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MIGRATION

Soar into a New Year of incredible cinema filled with new adventures, characters, and stories you won’t want to miss.

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Buckle up for a really bumpy flight as the Mallards invite you to join them for their very first Migration in the fun, feathered, family adventure from the makers of Minions, featuring an all-star voice cast.

If you want things a little more out of this world, you’re in luck as your spectacular return to Arrakis for the epic second part of Denis Villeneuve’s Dune is finally set for launch. Meanwhile, Madame Web expands Sony’s Spider-Verse with a new world of web-slinging action and there’s some super-spy shenanigans that are stranger than fiction in Argylle.

Love a musical? An American classic is retold with sensational stage numbers in The Color Purple and get ready to meet the new generation of Mean Girls.

Make sure you get up, stand up as a music legend’s life story comes to cinemas for the very first time, too, with Kingsley Ben-Adir starring as Bob Marley.

There’s more films to move you as Anthony Hopkins stars as the man known as the British Schindler in One Life, Emma Stone as a woman reborn in Poor Things, and Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal as a couple navigating life, love, and loss in All Of Us Strangers.

There’s all of that and more, but that’s only the beginning of a year of unmissable cinema.

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WHAT’S ON The unmissable new releases hitting the big screen in January and February.

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DUNE: PART TWO

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MEAN GIRLS

20 WICKED LITTLE LETTERS 21 POOR THINGS 23 COMING SOON We look at the forthcoming films to get excited about in March and April.

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THE UNMISSABLE NEW RELEASES

SOME VOICES ARE FOREVER

BOB MARLEY: ONE LOVE IN CINEMAS 14 FEBRUARY Director Reinaldo Marcus Green / Starring Kingsley Ben-Adir, Lashana Lynch / Genre Biography, Drama One man. One message. One revolution. One legend.

From the director of King Richard and produced in partnership with the Marley family, Bob Marley: One Love celebrates the life and music of an icon who inspired generations through his message of love and unity. On the big screen for the first time, discover Bob’s powerful story of overcoming adversity and the journey behind his revolutionary music with Kingsley Ben-Adir as the legendary musician and Lashana Lynch as his wife Rita. The film also features James Norton as Island Records founder Chris Blackwell, with Tosin Cole, Umi Myers, Nadine Marshall, Michael Gandolfini, and more completing an exciting cast.

The Color Purple IN CINEMAS 26 JANUARY Director Blitz Bazawule / Starring Fantasia Barrino, Taraji P. Henson, Halle Bailey, Danielle Brooks, Colman Domingo, H.E.R., Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor / Genre Musical Warner Bros. Pictures invites you to experience the extraordinary sisterhood of three women who share one unbreakable bond in the bold new take on the beloved classic from director Blitz Bazawule and producers Oprah Winfrey, Steven Spielberg, Scott Sanders, and Quincy Jones. Based on Alice Walker’s novel and the Tony-winning stage musical, The Color Purple stars Taraji P. Henson, Danielle Brooks, Colman Domingo, Corey Hawkins, Oscar and Grammy-winning artist H.E.R., Halle Bailey, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, and Grammy-winning singer Fantasia Barrino in her major motion picture debut.

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SOAR INTO A NEW ADVENTURE

MIGRATION IN CINEMAS 2 FEBRUARY Directors Benjamin Renner, Guylo Homsy / Starring Kumail Nanjiani, Elizabeth Banks, Danny DeVito, Keegan-Michael Key, Awkwafina / Genre Animation, Adventure, Family Illumination, the creators of the blockbuster Minions, Despicable Me, Sing, and The Secret Life Of Pets comedies, invites you to take flight into the thrill of the unknown with a funny, feathered, family holiday like no other in the actionpacked new original animated comedy, Migration.

The Mallards are in a bit of rut. While anxious dad Mack is content to stay safe paddling around their New England pond forever, daring mum Pam is eager to show their kids the whole wide world. After a migrating duck family shares thrilling tales of far-flung places, Pam persuades Mack to embark on a family trip, via New York City, to Jamaica. As the Mallards make their way south for the winter, their welllaid plans quickly go awry as they expand their horizons, open themselves to new friends, and accomplish more than they ever thought possible, while teaching them more about each other – and themselves – than they ever imagined.

From the mind of the screenwriter of School Of Rock and creator of The White Lotus, the new film stars a top-flight comedic voice cast, including Kumail Nanjiani, Elizabeth Banks, Caspar Jennings, Awkwafina, Carol Kane, KeeganMichael Key, Tresi Gazal, David Mitchell, and Danny DeVito.

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Madame Web IN CINEMAS 14 FEBRUARY In a switch from the typical genre, Madame Web tells the standalone origin story of one of Marvel’s most enigmatic heroines. The suspense-driven thriller stars Dakota Johnson as Cassandra Webb, an ordinary paramedic in Manhattan who develops extraordinary clairvoyant abilities. Forced to confront revelations about her past, she forges a relationship with three young women each destined for powerful futures... if they can all survive a deadly present.

