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A round up of some of the other films hittings cinema screens this week (April 1) To find local screenings click here.
Sucker Punch (12A, 109 mins)
Zack Snyder (300, Watchmen) directs this visually arresting fantasy about a young girl who has to escape into her imagination to survive. Baby Doll (Emily Browning) is institutionalised by her cruel and abusive stepfather. Incarcerated in a facility with seemingly no hope of escape, Baby Doll loses her flimsy grasp on reality until a wise man (Scott Glenn) advises her that the path to salvation lies in the fantastical realm she shares with fellow inmates Sweet pea (Abbie Cornish), Rocket (Jena Malone), Blondie (Vanessa Hudgens) and Amber (Jamie Chung). As the girls abandon harsh reality for this imaginary realm where they can become mistresses of their own destiny, they also discover the courage and steely resolve to combat brutality in the real world. Sucker Punch will also screen at selected IMAX cinemas.
Killing Bono (15, 113 mins)
The mercurial Pete Postlethwaite makes his final screen appearance in Nick Hamm's comedy about the search for fame in the cut-throat music business. Based on the book by Neil McCormick, Killing Bono revolves around brothers Neil (Ben Barnes) and Ivan (Robert Sheehan), who go to the same school as Paul Hewson (Martin McCann). The brothers form their own band while Paul forms U2, the band that would gradually conquer the world and transform Hewson into his musical alter ego, Bono. Meanwhile, the McCormicks grow increasingly jealous of their former school mate as their own band struggles to get gigs or sell records. The situation is further complicated by threats of physical violence from Irish gangster Danny Machin (Stanley Townsend) and his son (Diarmuid Noyes).
Oranges and Sunshine (15, 105 mins)
One woman can make a difference, as social worker Margaret Humphreys proved when she almost single-handedly uncovered one of the most shocking episodes about children in care in recent memory. In late 1980s Nottingham, Margaret (Emily Watson) devotes herself to ensuring that the families within her catchment are given the best possible care, while juggling her responsibilities as a wife and mother with her husband Merv (Richard Dillane). By chance, Margaret uncovers evidence about the organised deportation of children in care from the United Kingdom to Australia, tearing apart families for decades. Having reunited one woman, Nicky (Lorraine Ashbourne), with her brother Jack (Hugo Weaving) in Australia, Margaret sets out reuniting dozens of other families, regardless of the threat to her own safety as she dares to challenge the authorities who covered up the mass relocation.
To find local screenings for Sucker Punch, click here.
To find local screenings for Killing Bono, click here.
To find local screenings for Oranges and Sunshine, click here.