ONSCREEN Magazine September/October 2023

Get ready to launch out of this world for more chaos and conflict across the cosmos as you meet The Marvels and witness war on Arrakis in Dune: Part Two.

Before that, there’s an epic battle on a near-future Earth as The Creator pits man against AI machine. Kenneth Branagh is back as Poirot and facing his most nightmarish case yet in A Haunting In Venice. The Conjuring scares continue in The Nun II, Jigsaw makes a killer comeback for Saw X, unholy terrors are resurrected in The Exorcist: Believer, and evil animatronics activate in Five Nights At Freddy’s. Can you survive this stacked spooky season?

For some fun for all the family, your favourite furry heroes unleash super-pup powers in PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie and don’t miss the musical, rainbow-coloured reunion in Trolls Band Together. The Portakalos family reunite too, returning to their roots in My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3. There’s also two great British tales sure to warm your hearts as Michael Caine and Glenda Jackson star in the true story of The Great Escaper and Ken Loach calls time on his career with a new social drama, The Old Oak.

Denzel Washington executes his unique brand of justice in The Equalizer 3, old blood meets new blood in Expend4bles, and Leonardo DiCaprio leads Martin Scorsese’s Killers Of The Flower Moon.

Until next time!

Lee Curtis Editor

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The unmissable new releases hitting the big screen in September and October.

18 KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON

21 PAW PATROL: THE MIGHTY MOVIE

23 COMING SOON

NOTE: All information enclosed is correct at time of print, however release dates are subject to change and not all films included in the publication may be shown at your local cinema.

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TROLLS IS TROLLSBACK!IS TROLLSBACK!IS BACK! (YEAH)

As fan favourites and exciting newcomers band together in another hair-raising musical adventure, put your Trolls knowledge to the test with our tricky trivia quiz.

1. Branch is voiced by which pop-legend-turned-actor?

2. Who’s the Queen of the Pop Trolls, voiced by Anna Kendrick?

3. What are the miserable creatures that eat Trolls to make themselves happy called?

4. Who’s the small but mighty Glitter Troll with big glasses and even bigger attitude?

5. Can you name the six main species of Trolls?

6. What boyband did Branch form with his four brothers?

7. Which drag icon stars in the film as Miss Maxine?

8. Which pop superstar of Havana fame also features in the all-star voice cast?

ANSWERS: ANSWERS:

The eyes have it! Name the eight famous faces that appear in an upcoming film.

1 3 7

ANSWERS

1. Leonardo DiCaprio / 2. Kenneth Branagh / 3. Florence Pugh / 4. Sylvester Stallone /

5. Poppy (Anna Kendrick) / 6. John David Washington / 7. Austin Butler / 8. Maggie Smith

JUSTICE HAS NO BORDERS

THE EQUALIZER 3

IN CINEMAS 1 SEPTEMBER

Director Antoine Fuqua / Starring Denzel Washington, Eugenio Mastrandrea, Gaia Scodellaro, Dakota Fanning, David Denman, Remo Girone / Genre Action, Crime, Thriller

Denzel Washington is back as Robert McCall in the final chapter of The Equalizer. Ever since he decided to give up his life as a deadly government assassin, Robert McCall has struggled to reconcile the horrific things he’s done in the past and finds a strange solace in serving justice on behalf of the oppressed. After bringing his unique brand of justice to those in his hometown of Boston, the third instalment finds McCall surprisingly at home in Italy. But it isn’t long before he’s forced back into action. When he discovers that his new friends are under the control of local crime bosses and events turn deadly, McCall knows what he has to do: become his friends’ lethal protector by taking on the mafia.

PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie

IN CINEMAS 7 OCTOBER

Director Cal Brunker / Starring Mckenna Grace, Taraji P. Henson, Marsai Martin, Kim Kardashian, Chris Rock, Serena Williams / Genre Animation, Adventure, Family

When a magical meteor crash lands in Adventure City, it gives the PAW Patrol pups superpowers, transforming them into The MIGHTY PUPS! For Skye, the smallest member of the team, her new powers are a dream come true. But things take a turn for the worse when the pups’ archrival Humdinger breaks out of jail and teams up with a meteor-obsessed mad scientist to steal the superpowers. With the fate of Adventure City in the balance, the Mighty Pups have to stop the supervillains before it’s too late, and Skye will need to learn that even the smallest pup can make the biggest difference.

NEW TROLLS ON THE BLOCK

TROLLS BAND TOGETHER

IN CINEMAS 20 OCTOBER

Directors Walt Dohrn, Tim Heitz / Starring Anna Kendrick, Justin Timberlake, Zooey Deschanel, Daveed Diggs, Amy Schumer / Genre Animation, Adventure, Fantasy, Musical

After two films of friendship and relentless flirting, Poppy and Branch are now officially, finally, a couple! As they grow closer, Poppy discovers Branch has a secret past. He was once part of her favourite boyband phenomenon, BroZone, with his four brothers: Floyd, John Dory, Spruce, and Clay. BroZone disbanded when Branch was still a baby, as did the family, and Branch hasn’t seen his brothers since. But when Branch’s bro Floyd is kidnapped for his musical talents by a pair of nefarious pop-star villains – Velvet and Veneer – Branch and Poppy embark on a harrowing and emotional journey to reunite the other brothers and rescue Floyd from a fate even worse than pop-culture obscurity. Get ready for an action-packed, all-star, rainbow-coloured family reunion like no other as all of your favourites return for the new chapter in DreamWorks Animation’s musical franchise featuring Trolls’ signature psychedelic joy-bomb of new and classic pop hits and a dazzling cast of musical superstars and comedic powerhouses as new characters

