Family Film Club

Age: 3-7
Duration: 25 mins

The Highway Rat tells the tale of a greedy, ravenous rat who journeys the highway with his horse, stealing treats from everyone he encounters. He craves buns, biscuits and all sweet things, intimidating and leaving a trail of hungry animals. The animals, including his loyal companion horse, have had enough and decide to fight back. The Highway Rat’s greed grows and grows until it leads him to a sticky downfall.

Directed by Jeroen Jaspaert
Produced by Magic Light Pictures
€5 (plus booking fees)

Age: 3-7
Duration: 27 mins

The Snail and the Whale show us a restless young snail who has ambitions to travel the world. The other snails think she should stay put, but she puts out a call for a “Lift wanted around the world”. Eventually, her call is answered by a great big grey-blue humpback whale! She sets off with him across the seas. On their journey, the Snailand the Whale discover towering icebergs and far-off lands, fiery mountains and golden sands. When the whale gets confused by noisy motorboats zooming on the surface, he loses his way in the shallows and ends up beached in an isolated bay. It’s down to the tiny snail to rescue the powerless whale.

Rating PG
Duration: 105 mins

Step right up... and into the spellbinding imagination of a man who set out to reveal that life itself can be the most thrilling show of all. Inspired by the legend and ambitions of America’s original pop-culture impresario, P.T. Barnum, comes an inspirational rags-to-riches tale of a brash dreamer who rose from nothing to prove that anything you can envision is possible and that everyone, no matter how invisible, has a stupendous story worthy of a world-class spectacle.

Director: Micael Gracey
Cast: Hugh Jackman, Zac Efron, Michelle Williams, Rebecca Fergusson
€5 (plus booking fees)

Rating PG
Duration: 90 mins

Celebrating 25 years since release! After his swamp is filled with magical creatures, an ogre agrees to rescue a princess for a villainous lord in order to get his land back.

Directors: Vicky Jenson, Andrew Andamson
Cast: Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz
€5 (plus booking fees)