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The Smeds & The Smoos and Room on the Broom

BBFC Rating u
Run Time: 60 minutes

Release Date: 01 Feb 2024

Let the magic of cinema transport you and your little ones to another world at Showcase with Totally Tots! The Smeds & The Smoos -  On a faraway planet, Janet and Bill meet in the Wurpular Wood and fall in love. Their families, The Smeds, and The Smoos cannot accept the match after generations of division.  Room on the Broom - A witch is thankful to three animals that help her find her belongings and fight a fire-breathing dragon. In order to give them a ride on her broom, she creates a new, spacious broom to fit them all.

Director: Daniel Snaddon, Max Lang

Cast: Simon Pegg, Gillian Anderson, Ashna Rabheru, Adjoa Andoh

Fri 10 May
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Fri 17 May
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Sun 19 May

Migration

BBFC Rating u
Run Time: 91 minutes

Release Date: 02 Feb 2024

The Mallard family is in a bit of rut. While dad Mack is content to keep his family safe paddling around their New England pond forever, mom Pam is eager to shake things up and show their kids - teen son Dax and duckling daughter Gwen - the whole wide world. After a migrating duck family alights on their pond with thrilling tales of far-flung places, Pam persuades Mack to embark on a family trip, via New York City, to tropical Jamaica. As the Mallards make their way South for the winter, their well-laid plans quickly go awry. The experience will inspire them to expand their horizons, open themselves up to new friends and accomplish more than they ever thought possible, while teaching them more about each other - and themselves - than they ever imagined. This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.  

Director: Benjamin Renner

Cast: Kumail Nanjiani, Elizabeth Banks, Awkwafina, Keegan-Michael Key, Carol Kane

Thu 25 Apr
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Wed 01 May

Bob Marley: One Love

BBFC Rating 12a
Run Time: 104 minutes

Release Date: 16 Feb 2024

BOB MARLEY: ONE LOVE celebrates the life and music of an icon who inspired generations through his message of love and unity. On the big screen for the first time, discover Bob's powerful story of overcoming adversity and the journey behind his revolutionary music.

Director: Reinaldo Marcus Green

Cast: James Norton, Tosin Cole, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Lashana Lynch

Thu 25 Apr

Wicked Little Letters

BBFC Rating 15
Run Time: 100 minutes

Release Date: 23 Feb 2024

A 1920s English seaside town bears witness to a farcical and occasionally sinister scandal in this riotous mystery comedy. Based on a stranger than fiction true story, 'Wicked Little Letters' follows two neighbours: deeply conservative local Edith Swan (Olivia Colman) and rowdy Irish migrant Rose Gooding (Jessie Buckley). When Edith and fellow residents begin to receive wicked letters full of unintentionally hilarious profanities, foul-mouthed Rose is charged with the crime. The anonymous letters prompt a national uproar, and a trial ensues. However, as the town's women - led by Police Officer Gladys Moss (Anjana Vasan) - begin to investigate the crime themselves, they suspect that something is amiss, and Rose may not be the culprit after all.

Director: Thea Sharrock

Cast: Hugh Skinner, Olivia Colman, Timothy Spall, Jessie Buckley

Thu 25 Apr

Dune: Part II

BBFC Rating 12a
Run Time: 167 minutes

Release Date: 01 Mar 2024

Paul Atreides unites with Chani and the Fremen while on a warpath of revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family. Facing a choice between the love of his life and the fate of the known universe, he endeavors to prevent a terrible future only he can foresee. ***PLEASE NOTE - the 12.01 screenings are Thursday 29 February into Friday 1 March***

Director: Denis Villeneuve

Cast: Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya

Thu 25 Apr
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Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

BBFC Rating 12a
Run Time: 120 minutes

Release Date: 22 Mar 2024

In Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, the Spengler family returns to where it all started – the iconic New York City firehouse – to team up with the original Ghostbusters, who’ve developed a top-secret research lab to take busting ghosts to the next level. But when the discovery of an ancient artifact unleashes an evil force, Ghostbusters new and old must join forces to protect their home and save the world from a second Ice Age.

Director: Gil Kenan

Cast: Dan Aykroyd, Paul Rudd, Kumail Nanjiani, Patton Oswalt, Mckenna Grace, Finn Wolfhard, Carrie Coon, Annie Potts

Immaculate

BBFC Rating 18
Run Time: 90 minutes

Release Date: 22 Mar 2024

Cecilia, a woman of devout faith, is warmly welcomed to the picture-perfect Italian countryside where she is offered a new role at an illustrious convent. But it becomes clear to Cecilia that her new home harbors dark and horrifying secrets. This film contains flickering or flashing lights that may affect those with photosensitive epilepsy

Director: Michael Mohan

Cast: Sydney Sweeney, Benedetta Porcaroli, Álvaro Morte, Simona Tabasco

Thu 25 Apr

Kung Fu Panda 4

BBFC Rating pg
Run Time: 94 minutes

Release Date: 28 Mar 2024

After three death-defying adventures defeating world-class villains with his unmatched courage and mad martial arts skills, Po, the Dragon Warrior (Golden Globe nominee Jack Black), is called upon by destiny to... give it a rest already. More specifically, he's tapped to become the Spiritual Leader of the Valley of Peace.That poses a couple of obvious problems. First, Po knows as much about spiritual leadership as he does about the paleo diet, and second, he needs to quickly find and train a new Dragon Warrior before he can assume his new lofty position. Even worse, there's been a recent sighting of a wicked, powerful sorceress, Chameleon (Oscar® winner Viola Davis), a tiny lizard who can shapeshift into any creature, large or small. And Chameleon has her greedy, beady little eyes on Po's Staff of Wisdom, which would give her the power to re-summon all the master villains whom Po has vanquished to the spirit realm. Po must team up with the quick-witted thief Zhen in order to protect the Valley of Peace from Chameleon's claws.

