Listen To Me Marlon (15)
(Stevan Riley, 2015, US) 103 mins
The fact that Marlon Brando left hundreds of hours of candid audio recordings is revelation enough, but they’re set to images from his movies and public appearances with such skill and care here it’s as if we’re inside Brando’s head. And the Brando that’s revealed is equally surprising: lyrical, humble, insightful, conflicted. It’s as close to any movie star you’ll get – especially a dead one.
The Last Witch Hunter (12A)
(Breck Eisner, 2015, US) Vin Diesel, Rose Leslie, Elijah Wood. 106 mins
Diesel plunges into a world of lavish effects, supernatural backstory and exuberant facial hair for an action-horror that’s shaped like a franchise opener.
The Black Panthers: Vanguard Of The Revolution (15)
(Stanley Nelson, 2015, US) 115 mins
Radical, dangerous, persecuted and way cool, the Black Panthers fascinate now for the same reasons they did then, although ex-members’ participation rose-tints this history doc.
Mississippi Grind (15)
(Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck, 2015, US) Ben Mendelsohn, Ryan Reynolds, Yvonne Landry. 109 mins
Incorrigible gamblers on a southern road trip sounds like a Rain Man-type formula, but this odd couple’s characters and shady agendas take it down a different road.
Brand: A Second Coming (15)
(Ondi Timoner, 2015, UK/US) 102 mins
Russell Brand’s career and new-found political awakening are retold in a lively, intimate fashion.
Make More Noise! Suffragettes In Silent Film (PG)
(Various, 1899-1913, UK) 75 mins
Fascinating compilation of fictional and news footage of the Suffragettes.
Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension (15)
(Gregory Plotkin, 2015, US) Chris J Murray, Brit Shaw, Ivy George. 88 mins
The supposedly final instalment of the waning horror franchise.
The Big Knights (U)
(Neville Astley, Mark Baker, 2015, UK) Brian Blessed, Prunella Scales. 70 mins
Lovable kids’ animation from the Peppa Pig creators, following two brothers whose competence doesn’t always match their gallantry.
They Will Have To Kill Us First (15)
(Johanna Schwartz, 2015, UK) 100 mins
A music doc with real purpose – following the Malian musicians exiled, outlawed and, in some cases, inspired by Islamic jihadists’ takeover of their country.
Paper Planes (U)
(Robert Connolly, 2014, Aus) Ed Oxenbould, Sam Worthington. 97 mins
One Aussie boy struggles to get to the world paper-plane championships.
Maya The Bee (U)
(Alexs Stadermann, 2014, Aus/Ger) Kodi Smit-McPhee, Noah Taylor, Coco Jack Gillies. 88 mins
Gentle youngsters’ animation in a Bug’s Life vein.
Animal Kingdom: Let’s Go Ape (PG)
(Jamel Debbouze, 2014, Fra/Ita/Chi/Bel) 85 mins
Unamusing animation set in the stone age.
Back To The Future Part II (PG)
(Robert Zemeckis, 1989, US) Michael J Fox, Christopher Lloyd. 108 mins
Journey to the 2015 of the 1980s, hoverboards and all.
Out from Friday
Spectre Mr Bond slays some personal demons as he attempts to outdo Skyfall. Out from Mon.
Under Milk Wood Rhys Ifans and Charlotte Church are among the townsfolk in this rich Dylan Thomas adaptation.
Black Souls Acclaimed Italian thriller.
Taxi Tehran Iran’s Jafar Panahi finds another way around his film-making ban.
Fresh Dressed Documentary about the importance of fashion to hip-hop and vice versa.
Outcast Nicolas Cage turns up in a Chinese historical action epic.
Vatican Tapes Michael Peña on an exorcism mission.
Do I Sound Gay? One man’s exploration of the stereotypical “gay voice”.
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