MACROBERT FILMHOUSE
The Hunger Games
APRIL 2012
THE HUNGER GAMES THE MUPPETS JOHN CARTER SAFE HOUSE AND OTHERS TICKETS WWW.MACROBERT.ORG BOX OFFICE 01786 466666
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SPECIAL EVENTS Each month macrobert brings you a range of special event screenings, ranging from post show discussions to genre specific films and everything in between.
OFFSIDE Jafar Panahi / Iran 2006 / 92min / (PG) Contains mild language / Farsi with English subtitles
WED 4 APR 7.30PM WITH PRE-FILM TALK HOSTED BY HUMAN RACE
The Tehran soccer stadium roars with 100,000 cheering men and only men. According to Islamic custom, women are not allowed, and the ambitious girls who manage to sneak in are caught and sent to a holding pen, guarded by male soldiers their own age. Duty makes the young men and women adversaries, but duty can’t overcome their shared dreams, their mutual attraction, and ultimately their overriding sense of national pride and humanity.
THE ISLAND PRESIDENT Jon Shenk / USA 2012 / / 101min / 12A TBC
SAT 21 APR 5.00PM Presented by www.takeoneaction.org.uk with support from Christian Aid and SCIAF. Followed by discussion bringing us up to date and asking what Scotland can do as the UN comes together again in June 2012.
2,000 Maldive islands are being engulfed by rising sea levels. This visually stunning and politically potent film pits the US, China and India against one man – former President Nasheed of the Maldives. Single-handedly challenging the international community’s muddled response to reducing global carbon emissions, we move from playful underwater publicity stunts to an extraordinary behind-the-scenes climax at the 2009 UN climate conference.
PARENT AND BABY SCREENINGS Bring your baby along and enjoy films on the big screen in a baby-friendly, relaxed atmosphere with the lights dimmed and the sound at a comfortable level. Membership is free and open to any baby under 12 months – just sign up before the film. Screenings start at 10.30am each Wednesday and are marked throughout the brochure (*).
LETS DANCE FESTIVAL SINGING IN THE RAIN Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly / USA 1952 / 103 min / (U)
FRI 20 APR 2.00PM** SAT 21 APR 8.00PM **Midweek Matinee Screening
After years of honing his skills on the vaudeville stage, hoofer Don Lockwood has finally reached the top and become a swashbuckling star of the silent silver screen. The wild popularity of ‘The Jazz Singer’ has studios scrambling to change from silent films to talkies, and Don’s stiff acting as well as his co-star’s shrill voice left the preview audience roaring with laughter. There’s only one way to save the movie and their careers: turn their film into a musical.
BIG DANCE DAY: SATURDAY 21ST APRIL 2012 Come and take part... As part of macrobert’s Let’s Dance Festival and Big Dance project, we will be hosting a full day of dance. Activities include performances, workshops, drop in taster sessions and community dance group performances.
TIMETABLE: ALL DAY The Red Shoe Exhibition 11am Performance | Ballet Lorent, Underneath The Floorboards 12pm - 1.30pm drop in workshops in a range of dance style 2pm Performance | Ballet Lorent, Underneath The Floorboards 3pm - 4pm Community dance performances 5pm - 6pm Community dance performances 7pm - 8.30pm Ceilidh (for families) 9pm - 10.30pm Ceilidh * Timetable is subject to change - please see website for most up to date listings
FAMILY FUNDAYS
SUN 1 APR 11.00AM
Family Fundays are a new regular feature in the macrobert events calendar. Once a month we will programme even more fun activities to give you and your family the opportunity to explore your creative side. You can choose from a pick ‘n’ mix of activities and events including interactive storytelling performances, drop in dance, drama, film and arts workshops, creative quizzes and other magical performances. Find out more at www.macrobert.org/fundays
THE MIDWEEK MATINEE Each Wednesday at 2.00pm we bring you one of the months’ movie highlights for only £2.50. Not only that but we will throw in a free tea or filter coffee to help you relax that little bit more. So look out for the specially marked screenings (**) in this month’s brochure, including a special Friday matinee screening of Singing in the Rain.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE CINEMA ONCE UPON A TIME IN ANATOLIA Bir Zamanlar Anadolu’da (original title) / Turkish with English subtitles / Nuri Bilge Ceylan / Turkey/Bosnia-Herzogovina 2011 / 157 min / (15) Contains strong language TUE 10 APR 7.30PM THU 12 APR 7.30PM
The police procedural thriller shifts into a new gear with Ceylan’s existential investigation into a local murder that sends police, suspect and prosecutor into the Turkish countryside at night in search of a body. What seems comical at first, with the killer unable to identify the exact location of his victim, soon becomes a more troubling investigation into what drives each of us to commit acts that may exist far beyond normal behaviour.
