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Leisure listings
Wednesday
April 18
CLUB:
Yoga for Pregnancy classes at the Sessions Hall,
Berkhamsted Old Town. Noon to 1.15pm. Details from
01442 864796 or janelouisegilbert@hotmail.com
Thursday
www.hemeltoday.co.uk
Cinema
What’s on and where
from Friday…
SUNSHINE (15)
See main review.
★★★
Hemel Hempstead
April 19
FRACTURE (15)
Dramatic thriller about a man
accused of murdering his wife.
Anthony Hopkins and Ryan
Gosling star.
★★★
Hemel Hempstead
CLUBS:
Berkhamsted Art Society has a demonstration - Perspective techniques using pencil with David Clover
- at 8pm in Berkhamsted Civic Centre. Visitors £2
at the door.
BLADES OF GLORY (12A)
Very funny comedy that focuses on the world of figure
skating. Will Ferrell and Jon
Heder play rival skaters who
have to pair up after they are
banned from taking part in the
sport as singles. The skating
sequences are hilarious and
this is top notch stuff.
★★★★
Hemel Hempstead
Learn Egyptian/Middle Eastern dance in a relaxed
friendly environment from 9.30am to 11am in the
Sessions Hall, Town Hall, Berkhamsted. Level of
fitness immaterial. Beginners welcome. Wear comfortable clothing (preferably a skirt) and bring a
scarf to tie around your hips. Call Anita on 07879
625850 for details.
Friday
April 20
MUSIC:
Dacorum Live! presents a classical concert by the
London Mozart Players at 7.45pm in the Centenary
Hall, Berkhamsted Collegiate School, Kings Road.
Tickets £15, senior citizens £13, DC £11 from the Box
Office 01442 228091; Dacorum Info Centre;
www.dacorum.gov.uk/arts, Berkhamsted Civic
Centre and at the door.
EVENT:
A warm welcome awaits you at St Albans Church
Hall, Warners End, 2pm-4pm each week. Drop in
for a cup of tea and make new friends. A lovely way
to start the weekend.
Saturday
Catching some rays
SHOOTER (15)
Mark Wahlberg plays an ace
marksman, who has to go on
the run after being framed for
murder. Basically a vehicle for
Wahlberg to look hard and
blow some things up. Solid
enough effort.
★★★
Hemel Hempstead
Sunshine
(15)
by Georgia Anderson
EVENT:
Hemel Hempstead Methodist Church (corner of
Northridge Way and Ashtree Way) holds a coffee
morning every Saturday, 10am - noon.
Monday
WILD HOGS (12A)
Four men who are suffering
from a mid-life crisis decide to
go hit the road on motorbikes
to re-discover their youth. But
when they run into a biker
gang they soon regret their decision to recapture their youth.
John Travolta, Ray Liotta and
Tim Allen star.
★★★
Hemel Hempstead
URGENT DEBATE: The crew of the ship sent to restart the dying sun discuss their next move.
April 21
April 23
PERFECT STRANGER (15)
Risible flick about a woman
(Halle Berry) who investigates
the murder of her friend. Her
hunt for the killer takes her to
the seedy world of internet
chat rooms. Bruce Willis also
stars in this horrifically bland
mess. Avoid.
★
Hemel Hempstead
CLUBS:
Stoneycroft Ladies Club meets the fourth Monday
of every month at 2.30pm at Warners End Hall. Visitors always welcome. Please call 01442 265225.
Just Acappella - a vocal group blending voices of
men and women in close harmony - rehearse at
8pm at Leverstock Green Village Hall. Membership
and performance details from
www.justacappella.org.uk or email info@justacappella.co.uk or ring 01438 714261.
Hemel Hempstead Photographic Society is holding
the fourth Monthly B&W Print Competition at 8pm
in the Old Town Hall. Visitors/new members welcome. www.hhps.org.uk
Tuesday
April 24
CLUBS:
Calling all Scrabble enthusiasts. Enjoy the challenging game of Scrabble every Tuesday at 7.30pm. For
venue call Ruth Roman, 01442 877129.
St Mary’s Parent and Toddler Group meets 9.30am11.30am in St Mary’s Church Hall, Old Town, Hemel
Hempstead. Suitable birth to 5 years.
Send details of forthcoming events to:
The Gazette, Seven Days, 39 Marlowes,
Hemel Hempstead, HP1 1LH at least
seven days prior to preferred date
of publication.
For a guide to places to visit on a
day out, see the leisure section
of our website at:
www.hemeltoday.co.uk
NASH MILLS
CAR BOOT SALE
Lower Road
Kings Langley
EVERY SUNDAY
Set Up 6.00am. Cars £8. Small Vans from £10.
No counterfeit goods, food, drink or plants
No rubbish to be left on site
Buyers Adm. £1 B4 8am, 30p after
Enquiries (01923) 265707
07963 501858
Strictly NO DOGS allowed on the field
CURSE OF THE GOLDEN
FLOWER (15)
Chinese flick about the warring factions within a Royal
family and the battle for power
that breaks out.
