Movie of the Week

• Lee Cronin’s The Mummy

Cinemas

• Glenrothan
• Rebuilding
• Kiss of the Spider Woman
• Diamanti
• The Wizard of the Kremlin
• Miroirs No. 3
• Departures
• Kinaesthesia
• Colours of Time
• The Blue Trail
• Time Hoppers: The Silk Road
• Blades of the Guardians

Streaming/On-Demand

• Roommates
• Balls Up

Re-Releases

• Akira
• Bridget Jones’s Diary

CAST: Jack Reynor, Laia Costa, May Calamawy, Natalie Grace, Verónica Falcón, May Elghety, Shylo Molina, Billie Roy, Hayat Kamille

CREW: Lee Cronin (director, writer, producer), Jason Blum, John Keville and James Wan (producers), Stephen McKeon (composer), David Garbett (cinematographer), Bryan Shaw (editor)

PLOT: Eight years after the mysterious disappearance of his young daughter Katie (Grace) in the middle of the desert, journalist Charlie (Reynor) and his family are shocked to learn that she has been found alive in an Egyptian sarcophagus, but their tearful reunion quickly turns into an even greater nightmare…

FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:

• The latest modern-day incarnation of the classic monster movie The Mummy takes things in a radically different yet rather unique direction
• As the title suggests, Evil Dead Rise director Lee Cronin is behind this revamped take, with mega-producers Jason Blum and James Wan also in his corner
• While Jack Reynor and BAFTA-nominee Laia Costa put in a pair of emotionally charged performances as the parents of a lost child, all eyes are on young actor Natalie Grace and her intensely creepy central turn
• The central mystery surrounding the disappearance of Grace’s Katie and how it ties into the legend of the Mummy itself forms some of the biggest surprises in horror cinema so far this year
• Now that we’re long past the Dark Universe version of The Mummy – not to mention the in-development fourth entry in the Brendan Fraser-led action franchise – now’s the time to truly be scared by some of Egypt’s most ancient terrors!

Lee Cronin’s The Mummy is showing in cinemas from Friday 17 April 2026

CAST: Alan Cumming, Brian Cox, Shirley Henderson, Alexandra Shipp, Siobhan Redmond, John Ritchie, Nicole Ansari-Cox, Joanne Thomson, Jess Douglas-Welsh, Aidan Redmond, Alexandra Wilkie

CREW: Brian Cox (director), David Ashton and Jeff Murphy (writers), Nicholas Crum, Phin Glynn, Neil Zeiger, Vladimir Zemtsov and Crystine Zhang (producers), Jaime Ackroyd (cinematographer), David Arthur (editor)

PLOT: Donal (Cumming) returns to Scotland for the first time in decades after living in the United States, hoping to make amends with his brother Sandy (Cox) who makes an unexpected announcement regarding the future of their family’s whiskey distillery…

FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:

• Brian Cox (no, not the physicist) makes his long-awaited directorial debut with a tender family drama that carries a sharp taste
• The Succession actor also stars alongside Alan Cumming in one of his meatiest roles to date, both playing brothers at very different points in their lives
• Some stunning imagery within the Scottish Highlands provides viewers with a culturally rich backdrop to some poignant character moments
• With whiskey playing a significant role in the drama, expect more than a few scenes of alcohol-infused bonding as well as a love letter to the very production of such a tonic
• It’s charming and heartfelt stuff that proves how Cox, even as he approaches his 80th birthday, still has it within him to take new and exciting risks in his career

Glenrothan is showing in cinemas from Friday 17 April 2026

CAST: Josh O’Connor, Lily LaTorre, Meghann Fahy, Kali Reis, Amy Madigan, Jefferson Mays, Jules Reid, Binky Griptite, Nancy Morlan, Sam Engbring, Zeilyanna Martinez, David Bright, Taresa Ott Beiriger

CREW: Max Walker-Silverman (director, writer), Jesse Hope, Dan Janvey and Paul Mezey (producers), James Elkington and Jake Xerxes Fussell (composers), Alfonso Herrera Salcedo (cinematographer), Ramzi Bashour and Jane Rizzo (editors)

