The Roses The Princess, a film stitched together from archive footage, about a woman who has surely been exploited enough now, continues. It is joined by Minions 2: The Rise of Gru, which has been doing the rounds and the original Railway Children, directed by Lionel Jefferies, and starring, of course, Jenny Agutter. There is,… [continues]

The Roses Elvis, plus Everything Went Fine, the new François Ozon film about a young woman who wants to take her 85-year-old father to Dignitas (or similar) in Switzerland to end his life. That’s Entertainment! With Sophie Marceau and Charlotte Rampling. Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday evening, if you want to <irony> fight your way through… [continues]

By PW and JM The Roses Jurassic World: Dominion makes it to the Roses the week. The Quiet Girl, the Gaelic language film screened at the Guildhall a few weeks ago, is also part of this week’s programme. The new film showing is Good Luck to You Leo Grande, directed by Sophie Hyde and starring… [continues]

World Cinema Saturday (25/6)        22:30   BBC2                Borg vs. McEnroe (2017). A rather good dramatisation of the rivalry between the two tennis greats of the 1980s, with excellent performances by Sverrir Gudnason and Shia LaBeouf in the title roles. I like Shia, especially since The Peanut Butter Falcon, one of my favourite modern films. (JM) Monday… [continues]

Sensible previews by PW. Sarcastic asides by JM. The Roses It’s another varied week at The Roses in Tewkesbury, starting with The Drover’s Wife, an Australian ‘Western’ starring Leah Purcell, who also wrote and directed it. Molly Johnson (pictured) is heavily pregnant and trying to run the remote family farm and look after her family,… [continues]

The Roses There is a variety of films at the Roses this week. Top Gun: Maverick gets a final screening on Tuesday but for genuine aviation history there is Lancaster, a documentary directed by David Fairhead. As the title indicates the film tells the story of the Lancaster Bomber and its role in WWII, through… [continues]

The Cineworlds The Cineworlds have Jurassic World: Dominion all week. It’s a franchise, so you know what you are getting, although why you’d want it remains a mystery. Newsflash: increasingly, you don’t. Our picture shows actress Bryce Dallas Howard up to her neck in slime and at the mercy of brutal and atavistic monsters who… [continues]

The Cineworlds I got it wrong last week: Minions: the Rise of Gru doesn’t start until July 1st. My apologies for that.  If (and it’s quite a big if) I have navigated the Cineworld website successfully this week it seems like more of the same, with the only new film at Cheltenham being Jurassic World… [continues]