Movies at the Old School, 5 Stewart Street, Raglan has four Movies screening for 17th and 18th July. There is the final screening of MINAMATA (with Johnny Depp and Bill Nighy). On Sunday we have two new movies. POPPY at 4.30pm and GIRLS CAN’T SURF at 7.00pm. On Saturday night at 8pm is Irish comedy DATING AMBER.
Book online: raglanmovies.nz
Door sales available from 30 mins before session times.
Licensed bar & homemade snacks on sale at most screenings.
Adults $15, Concession $12, RCAC Members $12, Children $8.
The reduced concession rate is for $12 concession (student, seniors or CS cards).
Book online: raglanmovies.nz, or call into the Old School office Mon-Fri 10am to 2pm. (Office closed public holidays)
DATING AMBER
Two school friends decide to start a pretend straight relationship in an effort to fit in.
Graeme Tuckett Stuff 3.5/5 Stars “A likeable, well-put-together and utterly predictable teen tale.”
RAGLAN MOVIES at the OLD SCHOOL, 5 Stewart Street, Raglan
DATING AMBER R16, Sex scenes, sexual content, drug use & offensive language
- Saturday 17th July 8.00pm
- Sunday 1st August 4.30pm
Book online: raglanmovies.nz, call into the Old School office Mon-Fri 10am to 2pm. (Office closed public holidays)
Door sales from 30 mins before session times.
Licensed bar & homemade snacks on sale at all screenings.
Adults $15, Concession $12, RCAC Members $12, Children $8.
The reduced concession rate is for $12 concession (student, seniors or CS cards).
Set in Ireland during the mid-90s, two teenagers, Eddie and Amber, fake a relationship to stop everyone from speculating their sexuality.
DATING AMBER is a poignant, honest and funny look at the highs and lows of teenage life where the only way to fit in is to not be yourself, even if this goes against your very being.
However, their ‘ideal’ arrangement begins to fall apart, forcing Eddie deeper into denial as Amber realises that a perilous future awaits her best friend unless she intervenes. DATING AMBER is a love letter to all those kids who grew up in a small town and who needed to escape in order to be themselves.
Director: David Freyne (‘The Cured’)
Writer: David Freyne
Cast: Fionn O’Shea, Lola Petticrew, Sharon Horgan, Barry Ward, Simone Kirby
2020 | R16, Sex scenes, sexual content, drug use & offensive language | 92 mins Ireland
POPPY
Radio NZ, “Poppy is a local feel-good film about a young car mechanic determined not to let her disability slow her down. The film benefits enormously from the casting of Libby Hunsdale. Like Poppy, Libby’s a firecracker, with a remarkable range, beautifully guided by director and writer Linda Niccol.”
RAGLAN MOVIES at the OLD SCHOOL, 5 Stewart Street, Raglan
POPPY PG, Offensive language & sexual references 98 mins | New Zealand
- Sunday 18th July 4.30pm
- Saturday 31st July 5.15pm
Book online: raglanmovies.nz, call into the Old School office Mon-Fri 10am to 2pm. (Office closed public holidays)
Door sales from 30 mins before session times.
Licensed bar & homemade snacks on sale at all screenings.
Adults $15, Concession $12, RCAC Members $12, Children $8.
The reduced concession rate is for $12 concession (student, seniors or CS cards).
A young woman with Down syndrome refuses to be defined by disability and takes control of her own life. Her ambition to become a motor mechanic – starting with the apprenticeship promised by her late father – is stalled by her super protective brother who has reluctantly inherited the family workshop/garage business. And it’s not until she teams up with an ex-school friend who needs his car fixed in time to enter the local burnout competition that her plans progress.
Director: Linda Niccol
Cast: Libby Hunsdale, Ari Boyland, Seb Hunter, Kali Kopae
2021 | PG, Offensive language & sexual references 98 mins | New Zealand
MINAMATA
Based on the book of the same name, the film follows American war photographer W Eugene Smith’s (Johnny Depp). On assignment in 1971 to Japan for Life magazine editor Robert Hayes (Bill Nighy), he chronicled the impacts of mercury poisoning in coastal communities.
Graeme Tuckett, Stuff 4/5 Stars “Heartfelt drama features Johnny Depp’s finest performance in years”.
RAGLAN MOVIES at the OLD SCHOOL, 5 Stewart Street, Raglan
MINAMATA: M Violence, Offensive Language and Content that may disturb 115 99 mins
- Sunday 20th June 7.00pm
- Saturday 17th July 4.30pm
Book online: raglanmovies.nz, call into the Old School office Mon-Fri 10am to 2pm. (Office closed public holidays)
Door sales from 30 mins before session times.
New York, 1971. Following his celebrated days as one of the most revered photojournalists of World War II, W. Eugene Smith (Johnny Depp) has become a recluse, disconnected from society and his career. But a secret commission from Life magazine editor Robert Hayes (Bill Nighy) sends him to the Japanese coastal city of Minamata, which has been ravaged by mercury poisoning; the result of decades of gross industrial negligence by the country’s Chisso Corporation. There, Smith immerses himself in the community, documenting their efforts to live with Minamata Disease and their passionate campaign to achieve recognition from Chisso and the Japanese government. Armed with only his trusted camera, Smith’s images from the toxic village give the disaster a heartbreaking human dimension, and his initial assignment turns into a life-changing experience. Based on the riveting true story, MINAMATA is a redemptive and emotional tale of triumph over adversity, and of how all of us have it within ourselves to make a difference.
Director: Andrew Levitas (‘Lullaby’)
Writer: David Kessler, Andrew Levitas, Jason Forman, Stephen Deuters
Cast: Johnny Depp, Minami, Hiroyuki Sanada, Bill Nighy
Drama | M, Violence, offensive language & content that may disturb 115 mins | UK, USA, United Arab Emirates 2020
GIRLS CAN’T SURF
Graeme Tuckett Stuff 4/5 Stars, “Girls Can’t Surf is a spectacular, angering, engrossing and inspiring yarn, well-assembled and packed with indelible personalities.”
RAGLAN MOVIES at the OLD SCHOOL, 5 Stewart Street, Raglan
GIRLS CAN’T SURF M, Offensive language 108 mins Australia
- Sunday 18th July 7.00pm
- Saturday 31st July 7.30pm (This special screening of GIRLS CAN’T SURF is in conjunction with Aotearoa Woman’s Surfing Association. $25 entry. Free nibbles and goodie bags for all.)
Book online: raglanmovies.nz, call into the Old School office Mon-Fri 10am to 2pm. (Office closed public holidays)
Door sales from 30 mins before session times.
Licensed bar & homemade snacks on sale at all screenings.
Adults $15, Concession $12, RCAC Members $12, Children $8.
The reduced concession rate is for $12 concession (student, seniors or CS cards).
This superb doco recounts how wave riders stood up against sexism. It’s the 1980s and the world of professional surfing is a circus of fluorescent colors, peroxide hair and radical male egos. These are the women who made waves on and off the ocean by standing against the blatant sexism in the professional surfing world.
Girls Can’t Surf follows the journey of a band of renegade surfers who took on the male-dominated professional surfing world to achieve equality and change the sport forever. Features surfing greats Jodie Cooper, Frieda Zamba, Pauline Menczer, Lisa Andersen, Pam Burridge, Wendy Botha, Layne Beachley and more.
Director: Christopher Nelius (‘Storm Surfers 3D’)
Writer: Christopher Nelius, Julie Anne De Ruvo
Cast: Pam Burridge, Lisa Anderson, Wendy Botha, Jodie Cooper
2020 M, Offensive language 108 mins Australia