From comic book thrills to big laughs, there’s something for everyone at the movies this month. Burke and Hare David Tennant may have pulled out of the title role this year, leaving it to Lord of the Rings star Andy Serkis, but John Landis’ return to comedy-horror is still set to be one of the highlights of the movie year. Serkis stars alongside Sean of the Dead star Simon Pegg as the pair of real life 19th century bodysnatchers, who turned to murder to take advantage of doctors’ demands for corpses to experiment on. They’re joined by a cracking cast including Tom Wilkinson, Christopher Lee and John Cleese.
Charlie St Cloud Following on from his role in Orson and Me, Zac Efron makes another attempt to show he’s not just a pretty face. He plays Charlie St. Cloud, a young man so overcome by grief at the death of Sam, his younger brother that he takes a job as caretaker of the cemetery in which he’s buried. And as if that wasn’t strange enough, Charlie can also see young Sam. Every night the pair meet up to talk and play catch. But when a girl comes into Charlie’s life, he must choose between keeping a promise he made to Sam, or going after the girl he loves Life As We Know It Holly Berenson (Katherine Heigl) is an up-and-coming caterer, while Eric Messer (Josh Duhamel) is a promising network sports director. After a disastrous first date, the only thing they have in common is their dislike for each other and their love for their goddaughter, Sophie. But when their mutual best friends are killed in a car accident and young Sophie is left orphaned, the couple are forced to put their differences aside. Death might not be the most promising premise for a romantic comedy, but this one’s well worth a look.
Despicable Me In a happy suburban neighbourhood surrounded by white picket fences with flowering rose bushes, sits a black house with a dead lawn. Unbeknownst to the neighbours, hidden beneath this home is a vast secret hideout. Surrounded by a small army of minions, we discover Gru (voiced by Steve Carell), planning the biggest heist in the history of the world. He is going to steal the moon. (Yes, the moon!). Armed with his arsenal of shrink rays, freeze rays, and battle-ready vehicles, Gru is ready to take on the world. Until he meets his match in three little orphan girls who have set their sights on him as a potential dad. This witty and heart-warming film is really good fun for all the family!
Red Helen Mirren with a machine gun? It’s almost too much to take in. But then Red is supposed to be pure fantasy. Based on a DC Comics miniseries, it stars Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman and John Malkovitch as retired CIA agents. When a current operative (Karl Urban) is given a BlackOps mission to take them out, they decide to get back together and take down the agency. Think a superannuated A-Team, only much more fun. Look out for a very welcome appearance by Hollywood veteran Ernest Borgnine.
cinemas:
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1 October
11 October
22 October
Get Cape, Wear Cape, Fly, Fibbers Acey Slade & The Dark Party, Stereo Stewart Francis, Grand Opera House Random Hand, The Duchess Michael Weston King, City Screen Joe Below, Victoria Vaults Burnwild, Roman Bath Hungry Ghosts, Stone Roses Bar
Máire Ní Chathasaigh & Chris Newman, National Centre for Early Music We Are The Ocean, Fibbers The Vagina Monologues, Grand Opera House
Cockney Rejects + Splodgenessabounds, The Duchess Fenix TX, Fibbers Columbia, Stone Roses Bar
12 October
2 October
13 October
Transmission - The Sound Of Joy Division, The Duchess Cherry Ghost, Fibbers Mark Wynn, Waggon & Horses Mari Wilson’s Threesome, Selby Town Hall Pearl of Africa Children’s Choir, Grand Opera House Fear, Stone Roses Bar Skint, Roman Bath Mark & Andy, Yorkshire Terrier
Adrian Edmonson & The Bad Shepherds, The Duchess Duane Eddy, Grand Opera House
Jason Feddy & Patsy Matheson, Stereo Boss Caine, Waggon & Horses Abba Mania, Grand Opera House Spunge, The Duchess Pritchard vs Dainton, Fibbers Storm, Roman Bath Fear, Stone Roses Bar
3 October The Churchfitters, Black Swan Folk Club John Craig Innes, Grand Opera House
4 October British Sea Power, Fibbers Feeding Demons, Roman Bath
5 October The Manfreds & Guests, York Grand Opera House Little Comets, Fibbers
7 October Sarah McQuaid, Black Swan Folk Club Sound of Guns, Fibbers Syncrownized, Roman Bath
8 October
Tell Me On A Sunday, Grand Opera House xcerts, Fibbers Gypsy Bill & Del, Roman Bath Tell Me On A Sunday, Grand Opera House
14 October Stephen Fearing, Black Swan Folk Club Colin Fry Free Spirit Show, Grand Opera House Miracles & Wonders, Roman Bath
15 October Young Rebel Set, Fibbers Clayton Strange, Stone Roses Bar
16 October Ryan Spendlove, Waggon & Horses Peggy Seeger, Selby Town Hall Exit Calm, Fibbers After Dark, Roman Bath Fear, Stone Roses Bar
17 October Viv Albertine (The Slits), Stereo Wilder, Fibbers The Strangers, Roman Bath
18 October
25 October The Mariner’s Children, Stereo Continuum Goth Night, Tap & Spile
26 October Dinosaur Pile-up, Stereo Sleeping Beauty, Grand Opera House Primal Suspects, Roman Bath
27 October Malinky, National Centre for Early Music StringerBessant, Stereo Sean Lock, Grand Opera House
28 October Singers & Musicians Night, Black Swan Folk Club Sean Lock, Grand Opera House Wild Palms, Fibbers Blues Positive, Roman Bath
29 October
21 October
30 October
Issy & David Emeney with Kate Riaz, Black Swan Folk Club The Ukulele Orchestra Of Great Britain, Grand Opera House Benjamin Francis Leftwich, Fibbers
The Armstrong & Miller Show, Grand Opera House Hijacked Hallowe’en Party, Thomas’s Bar David Ward MacLean & Friends, Waggon & Horses
9 October
Martin Simpson, Fibbers 2 kinds of magic, Grand Opera House, Skin the Lizard, Roman Bath
Spiers & Boden, Fibbers
Wishbone Ash, Fibbers
19 October
10 October
24 October
Screaming Females, Stereo Hijacked, Hub Travelin’ Band, Fulford Arms The Armstrong & Miller Show, Grand Opera House Brian Kennedy, Selby Town Hall Young Blood Brass Band, Fibbers Rubik’s Cube, Roman Bath
The Strange Death of Liberal England, Stereo Highway 49, Roman Bath
Fenech Soler, Fibbers Vampires Rock, Grand Opera House Kasiuss, Stone Roses Bar Eduardo Niebla, National Centre for Early Music Scandal, Roman Bath Fox-North Coalition, Waggon & Horses Steeler, Roman Bath Fear, Stone Roses Bar
23 October
Egyptian Hip Hop, Fibbers Ales & Tales, Golden Fleece
20 October
31 October Hallowe’en Festival, The Duchess