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The films  for Tuesday 28 July  at the Dendy Opera Quays cinema are as follows, and all start at 9.50am.

Far from the Madding Crowd

Madame Bovary

Mr Holmes

Please buy your own  ticket. Afterwards we can meet at the ECQ Bar  in the Pullman Quay Hotel (2nd  floor, entrance from the quay) for a chat, a drink and a light lunch.

I look forward to seeing you on Tuesday. Please let me know if you are able to join me at [email protected]

Jill Surgeon

Far from the Madding Crowd

Starring Carey Mulligan, Tom Sturridge, Matthias Schoenaerts. Directed by Thomas Vinterberg. Classification: M (Mature themes and sex scene), 118 mins.

Independent, beautiful and headstrong country heiress Bathsheba Everdene (Carey Mulligan) has three very different suitors: Gabriel Oak (Matthias Schoenaerts), a sheep farmer, captivated by her fetching willfulness; Frank Troy (Tom Sturridge), a handsome and reckless Sergeant; and William Boldwood (Michael Sheen), a prosperous and mature bachelor. Bathsheba considers herself to be intellectually superior to all three, but when she finally drops her haughty attitude, she’s able to be open to a man’s love.

Madame Bovary

Starring Mia Wasikowska, Ezra Miller, Paul Giamatti. Directed by Sophie Barthes. Classification: M (Sex scenes and mature themes), 118 mins. Adapted from Flaubert’s classic novel, Madame Bovary tells the tragic story of Emma, a young beauty who impulsively marries a small-town doctor to leave her father’s pig farm behind. But after being introduced to the glamorous world of high society, she soon becomes bored with her stodgy mate and seeks excitement and status outside the bonds of marriage. This sumptuous period drama features a superb cast including Mia Wasikowska (Alice in Wonderland), Paul Giamatti (Sideways) and Ezra Miller (The Perks of Being a Wallflower). Flaubert’s classic novel comes to life.

Mr. Holmes

Starring Ian McKellen, Laura Linney, Hiroyuki Sanada. Directed by Bill Condon. Classification: M (Mature themes), 104 mins. In 1947, Sherlock Holmes (McKellen), long-retired, lives in a sleepy Sussex village with his housekeeper and her amateur-sleuthing son. But far from living out a peaceful retirement, he is haunted by an unsolved case from fifty years ago. He remembers only fragments: a confrontation with an angry husband, a secret bond with his beautiful but unstable wife. With his legendary mental powers on the wane, and without his old sidekick Watson, Holmes is faced with the toughest case of his life – a case that might finally reveal to him the mysteries of the human heart. Based on the novel by Mitch Cullin, “A Slight Trick Of The Mind”.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]