Moran’s Film Appreciation Society 2024/2025

Films for 2024 / 2025

 

Monday 2nd June

Blitz
2024

Sir Steve McQueen's "Blitz" follows the epic journey of George, a 9-year-old boy in World War II London whose mother Rita (Saoirse Ronan) sends him to safety in the English countryside. George, defiant and determined to return home to his mum and his grandfather Gerald in East London, embarks on an adventure, only to find himself in immense peril, while a distraught Rita searches for her missing son.

Monday 7th July

La La Land
2016

When Sebastian (Ryan Gosling), a pianist, and Mia (Emma Stone), an actress, follow their passion and achieve success in their respective fields, they find themselves torn between their love for each other and their careers.

Monday 4th August

Jaws
1975

When a massive killer shark unleashes chaos on a beach community off Long Island, it's up to a local sheriff, a marine biologist, and an old seafarer to hunt the beast down.

 

Monday 1st September

Lost In Translation
2003

A lonely, aging movie star named Bob Harris (Bill Murray) and a conflicted newlywed, Charlotte (Scarlett Johansson), meet in Tokyo. Bob is there to film a Japanese whiskey commercial; Charlotte is accompanying her celebrity-photographer husband. Strangers in a foreign land, the two find escape, distraction and understanding amidst the bright Tokyo lights. They form a bond that is as unlikely as it is heartfelt and meaningful.

Monday 6th October

Silver Linings Playbook
2012

After losing his job and wife, and spending time in a mental institution, Pat Solatano (Bradley Cooper) winds up living with his parents (Robert De Niro, Jacki Weaver). He wants to rebuild his life and reunite with his wife, but his parents would be happy if he just shared their obsession with the Philadelphia Eagles. Things get complicated when Pat meets Tiffany (Jennifer Lawrence), who offers to help him reconnect with his wife, if he will do something very important for her in exchange.

Monday 3rd November

Moonstruck
1987

Loretta Castorini (Cher), a bookkeeper from Brooklyn, New York, finds herself in a difficult situation when she falls for the brother of the man she has agreed to marry.

 

Monday 1st December

The Fighter
2010

Based on the story of Micky Ward (Mark Wahlberg), a fledgling boxer who tries to escape the shadow of his more famous but troubled older boxing brother and get his own shot at greatness.

Monday 5th January 2026

The Natural

1984

A middle-aged unknown comes seemingly out of nowhere to become a legendary baseball player with almost supernatural talent.