THE KID WITH A BIKE Le gamin au vélo (original title) / French with English Subtitles / Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne / Various 2011 / 88 min / Contains one use of strong language and moderate violence TUE 24 APR 7.30PM THU 26 APR 7.30PM
Cyril, 12, has only one plan: to find the father who left him temporarily in a children’s home. By chance he meets Samantha, who runs a hairdressing salon and agrees to let him stay with her at weekends. Cyril doesn’t recognize the love Samantha feels for him, a love he desperately needs to calm his rage.
NEW AT MACROBERT Each month, macrobert brings you some of the biggest blockbusters to hit the big screen!
BIG MIRACLE Kevin Kwapis / USA 2012 / 107 min / (PG) Contains infrequent mild language
SUN 1 APR 2.00PM
Based on the 1989 book ‘Freeing the Whales’ by Tom Rose, Big Miracle tells the incredible story of a reporter and conservationist who bring together everyday people and world superpowers to save a family of grey whales trapped in rapidly forming ice in the Arctic Circle.
CHRONICLE Nominated for 5 Oscars Josh Trank / USA 2012 / 83 min / (12A) Contains strong violence
SUN 1 APR 5.00PM MON 2 APR 7.30PM
A cautionary tale of three high school friends who develop superhero-like powers after being exposed to a mysterious substance. Initially using their newfound skills for fun, they soon find that darker forces are at work as their lives begin to take a sinister turn.
BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL John Madden / UK 2012 / 124 min / (12A) Contains strong language, moderate sex references and racist remarks SUN 1 APR 8.00PM MON 2 APR 5.00PM TUE 3 APR 5.00PM & 7.30PM WED 4 APR 2.00PM** THU 5 APR 5.00PM & 7.30PM
A group of English pensioner’s retirement takes an unconventional turn when they abandon their homeland for a seemingly luxurious sanctuary for “the elderly and beautiful” in Jaipur, India. On arrival, they discover that the hotel falls somewhat short of the romantic idyll promise, but won over and find that life can begin again when you let go of the past.
THE MUPPETS Oscar Winner: Best Original Song James Bobin / USA 2012 / 109 min / (U) Contains mild comic violence, brief rude humour & one use of mild language
MON 2 & TUE 3 APR 2.00PM WED 4 APR 10.30AM* THU 5 – SUN 8 APR 2.00PM * Parent & Baby Screening
Since their last adventure, The Muppets have gone their separate ways and found different careers and varying degrees of success. When Walter, the world’s biggest Muppet fan, discovers the Muppet Theatre is under threat of destruction at the hands of a money-mad oil baron, he vows to help raise the $10 million needed to save the theatre by reuniting The Muppets for a live telethon...with predictably chaotic results.
SAFE HOUSE Daniel Espinosa / USA 2012 / 114 min / (15) Contains strong violence
FRI 6 APR 7.30PM SAT 7 APR 5.00PM SUN 8 APR 8.00PM
Tobin Frost, a traitorous former CIA agent is placed into the sole care of a rookie agent in a South African safe house covertly operated by the CIA. The safe haven is soon attacked by ruthless mercenaries intent on silencing Frost and he and the agent are forced to fight for their lives.
THE VOW Michael Sucsy / USA 2012 / 104 min / (12A) Contains an accident scene and moderate injury detail
SAT 7 APR 8.00PM SUN 8 APR 5.00PM MON 9 APR 7.30PM WED 11 APR 10.30PM* * Parent & Baby Screening
Based on true events, The Vow tells the story of a newly married couple who have to start their whole relationship over again. A serious car accident causes a young woman to suffer amnesia and forget everything about her life. Her husband makes a promise to help her regain her memory and also win her heart once more.
JOHN CARTER Andrew Stanton / USA 2012 / 131 min / (12A) Contains moderate fantasy violence
MON 9 – SUN 15 APR 2.00PM WED 11 APR 2.00PM** WED 11 APR 7.30PM **Midweek Matinee Screening
Based on Edgar Rice Burroughs’ classic novel, John Carter tells the out-of-this-world tale of a war-weary Confederate captain in the American Civil War who finds himself mysteriously transported to Mars. Discovering the 12-foot inhabitants of the planet are locked in a violent conflict with each other, he uses his experiences on earth to try and bring peace to the planet.