Director: Mike Mitchell, Mike Mitchell (V), Stephanie Stine, Mike Mitchell, Stephanie Stine, Mike Mitchell (V),Stephanie Stine

Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Jack Black, Bryan Cranston, Viola Davis, Awkwafina, James Hong

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire

BBFC Rating 12a
Run Time: 115 minutes

Release Date: 29 Mar 2024

The epic battle continues! Legendary Pictures’ cinematic Monsterverse follows up the explosive showdown of “Godzilla vs. Kong” with an all-new adventure that pits the almighty Kong and the fearsome Godzilla against a colossal undiscovered threat hidden within our world, challenging their very existence—and our own. “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire” delves further into the histories of these Titans and their origins, as well as the mysteries of Skull Island and beyond, while uncovering the mythic battle that helped forge these extraordinary beings and tied them to humankind forever. 

Director: Adam Wingard

Cast: Rebecca Hall, Dan Stevens, Brian Tyree Henry, Fala Chen, Kaylee Hottle, Alex Ferns

The First Omen

BBFC Rating 15
Run Time: 119 minutes

Release Date: 05 Apr 2024

When a young American woman is sent to Rome to begin a life of service to the church, she encounters a darkness that causes her to question her own faith and uncovers a terrifying conspiracy that hopes to bring about the birth of evil incarnate.  

Director: TBC

Cast: TBC

Monkey Man

BBFC Rating 18
Run Time: 121 minutes

Release Date: 05 Apr 2024

Oscar® nominee Dev Patel (Lion, Slumdog Millionaire) achieves an astonishing, tour-de-force feature directing debut with an action thriller about one man’s quest for vengeance against the corrupt leaders who murdered his mother and continue to systemically victimize the poor and powerless. Inspired by the legend of Hanuman, an icon embodying strength and courage, Monkey Man stars Patel as Kid, an anonymous young man who ekes out a meager living in an underground fight club where, night after night, wearing a gorilla mask, he is beaten bloody by more popular fighters for cash. After years of suppressed rage, Kid discovers a way to infiltrate the enclave of the city’s sinister elite. As his childhood trauma boils over, his mysteriously scarred hands unleash an explosive campaign of retribution to settle the score with the men who took everything from him. 

Director: Dev Patel

Cast: Dev Patel, Sharlto Copley, Sobhita Dhulipala, Ashwini Kalsekar

Aavesham (Malayalam)

BBFC Rating 15
Run Time: 155 minutes

Release Date: 11 Apr 2024

Showcases a family who lives in Bengaluru; following them as they play Ojo board.

Director: Jithu Madhavan

Cast: Ashish Vidyarthi, Fahadh Faasil, Mansoor Ali Khan

Thu 25 Apr

Varshangalkku Shesham (Malayalam)

BBFC Rating 12a
Run Time: 164 minutes

Release Date: 11 Apr 2024

Revolves around cherished memories or a reunion among a group of friends after a substantial passage of time.

Director: Vineeth Sreenivasan

Cast: Nivin Pauly, Kalyani Priyadarshan, Pranav Mohanlal

Thu 25 Apr

Civil War

BBFC Rating 15
Run Time: 109 minutes

Release Date: 12 Apr 2024

In the near future, a team of journalists travel across the United States during a rapidly escalating civil war that has engulfed the entire nation. This film CIVIL WAR contains a sequence of flashing lights which might affect customers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy  

Director: Alex Garland

Cast: Wagner Moura, Kirsten Dunst, Cailee Spaeny, Stephen McKinley Henderson

Thomas & Friends: Blue Mountain Mystery

BBFC Rating u
Run Time: 62 minutes

Release Date: 12 Apr 2024

When trouble strikes at the Blue Mountain Quarry, Thomas is sent to help his Narrow Gauge engine friends. He catches a glimpse of a small engine trying to hide, yet no one will provide any clues to the engine's identity. Thomas is determined to get to the bottom of the mystery but discovering the truth is harder than he imagined! Will Thomas be able to save his new friend? Or will the mysterious engine be sent away from Sodor forever? Join Thomas and his friends for their most mysterious adventure yet in a movie the whole family will love!

Director: Greg Tiernan

Cast: Michael Brandon, Martin Sherman, David Bedella, Kerry Shale

Thu 25 Apr

Back to Black

BBFC Rating 15
Run Time: 122 minutes

Release Date: 12 Apr 2024

BACK TO BLACK will focus on Amy’s extraordinary genius, creativity and honesty that infused everything she did. A journey that took her from the craziness and colour of 90’s Camden High Street to global adoration - and back again, BACK TO BLACK crashes through the looking glass of celebrity to watch this journey from behind the mirror, to see what Amy saw, to feel what she felt. 

