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Better Off Dead...
1985 97mins USA (15) Comedy
Directed by Savage Steve Holland Starring John Cusack, David Ogden Stiers, Kim Darby

High school student Lane Meyer sinks into suicidal depression when his girlfriend dumps him for jock Roy Stalin, the high school ski racing champion. Meanwhile, he has to deal with his eccentric family, a tenacious paperboy and an obnoxious neighbor whose mother is hosting a beautiful French exchange student named Monique.

High Fidelity - 25th Anniversary
2000 114mins USA (15) Romance/Comedy
Directed by Stephen Frears Starring John Cusack, Iben Hjejle, Todd Louiso

Will now show on 7th July with a special post-film Q&A from director Stephen Frears and writer Nick Hornby!

Rob Gordon (John Cusack) is the owner of a failing record store in Chicago, where he sells music the old-fashioned way -- on vinyl. Although they have an encyclopedic knowledge of pop music and are consumed by the music scene, it's of no help to Rob, whose needle skips the love groove when his long-time girlfriend, Laura (Iben Hjejle), walks out on him. As he examines his failed attempts at romance and happiness, the process finds him being dragged, kicking and screaming, into adulthood.

Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
1991 96mins USA (15) Documentary
Directed by George Hickenlooper|Fax Bahr|Eleanor Coppola Starring Francis Ford Coppola, Eleanor Coppola, John Milius, George Lucas, Orson Welles

Francis Ford Coppola began to film 'Apocalypse Now' in February 1976. After 238 days in the jungle, filming was complete and millions of dollars had been spent (Marlon Brando was on set for three weeks at a million dollars a week). Actors had been replaced (Harvey Keitel by Martin Sheen). They had all gone a bit insane (according to Coppola) and the whole thing was documented on film by his wife, Eleanor.

Apocalypse Now : Final Cut
1979 181mins USA (15) War
Directed by Francis Ford Coppola Starring Marlon Brando, Martin Sheen, Robert Duvall

In Vietnam in 1970, Captain Willard (Martin Sheen) takes a perilous and increasingly hallucinatory journey upriver to find and terminate Colonel Kurtz (Marlon Brando), a once-promising officer who has reportedly gone completely mad. In the company of a Navy patrol boat filled with street-smart kids, a surfing-obsessed Air Cavalry officer (Robert Duvall), and a crazed freelance photographer (Dennis Hopper), Willard travels further and further into the heart of darkness.

Charlie's Angels - 25th Anniversary
98mins (15) Action/Adventure
Directed by McG Starring Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu

We are pleased to welcome BAFTA Winning writer Krysty Wilson-Cairns (1917, Last Night in Soho, The Good Nurse) to the Prince Charles Cinema stage to introduce the film, in a 25th Anniversary screening in 4K!

The captivating crime-fighting trio who are masters of disguise, espionage and martial arts are back! When a devious mastermind embroils them in a plot to destroy individual privacy, the Angels, aided by their loyal sidekick Bosley, set out to bring down the bad guys. But when a terrible secret is revealed, it makes the Angels targets for assassination.

Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
2003 106mins (12A) Action/Adventure
Directed by McG Starring Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu

The Angels are charged with finding a pair of missing rings that are encoded with the personal information of members of the Witness Protection Program. As informants are killed, the ladies target a rogue agent who might be responsible.

Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
100mins (18) Horror
Directed by Rob Hedden Starring Jensen Daggett, Sharlene Martin, Scott Reeves

Jason ships out aboard a teen-filled "love boat" bound for New York, which he soon transforms into the ultimate voyage of the damned.

Anora
2024 139mins (18) Crime/Comedy
Directed by Sean Baker Starring Mikey Madison, Mark Eydelshteyn, Karren Karagulian

5 Academy Award Wins – Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay (Original), Best Editing, Best Actress

Anora, a young sex worker from Brooklyn, gets her chance at a Cinderella story when she meets and impulsively 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.