 | Kingsman: The Secret Service (15)
Wednesday 1st April 1:30pm
Thursday 2nd April 7:30pm
Friday 3rd April 7:30pm
Tickets: £6.00 Adult/£4.00 Under 16's
Book online: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/event/82005
Or call the Box Office: 0845 2500517 (local rate)
Colin Firth stars as a suave super-spy in this gadget-packed action adventure from the creators of 'Kick-Ass'. Petty criminal Eggsy (Taron Egerton) is bright but troubled. Luckily, his father once saved the life of impeccably dressed secret agent Harry Hart (Colin Firth).
Hart decides to repay the debt by recruiting Eggsy to his elite independent international intelligence organisation known as the Kingsmen. The uncouth young protege is entranced by all the amazing weapons and gadgets he'll get to play with, which even include a killer umbrella! But first he has to undergo a rigorous training regime. And now a sinister new global foe has emerged in the form of unspeakably evil Valentine (Samuel L. Jackson).
Like the hit 'Kick-Ass', this hyper-real, stunt-filled espionage yarn is adapted by Jane Goldman from a comic book by Dave Gibbons and Mark Millar. Completing the reunited creative team is director Matthew Vaughn, whose credits also include 'X-Men: First Class'.
"Bond with the stabilisers taken off." **** Empire Magazine | |  | KAJAKI. The True Story (15)
The Best Of British & World Cinema Season
Wednesday 1st April 7:30pm
Tickets: £6.00 Adult/£4.00 Under 16's
Book online: http://www.kinokulture.org.uk/kajaki/4588770028
Or call the box Office: 0845 2500517 (local rate) The Kajaki Dam in Afghanistan 2006; a group of soldiers made up mostly from the British Army's 3rd Battalion, the Parachute Regiment, are stationed here whilst a Taliban roadblock is disabled. When one of the soldiers detonates a landmine in a river bed at the foot of the ridge, he is seriously injured. His comrades come to his rescue, only to find themselves becoming trapped.
Unbeknownst to them, they had accidentally stumbled upon an unmarked minefield, left behind from the Russian invasion of the 1980s. From now on, every single move is crucial, as there is no way of knowing where the next landmine lies.
Kajaki is directed by Paul Katis and written by Tom Williams, who worked closely with the survivors to bring you a war film that is as authentic as they come. Executive Producer Gareth-Ellis-Unwin is known for his work on The King's Speech, which won him an Academy Award for Best Picture as well as a BAFTA.
"A nerve-rackingly suspenseful recreation of a gruesome incident during the Afghan war" **** The Guardian
"A TENSE, unflinching and harrowing insight into the sacrifices made by today's young soldiers in a very modern conflict" **** The Express "May well be the best war film ever made" - Jeremy Clarkson, The Sun
"Incredibly tense… it's the British Hurt Locker" - Charles Gant, Heat Magazine Director: Paul Katis
Cast: Malachi Kirby, Mark Stanley
Run time: 108 mins:
Content advice: Very strong language, strong bloody injury detail
Funds raised at the premiere and other special screenings go towards four military charities. | |  | Shaun The Sheep Movie (U)
Friday 3rd April 1:30pm
Saturday 4th April 1:30pm
Wednesday 8th April 1:30pm
Thursday 9th April 1:30pm
Tickets: £6.00 Adult/£4.00 Under 16's
Book online: http://www.kinokulture.org.uk/shaun-the-sheep/4588497796
Or call the Box Office: 0845 2500517 (local rate)
Lovable Shaun goes on a crazy adventure in this brilliant animation from the people behind Wallace and Gromit. Daily life on Mossy Bottom Farm is getting just a little bit too routine for Shaun the sheep. So he decides it's time to have a nice day off. Unfortunately, his cunning ruse leads to a series of mishaps that result in the Farmer making an unplanned exit. Now it's up to Shaun and the rest of the flock - plus Bitzer the sheepdog - to make their way to the Big City and recover him. But to avoid the attentions of nasty animal containment officer Trumper, the sheep have to disguise themselves as human! Luckily, they get a little help from a lovable orphan dog named Slip. First seen in Nick Park's Oscar-winning short 'A Close Shave', TV favourite Shaun makes his big-screen debut with this wordless marvel of visual invention.
