Multiple Stories Week

Love Actually
Sunday 18th December 2011
19:00, Myrdal, K-huset



Comedy/Drama/Romance

Follows the lives of eight very different couples in dealing with their love lives in various loosely and interrelated tales all set during a frantic month before Christmas in London, England.

Multiple Stories Week

Night on Earth
Thursday 15th December 2011
19:00, Myrdal, K-huset



Comedy/Drama

An anthology of 5 different cab drivers in 5 American and European cities and their remarkable fares on the same eventful night.

Dodgy Adaptation Week

Gnomeo & Juliet
Sunday 11th December 2011
19:00, Myrdal, K-huset



Animation/Adventure/Comedy

The neighboring gardens of Montague and Capulet are at war, but the gnomes, Gnomeo and Juliet, are in love.

Dodgy Adaptation Week

Yes Man
Thursday 8th December 2011
19:00, Myrdal Weber, K-huset



Comedy/Romance

A man challenges himself to say "yes" to everything for an entire year.

WW2 Week

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Sunday 4th December 2011
19:00, Myrdal, K-huset



Drama/History/War

Set during World War II, a story seen through the innocent eyes of Bruno, the eight-year-old son of the commandant at a concentration camp, whose forbidden friendship with a Jewish boy on the other side of the camp fence has startling and unexpected consequences.

WW2 Week

Inglourious Basterds
Thursday 1st December 2011
19:00, Weber, K-huset



Adventure/Drama/War

In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "The Basterds" are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis.

Family Week

The Incredibles
Sunday 27th November 2011
19:00, Myrdal, K-huset Cancelled due to the storm!



Animation/Action/Adventure

A family of undercover superheroes, while trying to live the quiet suburban life, are forced into action to save the world.

Family Week

The Savages
Thursday 24th November 2011
19:00, Weber, K-huset



Comedy/Drama

A sister and brother face the realities of familial responsibility as they begin to care for their ailing father.

Visuals Week

Rio
Sunday 20th November 2011
19:00, Weber, K-huset



Animation/Adventure/Comedy

When Blu, a domesticated macaw from small-town Minnesota, meets the fiercely independent Jewel, he takes off on an adventure to Rio de Janeiro with this bird of his dreams.

Visuals Week

The Illusionist
Thursday 17th November 2011
19:00, Weber, K-huset



Animation/Comedy/Drama

A French illusionist finds himself out of work and travels to Scotland, where he meets a young woman. Their ensuing adventure changes both their lives forever.

Superhero Week

X-Men: First Class
Sunday 13th November 2011
19:00, Weber, K-huset



Action/Adventure/Drama/Fantasy

In 1962, the United States government enlists the help of Mutants with superhuman abilities to stop a malicious dictator who is determined to start world war III.

Superhero Week

The Green Hornet
Thursday 10th November 2011
19:00, Weber, K-huset



Action/Comedy/Crime

Following the death of his father, Britt Reid, heir to his father's large company, teams up with his late dad's assistant Kato to become a masked crime fighting team.

Road Trip Week

The Trip
Sunday 6th November 2011
19:00, Weber, K-huset



Comedy

Steve Coogan has been asked by The Observer to tour the country's finest restaurants, but after his girlfriend backs out on him he must take his best friend and source of eternal aggravation, Rob Brydon.

Road Trip Week

Paul
Thursday 3rd November 2011
19:00, Weber, K-huset



Adventure/Comedy/Sci-Fi

Two British comic-book geeks traveling across the U.S. encounter an alien outside Area 51.

Controversy Week

Howl
Sunday 30th October 2011
19:00, Weber, K-huset



Biography/Drama

As Allen Ginsberg talks about his life and art, his most famous poem is illustrated in animation while the obscenity trial of the work is dramatized.

Controversy Week

Exit Through the Gift Shop
Thursday 27th October 2011
19:00, Weber, K-huset



Documentary/Comedy

The story of how an eccentric French shop keeper and amateur film maker attempted to locate and befriend Banksy, only to have the artist turn the camera back on its owner. The film contains footage of Banksy, Shephard Fairey, Invader and many of the world's most infamous graffiti artists at work.

Sports Week

The Blind Side
Sunday 23rd October 2011
19:00, Weber, K-huset



Biogrphy/Drama/Sport

The story of Michael Oher, a homeless and traumatized boy who became an All American football player and first round NFL draft pick with the help of a caring woman and her family.

Sports Week

Whip It
Thursday 20th October 2011
19:00, Weber, K-huset



Drama/Sport

In Bodeen, Texas, an indie-rock loving misfit finds a way of dealing with her small-town misery after she discovers a roller derby league in nearby Austin.

Dragon Week

How to Train Your Dragon
Sunday 16th October 2011
19:00, Weber, K-huset



Animation/Adventure/Comedy

A hapless young Viking who aspires to hunt dragons becomes the unlikely friend of a young dragon himself, and learns there may be more to the creatures than he assumed.

