Cineworld - Kristen Wiig writes and stars in this raucous comedy as lovelorn and broke Annie who must bluff her way through the expensive and bizarre rituals with an oddball group of bridesmaids.
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CAPTAIN AMERICA - THE FIRST AVENGER (12A)
Cineworld, Showcase, VUE, Regent - German defector Dr Abraham Erskine (Stanley Tucci) is spearheading a secret programme to create the ultimate soldier and chooses asthmatic weakling Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) who is transformed into a muscle-bound hunk. He enthusiastically does his bit for the Allied effort by portraying a fictional character called Captain America at war rallies before circumstances see him parachute behind enemy lines as Captain America and single-handedly take on the Germans.
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CARS 2 (U)
Cineworld, Showcase, VUE, Odeon - Lightning McQueen (voiced by Owen Wilson) returns home to Radiator Springs as the four-time champion of the Piston Cup. Italian racing car Francesco Bernoulli (John Turturro) goads Lightning into participating in a newly announced championship organised by environmentalist Miles Axlerod (Eddie Izzard), who will use the grand prix to showcase his state-of-the-art biofuel, Allinol. However, a group of rogue cars led by the diabolical Professor Zundapp (Thomas Kretschmann) is plotting to sabotage the three races in Japan, Italy and the UK.
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HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART II (12A)
Cineworld, Showcase, VUE & Odeon - The final chapter of JK Rowling’s epic story opens with Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes) stealing the powerful Elder Wand from Dumbledore’s grave. Harry (Daniel Radcliffe), Ron (Rupert Grint) and Hermione (Emma Watson) continue their mission to track down the final Horcruxes, which contain fragments of Voldemort’s blackened soul. The quest leads to Hogwarts where fellow students Neville Longbottom (Matthew Lewis), Luna Lovegood (Evanna Lynch) and Ginny Weasley (Bonnie Wright) are ready to lay down their lives to protect Harry from Death Eaters including Draco Malfoy (Tom Felton) and his Slytherin sidekicks.
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HORRIBLE BOSSES (15)
Cineworld, Showcase, & VUE - Nick Hendricks (Jason Bateman) is an underling at a finance company, ruled with a steely glare by Dave Harken (Kevin Spacey), who has hinted that Nick will be in line for a promotion if he arrives at 6am every day. Kurt Buckman (Jason Sudeikis) loves his job at a company run by Jack Pellitt (Donald Sutherland), who treats Kurt as more of a son than the cocaine-snorting fruit of his loins, Bobby (Colin Farrell). Jack suffers a heart attack and Bobby seizes control of the company, gleefully draining the company accounts dry. Meanwhile, dental assistant Dale Arbus (Charlie Day) is sexually harassed by his boss, Dr Julia Harris (Jennifer Aniston). When jailbird Dean Jones (Jamie Foxx) plants the idea of a chain reaction of seemingly accidental deaths, the three men are intrigued.
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HORRID HENRY - THE MOVIE (U)
Cineworld, Showcase & VUE - Henry (Theo Stevenson) is a lazy boy with dreams of pop stardom, who runs rings around his mum (Siobhan Hayes) and dad (Mathew Horne). And when a series of pranks in front of two school inspectors threatens the future of Ashdown Primary School Henry grimly faces the prospect of attending the local private school.
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MARS NEEDS MOMS (PG)
Cineworld Sat 10am (games plus choice of films for £1) - A young boy called Milo (voiced by Seth Green) gains a deeper appreciation for his mother (Joan Cusack) when she is abducted by aliens in Simon Wells’ colourful animated sci-fi adventure.
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MR POPPER’S PENGUINS (PG)
Cineworld, Showcase, VUE, Regent - Thomas (Jim Carrey) is a workaholic real estate developer for the money-grabbing triumvirate Franklin (Philip Baker Hall), Reader (Dominic Chianese) and Yates (William C Mitchell). To secure promotion, Thomas must persuade Mrs Van Gundy (Angela Lansbury) to sell the Tavern On The Green restaurant in Central Park. She rebuffs his pitch, determined to sell the historic property to a person of worth. While he attempts to close the deal, Thomas receives his inheritance from his late father: six Gentoo penguins, which take over his life and rebuild bridges with ex-wife Amanda and children.
