Palace Cinema Cinderford

• 2017
• US
• 2h 43min
• 15

• Directed by: Denis Villeneuve
• Cast: Ryan Gosling, Harrison Ford, Ana de Armas, Mackenzie Davis, Sylvia Hoeks, Lennie James, Carla Juri, Robin Wright, Dave Bautista, Jared Leto

Blade Runner K (Gosling) is tasked with finding replicants who are passing themselves off as human, but then he makes an earth-shattering, game-changing discovery. Villeneuve’s long-awaited sequel to Scott’s original is beautiful, powerful and relevant; Gosling is exceptional, and Ford steals the show as the ageing but still gruff and quick-witted Deckard. A triumph.

• 85%
• 81%

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• 2017
• US
• 1h 49min
• 12A

• Directed by: Dean Devlin
• Written by: Dean Devlin, Paul Guyot
• Cast: Abbie Cornish, Gerard Butler, Mare Winningham

Satellite architect and space cowboy Jake (Butler) has designed a device to protect our planet from climate change, but it’s sabotaged. Ridiculous melodrama of cheesy CGI punctuated by cheesy soap opera histrionics, with untold millions dying in eco-catastrophes until the US saves the day. Windy nonsense.

• 60%
• 21%

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• 2017
• France
• 1h 37min
• U

• Directed by: David Alaux
• Cast: Paul Borne, Philippe Bozo, Pascal Casanova

Maurice (Bozo) is a penguin who’s been raised by Natacha, a tigress (Darah). He leads his own team of crime-fighting creatures against evil koala Igor (Darbois) and his baboons. Lush animation and a brisk, unpretentious story make for a cheap but cheerful rumble in the jungle for pre-teens.

• 50%
• 38%

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• 2017
• UK
• 2h 21min
• 15

• Directed by: Matthew Vaughn
• Written by: Jane Goldman, Matthew Vaughn
• Cast: Taron Egerton, Colin Firth, Mark Strong

After the Kingsman HQ is destroyed, street kid-turned-superspy Eggsy (Egerton) and gadget man Merlin (Strong) team up with their US equivalents to defeat drug baroness Poppy (Moore). Vaughan and Goldman turn up the preposterous comic book shenanigans at the expense of charm and basic plausibility, but fans will like it.

• 72%
• 44%

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• 2017
• US / Denmark
• 1h 41min
• U

• Directed by: Charlie Bean/Paul Fisher/Bob Logan
• Cast: Dave Franco, Olivia Munn, Justin Theroux, Jackie Chan

Lloyd (Franco) is the son of evil Lord Garmadon (Theroux), who wants to conquer Ninjago; however, Lloyd is also one of the team of ninja dedicated to combatting Garmadon and his minions. Not the most inspired of the LEGO movies but bright, brash and amusing, with intricate action, lots of slapstick fun and a delightful sequence of a cat destroying a city.

• 61%
• 55%

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• 2016
• UK
• 1h 49min
• 15

• Directed by: Juan Carlos Medina
• Cast: Olivia Cooke, Eddie Marsan, Bill Nighy

In Victorian London, Scotland Yard detective John Kildare becomes embroiled with music hall performer Lizzie Cree (Olivia Cooke). This adaptation by Jane Goldman of Peter Ackroyd’s 1994 novel never quite finds its rhythm, and although Cooke and Nighy are good, it promises more than it delivers.

• 63%
• 63%

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• 2013
• Canada/US
• 1h 12min
• U

• Directed by: Jayson Thiessen
• Cast: Voices: Tara Strong, Ashleigh Ball, Andrea Libman

One of the sparkly pink ponies visits an alternative universe where she turns into a human.

• 61%

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