October- Movie Drinks, Chat & Meet

Come join us at the Curzon bar to meet fellow film fans and discuss all things film over a drink.

We'll give our thoughts on some of the latest releases, and also discuss our opinions on what films have been selected this month. Some are new and at the cinema, some are can be enjoyed from home. Whether you're an avid cinemagoer, home streamer...Or a bit of both! Please come and share your views on the following films:

Remember!
*Please only RSVP if you intend on turning up

*Don't worry, you are not expected to see every film, this is just a selection for you to choose from. Watch what want or what you can!

*Check the first comment below for details on where to see these films!

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At The Cinema
The Social Reckoning

Sequel to David Fincher’s The Social Network. It is 2021 and Facebook has long ceased to be a social network, it is a mega corporation that specialises in consuming data, large quantities of it from which to build profiles, targeted adverts, and user psychology. Frances, a data engineer leaks an internal memo to the press, it details that Facebook knows its site and algorithms are pushing societally harmful content, everything from teen eating disorders to national hate campaigns. Mark Zuckerberg, now one of the richest men on the planet, is put into the firing line.

On Streaming
Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die

Madcap sci-fi apocalyptic techno-phobe comedy from director Gore Verbinski. A crazy techno time traveller from the future (who kind of looks like a tramp) appears to customers in a diner. he informs them they have no choice but to help him stop a 9 year old computer prodigy. This tech whizkid will create the AI that will doom humanity...Along the way we learn the stories as to why his accomplices have reason to get their revenge on this ubiquitous technology. Sam Rockwell stars

Romeria

Directed by Carla Simon. It is 2004 and 18yr old Marina is ready to go to university, however her application demands that her name appear on on her father’s death certificate. However she never know her father, and so must travel to the coastal city of Vigo to meet her paternal family and get the error amended. Whilst Marina also never knew her mother, she has her diary and is confused that the things she’s being told about her parents doesn’t sync with what’s been written down. Also her arrival, and mention of her father seems to agitate her long lost family. Is there more to this story?

Wasteman

British prison drama.Taylor is still a young man but he has spent 13 years behind bars. However there is light at the end of the tunnel, he is told that he will soon be released on condition that he maintains his good behaviour. However he receives a new hotheaded cellmate, Dee who plans to set up a new drug dealing empire in prison. Taylor is torn, keep his nose clean and inform the authorities so he can get his release (at the risk of being attacked by fellow inmates), or stick to the prisoner code, become complicit in the operation, and risk ruining everything he’s strived for.

Drive (2011)
Chosen by: Nancy
Phrase: Bad Romance

Nicolas Winding Refn’s stylishly cool, electro infused Neo-noir. “The Driver” scrapes a living in L.A doing odd automotive jobs, stunt driving, being a mechanic and a getaway driver. He grows close to his neighbour Irene and her son, however her convict husband is soon to be released…And he has criminal debts to pay. In order to save Irene and her son from harm the driver agrees to help her husband, but its a path that will lead them to death and destruction with the serious organised crime gangs in L.A breathing down their neck. This film helped to make Ryan Gosling a star, with Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston and Christina Hendricks also starring.

Enter The Dragon (1973)
Chosen by: Stuart
Phrase: Hong Kong/China

The film which cemented Bruce Lee's status as an icon, and made history as the first time a Chinese film was made with backing from a Hollywood studio. Lee is a talented Shaolin instructor who gets hired by the intelligence service of British Hong-Kong, they want him to investigate a dangerous man named Han. Han lives in his island fortress, where he is thought to run a vast criminal empire. There is a rare chance to get onto the island as Han is a keen martial artist and has invited the world's best fighters to participate in a deadly tournament. Perhaps Lee can go undercover as a fighter and find out what's going on.