Must Watch Movies

Enjoy the wonders of the cinema at Cineworld as a whole host of fantastic new releases are set to hit the big screen throughout the month. From action-thrillers and teen movies to family-friendly animations and big-screen blockbusters, we've rounded up some of the must-see films you won't want to miss this winter.

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Paddington in Peru brings Paddington's story to Peru as he returns to visit his beloved Aunt Lucy, who now resides at the Home for Retired Bears. With the Brown Family in tow, a thrilling adventure ensues when a mystery plunges them into an unexpected journey through the Amazon rainforest and up to the mountain peaks of Peru.

Featuring Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal and Denzel Washington, Gladiator II is the much-anticipated sequel to Ridley Scott's classic Gladiator. The film picks up years after the first film, and follows Lucius as he must enter the Colosseum after the powerful emperors of Rome conquer his home. With rage in his heart and the future of the empire at stake, he looks to the past to find the strength and honour needed to return the glory of Rome to its people.

Wicked makes its long-awaited journey to the big screen as a spectacular, generation-defining cinematic event starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande as Glinda. The film shares the untold story of the witches of Oz: Elphaba, the future Wicked Witch of the West and her relationship with Glinda, the Good Witch of the North. 

Walt Disney Animation Studios’ epic animated musical Moana 2 reunites Moana and Maui three years later for an expansive new voyage alongside a crew of unlikely seafarers. After receiving an unexpected call from her wayfinding ancestors, Moana must journey to the far seas of Oceania and into dangerous, long-lost waters for an adventure unlike anything she’s ever faced. 

Peter Jackson presents a groundbreaking journey back to Middle-earth through the eyes of legendary director Kenji Kamiyama. Set 183 years before the events chronicled in the original trilogy of films, The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim tells the fate of the House of Helm Hammerhand, the legendary King of Rohan. 

The Sony Spider-Man Universe continues with its lates film adventure Kraven the Hunter. Kick-Ass star Aaron Taylor-Johnson plays the expert Russian big-game hunter Sergei Kravinoff who adopts the alter-ego of Kraven: a man with heightened, almost bestial senses who becomes an apex predator.

Exploring the unlikely rise of the beloved king of the Pride Lands, Mufasa: The Lion King enlists Rafiki to relay the legend of Mufasa. Told in flashbacks, the story introduces Mufasa as an orphaned cub, lost and alone until he meets a sympathetic lion named Taka—the heir to a royal bloodline. The chance meeting sets in motion an expansive journey of an extraordinary group of misfits searching for their destiny—their bonds will be tested as they work together to evade a threatening and deadly foe. 

Sonic the Hedgehog returns to the big screen in his most thrilling adventure yet as Sonic, Knuckles, and Tails reunite against a powerful new adversary, Shadow, a mysterious villain with powers unlike anything they have faced before. With their abilities outmatched in every way, Team Sonic must seek out an unlikely alliance in hopes of stopping Shadow and protecting the planet.

Robbie Williams gets his very own biopic with a twist in this unusual and fascinating origin story from The Greatest Showman director Michael Gracey. Discover true story of the meteoric rise, dramatic fall, and remarkable resurgence of British pop superstar Robbie Williams, with Robbie voicing himself as played by a CGI chimpanzee.

Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh star in this emotional new drama from director John Crowley, the man behind the acclaimed 2015 Colm Toibin adaptation Brooklyn. We Live in Time follows the relationship of a couple over the course of a decade from their first-ever meet-cute, to the slow-burn romance and all of the ups and downs along the way.

Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu is a gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman and the terrifying vampire infatuated with her, causing untold horror in its wake.

From the creators of The Invisible Man comes a terrifying new lupine nightmare: Wolf Man. Golden Globe nominee Christopher Abbott stars as Blake, a San Francisco husband and father, who inherits his remote childhood home in rural Oregon after his own father vanishes. With his marriage fraying, Blake persuades his wife Charlotte to take a break from the city and visit the property with their young daughter. But as the family approaches the farmhouse in the dead of night, they’re attacked by an unseen animal and barricade themselves inside the home as the creature prowls the perimeter. As the night stretches on, however, Blake begins to behave strangely, transforming into something unrecognizable, and Charlotte will be forced to decide whether the terror within their house is more lethal than the danger without.