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July 2018
FILM: Great Day (U)
Celebrating 100 years of Bishop's Castle WI A wonderful reason to celebrate! Great Day (1945) is a British drama film directed by Lance Comfort and starring Eric Portman and Flora Robson. In the film, the small English village of Denley is thrown into excitement by the impending visit of Eleanor Roosevelt. However, the impoverished local squire is threatened with disgrace and ruin as the day ... Cabaret Seating- Tea and WI Cakes- as well as usual bar. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6htzL4VkG8
Find out more »FILM: Peter Rabbit (PG)
It’s the Summer holidays !!! FREE POPCORN! Animated/live action adaptation of Beatrix Potter’s classic tale of a rebellious rabbit trying to sneak into a farmer’s vegetable garden. “The animals are cute and Gleeson is extremely game” Empire “With vacations on in full swing, this is an ideal summer watch for kids. ” Peter Rabbit and his three sisters — Flopsy, Mopsy and Cotton-Tail — enjoy spending their days in Mr. McGregor’s vegetable garden. When one of McGregor’s relatives suddenly…
Find out more »August 2018
Film: Finding Your Feet (12A)
"Imelda Staunton, Timothy Spall and co excel in this comedy romance" The Guardian When "Lady" Sandra Abbott discovers that her husband of 40 years is having an affair with her best friend, she seeks refuge in London with her estranged, older sister Bif. The two could not be more different - Sandra is a fish out of water next to her outspoken, serial dating, free-spirited sibling. But different is just what Sandra needs at the moment, and she reluctantly lets Bif…
Find out more »November 2018
FILM: The Wizard of OZ (U)
Come and Join the fun- for this Bishop's Castle Primary School fundraising event with Sing-a-log ( Word sheets will be provided), special tuck shop, and dressing up encouraged. The Classic 1939 Wizard of Oz starring Judy Garland where Back& White meets glorious technicolor When a tornado rips through Kansas, Dorothy (Judy Garland) and her dog, Toto, are whisked away in their house to the magical land of Oz. They follow the Yellow Brick Road toward the Emerald City to…
Find out more »FILM: Ocean’s 8 (12A)
Five years, eight months, 12 days and counting -- that's how long Debbie Ocean has been devising the biggest heist of her life. She knows what it's going to take -- a team of the best people in the field, starting with her partner-in-crime Lou Miller. Together, they recruit a crew of specialists, including jeweler Amita, street con Constance, suburban mom Tammy, hacker Nine Ball, and fashion designer Rose. Their target -- a necklace that's worth more than $150 million.…
Find out more »December 2018
Afternoon Film: The Man Who Invented Christmas (PG)
Charles Dickens finds himself in financial trouble after three unsuccessful novels in a row. Desperate for a hit, he relies on real-life inspiration and his vivid imagination to bring Scrooge and other classic characters to life in "A Christmas Carol." "This is an entertaining, well-acted biographical drama about what could have inspired A Christmas Carol and how the classic novella changed the spirit of the season." Common Sense Media "God has blessed us, every one, with Dan Stevens, who inhabits…
Find out more »January 2019
FILM: Smallfoot ( PG)
Migo is a friendly Yeti whose world gets turned upside down when he discovers something that he didn't know existed -- a human. He soon faces banishment from his snowy home when the rest of the villagers refuse to believe his fantastic tale. Hoping to prove them wrong, Migo embarks on an epic journey to find the mysterious creature that can put him back in good graces with his simple community. Directed by Karey Kirkpatrick, Jason Reisig. With Channing…
Find out more »FILM: Peterloo (12A)
★★★★★ "grit and brilliance in Mike Leigh’s very British massacre" The Guardian Full Review Manchester, 1819: a period of famine after the Napoleonic Wars leads to increasing radicalism among working people. Their demands for reform horrify the authorities, leading to the violent suppression of a major demonstration at St Peter’s Field which results in the Peterloo Massacre. Starring Maxine Peak, Rory Kinnear, Nico Mirallegro and Tim McInnerny "Mike Leigh brings an overwhelming simplicity and severity to this historical epic, which begins with rhetoric…
Find out more »Afternoon Film: The Bookshop (PG)
Florence Green, a free-spirited widow, puts grief behind her and risks everything to open up a bookshop -- the first such shop in the sleepy seaside town of Hardborough, England. But this mini social revolution soon brings her fierce enemies: she invites the hostility of the town's less prosperous shopkeepers and also crosses Mrs. Gamart, Harborough's vengeful, embittered alpha female who is a wannabe doyenne of the local arts scene. Accessible Cabaret seating/no steps/ hearing loop/ Low lighting throughout film/…
Find out more »February 2019
Film: Salvador Dalí: In Search of Immortality
The documentary proposes an exciting journey through the life and work of Salvador Dalí, and also of Gala, his muse and collaborator. It starts in 1929, a crucial year in Dalí's career and life, as he joined the surrealist group and met Gala, and advances until the year of the artist's death in 1989. In all this vital and artistic journey, Dalí's geographies, especially Portlligat, stand out as the only stable home-workshop he possesses; Figueres, his hometown, where he creates…
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