Cineworld Chichester

• 2019
• US
• 2h 8min
• PG

• Directed by: Guy Ritchie
• Cast: Will Smith, Mena Massoud, Naomi Scott, Marwan Kenzari, Navid Negahban, Nasim Pedrad, Numan Acar, Billy Magnussen, Alan Tudyk, Frank Welker

Disney’s live-action version of 1992’s Aladdin features a fun, fast-talking and scene-stealing Smith and terrific work from Massoud and Scott as Aladdin and Jasmine, but against that there’s some weird VFX, odd directorial choices and a well-intentioned but clunky female empowerment number. Enjoyable and entertaining nevertheless.

• 71%
• 53%

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• 2019
• US
• 1h 31min

• Directed by: Benjamin Berman
• Cast: The Amazing Johnathan, Eric André, Benjamin Berman

Film about ailing magician John Szeles, who enlists director Berman to document his comeback; gradually the director becomes as much a subject of his own film. A hall of mirrors, personable and engrossing, and an original take on the documentary format.

• 68%
• 52%

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• 2019
• US / New Zealand
• 1h 32min
• 15

• Directed by: Sophia Takal
• Cast: Imogen Poots, Lily Donoghue, Aleyse Shannon, Brittany O'Grady, Caleb Eberhardt, Simon Mead, Cary Elwes

Four sorority sisters (Poots, Shannon, Donoghue and O’Grady) in a US university plot revenge on a campus creep, but their defiance sparks outrage and a murder spree.Timely slasher movie which takes a while to find its footing, but it has a sense of dread and it shoots misogynist traditions through the heart.

• 30%

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• 2019
• 1h 31min
• 15

• Directed by: Andrew Onwubolu
• Written by: Andrew Onwubolu
• Cast: Stephen Odubola, Micheal Ward, Khali Best

Timmy (Odubola) befriends Marco (Ward), but they find themselves on separate sides of an increasingly ugly gang rivalry. Rapper-turned-writer/director Onwubolu, telling a story drawn from his own upbringing, draws compelling turns from Ward and Odubola and it packs a huge punch.

• 54%

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• 2017

Sugarplum Fairies and Rat Kings live from Russia.

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• 2019
• UK / US
• PG

• Directed by: Tom Hooper
• Cast: James Corden, Judi Dench, Jason Derulo, Idris Elba, Jennifer Hudson, Ian McKellen, Taylor Swift, Rebel Wilson, Francesca Hayward

Andrew Lloyd Webber's adaptation of the TS Eliot tale is brought to life by a starry cast. Directed by Tom Hooper.

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• 2003
• US
• 1h 36min
• PG

• Directed by: Jon Favreau
• Written by: David Berenbaum
• Cast: Will Ferrell, Bob Newhart, Ed Asner, James Caan, Zooey Deschanel, Mary Steenburgen

Buddy (Ferrell) is a big Elf who, though accepted in his Elvish community at the North Pole, manages to wreak havoc on a daily basis. Fed up and confused by his charge, Papa Elf (Bob Newhart) sends him to the US in search of his true identity. Hilarious and puerile Yuletide comedy.

• 69%
• 64%
• 84%

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Celebrate 25 years of Friends with a screening of some of the most popular episodes.

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• 2019
• US
• 1h 43min
• U

• Directed by: Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee
• Cast: Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Josh Gad, Jonathan Groff

Elsa (Menzel) and Anna (Bell) head off on a dangerous journey after Elsa hears voices calling her to a distant land. The plot is less involving than the character interaction, but Olaf (Gad) is the comedic highlight and while it may be less compelling than the original, it's got all the ingredients for a hit.

• 73%
• 64%

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• 2019
• 1h 40min

• Directed by: Denholm Hewlett

Documentary about the British virtual band the Gorillaz.

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• 2019
• US
• 1h 48min
• 12A

• Directed by: Taika Waititi
• Cast: Roman Griffin Davis, Scarlett Johansson, Taika Waititi, Rebel Wilson, Thomasin McKenzie, Sam Rockwell, Stephen Merchant

Jojo (Davis) is a ten-year-old, obedient Nazi boy in WWII Germany whose mother (Johansson) is in the Resistance; Jojo reinvents Hitler (Waititi) as his oddball imaginary friend. Waititi ridicules Nazi ideology with aplomb, and as Jojo journeys towards enlightenment and reconnects with his humanity, it’s even rather beautiful.

