The Guardian
January - February 2011
macrobert Cinema Brochure
‘great cinema’
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Ticket Prices (unless otherwise stated in the brochure) Screenings before 6.00pm: full price £4.75/concession £4.25 Screenings after 6.00pm: full price £5.75/concession £5.25
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atmosphere. The lights are turned up a bit and the sound is turned down, mats are out and there is space
full price £17.25/concession £13.25
for buggies. We are doing our best to create a baby-friendly atmosphere. Membership is free and open to any baby under 12 months old - just sign up before the film.
Concessions apply to fulltime students, under 18s, senior citizens, people with a disability (plus carer), Young Scot Card holders and benefit claimants. Proof of eligibility is required.
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London Boulevard
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The Social Network
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The King's Speech
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For Colored Girls
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Due Date
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Gulliver's Travels
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Cuckoo
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macrobert Movies for the Whole Family
Wall-E (U)
Ratatouille (U)
Alpha & Omega (PG)
As a great place for the whole family, macrobert has chosen a great selection of movies to enjoy this winter. And even better: For all screenings at 1.30pm you can make the most of our special family prices at £4.25 for the bigger, and £3.75 for the smaller members of your family. Not to mention that we have heaps of popcorn and other cinema favourites to enjoy.
Wall-E (U)
Ratatouille (U)
Alpha & Omega (PG)
Andrew Stanton, USA 2008, 103 min
Brad Bird, Jan Pinkava, USA 2007, 111 min
Anthony Bell/Benjamin Gluck, USA 2010, 88 min
Winner of the 2009 Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, Pixar's WALL-E is set in a distant, but not so unrealistic future. Mankind has abandoned earth because it has become covered with trash from products sold by the powerful multi-national Buy N Large corporation. WALL-E, a garbage collecting robot has been left alone to clean up the mess. When Eve, a sleek reconnaissance robot, is sent to Earth to find proof that life is once again sustainable, WALL-E falls in love with Eve. He rescues her from a dust storm and shows her a living plant he found amongst the rubble. Consistent with her "directive" Eve takes the plant and automatically enters a deactivated state except for a blinking green beacon. WALL-E doesn't understand what has happened to his new friend, but true to his love, he protects her from wind, rain, and lightning.
Remy is a young rat in the French countryside who arrives in Paris, only to find out that his cooking idol is dead. When he makes an unusual alliance with a restaurant's new garbage boy, the culinary and personal adventures begin despite the scepticism of Remy's family and the rat-hating world of humans. An award-winning comedy with great taste, Winner of Best Animated Feature Film of the Year at the 2008 Academy Awards.
Two mismatched wolves embark on a cross-country quest to get back home and restore peace in their pack after being relocated thousands of miles away by wellmeaning park rangers. Quick-witted Humphrey likes to frolic with friends and play video games with squirrels; disciplined Kate likes to call the shots and hunt caribou. Normally, an omega wolf like Humphrey would never stand a chance with an alpha wolf like Kate. But when they are both transported halfway across the country they must work together to get back to their natural habitat, even if they don't have anything in common.
Sat 2 & Mon 3 Jan 1.30pm
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macrobert Movies for the Whole Family
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (12A)
Megamind (PG)
Despicable Me (U)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (12A)
Megamind (PG)
Despicable Me (U)
Tom McGrath, USA 2010, 95 min
Pierre Coffin/Chris Renaud, USA 2010, 95 min
With the voices of Will Ferrell, Jonah Hill and Brad Pitt, Megamind is an animated adventure about a super-villain. After he has killed his good-guy nemesis, Metro Man, Megamind becomes bored since there is no one left to fight. He creates a new foe, Titan, with disastrous results. Titan, instead of using his powers for good, sets out to destroy the world, leaving Megamind to save the day for the first time in his life.
Gru is planning the biggest heist in the history of the world. He is going to steal the moon! Armed with his arsenal of shrink rays, freeze rays, and battle-ready vehicles for land and air, he vanquishes all who stand in his way. Until the day he encounters the immense will of three little orphaned girls who look at him and see something that no one else has ever seen: a potential dad. The world’s greatest villain has just met his greatest challenge: three little girls named Margo, Edith and Agnes.
