Category Archives: Movies

Calvary: a moving, darkly humorous examination of life Calvary is a well written, darkly funny and powerfully moving mystery set in an Irish coastal village. The local priest, played by Brendan Gleeson (The Grand Seduction, Brave Heart) is threatened during confession, … Continue reading →

Ahh, September with its warm days, cool nights, kids back at school- there’s a kind of magic in the air- especially as Spinning Reels presents Magic in the Moonlight on September 8, 7:00 PM at the Norwood Theatre. Colin Firth … Continue reading →

Can we learn from what happened so long ago? Belle is a movie based on actual events and far more than a period piece of manners and costumes. It examines the issue of a free black woman in the heavily striated … Continue reading →

On Monday, May 26 at 7PM  join us at the Norwood theatre to see a moving story of forgiveness and redemption. Based on the story of Eric Lomax, The Railway Man recounts the story of the signals engineer who was taken prisoner and forced … Continue reading →

Road Trip! Nebraska   Bruce Dern turns in an Oscar-nominated performance as Woody, the bad-tempered retiree who thinks he’s won a million dollars and decides it pick it up in person, making the trip to Montana- by foot if necessary, … Continue reading →

A VERY revealing Portrait Spinning Reels presents The Invisible Woman. As both director and star, Ralph Fiennes presents a sumptuous, passionate view of one of the greatest literary figures of the English language- Charles Dickens. Based upon the secret almost … Continue reading →

  What does it take to be a real parent?   We’ll be looking at that question in the movie Like Father, Like Son. Two families of very different socio-economic status are thrown into upheaval when it is revealed that … Continue reading →

A whole different form of ‘social media’! Irrfan Khan ( Life of Pi, Slumdog Millionaire) stars in The Lunchbox in which a mistaken lunchbox delivery brings together two very different people—a neglected housewife and a grumpy widower on the verge of retirement—and paves … Continue reading →

 A Romance for the Ages? Meg and Nick have been married- a looong time- and it’s beginning to show. For their 30th wedding anniversary, they return to Paris hoping for rejuvenation in the romance which they felt the first time. … Continue reading →

Would YOU? COULD You? On Monday, February 24th at 7 and 7:10PM, we have the chance to ask some very serious questions. Philomena is an acting  tour de force by Judi Dench (Skyfall, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel), and is funny, … Continue reading →