Through the seven levels of the Candy Cane forest, past the sea of twirly-swirly gum drops, and through the Lincoln Tunnel, everyone’s favourite Christmas elf Buddy is heading to our screen for some Elf-tastic fun! Starring Will Ferrell as Buddy, a human who has been raised as an elf in Santa’s Grotto. Being so enormous next to his elven colleagues, he struggles to keep up with the toy-making pac...

Dwayne Johnson finally makes a Christmas movie, teaming with Chris Evans to rescue J. K. Simmons’s Santa in a creative, funny, and world-spanning fantasy adventure. Nowadays, Santa’s operation is backed by a hi-tech organisation, a crack security team, and his own impeccable fitness regime – but it all falls to pieces when he is kidnapped just before Christmas Eve. To get him back, iron-willed se...

How can Santa deliver billions of presents to the whole world in just one night? As Old Santa (Jim Broadbent) passes down the most important operation of the year to the next generation, his eldest son Steve (Hugh Laurie) takes delivering presents to a whole new level. With a state-of-the-art control centre and a million combat Field Elves in the North Pole HQ, nothing could go wrong! But with ...

Christmas candy confection rarely comes sweeter than Richard Curtis’ festive chocolate box assortment, collectively known as Love Actually. In these ten (occasionally) interlocking stories that make up this warm hug of a film we get to see many different forms of love, be it workplace romances (Martin Freeman and Joanna Page), the love of a parent for their child (Liam Neeson and Thomas Brodie-Sa...

Michael Caine joins Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, and all the hilarious Muppets in this merry, magical version of Charles Dickens’ classic tale. All your favourite characters are here – Kermit as Bob Cratchit, Gonzo as Dickens, Miss Piggy as Emily Cratchit, and more. Of course, the inimitable Michael Caine stars as the grouchy, mean-spirited Ebenezer Scrooge. A holiday classic since its original p...

The heartwarming adventures of the beloved bear Paddington continues - so follow the marmalade footprints to the Odyssey, for the year’s hairiest threequel! Paddington heads back home to the Peruvian jungle to visit his beloved Aunt Lucy, now a resident at the Home for Retired Bears. With the Brown Family and Mrs Bird in tow, a thrilling adventure ensues when a mysterious disappearance plunges t...

Come and see the most beloved Christmas film of all time at The Odyssey Cinema. As the tale begins, on a cold and snowy Christmas Eve the camera drifts from one household to another as the townsfolk of the small town of Bedford Falls are saying their evening prayers. And almost in unison, they pray for one thing: to please keep George Bailey safe. Not that they could know it, but far above, their...

Have you ever wondered what determined good and evil in the land of Oz? It is time for the untold and truly Wicked story of the witches of Oz - where green is the new pink! Starring Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba and Ariana Grande as Glinda, the most unlikely of friends. Meeting as students at Shiz University in the enchanting Land of Oz, they form an incredibly unexpected but profound friendship. B...

Discover the enchantment of ballet with this sparkling festive treat for the whole family. Peter Wright’s beloved Royal Ballet production, featuring Julia Trevelyan Oman’s stunning period designs, brings festive charm to this timeless classic. Join Clara at a joyful Christmas Eve party that transforms into a magical adventure once everyone else is asleep. As the Nutcracker comes to life, Clara...

Ralph Fiennes lends gravitas to the new Robert Harris adaptation: an operatic, thoughtful thriller on the race for the papacy. Cardinal Thomas Lawrence wishes to leave the murky machinations of the Vatican, but is asked by the Pope to stay on, just before his death puts Lawrence in charge of choosing a replacement. Among candidates greatly differing in ideology and character, he must guide the el...

Ridley Scott follows up his modern epic masterpiece with a similarly gigantic, gripping, and impeccably made story of a broken man taking on the Roman Empire. Decades after Maximus restored order to Ancient Rome, his son Lucius lives peacefully away from it in North Africa with his family – only for history to repeat itself when its new rulers invade, kill his family, and enslave him. Forced to f...

Take to the waves again this winter, measure the stars and sail across the ocean. It is time for the hotly anticipated follow-up to the smash-hit 2016 animated movie musical. Make way, make way – It’s Moana 2, with more breathless and beautiful Polynesian mythology. Plus, we can expect some top tunes to match! Dwayne Johnson and Auli'i Cravalho will be back as Maui and Moana for this new voyag...

Steve McQueen’s visually stunning Blitz offers a poignant tapestry of British life during World War II. Saoirse Ronan stars as Rita, an East End mother who, fearing for her son George’s (Elliott Heffernan) safety during nightly air raids, makes the painful decision to send him to the countryside. However, George soon leaves the train, determined to return home to Stepney Green. As he navigates wa...

Hugh Grant delivers a devilishly dark performance in the twisty horror Heretic, showcasing his knack for playing devious villains, as seen in Paddington 2. In this chilling tale, written and directed by A Quiet Place creators Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, Grant stars as Mr. Reed, a seemingly charming man who is visited by two Mormon missionaries after expressing interest in conversion. However, thi...

Sean Baker’s Anora, winner of the Palme d’Or at Cannes, features a star-making performance from Mikey Madison. Baker (The Florida Project, Red Rocket) tells a modern-day Cinderella story about Ani, a Brooklyn sex worker, who meets Vanya, the spoiled son of a Russian oligarch. He offers her a life of wealth and glamour, but their whirlwind marriage faces trouble when Vanya’s parents fly to New Yor...

It is 1985, in the run-up to Christmas in a small town in County Wexford, Ireland, Small Things Like These stars Cillian Murphy as Bill Furlong, a coal merchant supporting his wife and five daughters. While delivering coal to a local convent one morning, Bill uncovers a disturbing secret that forces him to confront the dark realities of the town, dominated by the Catholic Church, and his own past...

200 years after its opening and a century after acquiring its first Van Gogh works, the National Gallery is hosting the UK’s biggest-ever Van Gogh exhibition. Van Gogh is not only one of the most beloved artists of all time, but perhaps the most misunderstood. This film is a chance to reexamine and better understand this iconic artist. Focusing on his unique creative process, Van Gogh: Poets & ...

The latest film from John Crowley (Brooklyn) is a poignant British romantic drama, strikingly led by Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield. Rather than a meet-cute, restaurateur Almut and recent divorcee Tobias’s first encounter is quite literally a car crash. After such a memorable meeting, an instant spark forms between the pair, overpowering any disagreements they may have about matrimony and ch...

Cate Blanchett and Charles Dance lead a droll, carnivalesque political satire,on world leaders facing a global crisis. At the G7 in rural Germany, international leaders meet to compose a vague statement against a vaguer looming threat, only for their own liaisons, fixations, and navel-gazing to hamper them at every step. A bigger distraction emerges when night falls, the outside world vanishes, a...