Tarporley’s Film Nights are returning this spring in the Community Centre.
Organised by the Rotary Club, there are some big blockbusters over the coming months. Members of the public are welcome to attend, just turn up on the night.
Friday 20th April at 7.30 pm – “The Awakening” (15) – starring Dominic West, Rebecca Hall & Imelda Staunton – In post-World War I England in 1921, a sceptical woman author is invited by (the head master) to a countryside boarding school to investigate rumours of an apparent haunting. Just when she thinks that she has debunked the ghost theory, she has a spectral encounter which defies all her rational beliefs. This is a classic British ghost story.
Friday 18th May at 7.30 pm – The Iron Lady (12A) – starring Meryl Streep, Roger Allam & Jim Broadbent – As a politician, she divided the nation, but in 1979 grocer’s daughter Margaret Thatcher burst through barriers to become the UK’s first female prime minister. She was aided by loyal strategist Gordon Reece, who shaped Thatcher’s image and guided her campaign. ‘The Iron Lady’ is a personal account of Thatcher’s rise to power, with an extraordinary central, Oscar winning, performance by Meryl Streep.
Friday 1st June at 7.30 pm – a special ‘Jubilee Celebrations’ weekend showing of ‘The King’s Speech” (12) – starring Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush & Helen Bonham Carter – following the scandalous abdication of his brother, Bertie is suddenly crowned King George VI. He has always suffered from a debilitating speech impediment so, with his country on the brink of war, urgent assistance is needed to help him overcome it.