Director: Sam Taylor-Johnson

Cast: Eddie Marsan, Jack O'Connell, Lesley Manville, Marisa Abela

The Book of Clarence

BBFC Rating 15
Run Time: 129 minutes

Release Date: 19 Apr 2024

Inspired by classic Hollywood epics set in biblical times, The Book of Clarence tells the tale of "Clarence," a down on his luck denizen of Jerusalem embarking on a misguided attempt to capitalize on the rise of celebrity and influence of the Messiah for his own personal gain - a journey that leads him on an exploration of the idea of faith and to a highly unexpected path of his own.

Director: Jeymes Samuel

Cast: Lakeith Stanfield, Omar Sy, RJ Cyler, Benedict Cumberbatch, James McAvoy

Thu 25 Apr

Abigail

BBFC Rating 18
Run Time: 109 minutes

Release Date: 19 Apr 2024

After a group of would-be criminals kidnap the 12-year-old ballerina daughter of a powerful underworld figure, all they have to do to collect a $50 million ransom is watch the girl overnight. In an isolated mansion, the captors start to dwindle, one by one, and they discover, to their mounting horror, that they’re locked inside with no normal little girl. 

Director: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett

Cast: Dan Stevens, Giancarlo Esposito, Kathryn Newton, Kevin Durand, Melissa Barrera, William Catlett, Angus Cloud, Alisha Weir

Sometimes I Think About Dying

BBFC Rating 12a
Run Time: 93 minutes

Release Date: 19 Apr 2024

Fran likes to think about dying. It brings sensation to her quiet life. When she makes the new guy at work laugh, it leads to more: a date, a slice of pie, a conversation, a spark. The only thing standing in their way is Fran herself.

Director: Rachel Lambert

Cast: Daisy Ridley, Brittany O’Grady, Marcia DeBonis

Thu 25 Apr

2001: A Space Odyssey

BBFC Rating u
Run Time: 134 minutes

Release Date: 20 Apr 2024

At the dawn of Mankind, a tribe of ape-like beings are visited on Earth by a large black monolith. Thousands of years later, in the year 2001, scientist Dr Heywood Floyd (William Sylvester) discovers a similar black monolith on the moon, which then emits a signal aimed at the planet Jupiter. A year later, astronauts David Bowman (Keir Dullea) and Frank Poole (Gary Lockwood) are en route to Jupiter to investigate the signal's destination and purpose. However, their mission comes under threat when the ship computer, HAL (voiced by Douglas Rain), seemingly develops a malfunction.

Director: Stanley Kubrick

Cast: Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood

Thu 25 Apr
Tue 30 Apr

National Theatre Live: Nye

BBFC Rating 15
Run Time: 160 minutes

Release Date: 23 Apr 2024

From campaigning at the coalfield to leading the battle to create the NHS, Aneurin ‘Nye' Bevan is often referred to as the politician with greatest influence on our country without ever being Prime Minister. Confronted with death, Nye's deepest memories lead him on a mind-bending journey back through his life; from childhood to mining underground, Parliament and fights with Churchill in an epic Welsh fantasia. Michael Sheen (Under Milk Wood) is Nye Bevan in this surreal and spectacular journey through the life and legacy of the man who transformed Britain's welfare state.

Director: Rufus Norris

Cast: Michael Sheen, Tony Jayawardena, Sharon Small, Remy Beasley, Matthew Bulgo, Roger Evans, Ross Foley

Sat 11 May
Mon 13 May
Wed 15 May
Mon 20 May

The Royal Ballet: Swan Lake

BBFC Rating 12a
Run Time: 210 minutes

Release Date: 24 Apr 2024

Out hunting, Prince Siegfried chances upon a flock of swans. One among them transforms into the beautiful human Odette and he is immediately enamoured. But Odette is bound by a spell which keeps her captive as a swan during the day. Can Siegfried free her? Tchaikovsky's sensational score combines with the evocative imagination of choreographer Liam Scarlett and designer John Macfarlane to heighten the dramatic pathos of Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov's quintessential ballet classic. Swan Lake remains to this day one of the best-loved works in the classical ballet canon.

Director: Event Director

Cast: TBC

Sun 28 Apr
Mon 29 Apr
Tue 30 Apr

aespa: WORLD TOUR in cinemas

BBFC Rating pg
Run Time: 126 minutes

Release Date: 24 Apr 2024

From February to September 2023 the group’s first world tour, aespa LIVE TOUR 2023 SYNK : HYPER LINE, visited 21 venues across four continents. Now, step into the final chapter of their global tour journey with aespa: WORLD TOUR in cinemas. Witness the unparalleled energy of aespa’s live performance captured from their electrifying show at London's O2 Arena, their first-ever UK show. With their futuristic stage visuals, high-energy choreography and captivating vocals, they fiercely commanded the stage delivering fan favourites including ‘Next Level’, ‘Savage’, ‘Girls’, ‘Spicy’ and ‘Black Mamba’. The film also highlights individual performances by each member, complemented by exclusive behind-the-scenes interviews, offering a glimpse behind the curtain.

