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Special achiever swims ‘like a fish’ Daniel Everard, 14, is this month’s receiver of the ‘Special Achievers Award’ from Mobility Equipment & Services. Daniel has moderate-severe autism and has been swimming at CCS Disability Action since 2006. It has taken him years to build his confidence in the water, but he is now happy putting his whole head under the water – an action which took five years of hard work. Now Daniel swims like a fish – swimming lengths, holding his breath and learning freestyle – exceptional progress. He was nominated by Bonnie Kelly at CCS Disability Action. If you know someone with a disability who has achieved something outstanding and would be a worthy recipient for next month’s award, please make a nomination by phoning Mobility Equipment & Services BOP Ltd, 07 578 1213. Mobility Equipment and Services administration officer Colleen Gordon and special achiever Daniel Everard, 14. Photo by Tracy Hardy.
Parental Guidance (PG)
Playing on Megascreen! Family, comedy. Starring: Billy Crystal, Marisa Tomei, Madison Lintz, Bailee Madison, Bette Midler, Tom Everett Scott, Rhoda Griffis, Patricia French. Billy Crystal stars in this comedy about a grandfather forced to mind his three grandkids for an entire week. Also stars Marisa Tomei (Crazy, Stupid, Love), Tom Everett Scott (That Thing You Do!) and Hollywood
M O V I E S
dame Bette Midler. Artie and Diane Decker are called in by their daughter to help care for their three grandkids. When their old-school methods of parenting collide with their grandchildren’s hyper-scheduled way of life, the once-orderly household spins out of control, and they must use some unexpected tactics to help teach their grandkids how to act like kids. Playing this week at Capitol Cinema 4, Te Puke.
With Rialto
Quartet
(M) contains offensive language
Billy Connolly, Dame Maggie Smith and Michael Gambon star in this comedy about a retired group of opera singers who put on a fundraising concert to keep their home running. This is the directorial debut of screen legend Dustin Hoffman, an adaptation of the stage play by Ronald Harwood. Lifelong friends Wilf (Connolly), Reggie (Tom Courtenay) and Cissy (Pauline Collins) are residents of Beecham House, a home for retired opera singers. Every year on Giuseppe Verdi’s birthday, the residents unite to give a concert and raise funds. But things derail when Jean (Smith) – a former grande dame of opera fallen on hard times, also Reggie’s exwife and the fourth and most celebrated member of their former quartet – moves in. As old grudges threaten to undermine past glories and theatrical temperaments play
havoc with the rehearsal schedule, it becomes apparent that having four of the finest singers in English operatic history under one roof offers no guarantee that the show will go on.
TWO WEEKS OF TIMES!! Friday Dec 28 to Wed Jan 9. 131 Jellicoe Street, Te Puke. NEW RELEASE
QUARTET
The Weekend Sun has a double pass to Quartet for a lucky reader who can tell us who wrote the film’s stage play. Enter online at www. sunlive.co.nz under the competitions section. Entries must be received before January 6. The winner will be drawn January 7.
Capitol Cinema 4 MEGAscreen times in BLUE. NEW RELEASE
(M) Offensive Language.
Maggie Smith: Golden Globe Nominated for: Best Actress- Comedy or Musical. Also Starring: Billy Connolly & Michael Gambon. Comedy, Drama about a retired group of opera singers who put on a fund-raising concert. Director: Dustin Hoffman. Fri 28th: 3:25, 8:00pm. Sat 3:25, 8:00pm. Sun 1:10, 5:45pm. Mon 11:00, 3:45, 8:20pm. Tue 12:00, 6:55pm. Wed 9:45, 6:55pm. Thu 3rd: 2:30, 6:40. Fri 4:40, 8:45pm. Sat 2:20, 6:40pm. Sun 2:30, 6:40pm. Mon 2:20, 6:40pm. Tue 8th: 4:30, 8:35pm. Wed 2:20, 6:40.
WRECK-IT RALPH
(Standard 2D)
(PG) Low Level Violence. Disney
PARENTAL GUIDANCE
(PG)
SIGHTSEERS
NEW THURSDAY JANUARY 3rd
Low Level Offensive Language. DOCUMENTARY.
Documentary uncovering the battle between a band of Scottish homeowners and Donald Trump. Fri 28th: 11:00am. Sun 4:45pm. Mon 12:55pm. Tue 10:45am. Thu 3rd: 11:00am. Sat 11:00am. Sun 4:20pm. Tue 8th: 12:50pm.
