Movie Group.

The Movie Group meets on the third Monday of each month to view a picture at the historic Balwyn Cinema (see right).

Time is usualy around 10:30am, with lunch afterwards, if desired, at a local restaurant.

Contact Glenn Ewing, on 0439 898 207, for further information.

 

 

 

 

2024 Movies, So Far

July -

Movie is Fly Me to the Moon.

A sharp stylish comedy - drama set against the high stakes backdrop of NASA's historic Apollo 11 moon landing.

This month's movie at Balwyn Cinema was a light comedy drama about a young woman being hired to promote the Apollo 11,1969 moon landing. Romance blossoms between the marketing agent and the launch director and succes is achieved when Neil Armstrong takes his first giant step for mankind on the lunar surface. The Fly Me to the Moon flick allows the cinema audience to retun to the simpler days of the 1960's.

Starring Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum

 

June - On Monday 17 Junew, members saw the film 'The Way, My Way' at the Balwyn Cinema.

They enjoyed this charming and captivating true story of an Australian man's transformative experience walking the Camino de Santiago in Spain and the people he meets along the way. It is based on Bill Bennetts best-selling memoir of the same name.

Afterwards, they headed over the road for a delicious meal and a chat about the film and our own travels.

Thank you Glenn for ther photos.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

May - On Monday May 20 members enjoyed the film The Taste of Things at the Balwyn Cinema.

Set in France in 1889 the film follows the life of Dodin Bouffant as a chef living with his personal cook and lover Eugenie. When Eugenie refuses to marry Dodin he decides to do something he has never done before: cook for her. It was a leisurely, lumisous portrait of love, culture and cuisine.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

March - "The Great Escaper" viewed on Monday 18th March. Michael Caine and Glenda Jackson take on roles as an elderly couple managing life in an aged care facility. When Bernard Jordan (Michael) is unable to book a seat on a ferry trip to Normandy on the 70th anniversary of the famous Allied beach landing, he takes matters into his own hands and goes AWOL from the aged care setting. Bernard's adventure, which spans 48 hours, shows that the trauma of war lingers long, even in peacetime, and his best coping mechanism is the support and love given by his wife Rene (Glenda).

 

Lunch following the move.

Photo thanks to Glenn Ewing.

       

 

February

On Monday 25th Februaruy, members travelled to the Balwyn Cinema to view the film Anatomy of a Fall. This French movie highlighted the pressures of a collapsing relationship and even when a couple and their son seek a change of setting in the French Alps, things can still go wrong.

January - "One Life", viewed on Monday 15th. There was a very good gathering of movie fans at the Balwyn Cinema for this movie. The story depicts resistance and courage as humanitarian Nicholas Winton is able to save the lives of 600 children from the Nazis in 1938 - an uplifting movie.