The Stag Sevenoaks

Abominable

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• 2019
• US / China
• 1h 37min
• U

• Directed by: Jill Culton
• Cast: Chloe Bennet, Albert Tsai, Tenzing Norgay Trainor, Eddie Izzard, Sarah Paulson, Tsai Chin, Michelle Wong
• UK release: 11 October 2019

A cute, blue-eyed Yeti is found hiding on the roof of a Shanghai apartment building, and teenager Yi (voiced by Bennett) and her friends Jin (Trainor) and Peng (Tsai) decide to help him get back to the Himalayas. Enjoyable, smartly paced and gorgeously animated; hardly very original, but full of comic relief and heart.

Arcelia

Folk-pop trio from Kent.

Boo Hewerdine

Admired pop/blues songsmith – founder of cult band The Bible and frequent collaborator with Eddi Reader, Paul Young and Natalie Imbruglia. Boo has released many albums as a solo performer and has made hit songs over the past two decades.

Joker

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• 2019
• US
• 2h 2min
• 15

• Directed by: Todd Phillips
• Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Zazie Beetz, Robert De Niro
• UK release: 4 October 2019

Arthur Fleck (Phoenix) is an unsuccessful clown who wants to be a comedian, but he gradually turns to evil. This dizzying origin story about Batman’s nemesis is like an ode to 1970s New York City; Phoenix is astonishing and Phillips’s grave vision never swerves. Unmissable.

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

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• 2019
• US
• 1h 58min
• PG

• Directed by: Joachim Rønning
• Cast: Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning, Ed Skrein, Sam Riley, Harris Dickinson, Imelda Staunton, Juno Temple, Lesley Manville, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michelle Pfeiffer
• UK release: 18 October 2019

Sequel to the Disney fantasy starring Angelina Jolie as the evil fairy..

A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon

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• 2019
• UK
• 1h 26min
• U

• Directed by: Richard Starzak
• Cast: Justin Fletcher, John Sparkes
• UK release: 18 October 2019

Shaun and his gang of sheep are getting up to mischief that puts them at odds with sensible sheepdog Bitzer; then an alien craft arrives. This dialogue-free pristinely shambolic stop-motion romp is, in its deft way, a crowd-pleaser for everyone, with enough Close Encounters references to keep parents interested.