THE MIDLANDS ESSENTIAL ENTERTAINMENT GUIDE

FilmA-Z LISTINGS
All films are currently on general release
unless otherwise stated. For full listing
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Admission 12a
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The African Queen PG
Starring Humphrey Bogart
as the gin-swilling riverboat
skipper who’s persuaded
by a straight-laced
British missionary, played
by Katherine Hepburn, to
use his steamboat to
attack a German warship.
Showing at Roses
Theatre, Tewkesbury,
Mon 24 June
After Earth 12a
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The Angel’s Share
15
Robbie is a new dad who
just manages to avoid
going to jail. A visit to a
whiskey distillery shows
him a new way of life is
possible. Directed by Ken
Loach. Stars Paul
Brannigan. Showing at
Electric Cinema,
Birmingham, Thurs 20
June
Anna Karenina 12a
Tolstoy’s political romance
brought to life, and starring
Kiera Knightley, Jude Law.
Showing at Forest Arts
Centre, Walsall, Thurs 27
June
Argo 15
A political thriller set
around the rescue of six
American diplomats during
the 1979 hostage crisis
in Iran. Ben Affleck
stars. Showing at Stoke
Film Theatre, Mon 03 June
Before Midnight tbc
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Behind The Candelabra
15
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Bernie 12a
Bernie is a much-loved
mortician in a small Texan
town, but he does have a
decidedly dark side to his
character... Jack Black
stars. Showing at Stoke
Film Theatre, Thurs 27
June
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Birmingham
AMC Broadway Plaza, Five
Ways 0121 450 6800
CINEWORLD Broad St, B’ham
0871 200 2000
CINEWORLD Solihull
0871 200 2000
ELECTRIC, B’ham
0121 643 7879
EMPIRE 0871 471 4714
THE GIANT SCREEN AT
MILLENNIUM POINT
0121 202 2222
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Beware Of Mr Baker
tbc
Ginger Baker looks back
on his musical career with
Cream and Blind Faith.
Showing at mac,
Birmingham, Sat 01 -
Thurs 06 Jun; Stoke Film
Theatre, Tues 25 June
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Beyond The Hills 12a
Romanian film about two
young women who grew
up together in the same
orphanage. One has
since found refuge, but
refuses to leave with her
friend, who has made a
life for herself in Germany.
Showing at Roses
Theatre, Tewkesbury, Mon
3 June; Ludlow Assembly
Rooms, Thurs 20 June
Broken 15
Eleven-year-old Skunk
doesn’t have a perfect life,
but when she witnesses
an inexplicable act of violence,
things start to go
very wrong indeed.
Showing at Old Market
Hall, Shrewsbury, Mon 17
- Tue 18 June
Chasing Ice 12a
Three years in the making,
a National
Geographic photographer
risked his life travelling
across the arctic to
capture climate change in
action. Showing at
Warwick Arts Centre, Mon
10 - Tues 11 June
Chimpanzee U
The story of Oscar, a
young chimpanzee who
sets out to find a new parent
after his mother is
killed in an attack by rival
chimpanzees. Showing at
MAC 0121 446 3232
ODEON 0871 224 4007
REEL Quinton 0121 421
5316
SHOWCASE 0871 220 1000
VUE CINEMA Star City 08712
240 240
Black Country
CINEWORLD W’HAMPTON
0871 200 2000
LIGHT HOUSE MEDIA CEN-
TRE, WOLVERHAMPTON
Old Market Hall,
Shrewsbury, Fri 07 - Mon
10 June
Despicable Me 2 tbc
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The Eye Of the Storm
15
A dying matriarch, losing
her memory, is surrounded
by her grown-up children,
who are determined
to be remembered in her
will. Geoffrey Rush and
Charlotte Rampling star.
Showing at Old Market
Hall, Shrewsbury, until
Thurs 06 June; Warwick
Arts Centre, Fri 7 - Sun 9
June; mac, Birmingham,
Fri 21 - Mon 24 Jun
First Position U
A documentary following
six young
dancers from
around the world as
they prepare for a
gruelling international
ballet competition.