A Haunting In Venice

IN CINEMAS 15 SEPTEMBER

Director Kenneth Branagh / Starring Kenneth Branagh, Michelle Yeoh, Tina Fey, Jamie Dornan, Kelly Reilly / Genre Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Celebrated sleuth Hercule Poirot returns in an adaptation of Agatha Christie’s Halloween Party. In eerie, post-World War Two Venice, the famed detective is retired and living in self-imposed exile in the world’s most glamorous city. On All Hallows’ Eve, Poirot reluctantly attends a séance at a decaying, haunted palazzo. When one of the guests is murdered, he’s thrust into a sinister world of shadows and secrets. Reuniting the team behind Murder On The Orient Express and Death On The Nile, the film is directed by Kenneth Branagh who also leads another brilliant acting ensemble cast.

The Nun II

IN CINEMAS 8 SEPTEMBER

Director Michael Chaves / Starring

Taissa Farmiga, Storm Reid, Bonnie Aarons / Genre Horror, Mystery, Thriller

1956 – France. A priest is murdered. An evil is spreading. The terrifying new chapter in story of The Nun follows Sister Irene, now a fully-ordained nun, as she again comes face-to-face with Valak, the demon nun. Taissa Farmiga returns to star as Sister Irene, alongside Jonas Bloquet, Storm Reid, Bonnie Aarons, and Anna Popplewell – plus an ensemble cast of international talent –as The Conjuring origin story continues.

Dumb Money

IN CINEMAS 22 SEPTEMBER

Director Craig Gillespie / Starring Paul Dano, Pete Davidson, Nick Offerman, Seth Rogen / Genre Biography, Comedy

An all-star retelling of the insane true story of the YouTuber who brought Wall Street to its knees and got rich by turning the video-game retailer GameStop into the world’s hottest company overnight. In the middle of everything is a regular guy who starts it all. As his stock tip social post becomes a movement, everyone gets rich – until the billionaires fight back, and both sides find their worlds turned upside down.

Saw X

IN CINEMAS 29 SEPTEMBER

Director Kevin Greutert / Starring

Tobin Bell, Shawnee Smith, Synnøve Macody Lund / Genre Horror, Thriller

Jigsaw is back. Set between the events of Saw I and II, a desperate John Kramer travels to Mexico for a risky procedure in hopes of curing his cancer – only to discover the entire operation is a scam. Armed with a newfound purpose, the serial killer returns to his work, turning the tables on the con artists with devious, deranged, and ingenious traps in his most personal game.

CAN YOU SURVIVE?

Five Nights At Freddy’s

IN CINEMAS 25 OCTOBER

Director Emma Tammi / Starring Josh Hutcherson, Elizabeth Lail, Piper Rubio, Matthew Lillard / Genre Horror, Thriller

The terrifying horror game phenomenon becomes a bloodchilling cinematic event, as Blumhouse – the producer of The Invisible Man, The Black Phone, and M3GAN – brings Five Nights At Freddy’s to the big screen. Recently fired and desperate for work so that he can keep custody of his tenyear-old sister, Abby, a troubled young man called Mike agrees to take a position as a night security guard at an abandoned theme restaurant: Freddy Fazbear’s Pizzeria. But Mike soon discovers that nothing at Freddy’s is what it seems. With the aid of a local police officer, Mike’s nights at Freddy’s will lead him into unexplainable encounters with the supernatural and drag him into the black heart of an unspeakable nightmare.

INSPIRED BY A TRUE LOVE STORY

The Great Escaper

IN CINEMAS 6 OCTOBER

Director Oliver Parker / Starring Michael Caine, Glenda Jackson / Genre Biography, Comedy, Drama, Romance

In summer 2014, Bernard Jordan made global headlines when he staged a “great escape” from his care home to join fellow veterans on a beach in Normandy for the D-Day Landings seventieth anniversary. It was a story that captured the imagination of the world. But of course, it wasn’t the whole story. Bernie’s adventure, spanning a mere forty-eight hours, also marked the culmination of his sixty-year marriage to his beloved wife Rene. Starring Oscar-winning legends Michael Caine and the late Glenda Jackson, the deeply moving, funny, accessible love story celebrates their enduring love but always with an eye to the lessons we might learn from the Greatest Generation.

THE OLD OAK

IN CINEMAS 29 SEPTEMBER

Director Ken Loach / Starring Dave Turner, Ebla Mari, Trevor Fox, Claire Rodgerson, Jordan Louis / Genre Drama

BAFTA-winning director Ken Loach returns to the North East, following I, Daniel Blake, winner of the Palme d’Or and BAFTA Outstanding British Film awards, and Sorry We Missed You, for a social drama set and shot in the region.