Dragon Week

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Thursday 13th October 2011
19:00, Weber, K-huset



Adventure/Fantasy

Lucy and Edmund Pevensie return to Narnia with their cousin Eustace where they meet up with Prince Caspian for a trip across the sea aboard the royal ship The Dawn Treader. Along the way they encounter dragons, dwarves, merfolk, and a band of lost warriors before reaching the edge of the world.

Love Week

(500) Days of Summer
Sunday 9th October 2011
19:00, Weber, K-huset



Comedy/Drama/Romance

An offbeat romantic comedy about a woman who doesn't believe true love exists, and the young man who falls for her.

Love Week

Paper Heart
Thursday 6th October 2011
19:00, Weber, K-huset



Documentary/Comedy/Drama

Charlyne Yi embarks on a quest across America to make a documentary about the one subject she doesn't fully understand: Love.

Amphibian Week

Rango
Sunday 2nd October 2011
19:00, Weber, K-huset



Animation/Adventure/Comedy

Rango is an ordinary chameleon who accidentally winds up in the town of Dirt, a lawless outpost in the Wild West in desperate need of a new sheriff.

Amphibian Week

Tangled
Thursday 29th September 2011
19:00, Weber, K-huset



Animation/Comedy

The magically long-haired Rapunzel has spent her entire life in a tower, but now that a runaway thief has stumbled upon her, she is about to discover the world for the first time.

Sixties Week

The Boat That Rocked
Sunday 25th September 2011
19:00, Weber, K-huset



Comedy/Drama/Music

An radio station broadcasting from a boat in the North Sea was Britain's only supply of rock music in the 1960's. This is the story of their fight against the government to stay on-air.

Sixties Week

Breakfast at Tiffany's
Thursday 22nd September 2011
19:00, Myrdal (next to Weber), K-huset



Comedy/Drama/Romance

A young and eccentric New York socialite becomes interested in a young man who has moved into her apartment building.

Swedish Week

Svinalängorna
Sunday 18th September 2011
19:00, Weber, K-huset



Drama

A drama set in 1970s Sweden and centered on a young woman's experiences growing up in a home riddled with abuse and alcoholism.

Swedish Week

Cornelis
Thursday 15th September 2011
19:00, Weber, K-huset



Biography/Drama/Music

Cornelis is the unique story about one of Sweden's greatest music legends - Cornelis Vreeswijk. An honest and gripping account of an exceptionally talented but self-destructive artist's intense life, both on and behind the stage.

Senior Citizens Week

Red
Sunday 11th September 2011
19:00, Weber, K-huset



Action/Comedy

When his peaceful life is threatened by a high-tech assassin, former black-ops agent Frank Moses reassembles his old team in a last ditch effort to survive and uncover his assailants.

Senior Citizens Week

Up
Thursday 8th September 2011
19:00, Weber, K-huset



Adventure/Comedy

By tying thousands of balloon to his home, 78-year-old Carl Fredricksen sets out to fulfill his lifelong dream to see the wilds of South America. Right after lifting off, however, he learns he isn't alone on his journey, since Russell, a wilderness explorer 70 years his junior, has inadvertently become a stowaway on the trip.

Epic Week

The Social Network
Sunday 4th September 2011
19:00, Weber, K-huset



Biography/Drama

In 2003 Mark Zuckerberg founded Facebook, what soon became an internet phenomenon, global social network and a revolution in communication. He made 500 million friends and billions of dollars...but he made some enemies too.

Epic Week

The King's Speech
Thursday 1st September 2011
19:00, Weber, K-huset



Biography/Drama/History

When his brother abdicates, George (Bertie to his family) reluctantly takes the throne, becoming King George VI. In order to overcome his stammer and make his first official speech as King, Bertie engages the help of the unorthodox speech therapist Lionel Logue.

Summertime!

Greetings faithful members,

You may or may not have noticed that CGI Week falls quite conveniently upon the week before midsummer and around the end of the Spring Term. Coincidentally this will be the last week of Cinema Campus screenings...until next term, anyway :) We will be back in the first week of September with new movies, new memberships and all new information right here on our trusty website.

So enjoy the weather (isn't it splendid?), enjoy the remaining screenings (aren't they splendid?), and we will see you in the fall for some more awesome movie awesomeness.

With much niceness,

Alana and Erica

CGI Week - Part 2 (Screening 19th June)

Ice Age

Sunday 19th June 2011
Weber, K-huset, 19:00

Animation/Adventure/Comedy

Back when the Earth was being overrun by glaciers, and animals were scurrying to save themselves from the upcoming Ice Age, a stupid sloth named Sid, a woolly mammoth named Manny, a saber-toothed tiger named Diego, and an acorn-loving saber-toothed squirrel named Scrat are forced to become unlikely heroes. The four reluctantly come together when they have to return a human child to its father while braving the deadly elements of the impending Ice Age.