Showing at Ludlow
Assembly Rooms, South
Shropshire, Mon 10 -
Tues 11 June
Flying Blind 15
An aloof and independent
woman, an aerospace
engineer, embarks on an
affair with a younger man,
who happens to be
Muslim. Showing at Stoke
Film Theatre, Tues 18
June
Good Vibrations 15
At first a sort of High
Fidelity with an Irish
accent, Good Vibrations
moves up a gear when
Terri Hooley’s inexhaustible
ambition turns
him into a mover and
shaker in the music business.
Showing at Roses
Theatre, Tewkesbury,
Weds 12 June
The Great Gatsby 12a
Baz Luhrmann’s production
of the famous F Scott
Fitzgerald novel stars
Leonardo De Caprio and
Carey Mulligan. Showing
at Warwick Arts Centre,
until Thurs 13 Jun; Light
House Media Centre,
W’hampton, until Thurs 6
June; mac, Birmingham,
Fri 07 - Tues 18 Jun;
Stoke Film Theatre, Fri 14
- Sat 15 June; Hereford
Courtyard Theatre, Mon
24, Tues 25 & Thurs 27
June
The Hangover Pt 3 15
This time the incorrigible
01902 716055
ODEON MERRY HILL,
DUDLEY 0871 22 44007
SHOWCASE, DUDLEY
0871 220 1000
SHOWCASE, WALSALL
0871 220 1000
Shropshire
OMH SHREWSBURY
01743 281281
CINEWORLD, SHREWSBURY
0871 200 2000
MAJESTIC, BRIDGNORTH
01746 761815
ODEON TELFORD
0871 224 4007
quartet get involved in a
kidnapping, the criminal
underworld and Vegas.
Stars Bradley Cooper, Ed
Helms. Showing at
Electric Cinema,
Birmingham, until Thurs
06 June
A Hijacking 15
After hijacking a Danish
cargo ship, Somali pirates
start to engage in escalating
negotiations with
authorities in Denmark.
Showing at Warwick Arts
Centre, until Sun 02 June;
Stoke Film Theatre, Tues
18 June; Ludlow
Assembly Rooms, Sat 29
June
Hope Springs 12a
A romantic comedy about
a couple that seek marriage
counselling. Stars
Meryl Streep, Tommy Lee
Jones. Showing at Forest
Arts Centre, Walsall, Fri 07
June
Hysteria 15
Set at the end of the nineteenth
century, this
romantic comedy about
the invention of the vibrator
stars Hugh Dancy,
Maggie Gyllenhall .
Showing at Edge Arts
Centre, Much Wenlock,
Mon 10 June
The Iceman 15
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The Impossible 12a
The personal story of a
real couple and their
three children, who were
separated during the
tsunami of 2004. Stars
Naomi Watts, Ewan
McGregor. Showing at
Edge Arts Centre, Much
Wenlock, Mon 24 June
I’m So Excited 15
A diverse group of
Spanish passengers on
their way to Mexico City
find themselves in dire
straits, but this time the
tone is strictly comedic.
Cameos from Antonio
Banderas and Penelope
Cruz. Showing at
Hereford Courtyard
Theatre, Sat 01, Mon 03 &
Weds 05 June; Stoke Film
Theatre, Thurs 06 - Sat 08
June; Old Market Hall,
Shrewsbury, Fri 07 - Thurs
13 June
In The Fog 12a
This Russian film is set on
the western frontiers of
the USSR during World
War Two. The region is
under the control of the
WEM TOWN HALL
01939 232299
Staffordshire
APOLLO, STAFFORD
0871 220 6000
CINEWORLD, BURTON-UPON-
TRENT 0871 200 2000
STOKE FILM THEATRE, 01782
411188
ODEON TAMWORTH
0871 224 4007
Warwickshire
ODEON, COVENTRY
0871 224 4007
Germans, and a man,
wrongly accused of collaborating,
is faced with
an unenviable moral
choice. Showing at mac,,
Birmingham, Tues 11 -
Thurs 13 June
In The House 15
A social satire that
explores the boundaries
of the teacher-student
relationship when a talented
student hands in
essays detailing the private
life of a school friend.
