Wincanton Film Society

Never Let Me Go

johnsmith — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 00:01:27 +0000

Tuesday 22nd May – 2012 “Never Let Me Go”

UK 1 hr. 43mins. Keira Knightley, Carey Mulligan. Director – Mark Romanek.

A love triangle of scientific specimens created in a laboratory. They are supposed to provide organs to severely ill patients.

Doors open 7pm for a 7:45pm start.

Reign Over Me

johnsmith — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 00:01:03 +0000

Wednesday 25th April – 2012 “Reign Over Me”

UK 2hrs 4 mins Adam Sandler, Don Cheadle Director – Mike Binder.

A man who lost his family in the September 11 attack runs into his old college roommate. Rekindling the friendship is the one thing that appears able to help the man recover from his grief.

Doors open 7pm for a 7:45pm start.

Feedback, the life blood of this society.

johnsmith — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 10:11:57 +0000

It would be great to hear your views. This brings up an ever
sensitive subject. Believe it or not the committee have to start thinking about
the 2012/13 season at the next committee meeting in March. Choosing the films for any season is the hardest part of our job. If we get it wrong everyone
hates it and we lose members. Last year was a tough year for us. For this
season we were convinced that we had the best selection in a long time. But the only guide we have is a combination between attendance, membership, and the comment slips you jhand in at each screening.

The attendance and comment slips on the night are easy. The hard part is getting you to tell us what you really think, and what you would like. So I am inviting you to contact us, either at screenings, or by posting your detailed comments on this page after each film. It’s vital that we hear from you. If we don’t we will be more at risk of getting the film selection wrong. So please let us have your thoughts and ideas. You can also reply to us when you receive our monthly newsletters.

The Way Back

johnsmith — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:01:30 +0000

Tuesday 20th March – 2012 – “The Way Back”.

US 2 hrs. 13 mins. Colin Farrell, Jim Sturgess. Director Peter Weir.

War drama about a group of prisoners who escape from a Siberian camp during World War 11. The story centres on their journey.

Doors open 7pm for 7:45pm start.

Knowing

johnsmith — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:01:31 +0000

Wednesday 22nd February – 2012 “Knowing”

UK/US/Australia. 2 hrs. Nicolas Cage, Chandler Canterbury. Director Alex Proyas.

A teacher opens a time capsule that has been dug up at his son’s school. There are some chilling predictions – some (only some) that have already occurred. Others remain.

Doors open 7pm for 7:45pm start

Oranges and Sunshine

johnsmith — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:01:39 +0000

Tuesday 24th January 2012 – “Oranges and Sunshine”

UK/Australia 1 hr. 45 mins Emily Watson, Hugo Weaving. Director Jim Loach.

A Nottingham social worker discovers that between 1890 and 1970 130000 children were deported to Australia by the British authorities

Doors open 7pm for 7:45pm start.

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest

johnsmith — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 00:01:04 +0000

Wednesday 14th December – “The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest”

Sweden 2hrs 27mins. Director Daniel Alfredson.

Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace.

Lisbeth Salander is recovering in a hospital and awaiting trial for three murders. Michael Blomkvist must prove her innocence. The third and final novel from Stieg Larsson.

Doors open 7pm for 7:45pm start.

To Kill a Mocking Bird

johnsmith — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 00:01:02 +0000

Tuesday 22nd November – “To Kill a Mocking Bird”

This seasons classic movie. US 2hrs 9 mins. Gregory Peck, John Megna. Director Robert Mulligan.

Atticus Finch, a lawyer in the racially divided town of Alabama, defends a young black man against an undeserved rape charge, and his children against prejudice.

Doors open 7pm for 7:45pm start.

DVD Library, and now Books.

johnsmith — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 14:36:32 +0000

We started the new season with a fresh batch of films to satisfy your appetite for good films. We have also now introduced our DVD Library. Thank you to those who have already made use of this new facility. We believe that this will be a valuable facility to help us make financial provision towards the purchase of new equipment when needed. How does it work?

Please donate any DVD’s that you have that you don’t wish to view at home, so that we can offer them to our members and guests.

At our monthly screenings we will set up the library so that you can check it and take DVD’s home to view.

We ask you to leave a £1 donation in our pot for each DVD that you take away.

If you take a DVD you are free to keep it, or when you have viewed it we hope that you will consider bringing it back to put in the library again.

But there’s more………….
As we all know, a good percentage of films produced, start life as books which become popular reads. November’s film “To Kill a Mocking Bird” became a classic book, even being used in schools, albeit that this was Harper Lee’s only book. So what has this to do with WFS?

We want you to consider donating books that you have which have become the subject of films. “Books of theMovie” will be added to our DVD table starting with our November screening. So, on the run up to Christmas this is the ideal opportunity to do a major tidy-up of books and DVDs.

We hope that you agree that this is a great new way to help us keep WFS sound for future members and guests. If you have any questions please contact me at john@wincantonfilm.co.uk.

The Social Network

johnsmith — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 00:01:57 +0000

Wednesday 19th October 2011 – “The Social Network 2010”

UK, 2hrs. Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfild. Director David Fincher.

A chronicle of the founding of Facebook, the social-networking site

Doors open 7pm for 7:45pm start.