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Jack Bottomley
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7:00 AM 30th November 2024
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Silver Screen Weekly - What's Coming Up At The Cinema From Friday 29th November

 
Our film critic and media correspondent has been looking and trawling the new releases. Here's what you can see on the big screen this week.

From Friday 29th November

Moana 2 (PG)
This much anticipated sequel to the 2016 modern Disney animated classic sees Auli'i Cravalho's titular hero return to the screen. Set three years after the first film, Moana 2 sees Moana receive an unexpected call from her ancestors and must form her own crew, reuniting with her friend, the demigod Maui (Dwayne Johnson), to go on a whole new adventure and break the god Nalo's curse on the hidden island of Motufetu. A visually stunning new adventure with new songs, new sights and some adorable new (and old) characters alike! Return to this world and see how far we'll go with this exciting new seafaring tale of wonder.


Conclave (12a)
Based on the novel by Robert Harris, Conclave is Edward Berger’s (All Quiet on the Western Front) acclaimed new drama/thriller which has been engrossing audiences the world over. The film tells the story of Cardinal Thomas Lawrence (Ralph Fiennes), who organises a papal conclave to elect the next pope, but in the process finds himself investigating a series of secrets and scandals about each candidate vying for the respected position. Meaningful, compelling and stunningly acted, Conclave is a layered mystery thriller you will not want to miss. Co-starring Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow, Sergio Castellitto and Isabella Rossellini.


Other releases:
The Polar Express (U) (20th anniversary 4K restored release of Robert Zemeckis’ animated festive classic.) - Friday 29th November
Your Monster (15) (US romantic comedy that sees a woman’s career and relationship destroyed by a cancer diagnosis until she is helped back to normality by a creature in her closet.) - Friday 29th November
All We Imagine As Light (15) (Hindi drama about three women in Mumbai who find common ground in their daily struggles.) - Friday 29th November
The Tase of Mango (12a) (British documentary about three generations of women in a Sri Lankan family opening up to each other about their experiences of domestic and sexual abuse.) - Friday 29th November
The Contestant (12a) (Documentary looking at a Japanese comedian who, in 1998, accepted to undergo a strange 15-month test of endurance, unaware it was all being broadcast to the nation.) - Friday 29th November
That Christmas (PG) (Richard Curtis penned Christmas animated family film about a series of families who stories inter-connect over a chaotic and blizzard-strewn festive season.) - Friday 29th November (also on Netflix)
Power Alley (15) (Drama about a teen who discovers she is pregnant when on the verge of her volleyball scholarship.) - Friday 29th November
Two Of A Kind (15) (Ghanaian drama about a weekend at a luxury hotel that exposes secrets and complicated relationships.) - Friday 29th November
Made in Ethiopia (TBC) (Documentary that sees a massive Chinese factory complex attempt a high-stakes expansion in rural Ethiopia, as three women in search of prosperity have their faith in industrialisation tested.) - Friday 29th November
Never Look Away (15) (Lucy Lawless directs this documentary about CNN camerawoman Margaret Moth, and her important and dangerous work capturing the brutal effects on civilians caught up in armed conflict.) - Monday 2nd December
Pushpa 2 - The Rule (15) (Hindi action thriller delivering the two part epic conclusion to Pushpa and Bhanwar Singh’s rivalry.) - Wednesday 4th & Thursday 5th December
Solo Leveling - ReAwakening (15) (Japanese anime fantasy that sees the fate of two worlds rest on the actions of an unlikely hero.) - Wednesday 4th December
RM: Right People, Wrong Place (15) (Documentary looking into the life, career and art of South Korean musician and leader of k-pop band BTS, RM, as he creates his second studio album amidst the pressures of stardom.) - Thursday 5th December