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Gravity

14/06/2013 Starring George Clooney and Sandra Bullock, Gravity is the much anticipated new film from the Oscar nominated Mexican born director Alfonso Cuarón. Co-written with his son Jonás, it tells the story of two astronauts attempting to return to Earth after debris crashes into their space shuttl Read the full article..

The World's End

11/06/2013 The World's End is a science-fiction comedy film directed by Edgar Wright, written by Wright and Simon Pegg, and starring Pegg and Nick Frost, the team who have previously brought us Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz as well as cult TV series Spaced. Read the full article..

(New) Man of Steel

31/05/2013 "You can save them. You can save them all." Russell Crowe's Jor-El, Superman's biological father, has set our caped hero a tough task. So far, the footage we've seen of Zack Snyder's Man of Steel has really got us excited and is sure to be one of the event films of the summer. Read the full article..

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

24/05/2013 A lot has happened since 2012 when we last caught The Hunger Games and its heroine Katniss Everdeen on the big screen. The film went on to become one of the huge box-office smashes of last year and, of course, the film’s star Jennifer Lawrence is now an Academy Award-winning Best Actress f Read the full article..

The Hangover III

17/05/2013 The Wolfpack are back! We've had a stag do in Vegas and a wedding in Thailand, but The Hangover III promises us no weddings and no bachelor parties. So nothing should go wrong, right? Read the full article..

The Lone Ranger

10/05/2013 After the rip-roaring success of the Pirates of the Caribbean films, Johnny Depp has teamed up with director Gore Verbinski and producer Michael Bay once again for another action-packed fantasy adventure. Read the full article..

Star Trek Into Darkness

02/05/2013 Little could Gene Roddenberry have thought when he was pitching his idea for a sci-fi show “like a Western in space” in the mid-1960s that almost 50 years later it would still be going strong and that the latest film in the franchise would be one of the most anticipated movies of 2013. Read the full article..

Alan Partridge - The Movie

11/04/2013 So the Alan Partridge movie is nearly with us. Yes the ever quotable spoof (sorry for that spoiler!) television and radio presenter is to hit the big screen. Read the full article..

World War Z

28/03/2013 Based on the 2006 book by Max Brooks, World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War, the film adaptation stars Brad Pitt as United Nations employee Gerry Lane in a race against time to thwart a zombie invasion threatening humanity. Read the full article..

Monsters University 3D

13/03/2013 Mike and Sulley are coming back and looking younger and fitter then ever in Monsters University! This is Dan Scanlon’s, of Cars (2006) fame, debut as a director. The prequel is set ten years before the events of Monsters Inc (2001) with 18-year-old James P. "Sulley" Sullivan welcoming his Read the full article..

The Wolverine

07/02/2013 James Howlett, alias Logan, alias Wolverine is to hit our screen again this July. Yes, Hugh Jackman has once again beefed up and is ready to don the claws of fabled anti-hero, Wolverine. Read the full article..

Iron Man 3 (3D)

28/01/2013 We’ve seen the image from Iron Man 3, revealing a lovely close up of Iron Man’s mask. The once super shiny gold and red helmet we have grown accustomed to seeing is now battered and almost cut in two. Read the full article..

The complete list of nominees for the 85th Academy Awards

18/01/2013 It’s that time of year again – the Oscar nominees have been announced! Read the full article..

Zaytoun

14/01/2013 With the release of his new film, Zaytoun, we are very excited to announce an exclusive Q&A at selected Showcase venues with the Oscar winning producer of The King’s Speech, Gareth Unwin. Read the full article..

2013 A Preview

11/01/2013 2012 proved to be a fine year for film. We had blockbusters aplenty with 'The Dark Knight Rises', 'Skyfall', 'The Amazing Spider-Man', 'The Avengers Assemble', the close of the Twilight Saga with 'The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2’, and towards the end of the year the first part of Read the full article..

Jack Reacher

21/12/2012 You’ve just lost your job and while you should find another one it has been a long held dream to write a novel. So you begin but you’re stuck on a name for your central character until your wife comments that if your new career as a novelist doesn’t work out, with your towering height a jo Read the full article..

