Malbank Community Cinema Programme

2019/20

11h September Stan and Ollie (PG) 97 mins

Laurel and Hardy, the world's most famous comedy

duo, attempt to reignite their film careers as they

embark on what becomes their swan song - a gruelling

theatre tour of post-war Britain.

Director: Jon S Baird.

Cast: Steve Coogan, John C Reilly, Shirley Henderson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdcBNrjc3wo

09th October The Wife (12A) 100 Mins

The Wife is based on the novel of the same name by Meg

Wolitzer and follows a woman who questions her life

choices as she travels to Stockholm with her narcissistic

husband who is set to receive the Nobel Prize in

Literature.

Director: Bjorn L. Runge

Cast: Glenn Close, Jonathan Pryce, Christian Slater

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d81IM0loH7o

13th November Fisherman’s Friends (12) 104 mins

A fast-living, cynical London music executive heads to

a remote Cornish village on a stag weekend where he s

pranked by his boss into trying to sign a group of

shanty singing fishermen. He becomes the ultimate fish

out of water as he struggles to gain the respect or

enthusiasm of the unlikely boy band and their families

who value friendship and community over fame and

fortune. As he’s drawn deeper into the traditional way

of life he is forced to re-evaluate his own integrity and

ultimately question what success really means.

Director: Chris Foggin

Cast: Daniel Mays, James Purefoy, Tuppence

Middleton

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTFFBynGtUc

11th December Lovely Still (12) 92 mins

With the approach of Christmas causing him to feel lonely

in life and love, Robert Malone, braves the wintery snow

to arrive home from his job at the grocery store only to

find a stranger standing in his home. What begins as an

odd and awkward encounter quickly blossoms into what

appears to be a romantic late life love affair that takes us

on a heartfelt and wonderful journey which takes an

unexpected turn.

Director: Nicholas Fackler

Cast: Martin Landau, Ellen Burstyn, Adam Scott, Elizabeth

Banks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bF-PicMvV6E

29th January Mama Mia – Here we go again (15) 107 mins

Ten years after Mamma Mia! The Movie, you are invited to return to the magical Greek island of Kalokairi in an all-new original musical based on the songs of ABBA. With the film's original cast returning and new additions including the film goes back and forth in time to show how relationships forged in the past resonate in the present, James will play the role of Young Donna. .

Director: Ol Parker

Cast: Amanda Seyfried, Lilly James, Meryl Streep, Andy Garcia and Cher.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pM4Ou4T3s_I

26th February Jack and Sarah (15) 105 mins

Jack is a man with a highly demanding job and a wife who

is about to give birth. After a tragedy makes him a single

parent his life is completely upended. He decides to

employ Amy, an inexperienced young waitress, as nanny

to Sarah, the new baby. Although she is brought in to help

out in his life, Amy manages to complicate it further.

Director: Tim Sullivan

Cast: Richard E. Grant, Samantha Mathis, Judi Dench,

Eileen Atkins, Cherie Lunghi, Ian McKellen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1PDRMXmGqs

18th March Yesterday (15) 116mins

Jack Malik is a struggling singer-songwriter in a tiny English

seaside town whose dreams of fame are rapidly fading,

despite the fierce devotion and support of his childhood best

friend, Ellie. Then, after a freak bus accident during a

mysterious global blackout, Jack wakes up to discover that The

Beatles have never existed…and he finds himself with a very

complicated problem indeed.

Director: Danny Boyle

Cast: Himesh Patel, Lily James, Sophia Di Martino

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uqvgPm8U4c

29th April A Royal Night Out (12) 93 mins

On VE Day, 8th May 1945, Princess Elizabeth

and her younger sister Princess Margaret beg

their parents King George VI and Queen

Elizabeth to let them leave Buckingham Palace

for the night so they can join in the celebrations.

The King and Queen give their consent and

Elizabeth and Margaret head out incognito but

their night takes some unexpected turns...

Directors: Julian Jarrold

Actors: Sarah Gadon, Bel Powley, Rupert Everett,

Emily Watson, Jack Reynor

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaF-HdgZVU8

20th May The Boy who Harnessed the Wind (15) 113 mins

Based on the true story and book of the same name,

Malawi high school student William Kamkwamba is forced

to step up and help his father after a drought ruins the

annual harvest on their farm. As his country descends into

famine and civil unrest, William salvages parts and teaches

himself engineering in order to build a wind turbine to

convert wind to energy to power his village. Adapted and

directed by Chiwetel Ejiofor.

Director: Chitwetel Ejiofor

Cast:Chitwetel, Maxwell Simba, Aissa Maiga

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPkr9HmglG0

24th June Can You Ever Forgive Me (15) 107 mins

Based on a true story — of Lee Israel, a best-selling

celebrity biographer in the 1970s and ’80s. When

Lee comes to the realisation that she’s no longer en

vogue, she spins her art form into a perilous web of

lies, deceit and outright crime to get back on top.

Director: Marielle Heller

Cast: Melissa McCarthy, Richard E. Grant, Dolly

Wells, Ben Falcone, Gregory Korostishevsky

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvJIaNsf_bY

15th July The Voyage of Dr Doolittle TBA

A physician discovers that he

can talk to animals.

Director: Stephen Gaghen

Cast: Robert Downey Junior,

Tom Holland, Michael Sheen,

Emma Thompson.

(Released January 2020)

Malbank Community Cinema 2019-2020

Summary

DATE FILM CERTIFICATE LENGTH

11th September Stan & Ollie

PG 97 mins

09th October The Wife

12A 100 mins

13th November Fisherman’s Friends

12 104 mins

11th December Lovely Still

12 92 mins

29th January

Mama Mia! Here We Go again 15 107 mins

26th February Jack & Sarah

15 105 mins

18th March Yesterday

15 116 mins

29th April A Royal Night Out

12 93mins

20th May The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind

15 113 mins

24th June Can You Ever Forgive Me

15 107 mins

15th July The Voyage of Dr Dolittle

TBA TBC mins

All films take place in the school hall at 7.30pm.

Entry is free.