SKYFALL
FINAL WEEK (M) Violence.
Judi Dench, Ralph Fiennes, Daniel Craig, Javier Bardem. Sunday Dec 30th: 8:00pm. Final!
ARBITRAGE
(M) Offensive Language.
DRAMA,THRILLER. Richard Gere: Golden Globe Nominated Best Actor - Drama. Fri 28th: 2:45pm. Sat 11:00am. Mon 4:35pm. Wed 2nd 10:45am.
HOW FAR IS HEAVEN
(M) Off Lang.
NZ Documentary. Fri 28th: 4:45pm. Sat 1:00pm. Sun 11:00am. Tue 4:20pm. Wed 2nd: 12:45pm.
NEW TUESDAY JANUARY 1st in 3D
RISE OF THE GUARDIANS (3D)
LIFE OF PI (2D) (PG) Some Scenes May Disturb.
Tue Jan 1st: 9:45am. Wed 3:20. Thu 3rd: 10:00, 12:10. Fri 10:00, 2:50pm. Sat 10:00, 3:30. Sun 10:00, 12:05. Mon 10:00, 3:30pm. Tue 8th: 10:00am. Wed 9th: 10:00, 3:30pm. (PG) Some Scenes May Disturb.
A young man who survives a disaster at sea is hurtled into an epic journey of adventure and discovery. While cast away, he forms an unexpected connection with another survivor ... a fearsome Bengal tiger. Tue Jan 1st: 2:05,
WEEK (Standard 2D)
AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY (M) Fantasy Violence.
adventure from DreamWorks about a group of Holiday legends - Santa Claus (Alec Baldwin), the Easter Bunny (Hugh Jackman), the Toothy Fairy (Isla Fisher) and Jack Frost (Chris Pine) - who set out to stop the Boogeyman (Jude Law).
LIFE OF PI (3D)
THE HOBBIT
(PG)
Fri 28th: 1:00, 5:40pm. Sat 10:30, 1:00, 5:40pm. Sun 10:45, 1:55pm. Mon 1:20, 6:00pm. Tue 9:45, 4:40. Wed 9:45, 11:50. Thu 3rd: 10:00, 12:15. Fri 10:00, 2:30. Sat 10, 4:25. Sun 10:00, 12:15. Mon 10:00, 4:25. Tue 8th: 12:15. Wed 9th: 10, 4:25.
RISE OF THE GUARDIANS
Director Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain) adapts the bestGraphic Violence, Sex Scenes & Offensive Language. COMEDY. From the writer and director of In Bruges selling novel, the journey of comes this Los Angeles-set crime comedy involv- a young boy adrift in the Ocean after a shipwreck. ing a screenwriter, the criminal underworld, and Tue Jan 1st: 5:50pm. one gangster’s beloved Shih Tzu. Starring: Colin Farrell, Woody Harrelson and Christopher Walken. Wed 5:50pm. Fri 8:15pm. New Thursday Jan 3rd: 2:45, 8:35pm. Fri 12:35, Sat 5th: 5:35pm. Sun 2:15. 2:45, 6:40pm. Sat 4:35, 8:35pm. Sun 2:15, 6:20. Tue 6:00pm. Wed 5:35pm. Mon 11:00, 4:40, 8:30pm. Tue 2:45, 6:40pm. PLAYING THIS Wed 9th: 12:35, 4:30, 8:30pm.
YOU’VE BEEN TRUMPED
WRECK-IT RALPH (3D)
(PG) Coarse Language. Animated
(R16)
FINAL DAYS
movies PLAYING NEW RELEASE THIS WEEK in 3D IN 3D
animated movie. Fri 28th: 10:30am. Sun 3:20pm. Mon 10:20am. (PG) Low Level Violence. Disney animated tale set within the Tue 11:50am. Wed 4:40pm. Thu 3rd: 6:10pm. Fri 12:15. Sat 12:25. Sun 6:00pm. Mon 12:25pm. world of arcade video games. Wreck-It Ralph, the villain of a game, leaves his pixelated world to find one where he Tue 8th: 10:00, 3:20pm. Wed 12:35pm. can be the hero.
