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• 2022
• US

• Directed by: James Wan
• Cast: Jason Momoa, Amber Heard, Patrick Wilson, Dolph Lundgren, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Temuera Morrison

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• 2018
• UK
• 1h 30min
• PG

• Directed by: Tom Cairns
• Cast: Simon Callow

One-man theatrical version of the classic Christmas story based on Dickens' own performance adaptation. Created by Simon Callow and director-designer Tom Cairns.

• 76%

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• 2023
• US
• 2h 10min

• Directed by: Michael Mann
• Cast: Adam Driver, Penélope Cruz, Shailene Woodley, Sarah Gadon, Gabriel Leone, Jack O'Connell, Patrick Dempsey

In 1957 Enzo Ferrari's car empire was in crisis as the ex-racer pushed himself and his drivers to the edge by entering the Mille Miglia, a 1,000-mile race across Italy.

• 66%
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• 2023
• Japan
• 2h 5min

• Directed by: Takashi Yamazaki
• Cast: Ryunosuke Kamiki, Minami Hamabe, Yuki Yamada, Munetaka Aoki

Returning the franchise to its roots, post-war Japan is at its lowest point when a new threat emerges in the form of a gigantic monster.

• 84%
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• 1992
• US
• 2h
• PG

• Directed by: Chris Columbus
• Written by: John Hughes
• Cast: Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern

Young Kevin McAllister is once again left alone for Christmas (this time in the Big Apple), with two crooks to contend with.

• 68%
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• 1946
• US
• 2h 9min
• U

• Directed by: Frank Capra
• Cast: James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, Henry Travers

Frank Capra’s 1946 Christmas Classic follows the tribulations of small town everyman George Bailey (James Stewart), who, at the end of his luck and deep in debt, contemplates suicide one snowy, bleak Christmas Eve. But when George wishes that he had never been born, his guardian angel Clarence (Henry Travers) takes a trip from the heavens to persuade him otherwise.

After a nightmarish journey through an alternative Bedford Falls, George realizes the difference he has made to the people around him, learning lessons of love, loyalty, and what it means to lead a wonderful life.

• 86%
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• 1992
• US
• 1h 25min
• U

• Directed by: Brian Henson
• Cast: Michael Caine, Steven Mackintosh, Dave Goelz, Jerry Nelson, Frank Oz, David Rudman, Steve Whitmire

It's Christmas time, and nasty old miser Scrooge (Caine) needs to be taught a lesson by three seasonal ghosts. Colourful version of Dickens' classic tale that will please the kids and keep the adults smiling with its little irreverent spices.

• 77%
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• 2024
• UK

• Directed by: Rupert Goold
• Cast: Joseph Fiennes

A new play by James Graham directed by Rupert Goold.

Joseph Fiennes (The Handmaid’s Tale) plays Gareth Southgate in James Graham’s (Sherwood) gripping examination of nation and game.

The country that gave the world football has since delivered a painful pattern of loss. Why can’t England’s men win at their own game?

With the worst track record for penalties in the world, Gareth Southgate knows he needs to open his mind and face up to the years of hurt, to take team and country back to the promised land.

Filmed live on stage at the National Theatre, Rupert Goold (Judy) directs this spectacular new play.

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• 2022
• 12A

• Directed by: Nicholas Hytner

The Book of Dust - La Belle Sauvage

By Philip Pullman, adapted by Bryony Lavery. Directed by Nicholas Hytner.

Set twelve years before the epic His Dark Materials trilogy, this gripping adaptation revisits Philip Pullman's fantastical world in which waters are rising and storms are brewing.

Two young people and their dæmons, with everything at stake, find themselves at the centre of a terrifying manhunt. In their care is a tiny child called Lyra Belacqua, and in that child lies the fate of the future. And as the waters rise around them, powerful adversaries conspire for mastery of Dust: salvation to some, the source of infinite corruption to others.

Eighteen years after his ground breaking production of His Dark Materials at the National Theatre, director Nicholas Hytner returns to Pullman's parallel universe. Broadcast live from London's Bridge Theatre.

