Category: Old Posts

How to Train your Dragon

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Saturday 6 January
How to Train your Dragon

Hiccup is a Norse teenager from the island of Berk, where fighting dragons is a way of life. His progressive views and weird sense of humor make him a misfit, despite the fact that his father is chief of the clan. Tossed into dragon-fighting school, he endeavors to prove himself as a true Viking, but when he befriends an injured dragon, he has the chance to plot a new course for his people’s future.

Watch the trailer here.

Superpets

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Saturday 3 February
Superpets

Krypto the Super-Dog and Superman are inseparable best friends, sharing the same superpowers and fighting crime side by side in Metropolis. However, when the Man of Steel and the rest of the Justice League are kidnapped, Krypto must convince a ragtag group of animals to master their own newfound powers for a rescue mission.

Watch the trailer here.

Babe

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Saturday 2 March
Babe

Gentle farmer Arthur Hoggett wins a piglet named Babe at a county fair. Narrowly escaping his fate as Christmas dinner when Farmer Hoggett decides to show him at the next fair, Babe bonds with motherly border collie Fly and discovers that he too can herd sheep. But will the other farm animals accept a pig who doesn’t conform to the farm’s social hierarchy?

Watch the trailer here.

A Bug’s Life

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Saturday 6 April
A Bug’s Life

Flik is an inventive ant who’s always messing things up for his colony. His latest mishap was destroying the food stores that were supposed to be used to pay off grasshopper Hopper. Now the strong-arming insect is demanding that the ants gather double the food — or face annihilation. To avert disaster, Flik goes on a journey to recruit fighters to defend the colony.

Watch the trailer here.

The African Queen

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Friday 1 December
The African Queen

Shot on location in the Congo, the African Queen stars Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn. At the start of World War I, Charlie Allnut is using his old steamer, The African Queen, to ferry supplies to villages in East Africa. When the Rev. Sayer dies, Charlie agrees to take his sister, Rose, back to civilization, taking on the Germans at the same time.

Doors open / refreshments 7.00pm, film starts 7.30

Watch the trailer here.

The King’s Speech

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Friday 5 January
The King’s Speech

The story of King George VI, his unexpected ascension to the throne of the British Empire in 1936, and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch overcome his stammer. Starring Colin Firth, Helena Bonham Carter, Geoffrey Rush and Derek Jacobi

Watch the trailer here.

Avatar

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Friday 2 February
Avatar

Cancelled

With ground-breaking effects, this science fiction movie from 2009, directed by James Cameron, tells an epic tale set on the lush alien world of Pandora, populated by the Na’vi. For ten years Avatar was the highest-grossing movie of all time. A visual feast of a film – not to be missed!

Watch the trailer here.

On Golden Pond

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Friday 1 March
On Golden Pond

Norman (Henry Fonda) is a curmudgeon with an estranged relationship with his daughter Chelsea (Jane Fonda). At Golden Pond, he and his wife (Katharine Hepburn) nevertheless agree to care for Billy, the son of Chelsea’s new boyfriend, and a most unexpected relationship blooms.

Watch the trailer here.

The Great Escaper

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Friday 5 April
The Great Escaper

In the summer of 2014, a World War II veteran sneaks out of his care home to attend the 70th anniversary commemoration of the D-Day landings in Normandy. Superb performances from Michael Cane and Glenda Jackson.

Watch the trailer here.

Inspired by Nature

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Friday 22 September
“Inspired by Nature”
with Anna-Louise Pickering

This lavishly illustrated talk will bring a new understanding of the inspiration behind Pollyanna Pickering’s award-winning paintings.

Anna-Louise takes a look at Pollyanna’s remarkable career as one of the world’s most highly renowned wildlife artists, sharing stories of the wildlife which inspired her, and the trials and tribulations of her global expeditions to study endangered species in their natural habits. This charming account of their travels will open your eyes to the beauty that surrounds us, and which Pollyanna captured with unparalleled realism and vitality in her artwork.

The talk also looks at the work of the Pollyanna Pickering Foundation, including the heart warming stories of some of the individual animals which they continue to support, and some of the some of the latest conservation projects which continue Pollyanna’s remarkable legacy.

Doors open / refreshments 7.00pm, talk starts 7.30

Tickets (available about a month before) at the library or online at greenhill.bookwhen.com