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Wonder Woman 1984 CERT PG (151 mins)
Starring Gal Gadot, Connie Nielsen, Pedro Pascal, Chris Pine, Kristen Wiig Directed by Patty Jenkins (USA)
Gal Gadot returns with her Lasso of Truth and impressively indestructible bracelets in the follow-up to 2017's Wonder Woman. The first movie was that rarest of beasts, a DC Extended Universe film that wasn’t utterly panned by the critics - so there’s plenty riding on this much-anticipated sequel. The story finds Wonder Woman pitting her demigoddess wits against the wicked Cold War forces of sinister supervillains Maxwell Lord and Cheetah... Lasso and bracelets at the ready... Released Fri 2 October
EDITOR’S CHOICE
Film highlights released in October... Eternal Beauty
I Am Woman CERT 15 (116 mins)
Connected CERT tbc
CERT 15 (95 mins)
Starring Evan Peters, Tilda Cobham-Harvey, Danielle Macdonald, Matty Cardarople Directed by Unjoo Moon (USA)
With the voices of Abbi Jacobson, Danny McBride, Maya Rudolph, Olivia Colman Directed by Michael Rianda & Jeff Rowe (USA)
Starring David Thewlis, Billie Piper, Sally Hawkins, Penelope Wilton Directed by Craig Roberts (UK)
A stellar cast of much-loved British thesps lend their considerable talent to this stylish and thought-provoking debut offering from actor-turned-director Craig Roberts. Having caused a significant stir in the Oscarwinning The Shape Of Water, Sally Hawkins is at it again here, starring as a woman whose battle against paranoid schizophrenia is brutally undermined by her thoroughly unpleasant and utterly self-centred family. David Thewlis’ character of aspiring musician Mike provides her with a welcome port in a storm... Released Fri 2 October
When Australian singer Helen Reddy - who died in September at the age of 78 - arrived in New York with her three-year-old daughter in the mid-1960s, she had nothing more than a suitcase and $230 to her name. Within five years she had become a global superstar and seen her power anthem, I Am Woman, adopted by the increasingly assertive feminist movement... This sensitively told biography has garnered plenty of praise after showing at a number of internationally renowned film festivals.
When the not-altogether-functional Mitchell family head off on a road trip to deliver daughter Katie to her new college, their ‘bonding’ experience is interrupted by a scary tech uprising. As electronic devices across the globe take control, the Mitchells find themselves battling to save the planet assisted only by two friendly malfunctioning robots and whatever level of family teamwork they can manage... An animated movie, the film is produced by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, who previously collaborated on the Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs movies and the highly acclaimed Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse. Released Fri 9 October
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