What’s On This Week?

Here’s a quick run-down of this week’s Movies now showing at your local cinema.

The Program
Biog / Drama / Sport

Richmond and Twickenham Times:

Cast: Ben Foster (X-Men: The Last Stand, Lone Survivor), Chris O’Dowd (Bridesmaids, This is 40, The IT Crowd), Jesse Plemons (Breaking Bad TV, Fargo TV), Lee Pace, (The Hobbit: Trilogy, Guardians of the Galaxy), Elaine Cassidy, Laura Donnelly (Outlander TV, The Fall TV) and Dustin Hoffman.

Director: Stephen Frears (The Queen, Philomena)

Synopsis:
American cyclist Lance Armstrong (Ben Foster) was the ultimate sporting hero. He had a long battle with cancer before returning to his cycling career with a greater determination.
Physician Michele Ferrari (Guillaume Canet) and Team Manager Johan Bruyneel helped develop a sophisticated doping program in the history of the sport,
This program helped Armstrong and his fellow teammates to dominate the world of cycle racing and win the Tour de France seven times.

Irish journalist David Walsh (Chris O’Dowd) isn’t fooled by this ‘too good to be true’ string of victories and is convinced that they are the result of illegal substances. Walsh is determined to expose Armstrong for the cheat that he really is.

PAN (3D) PG
Fantasy / Adventure

Richmond and Twickenham Times:

Cast: Hugh Jackman (X-Men, The Prestige), Levi Miller (Terra Nova TV), Rooney Mara (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), Garrett Hedlund (Tron Legacy)

Director: Joe Wright

Synopsis:
A twelve year old boy, Peter, is spirited away from his London orphanage to the world of Neverland.
There he finds new friends, Tiger Lily (Rooney Mara) and James Hook (Garrett Hedlund) and together they must defeat the pirate Blackbeard (Hugh Jackman). The boy is destined to become the forever young hero, Peter Pan.

Crimson Peak (15)
Drama / Fantasy / Horror

Richmond and Twickenham Times:

Cast: Tom Hiddlestone, (Avengers Assemble, Only Lovers Left Alive, Thor), Jessica Chastain (The Martian, Zero Dark Thirty), Mia Wasikowska (Alice in Wonderland, The Kids are Alright).

Director: Guillermo del Toro

Synopsis:
A beautiful woman Edith Cushing (Wasikowaska), is swept away to a mysterious house built on blood red clay by a seductive stranger (Hiddlestone). The woman discovers that the house Crimson Peak is full of dark secrets and desires that will forever haunt her.

Also Showing Horror Movie HOWL. See Mark's review