The Beekeeper IN CINEMAS 12 JANUARY Jason Statham stars in the new action-thriller from the director of Fury that sees one man’s brutal campaign for vengeance take on national stakes after he’s revealed to be a former operative of a clandestine organisation known as Beekeepers.

All Of Us Strangers

Night Swim

Mean Girls

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Director Andrew Haigh / Starring Andrew Scott, Paul Mescal, Jamie Bell, Claire Foy / Genre Fantasy, Romance

Director Bryce McGuire / Starring Wyatt Russell, Kerry Condon, Amélie Hoeferle, Gavin Warren / Genre Horror, Thriller

Directors Samantha Jayne, Arturo Perez Jr / Starring Angourie Rice, Reneé Rapp / Genre Musical

One night in his quiet London tower block, Adam has a chance encounter with a mysterious new neighbour, Harry.

As a relationship develops between them, Adam becomes increasingly preoccupied with memories of the past and finds himself drawn back to the suburban town where he grew up, and the childhood home where his parents appear to still be living, just as they were on the day they died, thirty years before.

A former baseball pro forced into early retirement by a degenerative illness moves his family into a new home with a shimmering backyard swimming pool that will be fun for his kids and provide him with the physical therapy he needs to make a comeback. But a dark secret in the home’s past soon unleashes a malevolent force that will drag the family under as the producers of M3GAN high dive into the deep end of horror.

A new twist on the modern classic from Tina Fey follows Cady Heron, a new student who’s welcomed into the top of the social food chain by the elite group of popular girls known as “The Plastics.” As Cady sets out to take down the group’s apex predator, queen bee Regina George, she must learn how to stay true to herself while surviving the most cutthroat jungle of all: high school.

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Wicked Little Letters

Dune: Part Two

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Director Thea Sharrock / Starring Olivia Colman, Jessie Buckley, Anjana Vasan, Timothy Spall, Joanna Scanlan, Hugh Skinner, Malachi Kirby, Alisha Weir / Genre Comedy, History

Director Denis Villeneuve / Starring Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Florence Pugh, Javier Bardem, Austin Butler / Genre Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

A 1920s English seaside town bears witness to a dark and absurd scandal in this riotous mystery comedy that stars Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley as two neighbours: deeply conservative local Edith Swan and rowdy Irish migrant Rose Gooding. When Edith and fellow residents begin to receive wicked letters full of unintentionally hilarious profanities, foulmouthed Rose is charged with the crime. The anonymous letters prompt a national uproar, and a trial ensues. However, as the town’s women – led by Police Officer Gladys Moss – begin to investigate the crime themselves, they suspect that something is amiss, and Rose may not be the culprit after all.

Return to Arrakis as the saga continues in a big-screen epic that continues award-winning filmmaker Denis Villeneuve’s adaptation of Frank Herbert’s acclaimed sci-fi bestseller, with an expanded all-star ensemble cast.

The highly-anticipated follow-up to the six-time Academy Award-winning Dune explores the mythic journey of Paul Atreides as he unites with Chani and the Fremen while on a warpath of revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family. Facing a choice between the love of his life and the fate of the known universe, he endeavours to prevent a terrible future that only he can foresee.

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ONCE YOU KNOW THE SECRET DON’T LET THE CAT OUT OF THE BAG

ARGYLLE IN CINEMAS 2 FEBRUARY Director Matthew Vaughn / Starring Bryce Dallas Howard, Sam Rockwell, Henry Cavill / Genre Action, Comedy, Thriller The greater the spy, the bigger the lie. From the twisted mind behind Kick-Ass and the Kingsman franchise, comes a razor-witted, reality-bending, globe-encircling spy thriller.

Elly Conway is the author of a series of best-selling espionage novels, whose idea of bliss is a night in with her computer and her cat, Alfie. But when the plots of Elly’s fictional books – which centre on secret agent Argylle and his mission to unravel a global spy syndicate – begin to mirror the covert actions of a real-life spy organisation, quiet evenings at home become a thing of the past. Accompanied by real spy Aiden, Elly is thrust on a race across the world to stay ahead of the killers as the line between the fictional world of Elly’s imagination and her real one begins to blur.

Argylle boasts an incredible ensemble cast that includes Bryce Dallas Howard, Sam Rockwell, Henry Cavill, John Cena, Ariana DeBose, Dua Lipa, Bryan Cranston, Catherine O’Hara, Sofia Boutella, and the legend Samuel L. Jackson.

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Gassed Up IN CINEMAS 9 FEBRUARY In London, a group of young men in a moped gang are desperate to make ends meet and have turned to petty theft. Among them is twenty-year-old Ash, who’s trying to support his younger sister and help his struggling mother. Fighting to balance his pure intentions and the allure of fast cash, he soon gets drawn into the web of an Albanian crime family and must now choose between loyalty to his friends and family and the draw of a thrilling new lifestyle.

The Iron Claw IN CINEMAS 9 FEBRUARY Zac Efron, Jeremy Allen White, and Harris Dickinson star in the true story of the Von Erich brothers, who made history in the competitive world of professional wrestling in the early 1980s. Through tragedy and triumph, under the shadow of their father and coach, the brothers seek fame on the biggest stage in sports.

