Cineworld Chichester

• 2014
• France/Belgium
• 85 min
• PG

• Directed by: Louis Clichy, Alexandre Astier
• Cast: Jack Whitehall, Nick Frost, Greg Davies, Matt Berry, Catherine Tate, Harry Enfield, Dick & Dom, Jim Broadbent

Julius Caesar devises a plan to assimilate the indomitable Gauls by building a luxury housing development in the forest surrounding their village. Much the slickest animated Asterix adaptation, with a sharply-written script which combines satire on capitalism with people being hit in the face with fish; the British dub also has some inspired voice casting.

• 70%
• 88%

• read review
• more info & trailer

• 2016
• US
• 2016-08-19
• 15

• Directed by: Jon Lucas, Scott Moore
• Cast: Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell, Kathryn Hahn, Annie Mumolo, Jada Pinkett Smith, Christina Applegate

Soccer mom Amy (Kunis), thwarted by the controlling PTA, befriends repressed Kiki (Bell) and outrageous Carla (Hahn). Rude, crude and raucous but nevertheless rather pleasing feelgood froth, championing bad behaviour as a solution to social repression.

• 67%
• 60%
• 60%

• read review
• more info & trailer

• 2016
• UK
• 123 min
• 15

• Directed by: Sharon Maguire
• Cast: Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth, Patrick Dempsey

Bridget (Zellweger) is back, and pregnant, either by handsome American Jack (Dempsey) or Mark (Firth), the ex she never got over. Cue babymaking shenanigans. Bridget's fretting about being a 'spinster' comes across as self-hatred, and the men don't deserve the poor treatment she gives them. Not cute, not charming; just awful.

• 74%
• 67%
• 100%

• read review
• more info & trailer

• 2016
• US
• 108 min
• 12A

• Directed by: Peter Berg
• Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Kurt Russell, Gina Rodriguez, John Malkovich

The real-life tale of the Deepwater Horizon disaster, in which an oil rig explosion killed eleven men and caused the largest oil spill in American history. Berg touches on issues of corporate negligence and recklessness, but the real focus is on the courage of individuals such as Wahlberg's blue collar engineer. A solid nailbiter.

• read review
• more info

• 2016
• US
• 103 min
• U

• Directed by: Andrew Stanton
• Written by: Victoria Strouse
• Cast: Ellen DeGeneres, Albert Brooks, Diane Keaton, Eugene Levy, Ty Burrell, Willem Dafoe

In the sequel to the much-loved Finding Nemo, annoyingly forgetful Dory goes on an adventure to find her family, crossing three oceans to get to them with Marlon and Nemo just a swish behind her.

• 78%
• 77%
• 94%

• read review
• more info & trailer

• 2016
• US
• 139 min
• 15

• Directed by: Gary Ross
• Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Mahershala Ali

Newt Knight is a Mississippi farmer and Confederate soldier who rebels against the authorities and organises a group of escaped slaves into a militia. Based on a true story which feels considerably more interesting than the movie; Knight is too good to believe and the film's good intentions rarely spark.

• read review
• more info

• 2016
• US

• Directed by: Tate Taylor
• Cast: Emily Blunt, Haley Bennett, Justin Theroux

Mystery thriller based on the enormously popular novel by Paula Hawkins.

• more info

• 2016
• UK/US
• 111 min
• 15

• Directed by: Colm McCarthy
• Cast: Gemma Arterton, Sennia Nanua, Glenn Close, Paddy Considine

A scientist and a teacher living in a dystopian future embark on a journey of survival with a special young girl named Melanie. Moving, visceral and surprising sci-fi horror, asking questions about what it means to be human.

• 70%
• 54%

• read review
• more info

• 2005
• UK/US
• 12A

• Directed by: Mike Newell
• Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson

Harry and his mates get busy at the inter-school of magic TriWizard Tournament, only to be faced with the return of evil mastermind Lord Voldemort (Fiennes). Overlong but entertaining enough adaptation of fourth Potter book directed with by Brit Newell.

• 77%
• 81%
• 88%

• more info

• 2016
• 100 min
• U

• Directed by: Mike Thurmeier/Galen T. Chu
• Cast: Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Simon Pegg, Jennifer Lopez, Queen Latifah

Same story as always: global catastrophe threatens Sid, Manny and Diego and they have to get to safety. It manages to be relatively fresh, thanks to the increased amount of time given to accident-prone Scrat and his Tex Avery-ish antics in defence of his giant acorn; surely the lovable rodent has earned his own franchise.

