WE ARE DELIGHTED THAT OUR FILM SUPPLIER, MOVIOLA, HAS ARRANGED AN EARLY RELEASE FOR ITS ASSOCIATES OF THIS FILM WITH ITS LOCAL CONNECTIONS
Phill - Moviola director writes - "Thanks to the keen eyes of Jim our Associate in Cwmyoy, situated in the Monmouthshire valley adjacent to the Olchon Valley where this exciting film was shot and Owen Sheers’ best seller is set, we have a very early release of this drama."
It is 1944. D Day has failed and Operation Sealion has worked. The Nazis now control most of the UK. In a remote Welsh valley, the women wake to find their men have disappeared. This is a story of courage and heroism – and also of an inevitable love between two individuals from opposite sides. Strong cast includes Brighton Rock’s Andrea Riseborough and Michael (Tony Blair) Sheen back working in his homeland at last.
The Help (12A) - Friday 9th March 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.
The Iron Lady (12A) - Friday 13th April 2012
Meryl Streep is Margaret Thatcher, Jim Broadbent as Denis and Richard E Grant as Heseltine. This is irresistible. Wonderful comment from an imdb correspondent too young to remember who she is: “Tells the story of a woman who smashed through the barriers of gender and class to be heard in a male-dominated world. The story concerns power and the price that is paid for power, and is a surprising and insightful portrait of an extraordinary and complex woman” Hmm! Some of us remember differently!