Director: Han-min Kim, Yoon Dong Oh

Cast: KARINA, GISELLE, NINGNING, WINTER

Sat 27 Apr

Challengers

BBFC Rating 15
Run Time: 132 minutes

Release Date: 26 Apr 2024

From visionary filmmaker Luca Guadagnino, Challengers stars Zendaya as Tashi Duncan, a former tennis prodigy turned coach and a force of nature who makes no apologies for her game on and off the court. Married to a champion on a losing streak (Mike Faist - West Side Story), Tashi's strategy for her husband's redemption takes a surprising turn when he must face off against the washed-up Patrick (Josh O'Connor - The Crown) - his former best friend and Tashi's former boyfriend. As their pasts and presents collide, and tensions run high, Tashi must ask herself, what will it cost to win.

Director: Luca Guadagnino

Cast: Zendaya, Josh O'Connor, Mike Faist

Zog & The Flying Doctors and Snail & the Whale

BBFC Rating u
Run Time: 60 minutes

Release Date: 26 Apr 2024

Treat your little ones and come and see two 30 minutes animated films based on the picture books written by Julie Donaldson and illustrated by Axell Scheffler. Princess Pearl, Sir Gadabout and their trusty 'air ambulance', Zog the dragon fly around tending a sunburnt mermaid, a distressed unicorn and a sneezy lion. But should princesses really be doctors? Pearl's uncle, the King, doesn't think so - until he himself falls ill, and only Pearl knows how to cure him. One little snail longs to see the world and hitches a lift on the tail of an enormous whale. Together they go on an amazing journey, past icebergs and volcanoes, sharks and penguins, and the little snail feels so small in the vastness of the world.

Director: Daniel Snaddon, Max Lang, Sean Mull

Cast: TBC

Fri 26 Apr
Sat 27 Apr
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Tue 30 Apr
Wed 01 May
Fri 03 May
Sat 04 May
Sun 05 May

The American Society of Magical Negroes

BBFC Rating 12a
Run Time: 105 minutes

Release Date: 26 Apr 2024

The American Society of Magical Negroes is a fresh, satirical comedy about a young man, Aren, who is recruited into a secret society of magical Black people who dedicate their lives to a cause of utmost importance: making white people’s lives easier.

Director: Kobi Libii

Cast: Rupert Friend, Michaela Watkins, David Alan Grier, Justice Smith

Fri 26 Apr
Sat 27 Apr
Sun 28 Apr
Mon 29 Apr
Tue 30 Apr
Wed 01 May

Interstellar

BBFC Rating 12a
Run Time: 166 minutes

Release Date: 26 Apr 2024

Interstellar chronicles the adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.

Director: Christopher Nolan

Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Jessica Chastain, Michael Caine, Anne Hathaway, Matt Damon, Casey Affleck

Sat 27 Apr
Sun 28 Apr
Mon 29 Apr

Malum + Hunt Her Kill Her (Double Bill)

BBFC Rating 18
Run Time: 182 minutes

Release Date: 26 Apr 2024

Malum -  When a rookie police officer willingly takes the last shift at a newly decommissioned police station in an attempt to uncover the mysterious connection between her father's death and a vicious cult, she begins experiencing paranormal occurrences that could lead her down the gory path to finding the answers. Starring British actress Jessica Sula (TVs Skins, Split), Malum is a supernatural horror re-imagining of their 2014 feature Last Shift, writers Anthony Diblasi (also director) and Scott Poiley up the ante at every level to bring a frightening and bloody new face of evil to the big screen. Hunt Her Kill Her - An atmospheric and tense thriller, Hunt Her Kill Her finds a lone night shift janitor in an unexpected fight for survival during her first night on the job when she becomes a target of sinister masked intruders. As their disturbing motives become clearer, she must use barbaric violence to make it through the night alive. Featuring a committed and physical performance from Natalie Terrazzino as Karen the night shift janitor, Hunt Her Kill Her is an inventive horror from directors Greg Swinson (also writer) and Ryan Thiessen that ratchets up the tension with each kill

Director: TBC

Cast: TBC

Fri 26 Apr

SPY x FAMILY CODE: White (Dubbed)

BBFC Rating 12a
Run Time: 110 minutes

Release Date: 26 Apr 2024

He's a spy. She's an assassin. Together, Loid and Yor keep their double lives to themselves while pretending to be the perfect family. However, their adopted daughter Anya, a telepath, knows both of their exciting secrets unbeknownst to them. While under the guise of taking his family on a weekend winter getaway, Loid's attempt to make progress on his current mission Operation Strix proves difficult when Anya mistakenly gets involved and triggers events that threaten world peace! 

