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…
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…
The final film in the current season will be shown on Tuesday 2nd July at the Village Hall doors opening at 7.30pm for the show to start at 8pm. Tickets, on the door, are still just £4 per person. Lincoln is a 2012 American historical drama film directed and produced by Steven Spielberg, starring Daniel Day-Lewis as United States President Abraham Lincoln and Sally Field as Mary Todd Lincoln.[4] The…
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…
We will be showing the hugely successful film , Quartet, at our next performance on Tuesday May 7th in Capel Village Memorial Hall. Doors open at 7.30 pm for an 8 pm start. Quartet is a 2012 British comedy-drama film based on the play of the same title by Ronald Harwood, which ran in London’s West End from September 1999 until January 2000. It was filmed late in 2011 at Hedsor…
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…
Our film for March is a remake of the 1966 film, of the same name, that starred Michael Caine and Shirley Mclaine. In this one the roles are taken by Colin Firth and Cameron Diaz with Alan Rickman playing the bad guy. It is directed by Michael Hoffman and was released in the UK late last year. The script is by the Coen brothers and is played for with broad…
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…
Next film – November 6th 2012 Our next offering, on Tuesday 6th November is Salmon fishing in the Yemen. It is a romantic comedy concerning two people brought together by a Middle Eastern water management company. The cast, including Ewan McGregor, Emily Blunt and Kristin Scott-Thomas, are attractive and its sense of humour might best be described as updated Ealing Comedy. So it has similarities to ‘The Best Exotic Marigold…
Our final film before the summer recess is Steven Spielberg’s epic movie, “War Horse”, a story of loyalty, hope and tenacity in the first world war. Young Albert enlists to serve in World War One after his beloved horse is sold to the cavalry. Albert’s hopeful journey takes him out of England and across Europe as the war rages on. Albert and his horse, Joey, are separated by war, tested…