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The Holdovers

Poor Things

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Director Sofia Coppola / Starring Cailee Spaeny, Jacob Elordi, Dagmara Dominczyk / Genre Biography, Drama

Director Alexander Payne / Starring Paul Giamatti, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Dominic Sessa / Genre Comedy, Drama

Director Yorgos Lanthimos / Starring Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe, Mark Ruffalo / Genre Romance, Sci-Fi

When teenage Priscilla Beaulieu meets Elvis Presley, the man who’s already a meteoric rock-and-roll superstar becomes someone entirely unexpected in private moments: a thrilling crush, an ally in loneliness, and a vulnerable best friend. Through Priscilla’s eyes, Sofia Coppola tells the unseen side of a great American myth in Elvis and Priscilla’s relationship in this ravishingly detailed portrait of love, fantasy, and fame.

From the acclaimed director of Sideways and The Descendants, The Holdovers follows a curmudgeonly classics teacher at a prestigious American school who’s forced to remain on campus during the Christmas holiday to babysit the handful of students with nowhere to go. In time, he forms an unlikely bond with one of them – brainy troublemaker Angus – and with Mary, the school’s head cook, who’s just lost her son in Vietnam.

Emma Stone stars in the incredible tale and fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter, a young woman who’s brought back to life by a brilliant and unorthodox scientist. Hungry for the worldliness she lacks, Bella runs off with a slick and debauched lawyer on an adventure across the world.

Free from the prejudices of the times, Bella grows steadfast in her stand for equality and liberation.

SAVE ONE LIFE. SAVE THE WORLD

THE RACE IS ON

One Life

The Boys In The Boat

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Director James Hawes / Starring Anthony Hopkins, Johnny Flynn, Helena Bonham Carter / Genre Biography, Drama, War

Director George Clooney / Starring Callum Turner, Joel Edgerton, Thomas Elms / Genre Biography, Drama, Sport

One Life tells the true story of Sir Nicholas “Nicky” Winton, a young London broker, played by Johnny Flynn, who rescues over six-hundred children from the Nazis in the months leading up to the Second World War. After discovering families who fled the rise of the Nazis, he immediately realises it’s a race against time. How many children can he rescue before the borders close? Fifty years later, it’s 1988 and Nicky, played

by Anthony Hopkins, lives haunted by the fate of the children he wasn’t able to bring to safety. It’s not until a live BBC television show That’s Life! surprises him by introducing him to some survivors – now adults – that he can begin to come to terms with the guilt and grief he has carried for five decades.

Based on the #1 New York Times non-fiction best-seller written by Daniel James Brown, The Boys In The Boat chronicles the story of the 1936 University of Washington rowing team that competed for gold at the Summer Olympics in Berlin. This inspirational true story follows a group of underdogs at the height of the Great Depression as they are thrust into the spotlight and take on elite rivals from around the world. Directed by George Clooney, the film stars Callum Turner, Joel Edgerton, Jack Mulhern, Chris Diamantopoulos, Sam Strike, Luke Slattery, Thomas Elms, Tom Varey, Bruce Herbelin-Earle, Wil Coban, James Wolk, Hadley Robinson, and Courtney Henggeler.

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Modern romance gets a supernatural twist when Andrew Scott’s Adam starts a new relationship that triggers an unlikely reunion with the parents he thought dead for thirty years. WORDS AARON POTTER

All Of Us Strangers IN CINEMAS 26 JANUARY

Director Andrew Haigh / Starring Andrew Scott, Paul Mescal / Genre Drama, Fantasy, Romance Having quickly become one of the highest rated independent dramas of the last year after its debut at the Telluride Film Festival, writerdirector Andrew Haigh’s supernatural love story finally gets revealed to the world.

Based on the 1987 Japanese novel Strangers by Taichi Yamada, the tale of loss, love, and discovery follows Adam, played by Sherlock and Fleabag star Andrew Scott, as a disillusioned Londoner living in a tower block who soon finds meaning when a surprise romance brews next door.

What should be a cause for celebration soon leads Adam to look inwards and question the events of his past, sending him on a visit to his childhood home where he discovers the ghosts of his parents – portrayed by Jamie Bell and Claire Foy – are still living. Is he losing his grip on reality, or has the universe given him a chance to make up for lost time? Whatever is happening, his blossoming relationship with Paul Mescal’s Harry is sure to help guide him through.

All Of Us Strangers marks the second time Yamada’s beloved book has been translated for the big screen, but the first time in the West. Gather round and expect to get deeply invested in a different type of ghost story.

Supernatural love stories Edward Scissorhands

Tim Burton brings his love for all things twisted to his twentieth-century take on the classic Frankenstein story. Johnny Depp takes the titular role as a tortured man trying to find his place in the world and a love for Winona Ryder’s Kim.

About Time

How many times would you turn back the clock to secure the perfect relationship? That’s the question posed

by Richard Curtis’ calm and quaint love story starring Domhnall Gleeson, Rachel McAdams, and Bill Nighy.

