Movies in Mapua
Hi, all you Packhouse Cinema goers, and to any new people who think they might like to go to the movies which we’ve been showing for the last 6+ years
Because of Covid, we decided not to show our planned movie THE COURIER for the last two months, but now we, the “Movie Moguls”, have decided we’re in dire need of some good ol’ Mapua community friendship and normality
So, If the Covid levels stay as they are, we plan to show the movie The Courier (which by the way is a REALLY a cracker ) on Sunday 21st Nov , same time 6.30 pm start in the Mapua Community Hall. Bring your own chair and drinks etc if you wish, but please be prepared to stay in your own bubble, with a wee space between you and the next bubble
Some of us go to the Sprig for a meal at around 5pm, and there will be a table reserved for any who would like to join us.
We have some excellent movies planned for next year, but this will be the last one for this year. So, we look forward to seeing you there. We have all missed the monthly occasion and all of you.
There may even be ice creams— watch this space!!
All income from this event will go towards the Mapua Community Hall!
Cheers,
Di& Peter, Reinhard & Angelika
Here is the movie mogul's review:
We really need more movies like this. If you enjoy movies that teach history with good acting and without the typical Hollywood garbage, then this movie is for you. A terrific movie!
Even if you know the history only superficially, you certainly couldn't help but hear about the "Cuban Missile Crisis" that took place in the early 1960s. When the USSR and the USA almost started a third world war, however everything worked out OK in the end. Now we find out who we have to thank for resolving the conflict and making the sky above our heads calm again.
The star of the film is a British businessman: Greville Wynne (Benedict Cumberpatch) who is involved in financial affairs around the world. Thanks to his charisma and his silver tongue Wynn finds friends everywhere and he gets recruited by the British special services. So that upon arrival in Moscow on business he is to get in touch with a local defector and transmit important information back to London.
I've watched lots of spy films, but this one's gone deep into my soul. To start with, I really appreciated the stylization which looks as if the film was actually filmed in the 1960s. Besides I can't fail to mention the actors, Benedict Cumberbatch is beyond comparison, he actually doesn't know how to act badly. I also loved Merab Ninidze as the Russian agent who decided to help England and the United States in their battle against the USSR.
So the film is really remarkable, it is a great pleasure to watch it. The tension won't let you go until the very end and so I highly recommend it.
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Labour Party Hypocrisy
Well, here we go again. More Labour Party hypocrisy.
Just as Labour MP Rachel Boyack has cried crocodile tears over National not building the promised new Nelson hospital when Labour had promised (showing both how little a Labour promise is worth and the hypocrisy of their tears) to get the hospital started before their term ended we now have Deputy Prime Minister Seymour calling for the Air New Zealand shares owned by the government to be sold.
Now that is to be expected given Seymour’s party policies but what is astounding is Labour’s finance spokesperson Barbara Edmonds comments in response.
She tells us Air New Zealand is critical national infrastructure and the Government should not be selling its shares.
Very good, but wait. Labour has clearly (and conveniently) ‘forgotten’ which party privatised Air New Zealand.
In 1989, the Labour Government sold Air New Zealand into private ownership. The sale transferred the airline from being a fully state owned national carrier to a privately owned company. The sale was part of a broader wave of Labour privatisations, also including:
• Telecom (1990)
• New Zealand Steel (1987)
• PostBank (1988)
Labour may well have built state houses for working people (not just beneficiaries like Ardern’s government) in the 1930’s but what have they done since? Very, very little other than to ride on that one good thing ever since and, as we are seeing again and again approaching this election, spent most of their time practicing their hypocrisy. Remember the Kiwibuild promise?
If you want truth in politics beware Labour.
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