Director: Mark Burton, Richard Starzack
Starring: Justin Fletcher, John Sparkes, Omid Djalili, Richard Webber, Kate Harbour, Tim Hands, Andy Nyman
Run time: 85 mins | |  | SELMA (12A)
Saturday 4th April 7:30pm
Thursday 9th April 7:30pm
Friday 10th April 7:30pm
Tickets: £6,00 Adult/£4.00 Under 16's
Book online: http://www.kinokulture.org.uk/selma/4588610255
Or call the Box Office: 0845 2500517 (local rate) This film is the story of a movement. It chronicles the tumultuous three-month period in 1965, when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. led a dangerous campaign to secure equal voting rights in the face of violent opposition.
The epic march from Selma to Montgomery culminated in President Johnson signing the Voting Rights Act of 1965, one of the most significant victories for the civil rights movement. This film tells the real story of how the revered leader and visionary Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his brothers and sisters in the movement prompted change that forever altered history.
"Heartbreaking and inspiring. David Oyelowo deserves an award for his commanding performance as Martin Luther King in this triumphant account of America's civil rights struggle." **** Mark Kermode
"A majestic David Oyelowo deserves an Oscar for this uncanny performance." **** The Independent
Director: Ava DuVernay
Cast: David Oyelowo, Cuba Gooding Jr., Tim Roth, Cuba Gooding Jr., Carmen Ejogo, Alessandro Nivola, Martin Sheen, Tom Wilkinson, Oprah Winfrey, Tessa Thompson
Run time: 2 hours 7 mins | |  | Arts Alive Present:
The Circus Geeks with Beta Testing (Ages 8 +)
Saturday 11th April 3:30pm
Tickets: £8.00 Adult/£5.00 Under 16's
Book online: http://www.kinokulture.org.uk/circus-geeks-beta-testing/4588543739
Or call the Box Office: 0845 2500517 (local rate)
Another live theatre event supported through Arts Alive: Beta Testing is a hilarious mix between a juggling show and a TED talk. With mind-boggling projections, bizarre Heath Robinson style contraptions & a smattering of mild fish based violence, our trio of Circus Geeks will show you what life as a juggler is really like. Beta Testing is a warm, clever and funny show for adults and teens alike - sure to bring out everyone's inner geek. Great for families with kids aged 8+.
Beta Testing is a show about jugglers and their strange obsession.
★★★★ -The Evening Standard
Developed in partnership with Roundhouse, National Centre for Circus Arts, Jacksons Lane, La Breche and SeaChange Arts. Supported by Jerwood Charitable Foundation and the National Lottery through Arts Council England. Produced by The Production Shed. | |  | Exhibition On Screen:
Vincent Van Gogh - A New Way Of Seeing (12A)
Tuesday 14th April 7:00pm
Tickets: £12.00 Adult/£10.00 Under 16's
Book online: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/date/142559
Or call the Box Office: 0845 2500517 (local rate)
Vincent van Gogh – A new way of seeing
WITH EXCLUSIVE ACCESS TO THE VAN GOGH MUSEUM AMSTERDAM
Explore the dramatic story and iconic work of the world's most beloved artist
Enjoying complete and unprecedented access to the treasures of Amsterdam's Van Gogh Museum, this is a brilliant new film about one of the world's most fascinating and beloved artists. Made in collaboration with the experts at the Van Gogh Museum, the film marks both a major re-showing of the gallery's collection and a celebration of the 125th anniversary of Van Gogh's death. Experience the wonder of seeing Van Gogh's legendary masterpieces on the big screen, in high definition, while specially invited guests, including world-renowned curators and art historians, offer their interpretations and explanations of his work.