★★★
Hemel Hempstead
FEELING THE HEAT: Cillian
Murphy stars in Sunshine
NEW thriller Sunshine,
thankfully, is not a typical sci-fi
movie.
Set against the vast, dark
backdrop of space, there is not
an alien in sight in this visually
stunning film.
Public opinion has been mixed
on this one, but Sunshine is a
smart flick well worth
appreciating on the big screen.
Set 50 years into the future,
the sun is dying and the people
of Earth are building snowmen in
the dark as their planet freezes.
With the clock ticking on
earth's life expectancy a team of
scientists are packed off to plant
and detonate a bomb within the
sun which will, in theory, restore
the sun's natural state.
Knowing that the crew who
attempted the same mission
seven years earlier never
delivered the goods and
disappeared, tensions fray
between the eight-man team
who are well aware that they
alone are mankind's last hope.
Then, just days away from
HERE COMES THE SUN: One of the crew faces the sun.
reaching their target, a distress
call is picked up from the
previous mission's ship...
The crew is made up of the
stereotypes you'd expect from a
sci-fi thriller- a quiet hero, a
flawed but noble leader, an
argumentative alpha-male and a
coward.
Their characters are not
explored in much depth which is
a bit of a let down because there
is a lot of scope for psychological
development during their
claustrophobic and isolated
mission.
Instead, British director Danny
Boyle throws us into the action
straight away with very obvious
inspiration from the Alien
franchise (of which Boyle is a
self-confessed fan).
The actors' performances are
first-rate which gives credence
to the unimaginative character
choices and what is a pretty
implausible plot twist.
THE GAZETTE
AMAZING GRACE (PG)
Ioan Grufford stars in this
biopic of how a politician in
the 19th century (William
Wilberforce) looked to try and
deal with the slave trade.
★★★
Hemel Hempstead
Plus our leading man Capa
(the gorgeous Cillian Murphy) is
perfectly cast as the quiet,
somewhat unhinged, would-be
saviour of mankind.
So much about Sunshine is
good, it’s packed with intelligent
questions of life and death,
sanity, and arguments of science
versus religion. But Boyle does
go a bit Hollywood at the end.
It's a stunning and clever
movie that seems chained to a
number of sci-fi stereotypes and
gimmicks which could have been
avoided.
But it's certainly thought
provoking and will probably have
you feeling as close to crazy as
the crew by the finale.
Sunshine is worth watching,
especially at the cinema to fully
appreciate its impressive visuals.
I'd advise anyone who loves
movies to catch it while it’s on
the big screen and join the
debate.
T'ai Chi
Chuan
TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA
TURTLES (PG)
Animated return for those
feisty turtles who are handy in
a scrap and like to eat pizza.
★★★
Hemel Hempstead
300 (15)
Gerald Butler and Lena
Headey star in this gripping
action drama about the impos-
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sible battle 300 troops face.
Not for the faint-hearted this
movie.
★★★★
Hemel Hempstead
MR BEAN’S HOLIDAY (PG)
Rowan Atkinson’s fun accident-prone character returns
in this second movie. This time
the hapless hero gets up to
mischief during a European vacation. The humour is somewhat limited, but there are still
some good moments to be had.
★★
Hemel Hempstead
THE LAST MIMZY (PG)
Fantasy tale for children about
two young siblings who find an
alien object and strange things
begin to occur. Intriguing to
start with but loses its ways in
the second half of proceedings.
★★★
Hemel Hempstead
MEET THE ROBINSONS (U)
Fun animated comedy about a
young boy, who goes to the future to find a new family. John
Cleese is among the cast lending their voices to proceedings.
★★★
Hemel Hempstead.
MISS POTTER (U)
Renee Zellweger and Ewan Mc
Gregor star in this biopic of
the early life of Beatrix Potter.
★★★
Berkhamsted, Apr 18, 2pm &
7.30pm.
THE HISTORY BOYS (15)
Enjoyable adaptation of the
popular Alan Bennett play.
Richard Griffths leads the cast.
★★★★
Berkhamsted, Apr 19, 7.30pm.
MUSIC & LYRICS (12A)
Surprisingly enjoyable romcom about an 80s pop star who
gets the chance to return to the
limelight. Hugh Grant and
Drew Barrymore star.
★★★
Berkhamsted, Apr 20, 7.30pm,
Apr 21, 7pm.
HAPPY FEET (PG)
Animated children’s flick
about penguins who can sing.
Elijah Wood leads the cast.
★★★
Berkhamsted, Apr 21, 2pm.
JEAN DE FLORETTE +
MANON DES SOURCES (15)
French double header of classic movies from the mid-1980s.
Stars Emmanuelle Beart
★★★
Berkhamsted, Apr 22, 4pm.
IRAQ IN FRAGMENTS (15)
Documentary looking at how
people’s lives in Iraq have
changed, since 2003.
★★★★
Berkhamsted, Apr 23, 7.30pm.
THE ILLUSIONIST (12A)
Lukewarm drama with Ed Norton playing an illusionist, who
makes an enemy of an evil
Prince (Rufus Sewell). Okay,
but not that memorable.
★★★
Berkhamsted, Apr 24, 7.30pm.
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