Plett Cinema Fri 15 Aug – Thu 21 Aug 

Published: August 14th, 2014

movie-fading-gigoloFADING GIGOLO – NPU 13 – 90 MIN
Comedy, On the Art Circuit

Weekdays: 11h00 13h20 18h00
Weekend: 18h00

One of the few films starring Woody Allen which he did not write and/or direct. He plays an aging book store owner who becomes a ‘pimp’ to his younger partner, as they seek to make money in a hurry to save their store. Soon, things are going much better than they had hoped, which leads to complications.

Cast: John Turturro, Woody Allen, Vanessa Paradis, Liev Schrieber, Sharon Stone, Sofia Vergara, Tonya Pinkins


movie-the-railway-manTHE RAILWAY MAN – NPU 13 – 116 MIN
Biographical, Drama, On the art circuit
Weekdays: 13h10 17h30
Weekend: 13h10 17h30

Based on the remarkable bestselling autobiography, this tells the extraordinary and epic true story of Eric Lomax, a British Army officer who is tormented as a prisoner of war at a Japanese labour camp during World War II. Decades later, Lomax and his beautiful love interest Patti discover that the Japanese interpreter responsible for much of his treatment is still alive and set out to confront him, and his haunting past, in this powerful and inspiring tale of heroism, humanity and the redeeming power of love.

Cast: Colin Firth, Nicole Kidman, Jeremy Irvine, Stellan Skarsgård


movie-house-of-magicTHE HOUSE OF MAGIC – PG – 85 MIN
Adventure, Animation, Family, Comedy
Weekdays: 15h30
Weekend: 11h00 13h00 16h00

An abandoned young cat seeking shelter from a storm, stumbles into the strangest house imaginable, owned by an old magician and inhabited by a dazzling array of automatons and gizmos. Not everyone welcomes the new addition to the troupe and some plot to evict him. The situation gets worse when the magician lands in hospital and his scheming nephew sees his chance to cash in by selling the mansion. Our young hero is determined to earn his place and so he enlists the help of some wacky magician’s assistants to protect his magical new home.

Voices of Murray Blue, Edward Asner, George Babbit, Emily Blunt, and others


movie-the-other-womanTHE OTHER WOMAN – PG – 109 MIN
Comedy, Romance
Weekdays: 20h00
Weekend: 11h00 20h00

After discovering her boyfriend is married, a young woman accidently meets the wife he’s been cheating on. When the two of them discover yet another affair, all three women team up to plot mutual revenge on the three-timing sleezebag.

Cast: Cameron Diaz, Kate Upton, Leslie Mann, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Don Johnson, Kate Upton, Taylor Kinney, Nickie Minaj


movie-le-week-endLE WEEK-END – NPU 13 – 93 MIN
Comedy, Drama, On the Art circuit
Weekdays: 11h00 15h30 20h00
Weekend: 15h00 20h00

An elderly British couple with marital issues decide to take a train trip to Paris in the hope of rekindling their love. Once there, they bump into an old friend, who is very wealthy and has a young trophy wife. The old woman soon feels that she has been dealt a raw deal in life, which leads to ‘interesting’ conversations with her husband.

Cast: Lindsay Duncan, Jim Broadbent, Jeff Goldblum

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