Our October Film is “The Paperboy.” Based on the 1995 novel by American author Pete Dexter about an idealistic reporter Ward Jensen and his brother Jack, who set out to investigate a murder and the surrounding events, in an effort to exonerate Van Wetter, a man on death row. Then Jensens are helped by Ward’s colleague Yardley Acheman and Charlotte Bless. Warn and Yardley are investigative reporters on the Miami Times, who feel if the can prove Van Wetter is the victim of redneck justice their story will greatly benefit themselves. Who is the Paperboy? Come along and find out on Tuesday, 1st October at Capel Memorial Hall. Doors open 7:30pm for 8:00pm start. Pre-film and interval refreshments available. Admission £4.00. Everyone welcome.

Bob Arthur

The Crown are still doing their Special Pre-film meals as follows;

a Main Meal for £5.50, from the following choice: Scampi & Chips, Home-made Lasagne, salad or Roasted Mediterranean Vegetable Lasagne, Choice of Curry, Ham, Double egg & chips, Asparagus & Broad bean Risotto. The full menu is also available.

Please ring to reserve your meal.

October 1st sees the start of a new season of films in Capel Memorial Hall. Starting with “The Paperboy” on 1st October, we follow on with “Behind the Candelabra” on 5th November and taking us up to 3rd December with “Summer in February.” As usual doors open 7:30pm for 8:00pm start. Pre film and interval drinks and refreshments available. Admission £4.00. Everyone welcome. We look forward to seeing you all there.

In June 1939, King George VI and his wife, Queen Elizabeth, made a visit to the United States, during which they stayed at President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s country estate in Hyde Park, New York.  At the same time, the President was growing closer to his sixth cousin and suspected mistress, Margaret (Daisy) Suckley.   Roosevelt hoped he could use the visit to, in part, to bolster American support for the United Kingdom on the eve of World War II, which broke out less than three months later.

Hyde Park on Hudson is a 2012 British biographical historical comedy drama directed by Roger Michell. The film stars Bill Murray and Laura Linney as Franklin D. Roosevelt and Margaret “Daisy” Suckley, respectively. It was based on Suckley’s private journals and diaries, discovered after her death, about her love affair with and intimate details about President Roosevelt.

As usual, doors will open at 7.30 pm for a show at 8 pm in Capel Village Memorial Hall.  Tickets sold on the door are still only £4.00.  We look forward to seeing you then.

Our film for the next month promises to be a cracker! “Argo”. It is based on an almost unbelievable true story: when the Iranians famously seized the US Embassy in Teheran in 1969, six US diplomats fled to the Canadian Embassy. An extraordinary plot was concocted to get them out under the cover of a fake film being shot in the Iranian desert, without compromising the neutrality of the Canadians and of course without the Iranian revolutionaries finding out. It actually did happen. This is a thrilling film, far better and more intelligent than the conventional action movie. Dramatic, nail biting and hilarious, Ben Affleck and John Goodman star.

Come and enjoy this film on the big screen in the Memorial Hall, Capel on Tuesday, 2nd April. Doors open 7:30pm. Programme commences 8pm. Pre-fil and interval refreshments available. Admission £4. Everyone welcome.

I now have a selection of films for the future, subject to availability, and not necessarily in this order, just an appetite wetter!

Quartet – Lincoln – Arbitrage – Song For Marion

The Crown Inn, Capel, is kindly offering special meal-deals again to those attending the film show on the night from 6pm. It is advisable to book in advance to ensure you can enjoy your meal comfortably before the film: telephone 711130

Bob Arthur

The next film is different but comes highly recommended.  It is the highest grossing film to have been released in France and comes to us with sub-titles.

15 cert, 112 min.
Dir: Olivier Nakache, Éric Toledano; starring: Omar Sy, François Cluzet

Untouchable wears its award-winning aspirations on its sleeve, and all of the necessary boxes — boundary-crossing friendship, hard-hitting themes, warm comedy — are ticked with a fluorescent pink marker. François Cluzet, perhaps best known here for the muscular thriller Tell No One, plays Philippe, an eccentric Parisian millionaire and quadriplegic. Tired of being surrounded by be-cardiganed milquetoasts, he advertises for a new live-in carer and hires Driss (Sy), a strapping black immigrant from a broken home in the banlieues who only applied for the post to keep the benefits office sweet.

So there you have it.  We start 2013 on Tuesday 5^th February.  As always, in the Capel Village Memorial Hall, doors open at 7.30pm for an 8o’clock start.  Ticket, on the door, cost £4 per person, same as before.

We look forward to seeing you all again.

Flix Committee.