With exclusive new research revealing incredible recent discoveries, the Van Gogh Museum has helped craft a cinema experience like no other. Not to be missed.
Run time: 90 mins | |  | Owen Lewis Portable Theatre Company present:
Two Original One Act Plays
The Astounding Works Of Simon Trout & No Man's Land
Wednesday 15th April 7:30pm
Tickets: £10.00 Adult/£8.00 Concessions
Book online: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/date/159989
Or call the Box Office: 0845 2500517 (local rate)
This spring Owen Lewis' Portable Theatre Company will be performing another pair of original 1-act plays.
The Astounding Works of Simon Trout by Owen Lewis
Better the devil you know…?
How far might you go if you had the power to change your home, your family and the things around you? The enigmatic Simon Trout has the unique ability to make this happen, if you are brave enough to ask out loud.
But when Simon's interpretation of your wishes does not meet your own, how quickly might you wish that you had maintained the status quo? Sometimes the truth can cut deeper than knives. If faced with Simon Trout, an unusual, mysterious individual who has the power to do all that and much more, what would you do?
Witness the amusing and disturbing consequences as Karen Carter asks Simon Trout for help.
No Man's Land by Ceri Wright and David Wright
Are some issues just too big to put to one side…?
How did you cope with Christmas last year? Was it the same as usual; all the family together, perhaps a game of scrabble, lots of fun, drinks, some telly and that big Christmas dinner?
The Baker household set out to do the very same – to put all of their differences and disagreements to one side just for the day, try to get on together, eat, drink and be merry.
A Christmas truce, so to speak…
Run time: 2 hours 20 mins including interval | |  | NT Live: The Hard Problem (12A)
Thursday 16th April 7:00pm
Tickets: £12.00 Adult/£10.00 Under 16's
Book online: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/date/132753
Or call the Box Office: 0845 2500517 (local rate)
A new play by Tom Stoppard.
Acclaimed playwright Tom Stoppard (Shakespeare in Love, Arcadia, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead) returns to the National Theatre with his highly-anticipated new play The Hard Problem, directed by Nicholas Hytner (Othello, Hamlet, One Man, Two Guvnors).
Hilary, a young psychology researcher at a brain science institute, is nursing a private sorrow and a troubling question at work, where psychology and biology meet. If there is nothing but matter, what is consciousness? This is 'the hard problem' which puts Hilary at odds with her colleagues who include her first mentor Spike, her boss Leo and the billionaire founder of the institute, Jerry. Is the day coming when the computer and the fMRI scanner will answer all the questions psychology can ask? Meanwhile Hilary needs a miracle, and she is prepared to pray for one. Run time: 120 mins | |  | The Lego Movie (U)
Saturday Morning Kino Kids Club
Saturday 18th April 11:30am
Tickets: £4.00 Adult/£2.00 Under 16's
Book online: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/date/161039
Or call The Box Office: 0845 2500517 (local rate)
Emmet is an ordinary LEGO minifigure, used to following rules and living a normal life. During an accident, Emmet is taken in by a mysterious organisation that is embarking on the quest to save the world from an evil force: he's been mistaken for the hero they've all been waiting for, and the key to victory against the tyrant.
Voiced by an all-star cast including Will Ferrell, Morgan Freeman, Liam Neeson, Will Arnett, Elizabeth Banks and Chris Pratt, this hilarious adventure is the first feature length film by the LEGO franchise and is truly the greatest film ever assembled!