The Old Oak is a special place. Not only is it the last pub standing, but it’s also the only remaining public space where people can meet in a once thriving mining community that’s now fallen on hard times after thirty years of decline. TJ Ballantyne, the landlord, holds on to the pub by his fingertips, and his predicament is endangered even more when the pub becomes contested territory after the arrival of Syrian refugees who are placed in the village without any notice. In an unlikely friendship, TJ meets a curious young Syrian named Yara. Can they find a way for the two communities to understand each other? So unfolds a deeply moving drama about their fragilities and hopes.

Seize Them! IN CINEMAS 20 OCTOBER

In Britain during the Dark Ages, Queen Dagan is a master of all she surveys, with an ego to match – until she’s toppled by a revolution led by the charismatic Humble Joan. Now a fugitive in her own land, with a hefty bounty on her head, the Queen enlists the help of some unlikely allies as she faces every conceivable hardship and danger on your voyage to win back her throne. She also has to face up to the very worst parts of herself. Can she become Queen again? And can she become a better person while she does it? And what if she has to choose? Aimee Lou Wood and Nicola Coughlan star in this female-led comedy that features an all-star cast of British talent, including Nick Frost, Lolly Adefope, Jessica Hynes, James Acaster, and more.

Sumotherhood IN CINEMAS 13

OCTOBER

Adam Deacon – the BAFTA-winning director, writer, and actor best known for his roles in Kidulthood and Adulthood as well as his directorial debut Anuvahood – makes his long-awaited return with a new urban action-comedy featuring an ensemble cast that includes Jennifer Saunders, Danny Sapani, Peter Serafinowicz, Ed Sheeran, Jaime Winstone, Kevin Bishop, and more.

IT’S NOT WHERE YOU’RE FROM, IT’S WHAT YOU BRING

The

Miracle Club IN CINEMAS 13 OCTOBER

Director Thaddeus O’Sullivan / Starring Maggie Smith, Kathy Bates, Laura Linney, Stephen Rea / Genre Drama

Set in 1967, the heartwarming film tells the story of three generations of close friends, Lily, Eileen, and Dolly of Ballygar, a hard-knocks community in Dublin, who have one tantalising dream: to win a pilgrimage to the sacred French town of Lourdes, that place of miracles that draws millions of visitors each year. When the chance to win presents itself, the women seize it and embark on a journey they hope will change their lives.

Cobweb

IN CINEMAS 1 SEPTEMBER

Director Samuel Bodin / Starring Antony Starr, Lizzy Caplan, Cleopatra Coleman, Woody Norman / Genre Horror, Mystery

Eight-year-old Peter is plagued by a mysterious, constant tap, tap from inside his bedroom wall – a tapping that his parents insist is just a figment of his imagination. As Peter’s fear intensifies, he believes that his parents could be hiding a terrible, dangerous secret and questions their trust. And for a child, what could be more frightening than that? As Peter searches for the truth, he unearths some terrifying family secrets.

The Creator

IN CINEMAS 28 SEPTEMBER

Director Gareth Edwards / Starring John David Washington, Gemma Chan / Genre Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Amidst a war between humanity and the forces of artificial intelligence, an ex-special forces agent is recruited to hunt and kill the elusive architect of advanced AI who has developed a mysterious weapon with the power to end the war… and mankind itself. As he journeys behind enemy lines into AI-occupied territory, he finds that The Creator he must destroy is an AI in the form of a young child.

BODY AND THE BLOOD

The Exorcist: Believer

IN CINEMAS 13 OCTOBER

Director David Gordon Green / Starring Leslie Odom Jr, Ellen Burstyn, Ann Dowd, Jennifer Nettles, Norbert Leo Butz, Lidya Jewett, Olivia Marcum, Raphael Sbarge / Genre Horror, Thriller

From Blumhouse and director David Gordon Green, who shattered the status quo with their resurrection of Halloween, comes a new chapter of the most terrifying horror in history. Since the death of his pregnant wife in a Haitian earthquake twelve years ago, Victor Fielding has raised their daughter, Angela on his own. But when Angela and her friend Katherine, disappear in the woods, only to return three days later with no memory of what happened to them, it unleashes a terrifying chain of events that forces Victor to confront the nadir of evil. In his terror and desperation, he seeks out the only person alive who has witnessed anything like it before: Chris MacNeil.

OLD BLOOD MEETS NEW BLOOD

Expend4bles

IN CINEMAS 22 SEPTEMBER

Director Scott Waugh / Starring Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Dolph Lundgren, Curtis Jackson, Megan Fox, Randy Couture / Genre Action, Adventure, Thriller, War

Reuniting as the team of elite mercenaries, Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Dolph Lundgren, and Randy Couture are joined for the first time by Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, Megan Fox, Tony Jaa, Iko Uwais, Jacob Scipio, Levy Tran, and Andy Garcia for an adrenaline-fueled adventure in Expend4bles. Armed with every weapon they can get their hands on and the skills to use them, The Expendables are the world’s last line of defence and the team that gets called when all other options are off the table. But new team members with new styles and tactics are going to give “new blood” a whole new meaning.

Dune: Part Two

IN CINEMAS 3 NOVEMBER

Director Denis Villeneuve / Starring Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Florence Pugh / Genre Action, Sci-Fi

The highly-anticipated follow-up to six-time Academy Award-winning Dune continues the mythic hero’s journey of Paul Atreides as he unites with Chani and the Fremen while on a warpath of revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family. Facing a choice between the love of his life and the fate of the universe, he endeavours to prevent a terrible future only he can foresee.

