TICKET PRICE PRICE REDUCTION

We are very happy to announce that we are reducing our ticket prices for the Saturday Morning Picture Club and Playcentre Matinee to £1 Children and £2 Adults. This has been made possible thanks to funding support from the London Borough of Hackney's Neighbourhood Renewal Fund and Cultural Forum. These prices will apply for a trial period until the end of March but we hope to be able to maintain them after that.

SATURDAY MORNING PICTURE CLUB

Sponsored by Hackney Gazette

Membership is free. Members have their membership cards stamped on each visit and get free admittance after every 10 visits and a free poster after every 25 visits. Parents, please note: children under the age of five years must be accompanied by an adult throughout the performance. You are welcome to drop off older children at the start of the film and return to pick them up at the end. Doors open at 10.30am and the FILM starts at 11.00am sharp. The length of the films varies – please check the finish times listed below. Please note: unaccompanied adults will not be admitted.

SAT 26 Mar 11.00am

THE INCREDIBLES (U)

(US 2004) dir.Brad Bird 120m. Animation.
Voices of Craig T Nelson, Holly Hunter, Samuel L Jackson, Jason Lee, Elizabeth Peña, Wallace Shawn.

What’s more boring for a family of superheros than to live in a quiet and peaceful suburb? Mr Incredible, his wife, formerly Elastigirl, and their three children, Violet, Dash and Jack Jack, are now trying to lead a normal anonymous life in a witness protection programme. Our hero, now called Bob Parr, works for an insurance company and feels deeply frustrated. Not surprising then that the day he’s offered the chance to play the hero again he happily jumps at the opportunity, without realising he’s been trapped... The family will have to reveal themselves and work together again to save Mr Incredible.

Approx end 1.05pm

SAT 2 Apr 11.00am

RACING STRIPES (U)

(US 2004) dir.Frederik du Chau 102m.
Bruce Greenwood, Hayden Panettiere, Caspar Poyck.

On his way home in the middle of a storm, Nolan Walsh rescues a baby zebra accidentally left behind by a circus and brings him home. His daughter, Channing, finds him so cute that she eventually convinces her dad to keep him. Stripes, as the little zebra is now called, is soon introduced to the rest of the farm dwellers, and settles among the other animals. But he spends his time dreaming of the racetracks on the border of the farm, where prestigious horses train daily. If only he could get on the tracks, he would beat them all. The only problem is that Stripes hasn’t realised yet he’s not a horse.

Approx end 12.45pm

SAT 9 Apr 11.00am

THE PRINCESS DIARIES 2: ROYAL ENGAGEMENT (U)

(US 2004) dir.Garry Marshall 113m. Anna Hathaway, Julie Andrews, Hector Eilzondo, John-Rhys Davies.

Princess Mia is now 21 and its time for her to move to Genovia. Meanwhile she continues her 'princess lessons' under the watchful eye of her grandmother Queen Clarice. But surprise surprise, her life is turned upside down once again when she discovers that in order to become the queen, she has to be married. Now Mia has 30 days to find a husband before the coronation. To find the charming prince shouldn’t be too difficult but whether she can she trust him is another story.

Approx end 1.00pm

SAT 16 Apr 11.00am

SON OF THE MASK (PG)

(US 2005) dir.Lawrence Guterman 94m.
Jamie Kennedy, Alan Cumming, Ryan Falconer, Bob Hoskins.

Everything’s going wrong for Tim Avery, a cartoonist who’s lost his job. To complete the picture, he has to take care on his own of his new born son who seems to have quite amazing abilities. Somehow the baby has the powers of the mask of Loki, a mythological object that transforms its user into a manic shapeshifter alter-ego. As if this wasn’t enough, Loki wants his mask back. Problems are just starting for poor Tim...

Approx end 12.40pm

SAT 23 Apr 11.00am

LAURA’S STAR (U)

(Ger/Bulg) dirs.Piet De Rycker & Thilo Rothkirch 80m. Animation.

Little Laura loves flying in the space in her cardboard rocket. There meteors are a bit funny: they look like chairs, cupboards and toys. She really feels at home up in the sky among the stars... Well too good to be true, this only happens in her fantasy world. Since she moved with her family from the countryside to the big city, Laura feels lost and lonely. But one day, she sees a real star falling from the sky and landing in the park.

Approx end 12.25pm

SAT 30 Apr 11.00am

ARE WE THERE YET? (PG)

(US 2005) dir.Brian Levant 95m.
Ice Cube, Nia Long, Aleisha Allen, Philip Bolden.

