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Saturday, 19 June 2010
WIZARD OF OZ
G) US 101min 1939
Yup, we're off to see the wizard. Have your kids seen this on the big screen? Everyone loves Judy Garland, the lion, the scarecrow and the tin man. Wear your red shoes, click your heels together, gather up the littlies, the oldies, everyone in between and follow the yellow brick road.
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Saturday, 31 July 2010 (re-scheduled)
UP
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PG) US 96 mins 2010
A triumph of animation and imagination, Up is impossible not to enjoy, with its combination of adventure, true love and humour. New beginnings and a spirit of adventure are the themes of this enchanting animation from Pixar in which a lonely old man and eager young boy fulfil their dreams in a helium propelled flying house.
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Saturday 7 August 2010
THE BLUES BROTHERS
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M) US 133 mins 1980
Jake Blues, just out from prison, puts together his old band to save the Catholic home where he and brother Elwood were raised. James Brown, Ray Charles, Cab Calloway and Aretha Franklin lend a hand to John Belushi and Dan Akroyd on their mission from God.
"Our Lady of Blessed Acceleration, don't fail me now." |
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Friday, 24 September 2010
BLAZING SADDLES
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M) US 93mins 1974
Mel Brooks' uproarious spoof western story of a black sheriff in a town populated by bigots and morons. Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Madeline Kahn and Harvey Korman star in this hilarious, slapstick, full of beans comedy.
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Saturday 16 October 2010
PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESERT
(M) US 104 mins 1994
It's the Australian film that blitzed overseas box offices. It caused a near riot at the Cannes Film Festival. It won an Academy Award . It's fun, daring, over-the-top and unforgettable. It's a road movie with attitude and the occasional frock. Terrance Stamp, Hugo Weaving, Guy Pearce.
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Saturday 27 November 2010
POLAR EXPRESS
(G) US 100min 2004
On Christmas Eve, a doubting boy boards a magical train that's headed to the North Pole and Santa Claus's home. Robert Zemeckis, the same director whose "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" (1988) juxtaposed live action with animation, this time merges them, using a process called "performance capture," in which human actors perform the movements which are translated into lifelike animation. |
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