Director: Takashi Katagiri

Cast: Saori Hayami, Atsumi Tanezaki, Hiroyuki Yoshino

Sun 28 Apr
Mon 29 Apr
Tue 30 Apr
Wed 01 May
Thu 02 May

SPY x FAMILY CODE: White (Sub)

BBFC Rating 12a
Run Time: 110 minutes

Release Date: 26 Apr 2024

He's a spy. She's an assassin. Together, Loid and Yor keep their double lives to themselves while pretending to be the perfect family. However, their adopted daughter Anya, a telepath, knows both of their exciting secrets unbeknownst to them. While under the guise of taking his family on a weekend winter getaway, Loid's attempt to make progress on his current mission Operation Strix proves difficult when Anya mistakenly gets involved and triggers events that threaten world peace! 

Director: Takashi Katagiri

Cast: Saori Hayami, Atsumi Tanezaki, Hiroyuki Yoshino

Fri 26 Apr
Sat 27 Apr
Sun 28 Apr
Mon 29 Apr
Tue 30 Apr
Wed 01 May

Scarygirl

BBFC Rating u
Run Time: 90 minutes

Release Date: 26 Apr 2024

As her world is shrouded in darkness, a young girl must overcome her fears and travel to a mysterious city of light, save her father from a dangerous scientist and prevent the destruction of her planet.  

Director: Ricard Cussó, Tania Vincent

Cast: Deborah Mailman, Sam Neill, Mark Coles Smith

I.S.S.

BBFC Rating 15
Run Time: 96 minutes

Release Date: 26 Apr 2024

Tensions flare in the near future aboard the International Space Station as a worldwide conflict breaks out on Earth. Reeling from this, the astronauts receive orders from the ground: take control of the station by any means necessary. Director Gabriela Cowperthwaite, working with Nick Shafir’s Blacklist script, brings together a stellar cast that includes Academy Award winner Ariana DeBose, Chris Messina, Pilou Asbaek, John Gallagher Jr., Costa Ronin, and Masha Mashkova, in a high-stakes thriller set entirely in the confines of the I.S.S. as astronauts are called to duty in fateful and terrifying ways. 

Director: Gabriela Cowperthwaite

Cast: Ariana DeBose, Chris Messina, John Gallagher Jr., Pilou Asbæk

Fri 26 Apr
Sat 27 Apr
Sun 28 Apr
Mon 29 Apr
Tue 30 Apr
Wed 01 May
Thu 02 May

Ordinary Angels

BBFC Rating 12a
Run Time: 118 minutes

Release Date: 26 Apr 2024

Based on a remarkable true story, ORDINARY ANGELS centers on Sharon Steves (Hilary Swank), a fierce but struggling hairdresser in small-town Kentucky who discovers a renewed sense of purpose when she meets Ed Schmitt (Alan Ritchson), a widower working hard to make ends meet for his two daughters. With his youngest daughter waiting for a liver transplant, Sharon sets her mind to helping the family and will move mountains to do it. What unfolds is the inspiring tale of faith, everyday miracles, and ordinary angels. 

Director: Jon Gunn

Cast: Hilary Swank, Alan Ritchson

Boy Kills World

BBFC Rating 18
Run Time: 110 minutes

Release Date: 26 Apr 2024

Boy (Bill Skarsgård) is left orphaned, deaf, and voiceless when his family is brutally murdered in front of him. Driven by his inner voice, taken from his favourite childhood video game (the legendary H. Jon Benjamin), Boy escapes to the jungle where he encounters a mysterious shaman (The Raid’s Yayan Ruhian) who trains him to become an instrument of death. Seeking revenge Boy embarks on a mission against the corrupt post-apocalyptic dynasty headed by the deranged matriarch Hilda Van Der Koy (Famke Janssen), unleashing carnage, delirious violence and martial arts mayhem on his road to retribution.

Director: Moritz Mohr

Cast: Sharlto Copley, Bill Skarsgård, Famke Janssen

Pavi Caretaker (Malayalam)

BBFC Rating tba
Run Time: 150 minutes

Release Date: 26 Apr 2024

An unmarried caretaker's life changes when he forms an unexpected bond, adding joy to his routine existence in a residential complex amidst life's challenges.

Director: Vineeth Kumar

Cast: Dileep ., Radhika Sarathkumar, Johny Antony

Fri 26 Apr
Sat 27 Apr

The Royal Opera House: Carmen

BBFC Rating 12a
Run Time: 220 minutes

Release Date: 01 May 2024

Damiano Michieletto's sizzling new production evokes all the passion and heat of Bizet's score, which features Carmen's sultry Habanera and the rousing Toreador song. Antonello Manacorda conducts an exciting international cast, with Aigul Akhmetshina performing the title role.

Director: Event Director

Cast: TBC

Wed 01 May
Sun 05 May

The Fall Guy

BBFC Rating 12a
Run Time: 126 minutes

Release Date: 02 May 2024

He's a stuntman, and like everyone in the stunt community, he gets blown up, shot, crashed, thrown through windows and dropped from the highest of heights, all for our entertainment. And now, fresh off an almost career-ending accident, this working-class hero has to track down a missing movie star, solve a conspiracy and try to win back the love of his life while still doing his day job. What could possibly go right?

