven best acting Césars (French Oscars) between Depardieu and Adjani alone!

Win Win 15

Date: Fri 17 – Thu 23 JunDir: Thomas McCarthyUS 2011 106minsCast: Paul Giamatti, Amy Ryan, Jeffrey Tambor, Alex Shaffer

In the game of life, you can’t lose them all.

Disheartened attorney Mike Flaherty (Giamatti), who moonlights as a high school wrestling coach, stumbles across a star athlete through some questionable business dealings while trying to support his family. Just as it looks like he will get a double payday, the boy’s mother shows up fresh from rehab and flat broke, threatening to derail everything.

With a stellar cast, including the incomparable Jeffrey Tambor (Arrested Development) on top form, Win Win promises to be a heart-warming comedy drama.

The Millennium Trilogy 15

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo / The Girl Who Played With Fire / The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest

Date: Sat 18 JunDir: Daniel AlfredsonSweden/ Denmark / Germany Cast: Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace, Lena Endre

A ticket for all 3 for just £15 [including booking fees]

The Millennium Trilogy marathon. Join us as we screen all three films in the Trilogy – so whether you missed them the first time around or want to see them again on the big screen, here’s your chance.

Noomi Rapace is Lisbeth Salander the computer hacker alongside Michael Nyqvist as Mikael Blomkvist her journalist ally in these three thriller films based on the popular novels.

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The Messenger tbc

Date: Wed 22 – Mon 27 JunDir: Oren MovermanUS 2009 113minsCast: Ben Foster, Samantha Morton, Woody Harrelson

In this powerful and tender story, Will Montgomery has just returned home from a tour in Iraq and is assigned to the Army’s Casualty Notification service. Partnered with fellow officer Tony Stone to bear the bad news to the loved ones of fallen soldiers, Will faces the challenge of completing his mission while seeking to find comfort and healing back on the home front. When he finds himself drawn to Olivia, to whom he has just delivered the news of her husband’s death, Will’s emotional detachment begins to dissolve and the film reveals itself as a surprising, humorous, moving and very human portrait of grief, friendship and survival.

Featuring tour-de-force performances from Foster, Harrelson and Morton, and a brilliant directorial debut by Moverman, The Messenger brings us into the inner lives of these outwardly steely heroes to reveal their fragility with compassion and dignity.

Countdown to Zero tbc

Date: Tue 21 JunDir: Lucy WalkerUS 2010 91 minsCast: Graham Allison, James Baker III, Bruce Blair as themselves

Official selection: Cannes Film Festival 2010 and Sundance Film Festival 2010

In this chilling documentary Lucy traces the history of the atomic bomb from its origins to the present state of global affairs: nine nations possess nuclear weapons capabilities with others racing to join them, with the world held in a delicate balance that could be shattered by an act of terrorism, failed diplomacy, or a simple accident. She interviews a number of high profile talking heads including Jimmy Carter, Tony Blair, Pervez Musharaff and Mikhail Gorbachev. This is truly frightening documentary showing that the nuclear threat is far from over.

Q&A broadcast via satellite follows this screening.

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The Beaver

The Beaver tbc

Date: Fri 24 – Thu 30 JunDir: Jodie FosterUS 2011 90minsCast: Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, Anton Yelchin

Two-time Academy Award winner Jodie Foster directs and co-stars with two-time Academy Award winner Mel Gibson in The Beaver, an emotional story about a man on a journey to rediscover his family and re-start his life. Plagued by his own demons, Walter Black was once a successful toy executive and family man who now suffers from depression. No matter what he tries, Walter cannot seem to get himself back on track… until a beaver hand puppet enters his life.

This strong fourth film from Jodie Foster is exceptionally moving with stunning performances from the whole cast.

ApocalypseNow 15

Date: Sat 25 & Sun 26 JunDir: Francis Ford CoppolaUS 1979 148minsCast: Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Martin Sheen

Heralded by many as the film that crystallises most perfectly the experience of the Vietnam War, Francis Ford Coppola’s hallucinatory masterpiece Apocalypse Now has been painstakingly restored by his own Zoetrope studios under his close supervision and is released back into cinemas in 2011.

Regularly topping polls of the Best Film Ever, this iconic film about the hell of war has captivated audiences for decades, so let your senses be assaulted by the power of this film, now beautifully restored as you’ve never seen it before.

