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FOCUS (15) NickySpurgeon(WillSmith) is a master of misdirection, who can sweet-talk cynical targets into falling for his money-making schemes. Aided by a large crew of pickpockets and accomplic- es including right-hand man Horst (Brennan Brown) and technical wizard Farhad (Adrian Martinez), Nicky follows the money. Rating: Three stars


IT FOLLOWS (15) An air of doom pervades the opening frames in which a nameless teenager flees her home and screeches away into the night in her family’s car. The next morning, the girl is dead. The focus shifts to 19-year-old Jay (Maika Monroe) and her boyfriend Hugh (Jake Weary). He in- formsher that she is the tar- get for a manifestation that can take the form of family, friends or total strangers. Rating: Four stars


THE SECONDBEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD


HOTEL (PG) Sonny (Dev Patel) and busi- ness partner Muriel (Maggie Smith) travel abroad to seek investment for a second ho- tel from business chief Ty Burley (David Strathairn) and return to India, mindful that funding is dependent on a review from a secret inspector. English traveller Lavinia (Greig) and Ameri- can novelist Guy (Richard Gere) arrive soon after and Sonny is convinced that Guy must be the inspector. Guy’s arrival sends Madge (Celia Imrie) into a swoon, while Douglas (Bill Nighy) struggles to communicate his feelings to Evelyn. The


A NEW HUSTLE: Will Smith stars as Nicky and Margot Robbie stars as Jess Barrett in Warner Bros. Pictures’ Focus (2015)


Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel delivers the same win- ning formula of laughter and tears as the first film. Rating: Four stars


THE BOY NEXTDOOR


(15) Jennifer Lopez plays Eng- lish teacher Claire Peter- son, who is separated from her cheating husband (John Corbett). Pal Vicky (Kristin Chenoweth) urges Claire to


sign the divorce papers but she hesitates for the sake of their teenage son Kevin (Ian Nelson). That changes when strapping Noah Sandborn (Ryan Guzman) moves in next door. The Boy Next Door harks back to a bygone era of jeopardy thrillers, but fails to generate suspense. Rating: Two stars


BACKSTREET BOYS: SHOW‘EMWHAT


YOU’RE MADE OF (15) In 2012, the original Back- street Boys line-up reunited for the first time in six years to announce a 20th anniver- sary relaunch and a new studio album. Documentary filmmaker Stephen Kijak was granted exclusive access to the band during this emotion- al period, following the five members as they addressed old tensions, reappraised lifelong friendships and took stock of everything they had


achieved together. But for all of the tear-stained cheeks and flashbacks to happier days, there’s no escaping the fact that this is an advertise- ment for the band. Rating: Three stars


PROJECT ALMANAC


(12A) Dean Israelite’s found foot-


age sci-fi thriller ponders the repercussions for a group of high school students, who


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CINEMAWORLD


build a time machine and exploit its power to rewrite history with a swipe of a smartphone screen. High school student David Raskin (Jonny Weston) intends to emulate his inventor father (Gary Weeks), who worked for the US military and died in a car crash on David’s sev- enth birthday. Project Alma- nac is strikingly reminiscent of Josh Trank’s superior 2012 fantasy Chronicle. Rating: Three stars


BLACKHAT(15) An elusive mastermind


(Yorick van Wageningen) causes an explosion at a Hong Kong nuclear plant and tampers with soy prices on Chicago’s Mercantile Trade Exchange using a Remote Ac- cess Tool (RAT), which gains access to computer systems and allows his malware to run amok. Chinese military officer Captain Chen Dawai (Leehom Wang) joins forces with his sister Lien (Wei), a gifted network engineer, to unmask the culprit. Rating: Three stars


THEWEDDINGRINGER


(15) Tax attorney Doug Harris


(Josh Gad) is two weeks shy of marrying fiancee Gretch- en (Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting). When Gretchen puts Doug on the spot about seating plans, he conjures up a fictitious best man called Bic Mitchum. The lie weighs heavily on Doug and the loveable loser seeks help from Jimmy Cal- lahan (Kevin Hart), owner of The Best Man Inc. For 50,000 US dollars, Jimmy will adopt the identity of the elusive Bic. The Wedding Ringer falls short of matrimonial bliss. Rating: Three stars


Hawking biopic is the winning formula


OSCAR and Bafta award winning The Theory of Everything will be appear- ing at The Riverfront from Monday to Wednesday. The film tells the extraor- dinary tale of Stephen Hawking battling motor neurone disease, falling in love and developing theories that changed the world.


Adapted from the memoir


Travelling to Ininity: My Life with Stephen written by his now ex-wife Jane Wilde, the film begins in the 1960s when Hawking – portrayed by Eddie Red- mayne – was a Cambridge University student; he meets and instantly falls in love with Wilde. His life comes to a halt


when he is diagnosed with motor neurone disease. De- spite him being given only


two years to live, Wilde – depicted by Felicity Jones – is determined to marry Hawking and help him fight his illness as his body deteriorates. The next 30 years of their


lives together is shown as a struggle with Wilde devot- ing her time to Hawking and their three children, while her husband defies the odds to break bounda- ries in science and medi- cine. Redmayne has won sev-


eral awards including an Oscar for Best Actor and has been praised for his precision when depicting Hawking’s mannerisms. The film itself has been nominated and received multiple awards in a num- ber of categories, from Best Motion Picture to Best Adapted Screenplay.


Director James Marsh


has created a tearjerker combined with physics and hope. This biopic is inspir- ing as you watch one of the greatest living minds chal- lenge science as well as conquer personal battles. Moving, romantic yet com- ical in parts The Theory of Everything will leave you inspired. The Theory of Everything


will be screened at The Riverfront on Monday at 7.45pm, Tuesday at 11am (Bring Baby) and 7.45pm and Wednesday at 3pm and 7.45pm. Cinema tickets are priced


at £5.50 and can be booked online at newport.gov.uk/ theriverfront or calling the booking line 01633 656757. Otherwise, you can take the risk and turn up and pay on the door.


Cinema


Everything (12A) 2hr3 mins


Mon 27.45pm, Tues 311am &7.45pm, Weds 4March 3pm &7.45pm


1hrs 59 mins


Birdman (15)


Monday 9, Tuesday10 March 7.45pm


£5.50, reductions £5.00


or book four films in one booking and see them all forjust£16!


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