Kilmington Community Cinema
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Kilmington first film night was in March 2005 with “Vanity Fair” and shown with the support of Moviola’s mobile cinema unit providing all the equipment and projectionist.
Following a successful Crowdfunding appeal, well supported by the Village Community, Local Clubs, Parish Council, EDDC & DCC, Kilmington Community Cinema open their independently run film nights with “23 Walks” on the 9th June 2021. All profit from the film shows goes to the Village Hall and following our first financial year ending 31st March 2022 we raised £1,000 for the Hall’s maintenance fund through the support of our audiences. The KCC is a run by volunteers. |
Tickets booked in advance (£5.00) or on the door (£5.50). To book please phone John Watts on 01297 639758 or email: wattsjohn307@gmail.comwattsjohn307@gmail.com
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The Good Liar (15)
Wednesday Evening 12th October & Thursday 13th October (Matinee)
This mystery thriller is outrageous and irresistible, an old-fashioned drama with dashes of Patricia Highsmith, Patrick Hamilton, John le Carré. It features delicious performances by Helen Mirren and Ian McKellen – I don’t think McKellen has had such a juicy role since his turn in the 1998 drama Apt Pupil – and the film has such storytelling gusto that you’ll overlook bits of implausible silliness involving smartphone-type “handsets” with which large financial sums can supposedly be transferred from one bank account to another.
The director is Bill Condon, and it’s adapted by screenwriter Jeffrey Hatcher from the bestselling 2016 novel by first-time author Nicholas Searle who caused a flurry of his own by announcing that he was “not allowed to say more about his career than that he was a senior civil servant for many years”.
Mirren plays a retired, well-off widow called Betty McLeish looking for decorous romantic companionship from a silver-years dating website. She finds herself set up for lunch with roguish old charmer Roy Courtnay (McKellen) who enchants her with his twinkly-eyed naughtiness, and, even though Betty can see he’s a little bit improper, she’s no prig and likes a laugh.
It isn’t long before Roy has actually moved in as a platonic house guest to the astonished disapproval of Betty’s grandson Steven (Russell Tovey) a postgraduate student who occasionally stays overnight at Betty’s house. Steven is right to worry – because Roy is a dead-eyed predatory conman, working with phony accountant Vincent (a nice performance from Jim Carter) to bilk greedy businessmen out of their cash and trick widows out of their savings. But maybe this scheme to hoodwink Betty will not go as smoothly as smug Roy thinks.
This movie rattles along with terrific energy and dash and the flashback sequences show that it’s actually far more daring and ambitious that you might expect. It’s a great duel between McKellen and Mirren.
The director is Bill Condon, and it’s adapted by screenwriter Jeffrey Hatcher from the bestselling 2016 novel by first-time author Nicholas Searle who caused a flurry of his own by announcing that he was “not allowed to say more about his career than that he was a senior civil servant for many years”.
Mirren plays a retired, well-off widow called Betty McLeish looking for decorous romantic companionship from a silver-years dating website. She finds herself set up for lunch with roguish old charmer Roy Courtnay (McKellen) who enchants her with his twinkly-eyed naughtiness, and, even though Betty can see he’s a little bit improper, she’s no prig and likes a laugh.
It isn’t long before Roy has actually moved in as a platonic house guest to the astonished disapproval of Betty’s grandson Steven (Russell Tovey) a postgraduate student who occasionally stays overnight at Betty’s house. Steven is right to worry – because Roy is a dead-eyed predatory conman, working with phony accountant Vincent (a nice performance from Jim Carter) to bilk greedy businessmen out of their cash and trick widows out of their savings. But maybe this scheme to hoodwink Betty will not go as smoothly as smug Roy thinks.
This movie rattles along with terrific energy and dash and the flashback sequences show that it’s actually far more daring and ambitious that you might expect. It’s a great duel between McKellen and Mirren.
Wednesday, doors open 6.45pm and the evening’s entertainment starting at 7.15pm and ending about 9.30pm. The Thursday matinee, doors open 1.45pm and film starts 2pm and ends around 4.30pm and will have limited seating and require pre-booking. This allows good spacing and table service. We hope this will encourage those who need to take extra health care to feel confident that they can come along and enjoy a film and have a cream tea / ice creams / tea / coffee during the interval. The cream tea must be booked when booking the seat at a cost of £3.
Please state Wednesday or Thursday when booking. Tickets pre-booked £5 or £5.50 on door. Children under 12 accompanied by an adult £3. To book this month’s show please contact John Watts on 01297 639758 or email: wattsjohn307@gmail.com
Please state Wednesday or Thursday when booking. Tickets pre-booked £5 or £5.50 on door. Children under 12 accompanied by an adult £3. To book this month’s show please contact John Watts on 01297 639758 or email: wattsjohn307@gmail.com