Showing at Ludlow
Assembly Rooms, South
Shropshire, Sat 15 & Mon
17 June
Iron Man 3 12a
Counting his turn in
Avengers Assemble, this
is the fourth time Robert
Downey Jr has played
the glib billionaire with the
steely alter-ego. Ben
Kingsley also stars.
Showing at Hereford
Courtyard Theatre, Fri 14,
Sat 15 & Mon 17 June
Jean De Florette PG
In his desire to buy a
neighbouring property, a
greedy landowner blocks
its only water source,
hoping to bankrupt the
owner and force him to
sell. Gerard Depardieu
stars. Showing at Stoke
Film Theatre, Mon 17
June
A Late Quartet 15
The Fugue String Quartet
play Beethoven, Bach
and Hayden, but their
future is threatened when
one of them may or may
not have Parkinson’s.
Stars Philip Seymour
Hoffman and Christopher
Walken. Showing at
Ludlow Assembly Rooms,
South Shropshire, Tues 11
- Weds 12 June
The Last Exorcism:
Part II 15
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Like Someone In Love
12a
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The Look Of Love 18
This is the Paul Raymond
story - a surprisingly
sedate, conventional
biopic for a man who
owned large chunks of
Soho and had a penchant
for strip shows and
racy periodicals (like Men
Only). Steve Coogan
stars. Showing at Roses
ODEON, NUNEATON
0871 224 4007
SHOWCASE, COVENTRY
0871 220 1000
APOLLO 4, LEAMINGTON
SPA 01926 427 448
PICTURE HOUSE,
STRATFORD-UPON-AVON
0871 902 5741
WARWICK ARTS CENTRE
COVENTRY 02476 524524
Theatre, Tewkesbury and
Ludlow Assembly Rooms,
South Shropshire, Tues 18
- Weds 19 June; Stoke
Film Theatre, Fri 28 - Sat
29 June
Love (Amour) 12a
The story of George and
Anne, a couple in their
eighties whose life is
thrown into turmoil when
Anne suffers a stroke.
Showing at Edge Arts
Centre, Much Wenlock,
Mon 17 June
Love Is All You Need 15
At a wedding on the
coast of Sorrento, the
mother of the bride is suffering
both from cancer
and an unfaithful husband.
But it’s not until she
(literally) crashes into
Pierce Brosnan that her
problems really start.
Showing at Stoke Film
Theatre, Sat 01 June;
Ludlow Assembly Rooms,
South Shropshire, Tues 04
- Thurs 06 June
Man Of Steel 12a
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Manon Des Sources
PG
A young shepherdess
plans revenge for her
father who died some
years earlier as a result of
the forced sale of his
land. Showing at Stoke
Film Theatre, Mon 24
June
Me And You tbc
Lorenzo plans to spend
the week hiding in the
family basement rather
than going on a school
trip. His solitude is shortlived
when his drug
addict half-sister shows
up, and the pair bond
over their shared love of
David Bowie’s Space
Oddity. Showing at mac,
Birmingham, Sat 01 - Mon
03 June; Warwick Arts
Centre, Mon 3 & Wed 5
June; Stoke Film Theatre,
Tues 11 June; Old Market
Hall, Shrewsbury, Fri 28-
Sat 29 June
More Than Honey tbc
State-of-the-art techniques
are used to illuminate
the world’s bee crisis,
examining honeybees
in China, Australia,
Switzerland and
California. Directed by
Marcus Imhoof and
shown as part of the UK
Green Festival. Showing
at mac, Birmingham,
Weds 05 June
Worcestershire
ARTRIX, BROMSGROVE
01527 577330
MALVERN THEATRE
0845 287 2146
WAREHOUSE,
KIDDERMINSTER
01562 747773
VUE, WORCESTER
0871 224 0240
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and dates, visit
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