The Shape Of Water

Guillermo Del Toro’s romantic homage to Creature From The Black Lagoon was named Best Picture among its four Academy Award wins. Sally Hawkins’ wide-eyed, wordless performance makes you believe that a woman can fall in love with a monster.

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Return to the far-future desert planet of Arrakis where Timothée Chalamet’s Paul Atreides sparks a war fuelled by spice, power, and revenge in the star-studded sequel that completes Denis Villeneuve’s spectacular vision. WORDS JIM ROBERTS

Dune: Part Two IN CINEMAS 1 MARCH

Director Denis Villeneuve / Starring Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Austin Butler / Genre Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller Paul Atreides is on a path of selfdiscovery… and revenge. Part One of the pulsating adaptation of Frank Herbert’s classic sci-fi novel depicts the murder of Duke Leo Atreides, the massacre of his military, and the fall of his house at the hands of House Harkonnen and the lethal Saradaukar legions. Only Paul, his widowed

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mother, and a few others – including Josh Brolin’s Gurney – survive and set out in desperate search of safety in the wild dunes of Arrakis.

But that was merely the beginning… Taken in by Javier Bardem’s Stilgar, Zendaya’s skilled warrior Chani, and the rest of the native Fremen, Paul and Rebecca Ferguson’s Lady Jessica must learn to live in this mysterious new culture built upon desert-power. An ancient prophecy begins to unfold around them all as they attempt to ride the massive sandworms, balance love with duty, and lead the fightback against those who plotted their annihilation.

Like a true Arrakis sandstorm, Denis Villeneuve’s film blew audiences away with its stunning visuals, Hans Zimmer’s score, and ensemble cast, who return alongside new blood with Austin Butler, Florence Pugh, and Christopher Walken raising the heat.

It’s Dune on an even more epic scale in a greater sci-fi spectacle culminating in a war to end all wars.

House Atreides The House Stark of space who fly a hawk banner. Honour and morality are the Atreides’ shining virtues, ones that will be tested like never before in this battle-filled quest for revenge.

House Harkonnen Led by Stellan Skarsgård’s Baron, and with Dave Bautista’s Rabban and Austin Butler’s FeydRautha as fearsome warriors, the powerful and ruthless great house are known for their cruelty and willingness to do whatever it takes to gain power.

House Corrino Christopher Walken’s Emperor Shaddam IV was a supposed conspirator in the brutal attack on House Atreides and his movements will be even more influential here.

His young daughter, Florence Pugh’s Princess Irulan, has her own agenda as she searches the dunes for secrets buried below the sand.

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Sir Anthony Hopkins takes centre stage in the remarkable real-life story of Nicholas Winton, an ordinary man who has an extraordinary impact on hundreds of child refugees during the Second World War. WORDS ROBB SHEPPARD

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One Life IN CINEMAS 1 JANUARY

Director James Hawes / Starring Anthony Hopkins, Johnny Flynn / Genre Biography, Drama, History Nicholas Winton, later nicknamed the British Schindler, risks everything to evacuate more than six-hundred refugee children from Prague on the eve of the Second World War. Through Johnny Flynn’s performance, One Life documents a youthful and heroic Winton in the late-1930s as he plans and executes his extraordinary rescue, while Anthony Hopkins’ iteration of the elderly Winton sees him in the late eighties where he’s surprised by those he saved during a recording of That’s Life! and comes to terms with the fact that he couldn’t save more.

Now in his mid-eighties himself, Hopkins is one of the most interesting periods of his career, with all of his real-life experience informing his characters onscreen and burdening every slight gesture with deep meaning.

When he wipes away a tear, the audience does too.

He’s joined by Helena Bonham Carter as Winton’s mother, Babette, who’s often overlooked but was integral to the venture, as well as Jonathan Pryce as Martin Blake, the man who first invited Winton to the one-time Czechoslovakia.

One Life may feel too close for comfort in the current climate, but this story of hope and heroism during our darkest days is exactly the antidote that’s needed in the presentday news cycle with its message that whoever saves a single life, saves the entire world.

Octogenarian Icon Hopkins lifts Dr Hanniba l “The Cannibal” Lecter from the pages of Thomas Harris’ novel to bec part of the cultural zeitgeis ome t. Solely responsible for soaring sales of chianti and fava beans sinc e 1991.

Hopkins gives God-like gravitas to his performance as Odin, father of Thor and Loki and the King of Asgard. Still managing to inflect pathos as he reaches the end of his reign proves Hopkins truly is a marvel.

In his second Academy Awardwinning lead role, Hopkins is joined by fellow Oscar-winner Olivia Colman as he portrays a father struggling while dementia unravels the reality around him. Take tissues for this devastating drama.