Angels of Evil 15

Vallanzasca – Gli angeli del male

Date: Tue 28 – Thu 30 JunDir: Michele PlacidoItaly/France 2010 125mins subtitledCast: Kim Rossi Stuart, Filippo Timi, Moritz Bleibtreu

A biography of Milanese bank robber Renato Vallanzasca. This charismatic criminal is currently serving four consecutive life sentences. His colourful backstory includes multiple robberies of banks and supermarkets and numerous prison escape attempts including helping to instigate prison riots.

A fascinating portrait of one of Italy’s most notorious criminals.

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Apocalypse Now

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MaySun 1 The Tempest 4pm

Route Irish 7.30pmMon 2 Route Irish 4pm

The Tempest 7.30pmTue 3 The Tempest 6.30pm

Route Irish 9pmWed 4 The Tempest 4pm

The Tempest 6.30pmEssential Killing 9pm

Thu 5 The Tempest 6.30pmEssential Killing 9pm

Fri 6 Little White Lies PSD 6pmBlack Swan 9.15pm

Sat 7 Of Gods and Men 3.45pmBlack Swan 6.15pmLittle White Lies 8.45pm

Sun 8 Little White Lies 4pmBlack Swan 7.30pm

Mon 9 Black Swan 6.15pmInside Job 9pm

Tue 10 Inside Job PSD 6.15pmMeek's Cutoff 8.50pm

Wed 11 Inside Job 4pmMeek's Cutoff 6.30pmSon of Babylon 9pm

Thu 12 Son of Babylon PSD 6.30pmMeek's Cutoff 8.45pm

Fri 13 True Grit 6.30pmSilken Skin 8.50pm

Sat 14 True Grit 4pmSilken Skin 6.30pmTrue Grit 9pm

Sun 15 True Grit 4pmSteven Severin: The Blood of a Poet 8pm

Mon 16 every minute, always 7pmPina 8.30pm

Tue 17 every minute, always 7pm

Pina 8.30pmWed 18 True Grit 4pm

A Small Act 6.30pmPina 8.30pm

Thu 19 BAFTA Shorts 6.30pmA Small Act 9pm

Fri 20 Source Code 6.30pmWater for Elephants 8.45pm

quick guideFilms A-Z13 Assassins p13A Small Act p08A Turtle's Tale p21Angels of Evil p17Apocalypse Now p17BAFTA Shorts p08Beaver (The) p17Black Swan p04Blood of a Poet (The) p07Brighton Rock p14Cedar Rapids p10Countdown to Zero p16Essential Killing p03every minute, always p07Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec (The) p10Farewell p09Gnomeo & Juliet p20Inside Job p05Julia's Eyes p14King's Speech (The) p11Little White Lies p04Louise-Michel p13Love Like Poison p12Mammuth p15Meek's Cutoff p05Messenger (The) p16Millennium Trilogy (The) p15Pina p07REM: Rapid Eye Movement p12Route Irish p03Silent House (The) p11Silken Skin p06Son of Babylon p05Son of Rambow p21Source Code p08Tales of Beatrix Potter p21Tempest (The) p02Third Star p11True Grit p06Water for Elephants p09Way (The) p12Win Win p15


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Sat 21 Gnomeo and Juliet 1.30pmWater for Elephants 4pmWater for Elephants 6.30pmSource Code 9pm

Sun 22 Water for Elephants 4pmSource Code 7.30pm

Mon 23 Water for Elephants 6.30pmSource Code 9pm

Tue 24 Farewell 6.30pmWater for Elephants 9pm

Wed 25 Water for Elephants 4pmWater for Elephants 6.30pmFarewell 9pm

Thu 26 Farewell PSD 6.30pmWater for Elephants 9pm

Fri 27 Cedar Rapids 6.30pmThe Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec 8.30pm

Sat 28 The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec 4pm

The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec 6.30pm

Cedar Rapids 8.50pmSun 29 The Extraordinary Adventures of


Cedar Rapids 7.30pmMon 30 The Extraordinary Adventures of


Cedar Rapids 7.30pmTue 31 Third Star Q&A 6.30pm

The Silent House 9pm

JuneWed 1 Cedar Rapids 4pm

The Silent House 6.30pmThird Star 8.30pm

Thu 2 Third Star 6.30pmThe Silent House 8.45pm

Fri 3 The King's Speech 6.30pmThe Way 9pm

Sat 4 Tales of Beatrix Potter 1.30pmThe Way 3.30pmThe Way 6.15pmThe King's Speech 9pm