RAMPART Oren Moverman / USA 2012 / 108 min / (15) Contains strong sex references & language, once very strong & moderate sex
FRI 13 APR 7.30PM SAT 14 APR 5.00PM SUN 15 APR 8.00PM WED 18 APR 2.00PM** **Midweek Matinee Screening
Dave Brown is a tough cop who believes that actions speak louder than words when it comes to police work. When he gets caught on tape beating a suspect, his career and personal life begin to unravel as he is forced to come to terms with the unsuitable nature of his old-fashioned code, further compounded by a corruption scandal that threatens to destroy his entire department.
WANDERLUST David Wain / USA 2012 / 98 min / (15) Contains strong language and sex references and drug use
SAT 14 APR 8.00PM SUN 15 APR 5.00PM MON 16 APR 7.30PM WED 18 APR 10.30AM*
George and Linda are a stressed out Manhattan couple who find themselves losing the rat race when George is made redundant. Forced to relocate to an unpopular sibling’s home in Atlanta, they stumble upon a utopian community of free spirits who have only one rule: Be yourself.
* Parent & Baby Screening
CLEANSKIN Hadi Hajaig / UK 2012 / 108 min / (15) Contains strong bloody violence, threat, sex and language
TUE 17 APR 7.30PM WED 18 APR 7.30PM THU 19 APR 7.30PM
Ewan is a secret service agent tasked with infiltrating a criminal gang to terminate a suicide bomber and his accomplices before they bring death and destruction to the streets of the London.
HUNKY DORY Marc Evans / UK 2012 / 110 min / (15) Contains strong language
FRI 20 APR 7.30PM SUN 22 APR 8.00PM WED 25 APR 2.00PM** ** Midweek Matinee Screening
In producing a musical version of The Tempest, idealistic high school teacher Vivienne is faced with opposition from fellow teachers and cynical parents as she attempts to bring together a disparate group of teenagers on the verge of adulthood.
GHOST RIDER: SPIRIT OF VENGENCE Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor / USA 2012 / 95 min / (12A) Contains one use of strong language, moderate fantasy violence and horror. SAT 21 APR 2.00PM SUN 22 APR 2.00PM WED 25 APR 10.30PM* * Parent & Baby Screening
In the sequel to the worldwide hit, Ghost Rider, Johnny is still struggling with his curse as the devil’s bounty hunter and has exiled himself to Eastern Europe. He is recruited by a secret church to save a young boy from the devil. Reluctant, at first, to embrace the power of the Ghost Rider, Johnny soon realises that it may be the only way to protect the boy and possibly rid himself of the curse forever.
THE RAVEN James McTeigue / USA 2012 / 111 min / (15) Contains strong bloody violence and grisly images
SUN 22 APR 5.00PM MON 23 APR 7.30PM WED 25 APR 7.30PM
When a mother and daughter are found slaughtered in very bizarre circumstances, Detective Emmet Fields notices that the crime matches a story by gothic horror legend Edgar Allan Poe and decides to bring the writer on board in an attempt to get one step ahead of the killer.
THE HUNGER GAMES James McTeigue / USA 2012 / 142 min / (12A)
FRI 27 APR 7.30PM SAT 28 APR 5.00PM SUN 29 APR 8.00PM
In future North America deadly, gladiatorial combat has become an annual TV sensation. Every year, a teenage boy and girl are selected to compete in a fight to the death with other contenders. A young woman, Katniss, takes her younger sister’s place for the upcoming event, only training from a past champion and her instinct for survival can help her return home victorious.
WE BOUGHT A ZOO Cameron Crowe / USA 2012 / 124 min / (PG) Contains mild language
SAT 28 APR 2.00PM SUN 29 APR 2.00PM WED 2 MAY 10.30PM* WED 2 MAY 2.00PM** WED 2 MAY 7.30PM ** Midweek Matinee Screening
We Bought a Zoo is an incredible true story of a father who moves his young family to the countryside to restore and re-open a struggling zoo. In an attempt to bring them all closer, he relocates, along with his two children, to the rundown menagerie where the family embark on a soul-restoring journey to return the zoo to its former glory.
BLACK GOLD Jean-Jacques Annaud / France 2012 / 130 min / (12A) Contains moderate violence and one scene of moderate sex
SAT 28 APR 8.00PM SUN 29 APR 5.00PM MON 30 APR 7.30PM
Adapted from Hans Ruesch’s classic novel ‘The Great Thirst’, Black Gold tells the story of tribal rivalries and warfare ignited by the discovery of oil in the Arabian Peninsula in the early 20th Century and the rise of a dynamic leader who emerges from the conflict to unite the warring factions.