CGI Week - Part 1 (Screening 16th June)

Madagascar

Thursday 16th June 2011
Weber, K-huset, 19:00

Animation/Adventure/Comedy

At New York's Central Park Zoo, a lion, a zebra, a giraffe, and a hippo are best friends and stars of the show. But when one of the animals goes missing from their cage, the other three break free to look for him, only to find themselves reunited ... on a ship en route to Africa. When their vessel is hijacked, however, the friends, who have all been raised in captivity, learn first-hand what life can be like in the wild.

Johnny Depp Week - Part 2 (Screening 12th June)

What's Eating Gilbert Grape

Sunday 12th June 2011
Weber, K-huset, 19:00

Drama/Romance

Gilbert Grape lives in Endora, a place where nothing much happens. The only times the police got something to do is when Gilbert's autistic brother Arnie tries to climb up on the watertower nearby. Taking care of Arnie is mostly Gilbert's task which can be pretty demanding, at least while you are working at the local grocery store. Then one day Becky and her grandmother passes through Endora getting trouble with the car. Gilbert falls in love with Becky, but gets problems when he tries to find time for his own private life.

Johnny Depp Week - Part 1 (Screening 9th June)

Edward Scissorhands

Thursday 9th June 2011
K1081, K-huset, 19:00

Drama/Fantasy/Romance

In a castle high on top of a hill lives an inventor's greatest creation - Edward, a near-complete person. The creator died before he could finish Edward's hands; instead, Edward is left with metal scissors for hands. Since then, Edward has lived alone, until a kind lady called Peg discovers Edward and welcomes him into her home. At first, everyone welcomes Edward into the community, but soon things begin to take a change for the worse.

Vintage Week - Part 2 (Screening 5th June)

Some Like it Hot

Sunday 5th June 2011
Weber, K-huset, 19:00

Comedy/Music

Two struggling musicians witness the St. Valentine's Day Massacre and try to find a way out of the city before they are found and killed by the mob. The only job that will pay their way is an all girl band so the two dress up as women. In addition to hiding, each has his own problems; One falls for another band member but can't tell her his gender, and the other has a rich suitor who will not take "No," for an answer.

Vintage Week - Part 1 (Screening 2nd June)

Breakfast at Tiffany's

Thursday 2nd June 2011
Weber, K-huset, 19:00

Comedy/Drama/Romance

Struggling writer Paul Varjak moves into a New York apartment building and becomes intrigued by his pretty, quirky neighbor Holly Golightly. Holly's lifestyle confuses and fascinates Paul; in public she flits through parties with a sexy, sophisticated air, but when they're alone she changes into a sweetly vulnerable bundle of neuroses.

Train Week - Part 2 (Screening 29th May)

The Polar Express

Sunday 29th May 2011
Weber, K-huset, 19:00

Animation/Adventure

This is the story of a young hero boy on Christmas Eve who boards on a powerful magical train that's headed to the North Pole and Santa Claus's home. What unfolds is an an adventure which follows a doubting boy, who takes an extraordinary train ride to the North Pole; during this ride, he embarks on a journey of self-discovery which shows him that the wonder of life never fades for those who believe.

Train Week - Part 1 (Screening 26th May)

The Station Agent
Dialogue: American English / Subtitles: Swedish

Thursday 26th May 2011
Weber, K-huset, 19:00

Comedy/Drama

When his only friend and co-worker dies, a young man born with dwarfism moves to an abandoned train depot in rural New Jersey. Though he tried to maintain a life of solitude, he is soon entangled with an artist who is struggling with a personal tragedy and an overly friendly Cuban hot-dog vendor.

War Week - Part 2 (Screening 22nd May)

Defiance

Sunday 22nd May 2011
Weber, K-huset, 19:00

Action/Drama/History

On the run and hiding in the deep forests of the then German occupied Poland and Belorussia (World War II), the three Bielski brothers find the impossible task of foraging for food and weapons for their survival. They live, not only with the fear of discovery, contending with neighboring Soviet partisans and knowing whom to trust but also take the responsibility of looking after a large mass of fleeing Polish Jews from the German war machine. Women, men, children, the elderly and the young alike are all hiding in makeshift homes in the dark, cold and unforgiving forests in the darkest times of German occupied Eastern Europe.

War Week - Part 1 (Screening 19th May)

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

Thursday 19th May 2011
Weber, K-huset, 19:00

Drama/War

Young Bruno lives a wealthy lifestyle in prewar Germany along with his mother, elder sister, and SS Commandant father. The family relocates to the countryside where his father is assigned to take command a prison camp. A few days later, Bruno befriends another youth, strangely dressed in striped pajamas, named Shmuel who lives behind an electrified fence. Bruno will soon find out that he is not permitted to have this new friend...

Swedish Week - Part 2 (Screening 15th May)

I rymden finns inga känslor
(Simple Simon - English title)

Sunday 15th May 2011
Weber, K-huset, 19:00

Comedy/Drama/Romance

When Sam's girlfriend breaks up with him he becomes depressed so to cheer him up and get things back to normal, his socially awkward brother Simon decides to set out on a quest to find Sam a new, perfect girlfriend. Struggling with Asperger Syndrome, the quest is more difficult than Simon first expected.

