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Aquaman
- 2018
- US
- 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.
84%Wed 12 Dec
Thu 13 Dec
Over-18s only
Fri 14 Dec
Sat 15 Dec
Bohemian Rhapsody
- 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.
49%Tue 11 Dec
Wed 12 Dec
Thu 13 Dec
Bumblebee
- 2018
- US
- 1h 53min
- 12A
- Directed by: Travis Knight
- Cast: Hailee Steinfeld, John Cena, Pamela Adlon
An Autobot is found hiding in a junkyard by an 18-year old in a Californian town. Soon the pair are hunted down by a government agency.
Sat 15 Dec
Sun 16 Dec
Creed II
- 2018
- US
- 12A
- Directed by: Steven Caple Jr
- Cast: Tessa Thompson, Sylvester Stallone, Michael B Jordan
Adonis Creed (Jordan) must defend his world title against Viktor Drago (Munteanu), whose father killed Creed’s own father in Rocky IV. Flashy and entertaining sequel that hits all the right beats but doesn’t quite have the heart of its predecessor..
Tue 11 Dec
Over-18s only
Wed 12 Dec
Over-18s only
Thu 13 Dec
Over-18s only
Once Upon a Deadpool
- 2018
- US
- 1h 57min
- Directed by: David Leitch
- Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Fred Savage, Josh Brolin
Deadpool 2 gets the Christmas treatment as the 'merc with a mouth' kidnaps Fred Savage (Princess Bride, The Wonder Years) and forces him to listen to a version of the film without all the gory parts.
Tue 11 Dec
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
- 2018
- UK/US
- 2h 14min
- 12A
- Directed by: David Yates
- Written by: J.K. Rowling
- Cast: Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Johnny Depp
Newt (Redmayne) is back in London in 1927, while defeated Dark Wizard Grindelwald (Depp) has escaped and is heading to Paris. Law steps up as young Albus Dumbeldore and the film really flies in the final act, deepening characters and relationships and expanding the universe. A beast of a movie.
Tue 11 Dec
3D
3D / Over-18s only
Wed 12 Dec
3D
Thu 13 Dec
3D
The Girl in the Spider's Web
- 2018
- UK / Germany / Sweden / Canada / USA
- 1h 57min
- 15
- Directed by: Fede Álvarez
- Cast: Claire Foy, Sverrir Gudnason, LaKeith Stanfield, Sylvia Hoeks, Stephen Merchant
Lisbeth Salander returns, recruited by a computer boffin (Merchant) to hack a program that accesses nuclear codes, but then her sister (Hoeks) shows up wanting revenge on her for fleeing home. Foy is impressive but it goes for surface thrills rather than psychological depth.
Tue 11 Dec
Over-18s only
Wed 12 Dec
Over-18s only
The Grinch
- 2018
- US
- 1h 26min
- PG
- Directed by: Yarrow Cheney, Scott Mosier
- Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Rashida Jones, Kenan Thompson, Cameron Seely, Angela Lansbury
The Grinch (Cumberbatch) is a grumpy, green creature who despises Christmas so much that he plots to steal it. The animation is gorgeous, the pace is breezy and Cumberbatch does a decent job with the voice, but the film is stolen by the Grinch’s adorable dog Max.
Tue 11 Dec
Thu 13 Dec
The Hate U Give
- 2018
- US
- 2h 12min
- 12A
- Directed by: George Tillman Jr.
- Cast: Amandla Stenberg, Regina Hall, Russell Hornsby
Starr (Stenberg) is an African-American high school girl who goes to a predominantly white private school, and who becomes the only witness to her childhood friend being shot by a trigger-happy cop. An unexpectedly rich and complex teen movie, a potent reminder of the complexities of a world full of racial and class divides. Stenberg is excellent.
Tue 11 Dec
Over-18s only
Thu 13 Dec
Over-18s only
Johnny English Strikes Again
- 2018
- UK/France
- 1h 28min
- PG
- Directed by: David Kerr
- Cast: Rowan Atkinson, Olga Kurylenko, Ben Miller, Emma Thompson
Johnny English (Atkinson) is called back into action after a cyberattack reveals the identities of British secret agents. The cast are game, but the dialogue lacks snap and the direction and editing are atrocious. The lack of laughs are all the more infuriating because it’s easy to see how it could have been funnier.
Thu 13 Dec
Metropolitan Opera Live: La Traviata
- 2018
Verdi's opera about the passionate, consumptive Violetta, conducted by Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin.
Sat 15 Dec
Milosc Jest Wszystkim
- 2018
- Poland
- 2h 10min
- Directed by: Michal Kwiecinski
- Cast: Olaf Lubaszenko, Aleksandra Adamska, Joanna Balas |
An unusual Santa arrives at Christmas time.
Sat 15 Dec
Sun 16 Dec
Mortal Engines
- 2018
- New Zealand/US
- Directed by: Christian Rivers
- Cast: Hera Hilmar, Hugo Weaving, Robert Sheehan
In a post-apocalyptic future, entire cities have gone mobile and ingest smaller cities, stripping them of resources. Rivers nails the spectacle but flunks the human interest, squeezing too many effects and story into one movie and leaving no room for emotional engagement.
Tue 11 Dec
Wed 12 Dec
Thu 13 Dec
Nativity Rocks!
- 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.
Tue 11 Dec
Wed 12 Dec
Thu 13 Dec
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
- 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.
Tue 11 Dec
Thu 13 Dec
Paw Patrol: Big Screen Tales
- 2017
- 1h 5min
- U
- Directed by: Maria Timotheou
Ryder, Chase, Marshal, Skye and the rest of PAW Patrol return to the big screen with four episodes. The gang visit new locations, including a mountaintop, ocean and a jungle.
Sat 15 Dec
Sun 16 Dec
Ralph Breaks the Internet
- 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.
Tue 11 Dec
Subtitled
Wed 12 Dec
Over-18s only
Thu 13 Dec
Over-18s only
Robin Hood
- 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.
Tue 11 Dec
Wed 12 Dec
Thu 13 Dec
Over-18s only
Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse
- 2018
- US
- 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 and exhilarating.
Wed 12 Dec
Over-18s only
Thu 13 Dec
Over-18s only
Fri 14 Dec
Sat 15 Dec
A Star is Born
- 2018
- US
- 2h 15min
- 15
- Directed by: Bradley Cooper
- Cast: Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper, Sam Elliott
Jackson (Cooper) is a famous musician, his best years behind him, who discovers young singer Ally (Gaga) in a bar one night. What could have been yet another remake is a revelation: Gaga sings up a storm and is nuanced and convincing, but Cooper is extraordinary as co-writer, producer, director and star. Smart, funny and heartbreaking.
Tue 11 Dec
Over-18s only
Wed 12 Dec
Over-18s only
Thu 13 Dec
Over-18s only
Widows
- 2018
- UK / US
- 2h 9min
- 15
- Directed by: Steve McQueen
- Cast: Viola Davis, Elizabeth Debicki, Michelle Rodriguez, Liam Neeson
Veronica (Davis) is the wife of career criminal Harry (Neeson), who talks the wives of her husband’s associates into pulling off a heist after their husbands are unable to (see the movie title.) Densely populated and richly realised crime drama, with three fine leads in Davis, Debicki and Rodriguez, and McQueen’s contemplative style is balanced with genre thrills and feminist fury.
Tue 11 Dec
Wed 12 Dec
Thu 13 Dec
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