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Paddington in Peru (U)

Paddington in Peru brings Paddington’s story to Peru as he returns to visit his beloved Aunt Lucy, who now resides at the Home for Retired Bears. With the Brown Family in tow, a thrilling adventure ensues when a mystery plunges them into an unexpected journey through the Amazon rainforest and up to the mountain peaks of Peru.

BBC ★★★★ Metro ★★★★ Total Film ★★★★
Telegraph ★★★ Times ★★★ Guardian ★★★

Directed by Dougal Wilson
With Ben Whishaw, Hugh Bonneville, Emily Mortimer
1hr 43 mins // UK 2024

Catch-up Screenings: Lee (15)

The film explores the most significant decade of Lee Miller’s life. As a middle-aged woman, she refused to be remembered as a model and male artists’ muse. Lee Miller defied the expectations and rules of the time by traveling to Europe to report from the frontline during WWII. There, in part as a reaction to her own well-hidden trauma, she used her Rolleiflex camera to give a voice to the voiceless. What she captured on film in Dachau and throughout Europe was shocking and horrific. Her photographs of the war, its victims and its consequences remain among the most significant and historically important of the Second World War. She changed war photography forever, but Lee Miller paid an enormous personal price for what she witnessed and the stories she fought to tell.

The story of photographer Elizabeth ‘Lee’ Miller, an acclaimed war correspondent for Vogue magazine during World War II.

“Kate Winslet is remarkable as model turned war photographer Lee Miller” Guardian ★★★★

Directed by Ellen Kuras
With Kate Winslet
1hrs 57 mins | US 2023

The Outrun (15)

Based on the best-selling memoir by Amy Liptrot, The Outrun is set in the otherworldly Orkney islands of Scotland. A brutally honest drama about addiction and recovery, strength and survival, mental health and the ability of the sea, the land and of people to restore life and renew hope.

After a decade away in London, 29-year-old Rona returns home to the Orkney Islands. Sober but lonely, she tries to suppress her memory of the events which set her on this journey of recovery. Slowly the mystical land enters her inner world and – one day at a time – Rona finds hope and strength in herself among the heavy gales and the bracingly cold sea.

“Saoirse Ronan is mesmerising in sobering addiction drama” Guardian ★★★★

Independent ★★★★ Filmhounds ★★★★

Directed by Nora Fingscheidt
With Saoirse Ronan
1hrs 57 mins | US 2023

Flying High Film Workshop- The Critic (15)

We would love you to join us for this once a month opportunity for adult members of the community to come together for fun, camaraderie, learning, sharing food and film.

Each month in the Bonington Theatre, we will meet at 10.30am for a 2-hour exploration workshop (discussions, exercises, some role play and improvisation for those brave enough!) examining the themes, context, characters, ideas and plot of a particular film. There will be a light buffet style lunch, teas and coffees or you can bring your own before watching the film at 1.30pm. The event should finish 3.00pm – 3.30pm depending on the length of the film.

Tuesday 8th October – The Critic

The Critic is a deliciously dark and sharp-witted thriller set in 1930s London ‘theatreland’ featuring an all-star cast including Ian McKellen, Gemma Arterton, Mark Strong, Ben Barnes, Alfred Enoch, Romola Garai and Lesley Manville.

When the most feared and vicious theatre critic in town Jimmy Erskine (McKellen), finds himself suddenly in the crosshairs of the Daily Chronicle’s new owner David Brooke (Strong), he strikes a sinister Faustian pact with struggling actress Nina Land (Arterton) who is desperate to win his favour.

“Ian McKellen is a delicious performance as a catty gay theatre critic in 1930s” Guardian ★★★

Directed by Anand Tucker
With Ian McKellen, Gemma Arterton, Mark Strong
Running Time is 1hr 36mins

Transformers One (PG)

Transformers One is the untold origin story of Optimus Prime and Megatron, better known as sworn enemies, but once were friends bonded like brothers who changed the fate of Cybertron forever.