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

21/12/2012 “Mr dear Frodo, you asked me once if I had told you everything there was to know about my adventures. While I can honestly say I have told you the truth, I may not have told you all of it.” Bilbo Baggins Read the full article..

Showcase Cinemas and Sir Ronald Harwood

12/12/2012 Showcase Cinemas interview with Quartet screenwriter Sir Ronald Harwood Read the full article..

The Life of Pi

07/12/2012 Deemed an un-filmable book, The Life of Pi arrives at Showcase Cinemas this December. Yann Martel's epic, award-winning novel was an instant worldwide bestseller on its release in 2001. Read the full article..

Great Expectations

28/11/2012 We were delighted to attend the recent screening of Mike Newell’s Great Expectations, which was concluded by a wonderful Q&A with the films cinematographer John Mathieson hosted by the society’s chairman, acclaimed cinematographer, John de Borman. Read the full article..

The V & A Hollywood Costume Exhibit

16/11/2012 We make no bones about the fact that we love film so when we heard about the Victoria and Albert Museum exhibition: Hollywood Costume in conjunction with Oscar-nominated costume designer Deborah Nadoolman Landis, we knew we just had to get there and report back! Read the full article..

Arnold Schwarzenegger - I'll be back

07/11/2012 Action fans have welcomed the return of the former champion bodybuilder to our screens, the one-time governor of Los Angeles has left behind the cut and thrust world of politics to return to the cut and thrust of the movie world. Read the full article..

Man of Steel

26/10/2012 Scheduled for release in June 2013, the reboot - Man of Steel features an absolute all-star cast including; Amy Adams, Laurence Fishburne, Michael Shannon, Russell Crowe, Kevin Costner and Diane Lane. How does that read for a stellar cast? Read the full article..

Iron Man 3

15/10/2012 Rumour has it Tony Stark/Iron Man will head to China to face one of his biggest adversaries and toughest opponents, the Mandarin... Read the full article..

Showcase October Movie News

05/10/2012 Welcome to the Showcase film news roundup where the chat is all about cinema; our monthly guide looking at forthcoming releases which are sure to be hot in the world of film. Catch you next month! Read the full article..

The Hobbit 2

01/10/2012 Of course we know that Peter Jackson is back in the director's chair but this time helped by his new second-unit director, Andy Serkis, also Serkis returning as Gollum/Sméagol. For most of us the perfect Christmas then! Read the full article..

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn: Part 2

28/09/2012 "How many times had I stared at Edward and marvelled over his beauty? How many hours - days, weeks, of my life had I spent dreaming about what I then deemed to be perfection?” Isabella Swan Read the full article..

Skyfall 2

24/09/2012 The second Skyfall trailer was released last month and despite us secretly hoping that it may include a cameo from the Queen parachuting from a helicopter alongside Daniel Craig’s 007, we're suitably buzzed!! Read the full article..

Lawless

21/09/2012 The true story of the infamous Bondurant Brothers: bootlegging siblings who made a run for the American Dream in Prohibition-era Virginia. In this epic gangster tale, the loyalty of three brothers is put to the test against the backdrop of the nation's most notorious crime wave. Read the full article..

The Hobbit

17/08/2012 The Hobbit – An Unexpected Journey (part one of three we’ve now been told – treble the delight!), is set for a release date of 14th December and we thought with five months to go we’d take a little look at where we are with the journey of Mr Bilbo Baggins. Read the full article..

Looper

17/08/2012 Imagine your chosen profession is killing people. The year is 2042 and the name for your job is a ‘Looper’. Read the full article..

Skyfall

15/08/2012 As whatever summer we are going to have recedes into a distant memory, October will bring with it the promise of a major cinematic happening - after four years James Bond is back! Read the full article..

Ice Age 4 Interview

27/07/2012 A Showcase Cinemas exclusive! Ice Age 4: Continental Drift co-directors Mike Thurmeier and Steve Martino chat about the new Blockbuster Read the full article..

The Bourne Legacy

27/07/2012 With a tagline of ‘There Was Never Just One’ it’s all change in the world of Bourne. Read the full article..

The Dark Knight Rises

27/07/2012 Now we all know that the prerequisite for any super hero is a great outfit. Come on - Batman, Spider–Man, Cat Woman, Superman and Iron Man where would they be with out their great kit? Read the full article..

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