ONSCREEN Magazine July/August 2023

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It’s really heating up this summer in a festival of cinema with a sensational lineup and headliners you won’t want to miss.

An unforgettable adventure awaits as Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, feat. an all-star cast, welcome you to Barbie Land in one of the biggest, brightest big-screen events of the year. Barbie shares the main stage with Christopher Nolan’s explosive biopic Oppenheimer, where Cillian Murphy and a band of big names tell the story of the man who made the atom bomb. But it’s not a case of which one will you choose to see, it’s which one will you choose first?!

There’s a trip to Element City in Disney and Pixar’s new family animation Elemental and a terrifying return to The Further in Insidious: The Red Door.

Cinema hero Tom Cruise is back in action again this summer as Ethan Hunt faces his deadliest Mission: Impossible yet. Plus, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles emerge from the sewers like never before in an allnew animated adventure and Gran Turismo brings the beloved PlayStation racer speeding into cinemas.

There’s a brand-new bug hero in DC’s Blue Beetle, spooky goings on as Disney open the doors to their Haunted Mansion, and a second helping of man vs shark madness as Jason Statham returns for Meg 2: The Trench.

There’s all of that and more in a stacked summer with something for everyone.

Lee

Editor

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.

The eyes have it! Name the eight famous faces that appear in an upcoming film. 1 3 7

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1. Margot Robbie / 2. Tom Cruise / 3. Cillian Murphy / 4. Patrick Wilson

5. Ryan Gosling / 6. Tiffany Haddish / 7. Denzel Washington / 8. Robert Downey Jr

BARBIE

IN CINEMAS 21 JULY

Director Greta Gerwig / Starring Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, Simu Liu / Genre Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

To live in Barbie Land is to be a perfect being in a perfect place. Unless you have a full-on existential crisis. Or you’re a Ken. Eccentric and individualistic, Barbie is exiled from Barbie Land because of her imperfections. When her home world is in peril, Barbie returns with the knowledge that what makes her different also makes her stronger in an extravagant fantasy adventure starring Oscar-nominees Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling as Barbie and Ken.

From Oscar-nominated writer-director Greta Gerwig, Barbie boasts a spectacular cast as Robbie and Gosling are joined by America Ferrera, Kate McKinnon, Michael Cera, Ariana Greenblatt, Issa Rae, Rhea Perlman, Will Ferrell, Ana Cruz Kayne, Emma Mackey, Hari Nef, Alexandra Shipp, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Simu Liu, Ncuti Gatwa, Scott Evans, Jamie Demetriou, Connor Swindells, Sharon Rooney, Nicola Coughlan, Ritu Arya, Dua Lipa, Helen Mirren, and more!

Elemental

IN CINEMAS 7 JULY

Director Peter Sohn / Starring Leah Lewis, Mamoudou Athie / Genre Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

In Element City, where Fire, Water, Earth, and Air residents live together, a fiery young woman and a go-with-the-flow guy are about to discover something elemental: how much they actually have in common. Disney and Pixar’s all-new, original animated feature film introduces tough, quick-witted Ember Lumen, whose unlikely new friendship with the fun, sappy Wade Ripple challenges her beliefs about the world they live in. Take a trip to Element City, a modern metropolis inspired by big cities around the globe and embracing contributions from each community: such as giant pine-tree-like buildings, waterfall skyscrapers, and a tornado-shaped arena.

SHE’S EVERYTHING. HE’S JUST KEN.

THE WORLD FOREVER CHANGES

OPPENHEIMER

IN CINEMAS 21 JULY

Director Christopher Nolan / Starring Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Robert Downey Jr, Matt Damon, Florence Pugh, Kenneth Branagh, Rami Malek, Alden Ehrenreich, Josh Hartnett, Dane DeHaan / Genre Biography, Drama, History

Acclaimed writer-director Christopher Nolan returns with an epic, IMAX-shot thriller that thrusts audiences into the pulse-pounding paradox of the enigmatic man who must risk destroying the world in order to save it.

Cillian Murphy stars as J. Robert Oppenheimer and Emily Blunt as his wife, biologist and botanist Katherine “Kitty” Oppenheimer. Matt Damon portrays General Leslie Groves Jr, the director of the Manhattan Project, and Robert Downey Jr plays Lewis Strauss, a founding commissioner of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. Florence Pugh plays psychiatrist Jean Tatlock, Benny Safdie plays theoretical physicist Edward Teller, Michael Angarano plays Robert Serber, and Josh Hartnett plays pioneering American nuclear scientist Ernest Lawrence.

