Another great week of film at Pontio in Bangor with highlights including ‘Lightyear’ Elvis’ and Minions.

Don’t miss Pontio’s special offer: £5 tickets for all 2pm showings Monday-Wednesday.

Academi Westend Academy take to the big stage on Saturday with  ‘Cupid’s Tale’ – a Musical for all ages, full of dance, singing and drama for everyone to enjoy.

For more information and to Book for all events visit the Pontio website here: https://www.pontio.co.uk/

 

Cinema:

Lightyear

Angus MacLane, 2022, 100m

Cast – Chris Evans, Taika Waititi, Keke Palmer

Friday 1 – Thursday 14 July

£7.50 standard / £6.50 over 60 / £6 student / £5.50 child (under 18s)

Pixar’s new film is a sci-fi action adventure and the definitive origin story of Buzz Lightyear, the hero who inspired the toy. ‘Lightyear’ follows the legendary Space Ranger after he’s marooned on a hostile planet 4.2 million light-years from Earth alongside his commander and their crew. As Buzz tries to find a way back home through space and time, he’s joined by a group of ambitious recruits and his charming robot companion cat, Sox. Complicating matters and threatening the mission is the arrival of Zurg, an imposing presence with an army of ruthless robots and a mysterious agenda takes us back to the origins of legendary Toy Story hero Buzz Lightyear.

Elvis (12A)

Baz Luhrmann, 2022, 160m

Cast – Austin Butler, Tom Hanks, Olivia DeJonge

Friday 8 – Thursday 14 July

£7.50 standard / £6.50 over 60 / £6 student / £5.50 child (under 18s)

From visionary filmmaker Baz Luhrmann (Moulin Rouge, Romeo and Juliet, The Great Gatsby) comes a biopic of The King of Rock n Roll, starring Austin Butler as Elvis Presley and Oscar winner Tom Hanks as his controversial manager Col Tom Parker. The story delves into the complex dynamic between Presley and Parker spanning over 20 years, from Presley’s rise to fame to his unprecedented stardom, against the backdrop of the evolving cultural landscape and loss of innocence in America. Central to that journey is one of the most significant and influential people in Elvis’s life, Priscilla Presley (Olivia DeJonge). A sensational film fit for a rollercoaster life.

Minions: The Rise of Gru (U)

Kyle Balda, 2022, 88m

Cast – Steve Carell, Alan Alda, Michelle Yeoh

Friday 15 – Saturday 23 July

£7.50 standard / £6.50 over 60 / £6 student / £5.50 child (under 18s)

School’s out and the Minions are back! In the 1970s, a 12Yr old Gru (Steve Carell) is growing up in the suburbs. A fanboy of a supervillain group known as the Vicious 6, Gru hatches a plan to become evil enough to join them. When the Vicious 6 fire their leader, legendary fighter Wild Knuckles (Alan Arkin), Gru interviews to become their newest member. It does not go well, and Gru and the minions find themselves the mortal enemy of the apex of evil and go on the run.

Brian and Charles (PG)

Jim Archer, 2022, 90m

Cast – Chris Hayward, David Earl, Louise Brealey

Friday 15 – Tuesday 19 July

£7.50 standard / £6.50 over 60 / £6 student / £5.50 child (under 18s)

An unconventional award-winning gem of a comedy film, acclaimed globally and all filmed locally (Penmachno).

Brian, is a lonely inventor in rural Wales, who spends his days building quirky, unconventional contraptions that seldom work. Undeterred Brian attempts his biggest project yet. Three days, a washing machine, and various spare parts later, he’s invented Charles, an artificially intelligent robot who learns English from a dictionary and has an obsession with cabbages. Come and enjoy a humorous and entirely heart-warming story about loneliness, friendship, family, finding love, and letting go.

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Theatr Bryn Terfel

Academi Westend Academy – Cupid’s Tale

Saturday 16 July 1.30pm

Saturday 16 July 6.30pm

Sunday 17 July 1.30pm

£15 / £12 under 18

Cupid’s Tale is a Musical for all ages, full of dance, singing and drama for everyone to enjoy!

Morales, a Broadway Star who retired from the bright lights, to live her dream of opening ’The Little Angels Orphanage’ in Little Town.

The orphanage has been filled with many characters over the years, there is one young lady who, as a baby 18 years ago, on Valentines Day, was left on the steps of the orphanage, Morales named the baby Cupid and brought her into her family of Little Angels.

Cupid’s Tale is a celebration of Cupids 18th Birthday with all of her friends and a very special and magical gift given to her by Morales and her family of Little Angels.

A true tale from the heart, with messages of love along the way.

Come along to enjoy a Musical for the whole family by Academi Westend Academy getting ready to celebrate our 25th Anniversary.