The DIY daredevil gang are back and more irresponsible than ever! As Johnny Knoxville nostalgically assembles the gang and a few celebrities for one last hurrah of daring and disgusting stunts to warp a whole new impressionable generation, and remind us all that if you’re gonna be dumb you gotta be tough.
Directed by Jeff Tremaine and starring Johnny Knoxville, Steve-O and Dave England among others.
Genre: Comedy, Documentary
UK Release: 4th of February US Release: 4th of February
The Souvenir: Part II (2021)
A follow up to Joanna Hogg’s 2019 romantic drama, following a film student putting her life back together after being dragged deep into whirlwind and ultimately tragic romance with an outwardly sophisticated man, with hidden addiction issues and an untrustworthy personality.
Directed by Joanna Hogg and starring Honor Swinton Byrne, Tilda Swinton and Richard Ayoade among others.
Genre: Drama, Romance
UK Release: 4th of February US Release: 29th of October 2021
Moonfall (2022)
When the Earth is put on a cataclysmic collision course with its own satellite, a NASA executive assembles a team and embarks on a space mission to stop it, only to uncover a lunar conspiracy which changes history and the fate of humanity, as director Roland Emmerich returns to once again orchestrate global destruction for our entertainment.
Directed by Roland Emmerich and starring Halle Berry, Patrick Wilson and Donald Sutherland among others.
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-fi
UK Release: 4th of February US Release: 4th of February
The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021)
An intimate chronicle of the life and times of infamous eccentric American televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker; from her performer roots and explosion of fame alongside disgraced evangelist husband Jim Bakker, to her fall after his legal woes and their divorce, to her redemption beating cancer and breaking the Christian evangelist mould as her own larger-than-life woman.
Directed by Michael Showalter and starring Jessica Chastain, Andrew Garfield and Vincent D’Onofrio among others.
Genre: Fact-based, Drama
UK Release: 4th of February US Release: 17th of September 2021
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Death on the Nile (2022)
When a beautiful heiress is unexpectedly murdered on a glamorous passion-filled Nile steam cruise, the eclectic collection of passengers all become suspects looking for someone to unravel the mystery, luckily the great Hercule Poirot is on board and ready to shelf his vacation and unravel another case, as Kenneth Branagh re-applies his impossible moustache and masterminds the second instalment of his Agatha Christie series.
Directed by Kenneth Branagh and starring Kenneth Branagh, Gal Gadot and Armie Hammer among others.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
UK Release: 11th of February US Release: 11th of February
Uncharted (2022)
Resourceful young adventurer Nathan Drake joins forces with capable older partner Sully and embarks on a globe-trotting mission to track down the greatest ancient treasure never found before dangerous competition gets to it first, while unravelling the mystery of his disappeared brother in this origin story adaptation of one of the world’s most popular video game series.
Directed by Ruben Fleischer and starring Tom Holland, Mark Wahlberg and Antonio Banderas among others.
Genre: Action, Adventure, Mystery
UK Release: 11th of February US Release: 18th of February
Zeros and Ones (2021)
In the Rome of a near future ravaged by disease, war, and authoritarian unrest, an American soldier embarks on a dangerous mission to unravel a global conspiracy and track down a dangerous terrorist organisation, while discovering the fate of his estranged twin brother who links everything together.
Directed by Abel Ferrara and starring Ethan Hawke, Valerio Mastandrea and Salvatore Ruocco among others.
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
UK Release: 11th of February US Release: 19th of November 2021
Petrov’s Flu (2021)
A madcap hallucinatory post Soviet plunge into the human condition set in the bleakness after the fall of the iron curtain, following a flu-riddled comic book artist whose walk across town becomes a violent and sporadic frozen fever dream populated by eccentric and dangerous characters, as he floats between fantasy and the reality of a society which may be even scarier.
Directed by Kirill Serebrennikov and starring Semyon Serzin, Chulpan Khamatova and Yuri Kolokolnikov among others.
