Film / Action
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Ron Howard directs a 'space western' Han Solo origin story
It’s all about Solo: A Star Wars Story this week (in 2D and 3D) as the Star Wars anthology flick does battle with Deadpool 2 to swallow up every cinema screen and attempts to overcome all that negative advance publicity. This contest is likely to go on until Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom turns up on June 6.
A few other new releases have managed to colonise the margins, notably Edie and On Chesil Beach. And for the nippers, there’s Show Dogs and The Little Vampire. Speaking of smaller cinemagoers, the weather forecast for half-term week seems pretty shitty as usual, so we’ve helpfully corralled all the kids’ films showing locally in one of the carousels below. We spoil you, really we do.
Film / Action
Ron Howard directs a 'space western' Han Solo origin story
Film / Drama
Saoirse Ronan stars in an adaptation of Ian McEwan's '60s-set tale of a disastrous honeymoon
Film / Drama
Bitter old boot Sheila Hancock sets out to clamber up a Scottish mountain
Film / Action
Yet another talking dog movie from the director of Scooby Doo & Beverly Hills Chihuahua
Film / Animation
Oscar-nominated animation about a Taliban-dodging Afghan girl who poses as boy to feed her family
Film / Art House
Lucrecia Martel directs a period drama adapted from an existential novel
Film / Animation
Nipper and bloodsucker take on vampire hunters in family animation
Film / Action
Ron Howard directs a 'space western' Han Solo origin story
Film / Drama
Classic whodunnit plus mystery wines
Film / Documentary
Award-winning documentary about the land rights struggle in Cambodia
Film / Event Cinema
Christopher Wheeldon's Tony Award-winning musical theatre production based on the MGM classic
Film / Comedy
All-American superhero takes on commies in sixties anti-imperialist satire
Film / Drama
Lindsay Anderson’s surrealist counterculture classic
Film / Documentary
Documentary exploring the challenges faced by British soldiers returning to civilian life
Film / Art House
Bizarre gender-bending surrealist romp from French experimental filmmaker Bertrand Mandico
Film / Art House
Swedish feminist sixties classic starring a trio of Bergman regulars
Film / Documentary
Return of Bristol's longest running open screen short film night
Film / Art House
A programme of short films to complement the release of Zama
Film / Action
Yet another talking dog movie from the director of Scooby Doo & Beverly Hills Chihuahua
Film / Animation
Nipper and bloodsucker take on vampire hunters in family animation
Film / Animation
A detective of restricted growth investigates the disappearance of garden ornaments
Film / Animation
Frantic, widely panned live action/CGI animated Beatrix Potter adaptation
Film / Animation
Goose adopts duckling duo in family animation from the director of Surf's Up
Film / Animation
Big-screen animation compilation for tots
Film / Animation
Compilation of five Nick Jr animation favourites for pre-schoolers
Film / Animation
Nick's Park's prehistoric romp, featuring the voices of Eddie Redmayne and Maisie Williams
Film / Animation
Pixar does the Day of the Dead with a suitably colourful animation
Film / Action
Profane, wise-cracking superhero introduces the X-Force in blockbuster sequel
Film / Action
The Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy franchises collide in the 19th Marvel flick
Film / Art House
An impulsive young woman is adrift in Paris in this award-winning character study
Film / Comedy
After a bash on the head, Amy Schumer believes she's the world's most beautiful and capable woman
Film / Comedy
Charlize Theron stars in a sharply written comedy-drama about a mother ground down by parenthood
Film / Art House
An exceedingly bloody French feminist rape revenge thriller
Film / Comedy
Dumped housewife Melissa McCarthy embarrasses her daughter by going back to college
Film / Festival Screening
Killer beasties hunt by sound in John Krasinski's horror flick
Film / Thriller
It's Gabrielle Union's turn to be menaced in yet another home invasion thriller
Film / Event Cinema
Edward and Freddie Fox star in Wilde's never-more-timely tale of politics and sin
Film / Documentary
The fascinating story behind a multibillion dollar bitcoin heist
Film / Event Cinema
A long weekend of Super 8 fun including a vintage punk rock documentary
Film / Drama
Bristol footballing legend discusses daft PoW escape flick in which he acted alongside Michael Caine
Film / Event Cinema
Sir Simon's final appearance as chief conductor of the Berliner Philharmoniker
Film / Science Fiction
Spielberg's original, ground-breaking 1993 dino-rimp