WORTH A LOOK?: *****
WHERE: Picturehouse Central
WHEN: 26/9
FILM OUT: 28/9
‘It’s been described as an olive branch from the weirdos to the closet weirdos,’ says Daniel Radcliffe, talking about his new film Swiss Army Man which we’ve just seen.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
OUT: now
Given that 2001’s Bridget Jones’s Diary earned its star one of her three Oscar nominations and both it and its sequel made over $250 million each, it seems odd that we’ve had to wait quite so long for this, the third film.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
Out in the UK: 22/1
A film about subprime loans and how a hedge fund manager (played by Christian Bale pictured) predicted the money market collapse directed by the brains behind Anchorman doesn’t sound especially Oscar-friendly.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHEN: Out in the UK 8/1/16
When a prisoner played by Jennifer Jason Leigh is punched in the face by her captor (Kurt Russell) early on here it seems to confirm the worst fears about director Quentin Tarantino: his films are too violent and potentially misogynistic.
WORTH A LOOK?: ***1/2
OUT: 1/1/16
British director Tom Hooper’s last two films – The King’s Speech and Les Miserables – won seven Oscars between them and so hopes are high for this, the story of one of the first recipients of sex reassignment surgery.
WORTH A LOOK?: *****
WHERE: Greenwich Picturehouse
WHEN: 17/12
Are you a fan of the original Star Wars trilogy? This seventh film in the series builds on the best bits of those and gives you everything you could ever wish for.
WORTH A LOOK?: *****
WHERE: Greenwich Picturehouse
WHEN: 16/11
It is hard to imagine characters more different for Dame Maggie Smith to play than Downton Abbey‘s Countess of Grantham and the titular Lady In The Van here.
WORTH A LOOK?: *****
WHEN: Screening nationwide from 2/10
#BestGameOfThronesEpisodeEver? Obvs – yet more beautifully shot and with greater poetry.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHERE: BFI
WHEN: 20/8 opens 28/8
Writer/director Andrew Haigh (Greek Pete, Weekend, Looking) tells us the BFI is his favourite cinema and that he used to work here as an usher.
WORTH A LOOK: ****1/2
WHERE: BFI
WHEN: 27/7/15
Rian Johnson wrote and directed 2012 Bruce Willis time travel action ride Looper and will do the same for Star Wars Episode VIII, the one to follow The Force Awakens out 18/12/15.