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
UK Release: 11th of February US Release: N/A
Marry Me (2022)
A music superstar’s life is turned upside down when her plan to marry her fiance during a live show falls apart when he’s exposed as a cheater, prompting her to impulsively marry one of her unsuspecting fans in the audience, as an awkward temporary PR stunt soon blossoms into unexpected real love.
Directed by Kat Coiro and starring Jennifer Lopez, Owen Wilson and Utkarsh Ambudkar among others.
Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
UK Release: 11th of February US Release: 11th of February
18th
Dog (2022)
A troubled US Army Ranger is tasked with taking his recently deceased fellow soldier’s fierce combat dog to his funeral, sending them on a tense impromptu cross-country road trip which challenges their temperaments but forms an unlikely bond of mutual understanding.
Directed by Reid Carolin and Channing Tatum and starring Channing Tatum, Q’orianka Kilcher and Jane Adams among others.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
UK Release: 18th of February US Release: 18th of February
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022)
Emerging from nearly five decades of hiding with a renewed bloodlust, Leatherface sets his murderous sights on a group of young people who stumble onto his Texas stomping grounds, only to be confronted by a reckoning from his dastardly past deeds in this reboot/sequel of a macabre indie horror classic.
Directed by David Blue Garcia and starring Elsie Fisher, Olwen Fouéré and Mark Burnham among others.
Genre: Horror, Thriller
UK Release: 18th of February (Netflix) US Release: 18th of February (Netflix)
The Real Charlie Chaplin (2022)
Directors Peter Middleton and James Spinney delve into archival footage and an in-depth Life Magazine interview from 1966 to paint a personal portrait of an icon and titan of entertainment history, from behind the curtains and in his own words.
Directed by Peter Middleton and James Spinney and starring Pearl Mackie, Jeff Rawle and Charlie Chaplin among others.
Genre: Documentary
UK Release: 18th of February US Release: 11th of December 2021
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The Duke (2022)
In early 1960s Britain an unassuming ageing taxi driver steals a priceless portrait by Goya from London’s National Gallery, making him a criminal and putting him on a collision course with the legal system, only to become an unexpected folk hero when he charms the masses and reveals the altruistic reason for the theft in this quintessentially British true story from the director of ‘Notting Hill’ and ‘Venus’.
Directed by Roger Michell and starring Jim Broadbent, Helen Mirren and Matthew Goode among others.
Genre: Fact-based, Comedy, Crime, Drama
UK Release: 25th of February US Release: N/A
Cyrano (2021)
A talented French nobleman with a gift for words but racked with self-doubt tries to clandestinely woo a beautiful maiden by charm and lyricism through love letters he writes for young Christian—a fellow suitor also vying for her affections—in this musical adaptation of the iconic 19th century French play from the director of ‘Pride & Prejudice’ and ‘Atonement’.
Directed by Joe Wright and starring Peter Dinklage, Haley Bennett and Kelvin Harrison Jr. among others.
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
UK Release: 25th of February US Release: 17th of December 2021
The Fam (La Mif) (2022)
At a Geneva residential care home for troubled youngsters, the teenage residents clash with the rules, their social workers, and their caring director, while struggling with changing group dynamics and a series of events which threaten the future of the programme, as circumstances trigger a coming-of-age and a realisation that his dysfunctional state-appointed family may be more caring than the broken homes from which they come.
Directed by Fred Baillif and starring Charlie Areddy, Kassia Da Costa and Amandine Golay among others.
#TriviaTuesday: A cost-cutting insect-like suit was the early design for the alien hunter in 1987's 'Predator'—unsuccessfully worn by the character's first actor Jean-Claude Van Damme—but it was ditched for a now iconic Stan Winston design at twice the price. Money well spent. pic.twitter.com/pvbTmpgUIB
#TriviaTuesday: ‘Big Kahuna Burger’ is most certainly the fictional fast food of choice in the Tarantinoverse, appearing or referenced in 'Reservoir Dogs', 'From Dusk Till Dawn', 'Death Proof', 'Four Rooms', as well as its starring turn in 1994’s 'Pulp Fiction' of course. pic.twitter.com/k3xVsbDuA6