When playboy Nick started dating divorcee Suzanne he probably never thought how many difficulties her two children would cause. The kids never like any of their mum’s boyfriends and have simply decided to boycott Nick. So how will he cope when he has to drive them from Portland to Vancouver, where Suzanne is stuck for New Year’s Eve because of her work?

Approx end 12.40pm

SAT 7 May 11.00am

POOH’S HEFFALUMP MOVIE (U)

(US 2005) dir.Frank Nissen 68m. Animation.
Voices of Jim Cummings, John Fiedler, Nikita Hopkins, Kath Soucie, Ken Sansom, Peter Cullen, Brenda Blethyn.

Who’s this scary huge heffalump? To you and me it’s only a big purple elephant but for Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, Piglet and Rabbit, a heffalump is a frightening creature that must be captured before it destroys the Hundred Acre Wood. Little Roo wants to come along but he’s too young. Will he obey? Of course not, so he goes on his own and meets the Heffalump before the others. The young ‘Lumpy’ turns out to be a great friend for Roo who wonders how he will convince his friends that Lumpy is harmless. With its brilliant wordplay, this sweet story is as touching as it is funny.

Approx end 12.15pm

SAT 14 May 11.00am

FIRST DAUGHTER (PG)

(US 2004) dir.Frederik du Chau 106m.
Bruce Greenwood, Hayden Panettiere, Caspar Poyck.

Samantha is over excited at the prospect of leaving home to go to college. The trouble is that she’s the daughter of the President of the United States. So it’ll be hard to convince Dad that she should be able to enjoy college life without the omnipresence of the Secret Services. And of course, she finds love on the campus in the person of fellow student James, who also has his secrets...

Approx end 12.50pm

SAT 21 May 11.00am

THE SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS MOVIE (U)

(US 2004) dir.Stephen Hillenburg 87m. Animation.
Voices of Tom Kenny, Clancy Brown, Rodger Bumpass.

Someone has stolen Neptune’s crown. It looks like Mr Krab is the culprit but SpongeBob doesn’t believe this and has decided to stand by his boss. With his pal starfish Patrick, he sets off to Shell City in search of the crown. And if this helps to impress the King’s daughter, well things can only get better.

Approx end 12.30pm

PLAYCENTRE MATINEES

Tue 12 Apr 4.15pm THE PRINCESS DIARIES 2 (U)
Tue 19 Apr 4.15pm SON OF THE MASK (PG)
Tue 26 Apr 4.15pm LAURA’S STAR (U)
Tue 3 May 4.15pm ARE WE THERE YET? (PG)
Tue 10 May 4.15pm POOH’S HEFFALUMP MOVIE (U)
Tue 17 May 4.15pm FIRST DAUGHTER (PG)
Tue 24 May 4.15pm THE SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS MOVIE (U)

TICKETS
£1.00 Children
£2.00 Accompanying adults

EASTER HOLIDAY MATINEES

FRI 25 Mar – THUR 31 Mar
12.00 Sun only
2.00 daily (not Sun)

THE MAGIC ROUNDABOUT (U)

(Br/Fr 2005) dirs.Dave Borthwick & Jean Duval 82m. Animation.
Voices of Robbie Williams, Tom Baker, Ian McKellen, Jim Broadbent, Joanna Lumley, Bill Nighey.

Our friends from the Magic Roundabout are back and still alive! But for how long? The evil ZeeBadDee has been accidentally released from his prison. He has frozen the magic roundabout and is threatening to bring the world back to the ice age. Dougal and his friends will have to find the 3 mystical diamonds in order to break ZeeBadDee’s spell.

FRI 1, SAT 2 & MON 4 Apr
11.00 am daily

RACING STRIPES (U)

(US 2004) dir.Frederik du Chau 101m.
Bruce Greenwood, Hayden Panettiere, Caspar Poyck.

One day, Nolan Walsh rescues a baby zebra and brings him home. His daughter, Channing, finds him so cute that she convinces her dad to keep him. Stripes, as the zebra is now called, is soon introduced to the rest of the farm dwellers, and settles among the other animals. But he spends his time dreaming of the racetracks on the border of the farm, where prestigious horses train daily. If only he could get on the tracks, he would beat them all. The only problem though is that Stripes hasn’t realised yet he’s not a horse.

TICKETS

WEEKDAY MATINEES (Before 5.00pm):
£4.00 Under 15s
£5.00 Adults
£4.00 Concessions
£2.50 OAPs

GROUP REDUCTIONS (Weekday Matinees only)
£3.00 10 or more children
+ 1 accompanying adult free with every 10 children