Robert Burns Centre
FILM THEATRE
  

JANUARY 2012 @ RBCFT

Tel: 01387 264808  

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January Films
 
DATE FILM TIME (pm)
Wed 25 Tekken Blood Vengeance (12A) - The Big Burns Supper 7.00
Thu 26 Sherlock Holmes 2 (12A) - The Big Burns Supper 1.30 + 7.30
Fri 27 House Keeping (PG) - The Big Burns Supper 7.30
Sat 28 Ae Fond Kiss (15) - The Big Burns Supper 7.30
Mon 30 Puss in Boots (U) 6.30
Tue 31 Puss in Boots (U) 1.00
Tue 31 Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol (12A) 7.30
     

Wednesday January 25 (7pm)

TEKKEN BLOOD VENGEANCE – Dir. Yoichi Mori
Japan, 2011,120 min, 12A, Japanese with English subtitles

TEKKEN BLOOD VENGEANCESet in the TEKKEN universe with its rich characters and history, the story focuses on the hunt for the missing student, Shin Kamiya, the sole survivor of a twisted experiment to unlock the secrets of eternal youth. Join Ling Xiaoyu and her friends as they race to find Shin before anyone else from the Iron Fist Tournament. This rare big screen showing of Tekken Blood Vengeance will be introduced by Andrew Partridge, Scotland Loves Animation Festival Director, speaking about the Japanese art of animation and the links he is developing between Scotland and Japan.

SHERLOCK HOLMES: A GAME OF SHADOWSBIG BURNS SUPPER
is Dumfries’s newest multi-disciplinary festival of contemporary performing arts, providing an annual platform for the most innovative music, theatre, visual arts, dance, live art, film, cabaret and childrens’ events. During the week leading up to and beyond Burns Night 2012 - Dumfries will come alive with a variety of shows and events which will offer something for everyone. The festival will culminate in a weekend of fun on 27th and 28th January 2012.
For full event updates check out www.bigburnssupper.com
Box office 0800 689 9405
The RBCFT films showing 24-28 January have been programmed in collaboration with the Big Burns Supper.

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Thursday 26 (1.30 and 7.30) January

SHERLOCK HOLMES: A GAME OF SHADOWS – Dir. Guy Ritchie
USA, 2011, 128min, 12A

SHERLOCK HOLMES: A GAME OF SHADOWSSherlock Holmes (Robert Downey Jr.) has always been the smartest man in the room...until now. There is a new criminal mastermind at large - Professor Moriarty who is not only Holmes' intellectual equal, but his capacity for evil, coupled with a complete lack of conscience, may actually give him an advantage over the renowned detective. The cunning Moriarty is always one step ahead of Holmes as he spins a web of death and destruction.

Sneaky CinemaSneaky Cinema - 1.30pm on Thursday 26th December

SHERLOCK HOLMES: A GAME OF SHADOWSBIG BURNS SUPPER
is Dumfries’s newest multi-disciplinary festival of contemporary performing arts, providing an annual platform for the most innovative music, theatre, visual arts, dance, live art, film, cabaret and childrens’ events. During the week leading up to and beyond Burns Night 2012 - Dumfries will come alive with a variety of shows and events which will offer something for everyone. The festival will culminate in a weekend of fun on 27th and 28th January 2012.
For full event updates check out www.bigburnssupper.com
Box office 0800 689 9405
The RBCFT films showing 24-28 January have been programmed in collaboration with the Big Burns Supper.

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Friday 27 (7.30) January

HOUSEKEEPING – Dir. Bill Forsyth
USA, 1987, 116min, PG

HOUSEKEEPINGAt their grandmother’s death, Ruth and Lucille come to stay with their aunt Sylvie who has always made it a point to live life unconventionally. At first, the girls are embarrassed by their aunt’s eccentricity but Lucille moving in with another family leads Ruth to get closer to the older woman. In typical Sylvie-style, they hit the road together until, threatened with losing custody of Ruth, Sylvie makes an effort to clean up her act ... Bill Forsyth’s first American film, an adaptation of a novel by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Marilynne Robinson.

SHERLOCK HOLMES: A GAME OF SHADOWSBIG BURNS SUPPER
is Dumfries’s newest multi-disciplinary festival of contemporary performing arts, providing an annual platform for the most innovative music, theatre, visual arts, dance, live art, film, cabaret and childrens’ events. During the week leading up to and beyond Burns Night 2012 - Dumfries will come alive with a variety of shows and events which will offer something for everyone. The festival will culminate in a weekend of fun on 27th and 28th January 2012.
For full event updates check out www.bigburnssupper.com
Box office 0800 689 9405
The RBCFT films showing 24-28 January have been programmed in collaboration with the Big Burns Supper.

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Saturday 28 (7.30) January

AE FOND KISS – Dir. Ken Loach
UK, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Spain, 2004, 104min, 15

AE FOND KISSThe story of a mixed-race relationship that causes problems for all involved. Casim Khan lives with his Punjabi-born Muslim family in Scotland. He wants to open a nightclub with pal Hammid but his parents have arranged for him to marry his cousin Jasmine. Then he meets Irish schoolteacher Roisin Hanlon and falls in love. Director Ken Loach and writer Paul Laverty teamed up again to make this their third film set in Glasgow. Ae Fond Kiss won several prizes at the Berlin Film Festival in it’s year of release.

SHERLOCK HOLMES: A GAME OF SHADOWSBIG BURNS SUPPER
is Dumfries’s newest multi-disciplinary festival of contemporary performing arts, providing an annual platform for the most innovative music, theatre, visual arts, dance, live art, film, cabaret and childrens’ events. During the week leading up to and beyond Burns Night 2012 - Dumfries will come alive with a variety of shows and events which will offer something for everyone. The festival will culminate in a weekend of fun on 27th and 28th January 2012.
For full event updates check out www.bigburnssupper.com
Box office 0800 689 9405
The RBCFT films showing 24-28 January have been programmed in collaboration with the Big Burns Supper.

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Monday 30 (6.30 ) and Tuesday 31 (1.00 ) January

Puss In Boots (2D version) – Dir. Chris Miller
USA, 2011, U, 90mins

Puss In BootsLong before he even met Shrek, the notorious fighter, lover and outlaw Puss in Boots becomes a hero when he sets off on an adventure with the tough and street smart Kitty Softpaws and the mastermind Humpty Dumpty to save his town. This is the true story of The Cat, The Myth, The Legend... The Boots.

Film ClubFilm Club, 6.30pm on Monday 30th January

Access Access Cinema - 1.00pm on Tuesday 31st January

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Tuesday 31 (7.30) January and Thursday 2 (7.30) February

Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol – Dir. Brad Bird
USA, 2011, 133min, 12A Contains moderate action violence

Mission Impossible: Ghost ProtocolThis is not just another mission. The IMF is shut down when it’s implicated in a global terrorist bombing plot. Ghost Protocol is initiated and Ethan Hunt and his rogue new team must go undercover to clear their organization’s name. No help, no contact, off the grid.

You have never seen a mission grittier and more intense than this.

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