There are three major cinema releases in the UK this week, and we have all the details for you.
2023 was a massive year for cinema, with the summer period flourishing thanks to the releases of Barbie and Oppenheimer. The movies were released around the same time and many cinema-goers actually did the double-feature, which was affectionately named 'Barbenheimer'.
Barbie became the most successful movie ever directed by a solo female director, earning $1.44 billion at the box office, while Oppenheimer made $953m and won the Academy Award for Best Film. No pressure for the movies that follow, in 2024, then...
New movie releases
Civil War - 12 April, 2024
Civil War is a new action thriller written and directed by Alex Garland.
Official premise:
'In the near future, a team of journalists travel across the United States during a rapidly escalating second civil war that has engulfed the entire nation, between the American government and the separatist 'Western Forces' led by Texas and California. The film documents the journalists struggling to survive during a time when the government has become a dystopian dictatorship and partisan extremist militias regularly commit political violence.'
Civil War cast: Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Cailee Spaeny, Jesse Plemons and Nick Offerman.
Back to Black - 12 April, 2024
Back to Black is a new biography movie directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson and written by Matt Greenhalgh, with Marisa Abela. playing the legendary Amy Winehouse.
Official premise:
'The film will delve into the life and career of Winehouse, beginning with her early days in the early 2000s as a North London jazz musician and culminating in her rise to fame as a Grammy-winning singer with hit songs like 'Rehab' and 'Back to Black'.
Back to Black cast: Marisa Abela, Jack O'Connell, Eddie Marsan, Juliet Cowan and Lesley Manville.
Arcadian - 12 April, 2024
The horror option this week comes in the form of Arcadian, starring Nicolas Cage.
Official premise:
'A father and his twin teenage sons fight to survive in a remote farmhouse at the end of the world.'
Arcadian cast: Nicolas Cage, Jaeden Martell, Sadie Soverall and Maxwell Jenkins.
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