Stoker (18)
A psychological thriller starring Nicole Kidman, Mia Wasikowska and Matthew Goode.
Literary references abound in this tale of a young woman, India, who after her father’s death, is forced to move in with her estranged and emotionally unstable mother (Kidman). At the funeral of her father, India and her mother meet his brother, Charlie, who moves in to help them through their grief.
India feels there is something amiss about her new uncle, but despite his mysterious motives, both mother and daughter are drawn to this enigmatic relative.
As Uncle Charlie inveigls his way into the family, a string of mysterious disappearances and suspicious circumstances prompt India to question exactly what Uncle Charlie has been doing for the last 18 years.
But India finds herself rapidly sinking into a world of deception and murder.
At Derby QUAD.
A Good Day to Die Hard (12A)
John McClane (Bruce Willis) travels to Russia to help out his seemingly wayward son, Jack, only to discover that Jack is a CIA operative working to prevent a nuclear-weapons heist, causing the father and son to team up against underworld forces.
The estranged pair have not seen each other for three years, but family affection soon proves that blood is thicker than water when the father and son act find they are at the centre of a terrorist plot. Pursued by Russian gangsters and deceived by the beautiful Irina, the pair are racing against the bad guys and the clock as they attempt to track down a hidden stash of uranium.
The fifth, but possibly not the final, instalment in the Die Hard series, has not received great acclaim from critics, but has taken millions at the box office across the world.
At Cinebowl, Uttoxeter.
Also showing: Oz: The Great and Powerful 3D (PG), Wreck It Ralph (PG), Song for Marion (PG), Sammy’s Great Escape (U), Cloud Atlas (15), at Cinebowl, Uttoxeter. Arbitrage (15), Robot and Frank (12A), Lore (15), Bullitt (15), Parental Guidance (U), Camera Buff (12A), The Searchers (U), at Derby QUAD.