David Yates, UK/USA 2010, 148 min Parental info: Contains moderate fantasy violence and threat
Join us for the cinema event of this winter, back by popular demand, the seventh and final of the Harry Potter novels on the big screen. Voldemort's power is growing stronger. He now has control over the Ministry of Magic and Hogwarts. Harry, Ron, and Hermione decide to finish Dumbledore's work and find the rest of the Horcruxes to defeat the Dark Lord. But little hope remains for the trio, and the rest of the Wizarding World, so everything they do must go as planned. Sat 15 & Sun 16 Jan 1.30pm
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Sat 29 & Sun 30 Jan 1.30pm
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macrobert Movies for the Whole Family
Planet 51 (U)
Gulliver's Travels (PG)
Planet 51 (U)
Gulliver's Travels (PG)
Jorge Blanco, Spain/UK/USA 2009, 91 min
Rob Letterman, USA 2010, 88 min
American astronaut Captain Charles "Chuck" Baker lands on Planet 51 thinking he's the first person to step foot on it. To his surprise, he finds that this planet is inhabited by little green people who are happily living in a white picket fence world, and whose only fear is that it will be overrun by alien invaders... like Chuck! Planet 51 is an animated feature about aliens and astronauts for the whole family.
Starring Jack Black, Emily Blunt and Jason Segel, this is an exciting new big screen adaptation of the classic Jonathan Swift tale. Gulliver's Travels tells the story of travel writer Lemuel Gulliver, who takes an assignment in Bermuda. But instead he ends up on the island of Liliput, where he towers over its tiny citizens.
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The Chronicles of Narnia (PG)
Arthur And The Great Adventure (tbc)
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (PG)
Arthur And The Great Adventure (tbc)
Michael Apted, UK 2010, 112 min
Lucy and Edmund Pevensie with their cousin Eustace return to Narnia, where they meet up with Prince Caspian for a trip across the sea aboard the royal ship The Dawn Treader. Along the way they encounter dragons, dwarfs, merfolk, and a band of lost warriors before reaching the edge of the world. Thu 17 - Sun 20 Feb 1.30pm
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Luc Besson, France 2010, duration tbc
Acclaimed and visionary director Luc Besson, in the follow-up to Arthur and The Invisibles, brings us this brilliant, live action, computer animated, family adventure. When Arthur uncovers a distress call sent from Minimoys, the invisible people who live in his own back yard, he knows that once again, he must embark on a great adventure to battle against the evil Maltazard and save Princess Selenia. Little does he know that this is an evil trick by his arch nemesis to reverse the magic of transformation to become a giant when Arthur passes into the Minimoy's world. Now at less than half an inch tall, Arthur must save his own world from a giant evil Maltazard. Will this little hero have what it takes? Sat 26 & Sun 27 Feb 1.30pm
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macrobert Feature Films
From Here to Eternity (PG)
London Boulevard (18)
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (15)
Old classics and new releases, macrobert's cinema has something for everyone. January and February are packed with feature films from classics to new Hollywood blockbusters and with the very best of British and foreign cinema. Surely you will be able to find the perfect movie for you. And remember, if you book four films together, you will save a whopping amount of cash at only ÂŁ17.25 for four full price and ÂŁ13.25 for four concession tickets.
From Here to Eternity (PG)
London Boulevard (18)
Fred Zinnermann, USA 1953, 113 min
William Monahan, USA/UK 2010, 103 min
Starring Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Frank Sinatra, Ernest Borgnine, Deborah Kerr and Donna Reed, From Here to Eternity won eight Academy Awards in 1953. It is an epic tale of pre WWII enlisted men, their women and the grim destiny that overtook them all. Robert E Lee Prewitt arrives at his barracks in Pearl Harbor. His new commander promises that if he boxes on the company team he will be given the job of bugler, which he very much wants. But he refuses, haunted by previous ugly experiences in the ring. In revenge for this obstinacy, he is given all the dirty jobs. Meanwhile, the officer who assigns these tasks is having a secret affair with the wife of the company commander. And unbeknownst to anyone, the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor looms in the distance.
Starring Colin Farrell, Keira Knightley and Ray Winstone, London Boulevard is a crime thriller about an ex-con who comes out of jail and becomes the bodyguard to a reclusive movie star. Soon he finds himself in a duel with a vicious gangster. Sun 2 - Tue 4 Jan 7.00pm
Thur 6 Jan 5.15pm
Wed 5 Jan 10.30am
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The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (15) Daniel Alfredson, Sweden/Denmark/Germany 2009, 148 min Swedish with English subtitles
In the final part of the Millennium Trilogy by Stieg Larsson, Lisbeth Salander has been treated harshly by the Swedish authorities. While she is recovering in hospital and awaiting trial for three murders when she is released, journalist Mikael Blomkvist must prove her innocence. Meanwhile, Lisbeth is plotting her own revenge against the people who put her in this situation.