PLOT: After his ranch is destroyed by a wildfire, Dusty (O’Connor) is relocated to a trailer park where he bonds with his fellow displaced neighbours and reconnects with his young daughter Callie Rose (LaTorre) as well as his ex-wife Ruby (Fahy)…

FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:

• This is a touching and quietly poetic neo-Western that tells a powerful tale of community and hardship
• Josh O’Connor leads with a captivating central performance, sharing great chemistry with young actor Lily LaTorre along with fellow performers Meghann Fahy and recent Oscar-winner Amy Madigan
• It’s the sophomore film by writer-director Max Walker-Silverman, who previously impressed with his miniscule debut feature A Love Song
• The striking scenery of the San Luis Valley in Colorado adds to the isolation in addition to the sweetness of its timeless themes
• It’d make a great double-feature with the Oscar-winning Nomadland as it shares similar themes of displacement in a modern-day America

Rebuilding is showing in cinemas from Friday 17 April 2026

CAST: Diego Luna, Tonatiuh, Jennifer Lopez, Bruno Bichir, Josefina Scaglione, Aline Mayagoitia, Tony Dovolani, Thomas Canestraro, Kevin Michael Brennan, Lynn Favin, Odain Watson

CREW: Bill Condon (director, writer), Barry Josephson, Tom Kirdahy and Greg Yolen (producers), Sam Davis and John Kander (composers), Tobias Schliessler (cinematographer), Brain A. Kates (editor)

PLOT: In 1983 Argentina, Luis Molina (Tonatiuh) is a trans woman convicted of public indecency and imprisoned in a cell with political dissident Valentin Arregui (Luna), and to pass the time she tells him the plot of her favourite movie The Kiss of the Spider Woman, a Golden Age-era Hollywood musical starring her idol Ingrid Luna (Lopez)…

FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:

• The hit stage musical based on the novel by Manuel Puig, previously adapted into an Oscar-winning movie starring the late William Hurt, is re-adapted into a sprawling and emotional movie experience
• Bill Condon, the writer of Best Picture winner Chicago, directs and writes an updated version of the story that combines the tragedy of recent history with the hope and optimism that defined the original novel
• Tonituah is a revelation as the persecuted political prisoner at the heart of the story, sharing intimate scenes with Andor star Diego Luna in a bleak Argentinian cell
• By contrast, the scenes depicting the titular film-within-a-film – which feature some of Jennifer Lopez’s finest work to date – embrace a flamboyant classic style of Hollywood musical
• With gorgeous feet-tapping numbers and real emotional stakes, this is a musical which will have you singing its praises

Kiss of the Spider Woman is showing in cinemas from Friday 17 April 2026

CAST: Luisa Ranieri, Jasmine Trinca, Stefano Accorsi, Luca Barbarossa, Sara Bosi, Loredana Cannata, Geppi Cucciari, Anna Ferzetti, Aurora Giovinazzo, Nicole Grimaudo, Milena Mancini, Vinicio Marchioni, Paola Minaccioni, Edoardo Purgatori, Carmine Recano, Elena Sofia Ricci, Lunetta Savino, Vanessa Scalera, Carla Signoris, Kasia Smutniak, Mara Venier, Giselda Volodi, Milena Vukotic

CREW: Ferzan Özpetek (director, writer), Elisa Casseri and Carlotta Corradi (writers), Marco Belardi and Tilde Corsi (producers), Giuliano Taviani and Carmelo Travia (composers), Gian Filippo Corticelli (cinematographer), Pietro Morana (editor)

PLOT: In 1970s Rome, sisters Alberta (Ranieri) and Gabriella (Trinca) run a prestigious fashion house where they exclusively cater to cinematic costume designers, but their carefully constructed life begins to tear apart at the seams…

FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:

• The latest film from Turkish-Italian auteur Ferzan Özpetek takes the phrase “costume drama” perhaps a bit too literally
• It is a rousing tribute to the hard-working seamstresses and fashionistas who have made some of cinema’s most elegant costumes
• Özpetek was reportedly inspired by his early experiences as an assistant director, when he would often visit costume houses like the one depicted in this movie
• Italian audiences have responded very well to the film, with it earning €16 million at the local box office which makes it by far the highest-grossing film in Özpetek’s career
• This is a delightful, colourful and just plain beautiful ode to a side of the film industry that many of us sadly take for granted

