Ruislip & Eastcote & Northwood Gazette
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ADAPTED from the first instalment of a trilogy of young adult novels penned by Alexandra Bracken, The Darkest Minds conjures dystopian nightmares that will be achingly familiar to fans of The Hunger Games and Divergent series.
A pathogen delivers a fatal blow to 98% of the children’s population and survivors are blessed with potentially deadly powers. US President Gray (Bradley Whitford), orders children to be forcibly removed from their homes and relocated to (PG) ★★★★★
BRAVERY on two and four legs during the First World War wags the tail of director Richard Lanni’s charming if lightweight computeranimated history lesson.
Sgt. Stubby: An Unlikely Hero pays tribute to the most decorated dog in US history, who served his country for 18 months, predominantly alongside one master for 17 battles and four campaigns.
Patriotic pride courses ■ (12A) rehabilitation camps where they are colourcoded based on their newfound abilities.
Green, Blue and Yellow are permitted to live under armed guard, while Orange and Red are eliminated via lethal injection.
Sixteen-year-old Ruby Daly (Amandla Stenberg) is an Orange but has lived under the radar as Green in one camp, where Dr Cate Connor (Mandy Moore) takes a keen interest in the youngster. The medic risks her life to smuggle Ruby out of the facility to join the fight against the government as part of the Children’s League. through the veins of a script co-written by Mike Stokey, which narrates the flourishing bond between man and beast in the words of Conroy’s sister Margaret (voiced by Helena Bonham Carter). “This is the true story of a special friendship my brother made while training for the war,” she coos in the opening voiceover.
The narrative is simplistic in order to appeal to children and parents, both of whom will struggle to resist the wide-eyed charms of the titular terrier.
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5. Ant-Man And The Wasp Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again Mission: Impossible – Fallout Incredibles 2
Hotel Transylvania 3:
A Monster Vacation
Teen Titans Go! To The Movies Skyscraper
Fanney Khan
Jurassic World:
Fallen Kingdom
10. The First Purge
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