Showing at Plett Cinema this week Fri 29 Aug – Thu 04 Sep.
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This film is inspired by the true story of Dido Elizabeth Belle, who was the illegitimate mixed race daughter of Admiral John Lindsay. The story is set during the late 1700s. Raised by her aristocratic great-uncle and his wife, Belle’s lineage affords her certain privileges, yet her status prevents her from the traditions of noble social standing. While her cousin chases suitors for marriage, Belle is left on the sidelines wondering if she will ever find love. After meeting an idealistic young vicar’s son bent on changing society, he and Belle help shape Lord Mansfield’s role as Lord Chief Justice to end slavery in England. Very little is known of the real woman, and the story is thus more fiction than history. Cast: Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Tom Wilkinson, Miranda Richardson, Penelope Wilton, Emily Watson |
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Eight (well, five in this case) Is Enough goes on safari. After a disastrous blind date, two single parents decide they never want to see each other again. But when they each sign up separately for a fabulous family vacation with their kids, they are all stuck sharing a suite at a luxurious African safari resort for a week. Cast: Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, Kevin Nealon, Terry Crews, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Emma Fuhrmann, Bella Thorne |
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Following on (a mere few decades later) from when Dorothy had just returned home from her first incredible journey to Oz, she’s already being called back for another adventure. After waking to post-tornado Kansas, Dorothy and Toto are whisked to Oz on a magical rainbow mover sent by their old friends the Scarecrow, the Lion and the Tin Man. Time in Oz has passed much faster than back in Kansas, and Dorothy discovers that the Jester, the devious brother of the Wicked Witch of the West, is taking Oz over one region at a time, holding their leaders captive and casting a pall of darkness over the beloved land. Naturally Dorothy and friends are required to solve the problem. Voices of Dan Aykroyd, James Belushi, Kelsey Grammer, Lea Michele, Tacey Adams, Michael Krawic, Martin Short |
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In yet another remake, Godzilla is back, fatter than ever. He only appears half way through the film, when the radioactively mutated monster rises to take on two similarly mututated monster insects, which are terrorising the world, while the humans, who thought they were master s of the planet, stand by powerless. Cast: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, CJ Adams, Ken Watanabe, Bryan Cranston, Elizabeth Olsen, Carson Bolde, Sally Hawkins, Juliette Binoche |
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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 |
BELLE – NPU 16 – 104 MIN
BLENDED – PG 10 – 117 MIN
LEGENDS OF OZ: DOROTHY’S RETURN – PG – 90 MIN
GODZILLA – PG – 123 MIN
