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Sep
29
6:30 PM
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6 attended (est.) –
4.502
LOOKING FOR ERIC Meet in the foyer at 6.30pm. Movie starts at 7pm and we'll go in at 6.50.
Cheeky mid-week beer at Coopers hotel to follow. Synopsis: Eric the postman is slipping through his own fingers... His wife has gone, his stepsons are out of control and the house was chaotic even before a cement mixer appeared in the front garden. Life... Eric the postman is slipping through his own fingers... His wife has gone, his stepsons are out of control and the house was chaotic even before a cement mixer appeared in the front garden. Life is crazy enough, but it is Eric's own secret that is driving him to the brink. How can he face up to Lily, the woman of his dreams that he once loved and walked out on many years ago? Despite the comical efforts and misplaced goodwill of his mates, Eric continues to sink. In desperate times it takes a spliff and a special friend to help a lost postman find his way, so Eric turns to his hero: footballing genius, philosopher and poster boy, Eric Cantona. As a certain Frenchman says "He who is afraid to throw the dice, will never throw a six." The lead actors are Steve Evets and Eric Cantona, with Stephanie Bishop, Gerard Kearns and John Henshaw. It was shot entirely on location in Manchester.
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Dendy Newtown
Newtown,
Australia
-33.896170,151.180552
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5 Yes
3 Maybe
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Sep
23
6:30 PM
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9 attended (est.) –
4.503
Hello Movie Monsters, After a brief intermission the Movie Monsters are back with a Dendy Newtown session. We are watching: 500 Days of Summer I'm looking forward to meeting some new movie monsters and catching up with some old ones. I'll be in the cinema foyer at 6.30, ticket in hand. Please try to be there between 6.30 and 6.45. The movie starts at 7 and we will head into the cinema ten minutes before start time. If you're late, watch the movie and meet us in the foyer after the movie. After the movie we might head up to Cafe C for a coffee or the Coopers Hotel for a cheeky midweek beer. Synopsis: Fans of HIGH FIDELITY and ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND will be charmed by this quirky film that sheds a linear plot in favor of a memory-driven look at a failed romance. Joseph... Fans of HIGH FIDELITY and ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND will be charmed by this quirky film that sheds a linear plot in favor of a memory-driven look at a failed romance. Joseph Gordon-Levitt (BRICK) stars as Tom, a greeting-card writer who dreams of becoming an architect and finding his true love. Zooey Deschanel (THE HAPPENING) plays Summer, a vintage-looking beauty whose ideas about love are entirely modern. As Tom remembers his 500 days with Summer, his mind jumps from moment to moment, largely thinking of the good times in their trouble-filled relationship. Indie darlings Deschanel and Gordon-Levitt are perfectly cast in this sweet, funny film that infuses the typical romantic tropes with reality. Anyone else would have caused audiences to hate Summer, but Deschanel is adorable enough that she still endears herself to viewers. Arthouse favorite Gordon-Levitt hasn’t played a traditional romantic lead since 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU in 1999, but here he proves equally adept at portraying Tom’s sweetness and his neuroses. Music-video director Marc Webb makes his feature debut with (500) DAYS OF SUMMER, and it’s easy to see influences of his past work. The soundtrack boasts songs from Regina Spektor, Doves, Feist, Wolfmother, and, of course, The Smiths, the band that brings the couple together. Webb also adds an innovative style to the dramedy, combining a naturalistic look at love with a non-linear plot, animated vignettes, and a triumphant musical sequence. The film’s mixture of cynicism and romance makes it perfect viewing for happy couples, the recently dumped, and the hopeful singles in the audience.
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Dendy Newtown
Newtown,
Australia
-33.896170,151.180552
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6 Yes
3 Maybe
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May
12
6:30 PM
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11 attended (est.) –
3.004
Samson & Delilah (MA15+) 101 mins
5 stars from both David and Margaret. A must watch Aussie film. This is the opening week and the film has received a fantastic welcome, so I recommend getting your tickets by 6.30 latest. We will meet in the Dendy Newtown foyer at 6.30 and we will head inside at 6.45 to get decent seats. The film starts at 7. As usual, if you're late and can't find us in the foyer, watch the movie and meet us in the foyer after the movie. We will regroup and head to Cafe C one block up some reflection and some cake. Synopsis: Samson and Delilah live in an isolated world - a remote Aboriginal community in the Australian desert. In amongst a tiny collection of houses, everything here happens in a cycle. Day in and day out - nothing changes, everything stays the same and no one seems to care. Except for Samson, a cheeky fifteen year-old who yearns for the horizon. Even though boredom set in long ago, Samson attempts to occupy himself with his offbeat humour. Unable to express his desire for something more, Samson's private escape comes in a tin - he's a petrol sniffer. When a violent eruption takes place at home Samson breaks the cycle and his journey begins. Awards:
2009 Cannes Film Festival - Un Certain Regard Official Selection
Reviews:'One of the most wonderful films this country has ever produced.'