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The Illusionist (PG)
Made in Dagenham (15)
The Social Network (12A)
The Illusionist (PG)
Made in Dagenham (15)
The Social Network (12A)
Sylvain Chomet, France/UK 2010, 83 min
Nigel Cole, UK 2010, 113 min
David Fincher, USA 2010, 120 min Parental info: Contains infrequent strong language and drug use
Opening the Edinburgh International Film Festival to critical acclaim this year, The Illusionist is an old-style, hand-drawn animation that brings to life scenes from Scotland in the 1950s with eerie directness. A semi-silent movie, with rudimentary, mumbled fragments of dialogue, it tells the story of an old-fashioned variety-turn conjuror, who travels all the way from France to Scotland and acquires a companion, a girl from rural Scotland, who shares tatty theatrical digs with him as a daughter-figure. It is in Edinburgh that the illusionist becomes disillusioned but brings off an authentic act of human magic.
Directed by Calendar Girls director Nigel Cole and with an all-star British cast, Made in Dagenham stars Sally Hawkins as Rita O’Grady, the catalyst for the 1968 Ford Dagenham strike by sewing machinists which led to the advent of the Equal Pay Act. Working in extremely impoverished conditions and for long arduous hours, the women at the Ford Dagenham plant finally lay down their tools when they are reclassified as "unskilled". With humour, common sense and courage they take on their corporate paymasters, an increasingly belligerent local community and finally the government itself.
Sat 15 Jan 5.15pm
Sat 15 Jan 8.15pm
Sun 16 Jan 8.15pm
Sun 16 Jan 5.15pm
The Social Network is based on the true story of the creation of the social networking website Facebook. On an autumn night in 2003, Harvard undergrad and computer programming genius Mark Zuckerberg sits down at his computer and heatedly begins working on a new idea. In a fury of blogging and programming, what begins in his dorm room soon becomes a global social network and a revolution in communication. A mere six years and 500 million friends later, Mark Zuckerberg is the youngest billionaire in history. But for this entrepreneur, success leads to both personal and legal complications. Tue 18 Jan 7.30pm
Thur 20 Jan 5.15pm
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macrobert Feature Films
Love Lived on Death Row (tbc)
The King's Speech (12A)
The Kids Are All Right (15)
Love Lived on Death Row (tbc)
The King's Speech (12A)
The Kids Are All Right (15)
Linda Booker, USA 2008, 84 min
Tom Hooper, UK/Australia 2010, 118 min Parental info: Contains strong language in a speech therapy context
Lisa Cholodenko, USA 2010, 106 min
Thur 20 Jan 7.30pm Q&A after the screening with guest speaker Karen Torley
The King's Speech tells the story of King George VI of Britain, his impromptu accession to the throne and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch become worthy of it. After his brother abdicates, George ('Bertie') reluctantly assumes the throne. Plagued by a dreaded stutter and considered unfit to be king, Bertie engages the help of an unorthodox speech therapist named Lionel Logue. Through a set of unexpected techniques, and as a result of an unlikely friendship, Bertie is able to find his voice and boldly lead the country through war. Fri 21 Jan & Sun 23 5.15pm Sat 22 Jan 8.15pm
The most talked-about movie at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival and the winner of the Teddy Award for Best Feature Film at the 2010 Berlin Film International Film Festival, the movie combines comedic surprise with poignant emotional truth in a funny, vibrant, and richly drawn portrait of a modern family. Nic and Jules are married and share a cozy suburban Southern California home with their teenage children, Joni and Laser. Nic and Jules - or, when referred to jointly by Joni, "Moms" gave birth to and raised their children, and built a family life for the four of them. As Joni prepares to leave for college, 15-year-old Laser presses her for a big favour. He wants Joni, now 18, to help him find their biological father; the two teenagers were conceived by artificial insemination.
Mon 24 & Tue 25 Jan 7.30pm Wed 26 Jan 10.30am Thur 27 Jan 5.15pm
Love Lived on Death Row is a portrait of a family torn apart by tragedy and reunited by another impending tragedy. It is a powerful examination of not only the healing process but also of the role capital punishment plays in serving justice. The feature documentary tells the story of the four Syriani siblings whose father was sentenced to death for the murder of their mother in 1990 and Meg Eggleston, who became their father's friend and spiritual advisor through letters to him in prison. Orphaned and estranged, the Syriani children live with hate, anger and confusion, until they collectively decide to visit him in prison.
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Fri 21 & Sun 23 Jan 8.15pm Sat 22 Jan 5.15pm
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macrobert Feature Films
The Edge of Dreaming (tbc)
Mammoth (15)
The American (15)
The Edge of Dreaming (tbc)
Mammoth (15)
The American (15)
Amy Hardie, UK 2009, 73 min
Lukas Moodysson, Sweden/Denmark/Germany 2009, 125 min
Anton Corbijn, USA 2010, 104 min
The Edge of Dreaming is the story of a rational, skeptical woman, a mother and wife, who does not remember her dreams, except once when she dreamed her horse was dying. She woke so scared she went outside in the night. She found him dead. The next dream told her she would die herself when she was 48.
