Odeon Blackpool

• 2018
• US
• 2h 23min

• Directed by: James Wan
• Cast: Jason Momoa, Amber Heard, Willem Dafoe, Patrick Wilson, Dolph Lundgren, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Nicole Kidman

Jason Momoa stars as the heir to Atlantis in the latest DC superhero flick.

• 75%
• 55%

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• 2018
• UK/USA
• 1h 31min
• 12A

• Directed by: Bryan Singer
• Cast: Rami Malek, Lucy Boynton, Gwilym Lee, Ben Hardy, Joseph Mazzello, Aidan Gillen, Tom Hollander, Allen Leech, Mike Myers

The Freddie Mercury story. Malek as Mercury does a great job, with a passionate and impressive performance, but despite the recreation of momentous performances it’s a disappointingly tame affair, with a by-the-numbers screenplay and a bland lack of insight into Mercury’s heritage or sexuality.

• 83%
• 49%

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• 2018
• US
• 1h 53min
• 12A

• Directed by: Travis Knight
• Cast: Hailee Steinfeld, John Cena, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., John Ortiz, Jason Drucker, Pamela Adlon

In 80s California, Charlie (Steinfeld) is a grieving teenage auto mechanic who finds a broken-down VW Beetle which turns out to be Autobot B-127. Knight’s Transformers prequel injects much needed charm and fun into the franchise, with a nice bond between Bee and Charlie, and even the robot fights have wit and precision.

• 72%
• 66%

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• 2018
• UK / US
• 1h 51min
• 15

• Directed by: Wash Westmoreland
• Cast: Keira Knightley, Eleanor Tomlinson, Fiona Shaw

Biopic of French writer Colette (Knightley), focusing on her early years and her wild days in fin-de-siecle Paris after her marriage to Henry Gauthier-Villars (West). Knightley is fantastic as the bisexual icon and the film becomes more playful as it goes on. A pleasurable rite of passage about a woman striving for independence.

• 68%
• 74%

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• 2019
• US
• 1h 36min
• PG

• Directed by: Charles Martin Smith
• Cast: Bryce Dallas Howard (voice), Jonah Hauer-King, Ashley Judd, Edward James Olmos

Bella (voiced by Howard) a pit bull mix, has plenty of adventures on her journey from New Mexico back to her own owner in Colorado. Simple, shamelessly manipulative fare for children of all ages, with a sunny disposition that reflects the heroine’s own genial outlook.

• 63%
• 49%

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• 2018
• Japan
• 1h 40min
• PG

• Directed by: Tatsuya Nagamine
• Cast: Vic Mignogna, Christopher Sabat, Jason Douglas

Goku and Vegeta face a powerful Sayan warrior.

• 86%
• 64%

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• 2019
• South Africa / US
• 1h 40min
• 15

• Directed by: Adam Robitel
• Cast: Deborah Ann Woll, Taylor Russell, Logan Miller

Six strangers must come together to survive in this psychological thriller.

• 64%
• 49%

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• 2018
• Ireland / UK / US
• 15

• Directed by: Yorgos Lanthimos
• Cast: Olivia Colman, Rachel Weisz, Emma Stone, Nicholas Hoult

In the court of Queen Anne (Colman), power is wielded by Lady Sarah Marlborough (Weisz), but then Sarah’s young cousin Abigail (Stone) arrives. Brash, bawdy and beguiling, and a deceptively acute commentary on the nature of power, with career-best work from Weisz and Stone and a commanding performance from Colman as the ailing Queen.

• 79%
• 90%

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• 2019
• US
• 2h 8min
• 15

• Directed by: M. Night Shyamalan
• Cast: James McAvoy, Bruce Willis, Anya Taylor-Joy, Sarah Paulson, Samuel L. Jackson

Kevin (McAvoy) from Shyamalan’s Split and David (Willis) from his Unbreakable are incarcerated together with the second film’s Mr Glass (Jackson), in this closer to the trilogy. There’s plenty of suspense and fine acting from the three leads, but it would have been better if it had seemed less self-congratulatory. Flawed but entertaining.