BlackBerry IN CINEMAS

6 OCTOBER

Director Matt Johnson / Starring Matt Johnson, Jay Baruchel, Glenn Howerton, Rich Sommer / Genre Comedy, Drama

Every era has its visionaries. BlackBerry investigates the brilliance of the savvy individuals who invented the world’s very first smartphone. Recounting the Canadian company’s humble yet chaotic rise to market dominance, BlackBerry is a darkly comedic telling of the tragic tale of a company that revolutionised the way we work, communicate, and connect seemingly overnight, before almost as swiftly plummeting into obsolescence.

Past Lives

IN CINEMAS 7 SEPTEMBER

Director Celine Song / Starring Greta Lee, Teo Yoo, John Magaro, Jane Kim, Jack Alberts / Genre Drama, Romance

Celine Song’s breakout Sundance hit follows Nora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends, who are wrest apart after Nora’s family emigrates from South Korea. Two decades later, they are reunited in New York for one fateful week as they confront notions of destiny, love, and the choices that make a life in this heartrending, modern, decades-spanning romance that’s had both audiences and critics swooning.

HEADED TO THE HOMELAND

My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3

IN CINEMAS 8 SEPTEMBER

Director Nia Vardalos / Starring Nia Vardalos, John Corbett, Andrea Martin, Louis Mandylor, Maria Vacratsis, Elias Kacavas, Joey Fatone / Genre Comedy, Romance

The worldwide phenomenon My Big Fat Greek Wedding is coming back to cinemas as the Portokalos family travel to a family reunion in Greece for a heartwarming and hilarious trip full of love, twists, and turns. Nia Vardalos returns to write, direct, and star as Toula Portokalos, alongside John Corbett as Ian Miller, Andrea Martin as Aunt Voula, Louis Mandylor as Nick, Maria Vacratsis as Aunt Freida, Elena Kampouris as Paris, Gia Carides as Cousin Nikki, and Joey Fatone as Angelo. Newcomers

Elias Kacavas and Melina Kotselou complete the exciting ensemble for the unmissable big-screen event. Opa!

OIL, MONEY, MURDER

Killers Of The Flower Moon

IN CINEMAS 20 OCTOBER

Director Martin Scorsese / Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Lily Gladstone, Robert De Niro, Jesse Plemons, Brendan Fraser, John Lithgow / Genre Crime, Drama, History, Thriller, Western

In Oklahoma, at the turn of the twentieth century, oil brought fortune to the Osage Nation, who became some of the richest people in the world overnight. The incredible wealth of these Native Americans immediately attracted white interlopers, who manipulated, extorted, and stole as much Osage money as they could before resorting to murder. Based on a true story and told through an improbable romance, Martin Scorsese’s star-studded adaptation of David Grann’s best-selling book is an epic western crime saga – where real love crosses paths with unspeakable betrayal – that depicts the string of brutal crimes that would come to be known as the Reign of Terror.

AI, ROBOT

The Creator

IN CINEMAS 28 SEPTEMBER

Director Gareth Edwards / Starring

John David Washington, Gemma

Chan, Ken Watanabe, Allison Janney, Ralph Ineson / Genre Sci-Fi, Thriller

An artificial intelligence has become too clever for its own good and turned on its creators, leaving humankind facing a life-or-death decision: switch it off or become its victim. No, this isn’t the nightly news, but the new and exciting theoretical sci-fi action-thriller starring Tenet’s John David Washington.

Much too late, humanity moves to defend itself by striking at the AI to take back control. But in the process, they discover that the weapon is merely an AI child struggling to make sense of the world and its place within it. Which of our primal instincts will come out on top? The urge to care or the need for self-preservation?

In holding a Black Mirror to the world we live in and reflecting a frighteningly all too real potential future, The Creator is an intriguing and apposite concept in itself, but it becomes unmissable when you consider it’s directed and co-written by Gareth Edwards.

The British filmmaker’s breakout Monsters did mind-blowing postapocalyptic survival spectacle on a shoestring budget and Rogue One is widely considered to be the very best of the Disney-era Star Wars. With The Creator sitting somewhere between the two, you can expect a thought-provoking and action-packed exploration of what it is to be human.

The Terminator

Skynet becomes self-aware and sets in motion the chain of events that starts World War 3. Six movies and one small screen series of this cautionary tale hasn’t halted humanity’s advancement in AI.

AI. Artificial Intelligence

Longing to be a real boy, young David is the first Mecha with real feelings and an undying love for his absent mother in this undervalued sci-fi masterpiece that was started by Kubrick and finished by Spielberg.

M3GAN

Like Child’s Play for the tech-savvy Gen Z, M3GAN is a life-sized doll solely programmed to protect young Cady from harm. School bullies and even friends and family soon realise that they should have taken the batteries out of Cady’s robo-bestie long ago.

It’s mankind vs a machine of their invention as the fight for the future of the human race becomes a question of killing our creation or being killed ourselves.

WORDS ROBB SHEPPARD

The Marvels

IN CINEMAS 10 NOVEMBER

Director Nia DaCosta / Starring Brie Larson, Teyonah Parris, Iman Vellani / Genre Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Having reclaimed her identity from the Kree, Carol Danvers finally gets her revenge on the Supreme Intelligence. But this is the MCU, where actions always have consequences. So, when an anomalous wormhole appears and leads Captain Marvel to investigate, of course her powers mysteriously entangle with two unlikely heroes.

