I have seen the the Murder on the Orient Express, and I enjoyed every minute of it.
I must admit that I know Agatha Christie's famous story as I have see the 1974 film with Albert Finney as Hercule Poirot, and the 2010 TV episode with David Suchet as the detective.
The story is easy to understand, Poirot is taking the Orient Express from Istanbul, and one of the passengers, Mr Samuel Ratchett asks Poirot for protection by a threat, but Poirot refuses, and the next day, Ratchett is founded murdered, leaving Poirot to find out who the murderer is, and there's a train full of suspects to choose from. Poirot then discovers that Ratchett was really a man called Cassetti, who kidnapped and murdered a young girl called Daisy Armstrong a few years before, an event that lead to many more deaths, and (in this film) Poirot reveals that he was asked by Daisy's father to investigate before killing himself before Poirot could reply, and during the investigation, Poirot discovers that many of the passengers have had a connection to the Armstrong case.
Some bits of the story were changed, such as conversation between characters and who they speak to. Kenneth Branagh's appearance is very different from the previous actors. While Finney's and Suchet's Poirot had a small moustaches, Branagh's was a very wide, which is a way helped ensure that we didn't a Branagh-looking Poirot, just Poirot. In the film, Poirot is more active and quick than his literacy and previous film counterparts, such as chasing a suspect out of the train. At the start, the film begins with one funny part of Poirot where he prefers having two eggs the exact same size, and complains of that the hens can't lay such eggs. Another reference to another Poirot story was the mention of Pilar Estravados, who was in Hercule Poirot's Christmas, who didn't appear in this story. At the end, there's a tongue-and-cheek reference another Poirot story, Death on the Nile.
I was quite impressed with Branagh's version of Poirot, and I must admit to myself that every version of one thing is always different, from both the original source and each other.
I have heard that there might be a sequel coming up with Branagh returning. I hope so, and I'll look forward to it.
I hope that you've seen it and enjoyed it.
I hope that you will come, see and enjoy at Eden Court Theatre.
Wednesday 29 November 2017
Monday 21 August 2017
Review of Dunkirk
I've seen the film Dunkirk - and it was a very good film.
The way the story followed three points of view of the famous event of the Second World War, from the air, sea and the beaches. The work Christopher Nolan the director put into the film was brilliant. One of the things that shocked me in the film was how fast most of the warships trying to help the trapped troops escape sank very quickly, with few survivors.
The ending with the survivors reading of Churchill's infamous speech and seeing a hero's welcome was a good one as it allows the audience to understand where the speech. It's interesting to note that the actor James D'Arcy, who plays an army officer in the film, played Jock Colville in the 2009 film Into the Storm, which too gives Churchill's speech.
One funny scene was when D'Arcy's character talks to Kenneth Branagh's naval character, who is supervising the boats near a pier, about the timing of the tides. D'Arcy's character says that he thought that the tides came in every six hours, not three, and Branagh's character says "It's a good job I'm in the Navy, and you're in the Army." I found the quote quite funny.
All in all, I'll say that the film was a very good one, and I forward to buying it on DVD when it comes out.
I hope that you'll come, see and enjoy at Eden Court.
The way the story followed three points of view of the famous event of the Second World War, from the air, sea and the beaches. The work Christopher Nolan the director put into the film was brilliant. One of the things that shocked me in the film was how fast most of the warships trying to help the trapped troops escape sank very quickly, with few survivors.
The ending with the survivors reading of Churchill's infamous speech and seeing a hero's welcome was a good one as it allows the audience to understand where the speech. It's interesting to note that the actor James D'Arcy, who plays an army officer in the film, played Jock Colville in the 2009 film Into the Storm, which too gives Churchill's speech.
One funny scene was when D'Arcy's character talks to Kenneth Branagh's naval character, who is supervising the boats near a pier, about the timing of the tides. D'Arcy's character says that he thought that the tides came in every six hours, not three, and Branagh's character says "It's a good job I'm in the Navy, and you're in the Army." I found the quote quite funny.
All in all, I'll say that the film was a very good one, and I forward to buying it on DVD when it comes out.
I hope that you'll come, see and enjoy at Eden Court.
Friday 4 August 2017
New Version of the Website
Eden Court has a new version of its website. It can help let you know which has shows has tickets still available if you still wish for a ticket.
But this means that all links prior to this post won't work anymore.
I hope that you will come, see and enjoy at Eden Court.
But this means that all links prior to this post won't work anymore.
I hope that you will come, see and enjoy at Eden Court.
Thursday 20 July 2017
Review of A Murder Is Announced
I went to see A Murder Is Announced last night, and it was brilliant.
