See what's showing at the start of next term
Did you know that UWE Frenchay Campus has its own on-site cinema screening an impressive selection of films from recent blockbusters to film-noir cult classics? And it's all free! You can find out more about the cinema by clicking here.
Here's what's showing in January -
Monday 05/01/15 @ 6:15pm in 2D07. FREE admission for all UWE students & staff
His ability to escape from handcuffs, straitjackets, and water tanks is legendary ? breaking the shackles of his past proved more challenging. Academy Award® winner Adrien Brody (The Pianist) and Kristen Connolly (TVs House of Cards) star in this epic mini-series which follows the world-renowned master of escape, transformation from immigrant into the world first superstar. Driven, disciplined, and actively chasing the American Dream, Houdini constantly pushed his physical limits to accomplish feats of strength that amazed audiences in an age of spectacle. And though they saw what he wanted them to see, his reality was more elusive than his escapes.
Wednesday 07/01/15 @ 6:15pm in 2D07. FREE admission for all UWE students & staff
Two leading computer scientists work toward their goal of Technological Singularity, as a radical anti-technology organization fights to prevent them from creating a world where computers can transcend the abilities of the human brain
Starring: Johnny Depp Kata Mara, Cillian Murphy
Monday 12/01/15 @ 6:15pm in 2D07. FREE admission for all UWE students & staff
During their search for a habitable plant the last living humans crash-land on a barren world, inhabited by blookthirsty aliens and mysterious post-apocalyptic warriors
Genre: Science Fiction
Wednesday 14/01/15 @ 6:15pm in 2D07. FREE admission for all UWE students & stafff
James Gunn directs and co-writes this sci-fi action adventure starring Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Vin Diesel and Bradley Cooper as the Marvel Comics superhero team known as the Guardians of the Galaxy. When pilot Peter Quill aka Star-Lord (Pratt) steals a mysterious orb he finds himself the target of the villainous Ronan (Lee Pace) and his allies. When Quill learns of the orb's powers and the danger it could bring to the galaxy, he teams up with alien Gamora (Saldana), warrior Drax the Destroyer (Bautista), tree-like humanoid Groot (voice of Diesel) and raccoon Rocket (voice of Cooper) in an attempt to prevent a disaster. Also among the cast are Karen Gillan, Josh Brolin, Djimon Hounsou, Benicio Del Toro, John C. Reilly and Glenn Close
Monday 19/01/15 @ 6:15pm in 2D07. FREE admission for all UWE students & staff
Join Miranda Hart, award winning Queen of Comedy, at her sell-out My, What I Call, Live Show tour - the first ever nationwide stand-up tour from the star since her BBC hit Miranda. Recorded live at London's O2 Arena, see one of the nation's best-loved comedians performing her laugh out loud genius - expect galloping, attempts at song and dance.
Wednesday 21/01/15 @ 6:15pm in 2D07. FREE admission for all UWE students & staff
Battle-scarred and disillusioned by the war, Corporal Chris Merriman is put in charge of a unit whose next mission is to resupply a remote outpost on the edge of Taliban-controlled territory. While driving through the hostile Helmand province, a Navy SEAL flags down their convoy and enlists the unit on an operation of international importance: they must help an Afghan woman famous for her defiance of the Taliban escape the country. Without tanks or air support, Merriman and his team will need all the courage and firepower they can muster to fight their way across the war-torn country and shepherd the woman to safety.
Monday 26/01/15 @ 6:15pm in 2D07. FREE admission for all UWE students & staff
Ridley Scott directs this historical action adventure starring Russell Crowe. After the death of Richard the Lionheart (Danny Huston) in the Crusades, Sir Robin of Loxley returns from war to his home in the north of England. There, he comes up against the oppressive regime imposed by the tyrannical new Sheriff of Nottingham (Matthew Macfadyen). Robin summons up a group of supporters and puts his formidable archery skills to use in an effort to free the people from corruption and political injustice. Cate Blanchett co-stars as Maid Marian
Starring: Kevin Durand, Russell Crowe, Maid Marian
Wednesday 28/01/15 @ 6:15pm in 2D07. FREE admission for all UWE students & staff
This harrowing German drama is based on the real life events surrounding the German White Rose resistance group, an organisation of German students and conscientious objectors who opposed the Nazi regime and the war. In Munich in 1943, student Sophie Scholl (Julia Jentsch) and her brother Hans (Fabian Hinrichs) are arrested for handing out leaflets opposing the regime. Subjected to brutal interrogation by Gestapo officer Robert Mohr (Gerald Alexander Held), Sophie refuses to break, until Mohr makes it clear that her failure to confess will cost her the lives of her family and friends. The film is based on the actual interrogation transcripts from the Nazi archives
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