GLADIATOR II CERT tbc (150 mins)
Released Fri 15 November
Starring Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal, Denzel Washington, Joseph Quinn, Connie Nielsen, Derek Jacobi 
Directed by Ridley Scott

Paul Mescal has certainly come a long way in a short time. Pretty much unknown five years ago, his big break arrived courtesy of Normal People, a television adaptation of the same-named novel by Sally Rooney, which was screened on BBC Three. Fast forward to 2024, and he’s now starring in this blockbuster sequel to an equally blockbusting movie - with no less a legend than Ridley Scott taking the directorial reins!
Mescal plays the part of Lucius Verus, a young man who is forced to enter the Colosseum after his home is conquered by the tyrannical emperors who rule Rome with an iron fist. 
With rage in his heart and the future of the Empire at stake, Lucius must look to his past and somehow find the strength required to return the glory of Rome to its people... 

PADDINGTON IN PERU CERT PG (103 mins)
Released Fri 8 November
Starring Olivia Colman, Emily Mortimer, Antonio Banderas, Julie Walters and the voices of  Imelda Staunton and Ben Whishaw 
Directed by Dougal Wilson

Given the sensational success of the original film and its sequel, the fact that Michael Bond’s marmalade-sandwich-loving bear is returning for a third cinematic outing comes as absolutely no surprise. 
This latest adventure sees Paddington and the Brown family heading to Peru to visit Aunt Lucy. But as you might expect, not everything goes entirely according to plan. Before too long, the intrepid travellers find themselves plunged into an unexpected mystery - one that sees them taking a perilous journey through the Amazon rainforest... 
Watch out for a splendid turn from Antonio Banderas as a dashing riverboat captain. 

HERETIC CERT 15 (110 mins)
Released Fri 1 November
Starring Hugh Grant, Sophie Thatcher, Chloe East, Elle Young, Julie Lynn Mortensen, Haylie Hansen
Directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods

He may have become a major movie star via a talent for playing charming, foppish and engagingly bumbling young men in British romcoms, but Hugh Grant’s career has taken a decidedly sinister turn in recent years. Having been a cinematic baddie in Paddington 2 and Dungeons & Dragons, and a suave but narcissistic oncologist who beats his mistress to death in television miniseries The Undoing, Grant now shifts into no-holds-barred diabolical mode in this critically acclaimed R-rated horror movie... 
When two young female Mormon missionaries, Sister Barnes and Sister Paxton, knock on the door of Mr Reed, they initially think he’s a suitable candidate for conversion. But, after their conversation takes an unexpectedly dark turn, the sisters find themselves suddenly ensnared in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse...