For mid August, Movies at the Old School, 5 Stewart Street, Raglan has three movies. First up is OPERATION MINCEMEAT on Saturday 20th at 5pm and then at 8pm, HOW TO PLEASE A WOMAN. And BENEDICTION on Sunday 21st at 4.30pm
Book online: http://raglanmovies.nz.
Licensed bar & homemade snacks on sale at these screenings.
Face masks are recommended.
Entry prices: Adults $15, Concession $12, RCAC Members $12, Children $8.The reduced concession rate is for $12 concession (student, seniors or CS cards).
OPERATION MINCEMEAT
Kelly Macdonald and Colin Firth head up the cast in this John Madden-directed WWII drama depicting the events of the titular Allied Forces operation – a deception effort to hide the invasion of Sicily.
NZME, Jen Shieff, “Excellent acting and a good yarn, probably containing many elements of the truth, make Operation Mincemeat well worth seeing. Highly recommended.“
Waikato Times/ Stuff, Graeme Tuckett, 4 / 5 Stars. “A great and gripping yarn as British as tea and crumpets”
OPERATION MINCEMEAT | M, Offensive language 128 mins USA
Saturday 20th August 5.00pm
$15 Adults, $12 Concession and $8 Children will apply.
Raglan Movies at the Old School, 5 Stewart St, Raglan 3225.
Book online: raglanmovies.nz, call into the Old School office Mon-Fri 10am to 2pm. (Office closed public holidays)
Door sales from 30 mins before session times.
Licensed bar & homemade snacks on sale.
Movie screenings are running under the Orange setting with face masks recommended.
OPERATION MINCEMEAT is set in 1943. The Allies are determined to break Hitler’s grip on occupied Europe and plan an all-out assault on Sicily, but they face an impossible challenge – how to protect a massive invasion force from potential massacre. It falls to two remarkable intelligence officers, Ewen Montagu (Colin Firth) and Charles Cholmondeley (Matthew Macfadyen), to dream the most inspired and improbable disinformation strategy of the war – centred on the most unlikely of secret agents: a dead man.
Director: John Madden (‘Shakespeare in Love’, ‘The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel’, ‘Miss Sloane’)
Writer: Michelle Ashford
Cast: Kelly Macdonald, Colin Firth, Matthew Macfadyen, Johnny Flynn, Mark Gatiss, Hattie Morahan, Penelope Wilton, Paul Ritter, Tom Wilkinson
M, Offensive language 128 mins USA
Aug 21: Movie- BENEDICTION
A complex man who survived the horrors of fighting in the First World War, Siegfried Sassoon (Jack Lowden / Peter Capaldi), a soldier decorated for his bravery on the battlefield, became a vocal critic of the government’s continuation of the war when he returned from service.
NZ Listener 4/5 Stars “War Poet biopic is clever, funny and intoxicating”
Guardian, Peter Bradshaw 4/5 Stars. “The tragic life of the poet and soldier is revisited with melancholy and theatricality in a bleak, and often hard to watch, biopic.”
BENEDICTION | M, Adult themes 137 mins | UK
Sunday 21st August 4.30pm
$15 Adults, $12 Concession and $8 Children will apply.
Raglan Movies at the Old School, 5 Stewart St, Raglan 3225.
Book online: raglanmovies.nz, call into the Old School office Mon-Fri 10am to 2pm. (Office closed public holidays)
Door sales from 30 mins before session times.
Licensed bar & homemade snacks on sale.
Movie screenings are running under the Orange setting with face masks recommended.
Siegfried Sassoon is still legendary today for his poetry inspired by his experiences on the Western Front. He was adored by both members of the aristocracy as well as stars of London’s literary and theatre scene.
He embarked on affairs with several high-profile men as he attempted to come to terms with his homosexuality, whilst at the same time, broken by the horrors of war, his life’s journey became a quest for salvation.
Director: Terence Davies
Writer: Terence Davies
Cast: Peter Capaldi, Jack Lowden, Edmund Kingsley, Jeremy Irvine, Harry Lawtey, Calam Lynch, Kate Phillips, Ben Daniels, Geraldine James, Anton Lesser
Aug 20: Movie – HOW TO PLEASE A WOMAN
Stuff/ Waikato Times – James Croot. 3.5/5 stars. “Most definitely not for the prudish or faint-hearted, How to Please a Woman is a raucous, if slightly ragged tale.”
HOW TO PLEASE A WOMAN | M, Offensive language, sex scenes, sexual references & nudity 107 mins Australia
Saturday 20th August 8.00pm
$15 Adults, $12 Concession and $8 Children.
Raglan Movies at the Old School, 5 Stewart St, Raglan 3225.
Book online: raglanmovies.nz, call into the Old School office Mon-Fri 10am to 2pm. (Office closed public holidays)
Door sales from 30 mins before session times.
Licensed bar & homemade snacks on sale.
Movie screenings are running under the Orange setting with face masks recommended.
Pleasure is a serious business. When her all-male house-cleaning business gets out of control, a mature woman must embrace her own sexuality, if she is to make a new life for herself.
Gina is not feeling fabulous. She has lost her job and feels stuck and frustrated in a passionless marriage. She has always lived life on the sidelines – that is, until she is met with the groundbreaking business opportunity of converting a team of well-built moving guys into well-built housecleaners. Initially the response from her ocean-swimming community is immediate, and her all-male cleaning staff an instant hit. Finally, she is the boss she has always wanted to be.
But, as her business booms, her clientele demands something more – sex, or better yet, pleasure. Faced with something far more than she imagined, Gina and her team, including her foodie manager Steve, launch an enterprise that is all about getting intimacy right between people. For the first time, the women experience desire on their own terms. As Gina faces the highs and lows, the joys and struggles of maintaining such a unique business, she learns to stand up for herself, to look out for her own happiness and pleasure, and to take control of her life.
HOW TO PLEASE A WOMAN is a precarious, often hilarious and revealing journey into the vulnerable world of what women really want and how hard it can be to get it right.
Director: Renée Webster
Cast: Sally Phillips, Myles Pollard, Alexander England, Erik Thomson, Roz Hammond, Caroline Brazier, Tasma Walton, Josh Thomson