Leo and Ellen are a successful New York couple totally immersed in their work. Leo is the creator of a booming website and has stumbled into a world of money and big decisions. Ellen is a dedicated emergency surgeon who devotes her long shifts to saving lives. Their 8-year old daughter Jackie spends most of her time with her Filipino nanny Gloria, a situation that is making Ellen start to question her priorities. When Leo travels to Thailand on business, he unwittingly sets off a chain of events that will have dramatic consequences for everyone.
Alone among assassins, Jack is a master craftsman. When a job in Sweden ends more harshly than expected for this American abroad, he vows to his contact Pavel that his next assignment will be his last. Jack reports to the Italian countryside where he holes up in a small town and relishes being away from death for a spell. The assignment, as specified by a Belgian woman, Mathilde, is in the offing as a weapon is constructed. Surprising himself, Jack seeks out the friendship of local priest Father Benedetto and pursues romance with local woman Clara, but by stepping out of the shadows Jack may be tempting fate. A fine thriller starring George Clooney.
Thur 27 Jan 8.15pm
Fri 28 - Sun 30 Jan 5.15pm
Fri 28 - Sun 30 Jan 8.15pm
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macrobert Feature Films
Metropolis 1927 (PG)
For Colored Girls (15)
Of Gods and Men (15)
Metropolis 1927 (PG)
For Colored Girls (15)
Of Gods and Men (15)
Fritz Lang, Germany 1927, 145 min
Tyler Perry, USA 2010, 133 min
One of the biggest film events of the century, Fritz Lang’s 1927 sci-fi epic can finally be seen as the director originally intended and as it was seen by German cinema-goers in 1927. The results, premiered at the prestigious Berlin International Film Festival in February 2010, are spectacular. In a futuristic city sharply divided between the working class and the city planners, the son of the city's mastermind falls in love with a working class prophet who predicts the coming of a saviour to mediate their differences.
For Colored Girls is based on Ntozake Shange's play. Unlike the original play which featured only 7 women known by colors performing the collection of 20 poems, the movie has given each of the 20 characters names. Each of the poems deal with intense issues that particularly impact women in a thought-provoking commentary on what it means to be a female of color in the world.
Des hommes et des dieux Xavier Beauvois, France 2010, 122 min French with English subtitles
Thur 3 Feb 5.15pm
Mon 31 Jan & Tue 1 Feb 7.30pm
Wed 2 Feb 10.30am
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One of the most intensely passionate films at Cannes in 2010, Of Gods and Men is the story of Trappist monks of the Atlas Mountains in Algeria, who became caught between a murderous Islamic terrorist group and the local law enforcement and stand up for their beliefs when confronted by fundamentalists. A beautifully told story of bravery and extraordinary understanding, the film is based on real events that occurred when seven French monks were taken hostage by Islamic fundamentalists in 1996. Thu 3 Feb 8.15pm
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macrobert Feature Films
The Be All And End All (15)
Fathers of Girls (15)
Due Date (15)
The Be All And End All (15)
Fathers of Girls (15)
Due Date (15)
Bruce Webb, UK 2010, 99 min
Karl Howman/Ethem Cetintas, UK 2010, 76 min
Todd Phillips, USA 2010, 95 min
At fifteen, Robbie has only one thing on his mind - losing his virginity. The problem is that he is in hospital with a fatal heart condition. And who has to overcome the odds and help him fulfil his final wish? His best friend Ziggy. The Be All And End All is a British drama set in and around Liverpool about two teenage boys obsessed with thoughts of sex.
A story of the unconditional love a father has for his daughter. Frank Horner is a solicitor in a small town in Wiltshire, England. His daughter Helen is leaving home for the first time to go to university and move in with her boyfriend. Frank has to come to terms with parting from his ‘princess’, whom he has smothered with love for over 20 years. In search for answers when she dies from a drug overdose, he gets in contact with the murky world of Helen's dark side.
Directed by Todd Phillips (The Hangover), Due Date tells the story of Architect Peter Highman (Robert Downey Jr.) who must get to LA in five days to be at the birth of his firstborn. He is about to fly home from Atlanta when his luggage and wallet are stolen and he is put on the "no-fly" list. Desperate to get home, Peter is forced to accept the offer of aspiring actor Ethan Tremblay (Zach Galifianakis) to hitch a ride with him cross-country. From here Peter is about to go on a terrifying and agonizing journey of his life.