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Meet Madame Web, the latest Marvel hero to leap from comic book to big screen as Sony spin a totally different Spider-Verse story. WORDS CHARLOTTE BLACKLOCK

Madame Web IN CINEMAS 14 FEBRUARY

Director S.J. Clarkson / Starring Dakota Johnson, Sydney Sweeney, Isabela Merced, Celeste O’Connor / Genre Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi The ever-growing Spider-Verse expands further, making room for Sony’s first female-led Marvel superhero film that reveals the origins of one of its most mysterious heroines, Madame Web. Taking the action and mystery to an all-new universe set away from Venom, Morbius, and the Spider-Man films we’ve seen so far, Madame Web’s powers open up exciting opportunities and unleash an all-new dimension of madness from this much-loved multiverse.

Cassandra Webb is an ordinary paramedic until she discovers that she has extraordinary telepathic and extrasensory powers. Talk about Spidey-Senses… this Spider-Woman is a mutant clairvoyant! ▼ CLICK ME ▼

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Not only that, but her life is being inexplicably spun together with three young women with remarkable abilities of their own. Together, these Spider-Women must work together to stop an enigmatic villain who appears to be this universe’s not-sofriendly neighbourhood Spider-Man. Dakota Johnson swings into her very first superhero role as Cassandra, where she’s joined by up-and-coming stars Sydney Sweeney as Julia Carpenter, Isabela Merced as Anya Corazon, and Celeste O’Connor’s Mattie Franklin.

Emma Roberts, Adam Scott, and Tahar Rahim also feature amongst this exciting web of cast members.

Look out, here come the Spider-Women!

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After her introduct ion as one of the most powerful her oes in the entire MCU, Brie Larso n’s Carol Danvers aka Captain Marve l forms an unlike ly team with two sim ilarly-powerful women who set out to save the universe as The Marvels.

THAT’S SO FETCH

In this musical retelling of the teen classic, Cady trades the African Savannah for American high school and soon learns that the same advice applies to both… avoid the apex predator at all costs. WORDS HARRY FAINT

Mean Girls IN CINEMAS 17 JANUARY

Directors Samantha Jayne, Arturo Perez Jr / Starring Angourie Rice, Reneé Rapp, Tina Fey, Jenna Fisher, Jon Hamm / Genre Comedy, Musical Northshore seems like your average American high school, but within its locker-lined halls, a fierce hierarchy exists. When sixteen-yearold Cady Heron turns up after years of home schooling in Africa, she’s introduced to the many cliques and told to avoid “The Plastics” at all costs, especially the queen bee herself, Regina George.

She hatches a plan with her new friends Janis and Damian to destroy the mean girls from within, but instead of dismantling the toxic system, Cady falls into becoming “Plastic” herself.

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Mean Girls gets a modern makeover that moves the focus to a new generation. Reneé Rapp reprises her role from the Broadway stage as Regina, while Disney’s Moana Auli’i Cravalho plays Janis and Angourie Rice stars as Cady.

Tina Fey, the brain behind this brand-new twist, reprises her role from the original alongside Tim Meadows, with Jon Hamm, Jenna Fisher, and Busy Philipps as new faces to the faculty and family group.

A cringe Halloween costume, racy rendition of Jingle Bell Rock, the Burn Book, and more unforgettable moments are all back and given a new lease of life in extravagant musical numbers lifted from the stage.

Whether you’re already a fan or new to this phenomenon, this Mean Girls is one you won’t want to miss. And you can sit with us, but remember… on Wednesdays, we wear pink.

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Northshore seems like your IN CINEMAS 26 JANUARY average American high school, but Director Bazawule / Starring within its Blitz locker-lined halls, a fierce Fantasia Taraji sixteen-yearP. Henson, hierarchyBarrino, exists. When Halle Bailey, Danielle old Cady Heron turns Brooks, up after H.E.R., years Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor Genreshe’s Musical of home schooling in /Africa, introduced to the many cliques A story spans over forty years, and told tothat avoid “The Plastics” at from childhood to modern woman, all costs, especially the queen bee The Color PurpleGeorge. chronicles Africanherself, Regina American woman Celie’s lifelong She hatches a plan with her fight for theDamian backdrop newfreedom friends against Janis and to of social destroyoppression. the mean girls from within, yearsofof suffering, Celie tries butAfter instead to overcome the the mental and physical dismantling abuse brought on by her father and toxic system, the husband Cady falls intoshe’s forced to marry.

Her coming-of-age story is narrated becoming through “Plastic”honest letters she writes to her sister Nettie, who she’s torn away herself. from, and is one that tackles timeless and universal themes of femininity, racial differences, and gender inequality as Celie fights to find her identity and independence.

reprises her role from the Broadway stage as Regina, while Disney’s Moana Auli’i Cravalho plays Janis and Angourie Rice stars as Cady.

Serving as an adaptation of both Tina Fey, the brain behind this Alice Walker’s original 1982 novel brand-new twist, reprises her role and the Award-winning stage from theTony original alongside Tim musical, the second screen adaptation Meadows, with Jon Hamm, Jenna comes almost fortyPhilipps years after Steven Fisher, and Busy as new Spielberg’s brings beloved faces to theand faculty andthe family group. classic up toHalloween date in a modern take for A cringe costume, a newrendition generation.

