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Electric Picture House
Wotton-under-Edge

All films showing from 9th March

A Single Man, Cert 12A, 101 mins
Los Angeles, 1962: Haunted by the death of his long-term lover Jim (Matthew Goode), ex-pat college professor George Falconer (Colin Firth) embarks on what he intends to be the last day of his own life.
Wednesday    24 March         8:45pm
Sunday           28 March         7:45pm
Thursday        01 April            2:00pm, 7:45pm
Saturday        03 April            7:45pm
Tuesday         06 April            7:45pm
Friday            09 April            7:45pm

An Education, Cert 12A, 100 mins
1960's London: 16-year old Jenny (Carey Mulligan) is pretty, naturally talented and hard working and her father is intent on grooming her for Oxford. But her life is turned upside down when she is introduced to the glamorous and sophisticated world of David (Peter Sarsgaard), a man more than twice her age. Romance soon blossoms but, as Jenny learns more about David, she begins to question whether this new exciting life really is better than the one she is leaving behind.
Wednesday   17 March          8:45pm
Thursday       18 March          2:00pm
Sunday          21 March          7:45pm

Avatar 3D, Cert 12A, 166 mins
Inhabiting the body of an alien‘avatar’, disabled ex-soldier Jake (Sam Worthington) has to question his loyalties when he finds himself in the middle of a battle between the native people of the planet Pandora and the humans who want to exploit its resources.
Saturday       13 March            7:45pm
Sunday          14 March            2:00pm
Thursday       18 March            7:45pm

Invictus, Cert 12A, 133 mins
Struggling to mend a divided country, President Mandela (Morgan Freeman) determines that South Africa should win the 1995 rugby world cup to unite white and black in a common cause. So he gives the South African captain, Francois Piennar (Matt Damon) a call.
Friday            19 March            7:45pm
Tuesday         23 March           7:45pm
Thursday       25 March            2:00pm
Saturday       27 March            7:45pm
Wednesday   31 March            8:45pm

Mugabe And The White African, Cert PG, 90 mins
Zimbabwe, 2008: Mike Campbell is one of the few white farmers still holding out against confiscation of his land under the violent ‘Land Reform' programme. In desperation, he takes Robert Mugabe and his government to court, charging them with racial discrimination and human rights violations. This covertly filmed documentary presents an intimate, moving and often terrifying account of one man and his family’s extraordinary courage in the face of overwhelming injustice and brutality.
Tuesday         09 March           7:45pm
Sunday          14 March           7:45pm        *** Q&A Session with the Producers ***

Percy Jackson And The Olympians: The Lightning Thief, Cert PG, 118 mins
Having discovered that he is the son of Poseidon, Greek god of the sea, troubled high school student Percy Jackson (Logan Lerman) must embark on a race against time to discover who stole Zeus’s lightning bolt before a cataclysmic war breaks out between the gods and humanity is caught in the crossfire. Epic adventure for all the family with an all-star cast including Pierce Brosnan, Uma Thurman, Steve Coogan, Catherine Keener and Sean Bean.
Saturday       20 March          4:30pm
Sunday          28 March          2:00pm
Saturday       03 April            4:30pm
Thursday       08 April            2:00pm

Princess and the Frog , Cert U, 97 mins
Tiana (Anika Noni Rose) works two waitressing jobs, Naveen (Bruno Campos) is a lazy prince who is turned into a frog by a voodoo man (David). When frog-Naveen persuades Tiana to kiss him in the hope of transforming back, she too becomes an amphibian, and the pair set off on a hilarious adventure through the mystical bayous of Louisiana.
Saturday       13 March         4:30pm
Sunday          21 March         2:00pm
Saturday       27 March         4:30pm
Sunday          04 April            2:00pm

Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll, Cert 15, 115 mins
Biopic of Ian Dury (Andy Serkis) who, stricken with polio at a young age, defied expectations and became one of the founders of the punk-rock scene in the 1970s. Also starring Ray Winstone and Mackenzie Crook.
Wednesday   10 March          8:45pm

The Road, Cert 15, 119 mins
With nothing but a pistol to defend themselves against cannibalistic bands, the clothes they are wearing and a rusting shopping cart of scavenged food, a father and son struggle through a postapocalyptic American landscape.
Thursday       11 March          7:45pm

Up In The Air, Cert 15, 109 mins
Ryan Bingham (George Clooney) is a corporate hatchet man who loves his life flying around the US sacking people and accumulating air miles. Having met a soul mate in fellow frequent flyer, Alex Goran (Vera Farmiga) and on the cusp of achieving his lifelong target of 10 million air miles, he finds his lifestyle and attitudes challenged by up and coming executive Natalie Keener (Anna Kendrick).
Thursday      11 March          2:00pm
Friday           12 March          7:45pm
Tuesday       16 March          7:45pm
Saturday      20 March          7:45pm
Friday          26 March          7:45pm

Coming Soon:

Not the Messiah (He's A Very Naughty Boy) - Special showing of this Monty Python celebration on 25 March
Crazy Heart, Cert 15, 112 mins - from 30 March
The Railway Children, Cert U, 109 mins - from 02 April
The Last Station, Cert 15, 112 mins - from 04 April
MicMacs, Cert 12A, 105 mins - from 11 April
Alice In Wonderland 3D - TBC