Showcase Bristol Cinema De Lux

• 2020
• 1h
• U

• Directed by: Declan Doyle
• Cast: Rafferty Railton, David Threlfall, Eve Bentley

Bing, Flop, Sula and Sula's cousin Nicky open presents and tell festive stories. Also includes the episodes 'Leaf Pictures', 'Face Paint' and 'Puppet Show'.

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• 2012
• UK
• 1h 34min
• 15

• Directed by: Bernard Rose
• Written by: Leo Tolstoy, Matthew Jacobs
• Cast: Danny Huston, Matthew Jacobs

In an adaptation of Tolstoy’s short story Master and Man, supercilious property developer Basil (Huston) and hired chauffeur Nick (Jacobs) get lost in snowy Colorado. Rose’s fourth Tolstoy adaptation and diminishing returns have set in; Jacobs’ mediocre screenplay doesn’t help. Disappointing.

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• 2021
• UK
• 1h 46min
• PG

• Directed by: Gil Kenan
• Cast: Henry Lawfull, Toby Jones, Sally Hawkins, Kristen Wiig, Michiel Huisman, Zoe Colletti, Stephen Merchant, Jim Broadbent, Maggie Smith

A young boy sets out on an extraordinary adventure into the snowy north in search of his father who is on a quest to discover the fabled village of the elves.

• 68%

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• 2021
• UK
• 1h 5min
• U

The annual CBeebies Christmas show. For 2021, the magical story is The Night Before Christmas.

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• 2021
• US
• 1h 37min
• PG

• Directed by: Walt Becker
• Cast: Darby Camp, Jack Whitehall, Izaac Wang, John Cleese, Sienna Guillory, Tony Hale

A young girl's love for a tiny puppy makes it grow to an enormous size.

• 60%

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• 2021
• US
• 1h 48min
• 15

• Directed by: Mike Mills
• Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Gaby Hoffmann, Scoot McNairy, Molly Webster, Jaboukie Young-White, Woody Norman

After gracing audiences with Beginners and 20th Century Women, writer-director Mike Mills returns with another warm, insightful, and gratifyingly askew portrait of American family life. A soulful Joaquin Phoenix plays Johnny, a kindhearted radio journalist deep into a project in which he interviews children across the U.S. about our world’s uncertain future. His sister, Viv (a marvelously intuitive Gaby Hoffmann), asks him to watch her 9-year-old son, Jesse (Woody Norman, in one of the most affecting breakout child performances in years), while she tends to the child’s father, who’s suffering from mental health issues. After agreeing, Johnny finds himself connecting with his nephew in ways he hadn’t expected, ultimately taking Jesse with him on a journey from Los Angeles to New York to New Orleans. Anchored by three remarkable actors, C’mon C’mon is a gentle yet impeccably crafted drama about coming to terms with personal trauma and historical legacies.

• 81%

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• 1988
• US
• 2h 11min
• 18

• Directed by: John McTiernan
• Cast: Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Bonnie Bedelia, Alexander Godunov

Willis plays a cop who attends a tower block Christmas party with his estranged spouse. The building is raided by terrorists, so it's left to Willis to bump off the baddies and save the hostages while the police and FBI languish ineptly on the sidelines. Unbearably tense actioner that gets good mileage out of yawning lift-shafts and flying bullets, while Willis is convincing as an ordinary guy trying to cope with it all. Watch out for Brit Rickman as a villain with a sense of humour.

• 82%
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• 2015 / 2009
• UK
• U

Rated UStick ManSynopsis: Stick Man, an animated twig, lives with his Stick Lady Love and their children in the family tree. Out for his regular jog, Stick Man is picked up by a playful dog and launched on a series of unfortunate adventures that take him ever further away from home. The seasons pass, until Stick Man meets a surprising friend who might just be able to help him get back. But will he make it home in time for Christmas?INFORMATIONRunning Time: 27 MinutesGenre: Animation, ChildrenDirector: Jeroen JaspaertStarring: Hugh Bonneville (voice), Rob Brydon (voice), Martin Freeman (voice), Sally Hawkins (voice), Jennifer Saunders (voice), Russell Tovey (voice)BBFCinsight: No material likely to offend or harmThe GruffaloSynopsis: One fine day a cunning mouse goes for a walk in the woods. On his path he meets a fox, an owl and a snake each of whom, eager to eat the mouse, invites him to their homes for a meal. The mouse knows their game and tells them that he is on the way to have tea with his friend the Gruffalo, the most monstrous and frightening animal in the forest.The fox, the owl and the snake each in turn run away. The mouse congratulates himself everyone knows the Gruffalo doesnt exist! Or, does he? Julia Donaldsons charming story, with Axel Schefflers brilliant illustrations, is one of the most successful and most loved of childrens books ever and this Oscar-nominated version brings it vividly and triumphantly to life.INFORMATIONRunning Time: 27 MinutesGenre: Animation, ChildrenDirector: Olivia Jacobs,Nick MorrisStarring: Helena Bonham Carter (voice), Rob Brydon (voice), James Corden (voice), John Hunt (voice), Robbie Coltrane (voice), Tom Wilkinson (voice)BBFCinsight: Some very mild scary parts

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• 2021
• US
• 2h 35min
• 12A

• Directed by: Denis Villeneuve
• Cast: Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Dave Bautista, Stellan Skarsgård, Charlotte Rampling, Zendaya, Josh Brolin, Jason Momoa, David Dastmalchian, Chang Chen

The director of Blade Runner 2049 takes a crack at Frank Herbert's notoriously unfilmable sci-fi epic. The story is to be split across two films.

