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NOTES FROM A HIGHLAND CINEMA...
Jeelie jar Café the chummies Bar Films, Events & Much More ...
Notes from a Highland Cinema ... Welcome to our Festive brochure. Hopefully you’re all organised and have plenty of free time to pop in and see some of the fabulous content we’ve got lined up. If you’re not quite organised & looking for some last minute gifts what about a Birks Cinema gift voucher available from the box office? I’m really excited about the next few weeks; not just because I’ve been a good girl! Some fantastic new releases and a great mix of Wee Gems over the next month. We’re all in a Hobbit frenzy and you can see Bilbo’s tale from start to finish. The Penguins of Madagascar will be winging their way to us. Robin Williams & Ben Stiller are back at the museum in Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb. The Book Group screening is The Shining and we have fantastic live content coming up including Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland from The Royal Opera House and the Bolshoi: Nutcracker Production. Everybody at The Birks Cinema would like to wish you all a fantastic Festive Season and best wishes for the coming year. See you in the Chummies ...
Contents... Paddington ................................... p3 My Old Lady ................................ p3 Get On Up ....................................p3 What We Do In The Shadows ...... p3 The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies p4 Penguins of Madagascar............... p4 Night at the Museum 3 ................. p4 Horrible Bosses 2 ......................... p5 The Homesman ............................ p5 Exodus: Gods and Kings .............. p5
Blade Runner ................................ p8 It’s A Wonderful Life .................... p8 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. p8 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug p8 MET: Meistersinger ...................... p9 ROH: Alice’s Adventures ............ p9 Bolshoi: The Nutcracker ............... p9 Berlin Philharmonic new Year Gala .. p9
The Shining ...................................p10 Gone Girl .............. ......................p10 What We Did On Our Holidays ...p10 The Snows of Kilimonjaro .............p10 The Birks Cinema is a community owned and operated cinema, any profit generated is put back into the local community in Aberfeldy via our parent charity. For details of how to get involved, go to www.birkscinemafriends.org.uk
New Releases
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Paddington
My Old Lady
the story of the comic misadventures of a young Peruvian bear who travels to the city in search of a home. Finding himself lost and alone, he begins to realize that city life is not all he had imagined - until he meets the kindly Brown family who read the label around his neck that says “Please look after this bear. Thank you,” and offer him a temporary haven.
Mathias Gold (Kevin Kline) is a down-onhis-luck New Yorker who inherits a Parisian apartment from his estranged father. But when he arrives in France to sell the vast domicile, he’s shocked to discover a live-in tenant who is not prepared to budge.
Get On UP
What we do in the shadows
sat 14 dec - thu 18 dec
tue 16 dec - thu 18 dec
Tate Taylor directs 42’s Chadwick Boseman as James Brown in Get on Up. Based on the incredible life story of the Godfather of Soul, the film will give a fearless look inside the music, moves and moods of Brown, taking audiences on the journey from his impoverished childhood to his evolution into one of the most influential figures of the 20th century.
Viago, Deacon, and Vladislav are three vampires living together and trying to cope with modern life; from paying rent, doing housework, and trying to get into nightclubs, they’re perfectly normal - except for their immortality, fangs, and thirst for human blood.
fri12 dec - thu 18 dec
Fri 12 dec - wed 17 dec
Suicide references, moderate sex references Director: Israel Horovitz Stars: Kevin Kline, Kristin Scott Thomas, Maggie Smith 2014 107 mins Cert 12A
Director: Paul King Writers: Michael Bond Stars: Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins, Julie Walters 2015 Cert TBC 100 mins
Strong language, bloody violence Director: Taika Waititi,Jemaine Clement Stars: Jemaine Clement, Taikia Waititi, Jonathan Brugh 2014 85 mins Cert 15
Infrequent drug use, strong language, moderate sex Director: Tate Taylor Stars: Chadwick Boseman, Nelsan Ellis, Dan Aykroyd 2014 139 mins Cert 12A
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New Releases
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the hobbit - battle of the five armies fri 19 dec - tue 30 dec
Having reclaimed their homeland from the Dragon Smaug, the Company has unwittingly unleashed a deadly force into the world. Enraged, Smaug rains his fiery wrath down upon the defenseless men, women and children of Lake-town. Obsessed above all else with his reclaimed treasure, Thorin sacrifices friendship and honor tohoard it as Bilbo’s frantic attempts to make him see reason drive the Hobbit towards a desperate and dangerous choice. But there are even greater dangers ahead. Unseen by any but the Wizard Gandalf, the great enemy Sauron has sent forth legions of Orcs in a stealth attack upon the Lonely Mountain. Director: Peter JacksonWriters: Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens Stars: Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage 2014 156 mins Cert TBC
the penguins of madagascar
night at the museum 3
Super spy teams aren’t born...they’re hatched. Discover the secrets of the greatest and most hilarious covert birds in the global espionage biz: Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private. Together, they must stop the villainous Dr. Octavius Brine from destroying the world as we know it.
