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Silver Screen Weekly- What's Coming Up At The Cinema From Friday 21 March

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.

Snow White (PG)
Snow White (PG)

Waiting on a wish? Wait no longer! Snow White is a bold new take on the classic tale that Disney was built upon, starring Rachel Zegler and Gal Gadot. As young Snow White, who takes a stand against the tyrannical Wicked Queen. Full of hope, wonder and songs to brighten your day, this new Disney take on their 1937 classic is enough to have you singing Heigh Ho, Heigh Ho, it's off to the cinema we go!

Flow (U)

Flow (U)

On the waves out of awards season, a champion has emerged – Gints Zilbalodis’ Blender-rendered animated fantasy adventure Flow. This dialogue-free marvel has sublime visual power and a resonant sense of cinematic wonder and deep spectacle. The story follows a dark grey cat, who faces an unexpected battle for survival as the earth endures great floods. Along the way, it encounters a band of animals on a boat and joins their company, and this unlikely group face their unsure future together. Flow is a masterpiece. A soulful, energetic, and fun meditation on life itself and the need for community and friendship in times of great danger and uncertainty.

Y2K

Y2K (18)

Back to 1999 we go in this wicked horror/comedy that sees a New Year’s Eve party go off the rails, as the terror of Y2K becomes a reality, and machines rise up against humanity. Starring Rachel Zegler, IT’s Jaeden Martell and Limp Bizkit’s Fred Durst, this strange, funny and gruesome film comes from the warped minds behind Hereditary, Heretic and Midsommar and is a throwback treat, reeking of millennium era party cool and tech-run-amok chaos that feels genuinely taken from a bygone age of movies in the best possible ways.

The Alto Knights
The Alto Knights (15)

Double the De Niro's, double the drama. This 1950s set true-life thriller, sees both notorious New York crime bosses Frank Costello (Robert De Niro) and Vito Genovese (De Niro also) vie for control of the city streets. In this gripping crime drama tale from the makers of Goodfellas and The Irishman.

Ne Zha 2

Ne Zha 2 (12a)

Yu Yang’s animated sequel to 2019’s Ne Zha is officially the highest-grossing animated film of all time and is a Chinese marvel that has been dominating international cinema. Adapted from Chinese mythology stories and the 16th-century Chinese novel Investiture of the Gods (Fengshen Yanyi), Ne Zha 2 is one of the most culturally important films of all time, as Chinese culture is brought proudly to the centre stage of this action-packed and unique tale, that has broken every record going for animated cinema.

From Thursday 27th March

Dr Strangelove

National Theatre Live: Dr. Strangelove (15)
National Theatre Live's Dr. Strangelove, stars Steve Coogan in multiple roles and is adapted for the stage by Armando Iannucci (I'm Alan Partridge, The Thick Of It, Death of Stalin) and Olivier Award winner Sean Foley. This incredibly satirical and sharply hilarious, not to mention uncomfortably timelier than ever, show is adapted from the Stanley Kubrick Cold War masterpiece and tells the tale of war and the madness going on in the offices of those who overlook it! Dr. Strangelove has earned rave reviews across the board that have called it hysterical, scarily believable and downright nutty. This one is not to be missed.

Other releases:

Santosh (15) (Crime drama following a widow who inherits her husband's job as a police constable in a rural North Indian town, as she is thrust into a murder investigation alongside a veteran inspector.) - Friday 21st March
The Thinking Game (12a) (Documentary about British scientist Demis Hassabis's work in the development of artificial intelligence.) - Friday 21st March
Brief History Of A Family (15) (Mandarin-language drama following a withdrawn teenager who is befriended by an outgoing boy of the same age that spends time at his home.) - Friday 21st March
Bad Boys (15) (30th anniversary re-release of the beloved 1995 action comedy from director Michael Bay starring Will Smith and Martin Lawrence.) - Friday 21st March
Dilruba (15) (Action romance that sees a college student with a troubled past navigating the conflicts of love and loss.) - Friday 21st March
The Bayou (15) (Nature attacks horror that sees a group of friends escape a plane crash in the Louisiana everglades, only to find something deadlier lurks in the shadows.) - Friday 21st March
When Autumn Falls (12a) (French drama about a mother and daughter’s relationship pushed to breaking point.) - Friday 21st March
Just Another Girl On The I.R.T (15) (4K Restoration re-release of Leslie Harris’ 1992 drama.) - Friday 21st March
DIG! XX (15) (Extended version of the 2004 music documentary DIG! charting the breakdown of the friendship between American rock bands The Brian Jonestown Massacre and The Dandy Warhols..) – Friday 21st March
Two Strangers Trying Not To Kill Each Other (15) – (Documentary looking at a married couple reflecting on their lives together and the changes brought on by age.) – Friday 21st March
Imagine Dragons: Live From The Hollywood Bowl (With The LA Film Orchestra) (PG) (A recording of a live musical performance at the Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, by the American pop rock band, Imagine Dragons.) – Wednesday 26th March
MAD Square (15) (Telugu comedy seeing three college pals navigating campus life with wild results.) – Thursday 27th March

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