BAFTA Winner for Best Animated Film
Director: Phil Lord, Christopher Miller
Genre: Action, Family, Comedy
Starring: Will Ferrell, Liam Neeson, Morgan Freeman, Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett, Charlie Day, Chris Pratt, Nick Offerman, Alison Brie
Run time: 101 mins
Kino Kids Club screenings are supported by Shropshire Town & Rural Housing. | |  | Blade Runner The Final Cut (15)
Friday 17th April 7:30pm
Saturday 18th April 2:30pm & 7:30pm
Wednesday 22nd April 7:30pm
Tickets: £6.00 Adult/£4.00 Under 16's
Book online: http://www.kinokulture.org.uk/blade-runner/4588520992
Or call the Box Office: 0845 2500517 (local rate)
The definitive version of Ridley Scott's sci-fi masterpiece starring Harrison Ford.
In the rainswept, neon-lit LA of 2019, former cop Deckard (Harrison Ford) is charged with tracking down and eliminating a bunch of advanced android 'replicants' who've escaped from an off-world colony. It's a difficult task because they're almost impossible to distinguish them from humans. One of the replicants, Rachael (Sean Young), has even been implanted with a set of false memories and believes herself to be human. Meanwhile, their leader, Roy Batty (Rutger Hauer), is determined to track down his creator to discover his own 'termination date'.
Adapted from a Philip K. Dick novel, Ridley Scott's dazzlingly original, noirish sci fi thriller was originally released in 1982. Several versions of this much acclaimed, hugely influential film have been seen on screen since then. But on its 25th anniversary, Scott was given complete creative freedom to create this final cut, fully restored from the original negative.
Film critic David Thomson called it "a superb piece of future-making and a film noir that bleeds over into tragedy."
"Ridley Scott's Blade Runner: The Final Cut, which stars Harrison Ford, is a masterpiece of dystopian science fiction on film and will be back in cinemas in 2015." ***** The Telegraph
Blade Runner's re-release in cinemas in 2015 brings to a close the BFI's Sci-Fi: Days of Fear and Wonder, a UK-wide celebration of film and television's original blockbuster genre.
Director: Ridley Scott
Starring: Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Edward James Olmos, M. Emmet Walsh, Daryl Hannah
Run time: 118 mins | |  | NT Live Encore: A View From The Bridge (12A)
Thursday 23rd April 7:00pm
Tickets: £12.00 Adult/£10.00 Under 16's
Book online: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/date/148517
Or call the Box Office: 0845 2500517 (local rate) I vo van Hove directs this stunning production of Arthur Miller's tragic masterpiece, broadcast from London's West End by National Theatre Live.
A stellar cast led by Mark Strong (The Imitation Game, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy) feature in the Young Vic's "magnetic, electrifying, astonishingly bold" production, which won acclaim as the Evening Standard, Guardian and Independent's top theatre pick of 2014.
In Brooklyn, longshoreman Eddie Carbone welcomes his Sicilian cousins to the land of freedom. But when one of them falls for his beautiful niece, they discover that freedom comes at a price. Eddie's jealous mistrust exposes a deep, unspeakable secret, one that drives him to commit the ultimate betrayal.
"This staging of A View from the Bridge (1956) is one of the most powerful productions of a Miller play I have ever seen. It breaks the surly bonds of naturalism and the conventions of the well-made play to create a work of seething intensity and savage beauty that grips the audience throughout its interval-free two-hour playing time. By the end you feel both emotionally drained and unexpectedly elated – the classic hallmarks of a great tragic production."
- The Telegraph.
Approximately 150 minutes with no interval.
Original Broadcast date: Thursday 26 March 2015 | |  | The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (PG)
Friday 24th April 7:30pm
Saturday 25th April 1:30pm & 7:30pm
Tuesday 28th April 7:30pm
Wednesday 29th April 1:30pm
Tickets: £6.00 Adult/£4.00 Under 16's
Book online: http://www.kinokulture.org.uk/2nd-best-exotic-marigold-hotel/4588497902
Or call the Box Office: 0845 2500517 (local rate)
Richard Gere checks in with the A-list cast for the continuing adventures of elderly Britons in an Indian retirement hotel. Jaipur's Best Exotic Marigold Hotel for the Elderly and Beautiful has become a huge success for ambitious young Sonny (Dev Patel). Muriel (Maggie Smith) is now installed as his business partner. Douglas (Bill Nighy) and Evelyn (Judi Dench) have also joined the workforce. And with new arrivals Lavinia (Tamsin Greig) and American writer Guy (Richard Gere) vying for the one remaining room, it's clearly time for expansion. But busy Sonny is also occupied by his impending marriage to Sunaina (Tena Desae).