Sat 5 Feb 8.15pm
Fri 4 & Sun 6 Feb 8.15pm Sat 5 Feb 5.15pm
Wed 9 Feb 10.30 am Thu 10 Feb 5.15pm
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macrobert Feature Films
Pretty Woman (15)
Chico & Rita (15)
Breakfast at Tiffany's (PG)
Pretty Woman (15)
Chico & Rita (15)
Breakfast at Tiffany's (PG)
Garry Marshall, USA 1990, 119 min
Javier Mariscal/Fernando Trueba, Spain/UK 2010, 93 min Spanish with English subtitles
Blake Edwards, USA 1961, 114 min
A true romantic classic to warm up for Valentine’s Day, starring Julia Roberts and Richard Gere. Edward is a rich and sophisticated businessman who specializes in corporate raiding - buying up businesses to break them up and sell them off in pieces. Vivian is a Los Angeles prostitute struggling with her lifestyle and a need to pay the rent. On a business trip to Los Angeles, Edward hires Vivian to be his girlfriend for a week while he traverses the local social circles. Love and various social complications invade their tidy arrangement and have the pair wondering if this Cinderella-story could have a happy ending. Fri 11 Feb 5.15pm
Cuba, 1948. Chico is a young piano player with big dreams. Rita is a beautiful singer with an extraordinary voice. Music and romantic desire unites them, but their journey, in the tradition of the Latin ballad, the bolero, brings heartache and torment. From Havana to New York, Paris, Hollywood and Las Vegas, two passionate individuals battle impossible odds to unite in music and love. A beautifully animated film about complicated love, music and stardom.
Struggling writer Paul Varjak moves into a New York apartment building and becomes intrigued by his pretty, quirky neighbor Holly Golightly. Holly's lifestyle confuses and fascinates Paul; in public she flits through parties with a sexy, sophisticated air, but when they're alone she changes into a sweetly vulnerable bundle of neuroses. A true classic starring Audrey Hepburn, right in time for Valentine’s Day. Sat 12 Feb 8.15pm
Fri 11 & Sun 13 Feb 8.15pm Sat 12 Feb 5.15pm
Sun 13 Feb 5.15pm Mon 14 Feb 7.30pm
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macrobert Feature Films
Unstoppable (12A)
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (12)
Somewhere (15)
Unstoppable (12A)
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (12)
Somewhere (15)
Tony Scott, USA 2010, 98 min Parental info: Contains moderate threat and infrequent strong language
Tony Richardson, UK 1962, 104 min Parental info: Contains some moderate violence and bad language
Sofia Coppola, USA 2010, 97 min
With an unmanned, half-mile-long freight train, carrying carloads of dangerous chemicals and barrelling towards a city, a veteran engineer and a young conductor race against the clock to prevent a catastrophe. In order to save the day they must figure out how to catch up to the rogue engine and stop it before harm comes to the town. Starring Denzel Washington and Chris Pine.
A rebellious youth, sentenced to a boy's reformatory for robbing a bakery, rises through the ranks of the institution through his prowess as a long distance runner. During his solitary runs reveries of his life and times before his incarceration lead him to re-evaluate his privileged status as the Governor's prize runner.
Hollywood actor Johnny Marco, nested in his luxury hotel of choice, is a stimulated man. Drinking, parties and women keep a creeping boredom under wraps in between jobs. He is the occasional father of a bright girl, Cleo, who may be spoiled but doesn't act it. When Cleo's mother drops her off and leaves town, Johnny brings her along for the ride. But can he fit an 11-yearold girl into his privileged lifestyle?
Tue 15 & Wed 16 Feb 7.30pm
Thur 17 Feb 8.15pm
Fri 18 & Sun 20 5.15pm
Thu 17 Feb 5.15pm
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macrobert Feature Films
The Next Three Days (12A)
Certified Copy (12A)
Cuckoo (15)
The Next Three Days (12A)
Certified Copy (12A)
Cuckoo (15)
Paul Haggis, USA 2010, 133 min Parental info: Contains one use of strong language and moderate violence
Abbas Kiarostami, France/Italy/Iran 2010, 106 min Parental info: Contains one use of strong language
Richard Bracewell, UK 2010, 89 min
Life seems perfect for John Brennan until his wife, Lara, is arrested for a gruesome murder she says she didn't commit. Three years into her sentence, John is struggling to hold his family together, raising their son and teaching at college while he pursues every means available to prove her innocence. With the rejection of their final appeal, Lara becomes suicidal and John decides there is only one possible, bearable solution: to break his wife out of prison. Refusing to be deterred by impossible odds or his own inexperience, John devises an elaborate escape plot and plunges into a dangerous and unfamiliar world, ultimately risking everything for the woman he loves.
In Tuscany to promote his latest book, a middle-aged English writer meets a French woman who leads him to the village of Lucignano. Set against the backdrop of the Tuscan countryside, Certified Copy is an engaging drama following the developing relationship between an English writer and a French woman who appear to have just met.
