Film / Fantasy
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
Johnny Depp and Jude Law join the cast for episode two of the Potter prequel series
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Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
Johnny Depp and Jude Law join the cast for episode two of the Potter prequel series
Film
Slapstick: Naked Gun marathon hosted by Lloyd Langford
Nice beaver! All three Naked Gun movies plus a discussion with comedy historian Robert Ross
Film
Bristol Film Festival: Titanic
22nd anniversary screening of James Cameron's romance'n'drowning epic aboard the SS Great Britain
Film
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children + WWII Tour
Tim Burton's fantasy screened at Arnos Vale Cemetery with a tour of war memorials
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National Theatre Live: The Madness of King George III
Mark Gatiss takes the title role in Alan Bennett's multi-award-winning drama
If you’re going to the pictures this week, there’s a 73% (estimate) chance that you’ll be further enriching Ms. J.K. Rowling. In which case, the only question that needs answering is: “Will that be in 2D or 3D, sir or madam?”
The alternative arthouse choice is that epic Suspiria ‘cover version’. Or you can hang on until Wednesday, when previews of a pair of ‘reboots’ commence: The Girl in the Spider’s Web and – groan! – Robin Hood. If you’re a sucker for cute infants in a festive setting, you’ll no doubt be overjoyed to learn that the Cineworld also has a preview of Nativity Rocks! on Sunday, in aid of Children in Need.
On the event cinema front, you can get in the mood for next year’s Slapstick festival with a Naked Gun marathon at the Cube, experience Bristol Film Festival’s screening of Titanic aboard the SS Great Britain, see Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children at Arnos Vale Cemetery with a WWII tour thrown in, and enjoy Mark Gatiss in the title role of The Madness of King George III, beamed live to cinemas across the city.
Follow the links below for more details and screenings times for all this and much more, and go here for our comprehensive film listings.
Film / Fantasy
Johnny Depp and Jude Law join the cast for episode two of the Potter prequel series
Film / Fantasy
Dakota Johnson stars in a thrilling fever dream makeover of Dario Argento's horror classic
Film / Horror
Psycho pursues teens through theme park in generic slasher
Film / Art House
Eight shorts by female Māori film-makers exploring the tragic death of a young boy
Film / Fantasy
Johnny Depp and Jude Law join the cast for episode two of the Potter prequel series
Film / Action
Claire Foy stars in a reboot of the Dragon Tattoo series, with Bristol's very own Stephen Merchant
Film / Action
Taron Egerton gets to do the outlaw thing in this "gritty reimagining"
Film / Comedy
Fourth film in Debbie Isitt's critic-proof Nativity film series
Film / Event Cinema
Mark Gatiss takes the title role in Alan Bennett's multi-award-winning drama
Film / Drama
22nd anniversary screening of James Cameron's romance'n'drowning epic aboard the SS Great Britain
Film / Comedy
Nice beaver! All three Naked Gun movies plus a discussion with comedy historian Robert Ross
Film / Fantasy
Tim Burton's fantasy screened at Arnos Vale Cemetery with a tour of war memorials
Film / Drama
A double bill of Neil Breen's earlier techno-thriller and the UK premiere of his new film
Film / Event Cinema
Molière's great comedy of manners, recorded on stage in Paris
Film / Documentary
They're the most globally successful boyband of all time, apparently
Film / Ballet
Natalia Makarova's lush production of Marius Petipa's exotic classical ballet
Film / Comedy
Wes Anderson's masterpiece returns in late night cult cinema season
Film / Action
Eyepatch-wearing Kurt Russell kicks bottom in Redcliffe Caves
Film / Documentary
Award-winning doc about Scottish factory workers who defied Chile's fascist dictatorship
Film / Animation
Animated trainee witch adventure from Studio Ghibli
Film / Drama
New restoration of what has been described as "the most important film in Soviet Cinema"
Film / Art House
Radical feminist and revolutionary activist siblings are brought closer together in fact-based drama
Film / Animation
Benedict Cumberbatch voices the Christmas-hating furry verdant person in Dr. Seuss animation
Film / Drama
Mr. Robot star Rami Malek wears the Freddie Mercury teeth in this long-gestating Queen flick
Film / Thriller
Steve McQueen adapts Lynda La Plante's female heist thriller
Film / Drama
Bradley Cooper directs and stars in the third remake of this crowd-pleasing musical romance
Film / Family
Disney's lavish 'reimagining' of the ETA Hoffman story and Tchaikovsky ballet
Film / Drama
Mike Leigh's epic Peterloo Massacre drama
Film / Drama
Carey Mulligan and Jake Gyllenhaal star in a sixties-set marital bust-up drama
Film / Horror
An entertaining, JJ Abrams-produced slice of zombie-themed Nazisploitation
Film / Action
Rowan Atkinson spoils us with a belated threequel to his unfunny spy spoofs
Film / Animation
Family animation in which a yeti scientist becomes convinced that mythical humans actually exist
Film / Drama
Black teenager witnesses her best friend being shot dead by white cop in YA novel adaptation
Film / Comedy
Jack Black-free sequel to the R.L. Stine kiddie horror adaptation
Film / Comedy
Shaun of the Dead duo Simon Pegg and Nick Frost team up for another horror comedy
Film / Action
Tom Hardy is possessed by an alien 'symbiote' rotter in this Spider-Man spin-off
Film / Animation
Oscar nominated screenwriter discusses his film about the wall separating Israel from Palestine
Film / Comedy
Oakland rapper Boots Riley's surreal and satirical science fiction comedy
Film / Festival Screening
Cary Grant's first collaboration with Hitchcock - a romantic thriller with Joan Fontaine
Film / Event Cinema
Back in Bristol with four new adventure and exploration films
Film / Art House
Oscar nominated Lebanese drama about an emotional exchange that escalates into a court battle