Monday 16th – Downton Abbey at the Village Hall

For Downton fans Monday night will be the pinnacle of your year. The new film features: Royals Servants Romance Plots against Royals An inheritance battle Royal servants Dastardly tricks Marching bands Pithy quips from from Lady Crawley and all your favourite characters The film starts at 7:30 with a trailer for the next film Judy … Continue reading Monday 16th – Downton Abbey at the Village Hall

Film Night: A Good Liar, Monday 17th at 7 for 7:30

Our next feature film is The Good Liar, starring Ian McKellan and Helen Mirren in a game of cat and mouse (not literally). Peter Bradshaw in The Guardian Mirren plays a retired, well-off widow called Betty McLeish looking for decorous romantic companionship from a silver-years dating website. She finds herself set up for lunch with … Continue reading Film Night: A Good Liar, Monday 17th at 7 for 7:30

Today is Yesterday | Monday Night is Film Night

Tonight (Monday 6th) we kick off 2020 with a Danny Boyle / Richard Curtis comedy. This light hearted romcom will help brighten the gloom of January. A struggling musician is hit by a bus at the same time as a freak cosmic glitch plunges the world into darkness. He wakes in a parallel dimension, in … Continue reading Today is Yesterday | Monday Night is Film Night

4 Days Until Yesterday : 2020 Film Club Season

2020 brings the start of the new Film Club season. We kick off with a Danny Boyle / Richard Curtis comedy. This light hearted romcom will help brighten the gloom of January. A struggling musician is hit by a bus at the same time as a freak cosmic glitch plunges the world into darkness. He … Continue reading 4 Days Until Yesterday : 2020 Film Club Season

Happy Christmas from the Website Elves

The two busy elves at Wootton Website and Email Headquarters wish everyone in the village a Happy Christmas! Website Review 2019 The website has been busy this year. Here is a summary of 2019: The number of hits on the website seems to have levelled off. The flower show photos sparked a big peak in August, … Continue reading Happy Christmas from the Website Elves

Film Programme for 2020

Thank you to those who voted, the schedule for the first half of 2020 looks like this: Monday 6th January: Yesterday - Trailer - Reviews (Only one man remembers the Beatles) Monday 17th February: The Good Liar - Trailer - Reviews (Mirren and McKellen play cat and mouse. Not literally) Monday 16th March: Downton - Trailer - Reviews (Period drama, … Continue reading Film Programme for 2020

Film Club Home Work & Voting for 2020

2020 is a short distance away, and before we reach the New Year your help in choosing next seasons films would be welcome. Your mission (should you choose to accept it) is to: Watch the trailers and read the reviews on the Film Club page Vote for the films you would come to see using … Continue reading Film Club Home Work & Voting for 2020

Wootton Courtenay’s ‘Dunkery Players’ triumph

“Don’t get your Vicars in a Twist”, by Ann Gawthorpe and Lesley Bown. Dunkery Players cast, November 2019 Top Row: Andy Giles (Bishop Herbert), Mike O’Keefe (Second Churchwarden Alan), Patrick Hoyte (Dickie, and Maid), Joe Roake (Churchwarden George), Marcus Capel (Charles), Keith Garner (Ronald). Second Row: Beccy Brown (Freda), Tricia Wright (Angela), Amanda Thornton (Caroline), … Continue reading Wootton Courtenay’s ‘Dunkery Players’ triumph

Christmas Sing-Along Film Idea and Survey

The idea of a Christmas sing-along film event with Gluhwein (and other drinks) has been suggested. Please let us know your feedback on: Whether this is of interest to you Which film you would like to sing to Which days would work for you Whether you prefer an afternoon or evening It will only take … Continue reading Christmas Sing-Along Film Idea and Survey

Apollo 11 – Monday 2nd

Despite saying that Apollo 11 was on the 9th, it's now on the 2nd, which is probably my fault. I have to be in London the evening of the 9th and in my mind I'd moved it a week earlier. If you can't make the 2nd we can make other arrangements, or you can borrow … Continue reading Apollo 11 – Monday 2nd