The Plot
A local newspaper article "announces" that a murder will take place at Little Paddocks at 6.30 that evening. Miss Letitia Blacklock, owner of Little Paddocks, who lives with her old friend Dora "Bunny" Bunner, young cousins Patrick and Julia Simmons, who are brother and sister, and Phillipa Haymes,who works at a local garden, dismisses the article as a joke, although Mitzi, a refugee maid, thinks that the secret police from her country are coming to kill her, so decides to lock herself in her room when the time comes. Miss Marple comes by, and advises caution.
That evening, at Miss Swettenham and her son, Edmund, drops by. Bunny is nervous while Patrick and Julia are excited. The clock chips the time, the lights go out, then a man enters with a torch and tells everyone to put their hands up, then a gun goes off (catching the audience by surprise for those who may have not known the story beforehand). When the lights come back on, Miss Blacklock had been shot in the ear, and the man in the floor. Then Miss Marple appears again, passing by again, and tells everyone that the man is called Rudi Scherz, a Swiss receptionist at The Royal Spa Hotel from town, and that he is dead.
It looks like Rudi Scherz was the one behind the whole thing and he tried an attempted murder of Miss Blacklock, before killing himself. The only problem is that Miss Blacklock can't think of why anyone would want to kill her when asked by Inspector Craddock. When Miss Marple helps out in the conversion, it turns out that Miss Blacklock was an heiress for a huge amount of money after being a secretary to a rich financier many years ago, and will only heritage after the death of the financier's widow. If she dies before the widow, the only heirs after that will the financier's sister's children Pip and Emma. Further talks with Miss Marple reveals that if Rudi Scherz had been the shooter, he'd have to fuse the lights, lock Mitzi in her room, then open the living room door while holding the torch is one hand and the gun in the other, meaning that somebody else fired the gun. Miss Marple and the inspector finds a second door (from a time with the room was two rooms) that it is hardly used with oiled hinges.
Later while talking with Miss Marple, Bunny talks of the past such as knowing Miss Blacklock and he sister Charlotte, who she nicknamed "Letty" and "Lotty", and how Miss Blacklock offered her a place to stay. But she can get confused, she was sure that a lamp near where Miss Blacklock stood as a shepherd, not a shepherdess, as the lamp was of a pair. Inspector Craddock is puzzled of how he has record of Phillipa Haymes' marriage, birth of her child and death of her husband in the war, but no record of her prior of her marriage, and is interested that Mrs Swettenham's deceased husband was a diplomat near Switzerland.
The day after is Bunny's birthday so everyone gives Bunny a birthday party. Bunny has had a headache and took some of Miss Blacklock's pills to help before joining the party. Just as the birthday cake is served, Bunny dies.
Inspector Craddock is convinced that somebody is attempting to murder Miss Blacklock, while noticing lipstick on Patrick's collar and matches the lipstick Julia uses. Miss Marple helps the house's owner with her loss. Inspector Craddock asks if there are photos of Pip and Emma's parents, but while Miss Blacklock can find the album, the photos are gone. Inspector Craddock and Miss Marple, while Miss Blacklock tries to keep Mitzi in the house, finds and read some old letters between Miss Blacklock and her sister Charlotte, and Miss Marple is curious of Charlotte. After a few more words with the owners the two leave, just as Miss Blacklock gets a letter from Julia, this forces Julia to reveal herself as Emma.
That evening, everyone is brought together again. The inspector questions everyone and gets a call saying the Miss Marple has gone missing. Mitzi enters and tells how she saw Miss Blacklock as the shooter through her room's keyhole. When the inspector accuses Edmund as Pip (under the belief that Pip is a boy), Phillipa reveals herself to be Pip and Emma's sister, both of whom came to Chipping Cleghorn looking to see if there was any money from her mother's family after their parents split up and each took one of the girls with them. When the inspector accuses Edmund further, he runs for it. Everyone leaves, thinking it's all over, leaving Miss Blacklock with Mitzi, who attempts to blackmail her mistress, who reveals that Mitzi couldn't have seen what happened, she the key was in the keyhole.
When Miss Blacklock is alone, she hears Bunny's voice, and Miss Blacklock says that she's sorry. Then Miss Marple enters, and reveals that Miss Blacklock was the murderer. Miss Blacklock fused the lights by dropping water on the lamp's wires, and in the darkness shot Rudi Scherz. To give the impression that she had been shot, she fired the gun where she was last seen before she nicked her ear loop with scissors, casing it to bleed. She then changed her pill's bottles, and killed her friend Bunny. After explain how the murders took place, Miss Marple revealed the motive. Miss Letitia Blacklock is really Miss Charlotte Blacklock, who took her sister's place after she died aboard in Switzerland, where they met Rudi Scherz. Charlotte had a disfigurement on her neck and doctors in Switzerland had worked out how to remove the disfigurement, but while the operation was successful, it had left a scar on her neck, which she hid by wearing a necklace of pearls. It was while they were in Switzerland, that Letitia died. Knowing that her sister was an heiress, and that few people had seen either sister in a while, Charlotte took her sister's identity in hope of getting the money. She invited Bunny to stay out of loneliness, but so realised that Bunny was her undoing. Then she bumped into Rudi Scherz, who worked at the hospital in Switzerland where Charlotte had her operation, this meant that he would have known her as Charlotte, not Letitia as she has been claiming, and Miss Blacklock feared that if he later found out the truth, he'd blackmail her, so she killed him to ensure his silence. Bunny was killed because she got muddled and said too much. Miss Blacklock is arrested and Inspector Craddock thanks Miss Marple for her help.
