Les Miserables [12A]

WED 15th MAY 2PM & 7.30PM, THU 16th MAY 7.30PM, FRI 17th MAY 7.30pm

Set against the backdrop of 19th-century France, Les Miserables tells an enthralling story of broken dreams and unrequited love, passion, sacrifice and redemption – a timeless testament to the survival of the human spirit. Jackman plays ex-prisoner Jean Valjean, hunted for decades by the ruthless policeman Javert (Crowe) after he breaks parole. When Valjean agrees to care for factory worker Fantine’s (Hathaway) young daughter, Cosette, their lives change forever. In January 2013, the world’s longest-running musical brings its power to the big screen in Tom Hooper’s sweeping and spectacular interpretation of Victor Hugo’s epic tale. With international superstars and beloved songs – including I Dreamed a Dream, Bring Him Home,One Day More and On My Own -Les Miserables, the show of shows, is now reborn as the cinematic musical experience of a lifetime.

FREE tea, coffee and biscuits at the 2.00pm matinee!

The Servant [12A]

WED 22nd MAY 2PM

Harold Pinter’s 1963 film adaptation of a 1948 novelette by Robin Maugham. A British production directed by Joseph Losey, starring Dirk Bogarde, Sarah Miles, Wendy Craig, and James Fox. The Servant is a tightly-constructed psychological dramatic film about the relationships among the four central characters examining issues relating to class, servitude and the ennui of the upper classes.

FREE tea, coffee and biscuits at this 2.00pm matinee!

Welcome to the Punch [15]

WED 22nd, THU 23rd & FRI 24th MAY 7.30pm

Ex-criminal Jacob Sternwood (Mark Strong) is forced to return to London when his son is involved in a heist gone wrong. This gives his nemesis, detective Max Lewinsky (James McAvoy), one last chance to catch the man he’s always been after.

A Late Quartet [15]

WED 29th MAY 2PM & 7.30PM

On the eve of a world renowned string quartet’s 25th anniversary season, their beloved cellist, Peter Mitchell (Christopher Walken), is diagnosed with the early symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease. When Peter announces he wishes to make the upcoming season his last, his three colleagues find themselves at a crossroad. Competing egos and uncontrollable passions threaten to derail years of friendship and collaboration. Robert Gelbart (Philip Seymour Hoffman), the quartet’s second violinist, announces his desire to alternate chairs with first violinist Daniel Lerner (Mark Ivanir), after years of sacrifice and peacemaking for the benefit of the group. Robert’s wife, violist Juliette Gelbart (Catherine Keener) has a particularly difficult time grappling with the tragic diagnosis, as Peter has served not only as a colleague, but as a dear father figure since childhood. When Juliette is unable to support her husband, their marriage is strained with a palpable tension that they can no longer ignore. Tossed into the maelstrom is their daughter Alexandra (Imogen Poots), a talented violinist in her own right. Like her father, she too decides to act on her desires.

FREE tea, coffee and biscuits at the 2.00pm matinee!

In The House [15]

THU 30th MAY 7.30PM

IN THE HOUSE reunites celebrated director Francois Ozon (Swimming Pool, Potiche) with Fabrice Luchini (Potiche) who stars opposite Kristin Scott Thomas (The English Patient, No Where Boy), Emmanuelle Seigner (The Diving Bell and The Butterfly, La Vie en Rose), Denis Ménochet (Inglourious Basterds) and newcomer Ernst Umhauer. 16 year old Claude (Umhauer) befriends one of his classmates and begins writing stories about his friend’s family. Impressed with the writing of this unusual and gifted student, his jaded tutor (Luchini) rediscovers a passion for teaching and begins advising him on how to make them better. However the student’s stories spark a series of uncontrollable events that will change the lives of everyone involved.