***** Margaret Pomeranz - At The Movies Director:Warwick Thornton
Cast: Rowan McNamara, Rowan McNamara, Mitjili Napanangka Gibson, Scott Thornton, Matthew Gibson
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Dendy Newtown
Newtown,
Australia
-33.896170,151.180552
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10 Yes
5 Maybe
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Apr
18
5:30 PM
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1 attended (est.) –
3.001
Hi Inner West Movie Monsters! And now for something completely different.....if you loved the animation of HARVEY KRUMPET, you will want to know about our Saturday late arvo/early evening Meetup - MARY AND MAX. From the creators of the Academy Award-winning short Harvie Krumpet, MARY AND MAX is a uniquely moving new claymation feature that at first appears deceptively simple. It's a tale of pen-friendship between two very different people; Mary Dinkle (voiced by Toni Collette), a chubby lonely 8-year-old girl living in the suburbs of Melbourne, and Max Horovitz (voiced by Philip Seymour Hoffman), a 44-year-old, severely obese, Jewish man with Asperger's Syndrome living in the chaos of New York. Spanning 20 years and 2 continents, Mary and Max's friendship survives much more than the average diet of life's ups and downs... Like Harvie Krumpet, MARY AND MAX is innocent but not naive, as it takes us on a journey that explores friendship, autism, taxidermy, psychiatry, alcoholism, where babies come from, obesity, kleptomania, sexual difference, trust, copulating dogs, religious difference, agoraphobia and much much more. Coffee, gelato or pasta (or all 3) at the Gelato Bar, Norton Street, Leichhardt afterwards. See you at the movies!
Kimberly
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Palace Cinema Leichhardt
Sydney,
Australia
-33.884808,151.157350
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9 Yes
9 Maybe
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Apr
4
4:30 PM
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2 attended (est.) –
4.002
Hi all Please note the change of time and new venue. Sorry, Dendy now only showing the film in its Canberra cinema. So we are going to Hoyts Broadway which is also one of the Inner West Movie Monster venues. For the drivers Hoyts is a great venue as it has 4 hours free parking with validation of your ticket at the cinema. For those coming by public transport there are frequent buses at the door coming from Central Station and from the inner west. If you are new to Movie Monsters events make sure you read the procedures on the Message Board. The procedures are the first item posted by Anurag. It will tell you everything you need to know. I will meet you in the foodcourt on the same level as Hoyts. Have a look at my photo, I'll be sitting at a table near the entrance to the foodcourt, about opposite the Turkish kebab food store (there is only one of them). Sandra Hall, SMH film critic, had some good things to say about the film. Check out her review on the SMH site, www.smh.com.au Here's the synopsis of the movie from its promo: TWO FISTS ONE HEART is a contemporary family drama set in Perth, Western Australia. Anthony Argo is a champion boxer and nightclub doorman. He is trained by his father Joe who has brought his Sicilian values with him to Australia. Joe's proud traditional view of the world increasingly comes into conflict with his son's pursuit of 'la dolce vita'. Anthony meets Kate who stimulates him with ideas and love. She introduces him to a wider social group, way beyond the Australian society his father has known. Anthony starts to question many of the foundations of his upbringing, in particular, the role that violence plays in the resolution of conflict. As he assimilates his newfound broader view of the world, while battling with his own personal disappointments, he realises he is now mature enough to be his own man and see his father and his values within the context of his own developing philosophy. Director:Shawn Seet
Cast:Daniel Amalm, Ennio Fantastichini, Jessica Marais, Rai Fazio, Costas Kilias, Rosemary Lenzo, Tim Minchin Coffee and dessert afterwards at Glebe. See you at the movies!
Kimberly
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Only members of this Group can view the location for this Meetup
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7 Yes
3 Maybe
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Mar
27
8:00 PM
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3 attended (est.) –
4.502
This is the greatest of the series and it is the longest, be prepared to watch 3 hours of mayhem! Blondie (The Good) is a professional gunslinger who is out trying to earn a few dollars. Angel Eyes (The Bad) is a hit man who always commits to a task and sees it through, as long as he is payed to do so. And Tuco (The Ugly) is a wanted outlaw trying to take care of his own hide. Tuco and Blondie share a partnership together making money off Tuco's bounty, but when Blondie unties the partnership, Tuco tries to hunt down Blondie. When Blondie and Tuco comes across a horse carriage loaded with dead bodies, they soon learn from the only survivor (Bill Carson) that he and a few other men have buried a stash of gold in a cemetery. Unfortunately Carson dies and Tuco only finds out the name of the cemetery, while Blondie finds out the name on the grave. Now the two must keep each other alive in order to find the gold. Angel Eyes (who had been looking for Bill Carson) discovers that Tuco and Blondie meet with Carson and knows they know the location of the gold. All he needs is for the two to lead him to it. Now The Good, The Bad and The Ugly must all battle it out to get their hands on $200,000 worth of gold.