Sun 5 The King's Speech 4pmThe Way 7.30pm

Mon 6 The Way 6.15pmLove Like Poison 9pm

Tue 7 The Way 6.15pmLove Like Poison 9pm

Wed 8 The Way 3.45pmRapid Eye Movement 6.30pmThe Way 8.45pm

Thu 9 The Way 6.15pmLove Like Poison 9pm

Fri 10 Louise-Michel 6.30pm13 Assassins 8.30pm

Sat 11 A Turtle's Tale 1.30pmThe King's Speech 4pmLouise-Michel PSD 6.30pm13 Assassins 8.30pm

Sun 12 13 Assassins 4pmLouise-Michel 7.30pm

Mon 13 13 Assassins 6pmBrighton Rock 9pm

Tue 14 Brighton Rock 6.30pmJulia's Eyes 8.50pm

Wed 15 Brighton Rock 4pmJulia's Eyes PSD 6.30pmBrighton Rock 8.50pm

Thu 16 Brighton Rock 6.30pmJulia's Eyes 8.50pm

Fri 17 Mammuth 6.30pmWin Win 8.45pm

Sat 18 The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo 1.30pmThe Girl Who Played With Fire 4.45pmThe Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest 8pm

Sun 19 Win Win 4pmMammuth 7.30pm

Mon 20 Mammuth PSD 6.30pmWin Win 8.45pm

Tue 21 Countdown to Zero Q&A 6.30pmMammuth 9pm

Wed 22 Mammuth 4pmThe Messenger 6.30pmWin Win 9pm

Thu 23 Win Win 6.30pmThe Messenger 8.50pm

Fri 24 The Beaver 6.30pmThe Messenger 8.45pm

Sat 25 Son of Rambow 1.30pmApocalypse Now 3.30pmThe Beaver 6.30pmThe Messenger 8.45pm

Sun 26 Apocalypse Now 4pmThe Beaver 7.30pm

Mon 27 The Messenger 6.30pmThe Beaver 9pm

Tue 28 The Beaver 6.30pmAngels of Evil 8.30pm

Wed 29 The Beaver 4pmAngels of Evil 6.15pmThe Beaver 9pm

Thu 30 The Beaver PSD 6.30pmAngels of Evil 8.30pm

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Gnomeo and Juliet U

Date: Sat 21 May 1.30pm£4.50 (£2.50)Dir: Kelly AsburyUK 2011 84minsCast: James McAvoy, Emily Blunt, Ashley Jensen, Maggie Smith, Michael Caine

This cheerful adaptation of Romeo and Juliet transfers the action to neighbouring London gardens with the blue gnomes (Montagues) and the red gnomes (Capulets). An all star cast includes James McAvoy and Emily Blunt as the star crossed lovers with Michael Caine and Maggie Smith as their parents. Complemented by a fun soundtrack from Elton John this is a treat for the whole family. (And the ending’s not as grim as Shakespeare!)

“… a cheerful, likable picture with a big heart.” The Guardian

Gnomeo and Juliet

Our regular movie events for you to enjoy as a family

Give your opinion or pose questions for further debate on the film you have just seen in this series of post-screening discussions led by Julia Condon Jones.

Julia is a Film Studies teacher who has been leading the post-screening discussions (in the frame) at Warwick Arts Centre for two years and invites you to come and have a chat about the film you have just watched.

Everyone is welcome to talk about whatever issues the film has raised.

Little White Lies 15Fri 6 May 6pm

Inside Job 12ATue 10 May 6.15pm

Son of Babylon 12AThu 12 May 6.30pm

Farewell 12AThu 26 May 6.30pm

Louise-Michel 12ASat 11 Jun 6.30pm

Julia’s Eyes 15Wed 15 Jun 6.30pm

Mammuth 15Mon 20 Jun 6.30pm

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West Midlands Film HubWarwick Arts Centre and Screen WM have joined forces to create a Film Hub for the West Midlands. Come along to experience, understand, enjoy and even make movies.

