There are three movies screening on the weekend of August 5th & 6th at the Raglan Old School Arts Centre in Stewart St:
Saturday August 5 at 5:00 pm: THE ZOOKEEPERS WIFE
The real-life story of one working wife and mother who became a hero to hundreds in Poland during World War II. M
Saturday August 5 at 8:00 pm and Sunday August 6 at 1pm: WONDER WOMAN
Before she was Wonder Woman, she was Diana, princess of the Amazons, trained to be an unconquerable warrior. Diana leaves her home, fighting alongside man in a war to end all wars, Diana will discover her full powers… and her true destiny. M
Sunday August 6 at 4.30pm: THE TIME OF THEIR LIVES
It’s never too late for another chance. Joan Collins is an ex-Hollywood star who enlists the help of a new friend (Pauline Collins) to journey from London to France for her ex-lover’s funeral. M
Reserve at http://raglanmovies.nz Door sales from 30 mins before session times.
WONDER WOMAN
NZ HERALD 4 Stars “Wonder Woman is a great movie by any measure, but it’s at its best when it embraces and embodies the universe-defying potential inside the heart of every little girl.”
Wonder. Power. Courage.
Origin story for Gal Gadot’s Wonder Woman – first seen in 2016’s Batman vs Superman, from the director of Monster. Co-stars Robin Wright, Chris Pine and Connie Nielsen. This is the fourth instalment of the ‘DC Extended Universe’ (after Man of Steel, Batman vs Superman and Suicide Squad).
Before she was Wonder Woman, she was Diana, princess of the Amazons, trained to be an unconquerable warrior. Raised on a sheltered island paradise, when an American pilot crashes on their shores and tells of a massive conflict raging in the outside world, Diana leaves her home, convinced she can stop the threat. Fighting alongside man in a war to end all wars, Diana will discover her full powers… and her true destiny.
Directed by Patty Jenkins (‘Monster’)
Starring Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Robin Wright, Connie Nielsen, David Thewlis, Lucy Davis, Lisa Loven Kongsli, Danny Huston
Written by Jason Fuchs
141 mins | M Violence | USA
THE ZOOKEEPERS WIFE
Graeme Tuckett 4 Stars “Niki Caro’s tale is a rousingly good film.”
Whale Rider director Niki Caro teams up with two-time Oscar-nominee Jessica Chastain (The Martian) for this adaptation of Diane Ackerman’s best-selling novel.
The real-life story of one working wife and mother who became a hero to hundreds during World War II. In 1939 Poland, Antonina Żabińska (Chastain) and her husband, Dr. Jan Żabiński (Johan Heldenbergh), ran the Warsaw Zoo.
Between 1939 and 1945, Antonina and Jan Zabinski saved an estimated 300 people from almost certain death in the Warsaw Ghetto.
After the German invasion, they invented a ruse that would allow Jan to employ workers from the imprisoned Jewish population, who could then be spirited away under the cover of forged papers.
The Zabinskis used the empty buildings of the zoo, which had been bombed in the Nazi’s blitzkrieg attack on Warsaw, to hide and shelter their charges.
Directed by Niki Caro (‘Whale Rider’, ‘North Country’, ‘McFarland, USA’)
Starring Jessica Chastain, Daniel Brühl, Johan Heldenbergh, Iddo Goldberg, Michael McElhatton, Anna Rust, Goran Kostić
Written by Angela Workman (based on the novel of the same name by Diane Ackerman)
Drama, True Story & Biography, War, Historical | 127 mins M Violence | USA
THE TIME OF THEIR LIVES
It’s never too late for another chance.
Joan Collins is an ex-Hollywood star who enlists the help of a new friend (Pauline Collins) to journey from London to France for her ex-lover’s funeral.Determined to gatecrash her ex-lover’s funeral on glamorous French hideaway Ile-de-Re, former Hollywood siren Helen (Collins) escapes her London retirement home with the help of Priscilla (Pauline Collins), a repressed English housewife stuck in a bad marriage. Pooling their limited resources, they hit the road together by coach, ferry, car and foot in a race to get to the funeral on time, becoming entangled in a love triangle with a reclusive French millionaire (Franco Nero) along the way.
Directed by Roger Goldby (‘Cutting It’, ‘Lilies’, ‘The Waiting Room’)
Starring Joan Collins, Pauline Collins, Franco Nero, Ronald Pickup, Siân Reeves, Joely Richardson, Allene Quincy
Written by Roger Goldby
104 mins | M Nudity, drug use & offensive language | UK
Reserve at http://raglanmovies.nz Door sales from 30 mins before session times.