Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy
(M)
Two-time Academy Award® winner Renée Zellweger returns to the role that established a romantic-comedy heroine for the ages, a woman whose inimitable approach to life and love redefined an entire film genre.
Bridget Jones first blasted onto bookshelves in Helen Fielding's literary phenomenon Bridget Jones's Diary, which became a global bestseller and a blockbuster film. As a single career woman living in London, Bridget Jones not only introduced the world to her romantic adventures, but added "Singletons," "Smug-Marrieds" and "f---wittage" into the global lexicon. Bridget's ability to triumph despite adversity led her to finally marry top lawyer Mark Darcy and to become the mother of their baby boy. Happiness at last.
But in Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, Bridget is alone once again, widowed four years ago, when Mark (Oscar® winner Colin Firth) was killed on a humanitarian mission in the Sudan. She's now a single mother to 9-year-old Billy and 4-year-old Mabel, and is stuck in a state of emotional limbo, raising her children with help from her loyal friends and even her former lover, Daniel Cleaver (Hugh Grant).
Pressured by her Urban Family —Shazzer, Jude and Tom, her work colleague Miranda, her mother, and her gynecologist Dr. Rawlings (Oscar® winner Emma Thompson) — to forge a new path toward life and love, Bridget goes back to work and even tries out the dating apps, where she's soon pursued by a dreamy and enthusiastic younger man (White Lotus's Leo Woodall). Now juggling work, home and romance, Bridget grapples with the judgment of the perfect mums at school, worries about Billy as he struggles with the absence of his father, and engages in a series of awkward interactions with her son's rational-to-a-fault science teacher (Oscar® nominee Chiwetel Ejiofor). The returning cast includes Oscar® winner Jim Broadbent and BAFTA winner Gemma Jones as Bridget's parents and, as a new character, Isla Fisher (Now You See Me, The Great Gatsby) as Rebecca, Bridget's neighbor.
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy is directed by acclaimed filmmaker Michael Morris (To Leslie, Better Call Saul), from a screenplay by BAFTA nominee Helen Fielding, based on her novel, with contributions from Emmy winner Abi Morgan (The Iron Lady, Eric) and Oscar® nominee Dan Mazer (I Give it A Year, Bridget Jones's Baby).
The film is produced for Working Title by Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner, whose films, including The Danish Girl, Darkest Hour, Fargo, Les Misérables and The Theory of Everything, among others, have earned 14 Academy Awards® and six Best Picture nominations. The film is also produced by Jo Wallett (Wicked Little Letters, Catherine Called Birdy). The film is executive produced by Helen Fielding, Renée Zellweger, Amelia Granger and Sarah-Jane Wright. Working Title has produced all the Bridget Jones films.
Universal Pictures and StudioCanal and Miramax present a Working Title production, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy. The film will be released in theaters internationally by Universal Pictures and will stream exclusively on Peacock in the U.S. The three previous Bridget Jones films—Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004) and Bridget Jones's Baby (2016)—have earned more than $800 million worldwide.
Widow Clicquot
(M)
Widow Clicquot is based on the true story behind the Veuve Clicquot champagne family and business that began in the late 18th century. After her husband's untimely death, Barbe-Nicole Ponsardin Clicquot flouts convention by assuming the reins of the fledgling wine business they had nurtured together. Steering the company through dizzying political and financial reversals, she defies her critics and revolutionizes the champagne industry to become one of the world's first great entrepreneurs.
A Complete Unknown
(M)
Set in the influential New York music scene of the early 60s, A COMPLETE UNKNOWN follows 19-year-old Minnesota musician BOB DYLAN's (Timothée Chalamet) meteoric rise as a folk singer to concert halls and the top of the charts - his songs and mystique becoming a worldwide sensation - culminating in his groundbreaking electric rock and roll performance at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965.
September 5
(M)
During the 1972 Munich Olympics, an American sports broadcasting crew finds itself thrust into covering the hostage crisis involving Israeli athletes.
Babygirl
(R16)
A high-powered CEO puts her career and family on the line when she begins a torrid affair with her much younger intern.
