Amended 2020 Spring Season Programme
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Sunday Afternoon January 19th – 2.30 for 3.00pm start
DOWNTON ABBEY
PG/122 mins/2019
Starring Maggie Smith, Hugh Bonneville, Imelda Staunton and Jim Carter. This is the continuing story of the Crawley family, wealthy owners of a large country estate and their servants in 1927. A Royal visit creates uproar both upstairs and down.
Thursday January 23rd – 7.00 for 7.30pm start
YESTERDAY
12/116 mins/2019
The dreams of a struggling singer-songwriter in an English seaside town are rapidly fading, despite the fierce devotion and support of his childhood best friend, Ellie. After a freak bus accident during a mysterious global blackout, he wakes up to find he’s the only person who can remember the Fab Four’s hits in a wacky, winning comedy directed by Danny Boyle.
Sunday February 9th – 2.30 for 3.00pm start
SWIMMING WITH MEN
(12A-103mins-2018)
Tea and cake – £2
A man suffering from a mid-life crisis finds new meaning in his life by joining an all-male, middle-aged, amateur synchronized swimming team. There are some very non-Love Island male bodies on display in this likeably daft British comedy with echoes of The Full Monty and Brassed Off. Starring Rob Brydon, Jane Horrocks, Rupert Graves and Daniel Mays.
*****The previously advertised film Farmageddon cannot be shown because the DVD is not yet available. It will now be shown on Sunday March 8th*****
Saturday February 15th – 7.00 for 7.15pm start
WOMAN AT WAR
12/101 mins/2018/Icelandic
Supper Special (Booking Essential)
Halla, a woman in her forties, declares war on the local aluminium industry to prevent it from disfiguring her country. She risks all she has to protect the highlands of Iceland – but the situation could change with the unexpected arrival of a small orphan in her life. Yet amid the jet-black comedy and its catastrophic subject matter, the despoliation of planet Earth, there is a warmth, wit and wisdom that transcend national and cultural boundaries, making this a truly universal treat.
Thursday February 27th – 7.00 for 7.30pm start
THE FAREWELL
PG/100 mins/2019
A headstrong Chinese-American woman returns to China when her beloved grandmother is diagnosed with terminal cancer. Billi struggles with her family’s decision to keep grandma in the dark about her own illness as they all stage an impromptu wedding to see grandma one last time. Whilst entertaining and funny, the film has themes of trust, love, and most of all secrets – something that all families can relate to.
Sunday March 8th – 2.30 for 3.00pm start
FARMAGEDDON
U-96mins-2019
Children 12 and under – half price
Tea and cake – £2
A sheepquel for all ages! Starring Shaun the Sheep , who rescues an adorable alien from the clutches of a woman from the Ministry of Alien Detection. This is an out of this world delight.
Thursday March 26th – 7.00 for 7.30pm start
OFFICIAL SECRETS
15/112 mins/2019
Keira Knightley on top form stars as the GCHQ translator who leaked a classified memo to the Observer exposing the US plot to spy on the UN shortly before the 2003 invasion of Iraq. A morality tale for the 21st century, as a whistleblower she is arrested and charged under the official Secrets Act. But her legal battle exposes the governments of both the UK and the USA. Also starring Rhys Ifans and Ralph Fiennes.
Thursday April 23rd – 7.00 for 7.30pm start
SORRY WE MISSED YOU
15/101 mins/2019
Another must see Ken Loach film. Hoping that self-employment in the gig economy can solve their financial woes, a hard-up UK delivery driver and his wife, struggling to raise a family, end up trapped in the vicious circle of this modern-day form of labour exploitation.
Saturday May 9th – 7.00 for 7.15pm start
Prete-Moi Ta Main
15-90mins-2006
Supper Special (Booking Essential)
Happy bachelor Luis is 43, loves his job and is well cared for by his maman and five sisters. However, they decide that it is time for him to get married. He responds by looking for a woman who will pretend to be his fiancé only to jolt him on their wedding day. Starring Alain Chabat and Charlotte Gainsbourg, this is a favourite French romantic comedy.
