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Cinema City Norwich-based arts writer, Tony Cooper, looks at special screenings at Cinema City this month
MET Opera: Madama Butterfly
Films to look out for:
Eddie the Eagle
Eye in the Sky
Event cinema
Batman vs. Superman
Cut from the Olympic ski team, British athlete Michael ‘Eddie’ Edwards (Taron Egerton) travels to Germany to test his skills at ski jumping. Fate leads him to Bronson Peary (Hugh Jackman), a former ski jumper who now works as a snowplow driver. Impressed by Edwards’ spirit and determination, Peary agrees to train the young underdog. Despite an entire nation counting him out, Eddie’s ‘neversay-die’ attitude takes him all the way to a historic and improbable showing at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta.
Complications arise when a lieutenant general (Alan Rickman) and a colonel (Helen Mirren) order a drone missile strike to take out a group of terrorists in Nairobi, Kenya.
Kids’ Club: ET - The Extra-Terrestrial (U) Saturday 2nd (11am)
Fearing the actions of Superman are left unchecked, Batman takes on Superman, while the world wrestles with what kind of a hero it really needs. With Batman and Superman fighting each other, a new threat, Doomsday, is created by Lex Luthor. It’s up to Superman and Batman to set aside their differences along with Wonder Woman to stop Lex Luthor and Doomsday from destroying Metropolis.
Kids’ club: ET - The Extra-Terrestrial
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Midnight Special The government and a group of religious extremists pursue a man (Michael Shannon) and his son (Jaeden Lieberher), a young boy who possesses special powers.
Met Opera: Madama Butterfly (12A) Saturday 2nd (5.55pm): Encore showing: Monday 4th (1.30pm) Anthony Minghella’s breathtaking production of Madama Butterfly has thrilled audiences ever since its lavish première in 2006. Two of the world’s foremost Butterflys,
Vintage Sundays: Vertigo
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