Kamala Khan has always dreamed of meeting her hero, but when Captain Marvel unexpectedly appears in her room, Kamala is teleported in her place to a galaxy far, far away before she can fangirl. To complicate things even further, Captain Monica Rambeau is thrown into this mysterious superhero mix-up, too. Now the trio find themselves inexplicably connected and swapping places any time they use their powers. To Kamala’s excitement, they must now come together to find out why.

Brie Larson returns as Captain Marvel to make her first MCU appearance since the blip and stars alongside WandaVision’s Teyonah Parris and Ms Marvel’s Iman Vellani. Also joining the cosmic chaos from the small screen is Samuel L. Jackson’s Nick Fury, who was most recently seen in Secret Invasion. Hop into an adventure of intergalactic proportions as the MCU’s very first all-female super team set out to save the universe… meet The Marvels.

Captain Marvel

Carol Danvers is a former Air force pilot and Kree-human hybrid whose life takes a barrel turn when she’s exposed to the Tesseract’s energy. Since then, she’s rescued Tony Stark and Nebula from deep space, defended galaxies, and helped to defeat Thanos as Captain Marvel.

Monica Rambeau

After playing a key role in waking the townspeople from Wanda Maximoff’s living dream in Westview, Captain Rambeau is recruited by Nick Fury to join him on the space defence base S.A.B.E.R.

Ms Marvel Kamala Khan is a Captain Marvel fanatic, but when she discovers a mystical bangle from another realm, this cosplayer’s wish to be super is granted. She’ll finally live out her dream of fighting alongside her hero in her first big screen adventure.

Buckle up for more Marvel cosmic chaos as three female heroes have the freakiest of Fridays when their lives are mysteriously intertwined and they’re launched on a space-hopping adventure.

WORDS ADAM MATULEWICZ

THERE AND BACK AGAIN

Michael Caine stars in the extraordinary true story of a Second World War veteran who escapes from his care home to join the D-Day commemorations in France.

WORDS LEE CURTIS

The Great Escaper

IN CINEMAS 6 OCTOBER

Director Oliver Parker / Starring

Michael Caine, Glenda Jackson / Genre Biography, Drama, Romance

At almost ninety, nobody expected Bernard Jordan to make headlines around the world, least of all the man himself. But in the summer of 2014, he did just that.

After one of his usual walks on the seafront with his wife Rene, Bernie reveals his wish to travel to Normandy for the seventieth anniversary of the D-Day landings only to be denied by care home staff. In the true spirit of the Greatest Generation, Bernie keeps calm and carries on with his plan – staging a “great escape” from the care home, with his war medals hidden beneath his coat, and boarding a ferry to France.

From the BAFTA-nominated director of An Ideal Husband and Dad’s Army and the BAFTA-nominated writer of Made In Dagenham, the

film explores the story behind the headlines, showing Bernie and Rene fall in love during the war and how that love endures through sixty years of marriage.

The Great Escaper is also a moving memorial to Caine’s co-star, the late Glenda Jackson. Sharing the screen for the first time together in almost fifty years, the two-time Academy Awardwinning legends are a perfect match as husband and wife in this celebration of long-lasting love.

The Last Bus

Tom Harper – 850 miles

After the death of his wife, Timothy Spall's pensioner uses his bus pass to travel the length of the United Kingdom - from John O'Groats to Land's End - to scatter her ashes near their childhood home.

The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of

Harold Fry

Harold Fry – 500 miles

Harold Fry embarks on an extraordinary journey to hand- deliver a message to a dying friend, walking all the way from his home in Kingsbridge in Devon to her hospice in Berwick-upon-Tweed

The

Great Escaper

Bernard Jordan – 375 miles

From a care home in Hove - via taxi and ferry - to Normandy beach, Bernie's forty-eight-hour adventure to pay his respects to his fallen comrades on the seventieth anniversary of the D-Day landings captured the imagination of the world.

BAD MOON

Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro finally unite onscreen in Martin Scorsese’s epic interpretation of the Reign of Terror. WORDS AARON POTTER

Killers Of The Flower Moon

IN CINEMAS 20 OCTOBER

Director Martin Scorsese / Starring

Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Lily Gladstone / Genre Crime, Western

Set in 1920s Oklahoma, Killers

Of The Flower Moon depicts one of the darkest and most tragic chapters in American history, chronicling the cruel murders that occurred alongside white settlers’ underhanded acquisition of Osage Native American land that was rich with valuable oil.

Fresh from his three-hour long gangster epic The Irishman, legendary director Martin Scorsese returns with an expansive period-set crime mystery that reunites him with two of his most famous acting muses.

Gangs Of New York, The Aviator, The Departed, Shutter Island, The

Wolf Of Wall Street, and now Killers Of The Flower Moon. In his sixth Scorsese picture, DiCaprio stars as Ernest Burkhart, a seemingly compassionate cattleman who falls in love with the Osage family’s Mollie Kyle, played by Lily Gladstone. As blood and oil are spilled, Burkhart must decide if it’s money or love that matters to him most, while the FBI attempts to solve the string of grizzly killings happening around him.

