Silver Screen Weekly - What's Coming Up At The Cinema From Friday 6 October 2023

The Exorcist: Believer (15)
50 Years Ago...one film changed the horror landscape. Now, prepare yourselves for a return to the evil. This legacy sequel from David Gordon Green (Halloween trilogy) sees two young girls go missing unexplainably, and upon their return, something is very very wrong, as a great darkness seems to take them both over, something demonic, leaving the parents desperate for a solution, so desperate in fact they seek out Chris MacNeil (original star Ellen Burstyn) for help, as she is brought face to face with evil again. A follow-up to one of the greatest and most enduring horror films ever made, The Exorcist: Believer is set to kick start a whole new era in the legacy of the late great William Friedkin’s 1973 masterpiece, and with the return of the legendary Oscar winner Burstyn at the centre of the story, alongside Leslie Odom Jr., Jennifer Nettles and young stars Olivia O'Neill and Lidya Jewett, this is one of the cinema events of the year. Something wicked this way comes...and you don't want to miss this story about the power of belief and the tribute to one hell of big screen classic. The Body and the Blood is set to be frozen in fear!

The Great Escaper (12a)
Director Oliver Parker’s true story inspired drama could well be one of the most moving and inspiring films of the year. Based on the story of Bernard Jordan, a WWII veteran who “broke out” of his nursing home in 2014 to escape to France for the 70th anniversary D-Day celebrations, The Great Escaper stars Michael Caine in the lead role, alongside the late great Glenda Jackson in her final film role. Being hailed as a poignant and superbly acted triumph of the human spirit, past and present, The Great Escaper is a film that will speak to so many and marks a fitting final film in the career of Glenda Jackson, as well as another late career highlight in Caine’s remarkable body of work over his 70+ year career.

Other releases:
Mind-Set (18) (Drama about a couple navigating a rough time in their relationship.) - Friday 6th October
Golda (12a) (Helen Mirren stars as Israeli president Golda Meir in this biopic about her leading her country through the 1973 Yom Kippur war.) - Friday 6th October
Ghosts Of The Chelsea Hotel (and Other Rock & Roll Stories) (TBC) (Documentary examining the New York Chelsea Hotel’s role in many of the musical, cultural and artistic movements of the 20th century.) - Friday 6th October
The Burial (15) (True events inspired Deep South set courtroom drama about a small businessman who forms an unlikely friendship with a lawyer, starring Jamie Foxx and Tommy Lee Jones.) - Friday 6th October
The Ex-Files 4: Marriage Plan (PG) (Mandarin romance about a pair of best friends who are considering settling down.) - Friday 6th October
20 Days In Mariupol (18) (Ukrainian documentary about the 2022 Russian siege of the southeastern city and the atrocities committed.) -Friday 6th October
Blackberry (15) (True life inspired comedy/drama about the rise and fall of the world’s first smartphone.) - Friday 6th October
Evangelion: 3.0 + 1.01 Thrice Upon A Time (15) (Fantastical action packed Japanese anime about an elite force prepared to face and stop a global cataclysm.) - Friday 6th October
Wallace & Gromit: A Grand Day Out/The Wrong Trousers (U) (Nick Park’s iconic creation is back on the big screen in this cinema re-release of his first two Oscar winning claymation Wallace and Gromit shorts.) - Wednesday 11th October
Evening With Jonas Kaufmann (12a) (Music event cinema sees 'King of Tenors', Jonas Kaufmann will take you on an unforgettable musical journey.) - Thursday 12th October