Oppenheimer also stars Rami Malek and reunites Nolan with Kenneth Branagh, with Dane DeHaan, Dylan Arnold, David Krumholtz, Alden Ehrenreich, and Matthew Modine completing the incredible ensemble cast for the epic based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book American Prometheus: The Triumph And Tragedy Of J. Robert Oppenheimer.

Meg 2: The Trench

IN CINEMAS 4 AUGUST

Director Ben Wheatley / Starring Jason Statham, Wu Jing, Cliff Curtis, Sophia Kai, Page Kennedy, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Skyler Samuels, Kiran Sonia Sawar / Genre Action, Adventure, Horror, Thriller

Get ready to sink your teeth into the ultimate adrenaline rush this summer in Meg 2: The Trench, a literally larger-than-life thrill ride that supersizes the original 2018 blockbuster and takes the action to higher heights and even greater depths with multiple massive Megs and so much more! Dive into uncharted waters with Jason Statham and global action icon Wu Jing as they lead a daring research team on an exploratory dive into the deepest depths of the ocean. Their voyage spirals into chaos when a malevolent mining operation threatens their mission and forces them into a high-stakes battle for survival. Pitted against colossal Megs, new creatures, and relentless environmental plunderers, our heroes must outrun, outsmart, and outswim their merciless predators in a pulse-pounding race against time. Immerse yourself in the most electrifying cinematic experience of the year with Meg 2: The Trench –where the depths of the ocean are matched only by the heights of sheer, unstoppable excitement!

Blue Beetle

IN CINEMAS 18 AUGUST

Director Angel Manuel Soto / Starring

Xolo Maridueña, Susan Sarandon, Harvey Guillén / Genre Action, Sci-Fi

Recent college graduate Jaime Reyes returns home full of aspirations for his future, only to find that home is not quite as he left it. As he searches for his purpose in the world, fate intervenes when he finds an ancient relic of alien biotechnology that chooses him as its symbiotic host. Now bestowed with incredible and unpredictable powers, his destiny is forever changed as he becomes the superhero Blue Beetle.

Gran Turismo

IN CINEMAS 11 AUGUST

Director Neill Blomkamp / Starring

David Harbour, Orlando Bloom, Archie Madekwe / Genre Action, Drama, Sport

Based on the PlayStation game and the true story of an impossible dream, the film depicts the ultimate wish fulfilment tale of Jann Mardenborough, a teenage gamer whose skills wins a series of Nissan competitions to become an actual professional racecar driver. From the director of District 9, Gran Turismo stars David Harbour, Orlando Bloom, Archie Madekwe, Darren Barnet, Geri Halliwell Horner, and Djimon Hounsou.

Haunted Mansion

IN CINEMAS 11 AUGUST

Director Justin Simien / Starring

Rosario Dawson, Owen Wilson, Danny DeVito / Genre Family, Horror

In search of a fresh start, a single mother and her nine-year-old son move into a strangely affordable mansion only to discover that their new home is much more than they bargained for. Desperate for help, they enlist a motley crew of so-called spiritual experts to help rid their home of supernatural squatters in this spooky family adventure inspired by Disney’s classic theme park ride.

Mission: Impossible –Dead Reckoning Part One

IN CINEMAS 11 JULY

Director Christopher McQuarrie / Starring Tom Cruise, Simon Pegg, Ving Rhames, Rebecca Ferguson, Vanessa Kirby, Pom Klementieff, Hayley Atwell / Genre Action, Adventure, Thriller

In the first part of the Mission: Impossible franchise’s seventh chapter, Ethan Hunt and his IMF team embark on their most dangerous mission yet: to track down a terrifying new weapon that threatens all of humanity before it falls into the wrong hands. With the fate of the world at stake, and dark forces from Ethan’s past closing in, a deadly race around the globe begins. Confronted by a mysterious, all-powerful enemy, Ethan is forced to consider that nothing can matter more than his mission – not even the lives of those he cares about most.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

IN CINEMAS 31 JULY

Directors Jeff Rowe, Kyler Spears / Starring Seth Rogen, Rose Byrne, John Cena, Paul Rudd, Giancarlo Esposito, Jackie Chan / Genre Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

From permanent teenager Seth Rogen, a new generation of heroes will rise from the sewers in an animated action adventure that boasts an all-star ensemble voice cast. After years of being sheltered from the human world, the Turtle brothers set out to win the hearts of New Yorkers and be accepted as normal teenagers through heroic acts. Their new friend April O’Neil helps them take on a mysterious crime syndicate, but they soon get in over their heads when an army of mutants is unleashed upon them.