Conclave
(M)
Conclave is set in the secretive Vatican meeting of Catholic cardinals who gather in Rome to pick a new Pope. Fiennes plays Cardinal Lomeli, tasked with overseeing the Cardinals arriving from across the globe to join the Conclave. But as the political machinations inside the Vatican intensify, Lomeli realizes that the departed Pope had kept a secret from them that he must uncover before a new Pope has been chosen.
Maria
(M)
Follows the life story of the world's greatest opera singer, Maria Callas, during her final days in 1970s Paris.
Becoming Led Zeppelin
(E)
BECOMING LED ZEPPELIN explores the origins of this iconic group and their meteoric rise in just one year against all the odds.
Powered by awe-inspiring, psychedelic, never-before-seen footage, performances and music, Bernard MacMahon's experiential cinematic odyssey explores Led Zeppelin's creative, musical, and personal origin story. The film is told in Led Zeppelin's own words and is the first officially sanctioned film on the group.
The Haka Party Incident
(E)
In 1979, group of young Māori and Pasifika activists sought to stop Pākehā students at the University of Auckland performing a parody of haka each capping week. Unfortunately, the consequences for those activists were severe - many were convicted of crimes. Director Katie Wolfe uncovers this largely forgotten event in our history with interviews from both in this resonant and thought-provoking documentary.
The Brutalist
(R16)
When visionary architect László Toth and his wife Erzsébet flee post-war Europe in 1947 to rebuild their legacy and witness the birth of modern America, their lives are changed forever by a mysterious and wealthy client.
Presence
(R16)
A family becomes convinced they are not alone after moving into their new home in the suburbs
Flow
(G)
The world seems to be coming to an end, teeming with the vestiges of a human presence. Cat is a solitary animal, but as his home is devastated by a great flood, he finds refuge on a boat populated by various species, and will have to team up with them despite their differences. In the lonesome boat sailing through mystical overflowed landscapes, they navigate the challenges and dangers of adapting to this new world.
We Live in Time
(M)
Almut (Florence Pugh) and Tobias (Andrew Garfield) are brought together in a surprise encounter that changes their lives. Through snapshots of their life together -- falling for each other, building a home, becoming a family -- a difficult truth is revealed that rocks its foundation. As they embark on a path challenged by the limits of time, they learn to cherish each moment of the unconventional route their love story has taken, in filmmaker John Crowley's decade-spanning, deeply moving romance.
Companion
(R16)
New Line Cinema—the studio that brought you "The Notebook"—and the unhinged creators of "Barbarian" cordially invite you to experience a new kind of love story…
Written and directed by Drew Hancock ("My Dead Ex," "Suburgatory"), "Companion" stars Sophie Thatcher ("Yellowjackets," "The Boogeyman"), Jack Quaid ("The Boys," "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse"), Lukas Gage ("Smile 2," "Dead Boy Detectives"), Megan Suri ("Never Have I Ever," "It Lives Inside"), Harvey Guillén ("What We Do in the Shadows," "Blue Beetle") and Rupert Friend ("High Desert," "Asteroid City"). The film is produced by the filmmakers behind "Barbarian"—Raphael Margules, J.D. Lifshitz, Zach Cregger and Roy Lee. The executive producers are Tracy Rosenblum and Jamie Buckner.
The cinematographer is Eli Born ("The Boogeyman," "Hellraiser"). The production designer is Scott Kuzio ("Dumb Money," the "Fear Street" trilogy). The editors are Brett W. Bachman ("The Fall of the House of Usher," "Pig") and Josh Ethier ("Don't Move," "Orphan: First Kill"). The costume designer is Vanessa Porter ("The Toxic Avenger," "Archive 81"). The composer is Hrishikesh Hirway ("Song Exploder," "Everything Sucks!"). The music supervisor is Rob Lowry ("Do Revenge," "Miracle Workers"). The casting is by Nancy Nayor ("Saw X," "Barbarian").
New Line Cinema presents A BoulderLight Pictures Production, In Association With Vertigo Entertainment/Subconscious: "Companion." The film will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures, in theaters only nationwide on January 10, 2025, and internationally beginning on 8 January 2025.