Director: David Leitch

Cast: Emily Blunt, Ryan Gosling

Tarot

BBFC Rating 15
Run Time: 92 minutes

Release Date: 02 May 2024

When a group of friends recklessly violates the sacred rule of Tarot readings – never use someone else’s deck – they unknowingly unleash an unspeakable evil trapped within the cursed cards. One by one, they come face to face with fate and end up in a race against death to escape the future foretold in their readings

Director: TBC

Cast: TBC

Thu 02 May

Macbeth: Ralph Fiennes & Indira Varma

BBFC Rating 12a
Run Time: 150 minutes

Release Date: 02 May 2024

Tony and BAFTA Award winner Ralph Fiennes (Antony & Cleopatra, Schindler's List, Coriolanus) and Olivier Award winner Indira Varma (Present Laughter, Game of Thrones, Luther) star in a brand-new ‘full-voltage visceral’ (★★★★ Daily Telegraph) production of William Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Filmed live at Dock X, a custom-built theatre space in London, this critically acclaimed staging of Macbeth ‘that quickens the pulse, then goes for the jugular’ (★★★★ Financial Times) will be unmissable on the big screen. Directed by Simon Godwin (Antony & Cleopatra, Romeo & Juliet, Hansard¬) with set and costume design by Frankie Bradshaw (Jerusalem, Blues for an Alabama Sky), this is a cinematic and ‘beautifully staged’ (★★★★ WhatsOnStage) production that brings ‘Shakespeare’s tragedy pulsing into the present day’ (★★★★★ The I). Macbeth is coming. A couple corrupted by their relentless lust for power have blood on their hands. Witness the gripping tale of greed, murder, deception, and superstition in cinemas for a limited time only. Once you cross the line, you can never turn back. 

Director: Simon Godwin

Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Indira Varma

Thu 02 May
Sat 04 May
Mon 06 May

The Idea of You

BBFC Rating tba
Run Time: 115 minutes

Release Date: 02 May 2024

Director: TBC

Cast: TBC

Thu 02 May

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

BBFC Rating pg
Run Time: 136 minutes

Release Date: 03 May 2024

Two Jedi escape a hostile blockade to find allies and come across a young boy who may bring balance to the Force, but the long dormant Sith resurface to claim their old glory.

Director: George Lucas

Cast: Natalie Portman, Ewan McGregor, Ian McDiarmid

Fri 03 May
Sat 04 May
Sun 05 May
Mon 06 May
Tue 07 May
Wed 08 May
Thu 09 May

Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes

BBFC Rating tbc
Run Time: 150 minutes

Release Date: 10 May 2024

Director Wes Ball breathes new life into the global, epic franchise set several generations in the future following Caesar's reign, in which apes are the dominant species living harmoniously and humans have been reduced to living in the shadows. As a new tyrannical ape leader builds his empire, one young ape undertakes a harrowing journey that will cause him to question all that he has known about the past and to make choices that will define a future for apes and humans alike.

Director: Wes Ball

Cast: TBC

Demolition Man

BBFC Rating 15
Run Time: 110 minutes

Release Date: 10 May 2024

A police officer is brought out of suspended animation in prison to pursue an old ultra-violent nemesis who is loose in a non-violent future society.

Director: Marco Brambilla

Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Wesley Snipes, Sandra Bullock

Fri 10 May
Sun 12 May
Tue 14 May

IF

BBFC Rating tba
Run Time: 144 minutes

Release Date: 11 May 2024

From writer and director John Krasinski, IF is about a girl who discovers that she can see everyone’s imaginary friends — and what she does with that superpower — as she embarks on a magical adventure to reconnect forgotten IFs with their kids. IF stars Ryan Reynolds, John Krasinski, Cailey Fleming, Fiona Shaw, and the voices of Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Louis Gossett Jr. and Steve Carell alongside many more as the wonderfully unique characters that reflect the incredible power of a child’s imagination. 

Director: John Krasinski

Cast: Steve Carell, Ryan Reynolds, John Krasinski, Fiona Shaw, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Louis Gossett Jr.

Eurovision 2024 - Grand Final Live

BBFC Rating tbc
Run Time: 260 minutes

Release Date: 11 May 2024

For the second year running the Eurovision Song Contest Grand Final show will be broadcast LIVE into cinemas across the UK, allowing fans to come together and be ‘united by music’ sharing in the incredible experience of celebrating the biggest, brightest, boldest music party of the year on the big screen! The 68th edition of the Contest will be taking place in Sweden, culminating in the Grand Final which will be broadcast live from Malmö Arena. This will be the seventh time Sweden hosts the Contest and this year it'll be hosted by a Hollywood star and an iconic Eurovision-veteran; Malin Åkerman and Petra Mede

Director: TBC

Cast: TBC

Sat 11 May

The Garfield Movie (Medicinema)

BBFC Rating u
Run Time: 101 minutes

Release Date: 12 May 2024

Charity previews Sunday 12 May in aid of MediCinema.  Garfield (voiced by Chris Pratt), the world-famous, Monday-hating, lasagna-loving indoor cat, is about to have a wild outdoor adventure! After an unexpected reunion with his long-lost father – scruffy street cat Vic (voiced by Samuel L. Jackson) – Garfield and his canine friend Odie are forced from their perfectly pampered life into joining Vic in a hilarious, high-stakes heist. 

