Autumn Season 2014
October 10th - December 27th
Welcome to the Autumn Season 2014. Last season started off well with a classic musical so lets try it again. Some good actors have died and I think that tribute screenings are in order. Here we have Bob Hoskins in The Long Good Friday and Richard Attenborough in Miracle on 34th Street at Christmas.
Funny Face
Friday, 10 October, 2014
Audrey Hepburn and Fred Astaire star in this delightful Gershwin musical. A New York shop girl is discovered by a fashion photographer and gets a fashion shoot in Paris. When it was Paris. S’wonderful. S’marvellous. She really was a delight. And Fred too of course.
Running Time:
103 minutes
Year of Release:
1957
Rated:
U
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Belle
Saturday, 11 October, 2014
Inspired by the true story of Dido Elizabeth Belle, the illegitimate mixed race daughter of a Royal Navy captain. With Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Tom Wilkinson, Emily Watson and Miranda Richardson in a 17C tale of class, love and slavery.
Running Time:
104 minutes
Year of Release:
2014
Rated:
PG
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FINDING VIVIAN MAIER
Friday, 17 October, 2014
Documentary about the nanny who was a secret but brilliant and prolific photographer, discovered by accident by John Maloof. With Tim Roth as himself. The photographs are amazing and could have been lost forever.
Running Time:
83 minutes
Year of Release:
2013
Rated:
12A
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One Chance
Saturday, 18 October, 2014
Lively comedy with James Corden, Julie Walters and Mackenzie Crook in the true story of Paul Potts, the amateur opera singer who became selected for, and eventually won Britain’s Got Talent.
Running Time:
103 minutes
Year of Release:
2013
Rated:
12A
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The Lavender Hill Mob
Friday, 24 October, 2014
Ealing classic featuring Alec Guinnesss and Stanley Holloway as the unlikely duo committing the perfect crime. With Alfie Bass and Sid James but watch out for an uncredited Audrey Hepburn.
Running Time:
81 minutes
Year of Release:
1951
Rated:
U
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BRIGHT DAYS AHEAD (LES BEAUX JOURS)
Saturday, 25 October, 2014
Romantic drama in which a retired but married lady dentist falls in love with the lecturer at her computer class. With Fanny Ardant, Laurent Lafitte and Patrick Chesnais.
Running Time:
94 minutes
Year of Release:
2013
Rated:
15
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The Long Good Friday
Friday, 31 October, 2014
A tribute to the late, and much missed Bob Hoskins as he plays an English gangster trying to seal a lucrative deal when a mysterious syndicate shows up. With Helen Mirren.
Running Time:
114 minutes
Year of Release:
1980
Rated:
X
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Tracks
Saturday, 1 November, 2014
Scenic, entertaining true life adventure featuring Mia Wasikowska as Robyn Davidson who takes her four camels and a dog 1700 miles across the deserts of W. Australia.
Running Time:
112 minutes
Year of Release:
2013
Rated:
12A
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Chef
Friday, 7 November, 2014
A sacked chef starts up a food truck. to recover his self-respect and his family. With Jon Favreau, Scarlett Johansson, Dustin Hoffman and Robert Downey Jr.. Comedy/drama.
Running Time:
114 minutes
Year of Release:
2014
Rated:
15
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ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT
Saturday, 8 November, 2014
Many superb and memorable sequences in this ultimate anti-war classic featuring a group of German schoolboys persuaded to enlist at the beginning of WW1 and the disillusionment that follows their experiences.
Running Time:
136 minutes
Year of Release:
1930
Rated:
PG
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Billy Elliot
Friday, 14 November, 2014
Excellent British film with Jamie Bell and Julie Walters. The inspiring story of a mining town boy, the ballet and the family friction that results. Langauge a bit colourful but we all seem more adjusted to that these days.
Running Time:
110 minutes
Year of Release:
2000
Rated:
12A
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THE 100 YEAR OLD MAN WHO CLIMBED OUT OF A WINDOW & DISAPPEARED
Saturday, 15 November, 2014
Very entertaining Swedish film about an old man, an erstwhile dynamite expert, deciding life is not yet over and disembarking from his care home.
Running Time:
114 minutes
Year of Release:
2013
Rated:
15
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THE TWO FACES OF JANUARY
Friday, 21 November, 2014
A con man, Viggo Mortensen, his wife, Kirsten Dunst and Acropolis tour guide, Oscar Isaac, in excellent scenic thriller. 2014.
Running Time:
96 minutes
Year of Release:
2014
Rated:
12A
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Jersey Boys
Saturday, 22 November, 2014
Clint Eastwood directs this musical and entertaining biopic about the Four Seasons, the 1960s singers, including the legendary Frankie Valli, from the wrong side of the tracks in New Jersey.
Running Time:
134 minutes
Year of Release:
2014
Rated:
15
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Nebraska
Friday, 28 November, 2014
Bruce Dern as an aging father, estranged from his son, walking from Montana to Nebraska to collect his “lottery win”. Brilliant film.
Running Time:
115 minutes
Year of Release:
2013
Rated:
15
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Cuban Fury
Saturday, 29 November, 2014
Musical comedy with Nick Frost, Rashida Jones, Chris O’Dowd, Olivia Colman . Beneath an obese exterior the passionate heart of a salsa king lies dormant.
Running Time:
98 minutes
Year of Release:
2014
Rated:
15
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A Christmas Story
Saturday, 6 December, 2014
Set in 1939, a nostalgic tale, centred on a traditional family Christmas. Based on the novel “In God We Trust – Others Pay Cash”. With Peter Billingsley.
Running Time:
94 minutes
Year of Release:
1983
Rated:
PG
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MIRACLE ON 34th STREET
Saturday, 27 December, 2014
We are generally wedded to the Edmund Glenn one but here, as a tribute to Richard Attenborough, is the very good 1994 version, reminding us again that dreams can come true. With Elizabeth Perkins and Mara Wilson.