KIDS FILM CLUB Join macrobert at 11.00am on Saturday and Sunday mornings for the all new Kids Film Club. Kids and adults alike only have to pay £1.50 or you can select four films in the month for £5. Become a member and you can also pick up a bag full of goodies like popcorn and juice for only £1.50. Sponsored by:
UP Pete Docter / USA 2009 / 96 min / (U) Contains mild threat
SUN 1 APR 11.00AM
Carl, 78 year old balloon salesman, is finally fulfilling a lifelong dream of a great adventure. He ties thousands of balloons to his house and flies away to the wilds of South America. But he discovers all too late that his biggest nightmare, an overly optimistic 8 year old wilderness explorer named Russell, has stowed away on the trip.
THE MUPPETS James Bobin / USA 2012 / 109 min / (U) Contains mild comic violence, brief rude humour & one use of mild language
FRI 6 APR 11.00AM**** **** This screening is for Kids Film Club members only who will also get their tickets for the special £1.50 price. Becoming a member is free. Ask at our box office for details
Since their last adventure, The Muppets have gone their separate ways and found different careers and varying degrees of success. When Walter, the world’s biggest Muppet fan, discovers the Muppet Theatre is under threat of destruction at the hands of a money-mad oil baron, he vows to help raise the $10 million needed to save the theatre by reuniting The Muppets for a live telethon...with predictably chaotic results.
THE SMURFS Raja Gosnell / USA 2011 / 102 min / (U) Contains mild slapstick violence, mild language and very mild innuendo
SAT 7 APR 11.00AM SUN 8 APR 11.00AM
The Smurfs make their first trip to the big screen in decades with a new live-action and animated family comedy. When the evil wizard Gargamel chases the Smurfs out of their village, they’re forced through a portal, out of their world and into ours, landing in the middle of New York’s Central Park. Stuck in Big Apple, the Smurfs must find a way to get back to their village before Gargamel tracks them down.
HAPPY FEET TWO George Miller / USA 2011 / 104 min / Contains mild threat and fight scenes (U)
SAT 14 APR 11.00AM SUN 15 APR 11.00AM
Mumble the penguin has a problem: his son Erik is choreo-phobic, reluctant to dance! Things get worse for Mumble when the world is shaken by powerful forces, causing him to bring together the penguin nations and all manner of fabulous creatures to put things right.
CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG Ken Hughes / UK 1968 / 145 min / (U) Contains very mild comic violence SAT 21 APR 11.00AM SUN 22 APR 11.00AM
The family favourite musical follows the journey of eccentric inventor Caractacus Potts, his children and Truly Scrumptious, the daughter of a confectionary tycoon as they travel to a far-off land in the only successful invention Potts has ever created – a flying car. However, they end up in a land where children are banned and in order to escape, they must evade the evil Child Catcher.
PUSS IN BOOTS Chris Miller / USA 2011 / 90 min / (U) Contains mild comic fight scenes and innuendo
SAT 28 APR 11.00AM SUN 29 APR 11.00AM
Long before he met Shrek, Puss was a hero in his own right. He, along with Kitty Softpaws, take on the devious Jack and Jill in an animated swashbuckling adventure.