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Beautiful sea air turns blue in a British black comedy where a small seaside town gets rocked by a scandal that triggers a hilarious whodunnit. WORDS LEE CURTIS

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Director Thea Sharrock / Starring Olivia Colman, Jessie Buckley / Genre Comedy, History, Mystery It’s Littlehampton, in the 1920s, a quiet, picturesque seaside town where everyone knows everyone and their business. The peace is soon shattered when several townspeople receive obscene letters in the post from an unknown sender.

Fingers immediately point at fiery Irish migrant Rose, who now stands charged with the crime. The thing is, Rose swears – quite literally – that it wasn’t her. This prompts the town’s young police officer Gladys Moss to stand up, against the male authority figures at the station, to solve the case and find the real culprit.

Reuniting onscreen after their dual role in The Lost Daughter, Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley star as neighbours Edith Swan and Rose Gooding, two very different women whose tumultuous relationship

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eventually softens as Rose’s rowdiness brings Edith out of her deeply-conservative shell.

This stranger-than-fiction true story becomes a classically British feature-length comedy, with the letter writer’s unfiltered foul-mouthed freedom from societal standards scandalising the whole town.

Wicked Little Letters features a who’s who of British talent, with a supporting cast that boasts BAFTA-winners Joanna Scanlan and Malachi Kirby, as well as Timothy Spall, Anjana Vasan, Hugh Skinner, Gemma Jones, Lolly Adefope, and Eileen Atkins.

Looking for a real laugh?

This absurd whodunnit’s one we wholeheartedly swear by.

Swear Jar

Mind Your Language!

Wicked Little Letters shocked us with a scandalously foul-mouthed trailer, but where does the film stack up against cinema’s sweariest greats?

The Wolf Of Wall Street

In Martin Scorsese’s crime epic set in the world of high finance, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, and the rest of the star-studded cast shatter the record for the most F-bombs in a film.

Uncut Gems

Adam Sandler is a seasoned swearer in comedies, but it’s his turn against type in this tense thriller that follows the chaotic exploits of a gambling addict that’s his and one of history’s most profane films.

Nil By Mouth

Gary Oldman’s only ever directorial effort is a British classic, an unflinching depiction of domestic violence in South East London that features some of the very worst language ever heard onscreen.

FRANKENSTONE Emma Stone stars as Bella Baxter in this quirky tale of a young woman who’s brought back from the dead to once again find her way in the world… poor thing. WORDS ROBB SHEPPARD

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Director Yorgos Lanthimos / Starring Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe, Mark Ruffalo / Genre Romance, Sci-Fi With more than a doff of the top hat to Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Poor Things offers a gothic slice of sci-fi romance that sees Emma Stone’s scientifically resurrected Bella Baxter challenging the authoritative men around her as she becomes more and more autonomous.

Winner of the 2023 Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival, Poor Things showcases Yorgos Lanthimos’ unconventional and dark sense of humour even more than his previous pieces as Bella’s outsider status makes her the perfect vehicle with which to highlight the absurdity of Victorian-era customs and societal norms.

Willem Dafoe is something of a scientist himself and almost unrecognisable as

Stone Age

After announcing herself on the teen comedy scene, Emma Stone has since risen to become one of the biggest names in Hollywood.

Birdman

Dr Goodwin Baxter, the man who looks more like the monster than the Dr Frankenstein, while Mark Ruffalo is as handsome as ever as the man who falls in love with Bella, lawyer Duncan Wedderburn.

Lanthimos’ films increasingly come with an air of expectation, particularly after his critically acclaimed The Favourite garnered far more mainstream attention than his earlier indie efforts. Like Bella herself, the further Lanthimos reaches, the more intriguing he becomes, with the audience left wondering just what it is he’ll do next.

In short, don’t miss this.

Emma Stone earned her first Academy Award nomination for her portrayal of Sam, the disillusioned daughter of Riggan, an actor famous for portraying the iconic Birdman in his prime.

The Favourite

Elaborate architecture, medieval madness, and a twisted romance make The Favourite Stone and Lanthimos’ most successful foray into the gothic.

They reunite for Poor Things, with Stone also serving as producer.

Cruella

Stone serves up sensational gothic stylings for the origin story of the infamous Disney villain, Cruella De Vil. Residing in Hell Hall, she sports a monochromatic bouffant, blood-red lips, and evil intent.

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GETTING CHILLS

With Gozer’s return in the rear-view mirror, the Spenglers go back to where it all began to help the original Ghostbusters prevent a Death Chill from taking over New York… and the world. WORDS AARON POTTER

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire IN CINEMAS 29 MARCH

Director Gil Kenan / Starring Paul Rudd, Mckenna Grace, Carrie Coon / Genre Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi After bringing the Ghostbusters franchise back from the dead for a new generation with Ghostbusters: Afterlife, writer-director Jason Reitman returns with a sequel but relinquishes directing duties to his screenwriting partner Gil Kenan for the fifth instalment in the supernatural series.