Review
A few characters were edited out, such as a retired colonel, who owned the gun that was used as the murder weapon, and his wife. Another couple of characters edited out were two ladies who lived nearby and attempted to reenact the first murder, and one of them was later murdered for giving a verbal clue of the killer. All this was done so the play could be performed in the living room of the Little Paddocks, which was good very well.
Although, the programme said that Miss Marple was to be played by Doctor Who actress Louise Jameson, she wasn't there so somebody else played Miss Marple, but it all worked the same.
I think that it was Mitri, the maid, played by Lydia Piechowiak, who provides most of the comic relief, at one point, after Bunny's death (the second murder), she enters with a suitcase and announces to Miss Blacklock, "I give you the sack! I go!" The play had many laughs.
Another comical piece was when while Inspector Craddock is talking to Miss Blacklock, Miss Marple comes in through the door with a torch and gun. The inspector then makes a grab for the gun, only to told by Miss Marple, that it's only a toy gun she's using to reconstruct the events of the first murder.
I'm sure that most of who came to see the show might not have known the story, as between scenes and during the interval, and here and there during the scenes, I could hear the audience whispering who was the murderer. I wonder how many got it right.
I hope that there's more performances like this one to come.
I hope that you will come, see and enjoy at Eden Court.
The Plot
A local newspaper article "announces" that a murder will take place at Little Paddocks at 6.30 that evening. Miss Letitia Blacklock, owner of Little Paddocks, who lives with her old friend Dora "Bunny" Bunner, young cousins Patrick and Julia Simmons, who are brother and sister, and Phillipa Haymes,who works at a local garden, dismisses the article as a joke, although Mitzi, a refugee maid, thinks that the secret police from her country are coming to kill her, so decides to lock herself in her room when the time comes. Miss Marple comes by, and advises caution.
That evening, at Miss Swettenham and her son, Edmund, drops by. Bunny is nervous while Patrick and Julia are excited. The clock chips the time, the lights go out, then a man enters with a torch and tells everyone to put their hands up, then a gun goes off (catching the audience by surprise for those who may have not known the story beforehand). When the lights come back on, Miss Blacklock had been shot in the ear, and the man in the floor. Then Miss Marple appears again, passing by again, and tells everyone that the man is called Rudi Scherz, a Swiss receptionist at The Royal Spa Hotel from town, and that he is dead.
It looks like Rudi Scherz was the one behind the whole thing and he tried an attempted murder of Miss Blacklock, before killing himself. The only problem is that Miss Blacklock can't think of why anyone would want to kill her when asked by Inspector Craddock. When Miss Marple helps out in the conversion, it turns out that Miss Blacklock was an heiress for a huge amount of money after being a secretary to a rich financier many years ago, and will only heritage after the death of the financier's widow. If she dies before the widow, the only heirs after that will the financier's sister's children Pip and Emma. Further talks with Miss Marple reveals that if Rudi Scherz had been the shooter, he'd have to fuse the lights, lock Mitzi in her room, then open the living room door while holding the torch is one hand and the gun in the other, meaning that somebody else fired the gun. Miss Marple and the inspector finds a second door (from a time with the room was two rooms) that it is hardly used with oiled hinges.
Later while talking with Miss Marple, Bunny talks of the past such as knowing Miss Blacklock and he sister Charlotte, who she nicknamed "Letty" and "Lotty", and how Miss Blacklock offered her a place to stay. But she can get confused, she was sure that a lamp near where Miss Blacklock stood as a shepherd, not a shepherdess, as the lamp was of a pair. Inspector Craddock is puzzled of how he has record of Phillipa Haymes' marriage, birth of her child and death of her husband in the war, but no record of her prior of her marriage, and is interested that Mrs Swettenham's deceased husband was a diplomat near Switzerland.
The day after is Bunny's birthday so everyone gives Bunny a birthday party. Bunny has had a headache and took some of Miss Blacklock's pills to help before joining the party. Just as the birthday cake is served, Bunny dies.
Inspector Craddock is convinced that somebody is attempting to murder Miss Blacklock, while noticing lipstick on Patrick's collar and matches the lipstick Julia uses. Miss Marple helps the house's owner with her loss. Inspector Craddock asks if there are photos of Pip and Emma's parents, but while Miss Blacklock can find the album, the photos are gone. Inspector Craddock and Miss Marple, while Miss Blacklock tries to keep Mitzi in the house, finds and read some old letters between Miss Blacklock and her sister Charlotte, and Miss Marple is curious of Charlotte. After a few more words with the owners the two leave, just as Miss Blacklock gets a letter from Julia, this forces Julia to reveal herself as Emma.
