BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (12A)

WHO’S IN IT?

Rami Malek (Short Term 12), Lucy Boynton (Sing Street), Gwilym Lee (The Tourist), Ben Hardy (Only The Brave), Joseph Mazzello (The Social Network), Aidan Gillen (Calvary), Tom Hollander (In The Loop), Allen Leech (The Imitation Game), Mike Myers (Wayne’s World), Aaron McCusker (Shooting for Socrates), Dermot Murphy (Black Ice), Meneka Das (Little Box of Sweets), Ace Bhatti (Sixth Happiness), Dickie Beau (film debut), Neil Fox-Roberts (film debut), Philip Andrew (film debut), Matthew Houston (Hurricane), Michelle Duncan (Atonement), Adam Rauf (film debut)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Bryan Singer (The Usual Suspects), director, producer; Anthony McCarten (The Theory of Everything), writer; Jim Beach (The Hotel New Hampshire), Robert De Niro (Meet The Fockers), Graham King (The Departed), Brian May (film debut), Peter Oberth (film debut) and Roger Taylor (Solitary), producers; John Ottman (Valkyrie), composer, editor; Newton Thomas Sigel (Drive), cinematographer

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

The story of a small-time band called Queen, who thanks to the thundering passion of lead singer Freddie Mercury (Malek) as well as that of lead guitarist Brian May (Lee), drummer Roger Taylor (Hardy) and bass guitarist John Deacon (Mazzello), went on to become one of the greatest rock bands in music history…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

A long-in-the-works biopic that is now finally being released after years of pre-production troubles, this is the definitive movie about one of the most popular and influential band of all time.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

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