Director: TBC

Cast: TBC

Sun 12 May

Help I Sexted My Boss - Live

BBFC Rating tbc
Run Time: 160 minutes

Release Date: 14 May 2024

Help I Sexted My Boss is hitting the big screen! William Hanson and Jordan North present their hit comedy podcast, broadcast live into cinemas from the London Palladium. William's a posh etiquette expert and Jordan's an expert in all things common, and in this brand new show their worlds collide as they help listeners navigate the challenges of modern life. Sexted has entertained listeners around the world, amassing more than 50 million listens over six years of episodes. The podcast has also been watched millions of times online, with William and Jordan regular faces on Instagram and TikTok feeds. Join the boys for an evening full of laugh-out-loud stories and smile-raising moments. Expect the unexpected, as audiences everywhere get involved with the on-stage action and share their outrageous problems and dilemmas! 

Director: Stuart Morgan, Ben Cartwright

Cast: William Hanson, Jordan North

Tue 14 May

Transformers 40th Anniversary Event

BBFC Rating 12a
Run Time: 96 minutes

Release Date: 15 May 2024

TIL ALL ARE ONE: TRANSFORMERS 40th ANNIVERSARY EVENT celebrates a legacy that began in 1984 and hasn’t stopped exciting fans for 40 years. This special cinema experience will take you back to the very beginning as the original voice actors team up for the first time in decades to revisit their characters and recreate the enduring magic of The Transformers. An exclusive behind-the-scenes table read appears on a split screen with the pilot episode, More Than Meets the Eye, Part 1, followed by the next three episodes in the first series. Experience the original Saturday morning cartoon for the first time on the big screen and relive its evolution over the years with a sneak peek of the new season of Transformers EarthSpark. Don’t miss this once in a lifetime opportunity to celebrate 40 years of Transformers action, humor and legacy with fans of all ages at an anniversary event that is truly... More Than Meets the Eye!  

Director: John Gibbs

Cast: Frank Welker, Peter Cullen, Gregg Berger, Michael Bell

Wed 15 May
Sat 18 May

42nd Street - The Musical

BBFC Rating pg
Run Time: 144 minutes

Release Date: 16 May 2024

42nd Street, the legendary Broadway musical theatre classic, is a ‘glorious' (Express) and ‘utterly moreish extravaganza of glitz' (Times). Telling the story of Peggy Sawyer, a talented young performer with stars in her eyes who gets her big break on Broadway, this is the largest ever staging of the Tony Award-winning musical and it was filmed live at the magnificent Theatre Royal in the heart of London's West End. Starring national treasure Bonnie Langford as Dorothy Brock and featuring iconic songs 42nd Street, We're In The Money and Lullaby of Broadway, this is pure magic on the big screen.

Director: Mark Bramble

Cast: Bonnie Langford, Tom Lister, Clare Halse

Thu 16 May
Sun 19 May

The Garfield Movie

BBFC Rating tba
Run Time: 101 minutes

Release Date: 18 May 2024

Garfield (voiced by Chris Pratt), the world-famous, Monday-hating, lasagna-loving indoor cat, is about to have a wild outdoor adventure! After an unexpected reunion with his long-lost father – scruffy street cat Vic (voiced by Samuel L. Jackson) – Garfield and his canine friend Odie are forced from their perfectly pampered life into joining Vic in a hilarious, high-stakes heist. 

Director: Mark Dindal

Cast: Nicholas Hoult, Chris Pratt, Samuel L. Jackson

The Royal Ballet: The Winter's Tale

BBFC Rating 12a
Run Time: 200 minutes

Release Date: 22 May 2024

King Leontes of Sicilia is crippled with an all-consuming jealousy when his friend, King Polixenes of Bohemia, stays with him and his wife Hermione. What follows is a tale where a marriage is destroyed, a child is abandoned and all hope is seemingly lost for two lovers. Celebrating its tenth anniversary, The Winter's Tale is an award-winning modern ballet classic, packed with emotional turmoil heightened by Joby Talbot's compelling score and Bob Crowley's atmospheric designs.

Director: Event Director

Cast: TBC

Wed 22 May
Sun 26 May

The Royal Ballet: Message in a Bottle

BBFC Rating 12a
Run Time: 120 minutes

Release Date: 30 May 2024

The peaceful village of Bebko is alive with joyous celebrations. Suddenly, under attack, everything changes forever. Three siblings, Leto, Mati and Tana, must embark on perilous journeys in order to survive. Message In A Bottle is a spectacular new dance-theatre show from five-time Olivier Award nominee, Kate Prince, inspired by and set to the iconic hits of 17-time Grammy Award-winning artist Sting, including Every Breath You Take, Roxanne, Walking On The Moon and more. With a mix of exhilarating dance styles, high-energy footwork and breath-taking athleticism, Message In A Bottle tells a unifying and uplifting story of humanity and hope. Message In A Bottle is the latest masterpiece from the ground-breaking creator behind West End hits Some Like it Hip Hop, Into the Hoods, Everybody's Talking About Jamie (choreography) and SYLVIA (Old Vic), and features the astonishing talents of dance storytelling powerhouse, ZooNation: The Kate Prince Company.

Director: Event Director

Cast: TBC

Thu 30 May
Sun 02 Jun

Trainspotting

BBFC Rating 18
Run Time: 94 minutes

Release Date: 31 May 2024

Danny Boyle directs this adaptation of Irvine Welsh's novel about a group of young Edinburgh heroin addicts. Ewan McGregor stars as Mark Renton, the most reflective member of a group that also includes the compulsive womaniser, Sick Boy (Jonny Lee Miller), and the hapless Spud (Ewen Bremner). Renton, Spud, and Sick Boy's issues with drugs alternatively irritate and amuse their friend, Begbie (Robert Carlyle), a periodic psychopath whose outbursts of violence are one of the many factors that convince Renton to leave for London in the hope of starting a new life. Renton enjoys some success remoulding himself as an estate agent in the English capital, but it isn't long before his Edinburgh friends catch up with him. Begbie and co. need the money Renton has saved from his job to finance the drug deal that could make them all rich... 

Director: Danny Boyle

Cast: Ewan McGregor, Robert Carlyle, Ewen Bremner, Shirley Henderson, Kevin McKidd, Peter Mullan, Kelly Macdonald

Fri 31 May
Sun 02 Jun
Tue 04 Jun

Saving Private Ryan

BBFC Rating 15
Run Time: 169 minutes

Release Date: 06 Jun 2024

Steven Spielberg's grisly realistic account of a squad of D-Day survivors sent behind enemy lines on a PR mission to rescue the last son of a devastated Iowa family. Tom Hanks gives a staggering performance as the squad's tormented leader, but be warned, the carnage is as explicit as it is persistent.

Director: Steven Spielberg

Cast: Tom Hanks, Matt Damon, Tom Sizemore, Edward J. Burns., Ryan Hurst, Edward Burns

Thu 06 Jun
Sun 09 Jun
Mon 10 Jun

The Matrix (25th Anniversary)

BBFC Rating 15
Run Time: 136 minutes

Release Date: 07 Jun 2024

Thomas A. Anderson is a man living two lives. By day he is an average computer programmer and by night a hacker known as Neo. Neo has always questioned his reality, but the truth is far beyond his imagination. Neo finds himself targeted by the police when he is contacted by Morpheus, a legendary computer hacker branded a terrorist by the government. Morpheus awakens Neo to the real world, a ravaged wasteland where most of humanity have been captured by a race of machines that live off of the humans' body heat and electrochemical energy and who imprison their minds within an artificial reality known as the Matrix. As a rebel against the machines, Neo must return to the Matrix and confront the agents: super-powerful computer programs devoted to snuffing out Neo and the entire human rebellion. 

Director: Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski

Cast: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Hugo Weaving

Fri 21 Jun
Sun 23 Jun
Tue 25 Jun

The Royal Opera House: Andrea Chenier

BBFC Rating 12a
Run Time: 195 minutes

Release Date: 11 Jun 2024

At a glittering party in 18th-century Paris, the poet Andrea Chenier delivers an impassioned denunciation of Louis XVI. Five years later, the Revolution has given way to the Terror, transforming the power balance between Chenier, his beloved Maddalena, and Gerard, the man who could destroy him... Jonas Kaufmann headlines David McVicar's spectacular staging, under the baton of long-time collaborator Antonio Pappano - who conducts Giordano's epic historical drama of revolution and forbidden love in his last production as Music Director of The Royal Opera.

Director: Event Director

Cast: Amartuvshin Enkhbat, Jonas Kaufmann, Sondra Radvanovsky, Carlos Alvarez

Tue 11 Jun
Sun 16 Jun

Blade

BBFC Rating 18
Run Time: 120 minutes

Release Date: 12 Jul 2024

Wesley Snipes stars as the tortured soul Blade - half man, half immortal. Blade sharpens his lethal skills under the guidance of Whistler, his mentor, guardian and fellow hunter of the night. When the bloodthirsty Immortals' lord, Deacon Frost, declares war on the human race, Blade is humanity's last hope for survival.

Director: Stephen Norrington

Cast: Traci Lords, Donal Logue, N'Bushe Wright

Fri 12 Jul
Sun 14 Jul
Tue 16 Jul

Andre Rieu's Maastricht Concert: Power of Love

BBFC Rating tba
Run Time: 180 minutes

Release Date: 31 Aug 2024

André Rieu is ready to blow you away with his brand new cinema concert ‘Power of Love’. From his picturesque hometown of Maastricht The King of the Waltz presents a must-see big screen spectacular. Accompanied by his world famous Johann Strauss Orchestra and a cast of hundreds this promises to be the music event of the summer by one of the world’s most prolific artists.    In a concert overflowing with passion André’s unique repertoire combines classical, musicals, pop and rock! You have to see it to believe it.    Set against the backdrop of the historic Vrijthof square André will amaze you with iconic film scores, beautiful waltzes, tear jerking ballads and unexpected chart hits  - music has the power to unite and this is a concert for all the family.   Let's enjoy André’s music together and spread the love. Don’t miss André Rieu ‘Power of Love’ exclusively in cinemas this summer.   

Director: Michel Fizzano, Andre Rieu

Cast: Andre Rieu, The Johann Strauss Orchestra

Sat 31 Aug
Sun 01 Sep

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