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Cinema: the best new releases to see this month

Dungeons and Dragons:

Honour Among Thieves (12A)

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The rich world and playful spirit of the legendary roleplaying game comes to the big screen in a funny and action-packed adventure film in which a charming thief and an unlikely band of adventurers undertake an epic heist to retrieve a lost relic. Chris Pine stars.

Mummies (U)

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This new animation from Warner Bros follows the fun adventures of three Egyptian mummies (and their baby crocodile) who live in an underground city hidden away in ancient Egypt. An unfortunate series of events land the mummies in present day London where they go in search of an old ring belonging to the Royal Family that was stolen by an ambitious archaeologist. Great family fun.

Nothing is straightforward during Little Bear’s Big Trip

The Super Mario Bros Movie (PG)

Out on Friday 7th April

Based on the world of Nintendo’s Mario games, this vibrant and exuberant animation sees Brooklyn plumbers Mario and his brother Luigi transported down a mysterious pipe and into a magical new world while working underground to fix a water main. But when the brothers are separated, Mario embarks on an epic quest to find Luigi in the

Mushroom Kingdom. The voice cast includes Jack Black and Seth Rogen, along with a special voice appearance by Charles Martinet, who has voiced the characters of Mario and Luigi in the Super Mario games for more than 30 years.

Little Bear’s Big Trip (U)

Out on Friday 7th April

Friends become unlikely heroes in this lovely animation. When

Mic Mac and Oscar find themselves in charge of a baby bear whose delivery by stork went awry, they find themselves on an adventure to reunite the bear cub with its parents. They set off over land and sea, joining forces on the way with a panda and a stork who will be in need of a new job if this doesn’t go to plan...

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (TBC)

Out on Friday 28th April

Jim Broadbent and Penelope Wilton give poignant performances in this story of rediscovery based on the 2012 bestselling book of the same name.

Recently retired, Harold Fry is well into his 60s and happy to fade away into the background until he learns that an old friend of his, Queenie, is dying. He sets off to the post office to send her a letter and decides to keep walking – to her hospice, 450 miles away.

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