Billy Crystal, Marisa Tomei, Bette Midler. Comedy Artie and Diane agree to look after their three grandkids. MEGASCREEN! Fri 28th: 10:00, 12:15, 5:50. Sat 10:00, 12:15, 5:50pm. Sun 10:20, 12:30, 6:00pm. Mon 10:20, 12:30, 6:05pm. Tue 10:00, 3:35, 8:30pm. Wed 10, 12:15, 8:30pm Thu 3rd: 10:15, 3:55, 8:30. Fri 10:10, 12:25, 6pm (R16) Sat 10:10, 2:45, 8:25pm. Sun 10:10, 3:50, 8:20. Violence, Offensive Language & Sex Scenes. COMEDY. Chris wants to show girlfriend Tina his world, but Mon 10:10, 2:45, 8:30pm. Tue 8th: 10:40, 1:00, events soon conspire against the couple and their 5:40pm. Wed 9th: 10:20, 2:55, 8:30pm. dream caravan holiday takes a very wrong turn... NEW TUESDAY JANUARY 1st Fri 28th: 1:00, 6:45, 8:40pm. Sat 3:00, 6:45, (2D) 8:40pm. Sun 1:10, 6:40, 8:30pm. Mon 2:50, (PG) Coarse Language. Voices of: Hugh Jackman, 6:40, 8:30pm. Tue 12:45, 6:15, 8:00pm. Wed 2:40, 6:15, 8:00pm. Thu 3rd: 1:00, 6:45pm. Chris Pine, Jude Law, Isla Fisher, Alec Baldwin. New Thu Jan 3rd: 4:35pm. Fri 4th: 6:40pm. Fri 4:50, 8:45pm. Sat 1:00, 6:45pm. Sun 12:30, Sat 12:15. Sun 4:35pm. Mon 7th: 12:15. 8:30pm. Mon 2:55, 6:45pm. Tue 4:50, 8:45pm. Tue 8th: 2:30pm, 6:30pm. Wed 9th: 12:15. Wed 9th: 2:45, 6:40pm.
SEVEN PSYCHOPATHS
Info line 573 8055 www.tepukecinema.co.nz
Director: Peter Jackson.
9:00pm. Wed 2:05, 9:00pm. Thu 2:20, 8:45pm. Fri 4th: 12:10. Sat: 8:45pm. Sun 8:45pm. Mon 5:35, 8:45pm. Tue 12:05. Wed 9th: 8:45pm.
PLAYING ON MEGASCREEN! PLAYING THIS WEEK in HFR 3D Fri 28th: 2:30, 8:00pm. Sat 2:30, 8:00pm. Sun 2:40, 8:10pm. Mon 2:45, 8:15pm. Tue 12:10. Wed 2:25pm. Thu 3rd: 12:30. (HFR 3D) AN UNEXPECTED PECTED JOURNEY Fri 2:40. Sat 5:00pm. Sun 12:25. (M) Fantasy Violence. Peter Jackson returns to Middle Earth Mon 5:10. Tue 8th: 7:50pm. Wed 5:10pm. with part one of his trilogy adaptation of J.R.R Tolkien’s The
THE HOBBIT
MONSIEUR LAZHAR
(M)
Adult Themes. DRAMA, COMEDY. French Canadian classroom drama. Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 2012 Academy Awards. After an intermediate school teacher’s abrupt demise, an eccentric replacement tries to stabilise the emotionally distraught class. Sat 29th: 4:50pm. Sun 2:55pm. Mon 11:00am. Tue 1st: 2:30pm. Wed 4:25pm. Thu 3rd: 4:50pm. Fri 4th: 10:45am. Sat 2:45pm. Sun 10:40am. Mon 7th: 1:05pm. Tue 11:00am. Wed 10:45am.
Hobbit. These higher frame rate screenings are played at 48 frames per second. This is twice the rate of the standard 24 fps, which is the current format in cinemas worldwide.
Fri 28th: 10:00, 1:30, 5:00, 8:30pm. Sat 10:00, 1:30, 5:00, 8:30pm. Sun 10:30, 4:15, 7:45pm. Mon 12:45, 4:15, 7:45pm. Tue 2:05, 5:25, 8:45. Wed 12:00, 5:25, 8:45pm. Thu 3rd: 5:00, 8:20pm. Fri 4th: 5:00, 8:20pm. Sat 12:05, 8:10pm. Sun 6th: 4:50, 8:10pm. Mon 12:05, 8:10pm. Tue 8th: 2:40, 8:35pm. Wed 12:05, 8:10pm.