Django Unchained [18]

FRI 31st MAY 7.30pm

Set in the South two years before the Civil War, DJANGO UNCHAINED stars Academy Award-winner Jamie Foxx as Django, a slave whose brutal history with his former owners lands him face-to-face with German-born bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz (Academy Award-winner Christoph Waltz). Schultz is on the trail of the murderous Brittle brothers, and only Django can lead him to his bounty. The unorthodox Schultz acquires Django with a promise to free him upon the capture of the Brittles – dead or alive. Success leads Schultz to free Django, though the two men choose not to go their separate ways. Instead, Schultz seeks out the South’s most wanted criminals with Django by his side. Honing vital hunting skills, Django remains focused on one goal: finding and rescuing Broomhilda (Kerry Washington), the wife he lost to the slave trade long ago. Django and Schultz’s search ultimately leads them to Calvin Candie (Academy Award-nominee Leonardo DiCaprio), the proprietor of Candyland, an infamous plantation where slaves are groomed by trainer Ace Woody (Kurt Russell) to battle each other for sport. Exploring the compound under false pretences, Django and Schultz arouse the suspicion of Stephen (Academy Award-nominee Samuel L. Jackson), Candie’s trusted house slave. Their moves are marked, and a treacherous organization closes in on them. If Django and Schultz are to escape with Broomhilda, they must choose between independence and solidarity, between sacrifice and survival…

Hyde Park on Hudson [12A]

WED 5th JUN 2pm & 7.30pm, THU 6th JUN 7.30pm

The story of the affair between President Franklin D. Roosevelt and a distant cousin, during the time of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth’s visit to the US, is examined in Roger Michell’s comedy of manners. The heart of the film is the friendship that emerges between the two privileged men. Bill Murray is on sparkling – and potentially award-winning – form, delivery a finely nuanced performance, while Samuel West impresses as the British monarch. Also starring Laura Linney, Olivia Williams, Olivia Coleman, Elizabeth Marvel and Blake Ritson

FREE tea, coffee and biscuits at the 2.00pm matinee!

Flight [15]

FRI 7th JUN 7.30pm

In this action-packed mystery thriller, Academy Award winner, Denzel Washington stars as Whip Whitaker, a seasoned airline pilot, who miraculously crash lands his plane after a mid-air catastrophe, saving nearly every soul on board. After the crash, Whip is hailed as a hero, but as more is learned, more questions than answers arise as to who or what was really at fault and what really happened on that plane?

Shakespeare’s Globe on Screen – Henry V

SUN 9th JUN 7.30pm

A local chance to experience Shakespeare’s Globe, London. Shakespeare’s masterpiece of the turbulence of war and the arts of peace tells the romantic story of Henry’s campaign to recapture the English possessions in France.

Buy all three Globe on Screen performances for £30. Tickets for this performance are £12.50/£10 conc.

Lincoln [12A]

WED 12th JUN 2pm & 7.30pm, THU 13th JUN 7.30pm

Steven Spielberg directs two-time Academy Award winner Daniel Day-Lewis in Lincoln, a revealing drama that focuses on the 16th President’s tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln pursues a course of action designed to end the war, unite the country and abolish slavery. With the moral courage and fierce determination to succeed, his choices during this critical moment will change the fate of generations to come. Starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, David Strathairn, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, James Spader, Hal Holbrook and Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln is produced by Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, with a screenplay by Tony Kushner, based in part on the book “Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln” by Doris Kearns Goodwin.

FREE tea, coffee and biscuits at the 2.00pm matinee!

Zero Dark Thirty [15]

FRI 14th JUN 7.30pm

The hunt for Osama bin Laden preoccupied the world and two American presidential administrations for more than a decade. But in the end, it took a small, brilliant team of CIA operatives to track him down. Every aspect of their mission was shrouded in secrecy. Though some of the details have since been made public, many of the most significant parts of the intelligence operation-including the central role played by that team-are brought to the screen for the first time in a gripping new film by the Oscar-winning creative duo of Kathryn Bigelow and Mark Boal. Their account of bin Laden’s pursuit and capture, vivid yet faithful to the facts, takes the viewer inside the hubs of power and to the front lines of this historic mission, culminating in the special operations assault on a mysterious, suburban Pakistani compound.