FACE YOUR DEMONS

INSIDIOUS: THE RED DOOR

IN CINEMAS 7 JULY

Director Patrick Wilson / Starring Ty Simpkins, Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Andrew Astor, Juliana Davies, Hiam Abbass, Lin Shaye / Genre Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Josh Lambert drops his son Dalton off at an idyllic university, but Dalton’s college dream becomes a nightmare when the repressed demons of his past return to haunt them both. To put their demons to rest once and for all, Josh and Dalton must go deeper into The Further than ever before, facing their family’s dark past and a host of new and more horrifying terrors that lurk behind the red door. Patrick Wilson, also making his directorial debut, returns alongside other members of the original Insidious cast – Ty Simpkins, Rose Byrne, Andrew Astor, and Lin Shaye – for the final chilling chapter of the Lambert family’s terrifying saga.

Seize Them!

IN CINEMAS 18 AUGUST

Aimee Lou Wood and Nicola Coughlan lead an all-star cast in a comedy set during the Dark Ages that follows Queen Dagan who, after being toppled by a revolution led by Humble Joan, sets out to reclaim her throne.

Dracula: Voyage Of The Demeter

IN CINEMAS 18 AUGUST

Strange events befall the merchant ship Demeter, which is chartered to carry mysterious private cargo – fifty unmarked wooden crates – from Carpathia to London. Stalked each night by a merciless presence on board the ship, the doomed crew attempt to survive the ocean voyage in this terrifying tale based on a single chilling chapter from Bram Stoker’s classic horror novel Dracula.

Cobweb

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Eight-year-old Peter is plagued by a mysterious, constant tap, tap from inside his bedroom wall – a tapping that his parents insist is all in 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?

Joy Ride

IN CINEMAS 4 AUGUST

Director Adele Lim / Starring Ashley Park, Sherry Cola, Stephanie Hsu, Sabrina Wu / Genre Adventure, Comedy

From the co-screenwriter of Crazy Rich Asians comes a hilarious and unapologetically explicit story of identity and self-discovery. Four unlikely friends embark on a once-in-a-lifetime international adventure and their noholds-barred, epic experience becomes a journey of bonding, friendship, belonging, and wild debauchery that reveals the universal truth of what it means to know and love who you are.

Talk To Me IN CINEMAS 28 JULY

Directors Danny Philippou, Michael Philippou / Starring Sophie Wilde, Alexandra Jensen / Genre Horror, Thriller

When a group of friends discover that they can conjure spirits using an embalmed hand, they become hooked on the new thrill, until one of them goes too far and unleashes terrifying supernatural forces upon them all. The debut film from YouTubers-turneddirectors the Philippou Brothers is one of the year’s most hotly-anticipated horrors and stars Sophie Wilde, Alexandra Jensen, Joe Bird, and Miranda Otto.

Theater Camp

IN CINEMAS 25 AUGUST

Directors Nick Lieberman, Molly Gordon / Starring Jimmy Tatro, Ben Platt, Molly Gordon / Genre Comedy

Tony Award-winner Ben Platt and Molly Gordon star as Amos and Rebecca-Diane, two lifelong best friends and drama instructors at a rundown theatre camp in upstate New York. When clueless tech-bro Troy arrives to run the property, the duo band together with the staff and students to stage the masterpiece they need to keep their beloved, but failing summer camp in business.

JUSTICE HAS NO BORDERS

The Equalizer 3 IN CINEMAS 1 SEPTEMBER

Director Antoine Fuqua / Starring Denzel Washington, Dakota Fanning, David Denman, Sonia Ben Ammar, Remo Girone, Andrea Dodero, Gaia Scodellaro / 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 lethal 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 justice to his hometown in 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 his new friends are under the control of local crime bosses. As events turn deadly, McCall knows what he has to do: become his friends’ protector by taking on the mafia.

