Movie of the Week
Cinemas
Re-Releases
It’s Christmastime once again, and as we wrap our final presents and prepare to leave some milk and cookies out for Father Christmas, we have a truly special gift for all of you: a collection of all the exciting films that are showing on your screens this week, from the return of some Plasticine icons to an unusually primitive music biopic…
Movie of the Week
Cinemas
Re-Releases
CAST: Ben Whitehead, Peter Kay, Reese Shearsmith, Lauren Patel, Diane Morgan, Adjoa Andoh, Lenny Henry
CREW: Nick Park (director, writer), Merlin Crossingham (director), Mark Burton (writer), Richard Beek and Claire Jennings (producers), Lorne Balfe (composer), Dave Alex Riddett (cinematographer), Dan Hembrey (editor)
PLOT: When Wallace (Whitehead) gets into trouble after his latest invention – a “smart gnome” named Norbot (Shearsmith) – develops an evil mind of its own, his loyal dog Gromit investigates – and finds that the culprit may in fact be their vengeful former nemesis, Feathers McGraw…
FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl is streaming exclusively on BBC iPlayer from Wednesday 25 December 2024 (and internationally on Netflix from Friday 3 January 2025)
CAST: Robbie Williams, Jonno Davies, Steve Pemberton, Alison Steadman, Damon Herriman, Raechelle Banno, Anthony Hayes, Kate Mulvany, Frazer Hadfield, Jake Simmance, Liam Head, Jesse Hyde, Chase Vollenweider, Adam Tucker, Chris Gun, Jack McMinn, Jamie Condon
CREW: Michael Gracey (director, writer, producer), Oliver Cole and Simon Gleeson (writers), Paul Currie, Jules Daly, Coco Xiaolu Ma and Craig McMahon (producers), Batu Sener (composer), Erik Wilson (cinematographer), Martin Connor, Jeff Groth, Lee Smith and Spencer Susser (editors)
PLOT: A chronicle of the life and career of British pop star Robbie Williams (as himself) – except Williams is presented as an anthropomorphic CGI chimpanzee…
FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:
Better Man is showing in cinemas from Thursday 26 December 2024
CAST: Jude Law, Nicholas Hoult, Tye Sheridan, Jurnee Smollett, Alison Oliver, Odessa Young, Marc Maron, Huxley Fisher, Sebastian Pigott, Phillip Forest Lewitski, George Tchortov, Victor Slezak, Philip Granger, Daniel Doheny
CREW: Justin Kurzel (director, producer), Zach Baylin (writer), Stuart Ford, Bryan Haas and Jude Law (producers), Jed Kurzel (composer), Adam Arkapaw (cinematographer), Nick Fenton (editor)
PLOT: In 1983, FBI agent Terry Husk (Law) investigates a series of bank robberies and other criminal activity involving a group of neo-Nazis and their radical leader Bob Mathews (Hoult)…
FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:
The Order is showing in cinemas from Thursday 26 December 2024
CAST: Putthipong Assaratanakul, Usha Seamkhum, Sarinrat Thomas, Sanya Kunakorn, Pongsatorn Jongwilas, Tontawan Tantivejakul, Duangporn Oapirat, Himawari Tajiri
CREW: Pat Boonnitipat (director, writer), Thodsapon Thiptinnakorn (writer), Jira Maligool and Vanridee Pongsittisak (producers), Jaithep Raroengjai (composer), Boonyanuch Kraithong (cinematographer), Thammarat Sumethsupachok (editor)
PLOT: In Thailand, M (Assaratanakul) is an aimless college dropout who volunteers to become the primary carer of his terminally ill grandmother Mengju (Seamkhum), in the hopes that he will inherit her estate. However, as the two of them grow closer, and as their extended family make their own selfish ambitions known, M begins to have a change of heart…
FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:
How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies is showing in cinemas from Thursday 26 December 2024
CAST (ENGLISH VERSION): Daveigh Chase, Jason Marsden, Suzanne Pleshette, David Odgen Stiers, Susan Egan, Paul Eiding, John Ratzenberger, Bob Bergen, Rodger Bumpass, Tara Strong, Michael Chiklis, Lauren Holly, Jim Ward, Jack Angel
CAST (JAPANESE VERSION): Rumi Hiiragi, Miyu Irino, Mari Natsuki, Bunta Sugawara, Yoomi Tamai, Tsunehiko Kamijō, Takehiko Ono, Akio Nakamura, Tatsuya Gashūin, Yō Ōizumi, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Takashi Naitō, Yasuko Sawaguchi, Koba Hayashi, Ken Yasuda
CREW: Hayao Miyazaki (director, writer), Donald W. Ernst, John Lasseter and Toshio Suzuki (producers), Joe Hisaishi (composer), Atsushi Okui (cinematographer), Takeshi Seyama (editor)
PLOT: Whilst driving with her parents (Chiklis/ Naitō and Holly/Sawaguchi) to their new home, ten-year-old Chihiro (Chase/Hiiragi) finds herself in a mysterious world populated by spirits. After her parents are transformed into pigs, Chihiro is forced to work in a local bathhouse run by the powerful witch Yubaba (Pleshette/Natsuki), where she allies with a boy named Haku (Marsden/Irino) to find her way back home…
FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:
Spirited Away is showing in cinemas from Thursday 26 December 2024
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