Diamanti is showing in cinemas from Friday 17 April 2026

CAST: Paul Dano, Jude Law, Alicia Vikander, Will Keen, Tom Sturridge, Jeffrey Wright, Kaspars Kambala, Andris Keišs, Magne-Håvard Brekke, Matthew Baunsgard, Dan Cade

CREW: Olivier Assayas (director, writer), Emmanuel Carrère (writer), Olivier Delbosc and Sidonie Dumas (producers), Yorick Le Saux (cinematographer), Marion Monnier (editor)

PLOT: In 1990s post-Soviet Russia, young filmmaker Vadim Baranov (Dano) becomes an unlikely government spin doctor and close advisor to rising politician Vladimir Putin (Law)…

FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:

• The rise of modern dictator Vladimir Putin is dramatised in director and co-writer Olivier Assayas’s gripping historical drama
• Jude Law plays a younger version of the ruthless Russian leader, with Paul Dano as the shadowy figure who arguably paved his way to power, and there are meaty roles for Oscar-nominee Jeffrey Wright and Oscar-winner Alicia Vikander
• Assayas and co-writer Emmanuel Carrère adapt Giuliano da Empoli’s 2022 novel of the same name, which fictionalises certain aspects yet roots them in undeniable facts from the era
• It shows numerous early signs of who Putin would eventually become, while keeping its firm focus on someone who operated far away from the spotlight
• A timely political thriller as well as a captivating character study, audiences will come away understanding a little bit more about the universally-despised world leader

The Wizard of the Kremlin is showing in cinemas from Friday 17 April 2026

CAST: Paula Beer, Barbara Auer, Matthias Brandt, Enno Trebs, Philip Froissant, Hendrik Heutmann, Christian Koerner, Victoire Laly

CREW: Christian Petzold (director, writer), Anton Kaiser, Florian Koerner von Gustorf, Claudia Tronnier, Caroline von Senden, Michael Weber and Julius Windhorst (producers), Hans Fromm (cinematographer), Bettina Böhler (editor)

PLOT: After surviving a deadly car accident, piano student Laura (Beer) is taken in by middle-aged Betty (Auer) and her dysfunctional family, but soon discovers that they possess some questionable intentions…

FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:

• German filmmaker Christian Petzold returns with an understated family drama that carries some surprising and deeply emotional secrets
• Lead actor Paula Beer reunites with Petzold for the fourth consecutive time after previously starring in Transit, Undine and Afire for the writer-director
• The movie wowed audiences at last year’s Cannes Film Festival, where it debuted within the Directors’ Fortnight section
• Its title directly references a classic piece of music by composer Maurice Ravel, so expect one or two striking renditions of that and possibly other pieces throughout this movie
• Filled with raw visual beauty as well as complex human drama, this will surely satisfy those looking for films that please the eyes as much as they do the brain

Miroirs No. 3 is showing in cinemas from Friday 17 April 2026

CAST: Lloyd Eyre-Morgan, David Tag, Liam Boyle, Ali Afzal, Tyler Conti, Kimberly Hart-Simpson, Jake Haymes, Kerry Howard, Saira Choudhry, Kelsea Knox, Andrew Purcell, Lorraine Stanley, Olivier Sublet, Olly Rhodes, Jacob Partali

CREW: Lloyd Eyre-Morgan (director, writer, producer, editor), Neil Ely (director, producer), Paul Mortlock (producer, cinematographer), Eliot Kennedy and Jim Jayawardena (composers)

PLOT: Benji (Eyre-Morgan) looks back on his tumultuous relationship with the handsome yet mysterious Jake (Tag), from their initial meet-cute during a trip to Amsterdam to Jake’s increasingly tense insistence that he’s not really gay, to certain events that cause their whole connection to crumble…

FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:

