Invictus (12A) – FILM

[ September 9, 2010; 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm. ] Thursday 9 September – 7.30pm

Director:   Clint Eastwood

Cast:    Morgan Freeman, Matt Damon
Running time: 134 minutes

‘Invictus’ tells the inspiring true story of how Nelson Mandela joined forces with the captain of South Africa’s rugby team to help unite their country. Newly elected President Mandela knows his nation remains racially and economically divided in the wake of apartheid. [...]

An Education (12A) – FILM

[ October 5, 2010; 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm. ]

Director: Lone Scherfig

Cast: Carey Mulligan, Peter Sarsgaard, Emma Thompson, Dominic  Cooper, Olivia Williams, Alfred Molina, Rosamund Pike

Running time: 95 minutes

In England in 1961, following a youth orchestra rehearsal, school girl Jenny Mellor is given a lift home by charming playboy, David Goldman – a man nearly twice her age. The two strike up a relationship and before long, [...]

Precious – A Novel by Sapphire (15) – FILM

[ October 14, 2010; 7:30 pm to 9:20 pm. ] Director:  Lee Daniels

Cast: Gabourey Sidibe, Mo’Nique, Paula Patton, Mariah Carey, Lenny Kravitz, Sherri Shepherd
Running time: 110 minutes

Set in 1987, and based on the novel ‘Push’ by the Harlem poet and author Sapphire, ‘Precious’ is about an obese, African-American teenager called ¬Precious, who has one child and is expecting another – the result of being raped by her [...]

Nanny McPhee and The Big Bang (U) – FILM

[ October 26, 2010; 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm. ] (2010)

Director:  Susanna White

Cast: Emma Thompson, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Ralph Fiennes, Rhys Ifans, Maggie Smith, Ewan McGregor
Running time: 109mins

On a farm in Britain during World War II, Mrs. Green is being driven to her wits end by her hectic life – trying to keep the family farm up and running, hold down a job in the village shop (aided [...]

My Name is Khan (12A) – FILM

[ November 18, 2010; 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm. ] (2010)

Director: Karan Johar

Cast: Shahrukh Khan, Kajol
Running time: 161 minutes

Rizwan Khan is a Muslim from Mumbai with Asperger’s syndrome – a form of autism that complicates relationships but gives him the unusual ability of being able to repair things. As an adult, Rizwan travels to the USA where he meets and marries Hindu single mother, [...]