Vue Merthyr Tydfil

• 2020
• 1h
• U

• Directed by: Declan Doyle
• Cast: Rafferty Railton, David Threlfall, Eve Bentley

Bing, Flop, Sula and Sula's cousin Nicky open presents and tell festive stories. Also includes the episodes 'Leaf Pictures', 'Face Paint' and 'Puppet Show'.

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• 2003
• US
• 1h 36min
• PG

• Directed by: Jon Favreau
• Written by: David Berenbaum
• Cast: Will Ferrell, Bob Newhart, Ed Asner, James Caan, Zooey Deschanel, Mary Steenburgen

Buddy (Ferrell) is a big Elf who, though accepted in his Elvish community at the North Pole, manages to wreak havoc on a daily basis. Fed up and confused by his charge, Papa Elf (Bob Newhart) sends him to the US in search of his true identity. Hilarious and puerile Yuletide comedy.

• 71%
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• 2023
• Japan
• 2h 5min
• 12A

• 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.

• 85%
• 79%

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• 1990
• US
• 1h 43min
• PG

• Directed by: Chris Columbus
• Written by: John Hughes
• Cast: Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, John Heard, Catherine O'Hara

An alternative Christmas treat chosen by you. When Kevin is accidently left Home Alone he is forced to protect his house from a pair of bungling burglars.

Peter and Kate McCallister (Heard and O'Hara) have an eight-year-old brat and wisely – albeit accidentally – leave him behind in Chicago when they go on holiday to Paris. Left to his own devices young Kevin (Culkin) has to deal with two bungling burglars (Pesci and Stern) who threaten to invade his peaceful haven. Jolly, if sadistic, scare-comedy antics produced by teen flick veteran John Hughes.

• 77%
• 63%
• 55%

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• 2000
• US
• 1h 44min
• PG

• Directed by: Ron Howard
• Cast: Jim Carrey, Taylor Momsen, Kelley, Jeffrey Tambor, Christine Baranski

Surprisingly, The Grinch is the first live action feature to be adapted from the work of the world's best-selling children's author, Dr Seuss. And beneath sfx magician Rick Baker's green costume Carrey, – the world's highest paid comedian – wreaks glorious havoc on his cloying sweet neighbours, the Whovians of Who-ville. Howard lays the book's moral – Christmas is about family not presents and the sickly sweet sentiment on pretty thick. Toy Story 2 got the cross generational appeal right – golly gosh Howard's Grinch hasn't. Carrey's great though.

• 63%
• 46%
• 53%

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• 2023
• US
• 2h 37min
• 12A

• Directed by: Francis Lawrence
• Cast: Tom Blyth, Rachel Zegler, Hunter Schafer, Jason Schwartzman, Peter Dinklage, Josh Andrés Rivera, Viola Davis

A prequel to the Hunger Games series.

• 72%
• 54%

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• 2023
• France / Spain / Belgium
• 1h 30min
• U

• Directed by: Jérémie Degruson
• Cast: Monica Young, Danny Fehsenfeld, Art Brown, Olivier Paris, Jordan Baird, Dakota West, Donte Paris

A plush toy and a puppet have a big adventure in The Big Apple!

• 70%

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• 2023
• 3h 26min
• 15

• Directed by: Martin Scorsese
• Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Lily Gladstone

At the turn of the 20th century, oil brought a fortune to the Osage Nation, who became some of the richest people in the world overnight. After members of the tribe are found dead, a murder investigation begins, in order to find the culprits.

• 79%
• 89%

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• 2003
• UK / US
• 2h 15min
• 15

• Directed by: Richard Curtis
• Written by: Richard Curtis
• Cast: Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Colin Firth, Laura Linney, Emma Thompson, Alan Rickman, Keira Knightley, Martine McCutcheon, Bill Nighy, Rowan Atkinson

Curtis aims to prove the anodyne point that love is actually all around us with a huge cast and several different story strands. So we see Nighy, Thompson, Grant, Colin Firth, Martine McCutcheon, Liam Neeson, Alan Rickman, Keira Knightley, Andrew Lincoln and Laura Linney all pop up to play out their roles. Lightweight and over-populated romantic comedy.

