Jack Bottomley, Media Correspondent

Silver Screen Weekly - What's Coming Up At The Cinema From Friday 16th February 2024

Our film critic and media correspondent has been looking and trawling the new releases. Here's what you can see on the big screen this week.

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Bob Marley: One Love (12a)
One Love, People Get Ready for this incredible story about the life of a legend. Telling the story of the Soul Rebel himself, Bob Marley (Kingsley Ben-Adir), this biopic from director Reinaldo Marcus Green (King Richard) is based on the life of the late great reggae legend, from his humble origins and rise to fame, all the way up until his death in 1981. Co-starring Lashana Lynch and James Norton. Anyone who knows this story, knows the power of the man, his music and his message despite so much trouble in the world. From war to people stirring it up. This could be one of the best musician biopics to come along in some time, jamming with a story that will compel, entertain and inspire in equal measure. In a big screen experience brimming with positive vibration.


Madame Web (12a)
Based on the Marvel Comics and spider-verse shattering character, this thrilling new addition to Sony's Spider-Man universe, tells the story of Cassandra Webb (Dakota Johnson), a New York City paramedic who, after certain events, shows signs of clairvoyance and must act on her visions, to protect three young women from a masked attacker who wants them dead! Looking to blend the superhero genre with Final Destination-like thrills, this exciting new vision in heroic entertainment is set to be exciting, enticing and full of surprises for fans and newcomers alike. Co-starring Sydney Sweeney, Isabela Merced, Celeste O’Connor, Tahar Rahim, Mike Epps, Emma Roberts and Adam Scott.

Other releases:
The Promised Land (15) (Danish historical drama about a retired soldier that turns to farming an inhospitable heathland, starring Mads Mikkelsen.) - Friday 16th February
Interview With The Vampire (15) (30th anniversary re-release of Neil Jordan’s 1994 horror drama, starring Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise.) - Friday 16th February
Les Miserables (12a) (Dolby enchanted re-issue of Tom Hooper’s 2012 musical based on Victor Hugo’s novel and the stage sensation, starring Hugh Jackman, Anne Hathaway and Russell Crowe.) - Friday 16th February
One From The Heart: Reprise (12a) (4K Restoration release of Francis Ford Coppola’s 1981 musical romance starring Frederic Forrest, Teri Garr and Raul Julia) - Friday 16th February
Someone’s Daughter, Someone’s Son (15) (Documentary looking at people who have previously struggled, or are currently struggling with homelessness in Britain.) - Friday 16th February
Eureka (15) (Part realistic/part dreamlike drama looking at the lives of several Native American characters linked to a reservation, starring Viggo Mortensen, Chiara Mastroianni, Alaina Clifford) - Friday 16th February
Monty Python and The Holy Grail 48th & 1/2 Anniversary (12a) (Eccentric re-release - with quote-a-long versions! - of Monty Python’s beloved 1975 historical comedy, starring the legendary comedy group.) - Wednesday 21st February
Vanya (15) (National Theatre Live release of Sam Yates’ take on Chekhov’s revered story, starring Andrew Scott.) - Thursday 22nd February