Wed 23 Feb 10.30am Thur 24 Feb 5.15pm
Fri 18 & Sun 20 8.15pm
Mon 21 & Tue 22 Feb 7.30pm
Student Polly is desperate to get out of her dead-end life, but when she has the chance to escape, her nearest and dearest have other ideas. Alone in her flat, sounds torment her. Voices in the darkness. Whispers of deceit. She knows she's not cuckoo, but why won't the noises go away? An exciting new British thriller set in London about sounds and lies, telling the story of a student who begins to think she is going mad as she starts to hear unexplained sounds. & 7.30pm
Sat 19 Feb 5.15pm
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macrobert Feature Films
Easier with Practice (15)
127 Hours (15)
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (12A)
Easier with Practice (15)
127 Hours (15)
Kyle Patrick Alvarez, USA 2010, 100 min
Danny Boyle, USA/UK 2010, 94 min
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (12A)
Following his critically acclaimed performance in the multi-Oscar winning The Hurt Locker, Brian Geragthy delivers a mesmerizing turn in Kyle Patrick Alvarez’s provocative debut feature film, Winner of Best New International Feature at the Edinburgh Film Festival and multiple awards internationally. On a road trip across middle-town America to promote his unpublished novel, shy and young writer Davy Mitchell’s life takes an unexpected turn, when he is seduced into a phone sex relationship with a mysterious caller named Nicole. What starts out as a distraction soon becomes an obsession, as Davy’s feelings start to develop.
127 Hours is the true story of mountain climber Aron Ralston's remarkable adventure to save himself after a fallen boulder crashes on his arm and traps him in an isolated canyon in Utah. Over the next five days Ralston examines his life and survives the elements to finally discover he has the courage and the wherewithal to extricate himself by any means necessary, scale a 65 foot wall and hike over eight miles before he is finally rescued. Throughout his journey, Ralston recalls friends, lovers, family and the two hikers he met before his accident. Will they be the last two people he ever had the chance to meet?
Fri 25 & Sun 27 Feb 5.15pm Sat 26 Feb 8.15pm
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Loong Boonmee raleuk chat (original title) Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Thailand/UK/France/Germany/Spain/Netherlands, 114 min Parental info: Contains one scene of moderate sex In Thai with English subtitles
On his deathbed, Uncle Boonmee recalls his many past lives as he contemplates the reasons for his illness. He spends his last days with his family on his country farm together with his loved ones - including the ghost of his dead wife and his lost son who has returned in a non-human form. Mon 28 Feb 7.30pm
macrobert live-arts screening/macrobert event film
The Nutcracker (U)
Dirty Dancing (15)
The Nutcracker (U)
Dirty Dancing (15)
Peter Wright, UK 2010, 109 min
Emile Ardolino, USA 1987, 100 min
A filmed performance from the Royal Opera House, The Nutcracker is classical ballet at its most approachable and visually entrancing. It is a seasonal favourite with something for everyone to enjoy, from the youngest in the family to the oldest. Tchaikovsky’s music is some of the most instantly memorable of all ballet with a wealth of famous melodies. E.T.A. Hoffmann’s story tells of one Christmas Eve, when young Clara creeps downstairs for one of her presents, but instead finds herself at the start of a night of magical adventures as the Christmas tree magically grows and the toy soldiers come to life to fight the Mouse King!
macrobert is bringing back one of the true dance classics in movie history starring Patrick Swayze as Johnny and Jennifer Grey as Baby. America in the 60s: Spending the summer in a holiday camp with her family Baby, a sweet daddy's girl, falls in love with Johnny, the camp's dancing teacher whose background is vastly different from her own. Have you ever adored the stunning moves in Dirty Dancing? To make this a special night out, we will teach you the moves. Come and be instructed by a macrobert dance artist and get the chance to be Johnny or Baby for one night only, or maybe for a lifetime. Thur 24 Feb 6.30pm - 7.30pm workshop 8.15pm screening
Fri 7 Jan 5.15pm
Tickets £12 (no concessions, including workshop, a glass of wine, beer or a soft drink and the film screening.)
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macrobert Documentaries
Chasing Legends (15)
A Day in the Life (U)
The Arbor (15)
Yet again we have collected some real documentary gems this winter. If you prefer two wheels, you can’t miss Chasing Legends; A Day in the Life portrays British social life in the 1950s and 1960s and The Arbor tells the moving story of the lives of the late working-class playwright Andrea Dunbar and her daughter Lorraine.