Live Broadcast

BBFC: 12A

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• 2024
• UK
• 15

• Directed by: Sam Yates
• Cast: Andrew Scott

Adapted by Simon Stephens, after Anton Chekhov.

Directed by Sam Yates.

Designed by Rosanna Vize.

Andrew Scott (Fleabag) brings multiple characters to life in Simon Stephens’ (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time) radical new version of Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya.

Hopes, dreams, and regrets are thrust into sharp focus in this one-man adaptation which explores the complexities of human emotions.

Filmed live during its sold-out run in London’s West End, Vanya will be playing exclusively in cinemas in 2024.

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• 2023

• Directed by: Taika Waititi
• Cast: Michael Fassbender, Elisabeth Moss

Taika Waititi's adaptation of the documentary of the same name in which a Dutch football coach attempts the nearly impossible task of transforming the American Samoa team from perennial losers into winners.

• 65%
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• 2004
• US
• 1h 40min
• U

• Directed by: Robert Zemeckis
• Cast: Tom Hanks, Daryl Sabara, Nona Gaye, Jimmy Bennett, Eddie Deezen

A boy travels on a magical train bound for the North Pole and Santa Claus.

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• 2007
• 2h 18min
• 12A

• Directed by: Saul Swimmer

Fearless Freddie and his latex leotard run through all yer favourites with the boys from the band in this 1981 concert.

• 87%

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• 2024
• UK

Aigul Akmetshina and Vasilisa Berzhanskaya share the title role in Damiano Michieletto's sizzling new production of Bizet’s ever-popular opera. Co-production with Teatro Real, Madrid and La Scala, Milan.

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• 2024
• UK

The Royal Ballet celebrates the breadth of Principal Choreographer Kenneth MacMillan’s one-act ballets, Danses Concertantes, Different Drummer and Requiem.

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• 2024
• UK

Puccini’s devastating tragedy about a young geisha who falls in love with an American naval officer.

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• 2024
• UK
• 12A

Torn between her desire of a life of splendour and riches and her devotion to her true love Des Grieux, the feckless and capricious Manon pays the ultimate price.

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• 2024
• UK
• 12A

The iconic songs of Sting. The electrifying choreography of Kate Prince. This is a tale of hope.

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• 2024
• UK

• Directed by: Ann Yee and Natalie Abrahami

This poetic, contemporary new staging of Dvořák’s lyric fairy tale reveals our uneasy relationship with the natural world and humanity’s attempts to own and tame it.

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• 2024
• UK

Classical ballet's most powerful tale of love, treachery and forgiveness returns to the Royal Opera House stage.

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• 2023
• UK

The Royal Ballet

The Nutcracker ​

Running time 170 minutes (including one interval)

Join Clara at a delightful Christmas Eve party that becomes a magical adventure once everyone else is tucked up in bed. Marvel at the brilliance of Tchaikovsky’s score, as Clara and her enchanted Nutcracker fight the Mouse King and visit the Sugar Plum Fairy in the glittering Kingdom of Sweets. Peter Wright’s much-loved production for The Royal Ballet, with gorgeous period designs by Julia Trevelyan Oman, keeps true to the spirit of this festive ballet classic, combining the thrill of the fairy tale with spectacular dancing.

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• 2024
• UK

Shakespeare’s profound story of love and loss, artfully adapted into a contemporary three-act narrative ballet by Artistic Associate Christopher Wheeldon, returns to the Main Stage. A co-production between The Royal Ballet and the National Ballet of Canada.

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• 2022
• US
• 2h 7min
• 12A

• Directed by: Sean Anders, John Morris
• Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Will Ferrell, Octavia Spencer, Sunita Mani

Sing-along as Ryan Reynolds and Will Ferrell take on A Christmas Carol.

• 66%
• 55%

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• 1983
• US
• 1h 56min
• 15

• Directed by: John Landis
• Cast: Dan Aykroyd, Don Ameche, Eddie Murphy

A 'Prince and the Pauper' lifestyle-swapping comedy sparked by the dynamic presence of Murphy.

• 75%
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