• A complex queer relationship is put under the microscope in a humorous and deeply human examination of a romance that was perhaps doomed from the start
• It all comes from the mind of co-director, writer, producer and editor Lloyd Eyre-Morgan, who also stars as the hapless romantic caught in the centre of a confusing love affair
• He shares electric chemistry with co-lead David Tag, whose charm is intriguingly undercut by moments of heightened masculinity, in ways that recall last year’s Pillion
• Eyre-Morgan’s irreverent approach to his filmmaking has already been likened to Danny Boyle, which could well make this the modern LGBTQ+ equivalent of Trainspotting
• In all, this is a fascinating debut for Eyre-Morgan and co-director Neil Ely, who together tell a funny and relatable story of love in all its unpredictability

Departures is showing in cinemas from Friday 17 April 2026

CAST: Goran Kostic, Ana Cilas

CREW: Gerald Fox (director, producer, editor), Dasha Cowley (producer, editor), Alan Snelling (composer), Douglas Hartington (cinematographer)

PLOT: A study of the early experimental years of silent cinema, and how they captured the illusion of dreams on the screen…

FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:

• Filmmaker Gerald Fox presents a fascinating filmic thesis centred on the dreamlike state of early cinema that will captivate cinephiles everywhere
• We are taken through several eras of silent cinema from the slapstick comedy of Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton to the German Expressionism of filmmakers like F.W. Murnau and Fritz Lang, to see how well they captured the visions within our subconscious
• Serbian actor Goran Kostic is our narrator, portraying late Film Studies professor Vlada Petrić who takes the audience on a mind-bending odyssey through the history of cinema
• Fox often replicates the avant-garde techniques of silent film to bring audiences deeper into his lyrical and unique studies
• It’s essential viewing for anyone who’s ever wanted to align their keen interest in cinema with a far more complex psychoanalytical approach

 Kinaesthesia is showing in cinemas from Friday 17 April 2026

CAST: Suzanne Lindon, Abraham Wapler, Vincent Macaigne, Julia Piaton, Zinedine Soualem, Paul Kircher, Vassili Schneider, Sara Giraudeau, Cécile de France, Olivier Gourmet, Fred Testot, Claire Pommet, François Berléand, Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu, Vincent Perez, Raïka Hazanavicius, Louise Pascal, François Chattot

CREW: Cédric Klapisch (director, writer, producer), Santiago Amigorena (writer), Bruno Levy (producer), Robin Coudert (composer), Alexis Kavyrchine (cinematographer), Anne-Sophie Bion (editor)

PLOT: In present-day France, a group of distant cousins inherit an abandoned house in rural Normandy, where they carefully retrace the steps of their ancestor Adèle (Lindon) who, in the 19th century, travelled to Paris and experienced a whirlwind series of encounters…

FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:

• The past and the present come together for a whimsical time-hopping drama that will be seen as a classic by those in the future
• Award-winning French filmmaker Cédric Klapisch introduces two parallel stories, all revolving around the wide-eyed young 19th century woman whose journey to discover herself leads to generational consequences
• A formidable ensemble including actor/filmmaker Suzanne Lindon and Cécile de France play compelling roles in both timelines, among them more than a few recognisable faces from Parisian history
• It dabbles in magical-realism as the past and present start to blur together in unexpected and entirely whimsical ways
• Humorous, sweet-natured and thoroughly optimistic, this is a playful film which will have viewers waxing nostalgic for a classic time within the French capital

Colours of Time is showing in cinemas from Friday 17 April 2026

CAST: Denise Weinberg, Rodrigo Santoro, Miriam Socorrás, Adanilo, Rosa Malagueta, Clarissa Pinheiro, Dimas Mendonça, Daniel Ferrat, Heitor Lóris, Rafael César, Isabela Catão, Daniela Reis, Diego Bauer, Aldenor Santos, Tony Ferreira, Karol Medeiros, Erismar Fernandes Rodrigues, Júlia Kahane, Robson Ney, Luana Brandão, Italo Rui, Amanda Costa, Italo Bruce, Matheus Sabbá, Paulo Queiroz, Wallace Abreu, Jôce Mendes, Rhuann Gabriel, Arthur Gabriel, Maria Alice, Ana Oliveira, Maurício Santtos, Koindson Cruz, Isadora Gibson

CREW: Gabriel Mascaro (director, writer), Tibério Azul (writer), Rachel Daisy Ellis and Sandino Saravia Vinay (producers), Memo Guerra (composer), Guillermo Garza (cinematographer), Omar Guzmán and Sebastián Sepúlveda (editors)

