Launched on Tuesday 27th September , the Filmclub is part of a national scheme to introduce young people to the whole spectrum of film genres, students will be able to see a wide range of films, from new blockbusters to classic oldies, foreign language films to animations, films that will make them laugh and films that will make them cry. And all for FREE!
Students who wish to participate must fill in a parental consent form, available from student services, and return it to Mrs Howell. Students in years 7, 8 and 9 will be able to view films up to 12A certificate. There will be showings of 15 rated films fortnightly but these will only be available to students in years 10 and above.
Filmclub runs national competitions and, once your son/daughter has brought back their consent form, they will be given a club code to access further information about competitions and other films available. Students will be encouraged to write reviews of the film they have seen. Although this is not obligatory, those that do will have opportunities to help choose future films.
The films must start promptly so we ask that students come straight from lessons to the Drama Studio. Once the film has started, no one else will be allowed in. Popcorn, sweets and drinks will be sold at very reasonable prices organised by and with all proceeds going to the fundraising effort of Team Ghana.
Films will last between 1.5 and 2 hours but length of specific films can be found on the website which will allow you to arrange collection of your son/daughter.
Please do take time to look at the Filmclub website at www.filmclub.org.
If you have any further questions that cannot be answered there, please do not hesitate to contact Mrs Howell.
Tuesday, 6th March - Dinner For Schmucks (Runtime - 114 mins) Certificate 15
Tim is a rising executive who "succeeds" in finding the perfect guest, IRS employee Barry, for his boss's monthly event, a so-called "dinner for idiots," which offers certain advantages to the exec who shows up with the biggest buffoon.
Tuesday, 13th March - I Am David (Runtime - 90 mins) Certificate PG
David, a 12-year-old, escapes from a Communist concentration camp with little more than a compass, a sealed letter, a loaf of bread, and instructions to carry the letter to Copenhagen, Denmark. David is thrust into the free world for the first time in his young life as he travels across Europe. His spiritual voyage of discovery, where David slowly loses his instinctive mistrust of humanity and begins to smile, share, trust and ultimately, love, addresses the cruelties, politics, and suffering of warfare while celebrating the resilience of youth and the unbreakable spirit of a child.
Tuesday, 20th March - Freedom Writers (Runtime - 123 mins) Certificate 12A
It's 1994 in Long Beach, California. Idealistic Erin Gruwell is just starting her first teaching job, that as 
freshman and sophomore English teacher at Woodrow Wilson High School, which, two years earlier, implemented a voluntary integration program. For many of the existing teachers, the integration has ruined the school, whose previously stellar academic standing has been replaced with many students who will be lucky to graduate or even be literate. Despite choosing the school on purpose because of its integration program, Erin is unprepared for the nature of her classroom, whose students live by generations of strict moral codes of protecting their own at all cost. Many are in gangs and almost all know somebody that has been killed by gang violence. The Latinos hate the Cambodians who hate the blacks and so on. The only person the students hate more is Ms. Gruwell.
Tuesday, 27th March - Grown Ups (Runtime - 102 mins) Certificate 12A
Film chosen by Film Clubs Reviewer of the month Alex Tanfield
In 1978, five 12-year-olds win a CYO basketball championship. Thirty years later, they gather with their families for their coach's funeral and a weekend at a house on a lake where they used to party. By now, each is a grownup with problems and challenges: Marcus is alone and drinks too much. Rob, with three daughters he rarely sees, is always deeply in love until he turns on his next ex-wife. Eric is overweight and out of work. Kurt is a househusband, henpecked by wife and mother-in-law. Lenny is a successful Hollywood agent married to a fashion designer; their kids take privilege for granted. Can the outdoors help these grownups rediscover connections or is this chaos in the making?
Tuesday, 17th April - The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (Runtime - 94 mins) Certificate 12A
Young Bruno lives a wealthy lifestyle in prewar Germany along with his mother, elder sister, and SS Commandant father. The family relocates to the countryside where his father is assigned to take command a prison camp. A few days later, Bruno befriends another youth, strangely dressed in striped pajamas, named Shmuel who lives behind an electrified fence. Bruno will soon find out that he is not permitted to befriend his new friend as he is a Jew, and that the neighboring yard is actually a prison camp for Jews awaiting extermination.
Tuesday, 24th April - School of Rock (Runtime - 108 mins) Certificate PG
Down and out rock star Dewey Finn gets fired from his band, and he faces a mountain of debts and depression. He takes a job as a 4th grade substitute teacher at an uptight private school where his attitude and hijinx have a powerful effect on his students. He also meets Zack, a 10-year-old guitar prodigy, who could help Dewey win a "battle of the bands" competition, which would solve his financial problems and put him back in the spotlight.
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