Chasing Legends (15)
A Day in the Life (U)
The Arbor (15)
Jason Berry, USA 2010, 90 min
John Krish, UK 2010, 94 min
Clio Barnard, UK 2010, 94 min
Back by popular demand. There is no greater sporting event in all of cycling than the Tour de France. Chasing Legends touches on the rich history, passion and true grit of The Tour as seen through the eyes of Team HTC Columbia along with commentary from Phil Liggett, Paul Sherwen, Eddy Merckx, Lance Armstrong and some of the sports most prolific heroes. With a stunning array of HD cameras, poignant and touching interviews, Chasing Legends will take viewers deeper into the pro peloton than ever on a roller coaster ride of action, story and emotion.
A Day in the Life is a collection of four black and white short form documentaries featuring aspects of British social life in the 1950s and 1960s.
A documentary drama, this film tells the story of the lives of the late working-class playwright Andrea Dunbar and her daughter Lorraine, lived out on a run-down estate in Bradford, one tragic, the other touched with tragedy but not yet over. The two lives are reconstructed from a couple of TV documentaries about Andrea, extracts from The Arbor performed alfresco on the estate, and an outstanding team of actors miming to tape-recorded testimony by family, friends and associates of the Dunbar family.
Fri 7 Jan 8.15pm (SOLD OUT) Thur 10 Feb 8.15pm
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Tickets & Information 01786 466666
Sun 9 Jan 5.15pm
Mon 7 & Tue 8 Feb 7.30pm
Tuesday and Thursday Cinema Meal Deal for £11 Make your visit to macrobert the perfect night out! Our Cinema Meal Deal is one of the best bargains around. Between 5.00pm and 8.00pm you can get your cinema ticket, a meal and a drink for only £11. Choose from our exciting menu, treat yourself to a glass of wine, a bottle of beer or a soft drink and enjoy the movie! Snacks If you are hungry or thirsty, you can take drinks into the cinema with you, or choose from a range of cinema favourites and healthy treats. macrobert is Family Friendly macrobert has been designed with families in mind. We have top-notch baby changing facilities, highchairs, crayons and colouring in sheets and a dedicated baby food area, and our children’s menu is filled with favourites. Access Information macrobert welcomes all disabled visitors. Our building is fully accessible for wheelchairs, and we offer hearing loops at the box office and bar. Audio description and subtitling are available for selected cinema screenings - please look at the listings at the back of the brochure or ask for details. Concessions tickets are available for people with a disability plus carer.
Please Note o Tickets cannot be exchanged or refunded, except in the event of cancellation of a screening by macrobert. o We reserve the right to relocate film screenings between the Norman McLaren filmhouse and the mainhouse. In such cases seating will be unreserved. o (tbc) means that the film is awaiting BBFC or local authority licensing approval. o The use of cameras and recording equipment is not permitted. o Screen advertisements and trailers are shown before all films. Your Visit o o
When travelling by car, you can park free on the university campus. Please give yourself time, as it can be busy sometimes. For public transport options please call Traveline Scotland at 0871 200 22 33
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Hire Us The Norman McLaren filmhouse at macrobert is available to hire for private screenings. If you want to see a special film without booking a private screening, guarantee us 20 tickets sold and we'll programme the film of your choice (subject to availability). To find out more about hosting your next event at macrobert or to arrange a showround please contact our Conference & Events Manager Kate Timperley at 01786 467153 or kate.timperley@macrobert.org Feedback We would love to hear any feedback. Please email us at marketing@macrobert.org macrobert online - 24/7 Get much more information about macrobert and our movies at www.macrobert.org, whenever you like, as much as you like.
