GERRINGONG PICS AND FLICKS

  Review by David Stratton Woody Grant, BRUCE DERN, is a stubborn, crotchety old man who lives in Billings, Montana. He's become convinced he's won $1 million in a sweepstake and is certain he has to front up at an office in Lincoln, Nebraska, 1,367 km away, to collect his winnings. Woody refuses to believe his wife, Kate, JUNE SQUIBB, or son David, WILL FORTE, when they tell him it's just a promotion and he hasn't won a thing. Woody is so determined to get to Lincoln that David, a salesman who recently broke up with his girlfriend, finally agrees to drive him there - but there are several detours along the way. Bruce Dern is at the top of his game in this film.   It’s not often an actor gets the best role of his career at age 77, especially when that actor is Bruce Dern, who has more than a dozen great performances on a resume that dates back to the 1960s. But in Alexander Payne’s latest film, Dern is nothing short of magnificen...

Dear Pics and Flicks supporter, Have you heard that Council is replacing the roof of the Gerringong Town Hall? This means that we are unable to screen films for the next three months which is not good news however we do have one piece of great news! Kiama Council has resolved to work with Pics and Flicks Inc to provide high quality digital projection equipment so that our 14 years of great local cinema can continue into the digital future.   We will be sharing the cost and providing our projection expertise to ensure the best outcome for us all, especially you, the cinema goer. HUGE sigh of relief and much appreciation of Council's support!! If you happen to know or meet any of our Councillors, you might like to thank them for this support? However, right now there's a lot of work to be done to be ready for our next screening in August and we're looking forward to seeing you then. We'll be in touch again with our usual reminder email as soon a...

Come and join us for the first film of the 2014 season. **Please note that we will not be screening films for a few months, from around April-May, while the Town Hall gets re-roofed** It looks as if we may have shown our last movie off 35mm film stock....this month’s movie, as many in the future, will be from DVD or another digital format Gerringong Pics and Flicks presents Stories We Tell A film by Sarah Polley Review from urbancinefile STORIES WE TELL  SYNOPSIS: Sarah Polley is both filmmaker and detective as she investigates the secrets kept by a family of storytellers. She playfully interviews and interrogates a cast of characters of varying reliability, eliciting refreshingly candid, yet mostly contradictory, answers to the same questions. As each relates their version of the family mythology, present-day recollections shift into nostalgia-tinged glimpses of their mother, who departed too soon, leaving a trail of unanswered questions. Polley unravels the...

Kawasaki's Rose is " A soul-searching and brilliantly-acted Czech drama that confronts our beliefs and feelings about memory, idealism, and forgiveness." Jana, played by Daniela Kolarova, and her husband, Pavel (Martin Huba), are interviewed for a documentary when Pavel receives the "Memory of the Nation" award, but the documentary threatens to reveal personal secrets and divide a family. Kawasakiho Ruze is a drama about family and politics, the role of memory in relationships, and that of jealousy, arrogance, love, loyalty and betrayal. Pavel, a distinguished psychiatrist is about to receive an award for his life's work and his role as a dissident. His handsome wife and adoring grown daughter are pleased the honour is coming his way but Ludek, his son-in-law who is employed on a documentary crew filming Pavel, resents that his own family, rooted in Czechoslovakia's Communist past, ended up on the wrong side of history ...

Movie Info Before Elvis, before Elton John, Madonna and Lady Gaga, there was Liberace: virtuoso pianist, outrageous entertainer and flamboyant star of stage and television. A name synonymous with showmanship, extravagance and candelabras, he was a world-renowned performer with a flair that endeared him to his audiences and created a loyal fan base spanning his 40-year career. Liberace lived lavishly and embraced a lifestyle of excess both on and off stage. In summer 1977, handsome young stranger Scott Thorson walked into his dressing room and, despite their age difference and seemingly different worlds, the two embarked on a secretive five-year love affair. BEHIND THE CANDELABRA takes a behind-the-scenes look at their tempestuous relationship - from their first meeting backstage at the Las Vegas Hilton to their bitter and public break-up. -- Official Site Unrated , 1 hr. 58 min. ...