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Chauvel Cinema
Paddington,
Australia
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7 Yes
7 Maybe
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Mar
21
5:00 PM
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Watchmen
Length: 173 Mins
Rating: MA15+ (Strong violence and sex scene)
Genre: Thriller
Director: Zack Snyder
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Cast: Carla Gugino, Billy Crudup, Patrick Wilson, Jeffrey Dean Morgan. Synopsis
An adaptation of Alan Moore's landmark comic book series, Watchmen is set in a gritty and alternate 1985 America, in which costumed superheroes are part of the fabric of everyday society, and the "Doomsday Clock" - which charts the USA's tension with the Soviet Union - is permanently set at five minutes to midnight. When one of his former colleagues is murdered, the washed up but no less determined masked vigilante Rorschach, sets out to uncover a plot to kill and discredit all past and present superheroes. As he reconnects with his former crime-fighting legion - a ragtag group of retired superheroes, only one of whom has true powers - Rorschach glimpses a wide-ranging and disturbing conspiracy with links to their shared past and catastrophic consequences for the future. Their mission is to watch over humanity... but who is watching the Watchmen?
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Reading Cinemas
Haymarket,
Australia
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3 Yes
1 Maybe
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Mar
20
8:00 PM
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Two sisters, high school seniors in the early 1980s, awaken one morning to blood red skies and the realization that the human race has been wiped out. It becomes apparant that anyone who was not surrounded by steel when the Earth recently passed through the tail of Haley's comet has been reduced to a pile of red ash (the trace elements of human chemical makeup.) They encounter a rebellious Native American man and take over the air waves at a local radio station in an attempt to get help. Unfortunately, they attract the attention of a group of scientists who knew what the effects of the comet would be. They hid underground in a steel laboratory, but idiotically left the vents open. Now, as various survivors of the comet who were only partially surrounded by steel are decaying into flesh-hungry zombies, the scientists are attempting to come up with a vaccine made of the blood of people who were not infected by the comet. Thus the trio must fight their way past not only roving packs of the cannibalistic dead, but also outsmart a pack of scientists desperate not to become that way themselves. Come along for some good zombie horror or fun depending on how you are feeling on the night!
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Chauvel Cinema
Paddington,
Australia
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1 Yes
3 Maybe
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Mar
18
6:30 PM
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1 attended (est.) –
5.001
Come and see a classic Australian film on the big screen.
Mad Max (MA15+) 93 mins
Director:George Miller
Cast:Mel Gibson, Joanne Samuel, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Steve Bisley, Tim Burns
Synopsis: In the ravaged near future, a savage motorcycle gang rules the road. Terrorizing innocent civilians while tearing up the streets, the ruthless gang laughs in the face of a police force hell-bent on stopping them. But they underestimate one officer: Max Rockatansky (Mel Gibson). And when the bikers brutalize Max's best friend and family, they send him into a mad frenzy that leaves him with only one thing left in the world to live for -- revenge! Mad Max is on on at this theatre at this time only. Stay for coffee and a talk after the film.
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Only members of this Group can view the location for this Meetup
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1 Yes
0 Maybe
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Mar
14
5:30 PM
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3 attended (est.) –
4.502
Secret Life Of Bees, The (M) 110 mins
Rating Advice:Mature themes and violence
Genre:Adventure/Dram a
Language:English
Director:Gina Prince-Bythewood
Cast:Queen Latifah, Dakota Fanning, Jennifer Hudson, Alicia Keys
Synopsis: In South Carolina in 1964, Lily Owens (Dakota Fanning) is a 14-year-old girl who is haunted by the memory of her late mother (Hilarie Burton). To escape her lonely life and troubled relationship with her father (Paul Bettany), Lily flees with Rosaleen (Jennifer Hudson), her caregiver and only friend, to a South Carolina town that holds the secret to her mother's past. Taken in by the intelligent and independent Boatwright sisters (Queen Latifah, Sophie Okonedo and Alicia Keys), Lily finds solace in their mesmerizing world of beekeeping. Based on the New York Times best-selling novel by Sue Monk Kidd. Meetup time is a big guess, check closer to date
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Rosevill Cinemas
Roseville,
Australia
-33.784345,151.176274
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3 Yes
1 Maybe
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