Telethon Community Cinemas is back for another season of showcasing fantastic movies, raising money and supporting a cause that is close to many. Here’s the top 10 films coming up and the full lineup for the Burswood venue, kicking off on November 30.
Top 10 movies showing at Burswood
Dumb Money Nov 30 & Dec 7
Dumb Money tells the story of fortunes made and lost overnight in the David-vs.-Goliath GameStop short squeeze that may have changed Wall Street forever. It offers a scathing, funny and emotional portrayal of how a loosely affiliated group of amateur investors and internet denizens crushed one of the biggest hedge funds on Wall Street and upended the establishment. https://www.youtube.com/embed/bmr8YmwnZ3w?si=yPaQaeJhsIA7r9u1
A Haunting In Venice Dec 5 & 13
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 soons gets thrust into a sinister world of shadows and secrets when one of the guests is murdered. https://www.youtube.com/embed/yEddsSwweyE?si=_fkfdj-K-QTTzwJ9
The Creator Dec 2 & 12
An epic sci-fi action thriller set amidst a future war between the human race and the forces of artificial intelligence. Joshua, a hardened ex-special forces agent grieving the disappearance of his wife, is recruited to hunt down and kill the Creator, the elusive architect of advanced AI who has developed a mysterious weapon with the power to end the war … and mankind itself. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ex3C1-5Dhb8?si=lzsA7o109ZJvumZR
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part 1 Dec 4
Ethan Hunt and the IMF team must track down a terrifying new weapon that threatens all of humanity if it falls into the wrong hands. With control of the future and the fate of the world at stake, a deadly race around the globe begins. https://www.youtube.com/embed/avz06PDqDbM?si=C-xiUbK6tMgozSGQ
Killers of the Flower Moon Dec 9
Real love crosses paths with unspeakable betrayal as Mollie Burkhart, a member of the Osage Nation, tries to save her community from a spree of murders fuelled by oil and greed. https://www.youtube.com/embed/7cx9nCHsemc?si=I1emQ2kSAMJ1qzMF
Napoleon Dec 14
A look at the military commander’s origins and his swift, ruthless climb to emperor, viewed through the prism of his addictive and often volatile relationship with his wife and one true love, Josephine. https://www.youtube.com/embed/LIsfMO5Jd_w?si=MjaF4ydB7Tl95vMI
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes Dec 27
Years before he becomes the tyrannical president of Panem, 18-year-old Coriolanus Snow remains the last hope for his fading lineage. With the 10th annual Hunger Games fast approaching, the young Snow becomes alarmed when he’s assigned to mentor Lucy Gray Baird from District 12. https://www.youtube.com/embed/NxW_X4kzeus?si=5yxNO6nss0bWYIya
The Birdcage Jan 25
Gay lovers Armand and Albert disguise themselves as a heterosexual couple in order to meet and impress the conservative family of their son’s fiancee. https://www.youtube.com/embed/P7FcPlt8hHc?si=oAKT92EOcHfnQaAO
A Boy Called Christmas Dec 19
An ordinary young boy called Nikolas sets out on an adventure into the snowy north in search of his father who is on a quest to discover the fabled village of the elves, Elfhelm. https://www.youtube.com/embed/f-9uZmMveAg?si=sV-Guz-zXDbDXYty
The Muppet Christmas Carol Dec 24
Scrooge, an old miser who dislikes Christmas, is visited by spirits who foretell his future and share secrets from his past and present, which helps change his view on life. https://www.youtube.com/embed/pNo-Q0IDJi0?si=1R4NJVBc8sAIgZmH
Full Program
November
NOV 29 – Blue Beetle
NOV 30 – Dumb Money
December
DEC 01 – Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken
DEC 02 – The Creator
DEC 03 – Barbie
DEC 04 – Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part 1
DEC 05 – A Haunting In Venice
DEC 06 – Oppenheimer
DEC 07 – Dumb Money
DEC 08 – Private Screening
DEC 09 – Killers Of The Flower Moon
DEC 10 – Private Screening
DEC 11 – My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3
DEC 12 – The Creator
DEC 13 – A Haunting In Venice
DEC 14 – Napoleon
DEC 15 – The Marvels
DEC 16 – Home Alone
DEC 17 – Next Goal Wins
DEC 18 – Home Alone 2: Lost In New York
DEC 19 – A Boy Called Christmas
DEC 20 – Wish
DEC 21 – Home Alone
DEC 22 – Elf
DEC 23 – Love Actually
DEC 24 – The Muppet Christmas Carol
DEC 26 – Elemental
DEC 27 – The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
DEC 28 – Trolls Band Together
DEC 29 – Napoleon
DEC 30 – The Marvels
January
JAN 21 – Private Screening
JAN 25 – The Birdcage
March
MAR 08 – The Rocky Horror Picture Show