• 82%

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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.

• 70%
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• 2021
• US
• 1h 39min
• PG

• Directed by: Byron Howard, Jared Bush
• Cast: Stephanie Beatriz, John Leguizamo, María Cecilia Botero, Diane Guerrero, Jessica Darrow, Angie Cepeda, Wilmer Valderrama

A Colombian girl is frustrated at being the only member of her family without magic powers.

• 76%

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• 2021
• US
• 2h 37min
• 12A

• Directed by: Chloé Zhao
• Cast: Salma Hayek, Angelina Jolie, Richard Madden, Kumail Nanjiani, Brian Tyree Henry, Dong-seok Ma, Lia McHugh, Lauren Ridloff

Another team of superhumans from the pages of Marvel comic books.

• 68%

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• 2021
• US
• 2h 4min
• 12A

• Directed by: Jason Reitman
• Cast: Mckenna Grace, Finn Wolfhard, Paul Rudd, Carrie Coon, Bill Murray, Sigourney Weaver, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Celeste O'Connor, Logan Kim

Another instalment for the ever popular Ghostbusters franchise. This is a sequel to the first two films and is directed by Jason Reitman, son of their director, Ivan Reitman.

• 77%

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• 2021
• 2h 37min

• Directed by: Nicolas Jack Davies

The virtual band bring their highly acclaimed Song Machine Live to the big screen.

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• 1990
• US
• 1h 43min
• PG

• Directed by: Chris Columbus
• Written by: John Hughes
• Cast: Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, John Heard, Catherine O'Hara

Peter and Kate McCallister (Heard and O'Hara) have an eight-year-old brat and wisely – albeit accidentally – leave him behind in Chicago when they go on holiday to Paris. Left to his own devices young Kevin (Culkin) has to deal with two bungling burglars (Pesci and Stern) who threaten to invade his peaceful haven. Jolly, if sadistic, scare-comedy antics produced by teen flick veteran John Hughes.

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• 2021
• US
• 2h 37min
• 15

• Directed by: Ridley Scott
• Cast: Lady Gaga, Adam Driver, Jared Leto, Jeremy Irons, Salma Hayek, Al Pacino

The turbulent marriage and divorce of Patrizia and Maurizio Gucci, the head of the Gucci fashion house, leads to murder.

• 70%

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• 2021
• US
• 2h 18min
• 12A

• Directed by: Reinaldo Marcus Green
• Cast: Will Smith, Aunjanue Ellis, Saniyya Sidney, Demi Singleton, Tony Goldwyn, Jon Bernthal

Venus and Serena Williams came from an unlikely background to dominate the world of tennis. Taking a look these tennis superstars and how they became who they are after the coaching from their father Richard Williams.

• 76%

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• 1999
• US / Australia
• 2h 16min
• 15

• Directed by: The Wachowskis
• Written by: The Wachowskis
• Cast: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, Joe Pantoliano

Absolutely gobsmacking science fiction thriller boasting cutting edge special effects, rocking action sequences, a smart story and an immensely entertaining cartoon sensibility (the film was storyboarded by comic artist Geoff Darrow). In the future day-to-day life is merely a scam, a matrix camouflaging reality - a post-apocalyptic nightmare world in which humankind are a power source for domineering super-computers. Only Reeves' cyber hero, Neo, and a gang of hacker pirates stand between the evil technology and their race's extinction.

• 87%
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• 2021
• 1h 25min
• 12A

• Directed by: Sung Sin-Hyo, Oh Yoon-Dong

K-pop documentary.

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• 2021
• UK
• 2h 43min
• 12A

• Directed by: Cary Joji Fukunaga
• Cast: Daniel Craig, Rami Malek, Lea Seydoux, Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris, Ben Whishaw, Rory Kinnear, Jeffrey Wright, Ana de Armas, Dali Benssalah, David Dencik, Lashana Lynch, Billy Magnussen

The 25th James Bond film is directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga and sees Daniel Craig in the lead for one last time.

• 74%

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• 2021
• France
• 1h 12min
• U

• Directed by: Céline Sciamma
• Cast: Joséphine Sanz, Gabrielle Sanz, Nina Meurisse, Stéphane Varupenne

The much-anticipated latest treasure from Céline Sciamma (Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Girlhood), Petite Maman is a sublime modern fairytale about the quiet wonder of mother-daughter relationships. After the death of her beloved grandmother, eight-year-old Nelly meets a mysterious friend in the woods. Together they embark on a fantastical journey of discovery which helps Nelly come to terms with this newfound loss.

