Showcase Leeds Cinema de Lux

• 2023
• 3h
• U

• Cast: André Rieu

The King of Waltz brings you a festive spectacular from his winter palace in his hometown of Maastricht.

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• 2023
• India
• 3h 2min
• 15

• Directed by: Sandeep Reddy Vanga
• Cast: Ranbir Kapoor, Rashmika Mandanna, Bobby Deol, Anil Kapoor

A son will do anything to make his father pay attention to him. He'd kill for it.

• 73%

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• 2011
• UK / US
• 1h 37min
• U

• Directed by: Sarah Smith
• Written by: Peter Baynham, Sarah Smith
• Cast: James McAvoy, Hugh Laurie, Bill Nighy, Jim Broadbent, Imelda Staunton, Ashley Jensen, Ramona Marquez

Arthur Christmas (McAvoy) is the overlooked star of the Santa team, but when it looks like a small girl's present may not get delivered, he enlists the help of his curmudgeonly grandfather (Nighy). With characters boringly reflecting different degrees of niceness, this contrived family feud lacks the wit that made Aardman's name.

• 71%
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• 2023
• UK
• 1h
• U

• Cast: Justin Fletcher, Maddie Moate, Ben Faulks, Jennie Dale, Rhys Stephenson, Dodge T Dog

CBEEBIES PANTO 2023 - Experience the magic of the CBeebies Christmas Show on the BIG CINEMA SCREEN, with additional Exclusive Content featuring your favourite CBeebies stars!

The show will be sprinkled with plenty of CBeebies magic, festive music, stunning dance performances and a star cast of CBeebies presenters and on-screen talent, making it an engaging theatrical spectacle for all the family.

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• 2023
• UK / US / France
• 1h 38min
• PG

• Directed by: Sam Fell
• Cast: Thandiwe Newton, Zachary Levi, Bella Ramsey, Imelda Staunton, Lynn Ferguson, David Bradley, Jane Horrocks, Romesh Ranganathan, Daniel Mays, Josie Sedgwick-Davies, Nick Mohammed

Ginger and the flock have made a paradise for themselves, but a new threat looms on the horizon.

• 74%
• 63%

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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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• 1988
• US
• 2h 11min
• 18

• Directed by: John McTiernan
• Cast: Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Bonnie Bedelia, Alexander Godunov

Willis plays a cop who attends a tower block Christmas party with his estranged spouse. The building is raided by terrorists, so it's left to Willis to bump off the baddies and save the hostages while the police and FBI languish ineptly on the sidelines. Unbearably tense actioner that gets good mileage out of yawning lift-shafts and flying bullets, while Willis is convincing as an ordinary guy trying to cope with it all. Watch out for Brit Rickman as a villain with a sense of humour.

• 82%
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• 92%

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• 2011 / 2015
• UK
• U

Double bill of animations based on Julia Donaldson's books.

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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%
• 66%
• 84%

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• 2023
• UK
• 1h 39min
• 18

• Directed by: Sam H. Freeman, Ng Choon Ping
• Cast: George MacKay, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Aaron Heffernan

Jules, victim of a homophobic attack, comes across his attacker in a sauna. Jules plans his revenge.

• 77%
• 67%

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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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• 2006
• US
• 2h 16min
• 12A

• Directed by: Nancy Meyers
• Written by: Nancy Meyers
• Cast: Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Jude Law, Jack Black, Shannyn Sossamon, Eli Wallach, Edward Burns, Rufus Sewell

Two ladies with guy trouble swap homes. Amanda (Diaz) ends up with Iris' brother (Law) in the UK, and Iris (Winslet) befriends funnyman Miles (Black) Stateside. This fairly repellent life swap romantic comedy was written specifically for these actors, but you wouldn't think it.

• 69%
• 52%
• 47%

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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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• 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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• 2023
• US
• 2h 9min
• 15

• Directed by: Bradley Cooper
• Cast: Carey Mulligan, Bradley Cooper, Matt Bomer, Maya Hawke, Sarah Silverman, Michael Urie

Bradley Cooper and Carey Mulligan star in a biopic of American composer Leonard Bernstein.

• 72%
• 77%

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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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• 1994
• US
• 1h 50min
• PG

• Directed by: Les Mayfield
• Cast: Richard Attenborough, Elizabeth Perkins, Dylan McDermott.

Kriss Kringle (Attenborough) is a department store Santa who goes one better and claims he's the genuine article. Only by winning a court case – and convincing one cynical little girl (Mara Wilson) can he put the joy and magic back into the festive period. A fairly unnecessary remake, but this secular fable still sparkles with charm.

• 66%
• 61%

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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%
• 64%
• 69%

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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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• 2017

Live broadcast of the Royal Ballet's production of The Nutcracker. A young girl’s enchanted present leads her on a wonderful Christmas adventure in this classical ballet, danced to Tchaikovsky’s magnificent score.

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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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• 2022
• US
• 2h 7min
• 12A

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

Will Ferrell and Ryan Reynolds star in this modern musical adaptation of 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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