September & OctOber ScreeningS
The full cinema experience at Royston Town Hall, Melbourn Street, Royston, SG8 7DA
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Septemb Saturday 2nd
Despicable Me 3 After finding his long lost brother, Gru and the minions find themselves in an uneasy alliance with Gru’s brother in order to take down Balthazar Bratt. book online at www.roystonpicturepalace.org.uk
Hampstead (12A)
Friday 1st September at 7.30pm Saturday 2nd September at 7.30pm Dir: Joel Hopkins | Country UK Year 2017 | 103 mins Cast | Diane Keaton, Brendan Gleeson An American widow finds unexpected love with a man living wild on Hampstead Heath when they take on the developers who want to destroy his home.
Despicable Me 3 (PG)
FAMILY MATINEE Saturday 2nd September at 3.30pm Dir: Pierre Coffin and Kyle Balada | Country USA Year 2017 | 90 mins Cast | Steve Carrell, Kirsten Wiig, Trey Parker Illumination, who brought audiences Despicable Me and the biggest animated hits of 2013 and 2015, Despicable Me 2 and Minions, continues the adventures of Gru, Lucy, their adorable daughtersMargo, Edith and Agnes-and the Minions in Despicable Me 3. Directed by Pierre Coffin and Kyle Balda, co-directed by Eric Guillon and written by Cinco Paul & Ken Daurio, the animated film is produced by Illumination’s Chris Meledandri and Janet Healy, and executive produced by Chris Renaud.
Dunkirk (12A)
Friday 8th September at 7.30pm Saturday 9th September at 7.30pm Dir: Christopher Nolan | Country UK, USA, France & Netherlands Year 2017| 106 mins Cast | Fionn Whitehead, Tom Hardy “Dunkirk” opens as hundreds of thousands of British and Allied troops are surrounded by enemy forces. Trapped on the beach with their backs to the sea they face an impossible situation as the enemy closes in.
Beside Bowie: The Mick Ronson Story (12A)
Thursday 14th September at 8pm Dir: Jon Brewer | Country UK Year 2017 | 108 mins Cast | David Bowie, Ian Hunter, Roger Taylor Despite his contributions and work with Morrissey, Lou Reed on ‘Transformer’, Ian Hunter and Mott the Hoople, Bob Dylan and most notably David Bowie and The Spiders from Mars, it was really Mick Ronson’s dynamic Changes support, contribution, and cocreation of this era in music as well as Film to the expansive and multi-faceted Festival career of David Bowie that this film explores, and at times, exposes.
Book online at www.roystonpicturepalace.org.uk
Eye in the Sky (15)
Friday 15th September at 7.30pm Dir: Gavin Hood | Country UK/South Africa Year 2015 | 102mins Cast | Helen Mirren, Aaron Paul, Alan Rickman Through remote surveillance and on-the-ground intel, Powell discovers the targets are planning a suicide bombing and the mission escalates from “capture” to “kill.” But as American pilot Steve Watts (Aaron Paul) is about to engage, a nine-year old girl enters the kill zone triggering Changes an international dispute, reaching Film the highest levels of US and British Festival government.
The Journey (12A)
Saturday 16th September at 7.30pm Dir: Nick Hamm | Country UK Year 2016 | 94mins Cast | Timothy Spall, Colm Meany A fictional account of the extraordinary story of two implacable enemies in Northern Ireland - firebrand Democratic Unionist Party leader Paisley and Sinn Fein politician Martin McGuinness - who are forced to take a short journey together in which they Changes will take the biggest leap of faith and Film change the course of history.
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War for the Planet of the Apes (12A)
Friday 29th September at 7.30pm Saturday 30th September at 7.30pm Dir: Matt Reeves | Country USA Year 2017 | 140mins Cast | Andy Serkis, Woody Harrelson Caesar and his apes are forced into a deadly conflict with an army of humans led by a ruthless Colonel. After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker instincts and begins his own mythic quest to avenge his kind. As the journey finally brings them face to face, Caesar and the Colonel are pitted against each other in an epic battle that will determine the fate of both their species and the future of the planet.
