Past society events

Spirited Away is an Anime (Japanese cartoon) by the acclaimed Studio Ghibli about a young girl and her parents accidentally wandering into a land full of spirits and demons. Unaware of their situation, her parents start eating the food they find there and get turned into pigs, but she escapes and now has to find a way to turn them back and some how return to the land of the humans.

Every week, come rain or shine, we meet for a purely social gathering in The Beehive (which is the pub on middle hill, just round the corner from either The monkey's forehead or The Happy Man)

Picocon is a convention run by our counterpart society at Imperial College. It's a fun packed day with guest speakers, games, sillyness and a quiz.

This film is about strange stone rectangles and space stuff. It makes little sense and features lots and lots of shots of spacecraft moving through space to the Blue Danube. There may be a plot. You'd have to read the book to understand it.

Every week, come rain or shine, we meet for a purely social gathering in The Beehive (which is the pub on middle hill, just round the corner from either The monkey's forehead or The Happy Man)

Rather than inflict their own (bad?) tastes in movies at you, this week we're letting you, the members, decide what is being shown. But unlike previous such events we're not letting you decide on the night. Instead you need to fill in this poll. It works in two stages - first you nominate a film and then a couple of weeks before the event, you need to vote on the options available.

Every week, come rain or shine, we meet for a purely social gathering in The Beehive (which is the pub on middle hill, just round the corner from either The monkey's forehead or The Happy Man)

A quirky horror comedy set in a retirement home. Two of the residents - JFK and Elvis - fight to protect their fellow inmates from an ancient mummy who wants to devour their souls.

Every week, come rain or shine, we meet for a purely social gathering in The Beehive (which is the pub on middle hill, just round the corner from either The monkey's forehead or The Happy Man)

Giant robots battling giant sea monsters to prevent them from bringing about the destruction of humanity. This is another film by the acclaimed director Guillermo del Toro.

Every week, come rain or shine, we meet for a purely social gathering in The Beehive (which is the pub on middle hill, just round the corner from either The monkey's forehead or The Happy Man)

A young man travels to a neighbouring magical land to retrieve a falling star so he can prove his love to a local girl. Only he discovers things aren't all as they seem and he finds himself having a far larger adventure than he could have possibly imagined. Based on the book by Neil Gaiman

Every week, come rain or shine, we meet for a purely social gathering in The Beehive (which is the pub on middle hill, just round the corner from either The monkey's forehead or The Happy Man)

To welcome everyone back after the holidays we're kicking things off with one of the block busters of the summer: Man of Steel. That's right it's the new Superman reboot, one of the divisive comic book movies to be released in the past few years and we want to know what you think of it. So the plot follows A child, sent to Earth from a dying planet, he is then adopted by a couple in rural Kansas. Posing as a journalist, he uses his extraordinary powers to protect his new home from an insidious evil. So come join us to watch this action packed comic book movie and forget about the horrible weather in the company of your fellow nerds.

Every week, come rain or shine, we meet for a purely social gathering in The Beehive (which is the pub on middle hill, just round the corner from either The monkey's forehead or The Happy Man)

Since term is over and those remaining prefer the Almamata, we're heading back there until term starts and the student populous return.

Every week, come rain or shine, we meet for a purely social gathering in The Beehive (which is the pub on middle hill, just round the corner from either The monkey's forehead or The Happy Man)

Since term is over and those remaining prefer the Almamata, we're heading back there until term starts and the student populous return.

Every week, come rain or shine, we meet for a purely social gathering in The Beehive (which is the pub on middle hill, just round the corner from either The monkey's forehead or The Happy Man)

Since term is over and those remaining prefer the Almamata, we're heading back there until term starts and the student populous return.