Cinema

Discovery Family Film Club
Tickets are £4.50 for under 21s / £5.50 for adults, or a family ticket for four costs £15. Workshops are free
with your cinema ticket, but places are limited so please book in advance on 01382 909 900. Children under
the age of 12 must be accompanied in the Cinema by a parent or guardian.
The Croods
Sat 11 May, 13:00
Set in a prehistoric era known as the
Croodaceous, this animated adventure
follows a cave-dwelling family who
have been brought up to stay close to
home, avoid exploration and believe
that 'new things' pose a threat to their
survival. Overprotective father Grug
(voiced by Nicolas Cage) wants his
family to “never not be afraid”. Then
their lives are thrown into chaos with
the arrival of brainbox caveboy Guy
(Ryan Reynolds), who brings not only
the secret of fire but also news of the
end of the world as they know it.
Grug’s wannabe explorer daughter
Eep is excited by the news (and the
person who brought it) and manages
to persuade the family to leave their
rocky home and head off into the lush,
colourful forests – where their
adventures really begin.
Based on an original story co-created
by John Cleese, The Croods opened
to great excitement at this year’s Berlin
Film Festival and offers a whole new
insight into prehistoric life for one very
unusual family.
Dirs: Kirk DeMicco, Chris Sanders
USA / 2013 / 1h38m / Digital / U
Workshop: 12:00
Go back in time and make a
picture of your family in the style
of ancient cave paintings.
Explorers
Sat 25 May 13:00
Young sci-fi geek Ben Crandall dreams
of space travel and is amazed when
his best friend, computer genius
Wolfgang Muller, is able to build an
actual spacecraft from Ben’s plans in
their makeshift laboratory. Together
with their school pal Darren, they head
off into the final frontier and discover
an extraterrestrial whose entire
knowledge of earthling culture is based
on 1960s television programmes. As
Ben proudly claims, they are indeed
“going where no man’s gone before” –
the question is whether they can get
back again.
Ethan Hawke (Ben) and River Phoenix
(Wolfgang) both made their film debuts
in this Joe Dante film (coming after
Gremlins and before Innerspace). Full
of references to other sci-fi films, it
regularly appears on lists of classic
1980s movies and we’re delighted to
be putting it back up on the big screen
alongside the (slightly bigger budget)
Star Trek experience.
Dir: Joe Dante
USA 1985 / 1h49m / Digital / U
Workshop: 12:00
What will your own spaceship
design look like? And can you
make it fly?
London International
Animation Festival:
Animagine
Sat 8 June, 13:00
Earlier this year our Family Film Club
screening of short films from the
London International Animation Festival
was a sell out, so we’re very excited to
be able to show a new collection of
some of the best examples of
contemporary animation. These 12
short films come from countries as
diverse as Russia, Latvia and Canada
but all offer new perspectives on the
world in which we live through folk
tales, computer gaming and a wide
variety of animation methods. Traffic
light residents, family meal times and
runaway pancakes all feature, as do
magic buttons and a rather unique
vending machine.
With a welcome return for one former
favourite from Discovery Film Festival
back in 2010, this package of delights
comes recommended for audiences
aged eight and upwards.
Dirs: Various
Various countries 2005–12 / 1h20m
Digital / PG
Workshop: 12:00
How can you tell a story using
only pictures? Make up a
storyboard and then see if you
can bring it to life with the rest of
the group.
Tickets 01382 909 900 19