Cinema Listings
Loosely rooted in a classic Japanese comics series, Astro Boy is an animated tale set in that future that currently seems to be the only conceivable one for filmmakers, in which earth’s environment…
If Barack Obama has a difficult task, how much harder must Nelson Mandela's (Freeman) have been in 1994? Recently released from prison, not in the best of health, estranged from his wife and family,…
The title is misleading, as it’s not actually the boys who have gone missing; it’s the girls. In fact, it’s one girl in particular, Katy, who tragically dies of cancer at the start of this story, leaving the grieving and clueless Joe to raise Artie,…
Colombian director Rodrigo Garcia has already proven to be an adept director of dramas both for TV with Six Feet Under and The Sopranos, and small feature films such as Nine Lives. But it is with Mother And Child that he has taken his talents to a…
Like a zombie movie with pretentions to spiritual allegory, The Road pits a father and son’s love against the bleakest backdrops of apocalyptic desolation.…
Liverpool, 1955, where a teenage boy called John (Johnson) is being raised by his aunt Mimi (Scott Thomas) and uncle George (David Threfall). Mimi is loving in a terribly English, aspirational and repressed sort of way; George is a bit more of a…
This Christmas sees the advent once again of jingle bells, mulled wine, gift-purchasing frenzies, too much alcohol, office party faux pas and yet another marquee movie from Aamir (Midas) Khan (Lagaan,…
There is every reason to be excited about going to the cinema in December: Avatar, James Cameron's first feature film since Titanic 12 years ago, will finally hit screens. A roster of acclaimed classics from the director including The Terminator,…
The first thing to note about Bunny And The Bull, the cinematic debut of Mighty Boosh and Garth Marenghi director Paul King, is that it’s not Mighty Boosh: The Movie. But it certainly bodes well for that recently confirmed project assuming King once…
This is a very likeable film from Confetti director Debbie Isitt; a piece of festive fun that will genuinely keep the whole family entertained. Martin Freeman stars as Mr Maddens, a Scrooge-like primary teacher who is tasked with directing his…
This slab of big, dumb, glossy pap has an interesting idea at its core. The innocent man wronged is a movie mainstay, and we’ve seen his kind battling against the odds for some kind of personal justice time and again. But what if, unlike Harrison…
Stephen Poliakoff’s first feature film for 10 years goes back to the beginnings of the Second World War for inspiration and brought on board a stellar British cast for a mystery thriller. Steeped in English heritage as both an ode to the last weeks…
The Boys Are Back
Mother And Child
The Road
Nowhere Boy
3 Idiots
Avatar
Bunny and the Bull
Nativity!
Law Abiding Citizen
Glorious 39