As expected for a director of Scorsese’s calibre, the film touts an A-list supporting cast that includes the likes of Jesse Plemons, Brendan Fraser, and of course Robert De Niro. For their tenth film together, De Niro plays William Hale, a prominent figure in the Osage Nation who takes Burkhart under his wing.

Western crime epics don’t get more enrapturing than this.

Taxi Driver

Taxi Driver marked Scorsese’s second time working with Robert De Niro and cemented their partnership as one of cinema’s best. We’d strongly advise against any cinema trips with Travis Bickle.

Raging Bull

A boxing story unlike any other, De Niro and Scorsese’s brutal biographical sports drama about a struggling boxer sees the actor in a truly transformative role, gaining 27kg to play Jake LaMotta during his final years and rendering the film dangerously true to life.

Goodfellas

Gangster epics don’t come much better than Scorsese’s 1990 classic that documents the rise and fall of the late Ray Liotta’s Henry Hill, including his criminal exploits working for De Niro’s Jimmy Conway.

WORDS ADAM MATULEWICZ

A Haunting In Venice

IN CINEMAS 15 SEPTEMBER

Director Kenneth Branagh / Starring

Kenneth Branagh, Michelle Yeoh, Jamie Dornan, Tina Fey, Kelly Reilly / Genre Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Retired and in exile, Hercule Poirot has settled into the quiet life in Venice with his murder-solving days behind him… or so he thinks.

When tragedy befalls a séance in an eerie palazzo long thought to be haunted, a reluctant Poirot is pulled right back into the fray. Having identified the killers responsible for the Murder On The Orient Express and solved a Death On The Nile, the debonair detective finds his skills tested like never before on a Halloween night he’ll never forget as he offers to help a grieving mother solve the murder of her daughter.

Kenneth Branagh returns to direct and star in his third Agatha

Christie mystery, reprising his role as the moustachioed master detective who’s this time joined by an ensemble line-up of Jamie Dornan, Kelly Reilly, Tina Fey, Emma Laird, Camille Cottin, Jude Hill, Michelle Yeoh, and more.

Things just got deadly serious for Poirot as he faces his most frightful case yet, and possibly a ghost to boot. But without ghostbusting training, he’s going to have to do it the old-fashioned way in this haunting whodunnit filled with danger and mysticism.

Your Suspects

Mr

Ferrier

Fresh from directing Jamie Dornan in Belfast, Branagh adds the Irish actor to Poirot’s latest list of suspects. He may have the lesser moustache, but could his wits prove to be the stronger against the world’s greatest detective?

Ariadne Oliver

Comedy icon Tina Fey attends the sinister séance as the mystery novelist and recurring character in Christie’s tales. Despite being an old friend of Poirot’s, she’s a suspect and poses an intriguing option as someone he’d least expect.

Joyce Reynolds

The Oscar-winning star of Everything Everywhere All At Once, Michelle Yeoh, goes from mad multiverse to murder mystery as the mediator of the séance who claims to have a connection to the dead.

When a Halloween séance goes wrong, Hercule Poirot is forced out of retirement to investigate the mystery in the chilling new chapter of all-star Agatha Christie adaptations.

ONE-MAN ARMY

Denzel Washington

The Equalizer 3

IN CINEMAS 1 SEPTEMBER

It’s been almost a decade since we first met the humble hardware store worker who turned out to be a highly-trained killer. Former CIA operative Robert McCall has since made a name for himself on his quest to atone for the sins of the secret life he wants to leave behind by using his very particular set of skills to clean the streets of Boston. But taking down street thugs, pimps, crooked cops, and Russian gangsters on his own turf is nothing compared to what he faces in his thrilling final chapter.

McCall has already proven that his justice has no borders with flying visits to Moscow and Turkey and now he expands his jurisdiction to a new, permanent home he’s found for himself in Southern Italy – a place where he hopes he can put his dark past behind him once and for all.

But just when he thinks he’s finally fulfilled the promise to his late wife, the lethal protector is called into action again.

Upon discovering the community that’s welcomed him is under the control of a brutal crime syndicate, McCall is triggered out of retirement. Only this time, he may have met his match and he’ll need all of his close combat expertise, more booby traps, and all of the fight he’s got left if he’s to equalise the battle against the mafia.

Partners For Justice

The return of Robert McCall marks the fifth collaboration between Denzel Washington and director Antoine Fuqua. As they close the book on The Equaliser, we look back at two other bringers of justice their creative partnership delivered.

Alonzo Harris Training Day

The renegade, no-nonsense narcotics detective has a unique outlook on justice and is more of a gangster than a cop. Washington’s towering performance at the heart of Fuqua’s masterpiece earned him his Best Actor Oscar.

Sam

Chisholm

The Magnificent Seven

Serving justice by any means necessary is also the modus operandi of Washington’s bounty hunter, who leads a misfit band of hired guns to liberate a frontier town from a villainous baron in the wild reimagining of the western classic.

Director Antoine Fuqua / Starring Denzel Washington, Dakota Fanning, David Denman / Genre Action, Thriller

A new country brings new scores to settle as

returns to deliver vengeance on behalf of the oppressed in the epic final chapter of The Equalizer. WORDS LEE CURTIS

Superpowers from outer space launch the PAW Patrol on their biggest adventure yet. Join your favourite pups on an action-packed, fun-filled mission to save Adventure City. Ready for action?

