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Electric Picture House
Wotton-under-Edge
Showing from 9th March
Tuesday 9th March
7:45pm - 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.
Wednesday 10th March
8:45pm - 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.
Thursday 11th March
2:00pm - 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).
7:45pm - 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.
Friday 12th 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).
Saturday 13th March
4:30pm
- 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.
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.
Sunday 14th March
2:00pm
- 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.
7:45pm - 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 16th 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).
Wednesday 17th March
8:45pm - 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.