MOVIES
STAN AND OLLIE (PG)
The heart warming story of what would become the pair’s triumphant farewell tour. With their golden era long behind them, the pair embark on a variety hall tour of Britain and Ireland. Despite the pressures of a hectic schedule, and with the support of their wives Lucille and Ida – a formidable double act in their own right – the pair’s love of performing, as well as for each other, endures as they secure their place in the hearts of their adoring public. SHOWING AT
Sturminster Newton on Thursday 26 September, The Exchange, 7.00pm. Tickets £5.
SWIMMING WITH MEN (12A)
A man who is suffering a midlife crisis finds new meaning in his life as part of an allmale, middle-aged, amateur synchronised swimming team. SHOWING AT
Ditcheat on Thursday 19 September, Village Hall, 7.00pm. Tickets £5 from the Farm Shop, www. ditcheatvillagehall.org.uk or on the door.
TELL IT TO THE BEES (15)
Dr Jean Markham returns to the town she left as a teenager to take over her late father’s medical practice. When a school-yard scuffle lands Charlie in her surgery, she invites him to visit the hives in her garden and tell his secrets to the bees, as she once did. The new friendship between the boy and the bee keeper brings his mother Lydia into Jean’s world. In the sanctuary of the doctor’s house the two women find themselves drawn to one another in a way that Jean recognises and fears, and Lydia could never have expected. But, in 1950’s rural Scotland, their new secret can’t stay hidden forever. SHOWING AT
Yeovil on Friday 6 at 2.30pm and Monday 9 September at 11.00am and 2.30pm, Westlands Entertainment Venue. Tickets £10.
THE CURRENT WAR (12A)
Fuelled by the intense rivalry between electricity titans Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse this tells the dramatic story of the late 19th century race to light up America and power the world. SHOWING AT
Yeovil on Monday 16 at 11.00am and 2.30pm and Tuesday 24 September at 2.30pm and 7.00pm, Westlands Entertainment Venue. Tickets £10.
THE DEAD DON’T DIE (15)
In the sleepy small town of Centerville, something is not quite right. The moon hangs large and low in the sky, the hours of daylight are becoming unpredictable and animals are beginning to exhibit unusual behaviors. No one quite knows why. News reports are scary and scientists are concerned. But no one foresees the strangest and most dangerous repercussion that will soon start plaguing Centerville. They rise from their graves and savagely attack and feast on the living - and the citizens of the town must battle for their survival.
THE SOUVENIR (15)
A young, quietly ambitious film student embarks on her first serious love affair with a charismatic and mysterious man. She tries to disentangle fact from fiction as she surrenders to the relationship, which comes dangerously close to destroying her dreams. SHOWING AT
Yeovil on Monday 30 September at 11.00am, 2.30pm and 7.00pm, Westlands Entertainment Venue. Tickets £10.
THE WHITE CROW (12A)
Young Rudolf Nureyev becomes a top ballet dancer in Russia, but a life-changing visit to Paris soon makes him seek asylum in France. SHOWING AT
South Petherton on Friday 27 September, David Hall, 8.00pm. Tickets £5.
SHOWING AT
Yeovil on Saturday 7 September, 7.00pm, Westlands Entertainment Venue. Tickets £10.
THE LION KING (PG)
Disney’s The Lion King journeys to the African savannah where a future king is born. Simba idolizes his father, King Mufasa, and takes to heart his own royal destiny. But not everyone in the kingdom celebrates the new cub’s arrival. Scar, Mufasa’s brother, and former heir to the throne, has plans of his own. The battle for Pride Rock is rife with betrayal, tragedy and drama, ultimately resulting in Simba’s exile. With help from a curious pair of newfound friends, Simba will have to figure out how to grow up and take back what is rightfully his. SHOWING AT
Yeovil on Friday 6 at 7.00pm and Saturday 7 September at 11.00am and 2.30pm, Westlands Entertainment Venue. Tickets £10.
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