Alien Weaponry Kua Tupu Te Ara
(M)
If you think the three tāne that make up the heavy metal band Alien Weaponry are young now, Alien Weaponry: Kua Tupu Te Ara shows you that this project is actually over a decade in the making. The documentary takes you to the start of the band's journey from its formation in 2010 by Henry De Jong and his brother Lewis, then just ten and eight years old respectively.
Director Kent Belcher began filming Alien Weaponry six years ago, when Henry and Lewis were teenagers, but includes footage filmed by their ever-supportive parents, Niel and Jette, dating back to the 2000s. We follow the band from their first performances at Smokefree Rockquest, to European metal festivals, through to their international headlining concerts, jam-packed with metalheads. These tours are littered with the occasional amusing brotherly spat, but also with random outbursts of "Tutira Mai Ngā Iwi", joined by anyone who knows the words.
Although Alien Weaponry's success is clearly huge, instead what is most impressive about them is their commitment to keeping te reo Māori and Māori culture alive. Their music is written and performed in te reo Māori and tells the stories of tangata whenua (people of the land), the band members' ancestors, and denounces colonisation.
Everything Henry, Lewis and their most recent member, Tūranga, do champions te ao Māori in the most genuine and honest way. As they age throughout the filming, the tāne start to physically embrace their culture - never removing the taonga (treasure) around their necks and getting tāmoko on their legs and faces (traditional Māori tattoos).
One of the best things about Alien Weaponry: Kua Tupu Te Ara is that even though it hits the usual marks of a music documentary (touring, disputes, highs and lows), it doesn't have an end. These young men are still rising, still growing a bigger and bigger audience, and still championing our indigenous culture to the world - and when you measure their audience, it's clear that the world doesn't want them to stop. — Huia Haupapa
Anora
(R16)
Anora, a sex worker from Brooklyn, gets her chance at a Cinderella story when she meets and marries the son of an oligarch. Once the news reaches Russia, her fairytale is threatened as the parents set out for New York to get the marriage annulled.
Nosferatu
(R16)
A gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman in 19th century Germany and the ancient Transylvanian vampire who stalks her, bringing untold horror with him.
National Theatre Live Prima Facie (Encore)
(R16)
Jodie Comer (Killing Eve) makes her West End debut in the UK premiere of Suzie Miller's award-winning play. Tessa is a young, brilliant barrister. She has worked her way up from working class origins to be at the top of her game; defending; cross examining and winning. An unexpected event forces her to confront the lines where the patriarchal power of the law, burden of proof, and morals diverge. Prima Facie takes us to the heart of where emotion and experience collide with the rules of the game. Justin Martin directs this solo tour de force, captured live from the intimate Harold Pinter Theatre in London's West End.
Worlds Greatest Stage Musicals - Love Never Dies - The Musical
(PG)
Love Never Dies continues the story of The Phantom of the Opera. Featuring one of Andrew Lloyd Webber's finest musical scores performed by a 21 piece orchestra, a stunning cast of 36 including Ben Lewis and Anna O'Byrne, over 300 incredible costumes and a magnificent set illuminated by over 5000 dazzling light bulbs.
The year is 1907. It is 10 years after his disappearance from the Paris Opera House and the Phantom has escaped to a new life in New York where he lives amongst the screaming joy rides and freak-shows of Coney Island. In this new electrically-charged world, he has finally found a place for his music to soar. All that is missing is his love - Christine Daaé.
Emilia Perez
(R13)
Overqualified and undervalued, Rita is a lawyer at a large firm that is more interested in getting criminals off the hook than bringing them to justice. One day, she is given an unexpected way out, when cartel leader Manitas hires her to help him withdraw from his business and realise a plan he has been secretly preparing for years: to become the woman he has always dreamt of being.
Sing Sing
(M)
Divine G (Colman Domingo), imprisoned at Sing Sing for a crime he didn't commit, finds purpose by acting in a theatre group with other incarcerated men. When a wary outsider joins the group, the men decide to stage their first original comedy, in this stirring true story of resilience, humanity, and the transformative power of art, starring an unforgettable ensemble cast of formerly incarcerated actors.
A Real Pain
(R13)
Mismatched cousins David and Benji reunite for a tour through Poland to honor their beloved grandmother. The adventure takes a turn when the odd-couple's old tensions resurface against the backdrop of their family history.