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At 38, BAFTA award-winning director Victoria Mapplebeck found herself single, pregnant, and broke. Shot over 20 years, Motherboard is a celebration of messy lives, capturing the pain, joy and comedy of raising her son Jim alone.
“Honest And Endearing” Filmhounds ★★★★
“Tender, intimate, funny and entirely absorbing…marvellous humanity and warmth.” Guardian ★★★★
Directed by Victoria Mapplebeck
1hr 27 mins // UK 2025
A live-action reimagining of Disney’s 2002 animated classic, Lilo & Stitch is the wildly funny and touching story of a lonely Hawaiian girl and the fugitive alien who helps to mend her broken family.
Directed by Dean Fleischer Camp
1hr 49 mins // US 2025
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale, the cinematic return of the global phenomenon, follows the Crawley family and their staff as they enter the 1930s. When Mary finds herself at the centre of a public scandal and the family faces financial trouble, the entire household grapples with the threat of social disgrace. The Crawleys must embrace change as the staff prepares for a new chapter with the next generation leading Downton Abbey into the future.
Directed by Simon Curtis
With Hugh Bonneville, Laura Carmichael
2hr 2 mins TBC // UK/US 2025
A young, ambitious New York City matchmaker finds herself torn between the perfect match and her imperfect ex.
“This captivating romantic drama explores love and money with piercing honesty” BBC ★★★★★
Directed by Celine Song
With Pedro Pascal, Dakota Johnson, Chris Evans
1hrs 57 mins // US 2025
Life seems easy for picture-perfect couple Ivy (Olivia Colman) and Theo (Benedict Cumberbatch): successful careers, a loving marriage, great kids. But beneath the façade of their supposed ideal life, a storm is brewing – as Theo’s career nosedives while Ivy’s own ambitions take off, a tinderbox of fierce competition and hidden resentment ignites. The Roses is a reimagining of the 1989 classic film The War of the Roses, based on the novel by Warren Adler.
Times ★★★★ BBC ★★★★ Little White Lies ★★★★
Directed by Jay Roach
With Olivia Colman, Benedict Cumberbatch
1hrs 45 mins // US/UK 2025
The Roses contains several sequences with flashing lights that may affect those who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy or have other photosensitivities.
Everyone’s favourite felons are back, and this time, they’ve got company.
In the new action-packed chapter from DreamWorks Animation’s acclaimed comedy smash about a crackerjack crew of animal outlaws, our now-reformed Bad Guys are trying (very, very hard) to be good, but instead find themselves hijacked into a high-stakes, globe-trotting heist, masterminded by a new team of criminals they never saw coming: The Bad Girls.
“Take your children to see Bad Guys 2 this summer! Telegraph ★★★★
Little White Lies ★★★★ Times ★★★★
Directed by Pierre Perifel & JP Sans
1hr 44 mins // US 2025
Lose your heart and come to your senses… Sense and Sensibility is turning 30!
Sense and Sensibility is the story of two sisters: pragmatic Elinor (Emma Thompson) and passionately wilful Marianne (Kate Winslet). When their father Henry Dashwood dies, by law his estate must pass to his eldest son from his first marriage. Suddenly homeless and impoverished, his current wife and daughters find themselves living in a simple country cottage.
Ang Lee’s Academy Award®-winning adaptation of Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility is back in cinemas across the UK and Ireland from 8 August, complete with brand new artwork!
Directed by Ang Lee
With Emma Thompson, Kate Winslet
2hr 16 mins // UK 1995
From New Line Cinema and Zach Cregger, the wholly original mind behind Barbarian, comes a new horror/thriller: Weapons.
When all but one child from the same class mysteriously vanish on the same night at exactly the same time, a community is left questioning who or what is behind their disappearance.
“Gorgeous, terrifying and the best thriller of the year” Times ★★★★★
“One of the best horror films of recent years. An unnerving triumph” Radio Times ★★★★
Filmhounds ★★★★ Independent ★★★★ Telegraph ★★★★
Directed by Zach Cregger
With Julia Garner, Josh Brolin
2hrs 8 mins // US 2025
Set against the vibrant backdrop of a 1960s-inspired, retro-futuristic world, Marvel Studios’ The Fantastic Four: First Steps introduces Marvel’s First Family—Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic (Pedro Pascal), Sue Storm/Invisible Woman (Vanessa Kirby), Johnny Storm/Human Torch (Joseph Quinn) and Ben Grimm/The Thing (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) as they face their most daunting challenge yet.
Forced to balance their roles as heroes with the strength of their family bond, they must defend Earth from a ravenous space god called Galactus (Ralph Ineson) and his enigmatic Herald, Silver Surfer (Julia Garner). And if Galactus’ plan to devour the entire planet and everyone on it weren’t bad enough, it suddenly gets very personal.
Directed by Matt Shakman
With Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn, Ebon Moss-Bachrach
2hr 10 mins TBC // US 2025
When Papa Smurf (John Goodman) is mysteriously taken by evil wizards, Razamel and Gargamel, Smurfette (Rihanna) leads the Smurfs on a mission into the real world to save him. With the help of new friends, the Smurfs must discover what defines their destiny to save the universe.
Smurfs features an all-star voice cast including Rihanna, James Corden, Nick Offerman, JP Karliak, Daniel Levy, Amy Sedaris, Natasha Lyonne, Sandra Oh, Octavia Spencer, Nick Kroll, Hannah Waddingham, Alex Winter, Maya Erskine, Billie Lourd, Xolo Maridueña with Kurt Russell and John Goodman.
Directed by Chris Miller
1hr 32 mins // US 2025
*We’re sorry but due to essential maintenance, the 1.30pm screening of Smurfs on Thursday 14 August has been cancelled. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause!