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FilmA-Z LISTINGS<br />
All films are currently on general release<br />
unless otherwise stated. For full listing<br />
information, including times and dates,<br />
visit www.whatsonlive.co.uk<br />
12 Years A Slave 15<br />
Based on the autobiography<br />
of Soloman Northup,<br />
who was kidnapped and<br />
sold into slavery in 1841.<br />
Chiwetel Ejiofor and<br />
Michael Fassbender star.<br />
Showing at Foxlowe Arts<br />
Centre, Leek, Staffs, Tues<br />
10 June, Hereford<br />
Courtyard Theatre, Sun 15<br />
June<br />
Beyond The Edge PG<br />
Docudrama charting<br />
Edmund Hilary's historical<br />
ascent of Mount Everest<br />
in 1953. Combining<br />
reconstructions, found<br />
footage, photographs and<br />
interviews. Stars Chad<br />
Moffitt, Sonam Sherpa,<br />
John Wraight, John Hurt.<br />
Showing at The Light<br />
House Media Centre,<br />
Wolverhampton, Mon 2 -<br />
Weds 4 June<br />
Blue Is The Warmest<br />
Colour 18<br />
At fifteen years old, Adele<br />
doesn't question it: girls<br />
go out with boys. Her<br />
life is changed forever<br />
when she meets<br />
Emma, a young<br />
woman with blue<br />
hair who will allow<br />
her to discover<br />
desire; to assert<br />
herself as a woman<br />
and as an adult.<br />
Stars Léa Seydoux,<br />
Adèle Exarchopoulos.<br />
Showing at The Edge Arts<br />
Centre, Much Wenlock,<br />
Mon 2 June<br />
The Book Thief 12a<br />
A young girl sent to live<br />
with a foster family in<br />
World War Two Germany<br />
learns to read, with<br />
encouragement from<br />
Max, a Jewish refugee<br />
who they’re hiding under<br />
the stairs. Showing at<br />
Warwick Arts Centre, Sun<br />
1 & Weds 11 June<br />
The Butler 12a<br />
Loosely based on real<br />
events, The Butler in<br />
question works at the<br />
White House, and it’s<br />
through his eyes that we<br />
see many of the major<br />
historical episodes of the<br />
twentieth century.<br />
Showing at The Edge Arts<br />
Centre, Much Wenlock,<br />
Mon 9 June<br />
Calvary 15<br />
Brendan Gleeson plays a<br />
priest - a good one, to<br />
boot - who is constantly<br />
disappointed by the<br />
small-mindedness of his<br />
flock. He’s then threatened<br />
during a routine<br />
confession and finds that<br />
he must combat a very<br />
real evil head-on. Also<br />
stars Chris O’Dowd.<br />
Showing at Artrix,<br />
Bromsgrove, until Sun 1<br />
June; Old Market Hall,<br />
Shrewsbury, Mon 2 -<br />
Thurs 5 June; Ludlow<br />
Assembly Rooms, South<br />
Shropshire, Fri 6 & Mon 9<br />
June; Warwick Arts<br />
Centre, Coventry, Fri 6 -<br />
Mon 9 June; Hereford<br />
Courtyard Theatre, Tues<br />
10 - Weds 11 June; Roses<br />
Theatre, Tewkesbury, Sun<br />
22 June<br />
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Divergent 12a<br />
A futuristic Chicago in<br />
which the populace are<br />
divided into five distinct<br />
classes of personality, or<br />
‘virtues’. But Beatrice 'Tris'<br />
Prior is a ‘divergent’,<br />
which means she’s without<br />
an official virtue -<br />
which makes her very<br />
dangerous. But why, she<br />
wonders? Stars Shailene<br />
Woodley. Showing at<br />
Roses Theatre,<br />
Tewkesbury, until Thurs 1<br />
June<br />
The Double 15<br />
Based on the novella by<br />
Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The<br />
Double stars Jesse<br />
Eisenberg as a man gradually<br />
driven nuts when he<br />
realises that his life has<br />
been taken over by his<br />
double. Showing at<br />
Hereford Courtyard<br />
Theatre, Fri 13 - Tues 17<br />
June; Old Market Hall,<br />
Shrewsbury, Fri 13 - Tues<br />
19 June<br />
East Of Eden PG<br />
Cal is continuously at war<br />
with his brother Aron, with<br />
whom he competes for<br />
his father’s affection.<br />
Things come to a head<br />
when Cal not only falls for<br />
his brother’s girlfriend but<br />
also finds out the truth<br />
about his and Aron’s<br />
estranged mother. Stars<br />
James Dean, Raymond<br />
Massey. Showing at<br />
Warwick Arts Centre,<br />
Weds 18 - Thurs 19 June<br />
Eat Drink Man Woman<br />
PG<br />
Mr Chu is a widower and<br />
a master Chinese chef.<br />
Each Sunday he makes a<br />
glorious banquet for his<br />
three daughters, to which<br />
each daughter brings<br />
‘announcements’ as they<br />
negotiate the transition<br />
from the ‘father knows<br />
best’ tradition to a new tradition<br />
which encompasses<br />
old values in new<br />
forms. Directed by Ang<br />
Lee. Showing at The Hive,<br />
Shrewsbury, Fri 27 June<br />
Fading Gigolo 15<br />
A comedy drama about<br />
a couple of friends who<br />
set up a gigolo business<br />
to help the lonely<br />
women of New York.<br />
Stars Woody Allen,<br />
John Turturro. Showing<br />
at The Light House Media<br />
Centre, Wolverhampton,<br />
until Thurs 5 June;<br />
Warwick Arts Centre,<br />
Coventry, Fri 20 - Sun 22 &<br />
Weds 25 June<br />
A Farewell To Arms PG<br />
A tale of the love between<br />
ambulance driver Lt<br />
Henry and Nurse<br />
Catherine Barkley during<br />
World War One. The<br />
action takes place in Italy,<br />
the two falling in love during<br />
the war and stopping<br />
at nothing to be together.<br />
Stars Gary Cooper, Helen<br />
Hayes. Showing at<br />
Malvern Theatres, Thurs 5<br />
June; Warwick Arts<br />
Centre, Fri 6 & Sun 8 June<br />
Frank 15<br />
Frank is the lead singer of<br />
a band called Soronprfbs<br />
[sic], who wears a large<br />
papier-mâché mask, not<br />
only when he performs,<br />
but when he sleeps and<br />
showers, too. Jon<br />
Burroughs is the wannabe<br />
musician who joins the<br />
band when they move to<br />
Ireland to cut an album.<br />
Stars Michael Fassbender,<br />
Domhnall Gleeson.<br />
Showing at Warwick Arts<br />
Centre, Coventry, Mon 9 -<br />
Thurs 12 June<br />
Frozen PG<br />
Loosely based on Hans<br />
Christian Andersen’s The<br />
Snow Queen, in which the<br />
kingdom of Arendelle is<br />
turned into an eternal winter<br />
by the Princess Elsa.<br />
Showing at Hereford<br />
Courtyard Theatre, until<br />
Sun 1 June<br />
Gentlemen Prefer<br />
Blondes U<br />
Two singers, best friends<br />
Lorelei Lee and Dorothy<br />
Shaw, travel to Paris, pursued<br />
by a private detective<br />
hired by Lorelei’s<br />
fiancé’s disapproving<br />
father to keep an eye on<br />
her, a rich, enamoured old<br />
man and many other doting<br />
admirers. Stars Jane<br />
Russell, Marilyn Monroe.<br />
Showing at The Light<br />
House Media Centre,<br />
Wolverhampton, Sun 8<br />
June<br />
Half A Yellow Sun 15<br />
The film adaptation of<br />
Chimamanda Ngozi<br />
Adichie's Orange Prizewinning<br />
novel, set during<br />
the Nigerian-Biafran War<br />
of 1967-1970. Stars<br />
Thandie Newton, Chiwetel<br />
Ejiofor. Showing at Ludlow<br />
Assembly Rooms, South<br />
Shropshire, Tues 3 - Weds<br />
4 June; Roses Theatre,<br />
Tewkesbury, Weds 4 - Sun<br />
8 June<br />
Ilo Ilo 12a<br />
A Philippino nanny arrives<br />
in Singapore from Ilo Ilo to<br />
look after Jiale, a spoilt<br />
and difficult ten-year-old<br />
boy. The boy tries his best<br />
to get rid of her, but she<br />
patiently perseveres, and<br />
a touching bond develops<br />
between them. But how<br />
will his mother react? And<br />
meanwhile, what exactly is<br />
his father up to? Showing<br />
at Warwick Arts Centre,<br />
Coventry, Mon 2 - Thurs 5<br />
June; Roses Theatre,<br />
Tewkesbury, Mon 23 June;<br />
Ludlow Assembly Rooms,<br />
South Shropshire, Mon 23<br />
& Weds 25 June<br />
Inside Llewyn Davis 15<br />
Set in Greenwich Village,<br />
New York, in 1961, and<br />
loosely based on the<br />
memoir of folk singer<br />
Dave Van Ronk. Oscar<br />
Isaac stars. Directed by<br />
the Coen brothers.<br />
Showing at Foxlowe Arts<br />
Centre, Leek, Staffs, Tues<br />
24 June<br />
The Invisible Woman<br />
12a<br />
The<br />
film focuses on Dickens’<br />
extra-marital relationship<br />
with Ellen ‘Nelly’ Ternan.<br />
Ralph Fiennes & Felicity<br />
Jones star. Showing at<br />
Foxlowe Arts Centre, Leek,<br />
Staffs, Tues 10 June<br />
Jimmy’s Hall 12a<br />
Barry Ward plays the reallife<br />
political activist Jimmy<br />
Gralton, who becomes the<br />
only Irishman ever to be<br />
deported from Ireland.<br />
This is the story of the<br />
dance hall he built. Also<br />
stars Simone Kirby.<br />
Showing at Old Market<br />
Hall, Shrewsbury, Mon 6 -<br />
Sun 12 June; Warwick Arts<br />
Centre, Coventry, Mon 13 -<br />
Sun 19 June<br />
Julie And Julia 12<br />
A culinary legend provides<br />
a frustrated office worker<br />
with a new recipe for life.<br />
This is the true story of<br />
how Julia Child's adventures<br />
and cookbook<br />
inspired fledgling writer<br />
Julie Powell to whip up<br />
five hundred-and-twentyfour<br />
recipes in three hundred-and<br />
sixty-five days,<br />
introducing a new generation<br />
to the magic of<br />
French cooking. Stars<br />
Amy Adams, Meryl<br />
Streep. Showing at The<br />
Hive, Shrewsbury, Sat 28<br />
June<br />
The Love Punch 15<br />
The Love Punch is the<br />
story of two divorcees.<br />
Reunited at a wedding,<br />
the ex-couple decide to<br />
team up to retrieve the<br />
retirement money stolen<br />
from them. Stars Pierce<br />
Brosnan, Emma<br />
Thompson. Showing at<br />
Hereford Courtyard<br />
Theatre, until Fri 6 June;<br />
Roses Theatre,<br />
Tewkesbury, Mon 9 - Weds<br />
11 June; Ludlow<br />
Assembly Rooms, South<br />
Shropshire, Thurs 12 - Fri<br />
13 June; Old Market Hall,<br />
Shrewsbury, Fri 13 - Thurs<br />
19 June<br />
The Lunchbox PG<br />
Middle-class housewife Ila<br />
is trying once again to add<br />
some spice to her marriage,<br />
this time through<br />
her cooking. She hopes<br />
that this new recipe will<br />
arouse some kind of reaction<br />
from her neglectful<br />
husband. She prepares a<br />
special lunchbox to be<br />
delivered to him at work.<br />
But, unbeknownst to her,<br />
it’s mistakenly delivered to<br />
another office worker.<br />
Stars Irrfan Khan, Nimrat<br />
Kaur. Showing at Roses<br />
Theatre, Tewkesbury, Mon<br />
2 June; Stoke Film<br />
Theatre, Tues 3 June;<br />
Wem Town Hall, North<br />
Shropshire, Weds 4 -<br />
Thurs 5 June; Hereford<br />
Courtyard Theatre, Weds<br />
25 - Fri 27 June<br />
Mon Oncle U<br />
Monsieur Hulot visits his<br />
sister and her family.<br />
Confused by their futuristic<br />
and automated world, M<br />
Hulot finds a kindred spirit<br />
in his ten-year-old nephew,<br />
Gerard. Showing at<br />
Warwick Arts Centre,<br />
Coventry, Sat 7 June<br />
Muppets Most Wanted<br />
U<br />
This<br />
time the gang are on tour<br />
in Europe (London, Berlin,<br />
Madrid) and find themselves<br />
involved in an international<br />
crime racket<br />
headed by Kermit’s double.<br />
Stars Ricky Gervais,<br />
Ty Burrell. Showing at<br />
Malvern Theatres, until Sun<br />
1 June<br />
Noah 12a<br />
Russell Crowe stars as<br />
Noah, rounding up a formidable<br />
menagerie of<br />
species to rescue them<br />
from the flood. Showing at<br />
Hereford Courtyard<br />
Theatre, Sat 17 - Weds 21<br />
May; Ludlow Assembly<br />
Rooms, South Shropshire,<br />
Sat 24 - Mon 26 May;<br />
Roses Theatre,<br />
Tewkesbury, until Tues 3<br />
June<br />
The Other Woman 12a<br />
It’s hard to imagine any<br />
man double-dealing<br />
Cameron Diaz, but this is<br />
the case in this revenge<br />
comedy. Once Amber<br />
(Diaz) realises that her<br />
boyfriend is actually married,<br />
she teams up with his<br />
wife to plot suitable retribution.<br />
Also stars Leslie<br />
Mann. Showing at<br />
Hereford Courtyard<br />
Theatre, Tues 21 - Fri 27<br />
Jun<br />
Philomena 12a<br />
Dame Judi Dench plays<br />
Philomena Lee, an elderly<br />
woman who decides to<br />
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