Lunch and a Movie

Thursday, September 11: “Chef”

Starring Jon Favreau, Scarlett Johnasson, John Leguizamo, Sofia Vergara and Robert Downey Jr. After a controlling owner (Dustin Hoffman) pushes him too far, chef Carl Casper (Jon Favreau) quits his position at a prestigious Los Angeles restaurant. As he tries to figure out what his next step should be, he finds himself in Miami. Carl joins forces with his ex-wife (Sofía Vergara), best friend (John Leguizamo) and son (Emjay Anthony) to launch a food-truck business, and the venture provides a chance to reignite his passion for cooking -- as well as his zest for life and love

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Thursday, September 25: “Philomena”

Starring Dame Judi Dench and Steve Coogan In 1952, Irish teenager Philomena (Judi Dench) became pregnant out of wedlock and was sent to a convent. When her baby, Anthony, was a toddler, the nuns took Philomena's child away from her and put him up for adoption in the United States. For the next 50 years, she searched tirelessly for her son. When former BBC correspondent Martin Sixsmith (Steve Coogan) learns of the story, he becomes her ally. They travel together to America to find Anthony and become unexpectedly close in the process.

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Thursday, October 2: “Tea with Dames”

Starring Maggie Smith, Judi Dench Joan Plowright and Eileen Atkins Together, they're 342 years old. They're in their seventh decade of cutting-edge, epoch-defining performances on stage and on screen. Funny, smart, sharp, competitive, tearful, hilarious, savage, clever, caustic, cool, gorgeous, poignant, irreverent, iconic, old, and unbelievably young. Special friends, special women and special dames: a chance to hang out with them all, at the same table, at the same time, and enjoy sparkling and unguarded conversation spliced with a raft of archive.

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Thursday, October 9: “The Blind Side”

Starring Sandra Bullock, Quinton Aaron, Lily Collins, Tim McGraw & Kathy Bates Michael Oher (Quinton Aaron), a homeless black teen, has drifted in and out of the school system for years. Then Leigh Anne Tuohy (Sandra Bullock) and her husband, Sean (Tim McGraw), take him in. The Tuohys eventually become Michael's legal guardians, transforming both his life and theirs. Michael's tremendous size and protective instincts make him a formidable force on the gridiron, and with help from his new family and devoted tutor, he realizes his potential as a student and football player.

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Thursday, October 30: “A Haunting in Venice”

Starring Kenneth Branagh & Kelly Riley. Now retired and living in self-imposed exile in the world's most glamorous city, Poirot reluctantly attends a seance at a decaying, haunted palazzo. He soon gets thrust into a sinister world of shadows and secrets when one of the guests is murdered.

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Thursday, November 27 : “The Hundred Foot Journey”

Starring Helen Mirren & Manish Dayal. Hassan Kadam (Manish Dayal) is an extraordinarily talented and largely self-taught culinary novice. When he and his family are displaced from their native India and settle in a quaint French village, they decide to open an Indian eatery. However, Madame Mallory (Helen Mirren), the proprietress of an acclaimed restaurant just 100 feet away, strongly objects. War erupts between the two establishments, until Mallory recognizes Kadam's impressive epicurean gifts and takes him under her wing.

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Thursday, December 18: “Genie”

Starring Melissa McCarthy, Alan Cumming and Paapa Essiedu As his life unravels around him just in time for Christmas, Bernard dusts off an antique jewellery box that happens to contain trapped genie Flora, who might just be able to help him.