The Great Escaper
- 2023
- 1h 36min
- 12A
- Directed by: Oliver Parker
- Cast: Michael Caine, Glenda Jackson, Wolf Kahler
The Great Escaper Oliver Parker | UK, USA | 2023 | Cert and running time tbc
In the summer of 2014 - the 70th Anniversary of the D-Day Landings - octogenarian Bernie Jordan made global headlines. He’d staged a “great escape” from his care home to join fellow war veterans on a beach in Normandy, commemorating their fallen comrades. It was a story that captured the imagination of the world - Bernie seemed to embody the defiant, “can-do” spirit of a generation that was fast disappearing. But of course, it wasn’t the whole story. It was the story we all tell ourselves to make war and old age bearable. The bitter-sweet script explores the reality with wit and a very big heart. Bernie’s adventure, spanning a mere 48 hours, also marked the culmination of his 60-year marriage to Rene – the story celebrates their love without sentimentality and with an eye to the lessons we can all learn from the Greatest Generation.
Free tea and coffee will be available before the film.
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67%Mon 26 Feb
£6.50
A Haunting in Venice
- 2023
- US
- 1h 43min
- 12A
- Directed by: Kenneth Branagh
- Cast: Kenneth Branagh, Tina Fey, Jamie Dornan, Michelle Yeoh, Kyle Allen, Camille Cottin, Jude Hill, Ali Khan, Emma Laird, Kelly Reilly, Riccardo Scamarico
Kenneth Branagh returns as Poirot who, now retired, attends a séance at which one of the guests is murdered. Based on Agatha Christie's novel, Hallowe'en Party.
Mon 15 Jan
£6.50
The Holiday
- 2006
- US
- 2h 16min
- 12A
- Directed by: Nancy Meyers
- Written by: Nancy Meyers
- Cast: Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Jude Law, Jack Black, Shannyn Sossamon, Eli Wallach, Edward Burns, Rufus Sewell
Two ladies with guy trouble swap homes. Amanda (Diaz) ends up with Iris' brother (Law) in the UK, and Iris (Winslet) befriends funnyman Miles (Black) Stateside. This fairly repellent life swap romantic comedy was written specifically for these actors, but you wouldn't think it.
47%Mon 11 Dec
£6.50
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
- 2023
- US
- 2h 34min
- 12A
- Directed by: James Mangold
- Cast: Harrison Ford, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Kretschmann, Boyd Holbrook, Shaunette Renée Wilson, Toby Jones, Antonio Banderas
In a race to save the world, Indiana Jones must find an ancient artefact and secure it.
Mon 12 Feb
£6.50
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3
- 2023
- 1h 31min
- 12A
- Directed by: Nia Vardalos
- Cast: Nia Vardalos, John Corbett, Louis Mandylor, Elena Kampouris, Gia Carides, Joey Fatone, Lainie Kazan, Andrea Martin
In 2002 the romantic comedy My Big Fat Greek Wedding became a sleeper hit, delighting audiences with its good-hearted and delightfully eccentric story of Toula and her large, loud Greek family. Now it’s time to bask in some more romance and join the Portokalos family once more as they travel to a family reunion in Greece, which results in a hilarious trip full of love, twists and turns. Starring and directed by Nia Vardalos.
Mon 29 Jan
£6.50
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