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RANGO (PG)
Cineworld Sat 10am (games plus choice of films for £1) - A pampered chameleon (voiced by Johnny Depp) lost in the desert is taken by iguana Beans (Isla Fisher) to the town of Dirt where the water supply is running low and pretends to be a famous gunslinger who must protect the locals from predators including Rattlesnake Jake (Bill Nighy).
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RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES (12A)
Cineworld, Showcase, VUE, Regent, Odeon - Rupert Wyatt directs this opening instalment of a proposed franchise breathing new life into the Planet Of The Apes series. Scientist Will Rodman (James Franco) is determined to find a cure for Alzheimer’s. He feels certain he is close to a breakthrough and tests his latest serum on chimpanzees, noticing dramatic increases in intelligence and brain activity in the primate subjects. A baby called Caesar, born to one of the test chimps, is scheduled to be destroyed so Will smuggles the animal home. But does meddling with nature have repercussions?
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SUPER 8 (12A)
Cineworld, Showcase, VUE & Odeon - In the sleepy industrial town of Lillian, Ohio, teenager Joe Lamb (Joel Courtney) is struggling to come to terms with the death of his mother. The youngster invests his time in making a low-budget zombie film with his friends. The children head down to the local rail station to shoot and just as the camera starts rolling, they see a truck drive on to the tracks and derail an oncoming freight train. As they make a hasty escape, the trespassing teens are oblivious to the monstrous creature crawling free from the twisted wreckage.
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THE CONSPIRATOR (12A)
ARC, Tues-Thurs - In the wake of Abraham Lincoln's assassination, seven men and one woman - Mary Surratt - are arrested and charged with conspiring to kill the President, the Vice-President, and the Secretary of State. Against the ominous back-drop of post-Civil War Washington, newly-minted lawyer, Frederick Aiken, reluctantly agrees to defend Surratt before a military tribunal.
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THE DEVIL’S DOUBLE (18)
Cineworld & Showcase - Based on Latif Yahia’s fascinating memoir of the same name, The Devil’s Double charts the incredible true story of an Iraqi businessman who was press-ganged into posing as the doppelganger of Saddam Hussein’s son, Uday.
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THE SMURFS (U)
Cineworld, Showcase, VUE, Odeon - Based on the comic books by Peyo, The Smurfs brings the iconic characters to life on the big screen using the same digital trickery as Alvin And The Chipmunks to seamless meld the little blue heroes with live action. As the Blue Moon Festival approaches, Papa Smurf experiences a horrifying vision of arch-nemesis Gargamel imprisoning the entire Smurf village in cages and lovable Clumsy fumbling a dragon-shaped wand that could save the Smurfs from their grim fate.
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TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON (12A)
Showcase - Megan Fox may have departed the franchise (Rosie Huntington-Whiteley is the new love interest) but Shia LaBeouf and the rest of the cast plus director Michael Bay return for the explosive third chapter in glorious 3D.
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ZOOKEEPER (PG)
Cineworld, Showcase - Griffin Keyes (Kevin James) is humiliated when his sweetheart Stephanie (Leslie Bibb) rebuffs a proposal. Five years later, Griffin is head keeper at Franklin Park Zoo, treating all of the animals with compassion and earning the respect of co-workers Kate (Rosario Dawson) and Venom (Ken Jeong). Stephanie walks back into Griffin’s life.
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COWBOYS & ALIENS (12A)
Cineworld, Showcase, VUE & Odeon , Wed and Thur only.
Jon Favreau directs this genre-melding blockbuster based on the comic book by Scott Mitchell Rosenberg. Jake Lonergan (Daniel Craig) wakes in the desert in 1870s Arizona with a large, metal bracelet and no memory of who he is or how he came to be in the dirt. Also starring Olivia Wilde as beautiful cowgirl Ella Swenson and Sam Rockwell as a publican Doc.
THE INBETWEENERS MOVIE (15)
Cineworld, Showcase, VUE & Odeon , Wed and Thur only.
Created by Damon Beesley and Iain Morris, The Inbetweeners was one of the most critically lauded and successful sitcoms on E4. Now after three series, the writers decided to conclude the misadventures of their teenage protagonists at the multiplexes. Determined to enjoy one last hurrah before university, they head off on a holiday abroad.