Sign up for weekly film listing emails at www.warwickartscentre.co.uk

helloIt’s a bit like buses, you wait for one for ages, then a bunch come along all at once. So it is with French cinema it appears! But it has been worth the wait. A cluster of familiar names are here: Luc Besson, whose The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec, an ‘Indiana Jones in a dress’, is spectacular and will delight audiences of all ages. Gerard Depardieu returns to the big screen in Mammuth, a droll tale of a man obliged to revisit his past to assure his pension. This is directed by Gustave de Kervern and Benoît Delépine, who brought us the outrageous Aaltra a few years back. Now they have Mammuth and Louise-Michel, a magnificently dark comedy of redundancy and revenge starring the unforgettable Yolande Moreau. The Full Monty, this ain’t!

Love Like Poison is a coming of age tale set in small town Brittany and draws you in with its compelling story telling. In marked contrast but equally effective, is La Casa Muda, The Silent House, a spine tingling tale of the Old Dark House from Uruguay. Shot on no budget, it is an object lesson in economical storytelling and scaring you out of your wits!

Wim Wenders, maker of The Buena Vista Social Club and The Wings of Desire, returns with Pina, a portrait of dance pioneer Pina Bausch in one of the most effective and engaging films about dance I have seen, worthy of the innovator that it portrays.

Avid readers will doubtless have picked up on the best seller, Water for Elephants, which now arrives as a beautiful and atmospheric romantic drama, set in the world of the travelling circus in Depression America, with Reese Witherspoon and Twilight heart-throb Robert Pattinson, proving there is more to him than just a pretty face.

Enjoy!

John Gore. Film Programmer

The Tempest

Cover Image: Mammuth The Tempest PG

Date: Fri 29 Apr – Thu 5 MayDir: Julie TaymorUS 2010 110minsCast: Helen Mirren, Felicity Jones, Djimon Honsou

In this adaptation of Shakespeare’s final play, Julie Taymor changes the gender of the main character, but leaves much of the rest unchanged. This allows Prospera to be played by Helen Mirren at the height of her powers. The phenomenal central performance from Mirren alone makes the film worth seeing but the supporting cast includes Alfred Molina, Tom Conti, Russell Brand and Ben Whishaw.

Shakespeare’s classic with a refreshing twist.

“Taymor’s winningly cast, imaginative take on Shakespeare passes the test of bringing the Bard to film.” Empire


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Tales of Beatrix Potter

Son of Rambow

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A Young Vic / Warwick Arts Centre co-production

Government InspectorMon 23 – Sat 28 May

Celebrated comic actor Julian Barratt in a new production of the glorious Russian comedy.

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Tales of Beatrix Potter U

Date: Sat 4 Jun 1.30pm£4.50 (£2.50)Dir: Reginald MillsUK 1971 90minsCast: Frederick Ashton, Alexander Grant, Julie Wood, Wayne Sleep

Potter’s beloved characters such as Mrs. Tiggywinkle, Jemima Puddleduck and Peter Rabbit are beautifully brought to life by the fantastic dancers of the Ashton Ballet Company. Faultless dancing on an exceptional set with charming music make this a true delight for the whole family.

A Turtle’s Tale: Sammy’s Adventure U

Date: Sat 11 Jun 1.30pm£4.50 (£2.50)Dir: Ben StassenBelgium 2010 88minsCast: Melanie Griffith, Isabelle Fuhrman, Yuri Lowenthal, Tim Curry

This beautifully animated adventure follows Sammy the turtle and his journey through the ocean in search of his mate, Shelley. Hatched in 1959, he spends the next 50 years searching the oceans and beaches for his beloved. The scenery is gloriously realised and truly a delight to see. As he travels, he sees the effect of people on the ocean around him.

Son of Rambow 12A

Date: Sat 25 Jun 1.30pm£4.50 (£2.50)Dir: Garth JenningsUK 2007 96minsCast: Bill Milner, Will Poulter, Jessica Hynes

This critically acclaimed coming of age story follows the young Will (Milner) who, after seeing Rambo: First Blood, is convinced into making a sequel with the worst behaved boy in school, Lee (Poulter). Through making their sequel, the boys develop a deep friendship and become blood brothers. But when French exchange student Didier wants to get involved in the film, complications develop.

A film that is warm, likeable and honest while avoiding sentimentalism. Certainly a grown up kids film.

A Turtle’s Tale: Sammy’s Adventure


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