• 58%
• 34%
• 12%

• read review
• more info & trailer

• 2016
• US
• 106 min
• PG

• Directed by: Jon Favreau
• Written by: Justin Marks (screenplay), Rudyard Kipling
• Cast: Neel Sethi, Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley, Idris Elba, Scarlett Johansson, Christopher Walken

You know the story: boy (Sethi) left in woods, adopted by wolves (Nyong'o and Esposito), mentored by panther (Kingsley), befriended by bear (Murray), hunted by tiger (Elba, terrifying). Favreau and his team successfully retool the story with stunning CGI, and a script with heart, soul and spirit. A feelgood delight.

• 77%
• 77%
• 95%

• read review
• more info & trailer

• 2016
• US
• 102 min
• PG

• Directed by: Travis Knight
• Cast: Art Parkinson, Matthew McConaughey, Charlize Theron, Rooney Mara, Ralph Fiennes, Brenda Vaccaro, George Takei

One-eyed origami expert Kubo (Parkinson) joins forces with no-nonsense Monkey (Theron) and goofy human/insect warrior Beetle (McConaughey) on a quest to defeat the Moon King (Fiennes). Breathtakingly beautiful stop-motion animation, maybe too scary for young kids, but with plenty of humour, fine voice performances and a story full of heart.

• 83%
• 84%
• 96%

• read review
• more info & trailer

• 2016
• US
• 132 min
• 12A

• Directed by: Antoine Fuqua
• Cast: Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke, Vincent D'Onofrio, Lee Byung-hun, Manuel Garcia Rulfo, Martin Sensmeier, Peter Sarsgaard, Haley Bennett

Sam Chisolm (Washington) is a bounty hunter tasked with ridding Rosewater Creek of evil prospector Bogue (Sarsgaard) and his goons, so he recruits the titular seven-minus-one. Unsubtle remake of the 1960 original; the stunt work may have improved but it's all a bit empty

• read review
• more info & trailer

• 2016
• US
• 126 min
• 12A

• Directed by: Tim Burton
• Written by: Jane Goldman (screenplay), Ransom Riggs (novel)
• Cast: Asa Butterfield, Eva Green, Ella Purnell, Chris O'Dowd, Allison Janney, Terence Stamp, Kim Dickens, Rupert Everett, Judi Dench, Samuel L. Jackson

Teenager Jake (Butterfield), traumatised by the death of his grandfather (Stamp), goes to visit the titular home, where his grandfather grew up, run by eccentric Miss Peregrine (Green). Green is fun and memorable, so it's a pity that boring Jake is the main character and that the film is a whole is so disappointing and formulaic.

• 79%

• read review
• more info & trailer

• 2016
• US
• 103 min
• PG

• Directed by: David Lowery
• Cast: Oakes Fegley, Oona Laurence, Robert Redford, Bryce Dallas Howard, Wes Bentley, Karl Urban

Forest ranger Grace (Howard) discovers orphaned Pete (Fegley), who has lived in the woods for six years with a mysterious dragon named Elliott. Lowery uses old-school charm and a sense of place to make a genial fable of grief and growth pains; one of the best kids' movies of the summer.

• 73%
• 71%
• 86%

• read review
• more info & trailer

• 2015
• US
• 89 min
• 15

• Directed by: Greg Tiernan, Conrad Vernon
• Written by: Evan Goldberg, Kyle Hunter, Seth Rogen, Ariel Shaffir
• Cast: Seth Rogen, Kristen Wiig, Jonah Hill, James Franco

Frank (Rogen), a sausage, lives in a grocery store where he and his fellow foods excitedly look forward to life after being bought; but then he and hot-dog bun girlfriend Brenda (Wiig) learn the horrible truth. Rude, funny and unexpectedly profound, the best slice of adult animation since South Park.

• 68%
• 66%
• 82%

• read review
• more info

• 2016
• UK
• 122 min
• 15

• Directed by: Mat Whitecross
• Cast: Noel Gallagher, Liam Gallagher

The story of the Gallagher brothers and the band that made them famous, with plenty of eye-watering archive material from wobbly early rehearsals via life-changing first gigs to the 'biblical' 1996 Knebworth gigs, their career high point, which bookend the film. Richly sourced, with fresh voiceover interviews with both Gallaghers, it's highly watchable.

• read review
• more info