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire picks up soon after Afterlife’s epic and emotional finale, with the Spengler trio – Mckenna Grace’s Phoebe, Carrie Coon’s Callie, and Finn Wolfhard’s Trevor – plus Paul Rudd’s Gary Grooberson swapping the small town of Summerville for the Big Apple. The reason: they’ve been called to help as an icy cold evil dubbed “the Death Chill” threatens to plunge New York into a second Ice Age.

Back in New York, the nostalgia is ramped up even higher, especially with original Ghostbusters Bill Murray’s Peter Venkman, Dan Aykroyd’s Ray Stantz, and Ernie Hudson’s Winston Zeddemore back in ghost-busting action. The old firehouse is back, the Ecto-1 is back, as are the proton packs, too. But those goosebumps aren’t just from nostalgia chills, there’s a new frozen enemy in town that’s sure to send a shiver down everyone’s spine and put both generations of Ghostbusters to the ultimate test as they prove that they truly ain’t afraid of no ghost.

KICK SOME ICE The Day After Tomorrow Ghosbusters: Frozen Empire isn’t the only time New York City has been plunged into a second Ice Age onscreen. Roland Emmerich’s disaster masterpiece submerges the Statue of Liberty and other iconic landmarks under hundreds of feet of snow.

Snowpiercer Chris Evans plays against type in Bong Joon-Ho’s post-apocalyptic sci-fi about class warfare onboard a superfast train endlessly circumnavigating a frozen Earth. Based on a French novel from 1982, Snowpiercer didn’t get a wide release but has since amassed a cult following.

Frozen Hans Christian Andersen’s The Snow Queen gets a sprinkling of Disney magic in the animated classic where Elsa sweeps the city of Arendelle in snow.

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GODZILLA X KONG: THE NEW EMPIRE IN CINEMAS 12 APRIL Director Adam Wingard / Starring Dan Stevens, Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry, Kaylee Hottle, Rachel House, Fala Chen, Alex Ferns / Genre Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller After the explosive showdown of Godzilla Vs. Kong, the epic battle continues in an all-new cinematic adventure that pits the almighty Kong and the fearsome Godzilla against a colossal undiscovered threat hidden within our world, challenging their very existence – and our own. The new film delves further into the histories of these Titans, their origins, and the mysteries of Skull Island and beyond, while uncovering the mythic battle that helped forge these extraordinary beings and tied them to humankind forever.

Godzilla Vs. Kong director Adam Wingard returns to direct the ferocious follow-up that will unearth more mysteries and also introduce a new leading man to the MonsterVerse.

Dan Stevens stars alongside some of the returning survivors of Godzilla and Kong’s epic showdown – Rebecca Hall’s monster expert Dr Ilene Andrews, Brian Tyree Henry’s conspiracy theorist Bernie Hayes, and Kaylee Hottle’s Jia, Kong’s young companion – as well as franchise newcomers Rachel House, Alex Ferns, Fala Chen, and Mercy Cornwall.

The The Fall Fall Guy Guy IN CINEMAS 2 MAY Director David Leitch / Starring Ryan Gosling, Emily Blunt, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Hannah Waddingham, Winston Duke / Genre Action, Comedy, Thriller Ryan Gosling is Colt Seavers, a cool, battle-scarred stuntman who, having left the business a year earlier to focus on his health, is drafted back into service when the star of a mega-budget studio blockbuster that’s being directed by his ex, Jody Moreno, goes missing. While Colt performs the film’s outrageous stunts and tries to charm his way back into Jody’s good graces, the mystery around the missing star deepens. Soon Colt finds himself ensnared in a sinister, criminal plot that pushes him to the edge of a fall more dangerous than any stunt he’s faced.

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Director Luca Guadagnino / Starring Zendaya, Josh O’Connor, Mike Faist / Genre Drama, Romance, Sport

Director Jeff Wadlow / Starring DeWanda Wise, Tom Payne, Pyper Braun, Betty Buckley, Veronica Falcón / Genre Horror

Tennis player turned coach Tashi has taken her husband and transformed him into a world-famous grand slam champion. To jolt him out of his recent losing streak, she makes him play a Challenger event where he finds himself standing across the net from his former best friend and Tashi’s former boyfriend. Zendaya, Josh O’Connor, and Mike Faist are caught in a tense love triangle in the new romantic thriller from the director of Call Me By Your Name.

From the genre-defining masterminds behind M3GAN and Five Nights At Freddy’s, comes a new, original horror that taps into the innocence of imaginary friends. When Jessica moves back into her childhood home with her family, her youngest stepdaughter Alice develops an eerie attachment to a stuffed bear named Chauncey. As Alice’s behaviour becomes more and more sinister, Jessica intervenes only to realise Chauncey is much more than the stuffed toy bear she believed him to be.

