Cineworld Chichester

• 2020
• Australia
• 1h 36min
• PG

• Directed by: Alexs Stadermann
• Cast: Adriane Daff, Akmal Saleh, Alexs Stadermann

The heir to a proud werewolf lineage is in for a shocking surprise when his first moonlit transformation turns him into a poodle.

• 58%

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• 2019
• UK / US
• 1h 57min

• Directed by: Sam Mendes
• Cast: George MacKay, Dean-Charles Chapman, Mark Strong, Andrew Scott, Richard Madden, Claire Duburcq, Colin Firth, Benedict Cumberbatch

Lance Corporals Schofield (MacKay) and Blake (Chapman) are given the job of hand-delivering a message to another unit, across the mud and misery of the trenches. It suffers from simplistic dialogue and flat characterisation, but it’s visually impressive and a respectable, heartfelt tribute to the sacrifice of WWI.

• 83%
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• 2020
• US
• 1h 30min

• Directed by: Brandon Trost
• Cast: Seth Rogen, Sarah Snook, Jorma Taccone, Maya Erskine

• 58%
• 58%

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• 1985
• US
• 1h 56min
• PG

• Directed by: Robert Zemeckis
• Written by: Robert Zemeckis, Bob Gale
• Cast: Michael J Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Crispin Glover, Lea Thompson, Thomas F Wilson

Deservedly popular time-travelling fantasy adventure with street-smart 80s teenager whisked back in time for a little chicanery with his future parents.

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• 1989
• US
• 1h 48min
• PG

• Directed by: Robert Zemeckis
• Cast: Michael J Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Thomas F Wilson, Lea Thompson, Elisabeth Shue

Finishing with a big tease sequence of highlights for the mid-1990 scheduled Back to the Future Part 3, this could be the longest movie trailer in Hollywood history. Once again Michael has to outfox Biff, this time zooming forwards as well as backwards in the time machine. Directed and played with terrific verve, 'BTF2' moves so fast from one set-piece to the next that there's no time to reflect on the basic ridiculousness of the plot.

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• 1990
• US
• 1h 59min
• PG

• Directed by: Robert Zemeckis
• Cast: Michael J Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Mary Steenburgen, Thomas F Wilson, Lea Thompson

After the elongated trailer of 'BTF2' we're back in 1885 for the third and absolutely final instalment of the series, in which Michael has to face up to longstanding enemy Biff and save the Doc from certain death, except that the latter is much more interested in falling for Mary Steenburgen. The end result is not quite a bad film, but, as with almost every other sequel of a sequel there's an overall slackness which prevents it from lifting off in the way that it should. In almost every sense, we've been here before.

• 74%
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• 2020
• Australia, US
• 1h 38min
• 15

• Directed by: Andrew Traucki
• Cast: Jessica McNamee, Luke Mitchell, Amali Golden

A group of friends must fight for their lives against a pack of crocodiles when they get trapped in a cave system in Northern Australia.

• 46%
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• 2008
• US
• 2h 32min
• 12A

• Directed by: Christopher Nolan
• Cast: Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Heath Ledger, Gary Oldman, Aaron Eckhart, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Morgan Freeman

Nolan's revamp of the superhero franchise reaches its apotheosis with this sequel to Batman Begins, a supremely well-imagined, perfectly executed film that combines blockbuster spectacle with indie cinema cool and smarts. Psychotic, chaos-loving clown The Joker (Ledger) is introduced as the dark knight's ultimate nemesis and a thrilling battle slowly terrorises the populace of Gotham.

• 90%
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• 2019
• US
• 2h 6min
• 12A

• Directed by: Todd Haynes
• Cast: Anne Hathaway, Mark Ruffalo, Tim Robbins

Robert (Ruffalo) is a corporate defence attorney who switches sides when a friend’s cattle are ravaged by diseases caused by chemical run-off from a DuPont plant. The spiralling narrative sucks you in, but it’s rather lacking in conviction, idiosyncrasy and suspense (Hathaway is wasted as Robert’s crotchety wife.) Still, interesting and pertinent.

• 76%
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• 2020
• Denmark
• 1h 21min
• U

• Directed by: Kim Hagen Jensen, Tonni Zinck
• Cast: Caroline Vedel, Emilie Kroyer Koppel, Rasmus Botoft

A young girl decides to teach her new step-sister a lesson when she discovers she has the power to control other people's dreams.

• 63%

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• 2017
• 1h 46min
• 12A

• Directed by: Christopher Nolan
• Written by: Christopher Nolan
• Cast: Tom Hardy, Mark Rylance, Cillian Murphy, Harry Styles

Survival story set during the battle of Dunkirk in WWII. The younger cast members acquit themselves admirably, including pop star Harry Styles; and, in its uncomfortable depiction of frightened men looking to save their own skin, this is far from straightforwardly patriotic fare. As he delivers non-stop visual audacity, once again Nolan shows himself to be a master of pure cinema.

