CATBROOK MEMORIAL HALL

Next Film: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (15) -                              Saturday 18th February 2012

 

In the early 1970s during the Cold War, the head of British Intelligence, Control (John Hurt), resigns after an operation in Budapest, Hungary goes badly wrong. It transpires that Control believed one of four senior figures in the service was in fact a Russian agent - a mole - and the Hungary operation was an attempt to identify which of them it was. Smiley (Gary Oldman) had been forced into retirement by the departure of Control, but is asked by a senior government figure to investigate a story told to him by a rogue agent, Ricky Tarr (Tom Hardy), that there was a mole. Smiley considers that the failure of the Hungary operation and the continuing success of Operation Witchcraft (an apparent source of significant Soviet intelligence) confirms this, and takes up the task of finding him. Through the efforts of Peter Guillam (Benedict Cumberbatch), Smiley obtains information that eventually leads him to Jim Prideaux (Mark Strong), the agent at the heart of the Hungary fiasco. He is then able to put together the pieces of the puzzle, which lead him to the identity of the mole and the true intent of Operation Witchcraft. This gripping movie adapted from the John le Carre novel also stars Colin Firth, Ciaran Hinds and Toby Jones.

The Help (12A) - Saturday 14th April 2012

Based on the hit ‘reading group’ novel by Kathryn Stockett. This is a wonderful film, the sort that gets lost in the multiplex mayhem. Set in Mississippi during the 60s, Skeeter (Emma Stone) is a southern society girl who returns from college determined to become a writer, but turns her friends' lives - and a Mississippi town - upside down when she decides to interview the black women who have spent their lives taking care of prominent southern families. Aibileen (Viola Davis), Skeeter's best friend's housekeeper, is the first to open up - to the dismay of her friends in the tight-knit black community. Despite Skeeter's life-long friendships hanging in the balance, she and Aibileen continue their collaboration and soon more women come forward to tell their stories - and as it turns out, they have a lot to say. Along the way, unlikely friendships are forged and a new sisterhood emerges, but not before everyone in town has a thing or two to say themselves when they become unwittingly and unwillingly caught up in the changing times. “I cannot remember the last time I saw a movie that inspired me, made me cry, made me laugh, and made me sad, angry, and hopeful, all at the same time - this is what The Help strives and aims for, without making it cheesy. All in all, this is a DEFINITELY MUST SEE movie. I personally believe that it is one of the best movies of 2011.” imdb correspondent.

Tickets: £4.00 - available on the door

Screening time: 7.30pm

Refreshments: Bring your own refreshments

Parking: 15 parking spaces outside the hall - no designated disabled parking

Disabled facilities:

For more information:

Jeremy Creasey Email: jcreasey@liphook123.freeserve.co.uk

Rose StevensTel: 01600 860451 Email: rose@infotek-software.co.uk

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