Maudie (12A)
Friday 6th October at 7.30pm Saturday 7th October at 7.30pm Dir: Aisling Walsh| Country Ireland/Canada Year 2017|115 mins Cast | Sally Hawkins, Ethan Hawke, Kari Matchett An arthritic Nova Scotia woman works as a housekeeper while she hones her skills as an artist. Maud is different...and she’s been treated as someone who is not only different, but not capable. Having had enough of this, she ventures out on her own and takes a job as a housekeeper for a local fish monger. The two have an unusual relationship, but like knots in a rope, they work themselves out and they find a strong bond. Please note that the cinema is closed on Friday 22nd & Saturday 23rd September
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The Emoji Movie (U)
FAMILY MATINEE
Saturday 7th October at 3.30pm Dir: Tony Leondis | Country USA Year 2017 |86 mins Cast | T.J. Miller, James Corden, Anna Faris Hidden within the messaging app is Textopolis, a bustling city where all your favorite emojis live. In this world, each emoji has only one facial expression - except for Gene, an exuberant emoji who is bursting with multiple expressions. Determined to become “normal” like the other emojis, Gene enlists the help of his handy best friend Hi-5 and the notorious code breaker emoji Jailbreak. Together, they embark on an epic “app-venture.”
The Beguiled (15)
Saturday 14th October at 7.30pm Dir: Sofia Coppola | Country USA Year 2017 |93 mins Cast |Nicole Kidman, Kirsten Dunst, Colin Farrell, Elle Fanning “The Beguiled” is an atmospheric thriller from acclaimed writer/director Sofia Coppola. The story unfolds during the Civil War, at a Southern girls’ boarding school. Its sheltered young women take in an injured enemy soldier. As they provide refuge and tend to his wounds, the house is taken over with sexual tension and dangerous rivalries, and taboos are broken in an unexpected turn of events.
The Limehouse Golem
Saturday 21st October at 7.30pm Dir: Juan Carlos Medina | Country UK Year 2016|109 mins Cast | Olivia Cooke, Bill Nighy, Eddie Marsan A series of murders has shaken the community to the point where people believe that only a legendary creature from dark times - the mythical so-called Golem - must be responsible. With a nod to the Jack the Ripper murders set in London’s East End underclass Limehouse, where an Inspector John Kildare arrives to investigate the succession of “Golem” slasher murders.
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power (PG)
Thoughtful Thursdays
Thursday 26th October at 8pm Dir: Bonni Cohen, Jon Shenk | Country USA Year 2017 |98 mins Cast | Al Gore, George W Bush, John Kerry. After An Inconvenient Truth brought climate change into the heart of popular culture comes the riveting follow-up that shows how close we are to a real energy revolution. Cameras follow Al Gore behind the scenes-in moments private and public as he pursues the empowering notion that the perils of climate change can be overcome with human ingenuity and passion.
Tickets are also available from Royston Town Hall office, open Monday - Friday, 9am – 4pm
Victoria and Abdul (pg)
Friday 27th October at 7.30pm Saturday 28th October at 7.30pm Dir: Stephen Frears | Country UK/USA Year 2017 |106 mins Cast |Olivia Williams, Judy Dench, Michael Gambon When Abdul Karim, a young clerk, travels from India to participate in the Queen’s Golden Jubilee, he is surprised to find favour with the Queen herself. As the Queen questions the constrictions of her long-held position, the two forge an unlikely alliance that her household and inner circle all attempt to destroy. As the friendship deepens, the Queen begins to see a changing world through new eyes.
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Lovely little cinema, local, clean, spacious and right on my doorstep! And the tickets are reasonable too! :) Loved our 1st experience at Royston Picture Palace. Great gem hidden in Royston. Will be coming back for more of the cinema experience. Was very pleasantly surprised at how good the cinema was. Much prefer it to the larger cinemas. Will definitely be going here again. Great for children.
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The Changes Film Festival Join Creative Royston in conjunction with Royston Picture Palace for this year’s pre Arts Festival taster, the Changes Film Festival... Beside Bowie: The Mick Ronson Story (12A) Thursday 14th September at 8pm Eye in the Sky (15)
Followed by a Q & A on Drone Warfare
Friday 15th September at 7.30pm
The Journey (12A) Saturday 16th September at 7.30pm
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