Get ready for the wildest and most adventure-filled Night At the Museum ever as Larry (Ben Stiller) spans the globe, uniting favorite and new characters while embarking on an epic quest to save the magic before it is gone forever.
fri 19 dec - thu 8 jan
fri 26 dec - sun 4 jan
Contains mild comic violence and scary moments Director: Shawn Levy Stars: Ben Stiller, Robin Williams, Hank Azaria 2014 100 mins Cert PG
Very mild threat, slapstick violence, very mild bad language Director: Simon J. Smith,Eric Darnell Stars: Tom McGrath, Chris Miller, Christopher Knights 2014 92 mins Cert U
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horrible bosses 2
the homesman
Fed up with answering to higher-ups, Nick, Dale and Kurt decide to become their own bosses by launching their own business in “Horrible Bosses 2.” But a slick investor soon pulls the rug out from under them. Outplayed and desperate, and with no legal recourse, the three would-be entrepreneurs hatch a misguided plan to kidnap the investor’s adult son and ransom him to regain control of their company.
When three women living on the edge of the American frontier are driven mad by harsh pioneer life, the task of saving them falls to the pious, independent-minded Mary Bee Cuddy. She employs a low-life drifter, George Briggs to help her transport the women. The group must traverse the harsh Nebraska Territories marked by stark beauty, psychological peril and constant threat.
say 27 dec - tue 30 dec
sat 27 dec - thu 1 jan
Strong violence, sex, scene of self-harm Director: Tommy Lee Jones Stars: Tommy Lee Jones, Hilary Swank, Grace Gummer 2014 123 mins Cert 15
Strong language, sex references Director: Sean Anders Stars: Jennifer Aniston, Chris Pine, Jason Bateman 2014 108 mins Cert 15
Exodus: Gods and Kings fri 2 jan - thu 8 jan
the story of one man’s daring courage to take on the might of an empire. Using state of the art visual effects and 3D immersion, Scott brings new life to the story of the defiant leader Moses (Christian Bale) as he rises up against the Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses (Joel Edgerton), setting 600,000 slaves on a monumental journey of escape from Egypt and its terrifying cycle of deadly plagues. Director: Ridley Scott Writers: Adam Cooper, Bill Collage, Stars: Christian Bale, Joel Edgerton, Ben Kingsley 2014 Running Time TBC Cert TBC
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What’s On
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Day / Film
Times
Fri 12 Dec My Old Lady Paddington
14.00 16.15
Sat 13 Dec Paddington Get On Up Met. Opera:
10.15 13.00 17.00
Sun 14 Dec Get On Up
14.30
Blade Runner
20.30
Mon 15 Dec My Old Lady Paddington Get On Up
13.30 16.30 20.00
Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg
Day / Film
Sat 20 Dec Penguins Of Madagascar 10.15 The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies 3D 12.30 Penguins Of Madagascar 16.00 The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies 19.00 Sun 21 Dec Penguins Of Madagascar 12.30 Bolshoi: The Nutcracker 15.00 The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies 19.00 Mon 22 Dec The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug 11.30 Penguins Of Madagascar 15.00 The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies 17.00 The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies 3D 20.00
The Snows of Kilimonjaro HFS* 17.45
Tue 23 Dec Penguins Of Madagascar 11.15 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 13.30 The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies 3D 16.45 The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies 20.00
Tue 16 Dec
What We Do In The Shadows 14.30 Paddington 16.30 ROH: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland 19.15
Wed 17 Dec Paddington
14.30
My Old Lady
20.15
Times
Wed 24 Dec The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug 11.00 Penguins Of Madagascar 14.15 The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies 16.30 It’s A Wonderful Life 19.30
What We Do In The Shadows 18.00
Thu 25 Dec CLOSED
Thu 18 Dec Paddington Get On Up Paddington
11.30 14.30 17.30 What We Do In The Shadows 20.00
Fri 26 Dec
Night At The Museum: Secret Of The Tomb
It’s A Wonderful Life Sat 27 Dec
