March

 

6th

Onward (2020)

In a world where fantastical creatures live mundane everyday suburban lives, a couple of young elf brothers embark on an epic adventure to discover if there’s still magic out there, re-discovering their true nature in the process in this adventure from the studio which brought you ‘Toy Story’ and ‘The Incredibles’.

Directed by Dan Scanlon and starring Tom Holland, Chris Pratt and Julia Louis-Dreyfus among others.

Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

UK Release: 6th of March   US Release: 6th of March

 

 

 

Fantasy Island (2020)

When a group of lucky guests arrive at a remote tropical island, it seems like all their fantasies will be realised in paradise, but those dreams soon turn into a waking nightmare when they’re forced to unravel the island’s dark mystery in order to survive—as Blumhouse give the beloved 70s TV show a 21st century horror treatment,

Directed by Jeff Wadlow and starring Lucy Hale, Maggie Q and Michael Peña among others.

Genre: Adventure, Horror, Thriller

UK Release: 6th of March   US Release: 14th of February

 

 

 

Escape from Pretoria (2020)

Convicted of working with the African National Congress in late 1970s apartheid South Africa, two white men hatch a crafty plan to escape the notorious Pretoria Central Prison—dubbed the ‘white man’s Robben Island’—in this prison break tale of resistance based on a true story.

Directed by Francis Annan and starring Daniel Radcliffe, Ian Hart and Daniel Webber among others.

Genre: Fact-based, Crime, Drama, Thriller

UK Release: 6th of March   US Release: 6th of March

 

 

 

Military Wives (2019)

Struggling to deal with the absence of their partners serving in Afghanistan, a group of British military wives find comfort in each other’s company when they form an impromptu choir, only to become the subject of a media sensation when their way of honouring our soldiers makes headlines, in this feelgood comedy/drama based on a true story.

Directed by Peter Cattaneo and starring Kristin Scott Thomas, Sharon Horgan and Emma Lowndes among others.

Genre: Comedy, Drama

UK Release: 6th of March   US Release: 27th of March

 

 

 

The Photograph (2020)

Haunted by her celebrated photographer mother’s legacy and the photos she remembers her by, a young woman struggles with her insecurities, hesitance and learning the lessons of her mother’s past when she falls for a reporter who is all-in on their relationship.

Directed by Stella Meghie and starring LaKeith Stanfield, Issa Rae and Courtney B. Vance among others.

Genre: Drama, Romance

UK Release: 6th of March   US Release: 14th of February

 

 

 

13th

Bacurau (2019)

In the rural Northeast of Brazil, the residents of a small town begin to experience strange happenings after the death of the town’s elderly matriarch, only to be pushed into a bloody clash for survival with some unsavoury and exploitative foreign visitors—in this near futurist, politically reflective genre-blending savaging of the socio-political state of modern Brazil and the West.

Directed by Juliano Dornelles and Kleber Mendonça Filho and starring Bárbara Colen, Thomas Aquino and Sônia Braga among others.

Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller

UK Release: 13th of March   US Release: 6th of March

 

 

 

Bloodshot (2020)

Brought back to life and blessed with extraordinary abilities thanks to the advanced technology in his body, a former US soldier killed in action is remade into a super assassin, only to clash with the shadowy organisation which created and controls him, plunging him into a fight for survival wich pushes the boundaries of his reality in this bug screen adaptation of the popular comics.

Directed by Dave Wilson and starring Vin Diesel, Guy Pearce and Toby Kebbell among others.

Genre: Comic-book, Action, Sci-fi, Thriller

UK Release: 13th of March   US Release: 13th of March

 

 

 

Calm With Horses (2020)

Trying to balance his family life with the sobering demands of his job in rural Ireland, a former boxer turned feared enforcer for a drug-dealing family has his loyalties and moral compass tested to the limit when asked to prove himself with the ultimate act of intimidation.

Directed by Francis Annan and starring Daniel Radcliffe, Ian Hart and Daniel Webber among others.

Genre: Crime, Drama

UK Release: 13th of March   US Release: N/A

 

 

 

Misbehaviour (2020)

When the Miss World competition rolls into London in 1970, a group of women tired of its perceived objectification infiltrate the competition and try to disrupt it, while some of its hopefuls struggle to be seen a world not of their making, in this socially conscious period tale based on a true story.

Directed by Gavin O’Connor and starring Ben Affleck, Michaela Watkins and Janina Gavankar among others.

Genre: Fact-based, Drama

UK Release: 13th of March   US Release: N/A

 

 

 

My Spy (2019)

When a hardened, anti-social CIA super agent’s cover is compromised by nine-year-old girl, he finds himself at the mercy of this precocious youngster, only to form a partnership of convenience which blossoms into an unlikely friendship that changes them both.

Directed by Peter Segal and starring Dave Bautista, Chloe Coleman and Kristen Schaal among others.

Genre: Action, Comedy, Family

UK Release: 13th of March   US Release: 13th of March

 

 

 

The Hunt (2020)

A group of everyday working class Americans find themselves the trophies in a morbid ‘most dangerous game’ , only to turn the tables on their sadistic elite hunters with savage and bloody consequences, in this genre-inspired provocative savaging of the US culture wars, the ruling classes, and the American liberal malaise.

