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The Hurt Locker (15)Wed 14 Jul, 6.00 pm & 8.15pm £4.50 (£3.50)
US 2009 131
mins. Dir. Kathryn Bigelow. With Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty.
Following BAFTA and Directors’ Guild awards, Bigelow became the first woman ever to take the ‘Best
Director’ and ‘Best Film’ Oscars this year with this powerful account of bomb-disposal experts in Iraq.
The film succeeds in avoiding glorification of US militarism, focusing on the camaraderie and rivalry within one small group
of bomb specialists, taking constant risks amongst a civilian population who may or may not be hostile. Extraordinary tension
is built in the key scenes with the minimum of resources and no easy final resolution is found.
The
Last Station (15)
Wed 28 Jul, 6
& 8.15pm £4.50 (£3.50)
GB/Russia/Ger 2010 112 mins. Dir.
Michael Hoffman. With Christopher Plummer, Helen Mirren, James McAvoy.
Set in Russia
1910, rumours of the impending death of Leo Tolstoy cause ripples around the world and set up an internal family battle over
the publishing rights to his renowned ‘War and Peace’ – should they go to an idealistic Tolstoyan political
movement combating social injustice, or remain under the control of his wife, the mother of his 13 children. A powerful drama
set against an historically detailed background, with award-nominated central performances.
Buy a combined meal
and film ticket for only £10 (£9 conc) and enjoy a specially prepared Russian style meal (6.30-8.30pm).
Advance bookings by Mon 28 Jul.
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