That evening, everyone is brought together again. The inspector questions everyone and gets a call saying the Miss Marple has gone missing. Mitzi enters and tells how she saw Miss Blacklock as the shooter through her room's keyhole. When the inspector accuses Edmund as Pip (under the belief that Pip is a boy), Phillipa reveals herself to be Pip and Emma's sister, both of whom came to Chipping Cleghorn looking to see if there was any money from her mother's family after their parents split up and each took one of the girls with them. When the inspector accuses Edmund further, he runs for it. Everyone leaves, thinking it's all over, leaving Miss Blacklock with Mitzi, who attempts to blackmail her mistress, who reveals that Mitzi couldn't have seen what happened, she the key was in the keyhole.
When Miss Blacklock is alone, she hears Bunny's voice, and Miss Blacklock says that she's sorry. Then Miss Marple enters, and reveals that Miss Blacklock was the murderer. Miss Blacklock fused the lights by dropping water on the lamp's wires, and in the darkness shot Rudi Scherz. To give the impression that she had been shot, she fired the gun where she was last seen before she nicked her ear loop with scissors, casing it to bleed. She then changed her pill's bottles, and killed her friend Bunny. After explain how the murders took place, Miss Marple revealed the motive. Miss Letitia Blacklock is really Miss Charlotte Blacklock, who took her sister's place after she died aboard in Switzerland, where they met Rudi Scherz. Charlotte had a disfigurement on her neck and doctors in Switzerland had worked out how to remove the disfigurement, but while the operation was successful, it had left a scar on her neck, which she hid by wearing a necklace of pearls. It was while they were in Switzerland, that Letitia died. Knowing that her sister was an heiress, and that few people had seen either sister in a while, Charlotte took her sister's identity in hope of getting the money. She invited Bunny to stay out of loneliness, but so realised that Bunny was her undoing. Then she bumped into Rudi Scherz, who worked at the hospital in Switzerland where Charlotte had her operation, this meant that he would have known her as Charlotte, not Letitia as she has been claiming, and Miss Blacklock feared that if he later found out the truth, he'd blackmail her, so she killed him to ensure his silence. Bunny was killed because she got muddled and said too much. Miss Blacklock is arrested and Inspector Craddock thanks Miss Marple for her help.
Review
A few characters were edited out, such as a retired colonel, who owned the gun that was used as the murder weapon, and his wife. Another couple of characters edited out were two ladies who lived nearby and attempted to reenact the first murder, and one of them was later murdered for giving a verbal clue of the killer. All this was done so the play could be performed in the living room of the Little Paddocks, which was good very well.
Although, the programme said that Miss Marple was to be played by Doctor Who actress Louise Jameson, she wasn't there so somebody else played Miss Marple, but it all worked the same.
I think that it was Mitri, the maid, played by Lydia Piechowiak, who provides most of the comic relief, at one point, after Bunny's death (the second murder), she enters with a suitcase and announces to Miss Blacklock, "I give you the sack! I go!" The play had many laughs.
Another comical piece was when while Inspector Craddock is talking to Miss Blacklock, Miss Marple comes in through the door with a torch and gun. The inspector then makes a grab for the gun, only to told by Miss Marple, that it's only a toy gun she's using to reconstruct the events of the first murder.
I'm sure that most of who came to see the show might not have known the story, as between scenes and during the interval, and here and there during the scenes, I could hear the audience whispering who was the murderer. I wonder how many got it right.
I hope that there's more performances like this one to come.
I hope that you will come, see and enjoy at Eden Court.
Tuesday 4 July 2017
Spider-Man: Homecoming
After debuting in Captain America: Civil War, Peter Parker keeps working on his Spider-Man skills under the direction of Tony Stark. Peter is trying to prove himself while trying to keep a routine life, but he must work harder when the Vulture makes an appearance.
Director: Jon Watts
Cast
Tom Holland
Marisa Tomei
Robert Downey Jr.
Michael Keaton
A link to the Eden Court Website for more information.
For the Autism Friendly Screening.
I hope that you will come, see and enjoy at Eden Court.
Director: Jon Watts
Cast
Tom Holland
Marisa Tomei
Robert Downey Jr.
Michael Keaton
A link to the Eden Court Website for more information.
For the Autism Friendly Screening.
I hope that you will come, see and enjoy at Eden Court.
80th Bog Post - Dunkirk (2017 film)
It's May 1940, and Hitler's German army has surrounded the remains of the British army and her allies at a place called Dunkirk. With hundreds of thousands of troops trapped, the British government calls for every boat and ship possible to help rescue the trapped troops. Even in the midsts of the war's darkest hour, there's still a chance for a victory.
