Tarzan (PG)
Monty Python Live
One of the most revered stories of all time, Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Tarzan returns to the big screen for a new generation. Tarzan and Jane face a mercenary army dispatched by the evil CEO of Greystoke Energies, a man who took over the company from Tarzan’s parents, after they died in a plane crash in the African jungle.
For the first time in more than three decades, comedy legends Monty Python will perform live on stage together this year. Broadcast from London’s O2 Arena John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin will once again perform some of their greatest hits, with modern, topical, Pythonesque twists.
Sat 12 July 10.30am
Sun 20 July 7pm (LB) & Wed 30 July 6.30pm (NLB)
Godzilla (12A) Sat 12 July 2.30pm
The iconic Japanese science-fiction monster gets a brilliant 21st century makeover in this breathtaking blockbuster. Director Gareth Edwards gets the balance between narrative tease and CGI big reveal exactly right, and the result is genuinely thrilling: a dark, muscular epic in an entirely believable present-day setting.
HHHHH “Astonishing” Little White Lies
Postman Pat (U)
Sat 19 July 10.30am Sat 9 Aug 10.30am
Matilda (PG)
Sat 2 August 10.30am
Mara Wilson stars as the bookish girl whose dreams are thwarted by her selfish parents (Danny DeVito and real life wife Rhea Pearlman) until she is sent to Crunchem Hall school, where she discovers a talent for magic. Starring Pam Ferris as the terrifying Miss Trunchbull, this is a deliciously dark adaptation that author Roald Dahl would have loved.
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Voiced by Stephen Mangan, Pat faces the temptations of celebrity when he enters a TV talent competition – hosted by Simon Cowbell – that threatens to wrench him away from his family and friends. Features a cast of favourites voicing Pat’s lovable chums, including David Tennant, Rupert Grint and Jim Broadbent, with Ronan Keating supplying Pat’s singing voice.
Fading Gigolo (15)
Sat 19 July 2.30pm & 7.30pm
Murray (Woody Allen) talks his friend Fioravante (John Turturro) into becoming a gigolo as a way of making some much needed cash after an out-of-the-blue request from his dermatologist. Cast also includes Sharon Stone and Vanessa Paradis.
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Total Film, The Guardian
Maleficent (PG) Sat 2 August 2.30pm
& 7.30pm
Disney’s reimagining of their arch‑villainess from the 1959 version of Sleeping Beauty. Angelina Jolie, Imelda Staunton, Miranda Richardson and Peter Capaldi are among a starry cast of quirky characters, and this epic twist on the beloved fairy tale looks as spectacular as only a Disney production can.
HHHH “Magical but modern, familyfriendly but feisty and a feast for the eyes” Total Film