• 76%
• 55%
• 63%

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• 2023
• US
• 1h 45min
• 12A

• Directed by: Nia DaCosta
• Cast: Brie Larson, Iman Vellani, Teyonah Parris, Samuel L. Jackson

Captain Marvel, Ms. Marvel and Monica Rambeau swap places with one another whenever they use their powers.

• 60%
• 50%

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• 2023
• UK / US
• 2h 37min
• 15

• Directed by: Ridley Scott
• Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Vanessa Kirby, Tahar Rahim

Director Ridley Scott’s film takes a personal look at Napoleon Bonaparte's origins, and his swift, ruthless climb to emperor viewed through the prism of his addictive, and often volatile, relationship with his wife and one true love, Josephine. Starring Joaquin Phoenix as Napoleon and Vanessa Kirby as Josephine.

• 66%
• 64%

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• 2023
• 1h 32min
• 15

• Directed by: Paul Briganti
• Cast: Martin Herlihy, John Higgins, Ben Marshall

Unhappy with how their lives are going, three friends set off to find a lost treasure, and aim to change their lives.

• 61%
• 49%

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• 2023
• US
• 2h 30min
• 15

• Directed by: Mark Ritchie
• Cast: Beyoncé, Blue Ivy Carter

Concert film of Beyoncé recorded on her Renaissance world tour.

• 90%
• 86%

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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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• 1985
• UK / US
• 1h 47min
• U

• Directed by: Jeannot Szwarc
• Written by: David Newman, Leslie Newman (story), David Newman (screenplay)
• Cast: Dudley Moore, John Lithgow, David Huddleston, Judy Cornwell, Burgess Meredith, Jeffrey Kramer

Cuddly Dudley and Father C. himself in the same movie? One to entertain the younger viewers, or those with a high crassness threshold.

• 62%
• 17%

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• 2002
• US
• 1h 44min
• U

• Directed by: Michael Lembeck
• Cast: Tim Allen, Spencer Breslin, Elizabeth Mitchell

Tim Allen returns to portray the Christmas man we all love, who is on the search for love. Who will be Mrs Claus?

• 57%
• 48%
• 55%

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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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• 2023
• US
• 2h 49min
• 12A

• Directed by: Sam Wrench
• Cast: Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift's film of a concert from her Eras Tour.

• 83%
• 83%

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• 2023
• US
• 1h 46min
• 18

• Directed by: Eli Roth
• Cast: Patrick Dempsey, Addison Rae, Milo Manheim, Jalen Thomas Brooks, Nell Verlaque, Rick Hoffman, Gina Gershon

After a Black Friday riot ends in tragedy, a mysterious Thanksgiving-inspired killer terrorizes a town.

• 69%
• 63%

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• 2023
• US
• 1h 32min
• PG

• Directed by: Walt Dohrn
• Cast: Anna Kendrick, Justin Timberlake, Camila Cabello, Eric André, Troye Sivan, Kid Cudi, Daveed Diggs, RuPaul, Amy Schumer, Andrew Rannells, Zosia Mamet

Poppy discovers that Branch was once part of a boy band, BroZone, with his brothers: Floyd, John Dory, Spruce, and Clay. But when Floyd is kidnapped, Branch and Poppy embark on a journey to reunite the other brothers and rescue Floyd.

• 60%
• 53%

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• 2023
• US
• 1h 32min
• PG

• Directed by: Chris Buck, Fawn Veerasunthorn
• Cast: Ariana DeBose, Chris Pine, Alan Tudyk, Angelique Cabral, Victor Garber, Natasha Rothwell, Jennifer Kumiyama, Evan Peters, Harvey Guillén

Asha, a sharp-witted idealist, makes a wish so powerful that it is answered by a cosmic force—a little ball of boundless energy called Star. Together, Asha and Star confront a most formidable foe—the 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 things can happen.

• 59%
• 47%

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• 2023
• UK / US
• 1h 52min
• PG

• Directed by: Paul King
• Cast: Timothée Chalamet, Calah Lane, Keegan-Michael Key, Paterson Joseph, Matt Lucas, Mathew Baynton, Sally Hawkins, Rowan Atkinson, Jim Carter, Tom Davis, Olivia Colman, Hugh Grant

An origin story for Willy Wonka featuring an all-star cast and directed by Paddington's Paul King.

• 76%
• 67%

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