• 71%
• 42%

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• 2018
• US
• 2h 10min

• Directed by: Peter Farrelly
• Cast: Viggo Mortensen, Mahershala Ali, Linda Cardellini

An unlikely friendship forms as Italian-American Tony Lip (Mortensen) chauffeurs African-American classical pianist Dr Don Shirley (Ali) through the deep south during the 60s.

• 83%
• 70%

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Live screening of the West End hit Everybody's Talking About Jamie.

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• 2018
• US
• 2h 10min
• PG

• Directed by: Rob Marshall
• Cast: Emily Blunt, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ben Whishaw, Emily Mortimer, Julie Walters, Dick Van Dyke, Angela Lansbury, Colin Firth, Meryl Streep

Michael Banks (Whishaw) is facing ruin after the death of his wife, and his sister Jane (Mortimer) can’t help—but then Mary Poppins (Blunt) sails down from the sky. Blunt is suitably brusque and radiant and a fine songstress, and while it’s a sliver of a story it’s impressively imaginative and unashamedly, triumphantly nostalgic.

• 72%
• 66%

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• 2018
• UK/US

• Directed by: Josie Rourke
• Cast: Saoirse Ronan, Margot Robbie, Jack Lowden, David Tennant, Martin Compston, Joe Alwyn, Brendan Coyle, Guy Pearce

Mary Stuart (Ronan) and Elizabeth (Robbie) would like to be sisters but political rivalry drives them apart. Ronan gives a sophisticated performance and Robbie as Elizabeth is a blend of nervous uncertainty and confident outrage. Over the top, perhaps, but its ridiculousness hits a raw nerve in the current political climate, where women politicians are attacked for dancing.

• 65%
• 60%

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• 2018
• US
• 15

• Directed by: Clint Eastwood
• Cast: Clint Eastwood, Bradley Cooper, Dianne Wiest

Earl (Eastwood) is a prize-winning horticulturist who, when his business faces foreclosure, becomes a drug mule for the cartels. Despite a clumsy script (based on a true story), Eastwood the director keeps the whole thing humming along to a quietly satisfying conclusion.

• 72%
• 58%

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• 2018
• UK
• 1h 40min
• U

• Directed by: Debbie Isitt
• Written by: Debbie Isitt
• Cast: Simon Lipkin, Craig Revel Horwood, Daniel Boys, Anna Chancellor, Helen George, Meera Syal, Hugh Dennis, Jessica Hynes, Vincent Franklin, Ruth Jones, Celia Imrie

A fourth film in the comedy series about school nativity plays.

• 42%

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Child-friendly take on the Aesop's fable.

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• 2018
• US
• 1h 39min
• PG

• Directed by: Lasse Hallström, Joe Johnston
• Cast: Keira Knightley, Mackenzie Foy, Eugenio Derbez, Matthew Macfadyen, Richard E. Grant, Misty Copeland, Helen Mirren, Morgan Freeman

Clara (Foy) is a science-minded teenager whose late mother leaves her a jewellery egg which needs a key, the search for which involves journeying into magical realms. A random hodge-podge of underpowered set pieces loosely inspired by ETA Hoffmann, with the supporting cast chewing the scenery and a lot of grandiose settings but not much story.

• 55%
• 39%

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• 2018

A series of exclusive, advance screenings of thought provoking and controversial films. You don't know what you're going to see until the curtain goes up. Can you handle the suspense?

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• 2018
• US
• 1h 52min
• PG

• Directed by: Rich Moore, Phil Johnston
• Cast: John C. Reilly, Sarah Silverman, Jack McBrayer, Jane Lynch, Taraji P. Henson

Ralph (Reilly) and Vanellope (Silverman) have to go to the internet when her game, Sugar Rush, needs a new part. What could have been yet another film about how amazeballs the internet is, becomes a savvy and sweet tale of friendship, subtly weaving the in-jokes with the emotional stakes.