PLOT: In near-future Brazil, the government creates distant colonies for elderly residents in an attempt to boost the economy, but 77-year-old Tereza (Weinberg) refuses her relocation and secretly embarks on a journey through the Amazon to fulfil a final wish…

FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:

• This whimsical Brazilian drama presents an adventurous approach to old age in a similar, albeit entirely different, manner to Pixar’s Up
• It’s a masterfully shot film as filmmaker Gabriel Mascaro delivers a stunning collection of images capturing the Amazonian landscapes with striking beauty
• The film found enormous financial success in its home country of Brazil, especially after the film came away with the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize at the 2025 Berlin Film Festival
• Themes of ageism and segregation drive the dystopian narrative to a heartfelt yet bittersweet conclusion that will have audiences thinking about their own attitudes toward the elderly
• Filled with adventure and visual spectacle, The Blue Trail is one that you’ll happily wander down again and again

The Blue Trail is showing in cinemas from Friday 17 April 2026

CAST: Jayce McKenzie, Tareek Talati, Angel Haven Rey, Emily Gin, Aliyah Harris, Omar Regan, Morris Seng, Eve Aboualy, Jenna Abu Tineh, Anwar Arafat, Ali Ardekani, Eman Fahmy, Yassir Fazaga, Adam Fofana, Simon Glassman, Alhusain Hadidi, Ahmad Harris, Nahela Morales, Shahryar Rizvi, Matteo Rota

CREW: Flordeliza Dayrit (director, writer), Sakina Fakhri (writer), Michael Milo (producer, editor), Ilyas Mao, Olajide Odewale and Ari Rhodes (composers), Shaun Finch (cinematographer)

PLOT: In the year 2050, young Layla (McKenzie) is a new student at the prestigious Aqli Academy where, along with her cousin Khalid (Talati) and new friends Aysha (Rey) and Abdullah (Gin), she becomes involved in a time-travel experiment that sees all four be accidentally sent back to 825 AD Baghdad, incurring the vengeful wrath of alchemist Fasid (Seng) who plots to use the time-travel to eradicate all science…

FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:

• The latest animated adventure for the whole family is an unexpected cultural milestone, as it is the first Muslim-made animated feature to receive a significant theatrical release
• Its release was the result of a grassroots campaign to keep independent animation alive on the big screen, relying on good faith and word of mouth over celebrity endorsement and traditional publicity
• Many members of the voice cast come from Muslim backgrounds, adding to the authenticity already displayed through its characters and central sci-fi fantasy story
• There’s also a TV series and video game based on the movie that children could check out if they enjoyed spending time in this world
• Young viewers, in particular those who also identify as Muslim, will be more than excited to see themselves finally represented to this extent in theatrical animation

Time Hoppers: The Silk Road is showing in cinemas from Friday 17 April 2026

CAST: Wu Jing, Nicholas Tse, Yu Shi, Chen Lijun, Sun Yizhou, Ci Sha, Li Yunxiao, Tony Leung Ka-Fai, Zhang Jin, Kara Wai, Zhang Yi, Jet Li, Wen Junhui, Liu Yaowen, Dong Sicheng

CREW: Woo-Ping Yuen (director), Baimei Yu (writer, producer), Tai-Lee Chan, Chao-Bin Su and Larry Yang (writers), Wu Jing (producer), William Wu (composer), Tony Cheung Tung-Leung (cinematographer), TBA (editor)

PLOT: In Ancient China, during the Sui dynasty, bounty hunter Dao Ma (Jing) is tasked with protecting the empire’s most wanted criminal, Zhi Shi Lang (Yizhou), from numerous factions during a journey to the city of Chang’an…

FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:

• China’s latest historical epic is a rip-roaring adventure with plenty of action and thrilling stunt work
• Woo-Ping Yuen, the legendary stunt choreographer for films like The Matrix, Drunken Master and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, lends a truly awe-inspiring scope as the lead filmmaker
• This adaptation of the Chinese manhua (basically China’s equivalent to manga) features memorable turns by recognisable faces like Wu Jing, Tony Leung Ka-Fai, and action legend Jet Li
• The film underwent an extensive – not to mention expensive – reshoot period late last year to replace lead actress Nashi after she became engulfed in a college admissions scandal, similar to how Christopher Plummer became a last-minute replacement for Kevin Spacey in Ridley Scott’s All the Money in the World
• There’s so much wuxia goodness and many dazzling visuals to satisfy anyone who has ever become engrossed in China’s expansive film industry

Blades of the Guardians is showing in cinemas from Friday 17 April 2026

CAST: Sadie Sandler, Chloe East, Aidan Langford, Sarah Sherman, Natasha Lyonne, Nick Kroll, Storm Reid, Billy Byrk, Ivy Wolk, Janeane Garofolo, Carol Kane, Josh Segarra, Bailee Madison, Martin Herlihy, Adam Sandler, Francesca Scorsese, Zahra Rock

CREW: Chandler Levack (director), Jimmy Fowlie and Ceara O’Sullivan (writers), Tim Herlihy and Adam Sandler (producers), Hays Holladay and Ryan Holladay (composers), Maria Rusche (cinematographer), TBA (editor)

PLOT: Devon (Sandler) is a hopeful yet naïve college freshman who asks the cool and confident Celeste (East) to be her roommate, but their blossoming friendship quickly spirals into a war of passive aggression…

FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:

• Sadie Sandler sees her star rise further as she takes on a lead role in the latest teen comedy by Happy Madison, the production company of her father Adam Sandler
• Sadie and co-lead Chloe East, previously seen in Heretic and Steven Spielberg’s The Fablemans, are too perfectly suited for each other as college frenemies navigating their new environments together
• Look out for supporting appearances from the likes of Natasha Lyonne, SNL breakout Sarah Sherman, Francesca “daughter of Martin” Scorsese, and even Adam himself in a fun cameo role
• It blends the comically catty nature of teen classics like Mean Girls and Clueless with the frat-boy humour of Animal House and Van Wilder, with hilarious results
• The kids are more than alright as Sandler Jr. sets a formidable course for her own screen career, possibly beyond the realm of her family’s comfort zone

Roommates is streaming exclusively on Netflix from Friday 17 April 2026

CAST: Mark Wahlberg, Paul Walter Hauser, Molly Shannon, Benjamin Bratt, Daniela Melchior, Eric André, Sacha Baron Cohen, Eva De Dominici, Chelsey Crisp, Karan Soni

CREW: Peter Farrelly (director), Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick (writers, producers), David Ellison, Dan Goldberg, Don Granger and Andrew Muscato (producers), Dave Palmer (composer), John Brawley (cinematographer), Sam Seig (editor)

PLOT: Brad (Wahlberg) and Elijah (Hauser) are marketing executives for a condom company that manage to successfully pitch a radical new full-coverage design to the organisers of the upcoming World Cup in Brazil, but after a drunken mishap sparks a global scandal, they find themselves outrunning angry fans, criminals and powerful officials in order to make it home alive…

FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:

• Peter Farrelly, previously of the Oscar-winning Green Book, returns to his zany raunchy comedy roots with a wild ride that embraces its overt adult humour
• The director is working from a script by Deadpool and Zombieland writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, while Mark Wahlberg and Paul Walter Hauser deliver the goods as our two hapless heroes
• Anything really does go as Wahlberg and Hauser encounter one wacky scenario after another, all with a level of gross-out slapstick not seen since Farrelly’s own There’s Something About Mary and Dumb and Dumber
• You may already have guessed from the title, and the fact that condoms are a significant part of the story, that there’s plenty of low-brow humour to go around, and you’d be very much right!
• It’s a knowingly silly comedy that will make anyone wet themselves from pure unrestrained laughter, even if it is out of pure desperation

Balls Up is streaming exclusively on Prime Video from Wednesday 15 April 2026

CAST (ENGLISH VERSION): Johnny Yong Bosch, Joshua Seth, Wendee Lee, Jamieson Price, Bob Buchholz, Simon Prescott, Cody MacKenzie, Sandy Fox, Travis Weaver, Michelle Ruff, Michael Lindsay, Anthony Pulcini, Mike Reynolds, Steve Blum, Michael McConnohie, Robert Axelrod, Michael Frost, Eddie Frierson, Skip Stellrecht, Ted Rae, Julie Ann Taylor, Patricia Ja Lee, Dyanne DiRosario, William Frederick Knight, Steve Staley, Tony Oliver