BAD TO THE BONE

Strays IN CINEMAS 18 AUGUST

Director Josh Greenbaum / Starring Will Ferrell, Jamie Foxx, Will Forte, Isla Fisher, Randall Park, Josh Gad, Sofía Vergara, Harvey Guillén / Genre Adventure, Comedy

They say a dog is a man’s best friend, but what if the man is a total dirtbag? In that case, it might be time for some sweet revenge, doggy style. After being abandoned by his lowlife owner, naïve, relentlessly optimistic Border Terrier, Reggie, falls in with a fast-talking, foul-mouthed Boston Terrier named Bug. Together, the strays hatch a plan and embark on an epic adventure to help Reggie find his way home… and make his owner pay by biting off the appendage he loves the most. Will Ferrell and Jamie Foxx lead a powerhouse comedic cast in this hilarious, R-rated, all-star subversion of the dog movies we know and love.

HEROES IN A HALF SHELL

Crawling from the ooze to save New York from a menagerie of mutants and still finding time to grab a slice, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are back and better than ever in an all-star animated adventure.

WORDS ROBB SHEPPARD

Jackie ChaN

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

IN CINEMAS 31 JULY

Directors Jeff Rowe, Kyler Spears / Starring Jackie Chan, Seth Rogen, John Cena, Rose Byrne, Paul Rudd / Genre Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

A passion project from the mind of self-proclaimed permanent teenager Seth Rogen looks set to be the most faithful version of the cool, crude, party dudes to ever hit cinema screens. That means you can expect bodypopping, shuriken-throwing, and lots of laugh-out-loud moments, all whilst our heroes save their city from certain doom. Cowabunga!

Instead of going down the welltrodden live-action route, directors Jeff Rowe and Kyler Spears, of

The Mitchells Vs The Machines fame, treat us to an astonishingly striking, Spider-Verse style of animation that feels like you’re watching a moving, living, breathing comic book.

It’s also the first time that the teenage turtles have been voiced by actual teenagers, too! Shamon Brown Jr, Nicolas Cantu, Brady Noon, and Micah Abbey lend their voices to the bodacious brothers Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael, and Donatello, giving the film a youthful energy and enthusiasm that made the turtles’ name back in the nineties.

Throw in Jackie Chan as radical rat Master Splinter, Seth Rogen and John Cena as baddies Bebop and Rocksteady, and other well-known names voicing comic book favourites and this feels like the TMNT film that fans have been waiting a lifetime for. Turtle Power!

John Cena

You can’t see him, but you certainly hear the wrestling legend as the voice of rockhard Rhino, Rocksteady.

Paul Rudd

This forever-young fellow permanent teenager and Prince of Hollywood voices Mondo Gecko, the super-radical, skate-boarding, metal-loving leopard gecko.

THAT'S NOT ALL!

There’s Ayo Edebiri as April O’Neil, Rose Byrne as Leatherhead, Maya Rudolph as Cynthia Utrom, Ice Cube as Superfly, Hannibal Buress as Genghis Frog, Post Malone as Ray Fillet, and Giancarlo Esposito as Baxter Stockman.

Master Splinter is a highly skilled ninja, wise sensei, and adoptive father to the turtles. Who better to voice him than the martial arts living legend himself?

PRETTY IN PINK

Welcome

Barbie

IN CINEMAS 21 JULY

Director Greta Gerwig / Starring

Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling / Genre Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

Barbie Land seems like the perfect place to be. It’s a pink and vibrant world that looks flawless on the surface, but open the doors to even the prettiest dream house and you might uncover its true colours within. When one particular Barbie reveals her imperfections, she finds herself exiled from her fantastic plastic life and forced to fend for herself in the real, human world.

But she won’t be going alone. Where there’s a Barbie, there’s always a Ken, though they’re normally sold separately. In this fantasy adventure, this unique Barbie sets out on her defining journey of self-discovery and one of the most handsome Kens in Barbie Land follows close behind as he tries to prove there’s more to him than looks.

Lady Bird and Little Women director Greta Gerwig and fellow Academy Award-nominee Noah Baumbach bring a fresh take on the timeless toy that’s adored by generations. Margot Robbie trades Harley Quinn’s hot pants and hammer for a handbag and even brighter hot pants to star as Barbie, with Ryan Gosling and Shang-Chi’s Simu Liu leading the supporting cast of Kens who seek the Barbies’ approval. Will Ferrell, Michael Cera, and Sex Education star and Robbie lookalike Emma Mackey also feature in an exciting ensemble cast starring in this colourful film that brings Mattel’s global phenomenon to the big screen like never before.