• 73%
• 71%

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• 2018
• US
• 1h 56min
• 12A

• Directed by: Otto Bathurst
• Cast: Taron Egerton, Jamie Foxx, Ben Mendelsohn, Eve Hewson, Tim Minchin, Jamie Dornan, Cornelius Booth

Robin of Loxley (Egerton) returns from the Crusades to find his possessions confiscated by the Sheriff of Nottingham (Mendelsohn) and his love Marian (Hewson) being courted by Will Scarlet (Dornan). The running time is a stretch but it doesn’t take itself too seriously, preferring to get in, get out and (mostly) get the job done.

• 53%
• 32%

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• 1993
• US
• 3h 15min
• 15

• Directed by: Steven Spielberg
• Cast: Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, Ralph Fiennes

Factory owner Oskar Schindler (Neeson) becomes more and more involved in efforts to rescue Jewish workers during the Holocaust, defying amoral Nazi concentration camp commander Amon Goeth (Fiennes). Spielberg's grimmest film doesn't flinch from the terrible reality; despite manipulative moments it's undeniably very moving, with Neeson giving his best work thus far.

• 89%
• 93%
• 96%

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• 2018
• US
• 12A

• Directed by: Peter Segal
• Cast: Jennifer Lopez, Vanessa Hudgens, Leah Remini

Maya (Lopez) is an undervalued employee of Value Shop whose godson, unbeknownst to her, pimps her CV, leading her to a flash new job as a product development consultant. It’s got likeable characters and J. Lo’s superstar charisma remains undiminished, but then it succumbs to the usual comedy clichés.

• 60%
• 47%

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• 2018
• US
• 1h 57min
• PG

• Directed by: Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman
• Cast: Shameik Moore, Jake Johnson, Nicolas Cage

Miles Morales (Moore) is an average kid living in a New York where Spider-Man exists, but he then gets bitten himself by a radioactive spider and starts developing familiar abilities. Hugely imaginative animated adventure which dispenses with the familiar origin story and looks like a comic come to life. Hilarious, original and exhilarating.

• 87%
• 87%

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• 2018
• UK / Canada / US

• Directed by: Jon S. Baird
• Cast: Steve Coogan, John C. Reilly, Shirley Henderson, Danny Huston, Nina Arianda, Rufus Jones, Susy Kane

Stan Laurel (Coogan) and Oliver Hardy (Reilly) are touring postwar Britain in the hope of bankrolling their next picture, but their time seems to be passing. A classy, ambitious look at the gruelling nature of showbiz, weaving Laurel & Hardy’s routines into the fabric of the story; Coogan is particularly good and it’s a loving nod to two of cinema’s greats.

• 76%
• 75%

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• 2019
• Poland
• 1h 56min

• Directed by: Maciej Kawalski
• Cast: Jaroslaw Boberek, Janusz Chabior, Mariusz Drezek

A top MMA fighter loses everything after a fight with his biggest rival.

• 59%

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• 2017
• US
• 2h 6min
• 12A

• Directed by: Neil Burger
• Cast: Kevin Hart, Bryan Cranston, Nicole Kidman

Dell (Hart) is an unemployed ex-con who gets a job as live-in carer to millionaire Phil (Cranston), paralysed after a hang-gliding accident, and the pair forge an unlikely friendship. Predictable but entertaining remake of the French smash hit comedy-drama Untouchable, with a fine and affecting performance from Hart in particular. Entertaining if formulaic.

• 58%
• 46%

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• 2018
• US
• 15

• Directed by: Adam McKay
• Cast: Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Jesse Plemons, Sam Rockwell

The rise of Dick Cheney (Bale), from electrical worker in Wisconsin to US vice-president, presented as cheeky, dark, inventive comedy. Bale gives a compelling, shape-shifting performance and Adams as his ambitious wife Lynne is scintillating, as are Carell and Rockwell. A super-smart and disconcerting history lesson.

• 71%
• 61%

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