Movies hitting the screen at Spalding and Peterborough this summer
With a lot of the summer big-hitters having already landed, it’s now getting to that time of the movie season where a flurry of mid-range releases tussle for your cinematic attention at Peterborough’s Showcase Cinema De Lux.
Starting with novel-to-film adaptation Where the Crawdads Sing opening from tomorrow, with enigmatic crime-fighting superhero pets and Brad Pitt comedically kicking-ass on a train following soon after...
BULLET TRAIN
Released: August 3
Brad Pitt headlines what could be the ‘coolest’ film of the summer – with this neo-noir ensemble action-comedy thriller from the co-director of John Wick. He stars as ‘looking to retire’ killer Ladybug, who gets pulled in for one last job by his boss (Sandra Bullock) to collect a briefcase on a Japanese ‘bullet train’ out of Tokyo – but he soon discovers he’s competing with other assassins for the prized possession. Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Avengers: Age of Ultron),
Zazie Beetz (Joker) and rapper Bad Bunny co-star.
WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING
Released: Tomorrow (Friday)
Based on the global best-selling novel, this mystery-drama sees a woman (Daisy
Edgar-Jones), who raised herself in the marshes of America’s deep South, become a suspect in the murder of a man – who just happens to be the local ‘hotshot’ football quarterback – after having a brief tryst with him.
DC LEAGUE OF SUPER-PETS
Released: July 29 (and August 10 at South Holland Centre Spalding)
When the Justice League is captured by the villainous Lex Luthor, Superman’s dog Krypto (voiced by Dwayne Johnson) forms a team of
fellow superpower-wielding pets – including Kevin Hart’s Ace – to try to help rescue his mentor and pals in this animated adventure.
NOPE
Released: August 12
The latest movie from Jordan Peele – the acclaimed filmmaker behind Get Out and Us – sees residents of an isolated California town witness a mysteriously abnormal event that literally turns their lives upside down. Peele re-teams with his Get Out breakout star Daniel Kaluuya in this sci-fi horror.
BEAST
Released: August 12
Idris Elba’s widower goes on a long-planned trip with his two daughters to a South African game reserve with an old family friend. But their adventure soon turns into a nightmarish battle for survival as they are hunted by a rogue lion – intent on proving the Savanna has only one apex predator.
MAJOR RELEASES OUT AT SPALDING’S SOUTH
HOLLAND CENTRE OVER THE COMING WEEKS...
TOP GUN: MAVERICK (12A) FROM TOMORROW
LIGHTYEAR (PG) FROM NEXT THURSDAY (JULY 28)
JURASSIC WORLD: DOMINION (12A) FROM NEXT THURSDAY (JULY 28)
MINIONS: THE RISE OF GRU (U) FROM AUGUST 3
ELVIS (12A) FROM AUGUST 3
DC LEAGUE OF SUPER PETS (PG) FROM AUGUST 10
THE RAILWAY CHILDREN RETURN (PG) FROM AUGUST 10