Tour Guide Barbie

In the aisles of Al’s Toy Barn, our heroes of Pixar’s Toy Story 2 find a friend in the form of a fast-talking doll who helps their search for Woody.

Barbie As Rapunzel

Before Disney’s take on the princess with exceptionally long hair, Barbie starred in a Rapunzel story that sees her locked in a tower with a magical hairbrush that can paint portals.

Barbie In The Nutcracker

The Christmas classic became a Barbie animation where the famous fashionista dresses up as Clara, a girl who seeks the Sugarplum Princess to undo a shrinking spell.

to Barbie Land, a place that’s meant to be perfect. But as one doll discovers, everything isn’t as awesome as it seems, so she sets out to find a place where she belongs in this glamorous toy story.

WORDS ADAM MATULEWICZ

OPPOSITES ATTRACT

In a sprawling metropolis where four very-different elements co-exist, a fiery girl and go-with-the-flow guy find out that opposites can really attract in the new Disney and Pixar animation.

WORDS JIM ROBERTS

Elemental

IN CINEMAS 7 JULY

Director Peter Sohn / Starring Leah Lewis, Mamoudou Athie / Genre Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi

She’s Ember Lumen. He’s Wade Ripple. Fire and Water – they’re the unlikeliest of pairs on paper, but these opposing elements, brought together by chance, will discover that they’ve actually got a lot more in common than they realise.

Elemental is drawn from the personal experience of its director Peter Sohn, famous for bringing as many smiles as broken hearts with The Good Dinosaur and voicing Lightyear’s family favourite feline, Sox. The son of Korean parents, who emigrated to New York before he was born, Sohn’s childhood as something of an outsider learning to find his place is the inspiration for an original story set in a fantastical, visuallystunning world where Fire, Water, Earth, and Air all live together.

Water

The founding element of a city that runs on Water, not only via floating boat trains! Wade and his fellow Water residents appear as bubbly human-like beings.

Earth

The harmony between Water and Earth creates a place where walking-talking pot plants, humanoid hedges, and cacti can thrive.

Element City showcases Pixar’s trademark animation as well as its imaginative, emotional, and universal storytelling as Sohn reunites with The Good Dinosaur producer Denise Ream and teams up with Finding

Nemo composer Thomas Newman and Turning Red creative consultant Brenda Hseuh, who writes the screenplay, to create a film that’s sure to get a positive reaction from every fun-loving family.

In a world where opposites can’t help but react, can Ember and Wade find a way to ignite the spark that saw them attract… and avoid the risk that things could combust?

Air

It’s a cool place for cloud people, too. It’s clear to see their design expands on the concept from Peter Sohn’s short Partly Cloudy.

FIRE

Being the last to arrive makes it hard to fit in, especially when you’re a living flame and have a spirit as fiery as Ember’s.

GAMER TO RACER

An impossible dream becomes reality in a high-octane thrill ride based on the popular PlayStation game and the true story of a gamer-turned-racer.

WORDS AARON POTTER

Gran Turismo

IN CINEMAS 11 AUGUST

Director Neill Blomkamp / Starring

Archie Madekwe, David Harbour, Orlando Bloom, Djimon Hounsou, Geri Halliwell Horner / Genre Action

After gaining success with onscreen adaptations of Uncharted and The Last Of Us, the next PlayStation game to get the cinematic treatment is one of their most famous. Inspired by the incredible true story of gamer-turned-real-racer Jann Mardenborough, who in 2011 beat ninety-thousand other GT Academy entrants to compete for Nissan in the Dubai 24 Hour race, director Neill Blomkamp invites

audiences to witness the rise of an unlikely champion... from bedroom to pole position.

Relative newcomer Archie Madekwe stars as Mardenborough and he’s joined by Orlando Bloom as Nissan executive Danny Moore and David Harbour as no-nonsense racing coach Jack Salter, who both play a huge role in making his impossible dream come true. Thrust behind the wheel of a racecar, Mardenborough quickly learns that taking to the track in real life is anything but a game, and he’ll need to work hard if he’s to compete with the world’s best drivers.

Gran Turismo marks the District 9 director’s first major Hollywood film for eight years, but his proven track record for action spectacle sets expectations high as he puts pedal to the metal to bring one of the world’s most beloved racing simulators to the big screen.

