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Snack Shack
2024 112mins USA (15) Comedy
Directed by Adam Rehmeier Starring Conor Sherry, Gabriel LaBelle, Mika Abdalla

Inseparable best friends AJ and Moose decide to run the local pool's snack shack after their plan to sell home-brewed beer goes down the drain. Things take a turn when they meet Brooke, an effortlessly cool lifeguard who puts their big plans, and friendship, at risk.

High Fidelity - 25th Anniversary
2000 114mins USA (15) Romance/Comedy
Directed by Stephen Frears Starring John Cusack, Iben Hjejle, Todd Louiso

Will now show on 7th July with a special post-film Q&A from director Stephen Frears and writer Nick Hornby!

Rob Gordon (John Cusack) is the owner of a failing record store in Chicago, where he sells music the old-fashioned way -- on vinyl. Although they have an encyclopedic knowledge of pop music and are consumed by the music scene, it's of no help to Rob, whose needle skips the love groove when his long-time girlfriend, Laura (Iben Hjejle), walks out on him. As he examines his failed attempts at romance and happiness, the process finds him being dragged, kicking and screaming, into adulthood.

Playtime
1967 123mins France, Italy (PG) Comedy Genius
Directed by Jacques Tati Starring Jacques Tati, Barbara Dennek, Rita Maiden

Clumsy Monsieur Hulot (Jacques Tati) finds himself perplexed by the intimidating complexity of a gadget-filled Paris. He attempts to meet with a business contact but soon becomes lost. His roundabout journey parallels that of an American tourist (Barbara Dennek), and as they weave through the inventive urban environment, they intermittently meet, developing an interest in one another. They eventually get together at a chaotic restaurant, along with several other quirky characters.

Moonrise Kingdom
2012 94mins USA (12A) Romance/Comedy
Directed by Wes Anderson Starring Bruce Willis, Jared Gilman, Kara Hayward

The year is 1965, and the residents of New Penzance, an island off the coast of New England, inhabit a community that seems untouched by some of the bad things going on in the rest of the world. Twelve-year-olds Sam (Jared Gilman) and Suzy (Kara Hayward) have fallen in love and decide to run away. But a violent storm is approaching the island, forcing a group of quirky adults (Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Bill Murray) to mobilize a search party and find the youths before calamity strikes.

My Cousin Vinny
1992 120mins USA (15) Comedy
Directed by Jonathan Lynn Starring Joe Pesci, Ralph Macchio, Marisa Tomei

Two carefree pals from Brooklyn traveling through rural Alabama on their way back to college are mistakenly arrested, and charged with murder. Fortunately, one of them has a cousin who's a lawyer - Vincent Gambini, a former auto mechanic from Brooklyn who just passed his bar exam after his sixth try. When he arrives with his leather-clad girlfriend, to try his first case, it's a real shock - for him and the Deep South!

The Princess Bride
1987 98mins USA (PG) Romance/Comedy
Directed by Rob Reiner Starring Cary Elwes, Mandy Patinkin, Robin Wright

A fairy tale adventure about a beautiful young woman and her one true love. He must find her after a long separation and save her. They must battle the evils of the mythical kingdom of Florin to be reunited with each other.

Burn After Reading
2008 96mins USA (15) Comedy/Crime
Directed by Ethan Coen|Joel Coen Starring George Clooney, Frances McDormand, Brad Pitt

When a disc containing memoirs of a former CIA analyst (John Malkovich) falls into the hands of Linda Litzke (Frances McDormand) and Chad Feldheimer (Brad Pitt), the two gym employees see a chance to make enough money for her to have life-changing cosmetic surgery. Predictably, events whirl out of control for the duo doofuses and those in their orbit.

Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle
1987 99mins France (PG) Comedy / Drama
Directed by Éric Rohmer Starring Joëlle Miquel, Jessica Forde, Mr. Housseau

Two young girls meet, Reinette from the countryside and Mirabelle from Paris, and decide to take a flat together in Paris where they attend University. Four successive stories about their daily lives illustrate the very different views, characters and relation to the world of these two friends.

How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
2003 116mins USA (12) Romance/Comedy
Directed by Donald Petrie Starring Kate Hudson, Matthew McConaughey, Kathryn Hahn

An advice columnist, Andie Anderson (Kate Hudson), tries pushing the boundaries of what she can write about in her new piece about how to get a man to leave you in 10 days. Her editor, Lana (Bebe Neuwirth), loves it, and Andie goes off to find a man she can use for the experiment. Enter executive Ben Berry (Matthew McConaughey), who is so confident in his romantic prowess that he thinks he can make any woman fall in love with him in 10 days. When Andie and Ben meet, their plans backfire.

The Tree, the Mayor and the Mediatheque
1993 105mins France (PG) Comedy / Drama
Directed by Éric Rohmer Starring Pascal Greggory, Arielle Dombasle, Fabrice Luchini

The socialist mayor of a small village in France dreams of building an arts center but he runs up against some opposition.