• 81%
• 58%

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• 2019
• US
• 1h 54min
• 12A

• Directed by: Jake Kasdan
• Cast: Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Kevin Hart, Karen Gillan, Nick Jonas, Awkwafina, Danny DeVito, Danny Glover

In the sequel to the 2017 reboot, old-timers Eddie (DeVito) and Milo (Glover) join the teens in an another video game adventure. Johnson and Awkwafina steal their scenes, although Gillan has to do too much exposition before she can get going, and while it’s a bit too similar to its predecessor it’s amiable festive fun.

• 70%
• 58%

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• 2019
• US
• 2h 10min
• 12A

• Directed by: Rian Johnson
• Cast: Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Jamie Lee Curtis, Michael Shannon, Don Johnson, Toni Collette, Lakeith Stanfield, Katherine Langford, Jaeden Martell, Christopher Plummer

When mystery writer Harlan Thrombey (Plummer) is found with his throat slit, puffed-up private detective Benoit Blanc (Craig) gets on the case. A wickedly knowing, flamboyantly bitchy take on the whodunnit, with a great cast, bags of style and a splendidly outrageous comic turn from Craig. Bloody good fun.

• 81%
• 82%

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• 2019
• UK / US
• 1h 43min
• 12A

• Directed by: Paul Feig
• Cast: Emilia Clarke, Henry Golding, Emma Thompson, Michelle Yeoh

Kate (Clarke) is a Yugoslavian immigrant whose life is going downhill until she meets the mysterious bike-riding Tom (Golding), who seems too good to be true. Thompson and Kimmings’ script is a saccharine romantic fantasy and George Michael’s music isn’t always incorporated effectively, but its heart is in the right place.

• 66%
• 50%

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• 2019
• US
• 2h 32min

• Directed by: James Mangold
• Cast: Matt Damon, Christian Bale, Jon Bernthal, Caitriona Balfe, Tracy Letts, Josh Lucas, Noah Jupe, Remo Girone, Ray McKinnon

Car designer Carroll Shelby (Damon) teams up with mechanic/driver Ken Miles (Bale) in the story of how Ford tried to beat Ferrari at Le Mans in 1966. The race scenes are directed with thrilling energy, and if scenes between Miles and his wife Mollie (Balfe) are uneven, it’s an effective story about dreamers who risked everything.

• 83%
• 81%

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• 2019
• US
• 2h 15min
• U

• Directed by: Greta Gerwig
• Cast: Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Florence Pugh, Eliza Scanlen, Laura Dern, Timothée Chalamet, Meryl Streep, Tracy Letts, Bob Odenkirk, James Norton, Louis Garrel, Chris Cooper

Another starry adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's tale of four sisters coming of age following the American Civil War.

• 76%
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• 2019
• 2h 24min
• 15

• Directed by: Edward Norton
• Cast: Edward Norton, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Alec Baldwin

Lionel Essrog (Norton, who also adapted, directed and co-produced) is a Marlowe-style gumshoe with all the physical and verbal tics of Tourette’s syndrome, who sets out to discover why his boss Frank (Willis) has been shot. Despite a strong cast, the predictable twists and corny dialogue let it down.

• 71%
• 60%

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• 2019
• Belgium
• 1h 25min
• PG

• Directed by: Vincent Kesteloot, Ben Stassen
• Cast: Jack Whitehall, Julie Walters, Sheridan Smith, Ray Winstone, Matt Lucas, Tom Courtenay

Rex (Whitehall) is a corgi living in Buckingham Palace until Donald Trump (Culshaw) and his oversexed dog Mitzi (Hadland) arrive. Poorly judged Belgian animated feature with lame gags normalising sexual assault and bizarre underworld stereotypes and drug-based humour. Kids are unlikely to take offence but adults may feel that explaining the jokes aren’t worth the bother.

• 47%

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• 2018

A Christmas treat for the whole family and a classic with a special place in the hearts of ballet fans around the world. The Royal Ballet's production of The Nutcracker will be broadcast live from the Royal Opera House to theatres across the UK.

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• 2019
• US
• 2h 35min

• Directed by: JJ Abrams
• Cast: Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Anthony Daniels, Naomi Ackie, Domhnall Gleeson, Richard E. Grant, Lupita Nyong'o, Keri Russell, Joonas Suotamo, Kelly Marie Tran, Ian McDiarmid, Billy Dee Williams

The Star Wars Skywalker saga, which began in 1977, comes to an end, nine films later.

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• 2015-2019

See the last trilogy of the Skywalker saga back-to-back: The Force Awakens, The Last Jedi and The Rise of Skywalker.

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