Director: Christopher Nolan
Cast:
Tom Hardy
Cillian Murphy
Kenneth Branagh
Mark Rylance
Running time: 110 minutes
A link to the Eden Court Website for more information.
For the Subtitled and Audio Describing Version.
For the Silver Lining Version.
I hope that you will come, see and enjoy at Eden Court.
Director: Christopher Nolan
Cast:
Tom Hardy
Cillian Murphy
Kenneth Branagh
Mark Rylance
Running time: 110 minutes
A link to the Eden Court Website for more information.
For the Subtitled and Audio Describing Version.
For the Silver Lining Version.
I hope that you will come, see and enjoy at Eden Court.
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Jack Sparrow (sorry...Captain Jack Sparrow) is back in the latest of the iconic film series and he's determined to get the Black Pearl back, but an old enemy has returned having escape from the Devil's Triangle.
Cast
Johnny Depp
Geoffrey Rush
Javier Bardem
Kaya Scodelario
Running time: 129 minutes
For the Eden Court Website for more information.
Here's a link for the Subtitled Version.
I hope that you will come, see and enjoy at Eden Court.
Cast
Johnny Depp
Geoffrey Rush
Javier Bardem
Kaya Scodelario
Running time: 129 minutes
For the Eden Court Website for more information.
Here's a link for the Subtitled Version.
I hope that you will come, see and enjoy at Eden Court.
Hairy MacIary
For those who love the Hairy MacIary stories, the beloved dog is coming to Eden Court in the OneTouch Theatre this October. The play will portray many of the best known characters by Lynley Dodd. A good play for the family.
Link to the Eden Court Website.
I hope that you will come see and enjoy at Eden Court.
Link to the Eden Court Website.
I hope that you will come see and enjoy at Eden Court.
Wednesday 31 May 2017
Despicable Me 3
Gru is up against a new nemesis, Balthazar Bratt. And don't worry, the Minions are included.
Director: Kyle Balda & Pierre Coffin
Cast:
Steve Carell
Kristen Wiig
Steve Coogan
Running time: 96 minutes
Here's a link for the film.
Here's a link for the Subtitled Screening version.
Here's a link for the Autism Friendly Screening version.
I hope that you will come, see and enjoy at Eden Court.
Director: Kyle Balda & Pierre Coffin
Cast:
Steve Carell
Kristen Wiig
Steve Coogan
Running time: 96 minutes
Here's a link for the film.
Here's a link for the Subtitled Screening version.
Here's a link for the Autism Friendly Screening version.
I hope that you will come, see and enjoy at Eden Court.
Wonder Woman
The sequel for Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice, the film Wonder Woman tells the story of how young Diana, princess of the Amazons, learns of the Great War from Steve Trevors and accompanies him to end the conflict, but she must discover the true extent of her powers.
Director: Patty Jenkins
Cast:
Gal Gadot
Chris Pine
Robin Wright
Here's a link for the film.
Here's a link for the Subtitled Screening version.
Here's a link for the Dream and Scream Screening version.
I hope that you will come, see and enjoy at Eden Court.
Director: Patty Jenkins
Cast:
Gal Gadot
Chris Pine
Robin Wright
Here's a link for the film.
Here's a link for the Subtitled Screening version.
Here's a link for the Dream and Scream Screening version.
I hope that you will come, see and enjoy at Eden Court.
75th Blog Post - Churchill (2017 film)
Starring Brian Cox, the film Churchill follows the famous Prime Minister, exhausted of war, gets ready for the invasion of Normandy in June 1944.
Director: Jonathan Teplizky
Cast:
Brian Cox
Miranda Richardson
John Slattery
Running tome: 98 minutes
Here's a link for the film.
Here's a link for the Friends Coffee Morning version of the film.
I hope that you will come, see and enjoy at Eden Court.
Director: Jonathan Teplizky
Cast:
Brian Cox
Miranda Richardson
John Slattery
Running tome: 98 minutes
Here's a link for the film.
Here's a link for the Friends Coffee Morning version of the film.
I hope that you will come, see and enjoy at Eden Court.
Friday 14 April 2017
Whiskey Galore - 2017's Remake of a Classic Film
A remake of the classic Ealing's 1949 comedy, Whiskey Galore, which is turn, was inspired by a true event.
Set on a Scottish Outer Hebrides island during the Second World War, the film follows the islanders, who have run out of whiskey ("water of life" in Scottish Gaelic), decide to plunder a cargo ship that has run aground just off shore on its way to meet up with a convoy for America, because the ship is carrying (in the original version) 50,000 cases of whiskey (and each case, I've heard, holds six bottles). After getting the whiskey, the islanders must then try to keep the whiskey hidden from the authorities, and (again, in the original version) the fun began.
Director: Gillies MacKinnon
Cast:
Gregor Fisher
Eddie Izzard
Sean Biggerstaff
Naomi Battrick
Ellie Kendrick
Running time: 98 minutes
Here's a link to the Eden Court website for tickets and more information.