Directed by Craig Zobel and starring Betty Gilpin, Hilary Swank and Ethan Suplee among others.

Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller

UK Release: 13th of March   US Release: 13th of March

 

 

 

20th

A Quiet Place Part II (2020)

Having survived a horde of sound-hunting aliens but come out fatherless in a post-apocalyptic USA, the Abbott family trio must venture beyond their isolated farm to survive, crossing paths with the remnants of humanity while trying to escape the attention of the relentless rampaging creatures . . . only to find that they’re not the only thing to avoid.

Directed by John Krasinski and starring Emily Blunt, Noah Jupe and Cillian Murphy among others.

Genre: Horror, Thriller

UK Release: 20th of March   US Release: 20th of March

 

 

 

The Jesus Rolls (2020)

Fresh from a latest stint in prison, petty criminal and controversial local bowler Jesus Quintana returns to his reprobate ways and hatches new dodgy schemes with shifty figures from both his past and present, in this supporting character spin-off of modern comedy classic ‘The Big Lebowski’ from the man who played him.

Directed by John Turturro and starring John Turturro, Bobby Cannavale and Audrey Tautou among others.

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama

UK Release: 20th of March   US Release: 28th of February

 

 

 

Radioactive (2020)

In late 19th to early 20th century Poland and France, a brilliant physicist and chemist teams up with her equally gifted husband to challenge scientific conventions and the bureaucratic patriarchal institutions who control them, boldly developing theories and making discoveries that would change the course of human history, in this biopic of Marie Skłodowska Curie—the first female Nobel Prize winner and only one to do so twice, and the only person to win it in two scientific fields.

Directed by Marjane Satrapi and starring Rosamund Pike, Sam Riley and Anya Taylor-Joy among others.

Genre: Fact-based, Drama, Romance

UK Release: 20th of March   US Release: N/A

 

 

 

The Truth (2019)

The tale of a grande dame of French cinema with a penchant for tall tales and exaggeration, whose stormy relationship with her daughter and family becomes further strained with the publishing of her memoirs, and a family reunion which threatens to lay bare uncomfortable truths and resentments, but could also begin to build bridges—in this first foray beyond Japanese shores from writer/director Hirokazu Koreeda.

Directed by Hirokazu Koreeda and starring Catherine Deneuve, Juliette Binoche and Ethan Hawke among others.

Genre: Comedy, Drama

UK Release: 20th of March   US Release: 20th of March

 

 

 

27th

Mulan (2020)

Determined to prove her worth in dynastic China, a young woman disguises herself as a boy to take her ailing father’s place when the Emperor charges every family to provide a man for the realm’s defence against fearsome Northern invaders, as she embarks on an epic formative journey to fulfill her potential and claim her place in a man’s world—in this latest Disney live-action adaptation of their classic animations.

Directed by Niki Caro and starring Yifei Liu, Donnie Yen and Jet Li among others.

Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama

UK Release: 27th of March   US Release: 27th of March

 

 

 

The Painted Bird (2019)

In bleak rural Eastern Europe at the end of the second world war, a young Jewish peasant boy wanders from village to village to survive after his elderly foster mother dies, witnessing and suffering the amorality and brutality of the people he encounters . . . both in uniform and out.

Directed by Václav Marhoul and starring Petr Kotlar, Harvey Keitel and Barry Pepper among others.

Genre: Drama, War

UK Release: 27th of March   US Release: N/A

 

 

 

Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway (2020)

The rogue rabbit returns! Now a tentative member of Thomas and Bea’s makeshift family, but unable to settle or escape his reputation as a troublemaker, as he ventures out into the big wide world where he can be himself and have his misadventures, only to find who he really is and what really matters in the absence of his loved ones.

Directed by Václav Marhoul and starring Petr Kotlar, Harvey Keitel and Barry Pepper among others.

Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family

UK Release: 27th of March   US Release: 3rd of April

 

 

 

Vivarium (2020)

A young couple’s suburban dream becomes a living nightmare when they find themselves trapped in labyrinth of identical homes and a manicured manufactured neighbourhood with no escape, only for their existence to become even more surreal when a baby is delivered to their door and the facade of family life forced upon them, in this dark and claustrophobic modern allegory from Lorcan Finnegan.

Directed by Lorcan Finnegan and starrin Jesse Eisenberg, Imogen Poots and Jonathan Aris among others.

Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-fi

UK Release: 27th of March   US Release: N/A

 

 

 

The Perfect Candidate (2020)

When a determined young female doctor surprisingly becomes the first female candidate for her local elections, it causes consternation in a town and a culture unprepared for radical change, and puts new pressures on her family, in this human drama portrait of a (slowly) changing Saudi society.

Directed by Haifaa Al-Mansour and starring Nora Al Awadh, Dae Al Hilali and Mila Al Zahrani among others.

Genre: Drama

UK Release: 27th of March   US Release: N/A

 

 

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