Empire Slough

• 2017
• 1h 29min
• 15

• Directed by: Johannes Roberts
• Cast: Mandy Moore, Claire Holt, Matthew Modine

Two sisters on holiday in Mexico find themselves trapped in a shark cage at the bottom of the sea. To make matters worse, they've less than an hour's oxygen left and the great whites look hungry.

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Legendary annual Maastricht concert which features the maestro in his element, along with his 60-piece Johann Strauss Orchestra, sopranos, tenors and very special guests.

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• 2017
• 1h 58min
• 12A

• Cast: Satinder Sartaaj, Jason Flemyng, Shabana Azmi

A period drama exploring a controversial chapter of shared British Indian colonial history. Following the death of his father, the ruler of Punjab, five-year-old Duleep Singh is taken to Britain and brought up as a Christian under the personal care of Queen Victoria. In early adulthood he meets his real mother and sets out to challenge the British Raj and free his people.

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• 2017
• USA
• 1h 37min
• U

• Directed by: Tom McGrath
• Written by: Marla Frazee/Michael McCullers
• Cast: Miles Christopher Bakshi, Alec Baldwin, Tobey Maguire, Steve Buscemi

The Boss Baby (Baldwin) is a tot with the mannerisms of a ruthless corporate tycoon, who upsets seven year old Tim (Bakshi). The frantic visual style and crude slapstick overwrite the charm of the original story by Marla Frazee, and there’s not much for audiences to take to their hearts.

• 65%
• 50%

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• 2017
• US
• 1h 29min
• PG

• Directed by: David Soren
• Cast: Kevin Hart, Thomas Middleditch, Ed Helms

Animated superhero comedy based on the bestselling book series by Dav Pilkey.

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• 2017
• US
• 1h 42min
• U

• Directed by: Brian Fee
• Cast: Armie Hammer, Nathan Fillion, Owen Wilson, Kerry Washington

Lightning (Wilson) is challenged by new car on the block, Jackson Storm (Hammer). The least interesting Pixar franchise rumbles on in a rudimentary cash-grab which is basically a training montage in search of a story, and Randy Newman’s score can’t save it from being a dull lunge for the finish line.

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• 2017
• US
• 1h 30min
• U

• Directed by: Pierre Coffin, Kyle Balda
• Cast: Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Trey Parker, Miranda Cosgrove, Dana Gaier, Nev Scharrel, Steve Coogan, Julie Andrews, Jenny Slate, Pierre Coffin

Gru (Carell) and new wife and fellow agent Lucy (Wiig) are ensconced with their adorable adopted daughters when supervillain Balthazar Bratt (Parker) decides to take revenge on Hollywood for neglecting him. It’s all a bit familiar but it skilfully balances kid and adult appeal with its madcap approach and embarrassment of mischievous energy.

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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.

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• 2017
• 2h 2min
• 15

• Directed by: Malcolm D Lee
• Cast: Regina Hall, Queen Latifah, Jada Pinkett Smith

Four lifelong friends travel to New Orleans for the annual Essence Festival and rediscover their wide sides.

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• 2017
• 1h 36min
• 12A

• Directed by: Zach Braff
• Cast: Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, Alan Arkin

A slick, amiable if somewhat safe cover version of an unjustly neglected 1979 comedy, this time starring Oscar-winners Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman and Alan Arkin as poverty-stricken old-timers who decide to take their revenge on a banking system.

• 68%
• 50%

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• 2017
• 2h 35min
• 12A

• Directed by: Anurag Basu
• Written by: Anurag Basu
• Cast: Ranbir Kapoor, Katrina Kaif, Saswata Chatterjee

A teenage detective is on a mission to find his missing father.

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• 2017
• India
• 2h 20min
• 12A

• Directed by: Sabir Khan
• Cast: Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Tiger Shroff, Chitrangda Singh

A Michael Jackson fan enters a dance contest.

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The second part of Tony Kushner’s multi-award winning play.

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• 2017
• US
• 2h 20min
• 12A

• Directed by: Matt Reeves
• Written by: Mark Bomback, Matt Reeves
• Cast: Andy Serkis, Woody Harrelson, Steve Zahn, Amiah Miller, Karin Konoval, Judy Greer, Terry Notary

After the apes suffer massive losses, ape leader Caesar begins his own mythic quest to avenge his kind. Though war is waged in exhilarating style, it is the strength of the emotions the characters go through that will leave you well and truly shaken.

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• 2017
• USA
• 1h 29min
• U

• Directed by: Kelly Asbury
• Written by: Stacey Harman/Pamela Ribon
• Cast: Demi Lovato, Ariel Winter, Julia Roberts, Joe Manganiello

Smurfette (Lovato) and her friends go on a quest to help her find her place in the village, and the result is a series of chases, a few under-cooked girl-power nods and a lot of sappiness. Undemanding kids might have a good time; adults will have to grin and smurf it.

• 58%
• 40%

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• 2017
• US
• 2h 13min
• 12A

• Directed by: Jon Watts
• Cast: Tom Holland, Michael Keaton, Zendaya, Donald Glover, Jacob Batalon, Laura Harrier, Tony Revolori, Tyne Daly, Bokeem Woodbine, Marisa Tomei, Robert Downey Jr.

The first collaboration between Sony and Marvel brings Spider-Man into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Tom Holland is the third actor to play the web-slinger, delivering a performance that gives the character a new edge, helped along by Jon Watts' fine directing. A humorous and action-packed addition to the Spider-Man canon.

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• 2017
• US
• 2h 28min
• 12A

• Directed by: Michael Bay
• Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Laura Haddock, Anthony Hopkins

It turns out that the Transformers shape human history, as Oxford lecturer Viviane (Haddock), butch inventor Cade (Wahlberg) and an English Earl (Hopkins) charge about from action sequence to action sequence. Wahlberg and Haddock have zero chemistry and it’s a deadening pile-up of CGI carnage, grating quips and joyless pummelling.

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