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Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire IN CINEMAS 29 MARCH Director Gil Kenan / Starring Paul Rudd, Mckenna Grace, Carrie Coon, Finn Wolfhard, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson / Genre Comedy, Sci-Fi The Spengler family returns to where it all started – the iconic New York City firehouse – to team up with the original Ghostbusters, who’ve developed a top-secret research lab to take busting ghosts to the next level. But when the discovery of an ancient artifact unleashes an evil force, Ghostbusters new and old must join forces to protect their home and save the world from a second Ice Age. The highly-anticipated Ghostbusters: Afterlife sequel reunites the new generation of Ghostbusters, with Carrie Coon, Mckenna Grace, and Finn Wolfhard returning as the Spengler family alongside Paul Rudd as Gary Grooberson. Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, and Ernie Hudson suit up as legendary original Ghostbusters Peter Venkman, Ray Stantz, and Winston Zeddemore, with Annie Potts also returning as their no-nonsense receptionist Janine. Franchise newcomers Patton Oswalt, Kumail Nanjiani, and James Acaster complete an exciting ensemble cast.

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Directors Mike Mitchell, Stephanie Stine / Starring Jack Black, Awkwafina, Seth Rogen / Genre Animation, Action, Fantasy Po’s story continues in a new adventure that sees the hero training his would-be successor and facing Chameleon, an enigmatic new villain who can resurrect foes from Po’s past.

Seize Them!

IN CINEMAS 5 APRIL Director Curtis Vowell / Starring Aimee Lou Wood, Nicola Coughlan, Lolly Adefope, Nick Frost / Genre Comedy, History Aimee Lou Wood and Nicola Coughlan star in this female-led British comedy that features an all-star cast, including Nick Frost, Lolly Adefope, Jessica Hynes, James Acaster, and more.

The First Omen IN CINEMAS 5 APRIL Director Arkasha Stevenson / Starring Nell Tiger Free, Ralph Ineson, Bill Nighy, Tawkeek Barhom / Genre Horror When a young woman travels to Rome to join the church, she encounters a darkness that leads her to question her own faith and uncovers a plot to bring about the birth of evil incarnate.

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Ryan Gosling is a stuntman on a mission to find a missing movie star in the outrageous action-comedy from David Leitch. WORDS LEE CURTIS

The Fall Guy IN CINEMAS 2 MAY

Director David Leitch / Starring Ryan Gosling, Emily Blunt, Aaron TaylorJohnson / Genre Action, Comedy He’s thrilled us with John Wick, Atomic Blonde, Deadpool 2, Hobbs & Shaw, and Bullet Train, but the action isn’t stopping as stunt-coordinatorturned-director David Leitch unleashes a new wild ride where Hollywood stunts are very real.

Ryan Gosling is Colt Seavers, a supercool stuntman who needs to brace himself for some of the most dangerous action he’s ever seen.

Back in action after a brief spell off grid for some self-care, Colt is doing what he does best on the set of the new must-see blockbuster that’s being directed

by Emily Blunt’s Jody Moreno, who just so happens to be the same girl he ghosted before his hiatus.

It’s a bid to charm his way back into her good books, but it’s going to take the biggest stunt of his life to rekindle their romance.

The opportunity soon presents itself when Jody’s star Tom Ryder goes missing and the film’s uncompromising producer, played by Ted Lasso’s Hannah Waddingham, tasks Colt with doing whatever it takes to find him.

Rescue her hero, save her film, win her heart: Colt’s task seems simple, but it’s anything but. Safety harnesses are off as this stunt double soon finds himself in big trouble and braving big-screen explosions, car chases, and gunfights for real.

A new action-comedy from one of the most exciting directors around with an A-list cast that’s to die for… The Fall Guy gets one big thumbs-up.

LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION! Ryan Gosling is Colt Seavers The classic Lee Majors character from eighties TV is reborn as a modern-day hero with Drive coolness, The Nice Guys goofiness, and The Notebook romance. He’s a patriarchy poster-boy Barbie’s Ken would idolise.

Emily Blunt is Jody Moreno She’s seen action teaching Tom Cruise’s hero how to Live Die Repeat and now brings her charming wit as a director caught in the chaos of her ex’s attempts to win her back.

Aaron Taylor-Johnson is Tom Ryder After recently boarding Bullet Train, the former Kick-Ass star and potential future Bond stars as the biggest name in Hollywood who’s caught up in a criminal plot and needs to be saved by his stunt double.

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In Illumination’s action-packed new animated comedy Migration, the Mallard family is in a bit of rut. While dad Mack is content to keep his family safe paddling around their New England pond forever, mum Pam is eager to show their kids the whole wide world. After a migrating duck family alights on their pond with thrilling tales of far-flung places, Pam persuades Mack to embark on a family trip, via New York City, to tropical Jamaica. As the Mallards make their way south for the winter, their well-laid plans quickly go awry. The experience will inspire them to expand their horizons, open themselves up to new friends, and accomplish more than they ever thought possible, while teaching each of them more about each other – and themselves – than they ever imagined.

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Denis Villeneuve unleashes part two of his epic, star-studded Dune adaptation. What’s the name of the desert planet the films are set on?

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Mean Girls is back on the big screen with a new look in a musical twist on the beloved original, but… on what days do “The Plastics” wear pink?

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Pixar take us back into the mind of now-teenage Riley for Inside Out 2, where Joy, Sadness, Fear, Anger, and Disgust encounter which new emotion?

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