The Roses The Woman King tonight and tomorrow, followed by a week of ‘relaxed screenings’. These are apparently aimed at ‘Dementia, Autism or any other condition that affects daily living to enjoy a social activity in a safe and inclusive environment.’ Well, good luck with that. In my experience (details on request), some people with… [continues]

The Roses Until Thursday, The Roses has Amsterdam. It has a starry cast, including Christian Bale, Margot Robbie, John David Washington, Mike Myers, Chris Rock, Andrea Riseborough, Taylor Swift Matthias Schoenaerts and the voice of Robert De Niro. It is directed by David O. Russell. Or, ‘acclaimed director David 0. Russell,’ according to The Roses’s… [continues]

The Roses The Roses takes its turn showing The Lost King, directed by Stephen Frears and starring Sally Hawkins and Steve Coogan. It purports to tell the story of how the remains of King Richard III were discovered underneath a Leicester car park in 2012. It is not however a documentary, it is a drama.… [continues]

The Roses It’s a lively week of films at The Roses, starting on Monday with My Old School, the bizarre but absolutely true story of ‘Brandon Lee’, who enrolled at Bearsden Academy in Glasgow as, ostensibly, a 17-year-old. He turned out to be 32-year-old Brian MacKinnon, a former student of the academy, who returned hoping… [continues]

The Roses The Roses has more showings of Joyride, reviewed with no great enthusiasm last week, but the main attraction, if that’s the phrase I am looking for, is DC League of Super-Pets. However, tucked away next Friday morning at 11.15 is the first of just two showings of The Good Boss, directed by Fernando… [continues]

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]