RACING: IT’S NO GAME

Need For Speed

Another popular racing game series gets the big screen treatment with Breaking Bad’s Aaron Paul in the driving seat. Though it isn’t quite Fast & Furious, this cross-country journey for revenge isn’t short of thrills.

Ready Player One

No iconic movie vehicle is safe in the opening race that kicks off Spielberg’s bold translation of Ernest Cline’s gamingcentric novel. The Tron Lightcycle, DMC DeLorean, and Shotaro Kaneda’s brightred bike from Akira all feature.

The Super Mario

Bros. Movie

Many fans’ favourite moment from the biggest animated film of the year so far is the Rainbow Road sequence, where Mario and friends select their karts and battle-race back to the Mushroom Kingdom with Bowser in hot pursuit.

ONLY IN CINEMAS 11 AUGUST

A REAL HERO

Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One

IN CINEMAS 11 JULY

Director Christopher McQuarrie / Starring Tom Cruise, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson / Genre Action

Hot on the heels of blowing up the box office and saving cinema with Top Gun: Maverick, Tom Cruise is back in action and teaming up with Christopher McQuarrie for their third Mission: Impossible.

Both have already made clear intentions to amp things up even higher than Fallout by taking to the streets of Italy, the UK, and other locations around the world to achieve new levels of action filmmaking.

How do you go bigger than scaling the tallest building in the world, holding onto the outside of a plane during take-off, or HALO-jumping from twenty-five thousand feet up? Well, with one of the most dangerous stunts in cinema history. While plot details remain strictly confidential, we know that the mission to stop a terrifying new weapon from falling into the wrong hands will

be Ethan Hunt’s most dangerous mission yet and centre on his most death-defying stunt yet. Among its epic set pieces, one sees Ethan ride a motorcycle to base jump off of a cliff, wingsuit eye-wateringly close to its face, before parachuting to safety. Achieving the perfect shot took six takes, proving nobody is more dedicated than Cruise to delivering the white-knuckle action that keeps you on the edge of your seat.

Alongside returning series stalwarts Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, and Ving Rhames are Fallout’s Vanessa Kirby and newcomers Pom Klementieff and Hayley Atwell, the latter of which McQuarrie describes as a destructive force of nature. Has Ethan finally met his match? We would say it’s impossible, but he doesn’t know the meaning of the word.

Terminator 2: Judgement Day

Harley Davidsons have never looked cooler than when Arnold Schwarzenegger uses one to catch up with John Connor as he’s being pursued by Robert Patrick’s menacing T-1000. Arnie’s model is old, but not obsolete.

The Matrix Reloaded

The midpoint of the second Matrix movie culminates in a thrilling motorcycle chase sequence on a highway, where Trinity bobs and weaves in between traffic at insane speed to outrun agents and save The Keymaker..

TheDarkKnight

In the wake of Solomon Lane’s reign of terror, Ethan Hunt and the rest of the IMF team return to face the ghosts of their past in the first part of the explosive, globe-trotting seventh chapter.

WORDS AARON POTTER

Justwhenyouthought nothingcouldtopthe Tumblersequence fromBatmanBegins, ChristopherNolanequips ChristianBale’scaped crusaderwithaBatpod that’sgotanotherworldly levelofmanoeuvrability towipethesmilefrom Joker’sface.

ONE-MAN ARMY

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

Haunted Mansion

IN CINEMAS 11 AUGUST

Director Justin Simien / Starring

Rosario Dawson, Owen Wilson, Danny DeVito, LaKeith Stanfield / Genre Comedy, Family, Horror

When single mother Gabbie and her son Travis move into an old and dingy mansion, things go about as well as anyone who’s heard a scary story would expect. All manner of ghosts and ghouls appear to inhabit the walls and dark corners of the building. As the haunts continue, Gabbie decides enough is enough. But to rid these horrors from her new home, she’s going to need some help.

Rosario Dawson stars as Gabbie, and those who answer her call are Owen Wilson’s overly enthusiastic priest, Danny DeVito’s grumpy history teacher, Tiffany Haddish’s strongwilled psychic, and

LaKeith Stanfield’s sceptical tour guide. Can this motley crew of so-called experts work together to exorcise the mansion?

That’s already an enticing cast, but even more characters from the Disney attraction come to the screen with Jamie Lee Curtis’s Madame Leota and Jared Leto’s Hatbox Ghost completing the all-star ensemble.