Hitchcock [12A]

WED 19th JUN 2pm & 7.30pm, THU 20th JUN 7.30pm

Hitchcock is a love story about one of the most influential film makers of the last century, Alfred Hitchcock, and his wife and partner Alma Reville. The film takes place during the making of Hitchcock’s seminal movie Psycho. Directed by Sacha Gervasi (Anvil: The Story of Anvil), HITCHCOCK stars Academy Award winner Anthony Hopkins (The Remains of the Day; The Silence of the Lambs) as Alfred Hitchcock, Academy Award winner Helen Mirren (The Debt; The Queen) as Alma Reville and Scarlett Johansson (Marvel Avengers Assemble; Lost in Translation) as Janet Leigh. The cast also includes: James D’Arcy (Cloud Atlas, W.E.) as Anthony Perkins, Jessica Biel (Total Recall) as Vera Miles, Toni Collette (Little Miss Sunshine, The Hours) as Peggy Robertson and Danny Huston (The Constant Gardener) as Whitfield Cook. The film is based on the book Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho by Stephen Rebello.

FREE tea, coffee and biscuits at the 2.00pm matinee!

Psycho [15]

FRI 21st JUN 7.30pm

A rare chance to see a Hitchcock classic on the big screen. A thirty-something secretary steals $40,000 from her employer’s client, and subsequently encounters a young motel proprietor too long under the domination of his mother.

The Place Beyond The Pines [15]

WED 26th JUN 2pm & 7.30pm, THU 27th JUN 7.30pm

An epic crime drama exploring the unbreakable bond between fathers to sons, The Place Beyond the Pines follows four men – two generations – as they fight to overcome a legacy of blood. A mysterious and mythical motorcycle racer, Luke, (Ryan Gosling) drives out of a traveling carnival “globe of death” and whizzes through the backstreets of Schenectady, New York— desperately trying to connect with a former lover, Romina, (Eva Mendes) who recently and secretly gave birth to the stunt rider’s son. In an attempt to provide for his new family, Luke quits the carnival life and commits a series of bank robberies aided by his superior riding ability. The stakes rise as Luke is put on a collision course with an ambitious police officer, Avery Cross, (Bradley Cooper) looking to quickly move up the ranks in a police department riddled with corruption. The sweeping drama unfolds over fifteen years as the sins of the past haunt the present days lives of two high school boys wrestling with the legacy they’ve inherited. The only refuge is found in the place beyond the pines.

FREE tea, coffee and biscuits at the 2.00pm matinee!

This is 40 [15]

FRI 28th JUN 7.30pm

Five years after writer/director Judd Apatow introduced us to Pete and Debbie in Knocked Up, Paul Rudd and Leslie Mann reprise their roles as a husband and wife both approaching a milestone meltdown in This Is 40, an unfiltered, comedic look inside the life of an American family. After years of marriage, Pete lives in a house of all females: wife Debbie and their two daughters, eight-year-old Charlotte (Iris Apatow) and 13-year-old Sadie (Maude Apatow). As he struggles to keep his record label afloat, he and Debbie must figure out how to forgive, forget and enjoy the rest of their lives…before they kill each other. In his fourth directorial outing, Apatow’s new comedy captures what it takes for one family to flourish in the middle of a lifetime together. What emerges is a deeply honest portrait of the challenges and rewards of marriage and parenthood in the modern age. Through the filmmaker’s unblinking lens, we follow one couple’s three-week navigation of sex and romance, career triumphs and financial hardships, aging parents and maturing children. The all-star cast portraying the family and friends, colleagues and neighbors represents an ensemble of actors from many of Apatow’s previous projects, as well as new comedy players who have been welcomed into the fold. They include John Lithgow, Megan Fox, Chris O’Dowd, Jason Segel, Melissa McCarthy, Graham Parker, Lena Dunham, Annie Mumolo, Robert Smigel, Charlyne Yi, Lisa Darr and Albert Brooks.

Shakespeare’s Globe on Screen – Twelfth Night

MON 8th JUL 7.30pm

Starring Mark Rylance as Olivia & Stephen Fry as Malvolio. A moving comedy of loss and misplaced love and includes some of the most exquisite songs Shakespeare ever wrote. The all-male production stars award-winning Mark Rylance and Stephen Fry. Twelfth Night’s sell-out performances at the Globe led to a sell-out run in London’s West End.

Buy all three Globe on Screen performances for £30. Tickets for this performance are £12.50/£10 conc.

Shakespeare’s Globe on Screen – The Taming of the Shrew

MON 29th JUL 7.30pm

Shakespeare’s most outrageous comedy features a couple hell-bent on confusing and outwitting each other right up to the play’s equivocal and controversial conclusion.

Buy all three Globe on Screen performances for £30. Tickets for this performance are £12.50/£10 conc.