MACROBERT FILMHOUSE
Ides of March
DECEMBER 2011
IDES OF MARCH MY WEEK WITH MARILYN TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN THE YEARS BIGGEST HITS RETURN AND OTHERS TICKETS WWW.MACROBERT.ORG BOX OFFICE 01786 466666
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THIS YEAR’S BIGGEST HITS RETURN THE KING’S SPEECH Tom Hooper / UK/Australia 2011 / 118 min / (12A) Contains strong language in a speech therapy context THU 8 DEC / 7.30PM
The King’s Speech tells the story of King George VI of Britain, his impromptu ascension to the throne and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch become worthy of it.
THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET’S NEST Luftslottet som sprängdes / Daniel Alfredson / Sweden 2009 / 146 min / Swedish with English subtitles / (15) Contains strong bloody violence THU 15 DEC / 7.30PM*** *** Subtitled & Audio Described Screening
In the final part of Stieg Larsson’s trilogy, Salander is set to face trial for three murders upon her release from hospital. Mikael Blomkvist is charged with proving her innocence and uncovering why she has been so harshly treated by the authorities.
TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY Tomas Alfredson / UK 2011 / 127 min / (15) Contains strong language, sex, violence and bloody injury detail SUN 18 DEC / 8.00PM WED 21 DEC / 10.30AM* WED 21 DEC / 7.30PM * Bepanthen Parents & Baby Screening
George Smiley (Gary Oldman) is recalled from retirement to seek out the mole within MI6 who is undermining British counter-intelligence efforts against the Russians.
BRIDESMAIDS Paul Feig / USA 2011 / 125 min / (15) Contains very strong language, strong sex references and crude humour THU 22 DEC / 7.30PM
Annie’s (Kristen Wiig) life is a mess, but when she finds out her lifetime best friend is engaged, she simply must serve as her maid of honour. Though lovelorn and broke, Annie bluffs her way through the expensive and bizarre rituals, with only one chance to get it perfect.
ONE DAY Lone Scherfig / UK 2011 / 108 min / (12A) Contains moderate sex references & violence, & one use of strong language TUE 27 DEC / 7.30PM
After one day together, their college graduation, Emma and Dexter form a friendship that will last a lifetime. As the story visits them over two decades on the anniversary of that first day, the two begin to realise what they are searching for has been there for them all along.
JANE EYRE Cary Joji Fukunaga / UK 2011 / 120 min / (12A) Contains mild violence and brief injury detail
THU 29 DEC / 7.30PM
After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As Jane and her employer grow close in friendship, she soon finds herself falling in love with him. However, a terrible secret he is harbouring could be about to destroy everything.
FAMILY FILMS
THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN: THE SECRET OF THE UNICORN SAT 3 DEC / 11.00AM SUN 4 DEC / 11.00AM
Steven Spielberg / USA 2011 / 107 min / (PG) Contains moderate fight scenes Young reporter, Tintin, flanked by his faithful dog Snowy and Captain Haddock go off in search of an unimaginable sunken treasure. However the dastardly Red Rackham is hot on their tails.
WILL Ellen Perry / UK 2011 / 101 min / (PG) Contains mild language and scenes of emotional distress and bereavement SAT 10 DEC / 11.00AM SUN 11 DEC / 11.00AM
When his father dies having given him a ticket for Liverpool’s Champions League final in Istanbul, 12 year-old Will Brennan decides to honour his father and make the trip by himself.
ARTHUR CHRISTMAS Sarah Smith / UK/USA 2011 / 97 min / (U) Contains very mild language and mild comic threat SAT 17 DEC / 11.00AM SUN 18 DEC / 11.00AM
On Christmas Eve night, when a present for a very upset little girl is left behind, the son of Father Christmas, Arthur, must go on a mission with Grandsanta and elf Byrony using an old sled to deliver the present before Christmas morning.
HAPPY FEET TWO George Miller / USA 2011 / TBC
FRI 23 DEC / 2.00PM SAT 24 DEC / 2.00PM SAT 24 DEC / 11.00AM MON 26 – THU 29 DEC / 2.00PM WED 28 DEC 10.30AM*
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. * Bepanthen Parents & Baby Screening
PUSS IN BOOTS Chris Miller / USA 2011 / 90 min / (U) Contains mild comic fight scenes and innuendo
FRI 30 DEC / 2.00PM SAT 31 DEC / 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.