Swedish Week - Part 1 (Screening 12th May)

Masjävlar
(Dalecarlians - English title)

Thursday 12th May 2011
Weber, K-huset, 19:00

Comedy/Drama

Mia, who's living in Stockholm, comes home to her small childhood town to celebrate her father's birthday. There she find herself looked down upon by her oldest sister, and she has to confront both her sisters when her father decides to give her the cabin by the lake, a sought-after place by both her sisters. She visits some people who are still living in the small town, and all seem quite content with the lives they're leading. However, as the story progresses it becomes more and more noticable that none of the characters feel good about how they live.

Disney Week - Part 2 (Screening 8th May)

Aladdin

Sunday 8th May 2011
Weber, K-huset, 19:00

Animation/Adventure/Fantasy

Aladdin is a street-urchin who lives in a large and busy town long ago with his faithful monkey friend Abu. When Princess Jasmine gets tired of being forced to remain in the palace that overlooks the city, she sneaks out to the marketplace, where she accidentally meets Aladdin. Under the orders of the evil Jafar (the sultan's advisor), Aladdin is thrown in jail and becomes caught up in Jafar's plot to rule the land with the aid of a mysterious lamp. Legend has it that only a person who is a "diamond in the rough" can retrieve the lamp from the Cave of Wonders. Aladdin might fight that description, but that's not enough to marry the princess, who must (by law) marry a prince.

Disney week - Part 1 (Screening 5th May)

Beauty and the Beast

Thursday 5th May 2011
Weber, K-huset, 19:00

Animation/Fantasy

Belle is a girl who is dissatisfied with life in a small provincial French town, constantly trying to fend off the misplaced "affections" of conceited Gaston. The Beast is a prince who was placed under a spell because he could not love. A wrong turn taken by Maurice, Belle's father, causes the two to meet.

Musical Week - Part 2 (Screening 1st May)

Moulin Rouge!

Sunday 1st May 2011
Weber, K-huset, 19:00

Drama/Musical/Romance

The year is 1899, and Christian, a young English writer, has come to Paris to follow the Bohemian revolution taking hold of the city's drug and prostitute infested underworld. And nowhere is the thrill of the underworld more alive than at the Moulin Rouge, a night club where the rich and poor men alike come to be entertained by the dancers, but things take a wicked turn for Christian as he starts a deadly love affair with the star courtesan of the club, Satine. But her affections are also coveted by the club's patron: the Duke. A dangerous love triangle ensues as Satine and Christian attempt to fight all odds to stay together but a force that not even love can conquer is taking its toll on Satine...

Musical Week - Part 1 (Screening 28th April)

Singin' in the Rain

Thursday 28th April 2011
Weber, K-huset, 19:00

Comedy/Musical/Romance

In 1927, Don Lockwood and Lina Lamont are a famous on-screen romantic pair. Lina, however, mistakes the on-screen romance for real love. Don has worked hard to get where he is today, with his former partner Cosmo. When Don and Lina's latest film is transformed into a musical, Don has the perfect voice for the songs. But Lina - well, even with the best efforts of a diction coach, they still decide to dub over her voice. Kathy Selden is brought in, an aspiring actress, and while she is working on the movie, Don falls in love with her. Will Kathy continue to "aspire", or will she get the break she deserves?

Finnish Week - Part 2 (Screening 24th April)

FC Venus

Sunday 24th April 2011
Weber, K-huset, 19:00

Comedy/Romance/Sport

Manly men and womenly women...and football.

Finnish Week - Part 1 (Screening 21st April)

Mies vailla menneisyyttä
(The Man Without A Past - English title)

Thursday 21st April 2011
Weber, K-huset, 19:00

Comedy/Crime/Drama

The second part of Aki Kaurismäki's "Finland" trilogy, the film follows a man who arrives in Helsinki and gets beaten up so severely he develops amnesia. Unable to remember his name or anything from his past life, he cannot get a job or an apartment, so he starts living on the outskirts of the city and slowly starts putting his life back on track.

Jailbreak Week - Part 2 (Screening 17th April)

The Shawshank Redemption



Sunday 17th April 2011
Weber, K-huset, 19:00

Crime/Drama

Andy Dufresne is a young and successful banker whose life changes drastically when he is convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of his wife and her lover. Set in the 1940's, the film shows how Andy, with the help of his friend Red, the prison entrepreneur, turns out to be a most unconventional prisoner.

Jailbreak Week - Part 1 (Screening 14th April)

Toy Story 3




Thursday 14th April 2011
Weber, K-huset, 19:00

Animation/Adventure/Comedy

Woody, Buzz and the whole gang are back. As their owner Andy prepares to depart for college, his loyal toys find themselves in daycare where untamed tots with their sticky little fingers do not play nice. So, it's all for one and one for all as they join Barbie's counterpart Ken, a thespian hedgehog named Mr. Pricklepants and a pink, strawberry-scented teddy bear called Lots-o'-Huggin' Bear to plan their great escape.

