8 November Paddington returns to the jungles of Peru to visit Aunt Lucy, who lives in a retired bears care home. A mysterious disappearance takes him, along with the Brown family and Mrs Bird, deep into the Amazon. Paddington in Peru
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Gladiator II
8 November After Santa is kidnapped, an ELF operative partners with the world’s most accomplished tracker to find him and save Christmas. Starring Dwayne Johnson, Lucy Liu, Chris Evans and others!
15 November The highly anticipated sequel to the 2000 Gladiator , directed by Ridley Scott. Taking place many years later, it focuses on Lucius, son of Lucilla and nephew of Commodus, played by Joaquin Phoenix.
Wicked
22 November Based on the long-running West End and Broadway musical, this two-part movie series stars Ariana Grande as Glinda the Good Witch and Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West.
21 November A jukebox musical written and directed by Conor McPherson, set in 1934 during the Great Depression in Duluth, Minnesota. The story weaves together its characters’ lives as they struggle with hardships, poverty and the search for meaning. Featuring songs by Bob Dylan. Girl from the North Country
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1 November Powerful drama about
1 November Sex worker Ani (Mikey Madison) is swept off her feet by the son of a Russian oligarch (Mark Eidelstein). Sean Baker’s latest film is a bracing subversion of the Pretty Woman fairy tale.
8 November A tour de force from Steve McQueen. Part Dickensian fable, part reckoning with Britain’s colonial past, it fuses arresting Spielbergian cinematography with some striking performances.
the Magdalene Laundries. Family man Bill (Cillian Murphy) is troubled by the goings-on in his small Irish town – while also plagued by memories from his past.
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