Fri 19 Dec The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 11.30 Penguins Of Madagascar 15.00 The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies 17.15 The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies 3D 20.15
14.00 16.30
Night At The Museum: Secret Of The Tomb 10.15 The Homesman 13.00 The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies 16.30 Horrible Bosses 2 20.30
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What’s On Day / Film
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Sun 28 Dec
12..10 The Homesman 14.45 The Shining 17.15 The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies 20.15 Night At The Museum: Secret Of The Tomb
12.00 14.30 The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies 17.00 Horrible Bosses 2 20.30 Night At The Museum: Secret Of The Tomb
Night At The Museum: Secret Of The Tomb New Year’s Eve Gala 2014
Thu 1 Jan
Night At The Museum: Secret Of The Tomb
Horrible Bosses 2 Fri 2 Jan
Night At The Museum: Secret Of The Tomb
Gone Girl Exodus: Gods And Kings
Sat 3 Jan Penguins Of Madagascar Exodus: Gods And Kings
Sun 4 Jan Penguins Of Madagascar Exodus: Gods And Kings
Night At The Museum: Secret Of The Tomb
Tue 6 Jan Gone Girl
12.00
Exodus: Gods And Kings
19.00
12.30 16.45 What We Did on Our Holiday 20.00 Night At The Museum: Secret Of The Tomb
Thu 8 Jan
What We Did on Our Holiday 11.30 Night At The Museum: Secret Of The Tomb
Penguins Of Madagascar Exodus: Gods And Kings
12.15 16.30
13.30 16.00 18.00
The Management & Staff at The Birks Cinema would like to wish all our fabulous customers and loyal supporters a joyful festive season.
12.30 15.30
COLOUR KEY
12.30 15.30 19.00
New Release Little Birks
10.30
(All Tickets £2.50)
15.00 18.45
Super Senior
What We Did On Our Holiday 12.30 Night At The Museum: Secret Of The Tomb
12.00 16.00 19.30
Wed 7 Jan Exodus: Gods And Kings
Tue 30 Dec The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies 11.15 Horrible Bosses 2 15.00 The Homesman 17.30 Night At The Museum: Secret Of The Tomb 20.15 Berlin Philharmonic
Times
What We Did On Our Holiday 16.00
Mon 29 Dec The Homesman
Wed 31 Dec
Day / Film
Mon 5 Jan Exodus: Gods And Kings Penguins Of Madagascar Gone Girl
Event Cinema / Live Birks “Wee Gems” Heartland Film Society*
12.00 15.00 20.00
Every effort is taken to ensure accuracy of information within this guide, all times are correct at time of print. Please check online for up to date programme times. If you have a distance to travel we advise you book tickets in advance as show times are subject to change. A show tagged with an asterisk* carries a discount for Heartland Film Society members.
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Little Birks
Wee Gems Every Saturday morning all ticket £2.50
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blade runner
it’s a wonderful life
sun 14 dec
wed 24 dec & fri 26 dec
Harrison Ford stars as Rick Deckard, a retired cop in Los Angeles circa 2019. L.A. has become a pan-cultural dystopia of corporate advertising, pollution and flying automobiles, as well as replicants, humanlike androids with short life spans. Adapted from Philip K Dick’s Do Andriod’s Dream of Electric Sheep.
Originally made for Liberty Films, one of the most popular and heartwarming films ever made by director Frank Capra. Capra regarded this film as his own personal favourite - it was also James Stewart’s favourite of all his feature films. A Christmas classic - can you hear an angel gaining their wings?
Strong violence Director: Ridley Scott Stars: Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young 1982 112 mins Cert 15
Director: Frank Capra Stars: James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore 1946 132 mins Cert U
the hobbit: an unexpected journey
the hobbit: the desolation of smaug
Fri 19 Dec & tue 23 dec
mon 22 dec & wed 24 dec
An Unexpected Journey follows title character Bilbo Baggins, who is swept into an epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor, which was long ago conquered by the dragon Smaug. Bilbo finds himself joining a company of thirteen dwarves led by the legendary warrior Thorin Oakenshield.
The Desolation of Smaug continues the adventure of the title character Bilbo Baggins as he journeys with the Wizard Gandalf and thirteen Dwarves, led by Thorin Oakenshield on an epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor and to face the Dragon Smaug.
