Movie of the Week
Cinemas
- Kung Fu Panda 4
- Mothers’ Instinct
- Silver Haze
- The Sweet East
- Drift
- Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus
- Disco Boy
- The Origin of Evil
Streaming/On-Demand
Re-Releases
We’re headed into Easter weekend with a wide variety of new releases to munch on (alongside all your chocolate eggs, of course!), including a titanic monster mash-up, cuddly kung-fu adventures, bizarre treks through modern America, and a supercalifragilisticexpialidocious family classic…
Movie of the Week
Cinemas
Streaming/On-Demand
Re-Releases
CAST: Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry, Dan Stevens, Kaylee Hottle, Alex Ferns, Fala Chen, Rachel House
CREW: Adam Wingard (director), Simon Barrett, Terry Rossio and Jeremy Slater (writers), Alex Garcia, Jon Jashini, Eric McLeod, Mary Parent, Brian Rogers and Thomas Tull (producers), Antonio Di Iorio and Junkie XL (composers), Ben Seresin (cinematographer), Josh Schaeffer (editor)
PLOT: The mighty Kong and the fearsome Godzilla join forces against a deadly threat hidden deep within the realm of Hollow Earth, which if unleashed could threaten the Titans’ existence as well as that of humankind…
FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire is showing in cinemas from Friday 29 March 2024
CAST: Jack Black, Awkwafina, Viola Davis, Dustin Hoffman, James Hong, Bryan Cranston, Ian McShane, Ke Huy Quan, Lori Tan Chinn, Ronny Chieng, J.K. Simmons
CREW: Mike Mitchell (director), Jonathan Aibel ad Glenn Berger (writers), Rebecca Huntley (producer), Steve Mazzaro and Hans Zimmer (composers), Christopher Knights (editor)
PLOT: The time has come for Po (Black), the legendary Dragon Warrior, to set aside his warrior duties and become the next Spiritual Leader of the Valley of Peace. This prompts him to set out and find a suitable successor to adopt his Dragon Warrior mantle, but the emergence of a powerful, shapeshifting sorceress known as The Chameleon (Davis), who can absorb the kung fu abilities of her foes, forces Po to make an alliance with quick-witted thief Zhen (Awkwafina) to stop her before she can take over the realm…
FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:
Kung Fu Panda 4 is showing in cinemas from Thursday 28 March 2024
CAST: Jessica Chastain, Anne Hathaway, Josh Charles, Anders Danielsen Lie, Caroline Lagerfelt, Baylen D. Bielitz, Eamon Patrick O’Connell
CREW: Benoît Delhomme (director, cinematographer), Sarah Conradt-Kroehler (writer), Jacques-Henri Bronckart, Kelly Carmichael, Jessica Chastain, Anne Hathaway and Paul Nelson (producers), Anne Nikitin (composer), Juliette Welfling (editor)
PLOT: In the 1960s, Alice (Chastain) and Céline (Hathaway) are neighbours and best friends who live perfect lives with their families in the suburbs. However, after a tragic accident involving one of their children, their relationship becomes consumed by guilt and paranoia, and a battle of wits soon develops…
FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:
Mothers’ Instinct is showing in cinemas from Wednesday 27 March 2024
CAST: Vicky Knight, Esmé Creed-Miles, Charlotte Knight, Archie Brigden, Angela Bruce, Alfie Deegan, Sandra Kwiek, Brandon Bendell, Carrie Bunyan, Sarah-Jane Dent, Cain Aiden
CREW: Sacha Polak (director, writer), Marleen Slot (producer), Joris Oonk and Ella van der Woude (composers), Tibor Dingelstad (cinematographer), Lot Rossmark (editor)
PLOT: Franky (Knight) is a young nurse who harbours a deep anger for a childhood incident that left her physically scarred. She soon embarks on a relationship with one of her patients, Florence (Creed-Miles), with whom she begins to find emotional sanctuary as she confronts her traumatic past…
FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:
Silver Haze is showing in cinemas from Friday 29 March 2024
CAST: Talia Ryder, Earl Cave, Simon Rex, Ayo Edebiri, Jeremy O. Harris, Jacob Elordi, Rish Shah, Gibby Haynes, Andy Milonakis, Nichole Byron, Jordan Nessinger, Peter Vack, Betsey Brown
CREW: Sean Price Williams (director, cinematographer), Nick Pinkerton (writer), Craig Butta, Alex Coco and Alex Ross Perry (producers), Paul Grimstad (composer), Stephen Gurewitz (editor)
PLOT: Lillian (Ryder) is a high school student who, during a class field trip to Washington D.C., becomes entrapped within an increasingly bizarre political world…
FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:
The Sweet East is showing in cinemas from Friday 29 March 2024