• 79%
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• 1970
• USA
• 1h 37min
• U

• Directed by: Denis Sanders
• Cast: Elvis Presley, James Burton, Glen D. Hardin

Backstage and performance footage of Elvis performing in Vegas during 1970.

• 81%
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• 2019
• Germany, Luxembourg
• 1h 25min
• PG

• Directed by: Aina Järvine, Federico Milella
• Cast: Madison Mullahey, Jessica Webb, Olivia Manning

Twin sisters Surah and Sera must work together to save the magical land of Bayala when shadow fairy Ophira steals a cache of dragon eggs, the source of Bayala's magic.

• 57%

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• 1990
• US
• 2h 25min
• 18

• Directed by: Martin Scorsese
• Cast: Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Braco, Paul Sorvino.

Liotta plays Henry Hill, a real-life mafioso, with De Niro as his mentor in crime. And while the bullets, fists and carving knives fly, Scorsese brings us back to that unavoidable question – yes, it's glamorous and lucrative to live this way, but can anyone really live with the consequences? Winner of BAFTA awards for best film, director and screenplay, and a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for Joe Pesci.

• 87%
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• 2010
• UK / US
• 2h 26min
• 12A

• Directed by: David Yates
• Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson

The seventh installment of the wildly popular wizard franchise is an atmospheric but emotionally hollow and rather rushed take on Rowling's original, with a strong performance from ever-dependable Grint but little else to recommend it other than as an appetiser for next summer's grand finale.

• 77%
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• 2011
• UK / US
• 2h 10min
• 12A

• Directed by: David Yates
• Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson

The end has arrived for Harry and happily the last installment really satisfies with its breakneck pacing, breathtaking set-pieces and a genuinely heart-warming ending.

• 81%
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• 2010
• US
• 2h 27min
• 12A

• Directed by: Christopher Nolan
• Written by: Christopher Nolan
• Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Ken Watanabe, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marion Cotillard, Ellen Page, Tom Hardy, Dileep Rao, Cillian Murphy, Tom Berenger, Michael Caine

DiCaprio stars as Don Cobb, a thief who is the master of the art of extraction, stealing secrets from the minds of the unconscious. The business is risky and has resulted the loss of everything he once held dear. Now he is being offered a chance of redemption, but at a cost, and up against a dangerous enemy that only Cobb could have seen coming.

• 88%
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• 2014
• US / UK
• 2h 49min
• 12A

• Directed by: Christopher Nolan
• Cast: Jessica Chastain, Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway

Cooper (McConaughey) is a pilot-turned-farmer who's recruited for an intergalactic mission to find humanity a new home. Despite awe and nail-biting tension, there's too much clunky exposition and cinematic clichés, and although Nolan's intentions to make a singular and cerebral film are admirable, it all gets a bit silly.

• 86%
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• 2003
• US / NZ
• 3h 30min
• 12A

• Directed by: Peter Jackson
• Cast: Elijah Wood, Billy Boyd, Ian McKellen, Cate Blanchett, Orlando Bloom, Viggo Mortensen, Christopher Lee

A remarkable end to a remarkable series of films, the journey of Frodo, Sam and Gollum is the pièce de résistance of the trilogy. The tension-filled journey forces both Gollum and Sam to show their true colours as Frodo suffers under the burden of the ring. All around is war as Aragorn fights to reclaim what is rightfully his. Jackson's vision is awesome. The Return of the King is some kind of beautiful, some kind of masterpiece. Unmissable.

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• 2001
• New Zealand / US
• 2h 58min
• PG

• Directed by: Peter Jackson
• Cast: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Orlando Bloom, Liv Tyler, John Rhys-Davies, Sean Bean, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, Cate Blanchett, Christopher Lee, Hugo Weaving, Ian Holm

At long last, a sword and sorcery adventure that really delivers the goods. JRR Tolkien's great achievement was to create an English mythology, located in a fantastical yet believable world. Jackson's great achievement is to bring the author's 1000 page tome to life, not merely realising the fantastic elements with special effects spectacle (though they are 'very' spectacular), but through storytelling flare and marvellous performances from his cast. Visceral and breathtakingly dramatic, The Fellowship of the Ring is an inspired labour of love and a monumental achievement.