DIARY 1 SUNDAY 2 MONDAY 3 TUESDAY 4 WEDNESDAY 5 THURSDAY 6 FRIDAY 7 SATURDAY 8 SUNDAY 9 MONDAY 10 TUESDAY 11 WEDNESDAY 12 THURSDAY 13 FRIDAY 14 SATURDAY 15 SUNDAY 16 MONDAY 17 TUESDAY 18 WEDNESDAY 19 THURSDAY 20 FRIDAY 21 SATURDAY 22 SUNDAY 23 MONDAY 24 TUESDAY 25 WEDNESDAY 26 THURSDAY 27 FRIDAY 28 SATURDAY 29 SUNDAY 30 MONDAY
APRIL 2012 UP 11.00AM BIG MIRACLE 2.00PM CHRONICLE 5.00PM BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL 8.00PM THE MUPPETS 2.00PM 5.00PM BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL CHRONICLE 7.30PM THE MUPPETS 2.00PM BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL 5.00PM & 7.30PM THE MUPPETS 10.30AM* BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL 2.00PM** OFFSIDE 7.30PM THE MUPPETS 2.00PM*** BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL 5.00PM & 7.30PM THE MUPPETS 11.00AM**** THE MUPPETS 2.00PM SAFE HOUSE 7.30PM THE SMURFS 11.00AM THE MUPPETS 2.00PM SAFE HOUSE 5.00PM THE VOW 8.00PM THE SMURFS 11.00AM THE MUPPETS 2.00PM THE VOW 5.00PM SAFE HOUSE 8.00PM JOHN CARTER 2.00PM THE VOW 7.30PM JOHN CARTER 2.00PM ONCE UPON A TIME IN ANATOLIA 7.30PM THE VOW 10.30AM* JOHN CARTER 2.00PM** JOHN CARTER 7.30PM JOHN CARTER 2.00PM*** ONCE UPON A TIME IN ANATOLIA 7.30PM JOHN CARTER 2.00PM RAMPART 7.30PM HAPPY FEET 2 11.00AM JOHN CARTER 2.00PM RAMPART 5.00PM WANDERLUST 8.00PM HAPPY FEET 2 11.00AM JOHN CARTER 2.00PM WANDERLUST 5.00PM RAMPART 8.00PM WANDERLUST 7.30PM CLEANSKIN 7.30PM WANDERLUST 10.30AM* RAMPART 2.00PM** CLEANSKIN 7.30PM CLEANSKIN 7.30PM SINGING IN THE RAIN 2.00PM** HUNKY DORY 7.30PM CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG 11.00AM GHOST RIDER: SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE 2.00PM THE ISLAND PRESIDENT 5.00PM SINGING IN THE RAIN 8.00PM CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG 11.00AM GHOST RIDER: SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE 2.00PM THE RAVEN 5.00PM HUNKY DORY 8.00PM THE RAVEN 7.30PM THE KID WITH A BIKE 7.30PM GHOST RIDER: SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE 10.30AM* HUNKY DORY 2.00PM** THE RAVEN 7.30PM THE KID WITH A BIKE 7.30PM THE HUNGER GAMES 7.30PM PUSS IN BOOTS 11.00AM WE BOUGHT A ZOO 2.00PM THE HUNGER GAMES 5.00PM BLACK GOLD 8.00PM PUSS IN BOOTS 11.00AM WE BOUGHT A ZOO 2.00PM BLACK GOLD 5.00PM THE HUNGER GAMES 8.00PM BLACK GOLD 7.30PM
* PARENT & BABY SCREENING ** MIDWEEK MATINEE SCREENING *** SUBTITLED SCREENING **** KIDS CLUB MEMBERS ONLY
NEW AT MACROBERT KIDS FILM CLUB SPECIAL EVENTS FOREIGN LANGUAGE CINEMA LETS DANCE FESTIVAL SCREENING
FIND US University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA Park for free on the University Campus. There are frequent buses from Stirling town centre and the train station to the University Campus. For all public transport options call Traveline Scotland at 0871 200 22 33.
TICKET PRICES Screenings before 4.00pm: friends £3.80/full price £4.75/concession £4.25 Screenings after 4.00pm: friends £4.60/full price £5.75/concession £5.25 Kids Film Club 11.00am screenings: £1.50 each/£5 (four films from this brochure; tickets must be bought at the same time) Film Four Pack (four films from this brochure; tickets must be bought at same time): full price £17.20/concession £13.20 Concessions apply to full-time students, under 18s, senior citizens, people with a disability (plus carer), Young Scot Card holders and benefit claimants. Proof of eligibility is required. Tickets cannot be refunded, except in the event of cancellation of a screening by macrobert / (TBC) means that the film is awaiting BBFC or local authority licensing approval / The use of cameras and recording equipment is not permitted / Screen advertisements and trailers are shown before all films / All information is correct at time of print and is subject to change without prior notice / macrobert cannot be held liable for any arrangements made due to changes to the brochure
BOX OFFICE OPENING HOURS Mon - Fri 10.00am to 7.45pm (phones close at 7.00pm) Sat 9.00am to 8.15pm (phones close at 7.00pm) Sun 10.00am to 8.15pm (phones close at 7.00pm)
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GREAT FOOD Our cafébar and restaurant serve freshly made and scrumptious food, with a choice of specials. Serving all week until 7.45pm (last orders). To book a table call 01786 466610.
FANCY A PRIVATE SCREENING? HIRE US! Our cinema is available to hire for private screenings. Guarantee us 20 tickets sold and we will programme the film of your choice (subject to availability). To find out more contact Kate Timperley at 01786 467153 or kate.timperley@macrobert.org
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 (see diary). Concession tickets are available for people with a disability plus carer.
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