WORDS ROBB SHEPPARD

PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie

IN CINEMAS 7 OCTOBER

Director Cal Brunker / Starring

Mckenna Grace, Taraji P. Henson, Kim Kardashian, James Marsden / Genre Animation, Adventure, Family

The PAW Patrol have been saving the residents of Adventure Bay for the best part of a decade and now they’re unleashing their powers on the big screen again. In the follow-up to their thrilling cinema debut, things get really hairy for our hirsute heroes as this time the whole of Adventure City is in peril from an asteroid hurtling to Earth.

This is no ordinary space rock though, as Chase, Marshall, Skye, Rubble, Rocky, Zuma, and Liberty get their paws on mysterious magical crystals from within it that offer extraordinary superhero powers to each of them. Enhanced speed for

Chase, wrecking-ball strength for Rubble, and, rather unfortunately, flame-throwing abilities for the accident-prone Marshall are sure to make for even more “good pups” praise… but only if they can control their new powers first.

And they’ll need to as they face the nefarious residents from neighbouring Foggy Bottom who want the pooch’s new powers for themselves, including the Kitten Catastrophe Crew and the pups’ nemesis Mayor Humdinger, who’s back and a bigger pain in the paw than ever.

A regular-sized mayor was enough trouble, but now a powered-up giant Humdinger wreaks havoc in the city Godzilla-style. Can Ryder and his Mighty Pups save the day?

Find out when PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie hits cinemas, and make sure you’re there on the double!

Megastar,entrepreneur,influencer, and household name continues to build her brand and reprises her role as the poodle Delores for The Mighty Movie, this time with children North and Saint as part of the PAW entourage,Patrol

She’s known as the Queen of the Court, but the tennis legend is also taking on Hollywood. She’s served up appearances in Pixels, Ocean’s Eight, and now takes a voice role as a character in Adventure City.

Advantage

Even more!

Voice acting veterans James Marsden, Kristen Bell, Taraji P. Henson, Mckenna Grace, and Chris Rock add even more star power to an already mightycast.ensemble

Kim Kardashian

Serena Williams

FORTHCOMING FILMS TO GET EXCITED ABOUT

EVERY GAME HAS A BEGINNING

THE HUNGER GAMES: THE BALLAD OF SONGBIRDS & SNAKES

IN CINEMAS 17 NOVEMBER

Director Francis Lawrence / Starring Rachel Zegler, Tom Blyth, Peter Dinklage, Hunter Schafer, Josh Andrés Rivera, Jason Schwartzman, Viola Davis / Genre Action, Adventure

Return to The Hunger Games in the adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ latest bestseller. Years before he would become the tyrannical President of Panem, eighteenyear-old Coriolanus Snow is the last hope for his fading lineage, a once-proud family that has fallen from grace in a post-war Capitol. With the tenth annual Hunger Games fast approaching, the young Snow is alarmed when he’s assigned to mentor Lucy Gray Baird, the girl tribute from impoverished District 12. But, after Lucy commands all of Panem’s attention by defiantly singing during the reaping ceremony, Snow thinks he might be able to turn the odds in their favour. Uniting their instincts for showmanship and newfound political savvy, Snow and Lucy’s race against time to survive will reveal who is a songbird, and who is a snake.

The Marvels

IN CINEMAS 10 NOVEMBER

Director Nia DaCosta / Starring Brie Larson, Teyonah Parris, Iman Vellani / Genre Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Carol Danvers aka Captain Marvel has reclaimed her identity from the tyrannical Kree and taken revenge on the Supreme Intelligence, but unintended consequences see Carol shouldering the burden of a destabilised universe. When her duties send her to an anomalous wormhole linked to a Kree revolutionary, her powers become entangled with that of super-fan Kamala Khan, aka Ms Marvel, and Carol’s estranged niece, now S.A.B.E.R. astronaut Captain Monica Rambeau. Together, this unlikely trio must team up to save the universe as The Marvels.

Wonka

IN CINEMAS 15 DECEMBER

Director Paul King / Starring Timothée Chalamet, Sally Hawkins, Olivia Colman / Genre Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Based on the extraordinary character at the centre of Roald Dahl’s most iconic and beloved children’s book, Wonka tells the wondrous story of how a young man becomes the world’s greatest inventor, magician, and chocolate-maker we know today. From the creative team of the Paddington films, and featuring an all-star cast, comes an irresistibly vivid and inventive big screen spectacle that introduces audiences to Timothée Chalamet as a young Willy Wonka.

Napoleon

IN CINEMAS 22 NOVEMBER

Director Ridley Scott / Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Ben Miles, Vanessa Kirby / Genre Action, Biography, Drama, History, War

Academy Award-winner Joaquin Phoenix stars as the infamous French Emperor in an original, personal, and epic look at Napoleon Bonaparte’s origins and his swift, ruthless climb to power, viewed through the prism of his addictive and often volatile relationship with his wife, Josephine, played by Vanessa Kirby. Ridley Scott’s historical war epic captures Napoleon’s famous battles, relentless ambition, and astounding strategic mind as an extraordinary military leader and war visionary.

Next Goal Wins

IN CINEMAS 26 DECEMBER

Director Taika Waititi / Starring Michael Fassbender, Oscar Kightley, Elisabeth Moss, Will Arnett / Genre Comedy, Sport

After their brutal 31-0 loss, the American Samoa team hires a maverick coach in the hopes that he’ll turn the world’s worst football team into winners in this heartfelt underdog comedy.