MACROBERT PARENT AND BABY SCREENINGS Bring your baby along and enjoy films on the big screen in a baby-friendly, relaxed atmosphere. 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. Supported by
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THE THREE MUSKETEERS Paul W.S. Anderson / UK/Puerto Rico 2011 / 110 min / (12A) Contains moderate action adventure violence THU 1 DEC / 7.30PM SAT 3 DEC / 2.00PM SUN 4 DEC / 5.00PM
An action adventure adaptation of the Alexandre Dumas novel, Three Musketeers tells the story of a young swordsman and three former musketeer legends that unite to stop a villainous Cardinal and a beautiful double agent from seizing France’s throne.
THE CALLER Mathew Parkhill / Various 2011 / 92 min / (15) Contains strong language and horror
FRI 2 DEC / 7.30PM
Troubled divorcee Mary is tormented by a series of sinister phone calls from a mysterious woman who claims she is calling from the past. When Mary tries to break contact with her tormentor they look for revenge in a unique and terrifying way. + Q&A with writer Sergio Casci
RESTLESS Gus Van Sant / USA 2011 / 90 min / (PG) Contains mild language and references to sex, death and suicide
SAT 3 DEC / 5.00PM SUN 4 DEC / 8.00PM
Whilst attending the funeral of a relative, Annabel (Mia Wasikowska) meets a young boy with a unique obsession of attending funerals. As love blossoms between the pair, the illness that Annabel has kept secret is revealed which will ultimately change both their lives forever.
THE HELP Tate Taylor / USA 2011 / 146 min / (12A) Contains racism theme and one scene of crude behaviour
SAT 3 DEC / 8.00PM SUN 4 DEC / 2.00PM*** MON 5 DEC / 7.30PM WED 7 DEC / 10.30AM* * Bepanthen Parents & Baby Screening *** Subtitled & Audio Described Screening
An adaptation of the Kathryn Stockett novel, The Help tells the story of a young white journalist, Skeeter (Emma Stone), and the relationship she develops with two black maids as she writes a book exposing the racial abuse they put up with working for rich white families during the 1960s civil rights era.
TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN PART 1 Bill Condon / USA 2011 / 105 min / TBC FRI 9 DEC / 7.30PM MON 12 DEC / 7.30PM SAT 10 DEC / 2.00PM SUN 11 DEC / 2.00PM TUE 13 – THU 15 DEC / 5.00PM WED 14 DEC / 10.30AM*
Edward and Bella honeymoon in Rio and are soon looking forward to the birth of their first child. But the arrival of their incredible daughter, Renesmee, starts a chain of betrayals and misfortunes that threaten to destroy their world.
* Bepanthen Parents & Baby Screening
THE FUTURE Miranda July / Germany/USA 2011 / 90 min / (12A) Contains strong language, sex, violence and bloody injury detail
SAT 10 DEC / 5.00PM SUN 11 DEC / 8.00PM
Written, directed and starring Miranda July, The Future tells the story of a thirty-something couple who, after deciding to adopt a stray cat, change their perspective on life, literally altering the course of time and testing their faith in each other and themselves.
THE IDES OF MARCH George Clooney / USA 2011 / 100 min / (15) Contains strong language
SAT 10 DEC / 8.00PM SUN 11 DEC / 5.00PM
Based on the play by Beau Willimon, The Ides of March focuses on the frantic final days before a heavily contested Ohio presidential primary which sees an up-and-coming campaign press secretary receive a crash course in dirty politics.
WUTHERING HEIGHTS Andrea Arnold / UK 2011 / 128 min / (15) Contains strong language, once very strong, racist terms & animal killings
FRI 16 DEC / 7.30PM SUN 18 DEC / 5.00PM MON 19 DEC / 7.30PM
This adaptation of the classic Emily Bronte novel tells the story of a poor young English boy and the intense relationship he builds with the daughter of the rich Earnshaw family who have taken him in.
JACK GOES BOATING Philip Seymour Hoffman / USA 2011 / 90 min / (15) Contains strong language, sex references and drug use
SUN 18 DEC / 2.00PM TUE 20 DEC / 7.30PM FRI 23 DEC / 7.30PM
Jack and Connie are two single people in New York City who, on their own, might continue to recede into the anonymous background of the city. However in each other they begin to find the courage and desire to pursue their budding relationship.
MY WEEK WITH MARILYN Simon Curtis / UK/USA 2011 / 96 min / (15) Contains strong language FRI 30 DEC / 7.30PM SAT 31 DEC / 2.00PM
Based on the books by Colin Clark, My Week with Marilyn depicts the time Clark spent escorting Marilyn Monroe during the filming of The Prince and the Showgirl as she sought to escape the droves of Hollywood hangers-on and the pressures of fame.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE CINEMA
THE YELLOW SEA Na Hong-jin / Korea 2011 / 140 min / Korean with English subtitles / (18) Contains strong bloody violence and sex
WED 7 DEC / 7.30PM*** *** Subtitled & Audio Described Screening
After getting into serious debt, Ku-Nam is offered a solution to all his problems, $10,000 for carrying out one hit. Desperate, he travels to South Korea in search of both his target and his wife, who left for South Korea months ago in search of work, when a series of unexpected events lead to him being chased by the police and the Chinese mafia.
DOCUMENTARIES
THE GREATEST MOVIE EVER SOLD Morgan Spurlock / USA 2011 / 88 min / (12A) Contains infrequent strong language and moderate sex references TUE 6 DEC / 7.30PM
From the man who captured the attention of the world in Supersize Me comes The Greatest Movie Ever Sold, a documentary in which Morgan Spurlock explores the phenomenon of product placement in films and TV.
TABLOID Errol Morris / USA 2010 / 81 min / (15) Contains strong sex references
TUE 13 DEC / 7.30PM
The ninth feature length documentary from Academy Award-winning director Errol Morris looks at the story of former beauty queen, Joyce McKinney in an examination of the sensationalism which fuels tabloid journalism.Â
CHRISTMAS CLASSICS
WHITE CHRISTMAS Michael Curtiz / USA 1954 / 119 min / (U) Contains no material likely to offend or harm
SAT 24 DEC / 5.00PM
Two talented song-and-dance men (Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye) team up after the war to become one of the hottest acts in show business. One winter, they join forces with a sister act (Rosemary Clooney and Vera-Ellen) in an attempt to save the Vermont inn, owned by their old general.
IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE Frank Capra / USA 1946 / 129 min / (U) Contains mild violence
MON 26 DEC / 7.30PM
When a compassionate but despairingly frustrated businessman is about to commit suicide on Christmas Eve, his guardian angel intervenes to prove that the world would be far worse without him.
JOYEUX NOĂ‹L Christian Carion / Various 2005 / 116 min / (12A) Contains moderate battle violence, sex, and one use of strong language
WED 28 DEC / 7.30PM
On Christmas Eve, 1914, as German, French, and Scottish regiments face each other from their respective trenches, a musical call-and-response turns into an impromptu cease-fire, with soldiers from all sides trading stories and offering a rare moment of compassion for their enemies.
SPECIAL EVENTS
IRIDE: RACE ACROSS THE SKY: 2009 LEADVILLE TRAIL 100 Frank Matson / USA 2009 / 73 min WED 14 DEC / 7.30PM / TICKETS £5 FRIENDS / £6 FULL
SAT 17 DEC / 7.00PM / TICKETS £5
At 10,000+ feet 1228 cyclists line the starting line, among them seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong. This documentary covers the twelve gruelling hours of a mountain bike race that attracts some of the world’s most elite cyclists year on year.
POPCORN PANTO: THE BIG EXPERIMENT On Saturday 17 December macrobert’s filmhouse will host a one-off-once-in-a-lifetime-experimentexperience that brings all the Christmas wonder of the pantosphere straight to the comfort of your cinema seat for you to enjoy. Join Dame Dot von Trott (Johnny McKnight) in Jackie and the Beanstalk, critically acclaimed as one of Scotland’s best loved pantomimes, as it hits the big screen LIVE for the very first time!
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DECEMBER 2011
THE THREE MUSKETEERS THE CALLER THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN THE THREE MUSKETEERS RESTLESS THE HELP THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN THE HELP THE THREE MUSKETEERS RESTLESS THE HELP THE GREATEST MOVIE EVER SOLD THE HELP THE YELLOW SEA THE KING’S SPEECH TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN PART 1 WILL TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN PART 1 THE FUTURE THE IDES OF MARCH WILL TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN PART 1 THE IDES OF MARCH THE FUTURE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN PART 1 TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN PART 1 TABLOID TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN PART 1 IRIDE: RACE ACROSS THE SKY TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN PART 1 THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET’S NEST WUTHERING HEIGHTS ARTHUR CHRISTMAS POPCORN PANTO ARTHUR CHRISTMAS JACK GOES BOATING WUTHERING HEIGHTS TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY WUTHERING HEIGHTS JACK GOES BOATING TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY BRIDESMAIDS HAPPY FEET TWO JACK GOES BOATING HAPPY FEET TWO WHITE CHRISTMAS HAPPY FEET TWO IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE HAPPY FEET TWO ONE DAY HAPPY FEET TWO JOYEUX NOËL HAPPY FEET TWO JANE EYRE PUSS IN BOOTS MY WEEK WITH MARILYN PUSS IN BOOTS MY WEEK WITH MARILYN
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