ON SCREEN
Alice Burns finds out about recent film launches and the latest DVD releases
Terminal
Release Date: 6th July
Director: Vaughn Stein
Starring: Margot Robbie, Simon Pegg, Dexter Fletcher, Mike Myers, Max Irons and Matt Lewis
Certificate: 15
Terminal follows the unpredictable events of two assassins as they each endeavour to carry out their ominous missions within the city walls in the dead of night. Amidst the sea of neon lights and smoky bars, their double lives are slowly revealed as they become all the more intertwined as their sinister escapades intensify. As a terminally-ill teacher, a mysterious caretaker and a lively waitress, the assassins quickly fall deeper into the murky depths of homicide as a criminal mastermind from their past catches up with them, hell-bent on revenge.
Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again!
Release Date: 20th July
Director: Ol Parker
Starring: Lily James, Amanda Seyfried, Meryl Streep, Julie Walters, Cher, Colin Firth and Pierce Brosnan
Certificate: 12
Here We Go Again! Arguably the ultimate feel-good summer film we’ve all been waiting for, the return of Mamma Mia bursts onto our screens this July, with its iconic all-star cast and even more iconic soundtrack to release everyone’s inner dancing queen. This time, we learn more about Donna’s colourful past through the 70s and 80s, as we follow Sophie through her pregnancy as she feels closer to her mother than ever before. Together with the sudden arrival of her fabulous but distant grandmother, the stage is all set for what is bound to be the event of the summer.
Finding Your Feet
Release Date: 3rd July
Director: Richard Loncraine
Starring: Joanna Lumley, Imelda Staunton, Timothy Spall, Celia Imrie and David Heyman
Certificate: 12
In this cosy film for the young at heart, ‘Lady’ Sandra Abbott’s tidy life is suddenly uprooted when her husband of 40 years is caught having an affair with her best friend. Her life seems to have faded to nothing until Bif, her eclectic and free-spirited older sister, offers her refuge in London. These chalk-and-cheese sisters could not be less alike, but it turns out this change is just what the doctor ordered. When Bif introduces her to the local dancing class, Sandra soon finds her feet again in the bustling hub of London in a community she thought she’d lost.