CAST: Cynthia Erivo, Alia Shawkat, Ibrahima Ba, Honor Swinton Byrne, Zainab Jah, Suzy Bemba, Vincent Vermignon
CREW: Anthony Chen (director, producer), Susanne Farrell and Alexander Maksik (writers), Niama Abed, Cynthia Erivo, Emilie Georges, Peter Spears and Solome Williams (producers), Ré Olunuga (composer), Crystel Fournier (cinematographer), Hoping Chen (editor)
PLOT: Jacqueline (Erivo), a young refugee from Liberia, finds herself alone and penniless on a Greek island. Whilst trying to survive and also confront her troubled past, she begins a friendship with local tour guide Callie (Shawkat), with whom she becomes close as they try to find solace in one another…
FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:
Drift is showing in cinemas from Friday 29 March 2024
CAST: Ryuichi Sakamoto
CREW: Neo Sora (director), Aiko Masubuchi, Takashi Numa, Eric Nyari, Norika Sky-Sora and Albert Tholen (producers), Ryuichi Sakamoto (composer), Bill Kirstein (cinematographer), Takuya Kawakami (editor)
PLOT: In late 2022, shortly before his death, esteemed Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto performs one final concert with just him and his piano…
FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:
Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus is showing in cinemas from Friday 29 March 2024
CAST: Franz Rogowski, Morr Ndiaye, Laetitia Ky, Leon Lučev, Matteo Olivetti, Robert Więckiewicz, Michał Balicki
CREW: Giacomo Abbruzzese (director, writer, editor), Lionel Massol and Pauline Seigland (producers), Vitalic (composer), Hélène Louvart (cinematographer), Ariane Boukerche and Fabrizio Federico (editors)
PLOT: Aleksei (Rogowski) has travelled across Europe from Belarus to Paris, where he hopes to become a disco dancer in the city’s nightclubs. In order to obtain a French passport, he enlists in the Foreign Legion, but soon finds himself dropped into the jungles of the Niger Delta, where he crosses paths with charismatic revolutionary Jomo (Ndiaye)…
FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:
Disco Boy is showing in cinemas from Friday 29 March 2024
CAST: Laure Calamy, Doria Tillier, Dominique Blanc, Jacques Weber, Suzanne Clément, Céleste Brunnquell, Véronique Ruggia, Clotilde Mollet, Naidra Ayadi
CREW: Sébastien Marnier (director, writer), Caroline Bonmarchand (producer), Philippe Brault and Pierre Lapointe (composers), Romain Carcanade (cinematographer), Jean-Baptiste Beaudoin and Valentin Féron (editors)
PLOT: On the brink of poverty, Stéphane (Calamy) reaches out to her wealthy estranged father Serge (Weber), who has since remarried and had a new family. Upon Stéphane’s arrival at her father’s large mansion, she receives a cold welcome from Serge’s wife Louise (Blanc), daughter George (Tillier) and granddaughter Jeanne (Brunnquell), who view her as a threat to their plans to secure Serge’s wealth – but are unaware that Stéphane has some secrets of her own…
FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:
The Origin of Evil is showing in cinemas from Friday 29 March 2024
CAST: Bill Nighy, Micheal Ward, Valeria Golino, Callum Scott Howells, Kit Young, Sheyi Cole, Robin Nazari, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Susan Wokoma, Layo-Christina Akinlude, Cristina Rodlo, Sian Reese-Williams
CREW: Thea Sharrock (director), Frank Cottrell Boyce (writer), Graham Broadbent, Peter Czernin, Colin Farrell, Ben Knight and Anita Overland (producers), Adem Ilhan (composer), Mike Eley (cinematographer), Fernando Stutz (editor)
PLOT: The English team for the Homeless World Cup, comprised of football players who have been left without a place to live, manages to qualify for the annual tournament in Rome, and with their coach Mal (Nighy) they set out to achieve glory…
FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:
The Beautiful Game is streaming exclusively on Netflix from Friday 29 March 2024
CAST: Anthony Madu
CREW: Joel Kachi Benson and Matt Ogens (directors), Rachel Halilej, Katie McNeill and Jamie Patricof (producers), Jackson Greenberg (composer), Charlie Goodger and Motheo Moeng (cinematographers), Georgia Dodson (editor)
PLOT: In Lagos, 12-year-old Anthony Madu goes viral after a clip of him performing a ballet routine in the streets circulates the Internet, and soon he receives an offer to study at one of the world’s most prestigious ballet schools in England. As he faces numerous obstacles during his training, as well as feeling of homesickness, Anthony never stops chasing his dream…
FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:
Madu is streaming exclusively on Disney+ from Friday 29 March 2024
CAST: Steve Martin
CREW: Morgan Neville (director, producer), Charlise Holmes and Meghan Walsh (producers), Bryan Donnell, Emily Topper and Graham Willoughby (cinematographers), Alan Lowe and Jeff Malmberg (editors)
PLOT: A two-part documentary charting the life and career of comedian and artist Steve Martin…
FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:
STEVE! (martin) a documentary in two pieces is streaming exclusively on Apple TV+ from Friday 29 March 2024
CAST: Luke Evans, Billy Porter, Christopher Woodley, Andrew Rannells, Robin Weigert, Kate Burton, Phylicia Rashad, Isaac Cole Powell, Michael Countryman, David Pittu, Cassandra Freeman, Gabby Beans, Liza J. Bennett, Nuala Clearly, Francis Jue, Alfredo Narciso, Emily Donahue
CREW: Bill Oliver (director, writer), Peter Nickowitz (writer), Eric Binns, Guilherme Coelho, Jennifer 8. Lee, Christopher Lin and Fernando Loureiro (producers), Ola Fløttum (composer), Luca Fantini (cinematographer), Zach Clark and Tyler Jensen (editors)
PLOT: Nicky (Evans) and Gabriel (Porter) have been together for thirteen years, but when Gabriel tells Nicky he wants a divorce, they become embroiled in a custody battle for their eight-year-old son Owen (Woodley)…
FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:
Our Son is available to rent/buy on digital platforms from Monday 25 March 2024
CAST: Mikey Madison, G-Easy, Jess Gabor, Zach Villa, Samuel Roukin, Mia Love Disnard, Moise Amadou, Billie J Bradford, Calvin Clausell Jr., Xavier Jiminez, Joseph H. Johnson Jr., Church Lockett, Jaime Navarro, Craig Ng, Eric C. Sun, Faye Nightingale
CREW: Emmanuelle Pickett (director), Anthony Ragnone II (writer), Sarah Gabriel, Marc Goldberg, James Harris and Mark Lane (producers), Oliver Coates (composer), Sean Bagley (cinematographer), Nicholas Gallucci, Jacqueline Kramer and Chris Willett (editors)
PLOT: River (Madison) is a young mother who is pressured into becoming a police informant against drug lord Silas (G-Easy), who is also the father of her young daughter Jade (Disnard). However, when an undercover operation goes wrong, River finds herself on the run and fighting for her life…
FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:
All Souls is available to rent/buy from digital platforms from Monday 25 March 2024
CAST: Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, David Tomlinson, Glynis Johns, Hermione Baddeley, Reta Shaw, Karen Dotrice, Matthew Garber, Elsa Lanchester, Arthur Treacher, Reginald Owen, Ed Wynn, Jane Darwell, Arthur Malet, James Logan, Don Barclay, Alma Lawton, Marjorie Eaton, Marjorie Bennett
CREW: Robert Stevenson (director), Don Da Gradi and Bill Walsh (writers), Walt Disney (producer), Edward Colman (cinematographer), Cotton Warburton (editor)
PLOT: In early 1900s England, the Banks household is in disarray after children Jane (Dotrice) and Michael (Garber) drive away their latest carer. Soon, their strict father George (Tomlinson) hires a mysterious new nanny named Mary Poppins (Andrews), who along with her close friend Bert (Van Dyke) brings magic into the family’s lives…
FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:
Mary Poppins is showing in cinemas from Friday 29 March 2024
CAST: Alec Guinness, Stanley Holloway, Sid James, Alfie Bass, Marjorie Fielding, Edie Martin, John Salew, Ronald Adam, Arthur Hambling, Gibb McLaughlin, John Gregson, Clive Morton, Sydney Tafler, Marie Burke, Audrey Hepburn, William Fox, Michael Trubshawe, Jacques B. Brunius, Paul Demel, Eugene Deckers, Andreas Malandrinos, Cyril Chamberlain, Moultrie Kelsall, Christopher Hewett, Meredith Edwards, Patrick Barr, David Davies
CREW: Charles Crichton (director), T.E.B. Clarke (writer), Michael Balcon (producer), Georges Auric (composer), Douglas Slocombe (cinematographer), Seth Holt (editor)
PLOT: Henry Holland (Guinness), a meek bank clerk tasked with overseeing the shipment of gold bullions, comes up with a unique scheme to steal and then smuggle the bullions out of the country, with the help of his eccentric neighbour Alfred Pendlebury (Holloway)…
FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:
The Lavender Hill Mob is showing in cinemas from Friday 29 March 2024
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