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January
Thu 20
The Social Network (12A) Love Lived On Death Row (tbc)
5.15pm 7.30pm
Fri 11
Pretty Woman (15) Chico & Rita (15)
5.15pm 8.15pm(s)
Fri 21 1.30pm(f) 4.30pm 7.00pm
The King’s Speech (12A) The Kids Are Alright (15)
5.15pm 8.15pm
Sat 12
Wall-E (U) From Here To Eternity (PG) London Boulevard (18)
Sat 22
Megamind (PG) The Kids Are Alright (15) The King’s Speech (12A)
1.30pm(f) 5.15pm 8.15pm(t)
Gulliver’s Travels (PG) Chico & Rita (15) Breakfast At Tiffany’s (PG)
1.30pm(f) 5.15pm(s) 8.15pm
Sun 13
Mon 3
Wall-E (U) London Boulevard (18)
1.30pm(f) 7.00pm
Sun 23
1.30pm(f) 5.15pm 8.15pm(s)
Ratatouille (U) London Boulevard (18)
1.30pm(f) 7.00pm
1.30pm(f) 5.15pm 8.15pm
Gulliver’s Travels (PG) Breakfast At Tiffany’s (PG) Chico & Rita (15)
Tue 4
Megamind (PG) The King’s Speech (12A) The Kids Are Alright (15)
Mon 14
Gulliver’s Travels (PG) Breakfast At Tiffany’s (PG)
1.30pm(f) 7.30pm
Mon 24
The King’s Speech (12A)
7.30pm
Tue 15
Wed 5
London Boulevard (18) Ratatouille (U)
10.30am(bs)(t) 7.00pm 1.30pm(f)
Tue 25
The King’s Speech (12A)
7.30pm
Gulliver’s Travels (PG) Unstoppable (12A)
1.30pm(f) 7.30pm
London Boulevard (18)
5.15pm(u)
Wed 26
The King’s Speech (12A)
10.30am(bs)(t)
Wed 16
Thu 6
Gulliver’s Travels (PG) Unstoppable (12A)
10.30am(bs)(t) 7.30pm
Fri 7
The Nutcracker (U) Chasing Legends (15)
5.15pm 8.15pm (SOLD OUT)
Thu 27
The King’s Speech (12A) The Edge Of Dreaming (tbc)
5.15pm(u) 8.15pm
Thu 17
Fri 28
Mammoth (15) The American (15)
5.15pm 8.15pm
The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader (PG) Unstoppable (12A) The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (12)
Sat 29
Despicable Me (U) Mammoth (15) The American (15)
1.30pm(f) 5.15pm 8.15pm
Sun 30
Despicable Me (U) Mammoth (15) The American (15)
1.30pm(f) 5.15pm 8.15pm
Metropolis (PG)
7.30pm
Sun 2
Sat 8
Sun 9
Sat 15
Sun 16
Alpha & Omega (PG) The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest (15)
1.30pm(f)
Alpha & Omega (PG) A Day In The Life The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest (15)
1.30pm(f) 5.15pm
8.15pm
5.15pm(s)
8.15pm(s)
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part1 (12A) The Illusionist (PG) Made In Dagenham (15)
1.30pm(f) 5.15pm 8.15pm
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 1 (12A) Made In Dagenham (15) The Illusionist (PG)
1.30pm(f) 5.15pm 8.15pm
Tue 18
The Social Network (12A)
7.30pm
Wed 19
The Social Network (12A)
10.30am(bs)(t) 7.30pm
Mon 31
Special Family Price
(t)
Treehouse Sessions Available
(bs)
Parent and Baby Screening
(u)
Thursday Unemployed Screening - £1 Tickets for Unemployed People
(s)
Subtitled Foreign Language Screening
(p)
Special Price
Fri 18
Metropolis (PG)
7.30pm
Wed 2
For Colored Girls (15)
10.30am(bs)(t)
Thu 3
For Colored Girls (15) Of Gods And Men (15)
5.15pm(u) 8.15pm(s)
Fri 4
The Be All And End All (15) Father’s Of Girls (15)
5.15pm 8.15pm
Sat 5
Planet 51 (U) Father’s Of Girls (15) The Be All And End All (15)
1.30pm(f) 5.15pm 8.15pm
Sun 6
Planet 51 (U) The Be All And End All (15) Father’s Of Girls (15)
1.30pm(f) 5.15pm 8.15pm
Mon 7
The Arbor
7.30pm
Tue 8
The Arbor
7.30pm
Wed 9
Due Date (15)
10.30am(bs)(t)
Thu 10
Due Date (15) Chasing Legends (15)
5.15pm(u) 8.15pm
8.15pm
The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader (PG) The Next Three Days (12A) Somewhere (15)
1.30pm(f) 5.15pm 8.15pm
The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader (PG) Somewhere (15) The Next Three Days (12A)
1.30pm 5.15pm 8.15pm
Mon 21
Certified Copy (12A)
7.30pm
Tue 22
Certified Copy (12A)
7.30pm
Wed 23
Cuckoo (15)
10.30am(bs)(t)
Thu 24
Cuckoo (15) Dirty Dancing (15)
5.15pm(u) 8.15pm(p) (workshop 6.30pm)
Fri 25
Easier With Practice (15) 127 Hours (15)
5.15pm 8.15pm
Sat 26
Arthur And The Great Adventure(tbc) 127 Hours (15) Easier With Practice (15)
1.30pm(f) 5.15pm 8.15pm
Arthur And The Great Adventure(tbc) Easier With Practice (15) 127 Hours (15)
1.30pm(f) 5.15pm 8.15pm
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (12A)
7.30pm(s)
Sat 19
7.30pm
1.30pm(f) 5.15pm(u)
1.30pm(f)(t) 5.15pm 8.15pm
February Tue 1
1.30pm(t)
The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader (PG) Somewhere (15) The Next Three Days (12A)
Sun 20
Key: (f)
7.30pm
Sun 27
Mon 28
7.30pm