VENUE: Dendy Quays Cinema (between Circular Quay and the Opera House)
COST: Please buy your ticket when you arrive at the theatre
RSVP: Iolanda Capodanno and Grace Mroz are the Movie Group Convenors but there is no need to RSVP – just come along. Meet before the film in the foyer of the cinema
APRES MOVIE:
Please note: As this will be our last Movie Group screening for the year, the after-movie meeting venue has been changed from City Extra Cafe to Buckley’s in East Circular Quay (4 min walk from cinema).
We have made a booking starting at 12 noon.
Buckley’s has a-la-carte as well as $16 Lunch Specials M-F: e.g. Steak Sandwich & chips, Chicken Wrap & chips, Kale and avocado salad OR Fish & Chips incl. beer $23
Buckley’s Sydney, East Circular Quay, 7 Macquarie Street
https://www.buckleyssydney.com.au/
Movies for this month are shown below.
- 10.00am: Can You Ever Forgive Me? M (1hr 46m)
- 10.20am: Widows M (2hrs 08m)
- 10.20am: Bohemian Rhapsody M (2hrs 14m)
10.00am: CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME? M: Comedy, Drama (1hr 46mins)
Melissa McCarthy stars as Lee Israel, the Jewish best-selling celebrity biographer (and cat lover) who made her living in the 1970’s and 80’s profiling the likes of Katharine Hepburn, Tallulah Bankhead, Estée Lauder and journalist Dorothy Kilgallen.
When Lee found herself unable to get published because she had fallen out of step with the marketplace, she turned her art form to deception, abetted by her loyal friend Jack (Richard E. Grant).
Premiered at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival.
Cast: Melissa McCarthy, Richard E. Grant, Marc Evan Jackson, Joanna Adler
Director: Marielle Heller
Based on Memoir: “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” by Lee Israel
Release date: 6 December 2018
10.20am: WIDOWS M: Drama (2hrs 08m)
From Academy Award®-winning director Steve McQueen (“12 YEARS A SLAVE”) and co-writer and bestselling author Gillian Flynn (“GONE GIRL”), comes a blistering, modern-day thriller set against the backdrop of crime, passion and corruption. “Widows” is the story of four women with nothing in common except a debt left behind by their dead husbands’ criminal activities. Set in contemporary Chicago, amidst a time of turmoil, tensions build when Veronica (Oscar® winner Viola Davis), Alice (Elizabeth Debicki), Linda (Michelle Rodriguez) and Belle (Cynthia Erivo) take their fate into their own hands and conspire to forge a future on their own terms.
Cast: Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriguez, Elizabeth Debicki, Cynthia Erivo
Director: Steve McQueen
Release date: 22 November 2018
10.20am: BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY M (2hrs 15m)
The foot-stomping, must-see movie event of the year – a celebration of Queen, their music and their extraordinary lead singer Freddie Mercury.
The only thing more extraordinary than their music is his story.
Freddie defied stereotypes and shattered convention to become one of the most beloved entertainers on the planet.
The film traces the meteoric rise of the band through their iconic songs and revolutionary sound.
They reach unparalleled success, but in an unexpected turn Freddie, surrounded by darker influences, shuns Queen in pursuit of his solo career.
Having suffered greatly without the collaboration of Queen, Freddie manages to reunite with his bandmates just in time for Live Aid.
While bravely facing a recent AIDS diagnosis, Freddie leads the band in one of the greatest performances in the history of rock music.
Queen cements a legacy that continues to inspire outsiders, dreamers and music lovers to this day.
Cast: Rami Malek, Gwilym Lee, Ben Hardy, Joseph Mazzello
Director: Bryan Singer
Release date: 01 November 2018
