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AURORE
Newly separated and unemployed, 50-year-old Aurore feels like her time may be up … until a chance meeting with an old flame reignites her love of life in this French romcom. (M, Pivotonian)
AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR ★★★★
Earth’s mightiest superheroes must join forces against their most dangerous enemy in this giant-sized comic-book extravaganza. (M, Village and Reading)
THE BOOKSHOP ★★★
In a repressed, depressed English town in the 1950s, a woman goes against convention by opening a bookshop stocked with some controversial titles. (PG, Village)
BREATH
Simon Baker makes his directorial debut with this adaptation of Tim Winton’s much-loved coming-of-age story. (M, Village and Pivotonian)
DEADPOOL 2
Ryan Reynolds’ wisecracking superhero is back for another adventure, as indestructible and inappropriate as ever. (MA, Village and Reading)
DUCK DUCK GOOSE Unreviewed
A freewheeling bachelor goose finds himself caring for two rowdy ducklings in this animated comedy. (PG, Village and Reading)
THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY
An awkward title for a cosy and
charming WWII-era romantic comedy-drama from the UK. (M, Village and Reading)
I FEEL PRETTY
After a bump on the head, timid, body-conscious Amy Schumer suddenly sees herself as a gorgeous supermodel. Complications ensue. (M, Village)
ISLE OF DOGS ★★★★
From Fantastic Mr Fox filmmaker Wes Anderson comes this quirky animated tale of dogs exiled to a remote prison island. (PG, Pivotonian)
LIFE OF THE PARTY ★★★
After her divorce, Melissa McCarthy restarts her life by going back to uni … alongside her daughter. (M, Village and Reading)
LOVELESS Unreviewed
Acclaimed Russian filmmaker Andrey Zvyagintsev’s latest drama examines the everyday struggles of 21st century life in his homeland. (MA, Pivotonian)
THE OTHER SIDE OF HOPE Unreviewed
The new comedy from iconic Icelandic filmmaker Aki Kaurismaki follows the fortunes of an enthusiastic but inexperienced Helsinki restaurateur. (M, Pivotonian)
PETER RABBIT Unreviewed
The rascally rabbit of Beatrix Potter’s beloved kids’ books comes to the big screen in this cheeky family comedy. (PG, Village)
A QUIET PLACE ★★★★
A family must silently struggle for survival against marauding monsters that use their sensitive hearing to stalk their prey in this tremendously tense thriller. (M, Village)
SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY ★★★★
Enjoy the early years of everyone’s favourite intergalactic rogue, Han Solo, in this entertaining Star Wars spinoff. (M, Village and Reading)
THE SONG KEEPERS ★★★★
Meet the women from the world’s oldest culture keeping alive that culture’s most sacred songs in this Australian documentary. (PG, Pivotonian)
GRINGO
A business trip to Mexico escalates into kidnapping and drug-smuggling in this black comedy crime caper starring Charlize Theron and Joel Edgerton. (MA, Village and Reading)