Top 3 Films of the Week


Blockbuster Of The Week

Harold And The Purple Crayon (U)


Lil Rel Howery as Moose and Zachary Levi as Harold in Harold And The Purple Crayon. Copyright: CTMG. All Rights Reserved.

Harold and pals Moose and Porcupine grow concerned when the old man who narrates their cartoon existence suddenly falls silent. Using his magical purple crayon, Harold draws a door to the real world and tumbles into the present day where he collides head-on with widow Terry and her young son Mel, whose best friend is an imaginary dragon named Carl. Mel promises to help Harold find the old man in exchange for making Terry happy.



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Comedy Of The Week

Didi (15)


Izaac Wang as Chris Wang in Didi, directed by Sean Wang. Copyright: Focus Features/Talking Fish Pictures. All Rights Reserved.

Thirteen-year-old Taiwanese American Chris Wang is known affectionately as Didi to his family and friends in 2008 Fremont, California, where he has recently completed middle school. In the long hot summer before he makes the awkward transition to high school, Didi clashes with his mother Chungsing and older sister Vivian, who is poised to leave home for her freshman year at college. During the break, Didi pursues his love of skateboarding and seeks to impress his crush Madi.



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Critic's Choice Of The Week

A Story Of Bones (12A)


A Story Of Bones directed by Joseph Curran and Dominic Aubrey de Vere. Copyright: Tull Stories. All Rights Reserved.

Annina van Neel works as chief environmental officer for a controversial £285m airport project on the remote British overseas territory of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean. She is horrified by the discovery of the remains of an estimated 9,000 formerly enslaved Africans in an unmarked mass burial site in Rupert’s Valley. Annina campaigns tirelessly alongside African American preservationist Peggy King Jorde and a group of islanders to memorialise these forgotten victims.



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Also Released This Week...

Kensuke's Kingdom (PG)

Young boy Michael embarks on a sailing trip of a lifetime with his parents and older sister Becky. The family's dog Stella has been secretly stowed away by Michael. During a violent storm, Michael and Stella are swept overboard and they eventually wash up on a remote island.

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My Neighbour Totoro (U)

Mei explores her new home and stumbles into a magical briar patch, where she befriends a rabbit-like spirit, which she christens Totoro. When the girl tells her family about Totoro, her father explains Totoro is the enchanted keeper of the forest.

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The Neverending Story (U)

A 40th anniversary rerelease of the fantasy adventure based on based on Michael Ende's 1979 novel. Bullied 10-year-old Bastian Bux borrows a book called The Neverending Story from local bookseller Mr Coreander and avidly devours the tome in his school's attic.

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A Place Called Silence (15)

Middle school student Chen Yutong suffers physical and psychological abuse at the hands of classmates and takes a tragic fall. The dead girl's mother, Li Han, hopes to make sense of her daughter's ordeal by working at the school.

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Spider-Man (12A)

Sam Raimi's 2002 film swings back into cinemas. High school student Peter Parker develops strange powers after being bitten by a genetically-altered spider. Following a tragic accident involving his Uncle Ben, Parker vows to use his new found powers for good, ridding the world of evil.

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Werckmeister Harmonies (12A)

A 4K print of Bela Tarr's darkly poetic portrait of community life. A young postman Janos Valushka witnesses the divisions caused in the neighbourhood when a sinister circus rolls into the village square. Rumour and spiralling tensions explode with devastating consequences.

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