Here'a a link for the Dream and Scream version of the film.
Here's a link for the Friends Coffee Morning version of the film.
I hope that you will come, see and enjoy at Eden Court.
Set on a Scottish Outer Hebrides island during the Second World War, the film follows the islanders, who have run out of whiskey ("water of life" in Scottish Gaelic), decide to plunder a cargo ship that has run aground just off shore on its way to meet up with a convoy for America, because the ship is carrying (in the original version) 50,000 cases of whiskey (and each case, I've heard, holds six bottles). After getting the whiskey, the islanders must then try to keep the whiskey hidden from the authorities, and (again, in the original version) the fun began.
Director: Gillies MacKinnon
Cast:
Gregor Fisher
Eddie Izzard
Sean Biggerstaff
Naomi Battrick
Ellie Kendrick
Running time: 98 minutes
Here's a link to the Eden Court website for tickets and more information.
Here'a a link for the Dream and Scream version of the film.
Here's a link for the Friends Coffee Morning version of the film.
I hope that you will come, see and enjoy at Eden Court.
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Featuring Eden Court Ambassador Karen Gillan, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 follows the team's adventures across the cosmos as they search for Peter Quill's true parentage, leading old foe to become allies in the face of new threats.
Director: James Gunn
Cast:
Chris Pratt
Zoe Saldana
Karen Gillan
Running time: 140 mins
Here's the link to the Eden Court website for more information and tickets.
Here's the link for the Subtitled version of the film.
Here's the link for the Dream and Scream version of the film.
Here's the link for the Autism Friendly Screening of the film.
I hope that you will come, see and enjoy at Eden Court.
Director: James Gunn
Cast:
Chris Pratt
Zoe Saldana
Karen Gillan
Running time: 140 mins
Here's the link to the Eden Court website for more information and tickets.
Here's the link for the Subtitled version of the film.
Here's the link for the Dream and Scream version of the film.
Here's the link for the Autism Friendly Screening of the film.
I hope that you will come, see and enjoy at Eden Court.
Wednesday 29 March 2017
Lion (film)
Nominated for six Academy Awards (including Best Picture) and five BAFTA Awards (and won Best Supporting Actor for Dev Patel) and four Golden Globe Awards, Lion is perhaps one of the greatest films of the year.
Best on the book A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley with Larry Buttrose, the films follows Saroo Brierley who gets separated from his mother in India by ending up in Australia, before becoming adopted into the Brierley family. Twenty years later, Saroo sets on a life changing journey to rediscover his long-lost family in India.
Director: Garth Davis
Cast:
Dev Patel (won Best Supporting Actor at the BAFTAs)
Rooney Mara
Nicole Kidman
Running time: 118 mins
Viewing dates: 14th - 19th of April
Here's a link to the Eden Court website for more information and tickets.
I hope that you will come, see and enjoy at Eden Court.
Best on the book A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley with Larry Buttrose, the films follows Saroo Brierley who gets separated from his mother in India by ending up in Australia, before becoming adopted into the Brierley family. Twenty years later, Saroo sets on a life changing journey to rediscover his long-lost family in India.
Director: Garth Davis
Cast:
Dev Patel (won Best Supporting Actor at the BAFTAs)
Rooney Mara
Nicole Kidman
Running time: 118 mins
Viewing dates: 14th - 19th of April
Here's a link to the Eden Court website for more information and tickets.
I hope that you will come, see and enjoy at Eden Court.
Wednesday 1 March 2017
Book Early for Pantomime: Snow White
Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?
The infamous words of the Brother Grimms' story Snow White which everyone recognises without any difficultly.
This December, the pantomime that brought Dick Whittington, described as "the finest family panto in Scotland" (The Scotsman), will bring Snow White to the Empire Theatre, along with an evil villain (no prize for guessing who), comical characters and happenings along with songs and dances and bagful of fun for the young audience.
Book early to come and see Pantomime: Snow White.
I hope that you will book early, then come, see and enjoy this year's festive panto at Eden Court.
Friday 24 February 2017
70th Blog Post - Rhythm of the Dance returns
The live show of the fast Irish dancing returns to Eden Court with a range of professional dancers and professional traditional musicians. Rated internationally as one of the most popular and successful Irish Step Dance on tour by critics, audiences and millions of fans around the world.
Link the previous blog post for last year's performance to the Eden Court website for more information.
I hope that you will come, see and enjoy at Eden Court.
Link the previous blog post for last year's performance to the Eden Court website for more information.
I hope that you will come, see and enjoy at Eden Court.
The Tiger Who Came To Tea
The Tiger Who Came To Tea... Live On Stage, adapted and directed by David Wood OBE from Judith Kerr's popular tale, is coming to Eden Court.
