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A quick look at what's showing this week...
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FEBRUARY TICKETS
ON SALE NOW
ONLINE BOOKING AVAILABLE
Upcoming titles:
BRIDGE OF SPIES / GROUNDHOG DAY / BROOKLYN
STAR WARS - THE FORCE AWAKENS / HUNGER GAMES - MOCKINGJAY PART 2
DADDY'S HOME / THE DANISH GIRL / THE LADY IN THE VAN / JOY
ROMAN HOLIDAY / 45 YEARS / MARY POPPINS / CAROL /
IN THE HEART OF THE SEA / LABYRINTH / CREED
THE PEANUTS MOVIE / ROOM / THE BIG SHORT / THE REVENANT
THE IRON GIANT / TAXI TEHRAN
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BROOKLYN (12A) 112mins
Mon 25 - 7.30pm - SOLD OUT
Tue 26 - 7.30pm - SOLD OUT
THIS FILM IS BACK IN OUR FEBRUARY LISTINGS - ON SALE NOW
There will be a raffle for house seats available on the door.
Names can be put on the list at the box office 30 minutes before the start time.
Names are drawn out of a hat 25 minutes later.
There are approximately 12 pairs of tickets available in the house raffle for each film.
Set in the 1950s, when Irish economic migration was at its height, this good-hearted adaptation of Colm Tóibín’s bestseller stars Saoirse Ronan as Eilis Lacey, who leaves rural Wexford for a menial job and a rackety boarding house in the eponymous Brooklyn. Run by the sharp-tongued Mrs Kehoe (Walters), her new digs lead to a mutually supportive relationship with a local priest (an avuncular Jim Broadbent), chaste church socials, and eventually a romance with Tony, an Irish-American boy (Emory Cohen).
Ultimately Eilis has to choose between her new love and a beau back home (Gleeson), and between the life she left in Ireland and the one unfolding in the New World. Nick Hornby’s sensitive but never syrupy screenplay is perceptively implemented by director John Crowley.
"Nick Hornby adapts Colm Tóibín's lovely novel of an Irish immigrant finding love in New York, and the result will send shivers down your spine." (Telegraph)
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IN THE HEART OF THE SEA (12A) 122mins
Fri 29 - 7.30pm - Tickets Available
Sat 30 - 7pm - Tickets Available
Sun 31 - 1.30pm - Tickets Available
Sun 31 - 6pm - Tickets Available
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Director Ron Howard is at the helm of this gargantuan high sea affair. In the Heart of the Sea tells the true story of whaling ship Essex that became stranded at sea for 90 days, a story that originally inspired Herman Melville to conjure his 1851 masterpiece Moby Dick.
Owen Chase (Hemsworth) along with Capt Pollard (Benjamin Walker) and his modest crew are attacked mid-voyage by a huge seemingly enraged sperm whale, splitting the ship in two and leaving the survivors shipwrecked more than 1000 miles from land.
His shrewd filmmaking, Howard successfully produces a blend of drama and horror, showing us the grisly images that are bound to make today’s audience recoil yet managing to convey the excitement of a job so dangerous. A true example of a film made-for-big-cinema.
“Howard puts heart, soul and every computerised whale trick in the book into crafting a seafaring adventure to rock your boat.” (Rolling Stone)
“It’s a harrowing tale that still packs an entertaining wallop.” (Observer)
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THE PEANUTS MOVIE (U) 88mins
Sat 30 - 2pm - Upstairs Only
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Charles M. Schulz’s comic strips spring to life once more in this utterly charming outing for Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Lucy, Linus and the gang. Commemorating the 65th anniversary of the comic strip and 50th anniversary of the classic TV special A Charlie Brown Christmas, this is their first time in 35 years on the big screen.
More a string of sub-plots rather than one over-arching story, this has the feel of a greatest hits album, something of a love letter, capturing all the classic moments that have helped shaped Schulz’s beloved ‘Peanuts’. And for all the CGI gloss, The Peanuts Movie remains completely true to its original values providing a perfect blend of humour and tenderness certain to strike a chord with young and old hippies.
“A meticulously faithful and clearly loving tribute to America’s favourite blockhead” (Times)
“From the opening, familiar Vince Guaraldi piano chords it’s clear that director Steve Martino is taking a “don’t fix what ain’t broke” approach with all this.” (Guardian)
“The Peanuts Movie is deeply rooted in the look and tone of Schulz’s soulful comic strip.” (TIME)
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