In the first-ever fully CG-animated Transformers movie, Transformers One features a star-studded voice cast, including Chris Hemsworth, Brian Tyree Henry, Scarlett Johansson, Keegan-Michael Key, Steve Buscemi, with Laurence Fishburne, and Jon Hamm.

Empire ★★★ Guardian ★★★

Directed by Josh Cooley
1hr 44 mins // US 2024

Dragonkeeper (PG)

It’s a dark time in ancient China. Dragons, once allies of men, have been hunted and thrown into dungeons. In a faraway fortress, a girl helps the last living dragon escape and joins him in a quest to retrieve the last dragon egg stolen by a sorcerer who wants to achieve immortality. This odd couple embarks on a journey learning to trust each other and to ensure the survival of the dragons’ lineage.

Guardian ★★★

Directed by Jianping Li, Salvador Simó
Voiced by Bill Nighy, Bill Bailey
1hr 39 mins // CHN / SPA 2024

200% Wolf (U)

Heroic poodle Freddy Lupin thinks he has everything it takes to lead his werewolf pack, but earning the respect of his packmates proves to be a challenge. If only he were more… wolfish. But when a wayward wish transforms him into a werewolf and deposits a mischievous moon spirit on earth, Freddy must restore the cosmic order before it’s too late.

With Batty and his dog pals along for the ride, Freddy must seek out a dangerous sorceress with a grudge against the wolf pack, before his new moon spirit friend runs out of life energy and fades away. One thing’s for sure – Freddy will never question being a poodle again.

Directed by Alexs Stadermann
1hr 38 mins // US 2024

Joker: Folie à Deux (15)

From acclaimed writer/director/producer Todd Phillips comes Joker: Folie à Deux, the much-anticipated follow-up to 2019’s Academy Award-winning Joker, which earned more than $1 billion at the global box office. The new film stars Joaquin Phoenix once again in his Oscar-winning dual role as Arthur Fleck/Joker, opposite Oscar winner Lady Gaga (A Star Is Born).

Joker: Folie À Deux finds Arthur Fleck institutionalised at Arkham awaiting trial for his crimes as Joker. While struggling with his dual identity, Arthur not only stumbles upon true love, but also finds the music that’s always been inside him.

Telegraph ★★★★ Empire ★★★★ Metro ★★★★ Independent ★★★★

Directed by Todd Phillips
With Joaquin Phoenix, Lady Gaga
2hrs 17 mins | US 2024

Lee (15)

The film explores the most significant decade of Lee Miller’s life. As a middle-aged woman, she refused to be remembered as a model and male artists’ muse. Lee Miller defied the expectations and rules of the time by traveling to Europe to report from the frontline during WWII. There, in part as a reaction to her own well-hidden trauma, she used her Rolleiflex camera to give a voice to the voiceless. What she captured on film in Dachau and throughout Europe was shocking and horrific. Her photographs of the war, its victims and its consequences remain among the most significant and historically important of the Second World War. She changed war photography forever, but Lee Miller paid an enormous personal price for what she witnessed and the stories she fought to tell.

The story of photographer Elizabeth ‘Lee’ Miller, an acclaimed war correspondent for Vogue magazine during World War II.

“Kate Winslet is remarkable as model turned war photographer Lee Miller” Guardian ★★★★

Directed by Ellen Kuras
With Kate Winslet
1hrs 57 mins | US 2023

The Wild Robot (U)

From DreamWorks Animation comes a new adaptation of a literary sensation, Peter Brown’s beloved, award-winning, #1 New York Times bestseller, The Wild Robot.

The epic adventure follows the journey of a robot—ROZZUM unit 7134, “Roz” for short — that is shipwrecked on an uninhabited island and must learn to adapt to the harsh surroundings, gradually building relationships with the animals on the island and becoming the adoptive parent of an orphaned gosling.

“The most moving animation in decades” Telegraph ★★★★★

“Heartfelt animated adventure is a soaring success!” Guardian ★★★★

Directed by Chris Sanders
Voiced by Lupita Nyong’o, Pedro Pascal, Kit Connor
1hr 42mins // US 2024