Underdog Week - Part 2 (Screening 10th April)

Kick-Ass

Sunday 10th April 2011
Weber, K-huset, 19:00

Adventure/Comedy

Dave Lizewski is an unnoticed high school student and comic book fan with a few friends and who lives alone with his father. His life is not very difficult and his personal trials not that overwhelming. However, one day he makes the simple decision to become a super-hero even though he has no powers or training.

Underdog Week - Part 1 (Screening 7th April)

Slumdog Millionaire

Thursday 7th April 2011
Weber, K-huset, 19:00

Drama/Romance

The story of Jamal Malik, an 18 year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai, who is about to experience the biggest day of his life. With the whole nation watching, he is just one question away from winning a staggering 20 million rupees on India's Kaun Banega Crorepati? (Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?) But when the show breaks for the night, police arrest him on suspicion of cheating; how could a street kid know so much? Desperate to prove his innocence, Jamal tells the story of his life in the slum where he and his brother grew up, of their adventures together on the road, of vicious encounters with local gangs, and of Latika, the girl he loved and lost. Each chapter of his story reveals the key to the answer to one of the game show's questions. Each chapter of Jamal's increasingly layered story reveals where he learned the answers to the show's seemingly impossible quizzes. But one question remains...

Tarantino Week - Part 2 (Screening 3rd April)

Pulp Fiction

Sunday 3rd April 2011
Weber, K-huset, 19:00

Crime/Drama/Thriller

Jules Winnfield and Vincent Vega are two hitmen who are out to retrieve a suitcase stolen from their employer, mob boss Marsellus Wallace. Wallace has also asked Vincent to take his wife Mia out a few days later when Wallace himself will be out of town. Butch Coolidge is an aging boxer who is paid by Wallace to lose his next fight. The lives of these seemingly unrelated people are woven together comprising of a series of funny, bizarre and uncalled-for incidents.

Tarantino Week - Part 1 (Screening 31st March)

Reservoir Dogs

Thursday 31st March 2011
Weber, K-huset, 19:00

Crime/Mystery/Thriller

Six criminals, who are strangers to each other, are hired by a crime boss Joe Cabot to carry out a diamond robbery. Right at the outset, they are given false names with an intention that they won't get too close and concentrate on the job instead. They are completely sure that the robbery is going to be a success. But when the police show up right at the time and the site of the robbery, panic spreads amongst the group members and one of them is killed in the subsequent shootout along with a few policemen and civilians. When the remaining people assemble at the premeditated rendezvous point (a warehouse), they begin to suspect that one of them is an undercover cop.

Wilderness Week - Part 2 (Screening 27th March)

Brokeback Mountain

Sunday 27th March 2011
Weber, K-huset, 19:00

Drama/Romance

In the Summer of 1963 Wyoming, two young men, Ennis a ranch hand and Jack an aspiring rodeo bull rider, are sent to work together herding sheep on Brokeback Mountain, and what had otherwise been anticipated to be a rather uneventful venture, will soon turn into an affair of love, of lust, and complications that will spand through 19 years of their lives. Through marriage, through children, and through the mighty grip of societal confines and the expectations of what it is to be a man.

Wilderness Week - Part 1 (Screening 24th March)

Into the Wild

Thursday 24th March 2011
Weber, K-huset, 19:00

Adventure/Biography/Drama

Based on a true story. After graduating from Emory University, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandoned his possessions, gave his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhiked to Alaska to live in the wilderness. Along the way, Christopher encounters a series of characters who shape his life.

Revenge Week - Part 2 (Screening 20th March)

Gran Torino

Sunday 20th March 2011
Weber, K-huset, 19:00

Drama

Walt Kowalski is a widower who holds onto his prejudices despite the changes in his Michigan neighborhood and the world around him. Kowalski is a grumpy, tough-minded, unhappy an old man, who can't get along with either his kids or his neighbors, a Korean War veteran whose prize possession is a 1972 Gran Torino he keeps in mint condition. When his neighbor Thao, a young Hmong teenager under pressure from his gang member cousin, tries to steal his Gran Torino, Kowalski sets out to reform the youth. Drawn against his will into the life of Thao's family, Kowalski is soon taking steps to protect them from the gangs that infest their neighborhood.

Revenge Week - Part 1 (Screening 17th March)

Taken

Thursday 5th May 2011
Weber, K-huset, 19:00

Action/Crime/Drama

Seventeen year-old Kim is the pride and joy of her father Bryan Mills. Bryan is a retired agent who left the Central Intelligence Agency to be near Kim in California. Kim lives with her mother Lenore and her wealthy stepfather Stuart. Kim manages to convince her reluctant father to allow her to travel to Paris with her friend Amanda. When the girls arrive in Paris they share a cab with a stranger named Peter, and Amanda lets it slip that they are alone in Paris. Using this information an Albanian gang of human traffickers kidnaps the girls. Kim barely has time to call her father and give him information. Her father gets to speak briefly to one of the kidnappers and he promises to kill the kidnappers if they do not let his daughter go free. The kidnapper wishes him "good luck," so Bryan Mills travels to Paris to search for his daughter and her friend.

