Cinema
This is your guide to the best new releases and forthcoming movies in London
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Bar Elba Rooftop Cinema
It’s going to be a busy summer down at Bar Elba. Last week, the venue announced that it was launching a series of bottomless brunches and we’ve just discovered that the Waterloo bar are launchin...
Disney Pixar’s Soul Preview
Pixar’s prosperous Golden Era ended with a dull thud in the one-two punch of Cars 2, a sequel nobody wanted to the one Pixar movie nobody loved, and Brave, an uninspired movie (the highest crime that ...
Adventure Cinema
As Londoners prepare for the al fresco summer to beat all others, news reaches city:countdown towers of the return of those intrepid purveyors of outdoor flicks, Adventure Cinema. The team have spent ...
Disney’s Cruella Preview
Following on from 1996’s 101 & 2000’s 102 Dalmatians, Disney’s Cruella is set to explore the backstory of the tragically “misunderstood” socialite. The movie is still some way off, but...
Dirty Dancing (Secret Cinema)
Get ready to have the time of your life at Secret Cinema’s new production of Dirty Dancing. Following hot on the heels of the company’s award winning version of TV hit Stranger Things, this latest off...
Backyard Cinema’s Romeo+Juliet
Backyard Cinema specialise in bringing movies to life, using a variety of means including immersive sets, actors, and live music. For the company’s version of Romeo + Juliet, they’ve literally thrown ...
No Time to Die
After 24 outings, you’d think the formula would be getting pretty stale, but if anything, Bond 25 is the most eagerly awaited movie in the series. With the secrecy surrounding No Time to Die cur...
West Side Story
While most directors of his generation have by now gently faded from view, Steven Spielberg is still going strong, as witnessed by the legendary director’s new project, West Side Story. The new movie,...
A movie version of Josh O’Connor and Jessie Buckley’s Romeo and Juliet is in the works
It’s the theatre blockbuster that never was. With bright young things Josh O’Connor (The Crown, The Durrells) and Jessie Buckley (War and Peace, Chernobyl) onboard, the National Theatre’s production o...
The Globe Open Air Cinema Weekend (postponed)
A month after reopening for site tours, the Globe has announced that it is staging an open air cinema weekend next month. Shakespeare on Screen is set to debut at the iconic Bankside theatre from the ...
Cineworld announces plans to shut all UK cinemas until spring
In a move which will send shock waves through the entire entertainment industry, movie giant Cineworld have confirmed that they are closing all of their UK cinemas until spring 2021. The move, which w...
Love Actually Live
Could we ask for a better treat at the end of this strangest of all years than Love Actually Live In Concert? The event, which combines a screening of Richard Curtis’s much loved movie with a li...
Secret Sofa
Immersive film company Secret Cinema have teamed up with Häagen-Dazs to launch an at home version of their legendary film events. The initiative, which is being dubbed “Secret Sofa”, will ...
Knives Out
For a movie based on such a tired genre, Knives Out is surprisingly refreshing. Rian Johnson’s homage to the works of Agatha Christie is both witty and engrossing, with standout performances from Dani...
Downton Abbey the Movie
“A royal luncheon, a parade, and a dinner? “says Mrs Patmore on first hearing news of the Royal family’s visit to Downton Abbey. “I’m going to have to sit down”. I must say, by the end of Downton Abbe...
Emma.
Has the world of Jane Austen ever looked lovelier? Autumn de Wilde’s adaptation of Austen’s beloved novel of youthful hubris Emma. is a feast for the eyes, but no empty spectacle either. Music video p...
A City Without Cinemas
If, like myself, your weekly routine includes multiple trips to the cinema, then you will no doubt find the current cinema closures debilitating. London is home to such a wonderful and deeply varied s...
Sky Store Adds Cinema Premieres
If working from home is proving a challenge, then it’s about to get even more difficult thanks to Sky. The company has just announced that its Sky Store portal will in future premiere the latest cinem...