Contains moderate violence Director: Peter Jackson Stars: Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage 2012 165 mins Cert 12A
Moderate violence, threat Director: Peter Jackson Stars: Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage 2013 161 mins Cert 12A
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MET: Die Meistersinger
ROH: Alice’s Adventures
sat 13 dec
tue 16 dec
A terrifically light and funny work, packed with inventive designs, imaginative effects and striking choreography. The whole Company contributes to the fun, dancing such quirky characters as a twitchy White Rabbit, a tap dancing Mad Hatter and a sinuous caterpillar. Underpinning it all is Joby Talbot’s superlative, playful music - the first full-length score written for the Royal Ballet in 20 years.
James Levine returns to Wagner with a signature run of this epic comedy, back at the Met for the first time in eight years. James Morris and Michael Volle share the central role of Hans Sachs. Johan Botha reprises his indomitable Walther, and the elegant Annette Dasch is Eva.
Bolshoi: The Nutcracker
Berlin Philharmonic
Tchaikovsky’s magical Christmas ballet, stunningly choreographed for the Bolshoi by Yuri Grigorovich and broadcast live in HD. On Christmas Eve, Marie’s magician godfather Drosselmeyer gives her a nutcracker carved in the shape of a man. At midnight, when the celebrations are over, the toys magically spring to life. ‘The Nutcracker’ continues to enchant audiences young and old. This superlative version was choreographed by former Bolshoi Artistic Director Yuri Grigorovich and is magnificently interpreted by the company’s dancers.
The concert will open with Sir Simon Rattle conducting music by Jean-Philippe Rameau: a suite of instrumental pieces from the opéraballet Les Indes galantes show French baroque music at its finest. Following the intermission, the build-up to the new year will continue at a lively Slavic pace, with an orchestral suite from Zoltán Kodály’s charming folk opera Háry János as well as a selection from the popular Slavonic Dances by Antonín Dvořák.
sun 21 dec
wed 31 dec
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Wee Gems
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the shining
gone girl
“All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy” -or, rather, a homicidal boy in Stanley Kubrick’s eerie 1980 adaptation of Stephen King’s horror novel. With wife Wendy and psychic son Danny in tow, frustrated writer Jack Torrance takes a job as the winter caretaker at the opulently ominous, mountain-locked Overlook Hotel so that he can write in peace.
On the occasion of his fifth wedding anniversary, Nick Dunne reports that his beautiful wife, Amy, has gone missing. Under pressure from the police and a growing media frenzy, Nick’s portrait of a blissful union begins to crumble. Did Nick Dunne kill his wife?
sun 28 dec
fri 2 jan - tue 6 jan
Strong bloody violence, very strong language Director: David Fincher Stars: Rosamund Pike, Ben Affleck, Neil Patrick Harris 2014 149 mins Cert 18
Contains strong violence and language Director: Stanley Kubrick Stars: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd 1980 114 mins Cert 15
what we did on our holiday
the snows of kilimonjaro
Doug and Abi are taking their three children on a trip to Scotland for a big family gathering. They are in the midst of a difficult divorce, and have asked the kids to keep it a secret from their extended family. The family are forced to put aside their differences and work together or else risk losing what they hold most dear.
Despite losing his job, Michel lives happily with Marie-Claire. They have been in love for more than thirty years ...Their children and grandchildren delight them... They have plenty of close friends... This happiness will be shattered by two young men, armed and masked, who beat them, tie them up, snatch their wedding rings and flee with their credit cards...
sat 3 jan - thu 8 jan
heartland film society sun 14 dec
Moderate bad language, discriminatory language, moderate sex references Director: Guy Jenkin,Andy Hamilton Stars: Rosamund Pike, David Tennant, Billy Connolly 2014 93 mins Cert 12A
Contains strong language and threat Director: Robert Guédiguian Stars: Ariane Ascaride, Jean-Pierre Darroussin 2011 105 mins Cert 15
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Opening Hours:
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Ticket Prices*
Festive Opening Hours:
*Unless otherwise stated please check listings for variations
Full Price: £7.50
December 25th Closed December 26th Open 12noon - 6pm December 31st Open 11am - 7.30pm January 1st Open 12noon - 6pm
Concession: £6.50
Please bring proof of your status, qualifying consessions include: •Over 60’s • Full time student •Under 18’s • Unwaged •Disabled
Family Ticket: £23.80
Listings are subject to change, please check
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with box office before travelling
Little Birks: £2.50 Live Events: from £14.50
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