Hip-Hop Week - Part 2 (Screening 13th March)

Honey

Sunday 13th March 2011
Weber, K-huset, 19:00

Drama/Music/Romance

Honey Danels is a 22-year-old, sexy, tough-minded, part-black, part-Latina hip-hop dancer in New York's East Harlem who dreams of making it big as a music video choreographer. She teaches hip-hop dancing at a local youth center and encourages the local kids to attend to keep them off the streets and out of trouble. When luck shines on Honey in the form of a famous music video director, named Michael, who casts her in one music video, she's encouraged to make the transition from dancer to choreographer. But Honey's sudden success comes with a price when Michael refuses to take "no" for an answer to his sexual advances and then tries to sabotage her career by blackballing her out of the business.

Hip-Hop Week - Part 1 (Screening 10th March)

8 Mile

Thursday 10th March 2011
Weber, K-huset, 19:00

Drama/Music

A rap version of "Saturday Night Fever." B-Rabbit, a wannabe rapper from the wrong side of Detroit's 8 Mile, has problems: he dumps his girlfriend when she tells him she's pregnant; to save money to make a demo tape, he moves into his alcoholic mom's trailer; his job's a dead end, and he's just choked at the local head-to-head rap contest. Things improve when he meets Alex - an aspiring model headed for New York - and a fast-talking pal promises to set up the demo. Then new setbacks: Alex isn't faithful, mom rejects him, rifts surface with his friends, and he's mugged by rivals. Everything hinges on the next rap showdown at the club. Can B-Rabbit pull truth out of his cap?

Drug Week - Part 2 (6th March)

Trainspotting

Sunday 6th March 2011
Weber, K-huset, 19:00

Crime/Drama

A wild, freeform, Rabelaisian trip through the darkest recesses of Edinburgh low-life, focusing on Mark Renton and his attempt to give up his heroin habit, and how the latter affects his relationship with family and friends: Sean Connery wannabe Sick Boy, dimbulb Spud, psycho Begbie, 14-year-old girlfriend Diane, and clean-cut athlete Tommy, who's never touched drugs but can't help being curious about them...

Drug Week - Part 1 (Screening 3rd March)

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Thursday 3rd March 2011
Weber, K-huset, 19:00

Drama/Fantasy

An adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson's novel of the same name. The film details a whacky search for the "American Dream", by Thompson and his crazed, Samoan lawyer. Fueled by the massive amount of drugs they purchased with an advance from a magazine to cover a sporting event in Vegas; they set out in the Red Shark. Encountering police, reporters, gamblers, racers, and hitchhikers; they search for some undefinable thing know only as the "American Dream" and find fear, loathing and hilarious adventures into the dementia of the modern American West.

Music Week - Part 2 (Screening 27th February)

The Boat That Rocked

Sunday 27th February 2011
Weber, K-huset, 19:00

Comedy/Drama/Music

In the mid 1960s in Britain, the BBC plays little pop music. To the ire of conservative elements of the UK government, a pirate radio station operates on a ship off the coast, capturing half the English audience. Fatherless young Carl, thrown out of school for smoking, is remanded by his elegant mother to the ship, where colorful men - and a lesbian - run the station. Every two weeks women come on board; he falls for the station manager's niece. There's a feud for DJ primacy between an expat Yank and an English god; the midnight DJ says little, the early A.M. jock rarely appears, and back on shore, a government minister is implacable. Can he sink the ship and silence rock and roll?

Music Week - Part 1 (Screening 24th February)

Ray

Thursday 24th February 2011
Weber, K-huset, 19:00

Biography/Drama/Music

The life of Ray Charles (played by Jamie Foxx) shows the personal struggles that he encountered growing up in the South as a young blind child (Ray went blind at age 7), and then as a famous singer. The story of his rise to fame and his relationship with his mother and younger brother, his wife, and other women are all part of his celebrated life. Ray's mother told him never to become a cripple, and Ray didn't. Ray was a musical genius who took control of his life and his music, although he did have some setbacks. The movie doesn't sugar coat any of Ray's life. It shows the devastating impact that heroin addiction had on him, and the will power he had to kick the habit.

Flight Week - Part 2 (Screening 20th February)

How to Train Your Dragon

Sunday 20th February 2011
Weber, K-huset, 19:00

Animation/Adventure/Comedy

Long ago up North on the Island of Berk, the young Viking, Hiccup, wants to join his town's fight against the dragons that continually raid their town. However, his macho father and village leader, Stoik the Vast, will not allow his small, clumsy, but inventive son to do so. Regardless, Hiccup ventures out into battle and downs a mysterious Night Fury dragon with his invention, but can't bring himself to kill it. Instead, Hiccup and the dragon, whom he dubs Toothless, begin a friendship that would open up both their worlds as the observant boy learns that his people have misjudged the species. But even as the two each take flight in their own way, they find that they must fight the destructive ignorance plaguing their world.