Clue
1985 97mins USA (PG) Comedy
Directed by Jonathan Lynn Starring Tim Curry, Eileen Brennan, Madeline Kahn

Based on the popular board game, this comedy begins at a dinner party hosted by Mr. Boddy (Lee Ving), where he admits to blackmailing his visitors. These guests, who have been given aliases, are Mrs. Peacock (Eileen Brennan), Miss Scarlet (Lesley Ann Warren), Mr. Green (Michael McKean), professor Plum (Christopher Lloyd), Mrs. White (Madeline Kahn) and Col. Mustard (Martin Mull). When Boddy turns up murdered, all are suspects, and together they try to figure out who is the killer.

His Girl Friday
1940 91mins USA (PG) Romance/Comedy
Directed by Howard Hawks Starring Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Bellamy

When hard-charging New York newspaper editor Walter Burns discovers that his ex-wife, investigative reporter Hildy Johnson, has gotten engaged to milquetoast insurance agent Bruce Baldwin, he unsuccessfully tries to lure her away from tame domestic life with a story about the impending execution of convicted murderer Earl Williams. But when Hildy discovers Williams may be innocent, her reporter instincts take over.

Red Rocket
2021 131mins USA (18) Comedy / Drama
Directed by Sean Baker Starring Simon Rex, Bree Elrod, Suzanna Son

Mikey Saber -- charismatic con man and washed-up porn star -- plots his return to the big time from small-town Texas in this story of an American hustler and a hometown that barely tolerates him.

Rango
2011 107mins USA (PG) Animation
Directed by Gore Verbinski Starring Johnny Depp, Isla Fisher, Ned Beatty

A chameleon (Johnny Depp) who has lived as a sheltered family pet finds himself in the grip of an identity crisis. Rango wonders how to stand out when it is his nature to blend in. When he accidentally winds up in a frontier town called Dirt, he takes the first step on a transformational journey as the town's new sheriff. Though at first Rango only role-plays, a series of thrilling situations and outrageous encounters forces him to become a real hero.

Little Shop of Horrors : Directors Cut
1986 105mins USA (PG) Musical / Comedy
Directed by Frank Oz Starring Vincent Gardenia, Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene

Meek flower shop assistant Seymour (Rick Moranis) pines for co-worker Audrey (Ellen Greene). During a total eclipse, he discovers an unusual plant he names Audrey II, which feeds only on human flesh and blood. The growing plant attracts a great deal of business for the previously struggling store. After Seymour feeds Audrey's boyfriend, Orin (Steve Martin), to the plant after Orin's accidental death, he must come up with more bodies for the increasingly bloodthirsty plant.

VHYes
72mins USA (18) Comedy
Directed by Jack Henry Robbins Starring Charlyne Yi, Kerri Kenney-Silver, Mark Proksch, Mason McNulty, Rahm Braslaw, Susan Sarandon, Thomas Lennon, Tim Robbins

On Monday 11th August, we will be joined by Producer Delaney Schenker for an Intro + Q&A!

A bizarre retro comedy shot entirely on VHS, VHYes takes us back to a simpler time, when twelve-year-old Ralph mistakenly records home videos and his favorite late night shows over his parents’ wedding tape. The result is a nostalgic wave of home shopping clips, censored pornography, and nefarious true-crime tales that threaten to unkindly rewind Ralph’s reality.

The Goonies
1985 114mins USA (12A) Adventure
Directed by Richard Donner Starring Sean Astin, Josh Brolin, Jeff Cohen, Corey Feldman, Kerri Green, Martha Plimpton

From the imagination of Steven Spielberg, The Goonies plunges a band of young heroes into a swashbuckling surprise-around-every corner quest beyond their wildest dreams!

In a harbour town under siege by greedy land developers working to turn out families, demolish a neighbourhood and turn "the Goondocks" side of town into a golf course, a group of friends who call themselves "The Goonies" rally to save their family homes. Desperate to help their parents raise enough money to stop the bank from foreclosing, The Goonies follow a mysterious old treasure map into a spectacular underground realm of twisting and treacherous passages, outrageous booby-traps and a long-lost pirate ship full of golden doubloons, gemstones and "rich stuff"! Pursued by criminals also after the hidden treasure, The Goonies race to stay one step ahead of a family of bumbling bad guys, their malevolent mama...and Sloth, a mild-mannered behemoth with a face only his mama could love.

The Goonies is from a story by Steven Spielberg, with a screenplay by Chris Columbus (Gremlins, Young Sherlock Holmes). Directed by Richard Donner and starring an ensemble cast with Sean Astin, Josh Brolin, Jeff Cohen, Corey Feldman, Jonathan Ke Quan, Martha Plimpton, and Kerri Green as The Goonies, and Robert Davi, Joe Pantoliano, Anne Ramsey, and John Matuszak as The Fratellis gang, The Goonies is a film that never says die-delighting the young and the young at heart for over three decades!