There’s far less concern about the expertise of the team behind the scenes as the film comes from the co-producer of The LEGO Movies and the writer of The Heat and the Ghostbusters reboot. With the creator of Dear White People at the helm, too, you’re guaranteed a good time when you dare to get in line for this spine-chilling, yet light-hearted experience that’s frightful fun for all the family.

A Ghostly Tour

Get an idea of what to expect from Haunted Mansion with our guide to the attraction it’s based on. While the ride differs slightly at each park, its core theme remains the same. You begin in a large room that starts to stretch as a mysterious voice beckons you down and gives you a simple task: escape. Seated in a two-person Doom Buggy, you embark on a whistle-stop tour through every classic horror trope in the book. Whether it’s spirits, the undead, floating candles, pianos that play themselves, or eerie animals, Disney’s Haunted Mansion has it all. If the ride is a “must do” at any Disneyland, then the film is definitely a must see.

As if the ride wasn’t scary enough! Buckle up and try not cover your eyes, you won’t want to miss a moment of Disney’s spooktacular take on their famous theme park ride.

WORDS LUKE CROUCHER

THERE ARE SOME 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 one of his bros is kidnapped by a pair of nefarious pop star villains, Branch and Poppy embark on a harrowing and emotional journey to reunite the other brothers and rescue Floyd from a fate worse than pop-culture obscurity.

Get ready for an action-packed, all-star, rainbow-coloured family reunion like no other as Anna Kendrick, Justin Timberlake, and more favourites return for the new chapter in DreamWorks Animation’s blockbuster 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 franchise characters.

A Haunting In Venice

IN CINEMAS 15 SEPTEMBER

Director Kenneth Branagh / Starring Kenneth Branagh, Michelle Yeoh, Jamie Dornan, Tina Fey, Camille Cottin / Genre Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Celebrated sleuth Hercule Poirot returns in an adaptation of Agatha Christie’s Hallowe’en Party that reunites the team behind Murder On The Orient Express and Death On The Nile. 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, Hercule 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.

Killers Of The Flower Moon

IN CINEMAS 20 OCTOBER

Director Martin Scorsese / Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Lily Gladstone, Robert De Niro / Genre Crime, History, Thriller

Set in 1920s Oklahoma, the epic crime thriller depicts the serial murders of members of the oil-wealthy Osage Nation, a string of brutal crimes that came to be known as the Reign of Terror. Directed and co-written by Martin Scorsese, Killers Of The Flower Moon is based on David Grann’s best-selling book and stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Lily Gladstone, Jesse Plemons, Cara Jade Myers, JaNae Collins, Jillian Dion, and Tantoo Cardinal.

Poor Things

IN CINEMAS 8 SEPTEMBER

Director Yorgos Lanthimos / Starring Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe, Mark Ruffalo, Margaret Qualley / Genre Romance, Sci-Fi

From the director of The Favourite comes the incredible tale and fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter, a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr Godwin Baxter. Under Baxter’s protection, Bella is eager to learn. Hungry for the worldliness she is lacking, Bella runs off with a slick and debauched lawyer on a whirlwind adventure across the continents. Free from the prejudices of her times, Bella grows steadfast in her stand for equality and liberation.

The Nun II

IN CINEMAS 8 SEPTEMBER

Director Michael Chaves / Starring Taissa Farmiga, Storm Reid, Anna Popplewell, Bonnie Aarons / Genre Horror, Thriller

Moving The Conjuring origin story four years on, the Vatican’s investigation into a string of sinister killings brings Sister Irene, now a fully-ordained nun, face to face with the demon Valak.

Kraven The Hunter

My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3

IN CINEMAS 8 SEPTEMBER

Director Nia Vardalos / Starring Nia Vardalos, John Corbett, Lainie Kazan / Genre Comedy, Romance

Worldwide phenomenon My Big Fat Greek Wedding is coming back to cinemas with a new adventure. Join the Portokalos family as they 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 in the third chapter that also brings John Corbett, Andrea Martin, Louis Mandylor, Maria Vacratsis, Elena Kampouris, Gia Carides, and Joey Fatone back to their roles. Elias Kacavas and Melina Kotselou complete the exciting ensemble for the unmissable big-screen event. Opa!

IN CINEMAS 6 OCTOBER

Director J.C. Chandor / Starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Russell Crowe, Ariana DeBose / Genre Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Sony’s Spider-Man Universe expands as another classic Marvel antihero makes his cinema debut in a violent action-adventure with Aaron Taylor-Johnson starring as Kraven The Hunter.