Flight Week - Part 1 (Screening 17th February)

Up

Thursday 17th February 2011
Weber, K-huset, 19:00

Animation/Adventure/Comedy

A young Carl Fredrickson meets a young adventure spirited girl named Ellie. They both dream of going to a Lost Land in South America. 70 years later, Ellie has died. Carl remembers the promise he made to her. Then, when he inadvertently hits a construction worker, he is forced to go to a retirement home. But before they can take him, he and his house fly away. However he has a stowaway aboard. An 8 year old boy named Russell, who's trying to get an Assisting the Elderly badge. Together, they embark on an adventure, where they encounter talking dogs, an evil villain and a rare bird named Kevin.

Epic Week - Part 2 (Screening 13th February)

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

Sunday 13th February 2011
Weber, K-huset, 19:00

Action/Comedy/Fantasy

Scott Pilgrim plays in a band which aspires to success. He dates Knives Chau, a high-school girl five years younger, and he hasn't recovered from being dumped by his former girlfriend, now a success with her own band. When Scott falls for Ramona Flowers, he has trouble breaking up with Knives and tries to romance Ramona. As if juggling two women wasn't enough, Ramona comes with baggage: seven ex-lovers, with each of whom Scott must do battle to the death in order to win Ramona.

Epic Week - Part 1 (Screening 10th February)

Inception

Thursday 10th February 2011
Weber, K-huset, 19:00

Action/Crime/Mystery

Dom Cobb is a skilled thief, the absolute best in the dangerous art of extraction, stealing valuable secrets from deep within the subconscious during the dream state, when the mind is at its most vulnerable. Cobb's rare ability has made him a coveted player in this treacherous new world of corporate espionage, but it has also made him an international fugitive and cost him everything he has ever loved. Now Cobb is being offered a chance at redemption. One last job could give him his life back but only if he can accomplish the impossible-inception. Instead of the perfect heist, Cobb and his team of specialists have to pull off the reverse: their task is not to steal an idea but to plant one. If they succeed, it could be the perfect crime. But no amount of careful planning or expertise can prepare the team for the dangerous enemy that seems to predict their every move. An enemy that only Cobb could have seen coming.

British History Week - Part 2 (Screening 6th February)

Elizabeth: The Golden Age

Sunday 6th February 2011
Weber, K-huset, 19:00

Biography/Drama/History

Two faiths, two empires, two rulers - colliding in 1588. Papist Spain wants to bring down the heretic Elizabeth. Philip is building an armada but needs a rationale to attack. With covert intrigue, Spain sets a trap for the Queen and her principal secretary, Walsingham, using as a pawn Elizabeth's cousin Mary Stuart, who's under house arrest in the North. The trap springs, and the armada sets sail, to rendezvous with French ground forces and to attack. During these months, the Virgin Queen falls in love with Walter Raleigh, keeping him close to court and away from the sea and America. Is treachery or heroism at his heart? Does loneliness await her passionate majesty?

British History Week - Part 1 (Screening 3rd February)

The Other Boleyn Girl

Thursday 3rd December 2011
Weber, K-huset, 19:00

Biography/History/Drama

King Henry VIII of England and his wife Katherine of Aragon are having marital problems over the inability to sire a male heir. Henry summons the Boleyn family - parents Sir Thomas and Lady Elizabeth, and their three children George, Anne and Mary, who are all approaching adulthood - to his court. The Boleyn's original plan is to have Anne, the headstrong and outspoken one of the daughters, be Henry's mistress. After initial misgivings, Anne pursues this liaison as a means for her eventually to marry into royalty on Henry's approval. However, Henry instead has his eyes on the more innocent Mary, despite she already being married to the equally innocent William Carey. Sir Thomas and the Duke of Norfolk, Lady Elizabeth's brother, do whatever they can to secure a position of privilege in the royal court by having the Boleyn children do whatever pleases the King, much to the dismay of Lady Elizabeth, who herself was born into nobility but gave it up to marry Sir Thomas for love. Sir Thomas and the Duke's ultimate goal is for a Boleyn girl to produce a son with the King. Anne and Mary, based on their own personalities, take different paths, which sometimes places them at odds with Henry, with the people of England, with their family, and with each other.

Food Week - Part 2 (Screening 30th January)

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

Sunday 30th January 2011
Weber, K-huset, 19:00

Animation/Comedy

Flint Lockwood thinks he's a genius. But none of the things he invented are things that make sense or are useful. However, he has the support of his mother but when she dies, he's left alone with his father who thinks he should give it up. When the community that he lives in, is in an economic crisis because their primary source of income a sardine cannery was shut down, Flint decides to try his latest invention, a machine that can turn water into food. But something goes wrong and the machine ends up in the atmosphere. Later it starts raining food. And so the shifty mayor tries to use this as a way to help their community. But when Flint sense something's wrong with the machine, the mayor convinces him to ignore it. But as Flint predict chaos ensues.