Nelly, an 8-year-old girl, has just lost her beloved grandmother and is helping her parents clean out her mothers childhood home. One day, her mum abruptly leaves, and Nelly meets a girl her age as she's building a tree house in the woods.

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• 2004
• US
• 1h 40min
• U

• Directed by: Robert Zemeckis
• Cast: Tom Hanks, Daryl Sabara, Nona Gaye, Jimmy Bennett, Eddie Deezen

A boy travels on a magical train bound for the North Pole and Santa Claus.

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• 2021
• US / Germany
• 1h 46min
• 15

• Directed by: Johannes Roberts
• Cast: Kaya Scodelario, Hannah John-Kamen, Robbie Amell, Tom Hopper, Avan Jogia, Donal Logue, Neal McDonough

Set in 1998, this origin story serves as a reboot of the Resident Evil film franchise.

• 56%

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• 2021
• 12A

The Royal Ballet | Live

The Nutcracker is a family favourite at Christmas time and is one of the most delightful ways to discover the enchantment of ballet. The story of Clara, a girl on a magical Christmas Eve adventure, is accompanied by sparkling music and even dancing sweets! Watch the full company of The Royal Ballet in this much-loved ballet classic.

Akane Takada (The Sugar Plum Fairy), Cesar Corrales (The Prince), Christopher Saunders (Herr Drosselmeyer), Isabella Gasparini (Clara), Luca Acri (Hans-Peter/The Nutcracker)

Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House

Conducted By Koen Kessels

Choreography Peter Wright After Lev Ivanov

Music Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky

Original scenario Marius Petipa

Production and scenario Peter Wright

Designer Julia Trevelyan Oman

Lighting designer Mark Henderson

Production consultant Roland John Wiley

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• 1954
• Japan
• 3h 20min
• PG

• Directed by: Akira Kurosawa
• Written by: Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni
• Cast: Takashi Shimura, Toshirō Mifune

A group of timid villagers seek protection against the excesses of a brutal warlord by hiring seven heroic samurai. Seminal Japanese action picture, with a slow-building dignity matching the best of John Ford, and in its stylishly aesthetic handling of screen violence, a profound influence on everyone from Peckinpah to Eastwood. Highly recommended.

• 86%
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• 2021
• UK / US / Germany / Chile
• 1h 51min
• 12A

• Directed by: Pablo Larraín
• Cast: Kristen Stewart, Timothy Spall, Jack Farthing, Sean Harris, Sally Hawkins

Pablo Larraín’s sublime ‘fable from a true story’ imagines a Christmas weekend at Sandringham in the early 1990s, as an unhappy Princess Diana contemplates saying ‘no’.

As played with intoxicating perfection by Kristen Stewart, who dominates almost every scene of Spencer, Diana is dying on the vine, showing only flashes of her former effervescence. Hers is the world’s most scrutinised persona since she began living the fairy-tale life of a girl who grew up to marry a prince; in reality, her husband rather publicly loves someone else. She’s also suffocating under the expectations of total subservience to Royal protocol. Working from a beautiful script by Steven Knight, Larraín (Jackie) ingeniously depicts a world in which every polished spoon and heavy curtain, every steely stare from staff, even a seemingly ‘jolly’ Christmas tradition, expresses Her Majesty’s disapproval of the young princess. The exquisite craft of Spencer makes you want to freeze every moment. director of photography Claire Mathon (Portrait of a Lady on Fire) shoots in 4:3 ratio with a micro-universe of colour emerging from the muted environments designed by Guy Hendrix Dyas. And Jonny Greenwood illuminates Diana’s internal tussle with solo piano and strings. It’s oppressive, until it isn’t anymore. Stewart and Larraín deliver a finale that will break your heart and make it skip all at once.

• 70%

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• 2021
• Japan
• 1h 37min
• 12A

• Directed by: Ayako Kawano
• Written by: Reki Kawahara
• Cast: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Inori Minase, Haruka Tomatsu

The story of the first few months inside the VRMMO (Virtual Reality Massively Multiplayer Online) world of Sword Art Online from Asuna Yuuki's perspective.

• 73%

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• 1953
• Japan
• 2h 15min
• U

• Directed by: Yasujiro Ozu
• Cast: Chishu Ryu, Chieko Higashiyama, Toru Abu

Ozu's brilliant seminal meditation on age and the generation gap was always one of cinema's postwar masterpieces.

• 82%
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• 2021
• US
• 2h 36min
• PG

• Directed by: Steven Spielberg
• Cast: Rachel Zegler, Ansel Elgort, Ariana DeBose, David Alvarez, Mike Faist, Josh Andrés Rivera, Corey Stoll, Brian d'Arcy James, Rita Moreno

Directed by Steven Spielberg from a screenplay by Pulitzer Prize winner Tony Kushner, West Side Story tells the classic tale of fierce rivalries and young love in 1957 New York City, inspired by Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet. This reimagining of the beloved musical stars Ansel Elgort as Tony and Rachel Zegler as María, as well as Rita Moreno, who won an Academy Award for her portrayal of Anita in the 1961 film version of West Side Story, playing a reconceived and expanded version of the character of Doc, the owner of the corner store in which Tony works.

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