Film Friday Every Month

Films are shown at the Theatre one friday every month. Please see press for more details.

One Friday per month at 2:30pm & 7:30pm. Seats at £4.00 and £3.00 available from the Box Office.

"A Bunch of Amateurs"

Starring Burt Reynolds, Samantha Bond, Derek Jacobi, Imelda Staunton

Directed by Andy Cadiff

93 mins, Cert 15.

Synopsis

The iconic Burt Reynolds (BOOGIE NIGHTS, THE CANNONBALL RUN) stars as Jefferson Steel, a washed-up Hollywood action star who's as insecure as he is unemployable. But the tide on Jefferson's ailing career turns when his Hollywood agent inadvertently stumbles upon the perfect role while rummaging through a dustbin and it isn't long before his jaded client is on a place bound for England and the 'chance of a lifetime' part of King Lear in Stratford-Upon-Avon. Unbeknownst to the hapless duo Jefferson's not about to tread the boards for the prestigious Royal Shakespeare Company, rather it is intended for him to appear in an amateur dramatic society's rendition of the play... in Stratford St. John, Suffolk!

Fri September 3rd at 2:30pm & 7:30pm.

Seats at £4.00 and £3.00 available from the Box Office.

"The Lovely Bones"

Starring Mark Wahlberg, Rachel Weisz, Susan Sarandon, Stanley Tucci, Nikki SooHoo

Directed by Peter Jackson

129 mins, Cert 12.

Synopsis

Director Peter Jackson takes a personal, risky leap in his direction of the film version of Alice Sebold's bestselling novel The Lovely Bones. Yet the leap pays off, in emotional depth and riveting visuals that transport the viewer to other worlds--even ones the viewer may not want to visit. The Lovely Bones is lofted by its star-making performance by the young Saoirse Ronan (Atonement), who plays Susie Salmon, the 14-year-old girl who is murdered early in the film, and who narrates the action from her "in-between place" after dying but before going to heaven. Ronan makes Susie as earthy and awkward as any young teen, yet her presence, and her gorgeous pale eyes, remind viewers that she's otherworldly too. The Lovely Bones takes some big departures from the book, as many critics have pointed out, but it works well on its own merits. The drama involves how (even whether) Susie's family will recover after her ghastly murder, and what happens to her killer and the futile-seeming search for justice and closure. The entire cast is stellar, including Mark Wahlberg and Rachel Weisz as Susie's nearly destroyed parents; the composed young New Zealand actress Rose McIver, who plays Susie's younger sister, whom Susie watches grow up to be the young woman that Susie will never get to be; and Susan Sarandon, the boozy, wisecracking grandmother who may or may not be able to help keep the family from splintering into a million pieces. The other true standout is Stanley Tucci, almost unrecognisable as the quiet, creepy neighbour who kills Susie, obsessing over every detail and perhaps having left a whole trail of gruesome murders in his shambling wake. Jackson's deft direction keeps the mourning humans moving along believably, numbly, and gives breathtaking life to the afterlife, in scenes of fantasy and dread that recall his Heavenly Creatures. --A.T. Hurley

Fri October 1st at 2:30pm & 7:30pm.

Seats at £4.00 and £3.00 available from the Box Office.