This love in the air seems to be contagious. Madge (Celia Imrie) swoons over suave, handsome Guy, while Douglas and Evelyn's romance continues to develop. The original director, writer and magnificent main cast of the delightful 2012 sleeper hit reunite for this eagerly anticipated sequel. Deliciously unexpected developments are promised!
Director: John Madden
Starring: Judi Dench, Richard Gere, Dev Patel, Bill Nighy, David Strathairn, Maggie Smith, Tamsin Greig, Penelope Wilton, Ronald Pickup, Tena Desae, Diana Hardcastle
Run time: 122 mins | |  | Electricity (15)
The Best Of British & World Cinema Season
Wednesday 29th April 7:30pm
Tickets: £6.00 Adult/£4.00 Under 16's
Book online: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/date/158217
Or call the Box Office: 0845 2500517 (local rate)
ELECTRICITY is an astonishing journey seen through the eyes of a young woman whose epilepsy brings extraordinary hallucinations as she searches for her lost brother.
Lilly O'Connor (Deyn) – brash, sexy, witty – lives on the Northeast coast away from the world and her past. But when her mother dies, the past draws Lily back in. When she discovers that her younger brother Mikey (Cooke), the only one who looked after her when they were kids, disappeared to London years ago, she resolves to try and find him. But the search could kill her.
Lily's epilepsy brings vivid visual distortions, strange auras and terrifying visions that we experience through her eyes. ELECTRICITY takes us on a journey that brings Lily to the brink of death before triumph in a beautiful and uplifting story of self-discovery and the human spirit.
Based on the novel by Ray Robinson that the Guardian called ''a breath-taking assault on the senses'', ELECTRICITY combines passionate drama with stunning special effects in a powerfully uplifting love story with a fearless breakthrough performance by AGYNESS DEYN.
The cast of leading British talent includes CHRISTIAN COOKE (Cemetery Junction). PAUL ANDERSON (Heart of the Sea), ALICE LOWE (Sightseers), LENORA CRITCHLOW and TOM GEORGESON (Notes on a Scandal).
Directed by BAFTA-Nominee Bryn Higgins, adapted by BAFTA-winning writer Joe Fisher and with a stunning score by BAFTA-winner John Lunn, ELECTRICITY is a Stone City Films production.
Run time: 95 mins | |  | Globe On Screen: Julius Ceasar (12A)
Thursday 30th April 7:00pm
Saturday 2nd May 1:30pm
Tickets: £12.00 Adult/£10.00 Under 16's
Book online: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/event/84471
Or call the Box Office: 0845 2500517 (local rate)
Dominic Dromgoole's acclaimed, sell-out production of Shakespeare's play arrives in Cinemas.
Julius Caesar returns to Rome from the wars a changed man. Now more a dictator than a leader, his reckless ambitions threaten the future of the Empire. Brutus and his republican friends then make the cataclysmic decision that Caesar must be assassinated, but once they've carried out the deed, a struggle for power then ensues led by Mark Antony and Caesar's nephew Octavius.
Featuring lavish Renaissance clothing and backdrops, Dominic Dromgoole's sell-out production is now brought to Cinemas by filmed-theatre series Globe On Screen.
Director: Dominic Dromgoole
Starring: Catherine Bailey, Sam Cox, Patrick Driver, Anthony Howell, George Irving
Run time: 160 mins tbc | | | |
