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 3 Dec 11.00am

OLIVER TWIST (PG)

(UK 2005) dir.Roman Polanski 130m.
Ben Kingsley, Barney Clark, Leanne Rowe, Mark Strong, Jamie Foreman.

A wonderful adaptation of a classic novel that brings to life some of Dickens' most colourful characters. It's the tale of innocent orphan Oliver who finds himself a pupil at a school for pickpockets run by that endearing old rogue Fagin.

Approx end 1.15pm

SAT 10 Dec 11.00am CHRISTMAS PARTY!

CHRISTMAS WITH THE KRANKS (PG)

(US 2004) dir.Joe Roth. 99m.
Tim Allen, Jamie Lee Curtis, Dan Aykroyd, M Emmet Walsh.

Why celebrate Christmas when Luther and Nora Krank’s only daughter, Blair, has moved out? Fed up with the commerciality of the Christmas celebrations they decide to go on a cruise instead. How shocking for their neighbours: They won’t even buy a Christmas tree. As this wasn’t enough, Blair decides at the last minute to come home and spend Christmas with Mum and Dad. Christmas preparations are crazy enough but when it all comes in the last moment a catastrophe is surely on the way.

+ Entertainer

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SAT 17 Dec 11.00am
No Picture Club screening

SAT 24 Dec 11.00am
No Picture Club screening

SAT 31 Dec 11.00am
No Picture Club screening

SAT 7 Jan 11.00am

WALLACE AND GROMIT: THE CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT (U)

(UK 2005) dirs.Steve Box & Nick Park 85m. Animation.
Voices of Peter Sallis, Ralph Fiennes, Helena Bonham Carter, Peter Kay, Nicholas Smith, Liz Smith, John Thomson.

With only a few days left before the Giant Vegetable contest, a huge beast starts ravaging the villagers’ sacred vegetable gardens. Here is a new mission for Wallace and Gromit. Commissioned by the contest’s hostess, Lady Tottington, Wallace and his loyal friend will have to track down the mysterious animal... Don’t miss this colourful comedy.

Approx end 12.30pm

SAT 14 Jan 11.00am

NANNY McPHEE (U)

(UK 2005) dir.Kirk Jones 98m.
Emma Thompson, Colin Firth, Kelly McDonald, Angela Lansbury.

If you think that this is a new version of Mary Poppins, you’re wrong. In fact, the nanny of this story looks and behaves more like a witch. Cedric Brown has just lost his wife and is neglecting his children who’ve already made several nannies run away. That is, until Nanny McPhee steps on their front door. Although this one is not exactly the most charming of nannies, she’s perhaps the right person to tame Mr Brown’s very naughty children.

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SAT 21 Jan 11.00am

SKY HIGH (PG)

(US 2005) dir.Mike Mitchell 100m.
Michael Angarano, Kurt Russell, Kelly Preston, Danielle Panabaker, Christopher Wynne.

Hidden up there in the clouds, ‘Sky High’ is the very unique school for the sons and daughters of superheroes. There, kids with superpowers learn magical tricks, such as how to throw fire with their hands, and all they need to know about villains. This is where we meet Will Stronghold. How do you cope when you’re the son of the most legendary superheroes... when you don’t have any superpowers?

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SAT 28 Jan 11.00am

DREAMER (U)

(US 2005) dir.John Gatins 105m.
Kurt Russell, Dakota Fanning, Kris Kristofferson, Elisabeth Shue, David Morse.

A fascinating film inspired by a true story. Cale Crane is the adorable daughter of an unlucky horse trainer, Ben, who’s just lost his job because he wouldn’t put down a horse with a broken leg. Ben accepts the injured horse as a compensation, in the hope that she could one day give birth to a future champion. But Cale has other plans in mind: The ambitious girl wants the horse on the race tracks again.

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TICKETS
£1.00 Children
£2.00 Accompanying adults

PLAYCENTRE MATINEES

Tue 6 Dec 4.15pm OLIVER TWIST (PG)
Tue 13 Dec 4.15pm CHRISTMAS WITH THE KRANKS (PG)
Tue 10 Jan 4.15pm WALLACE AND GROMIT: THE CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT (U)
Tue 17 Jan 4.15pm NANNY McPHEE (U)
Tue 24 Jan 4.15pm SKY HIGH (PG)
Tue 31 Jan 4.15pm DREAMER (U)

TICKETS
£1.00 Children
£2.00 Accompanying adults

CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY MATINEES
WED 21 Dec – TUE 3 Jan
11.45, 3.30 daily (not Sun 25)

KING KONG (12A)

(US 2005) dir.Peter Jackson 187m
Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Adrien Brody, Andy Serkis, Jamie Bell, Kyle Chandler, Lobo Chan, Thomas Kretschmann, Evan Parke, Colin Hanks, John Sumner, David Dengelo, Stephen Hall, Richard Kavanagh, Louis Sutherland.

A legend returns, bigger and better than ever! On an uncharted island, where prehistoric animals are said to have survived, a group of explorers discover the mighty Kong. In captivity, he becomes a star attraction but the giant ape yearns for freedom. A classic tale brilliantly retold for a new generation, this is the most thrilling and spectacular adventure story of the year.

TICKETS

WEEKDAY MATINEES
£4.50 Under 15s
£5.50 Adults
£4.50 Concessions
£3.00 OAPs

WEEKEND MATINEES
£4.50 Under 15s
£7.50 Adults
£5.50 Concessions

GROUP REDUCTIONS (weekday matinees only)
£3.50 10 or more children