Food Week - Part 1 (Screening 27th January)

Julie & Julia

Thursday 27th January 2011
Weber, K-huset, 19:00

Biography/Drama/Romance

In 1949, Julia Child is in Paris, the wife of a diplomat, wondering how to spend her days. She tries hat making, bridge, and then cooking lessons at Cordon Bleu. There she discovers her passion. In 2002, Julie Powell, about to turn 30 and underemployed with an unpublished novel, decides to cook her way through "Mastering the Art of French Cooking" in a year and to blog about it. We go back and forth between these stories of two women learning to cook and finding success. Sympathetic, loving husbands support them both, and friendships, too, add zest.

Airport Week - Part 2 (Screening 23rd January)

Up in the Air

Sunday 23rd January 2011
Weber, K-huset, 19:00

Drama/Romance

Ryan Bingham's job is to fire people from theirs. The anguish, hostility, and despair of his "clients" has left him falsely compassionate, living out of a suitcase, and loving every second of it. When his boss hires arrogant young Natalie, she develops a method of video conferencing that will allow termination without ever leaving the office - essentially threatening the existence Ryan so cherishes. Determined to show the naive girl the error of her logic, Ryan takes her on one of his cross country firing expeditions, but as she starts to realize the disheartening realities of her profession, he begins to see the downfalls to his way of life.

Airport Week - Part 1 (Screening 20th January)

The Terminal

Thursday 20th January 2011
Weber, K-huset, 19:00

Comedy/Drama

Viktor Navorski, a man from an Eastern European country arrives in New York. However after he left his country war broke out. Suddenly Navorski is a man without a country - or one that the U.S. cannot recognize, thus he is denied entrance to the U.S. However, he also can't be deported so he is told by the Security Manager that he has to remain in the airport until his status can be fixed. And also Navorski doesn't speak English very well, so he cannot talk to or understand anyone. But he somehow adapts and sets up residence in the airport, which makes the man who placed him there unhappy, as it seems he is in line for a promotion but Navroski's presence might complicate that. So he tries to get Navorski to leave but Navorski remains where he is. Navorski makes friends with some of the people who work in the airport and is attracted to a flight attendant he runs into whenever she comes in.

Michael Cera Week - Part 2 (Screening 16th January)

Paper Heart

Sunday 16th January 2011
Weber, K-huset, 19:00

Comedy/Drama/Romance

Paper Heart follows Nick and Charlyne on a cross-country journey to document what exactly "love" is. Interviewing ministers, happily married couples, chemists, romance novelists, divorce lawyers, a group of children and more, the determined young girl attempts to find definition and perhaps even experience the mysterious emotion. But as they travel across the United States and even venture to "The City of Love" her pessimistic denial may hinder her chances at finding real happiness.

Michael Cera Week - Part 1 (Screening 13th January)

Juno

Thursday 13th January 2011
Weber, K-huset, 19:00

Comedy/Drama

A tale told over four seasons, starting in autumn when Juno, a 16-year-old high-school junior in Minnesota, discovers she's pregnant after one event in a chair with her best friend, Bleeker. In the waiting room of an abortion clinic, the quirky and whip-sharp Juno decides to give birth and to place the child with an adoptive couple. She finds one in the PennySaver personals, contacts them, tells her dad and step-mother, and carries on with school. The chosen parents, upscale yuppies (one of whom is cool and laid back, the other meticulous and uptight), meet Juno, sign papers, and the year unfolds. Will Juno's plan work, can she improvise, and what about Bleeker?

Roald Dahl Week - Part 2 (Screening 9th January)

Matilda

Sunday 9th January 2011
Weber, K-huset, 19:00

Comedy/Fantasy

This is the story of a sweet bright little girl named Matilda, who is a child of wondrous intelligence. But unfortunately she is different from the rest of her family. Ignored at home all the time, Matilda escapes into a world of reading, exercising her mind so much she develops telekinetic powers. Good thing, too: sent off to a school headed by a cruel hulking monster, principal Agatha Trunchbull, Matilda needs all the help she can get. Amid Crunchem's darkness, Matilda finds a single light in warm-hearted Miss Honey, the first-grade teacher who recognizes the girl's remarkable skills--including a very special talent that allows the spirited girl to turn the tables on the wicked grown-ups in her world.

Roald Dahl Week - Part 1 (Screening 6th January)

Fantastic Mr. Fox

Thursday 6th January 2011
Weber, K-huset, 19:00

Animation/Adventure/Comedy

It is the story of one Mr. Fox and his wild-ways of hen heckling, turkey taking and cider sipping, nocturnal, instinctive adventures. He has to put his wild days behind him and do what fathers do best: be responsible. He is too rebellious. He is too wild. He is going to try "just one more raid" on the three nastiest, meanest farmers that are Boggis, Bunce and Bean. It is a tale of crossing the line of family responsibilities and midnight adventure and the friendships and awakenings of this country life that is inhabited by Fantastic Mr. Fox and his friends.