As Sophie and her mummy sits down to tea, the doorbell rings. Who could be at the door? The answer, a tiger. Soon, Sophie and her mummy are having a handful with the unusual guest, with sing-a-long songs for the younger audience.
Here's a link to the Eden Court website for information.
I hope that you will come, see and enjoy that live show at Eden Court.
As Sophie and her mummy sits down to tea, the doorbell rings. Who could be at the door? The answer, a tiger. Soon, Sophie and her mummy are having a handful with the unusual guest, with sing-a-long songs for the younger audience.
Here's a link to the Eden Court website for information.
I hope that you will come, see and enjoy that live show at Eden Court.
The Nutcracker comes to Eden Court in January 2018
The Scottish Ballet of the beloved The Nutcracker is coming to Eden Court in January 2018. Tchaikovsky's infamous score will be preformed by the Scottish Ballet Orchestra.
After the Christmas party, Clara falls asleep and dreams of helping her Nutcracker Prince defeat the evil Mouse King and his army of mice. In The Nutcracker follow Clara as she journeys through the Land of Snow and the Kingdom of Sweets.
Link to Eden Court for more information.
I hope that you will come, see and enjoy this classic ballet at Eden Court.
After the Christmas party, Clara falls asleep and dreams of helping her Nutcracker Prince defeat the evil Mouse King and his army of mice. In The Nutcracker follow Clara as she journeys through the Land of Snow and the Kingdom of Sweets.
Link to Eden Court for more information.
I hope that you will come, see and enjoy this classic ballet at Eden Court.
Hairspray will return in February 2018!
The musical comedy, Hairspray, will be returning to Eden Court in February next year.
It's 1962 in Baltimore, USA, where Tracy Turnblad is on a mission in hope of following her hopes and dreams onto the national TV while bagging Link Larkin along the way.
There will be the hit songs Welcome To The 60s, You Can't Stop The Beat, The Nicest Kids and many more.
Link to Eden Court for more information.
Book early.
I hope that you will come, see and enjoy this enjoyable musical comedy play at Eden Court.
It's 1962 in Baltimore, USA, where Tracy Turnblad is on a mission in hope of following her hopes and dreams onto the national TV while bagging Link Larkin along the way.
There will be the hit songs Welcome To The 60s, You Can't Stop The Beat, The Nicest Kids and many more.
Link to Eden Court for more information.
Book early.
I hope that you will come, see and enjoy this enjoyable musical comedy play at Eden Court.
A Murder Is Announced
This July, a stage adaptation of Agatha Christie's novel A Murder is Announced, is brought to Eden Court by the Middle Ground Theatre Company, bringing to life the classic Miss Marple case from the Queen of Crime.
The quiet village of Chipping Cleghorn wakes up to be astonished in finding in the local paper a piece announcing that a murder will happen at Little Paddocks, home of Letitia Blacklock. A group of people gather, the lights go out and a man bursts through the door - then a gun is fired. And here is where Miss Marple, an elderly spinster with an understanding of people, enters the story and helps piece together not only what happened, but the why and the who.
Here's a link to the Eden Court website for more information.
I hope that you will come, see and enjoy at Eden Court.
The quiet village of Chipping Cleghorn wakes up to be astonished in finding in the local paper a piece announcing that a murder will happen at Little Paddocks, home of Letitia Blacklock. A group of people gather, the lights go out and a man bursts through the door - then a gun is fired. And here is where Miss Marple, an elderly spinster with an understanding of people, enters the story and helps piece together not only what happened, but the why and the who.
Here's a link to the Eden Court website for more information.
I hope that you will come, see and enjoy at Eden Court.
65th Blog Post - The Great Wall
Travlling eastward, an European mercenary enters Song dynasty China and finds himself at the Great Wall of China where he finds that the wall was build to protect the world from the creatures beyond the wall.
Director: Zhang Yimou
Cast:
Matt Damon
Andy Lau
Tian Jing
Willem Dafoe
Running time: 103 minutes
Here's a link to the Eden Court website for more information.
I hope that you will come, see and enjoy at Eden Court.
Director: Zhang Yimou
Cast:
Matt Damon
Andy Lau
Tian Jing
Willem Dafoe
Running time: 103 minutes
Here's a link to the Eden Court website for more information.
I hope that you will come, see and enjoy at Eden Court.
La La Land (film)
La La Land, winner of 7 Golden Globe Awards, 5 BAFTAs and nominated for 14 Oscars, La La Land is perhaps one of the greatest award winning films for a long time and is fast becoming a musical classic.
Director: Damien Chapelle
Cast
Ryan Gosling
Emma Stone
Running time: 128 minutes
Here's a link to the Eden Court website.
Here's a link for the Dream and Scream version.
I hope that you will come, see and enjoy at Eden Court.
Director: Damien Chapelle
Cast
Ryan Gosling
Emma Stone
Running time: 128 minutes
Here's a link to the Eden Court website.