Anyone But You

IN CINEMAS 15 DECEMBER

WishIN CINEMAS 24 NOVEMBER

Directors Chris Buck, Fawn Veerasunthorn / Starring Ariana DeBose, Chris Pine, Alan Tudyk / Genre Animation, Adventure, Fantasy, Musical

Disney Animation’s all-new musical-comedy invites audiences to the fantastical land of Rosas, where Asha, a sharp-witted idealist, makes a wish that’s so powerful that it’s answered by a cosmic force: a little ball of boundless energy called Star. Together, Asha and Star, plus her beloved goat Valentino, confront the wicked ruler of Rosas, King Magnifico, to save her community and prove that when the will of one courageous human connects with the magic of the stars, wondrous thing can happen.

Director Will Gluck / Starring Sydney Sweeney, Glen Powell, Dermot Mulroney, Alexandra Shipp / Genre Comedy, Romance

When old college arch-nemeses reunite years after graduation for a destination wedding, they pretend to be a couple for their own personal reasons, but actually begin to fall in love for real.

Aquaman And The Lost Kingdom

IN CINEMAS 26 DECEMBER

Director James Wan / Starring Jason Momoa, Patrick Wilson, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Amber Heard / Genre Action, Sci-Fi

When an ancient power is unleashed, Arthur Curry aka Aquaman must forge an uneasy alliance with an unlikely ally to protect Atlantis, and the world, from irreversible devastation.

WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR

WORDS AARON POTTER

Wish

IN CINEMAS 24 NOVEMBER

Directors Chris Buck, Fawn Veerasunthorn / Starring Ariana DeBose, Chris Pine, Alan Tudyk / Genre Animation, Fantasy, Musical

Wishing upon a star isn’t as straightforward as it seems.

In the year that celebrates one-hundred years of Disney, the animation studio is still working its magic and spins a fantastical new tale that feels as fresh as anything we’ve seen from them before. Marrying traditional computer animation techniques with a mesmerising watercolour aesthetic, Wish has a truly otherworldly visual style that’s sure to capture audiences’ imagination in a whole new way, alongside the expected flurry of heartfelt characters and sweet songs.

At the heart of the story is Asha, a seventeen-year-old citizen of the Kingdom of Rosas who takes matters into her own hands after she senses a rising darkness.

Voiced by West Side Story’s Ariana DeBose, the headstrong girl soon gets more than she bargained for after wishing upon a star only to find the star itself has other plans and falls from the sky intent on granting everyone’s wish.

With a voice cast that also includes Disney Animation favourite Alan Tudyk – who adds another animal to his roster in following Hei Hei, Tuk Tuk, and Pico the toucan to voice Asha’s beloved pet goat Valentino –and Chris Pine, as Rosas’ evil ruler King Magnifico, this next adventure has all the makings of being the next animated modern classic you’d wish for.

Five Children And It

Adapted for both small and big screen several times, E. Nesbit’s beloved childhood novel introduces a moustachioed sand critter who grants wishes with a catch. The five children find It a constant source of fun… and frustration.

Big

Tom Hanks delivers a star turn as the twelve-year-old boy who one day wishes to be a grown up, only for it to come true the very next day. He quickly learns, however, that there’s more to being big than late nights and sweets for breakfast.

Aladdin

Easily the animated Disney classic with the most wishes throughout. Both Robin Williams and Will Smith tear up the screen as genies anyone would be happy to befriend.

After a mischievous star falls from the sky, a young girl must go the distance to protect her one and only wish.

WIN THE CREATOR SIGNED POSTER!

It’s man vs machine in a fight for the future in an original sci-fi motion picture event from Monsters, Godzilla, and Rogue One director Gareth Edwards and starring John David Washington and Gemma Chan.

Amidst a future war between the human race and the forces of artificial intelligence, Joshua, a hardened exspecial forces agent grieving the disappearance of his wife, is recruited to hunt down and kill the Creator, the elusive architect of advanced AI who has developed a mysterious weapon with the power to end the war… and mankind itself. Joshua and his team of elite operatives journey across enemy lines, into the dark heart of AI-occupied territory… only to discover the world-ending weapon he’s been instructed to destroy is an AI in the form of a young child.

September 28th. To celebrate the release of Gareth Edwards’ original, epic sci-fi thriller, we’re giving you the chance to win a poster signed by the director of the motion picture event.

Just answer the following question to enter:

Q What is AI an acronym for?

Visit www.onscreen.online/win or scan the QR code to enter.

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EVENT CINEMA

Madama Butterfly On The Lake

Thursday 7th September

EOS: Vermeer

Tuesday 12th September

Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake

Wednesday 13th & Saturday 16th September

ABBA: The Movie –Fan Event

Sunday 17th & Tuesday 19th September

ROH: Das Rheingold

Wednesday 20th & Sunday 24th September

Surprised By Oxford

Wednesday 27th September

Thursday 28th September

P ROH: L’Elisir d’Amore

Thursday 5th & Sunday 8th October

An Evening With Jonas Kaufmann

Thursday 12th October

EOS: Klimt & The Kiss

Monday 30th October

KEY: *Encores available at select cinema A P Annan

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