CAST (JAPANESE VERSION): Mitsuo Iwata, Nozomu Sasaki, Mami Koyama, Tarō Ishida, Tesshō Genda, Mizuho Suzuki, Tatsuhiko Nakamura, Fukue Itō, Kazuhiro Shindō, Yuriko Fuchizaki, Masaaki Ōkura, Takeshi Kusao, Hiroshi Ōtake, Masato Hirano, Yukimasa Kishino, Kōichi Kitamura, Tarō Arakawa, Yukimasa Kishino, Masato Hirano, Kayoko Fujii, Masami Toyoshima, Yuka Ōno, Kōichi Kitamura, Michihiro Ikemizu, Kazumi Tanaka

CREW: Katsuhiro Ôtomo (director, writer), Izô Hashimoto (writer), Shunzô Katô and Ryôhei Suzuki (producers), Shôji Yamashiro (composer), Katsuji Misawa (cinematographer), Takeshi Seyama (editor)

PLOT: In the futuristic city of Neo-Tokyo, motorcycle gang leader Shōtarō Kanesa (Bosch/Iwata) finds himself going up against childhood friend Tetsuo Shima (Seth/Sasaki) after he acquires powerful telekinetic powers that threaten to consume the entire metropolitan area…

FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:

• Regarded as one of the most influential anime films of all time, this jaw-dropping sci-fi epic is back on the big screen with a full 4K restoration
• Filmmaker Katsuhiro Ôtomo adapted his own dystopian manga into a sprawling feature that expanded upon the characters and this unique universe
• Its huge box office success and widespread critical acclaim not only made it a cult favourite among avid filmgoers, but also helped pioneer the Japanese cyberpunk subgenre that would later include Ghost in the Shell and Cowboy Bebop
• Sensitive audiences should be warned, however, that this film goes to certain extremes in terms of mass destruction that frankly make the climax to Man of Steel look relatively harmless by comparison!
• Whether you’re seeing it for the first or fifteenth time, you can’t afford to miss one of the best anime movies ever made on the biggest screen possible

Akira is showing in cinemas from Friday 17 April 2026

CAST: Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant, Jim Broadbent, Gemma Jones, Celia Imrie, James Faulkner, Charmian May, Paul Brooke, Felicity Montagu, Shirley Henderson, Sally Phillips, James Callis, Embeth Davidtz, Patrick Barlow, Lisa Barbuscia, Neil Pearson, Dolly Wells, Donald Douglas

CREW: Sharon Maguire (director), Richard Curtis, Andrew Davies and Helen Fielding (producers), Tim Bevan, Jonathan Cavendish and Eric Fellner (producers), Patrick Doyle (composer), Stuart Dryburgh (cinematographer), Martin Walsh (editor)

PLOT: Bridget Jones (Zellweger) resolves to turn her life around by keeping a diary to track her attempts to become healthier and find romance, which ultimately boils down to childhood acquaintance Mark Darcy (Firth) and her womanising boss Daniel Cleaver (Grant)…

FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:

• The rom-com classic that introduced the world to the misadventures of a thirty-something hopeless romantic returns to cinemas for its 25th anniversary
• Renée Zellweger nabbed her first Oscar nomination for bringing to life our troubled yet optimistic hero, as adapted from Helen Fielding’s best-selling novel of the same name (itself loosely inspired by the Jane Austen classic Pride and Prejudice)
• British heartthrobs Colin Firth and Hugh Grant are more than worthy potential suitors, each sharing impeccable chemistry with Zellweger and sharing in some of the film’s most outrageous sequences
• It inspired several sequels, each based on Fielding’s own follow-up novels, including last year’s emotional finale (for now, anyway) Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
• Romantics out there will absolutely want to experience the timeless British wit and endearing romance where it was always meant to be seen

Bridget Jones’s Diary is showing in cinemas from Friday 17 April 2026