The Exorcist: Believer

IN CINEMAS 13 OCTOBER

Director David Gordon Green / Starring Leslie Odom Jr, Ellen Burstyn, Ann Dowd, Lidya Jewett, E.J. Bonilla / Genre Horror

Ellen Burstyn reprises her role as Chris MacNeil in a sequel to the legendary 1973 horror where the parents of two possessed children seek the help of someone who’s seen the terror before.

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Trolls Band Together

IN CINEMAS 20 OCTOBER

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

Third time’s a charm for the king and queen of the Pop Trolls in Trolls Band Together, where love, laughter, music, and an unlikely reunion is in the air.

The good news is that Poppy and Branch have finally made their flirtatious relationship official, but the celebrations are dampened by the shocking surprise that Branch’s brother and former bandmate has been kidnapped by a new threat. Boyband phenomenon BroZone can’t reform without all of its bros, you see, so the pressure’s on to rescue him back.

A new musical outfit means new cast members, and filling out the BroZone ranks are Eric André, Kid Cudi, Troye Sivan, and Daveed Diggs. They join returning headliners Anna Kendrick and Justin Timberlake, who embark on a mission to track down the missing brother and save him from the clutches of villainous pair Velvet and Veneer, voiced by Amy Schumer and Andrew Rannells.

Zooey Deschanel, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, and Kenan Thompson return as fan-favourites, with pop superstar Camila Cabello and drag icon RuPaul among more exciting newcomers joining the fun.

Of course, it wouldn’t be a Trolls movie without a banging karaoke soundtrack, so expect to be humming along to a setlist that includes We Are Family, Stayin’ Alive, and more hits when the Trolls make their bright, glittering, rainbowcoloured return to the big screen.

Mamma Mia!

The original jukebox musical translated to screen is full of so many toe-tapping hits from ABBA’s untouchable back catalogue that it can be hard to keep up. Reports of cinema attendees getting up on their feet was unheard of before, and since.

Pitch Perfect

No teenage girl could look at a set of cups the same way again after watching Pitch Perfect. Another excuse for Anna Kendrick to show she can sing as well as act, the Barden Bellas own every track they sing in wonderful acapella.

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Sing

Featuring songs from a wealth of different musical artists, Taron Egerton, Scarlett Johansson, and Reese Witherspoon are among the Hollywood A-listers who get to test the range of their pipes in this story of misfit animals coming together to put on a show.

Now finally a couple, Poppy and Branch set out to reunite a beloved boyband in a new musical, multi-coloured adventure.

WIN ELEMENTAL PRIZES!

In a city where Fire, Water, Earth, and Air residents live together, a fiery young woman and a go-with-the-flow guy are about to discover something elemental: how much they actually have in common.

Disney and Pixar’s all-new, original animated feature film introduces tough, quick-witted Ember Lumen, whose unlikely new friendship with the fun, sappy Wade Ripple challenges her beliefs about the world they live in. Take a trip to Element City – a spectacular metropolis inspired by big cities around the globe and embracing contributions from each community: such as giant pine-tree-like buildings, waterfall skyscrapers, and a tornado-shaped arena – for a fun, moving, and deeply human story about the strength of connection.

All aboard for Element City! As you meet Ember and Wade and see opposites react in Disney and Pixar’s Elemental, only in cinemas July 7th, we’re giving you the chance to win prizes from the animated adventure.

Just answer the following question to enter:

Q Which element does NOT live in Element City?

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Oklahoma! Starring Hugh Jackman

Sunday 16th & Wednesday 19th July

The magic of musical theatre is coming to cinemas with the National Theatre’s acclaimed, Olivier Award-winning production of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!

Directed by Trevor Nunn and starring then-newcomer Hugh Jackman, alongside Maureen Lipman, Josefina Gabrielle, and Shuler Hensley, this riveting stage production was filmed during its record-breaking 1998 run in London.

André Rieu: Love Is All Around

Sunday 27th August

The King of the Waltz invites you to his all-new cinema concert from his beautiful hometown of Maastricht! André Rieu will again stage his glorious annual summer event in the iconic Vrijthof Square. The concert will be a musical feast with heartwarming pieces covering classics, popular sing-alongs, and delightful waltzes that make you want to dance and feel that Love Is All Around!

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