reel life - a film club meeting in East Oxford
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The King's Speech (12)
15 December 2011
After the death of his father, King George V (Michael Gambon) and the scandalous abdication of King Edward VIII (Guy Pearce), Bertie (Colin Firth) who has suffered from a debilitating speech impediment all his life, is suddenly crowned King George VI of the United Kingdom. With his country on the brink of war and in desperate need of a leader, his wife, Elizabeth (Helena Bonham Carter), the future Queen Mother, arranges for her husband to see an eccentric speech therapist, Lionel Logue (Geoffrey Rush).
Based on the true story of King George VI, "The King's Speech" follows the Royal Monach's quest to find his voice.
Synopsis taken from Love Film
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The Reel Life Film Club is a group of film fans in Oxford who meet each month to watch films and discuss them together.
more...The Reel Life Film Club usually meets once a month during term time, on a Thursday evening.
more...Reel Life Film Club is hosted by Magdalen Road Church in East Oxford where we meet to watch films projected on a big screen in the main hall.
more...coming soon
Provisional Dates for Next Season
19 January 2012
16 February 2012
15 March 2012
19 April 2012
Films to be confirmed.
recently screened
Never Let Me Go (12)
17 November 2011
As children, Ruth (Keira Knightley), Kathy (Carey Mulligan) and Tommy (Andrew Garfield), spend their childhood at a seemingly idyllic English boarding school. As they grow into young adults, they find that they have to come to terms with the strength of the love they feel for each other, while preparing themselves for the haunting reality that awaits them.
Synopsis taken from Love Film
The Adjustment Bureau (12)
20 October 2011
Do we control our destiny, or do unseen forces manipulate us? Matt Damon stars in the thriller The Adjustment Bureau as a man who glimpses the future Fate has planned for him and realizes he wants something else. To get it, he must pursue the only woman he's ever loved across, under and through the streets of modern-day New York.
Synopsis taken from Love Film
Gone Baby Gone (15)
14 April 2011
"Everyone wants the truth... until they find it."
Two Boston area detectives investigate a little girl's kidnapping, which ultimately turns into a crisis both professionally and personally. Based on the Dennis Lehane novel.
Synopsis taken from IMDb
Another Year (12)
24 March 2011
A married couple who have managed to remain blissfully happy into their autumn years, are surrounded over the course of the four seasons of one average year by friends, colleagues, and family who all seem to suffer some degree of unhappiness.
Synopsis taken from Love Film
