Film Screening 3rd November, 2012

Poster for Moonrise Kingdom

Moonrise Kingdom 

6:00 PM, 3rd November, 2012
No Guests

  • PG
  • 94 mins
  • 2012
  • Wes Anderson
  • Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola
  • Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Bill Murray, 
Frances McDormand

Set in simpler times, 1965, Moonrise Kingdom is a love story that follows a pair of 12 year olds who run away together one summer. Well-meaning outcast Sam (Jared Gilman) is an orphan attending a Scouts summer camp, led by scout master Randy Ward (Norton). Sam meets Suzy (Kara Hayward), who is staying at her parents' summer house across the lake from the camp with her dysfunctional parents Walt (Murray) and Laura (McDormand), and the pair take off into the woods for their own naïve adventure where no social boundaries can stand in the way of their blossoming friendship. Understandably, the adults responsible for Sam and Suzy launch a full-scale search for the pair, led by the local police captain (Willis).

The general consensus among critics is that Moonrise Kingdom is Anderson's (Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums) best film to date, an impressive claim for a director that is typically a critical darling. As with his past ventures, the film is an ensemble dramedy that relies on a window dressing of quirk to stand out from the pack. The style has been done to death in the last decade, but Moonrise Kingdom still manages to make the formula feel fresh and above all else endearing. This is a film it is impossible not to love.

Adam Gould

Poster for The Bourne Legacy

The Bourne Legacy 

8:00 PM, 3rd November, 2012
No Guests

  • M
  • 135 mins
  • 2012
  • Tony Gilroy
  • Tony Gilroy, Dan Gilroy
  • Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz, Edward Norton

Writer/ director Tony Gilroy has expanded the 'Bourne' movie series, created by Robert Ludlum, this time through an original story. But it doesn't stray far from the formula - The Bourne Legacy is another globe-trotting action thrill ride.

The film takes place after the conclusion of The Bourne Ultimatum and expands on events which unfolded in the original Bourne trilogy. We are introduced to a new hero, Aaron Cross (Renner). Cross is another assassin trained in the same program as Jason Bourne, part of Operation Outcome and linked to the Treadstone Project. Also like Bourne, Aaron finds himself running from... well, most everyone; entangled in life or death situations caused by the personal and political fallout from that project. Joining him on the run is Dr Stephanie Snyder (Weisz), a member of the original team responsible for creating the super-spies.

David Strathairn, Joan Allen and Albert Finney reprise their supporting roles and the exotic locations and action scenes are just what you expect from a Bourne movie. So Jason's not there, but everything else feels right - it's the same fun ride, we just have a new driver.

Matthew Auckett