Here's a link for the Dream and Scream version.
I hope that you will come, see and enjoy at Eden Court.
Sully (2016 film)
Based on true events, Sully, follow the story of Captain "Sully" Sullenberger, a pilot who must crash-land in the Hudson after engine failure with 155 people on the plane. But nobody seems to know what happened next, till now.
Director: Clint Eastwood
Cast:
Tom Hanks
Aaron Eckhart
Laura Linney
Running time: 96 minutes
Here's a link to the Eden Court website for more information.
I hope that you will come, see and enjoy at Eden Court.
Director: Clint Eastwood
Cast:
Tom Hanks
Aaron Eckhart
Laura Linney
Running time: 96 minutes
Here's a link to the Eden Court website for more information.
I hope that you will come, see and enjoy at Eden Court.
The Shawshank Redemption (Cult Classic)
Frank Darabont's classic 1994 film, The Shawshank Redemption, is coming to Eden Court.
Beginning in 1947, Andy Dufresne is sentenced double life-sentence for the murder of his wife and her lover. At Shawshank he meets and befriends fellow inmate Red, and through this friendship, Andy helps place a bit of hope into Red.
Cast:
Tim Robbins
Morgan Freeman
Running time: 142 minutes
Here's a link to Eden Court for more information.
The infamous tagline: Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free.
Quote: Remember, Red, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things. And no good thing ever dies.
I hope that you will come, see and enjoy this beautiful story of hope where hope isn't expected to ever exist.
Beginning in 1947, Andy Dufresne is sentenced double life-sentence for the murder of his wife and her lover. At Shawshank he meets and befriends fellow inmate Red, and through this friendship, Andy helps place a bit of hope into Red.
Cast:
Tim Robbins
Morgan Freeman
Running time: 142 minutes
Here's a link to Eden Court for more information.
The infamous tagline: Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free.
Quote: Remember, Red, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things. And no good thing ever dies.
I hope that you will come, see and enjoy this beautiful story of hope where hope isn't expected to ever exist.
Beauty and the Beast
The Disney film everyone has been waiting for, the live-action version of the classic 1991 film, Beauty and the Beast.
When Belle's father gets lost, he finds castle owned by the Beast and gets imprisoned. Belle offers to take his place, and over a period of time, Belle and the Beast fall in love as the true insides of the Beast is revealed, but will it be in time to save the Beast from the final rose petal?
Director: Bill Condon
Cast:
Emma Watson
Dan Steven
Ewan McGregor
Luke Evans
Ian McKellan
Josh Gad
Emma Thompson
Kevin Kline
Nathan Mack
Running Time: 129 minutes
Here's a link to YouTube for the first and the final trailers.
Here's a link to see the film.
Here's a link for the Subtitled version.
Here's a link for the Dream and Scream version.
Here's a link for the Silver Lining Screenings.
I hope that you will come, see and enjoy this classic story of love at Eden Court.
When Belle's father gets lost, he finds castle owned by the Beast and gets imprisoned. Belle offers to take his place, and over a period of time, Belle and the Beast fall in love as the true insides of the Beast is revealed, but will it be in time to save the Beast from the final rose petal?
Director: Bill Condon
Cast:
Emma Watson
Dan Steven
Ewan McGregor
Luke Evans
Ian McKellan
Josh Gad
Emma Thompson
Kevin Kline
Nathan Mack
Running Time: 129 minutes
Here's a link to YouTube for the first and the final trailers.
Here's a link to see the film.
Here's a link for the Subtitled version.
Here's a link for the Dream and Scream version.
Here's a link for the Silver Lining Screenings.
I hope that you will come, see and enjoy this classic story of love at Eden Court.
Friday 17 February 2017
60th Blog Post - The Railway Children steams back to Eden Court
Adapted by Dave Simpson, E. Nesbit's classic children's story, The Railway Children, made famous by the iconic 1970 film starring Jenny Agutter and Bernard Cribbins, is steaming back to Eden Court.
The Railway Children follows the story of three children, Roberta, Peter and Phyllis, who's Father leaves, and then Mother tells the children that they're moving to the Yorkshire countryside. Taking resident in the Three Chimneys, the three children befriend Mr Perkins, the Porter of the local railway station, a mysterious Gentleman who waves from the Green Dragon train, and many more colourful characters.
Here's a link to the Eden Court website for more information and tickets.
I hope that you will come, see and enjoy this classic story of adventure and joy.
The Railway Children follows the story of three children, Roberta, Peter and Phyllis, who's Father leaves, and then Mother tells the children that they're moving to the Yorkshire countryside. Taking resident in the Three Chimneys, the three children befriend Mr Perkins, the Porter of the local railway station, a mysterious Gentleman who waves from the Green Dragon train, and many more colourful characters.
Here's a link to the Eden Court website for more information and tickets.
I hope that you will come, see and enjoy this classic story of adventure and joy.
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