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• 2002
• US / New Zealand
• 2h 59min
• 12A

• Directed by: Peter Jackson
• Cast: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Sean Astin, Viggo Mortensen, Andy Serkis, Liv Tyler, Cate Blanchett, John Rhys-Davies, Orlando Bloom, Bernard Hill, Christopher Lee, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, Hugo Weaving, Miranda Otto, Karl Urban, David Wenham, Brad Dourif

The second part of Jackson's ambitious three-part adaptation of JRR Tolkien's epic fantasy adventure might lack the storytelling verve of the first film, but in terms of spectacle it takes blockbuster filmmaking to the next level. Continuing where 'The Fellowship of the Ring' left off, without any recap of the story so far, 'The Two Towers' follows three separate plotlines: Frodo's trek to Modor to destroy the ring, his fellow Hobbits' meeting with the Ents (walking, talking trees) and the human/elf/dwarf combo Aragon, Legolas and Gimili's part in the siege of the human stronghold Helm's Deep by the evil wizard Sauraman's 10,000-strong army. The latter provides the hour-long climax to the film, and it's an awesome thing to behold. But Frodo's meeting with the ring's previous owner, Gollum, also impresses – here's a fully computer animated character that generates as much emotion as any of the living performers. The film suffers from being the second act of Tolkien's tale, but for Jackson's three hour film vision, there's no way around that.

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• 1999
• UK / US
• 2h 4min
• 15

• Directed by: Roger Michell
• Cast: Hugh Grant, Julia Roberts, Richard McCabe

In a now prohibitively expensive part of London, Grant's lowly bookseller literally bumps into Roberts' film star. Thereafter, they engage in romantic pursuits and eventually put class and culture clashes aside to live happily ever after. The leads don't strain themselves, but Richard Curtis' script is filled with witty jokes, particularly about national stereotypes.

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• 2020
• US
• 1h 52min
• U

• Directed by: Dan Scanlon
• Cast: Tom Holland, Chris Pratt, Octavia Spencer, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, John Ratzenberger

Adventure set in a fantasy world which has lost its magic due to a reliance on technology.

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• 2019
• France / Germany
• 1h 47min

• Directed by: Alice Winocour
• Cast: Eva Green, Zélie Boulant, Matt Dillon

Sarah (Green) is a French astronaut preparing to go to Mars, whose schedule is punctuated by visits from her daughter (Boulant). A heartrending astronaut drama that eschews spectacle and focuses on the mother-daughter relationship, with superb performances from all. Beautiful and insightful.

• 64%
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• 1994
• US
• 2h 23min
• 15

• Directed by: Frank Darabont
• Cast: Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman

Banged up for a crime he didn't commit (ain't they all?) quiet man Robbins plans a slow but effective revenge on the unnecessarily harsh prison regime. Freeman excels as the fellow con with an uncanny knack for procuring desired items. The film is certainly overlong, but the apocryphal feel to the storytelling and the period detail are well handled in what is, ultimately, a very fine movie indeed.

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• 2020
• US / Japan

• Directed by: Jeff Fowler
• Cast: James Marsden, Ben Schwartz, Jim Carrey, Tika Sumpter

Sonic (Schwartz) finds himself alone on Earth, on the run from the authorities, with villain Dr Robotnik (Carrey) also in pursuit. A derivative script and a rather tired performance from Carrey aside, it’s got disarming charm and cheek and Sonic is a cutely cartoonish hero.

• 66%
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• 1980
• US
• 2h 4min
• U

• Directed by: Irvin Kershner
• Written by: George Lucas, Leigh Brackett, Lawrence Kasdan
• Cast: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams, Anthony Daniels, David Prowse, Kenny Baker, Peter Mayhew, Frank Oz

Arguably the best Star Wars film, the middle part of the original trilogy is packed with drama, tension, humour and a belter of a cliffhanger. Much of its impact has been lost to familiarity (that twist) but it's a masterpiece, impeccably directed by George Lucas' old UCLA tutor Kershner.

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• 1984
• US
• 1h 47min
• 15

• Directed by: James Cameron
• Written by: James Cameron, Gale Anne Hurd, William Wisher, Jr
• Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Biehn, Linda Hamilton

In 2029 machines have all but conquered the planet but a saviour is at hand in the form of a new human leader. The machines respond by sending Schwarzenegger's cyborg back in time to 1984 on a mission to kill the future leader's mother. Inventive, excitingly paced science fiction adventure with a notable performance from Arnie in his first villainous role.

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• 1991
• US
• 2h 17min
• 15

• Directed by: James Cameron
• Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong

In a reprogrammed role that said much about his changed image since the first movie, Arnie becomes the underdog fighting to protect mother and child from another more advanced cyborg. With an element of uncontrived human compassion lurking throughout the gloriously expensive action sequences, as Schwarzenegger's cyborg develops human feelings, this is more than just a $100 million fairground ride.

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• 2020
• US
• 1h 30min
• 15

• Directed by: Derrick Borte
• Cast: Russell Crowe, Caren Pistorius, Gabriel Bateman, Jimmi Simpson, Austin P. McKenzie

• 62%
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• 2019
• US
• 1h 29min
• 15

• Directed by: Keith Thomas
• Cast: Dave Davis, Menashe Lustig, Malky Goldman

A young Hasidic Jewish man must face down an evil spirit when he is entrusted to watch over the body of a recently deceased member of his orthodox community.

• 58%

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