When school’s out and the kids are underfoot, who are the only heroes that can help? Those comfy cinemas hosting school holiday screenings and saving your sanity…
A Paw Patrol Christmas
CLASSIFICATION: G
It may have arrived in cinemas a little early, but there’s no doubt this will be Christmas catnip for a particular age group (perhaps less so for their parents?). The pups get to work helping Santa here, after the jolly old fella catches a cold—and Mayor Humdinger tries to help himself to a world’s worth of presents…
Pets on a Train
CLASSIFICATION: PG Violence & scary scenes
Move over snakes on a plane, we’ve got some [redacted] pets on a mother-[redacted] train right here. It’s a runaway train adventure, set off by a badger with a grudge who puts a trainload of pets in peril, their rescuer (hopefully) a heroic raccoon.
Zootopia 2
CLASSIFICATION: PG Violence
Already a box office smash, bound to have been seen by a bunch of youngsters already, Disney’s animated animal cop caper follows on from 2016’s original. This time, the detectives are on the tail of a mysterious reptile looking to upend the animal metropolis.
David
CLASSIFICATION: PG Violence & scary scenes
The titular shepherd boy from Bethlehem grabs his sling and takes a stand to defy an empire in this animated take on the Biblical tale of a little fella standing up to a vastly outsized opponent.
The SpongeBob Movie: Search for Squarepants
The SpongeBob Movie: Search for Squarepants
CLASSIFICATION: PG Violence
The fourth film in the series sees SpongeBob set out to prove his bravery by following The Flying Dutchman—voiced here by the legendary Mark Hamill—to the depths of the ocean. Ice Spice also features among the voice cast (and on the soundtrack).
The Pout-Pout Fish
CLASSIFICATION: G
Nick Offerman provides the suitably grumpy voice for prickly recluse Mr Fish, who teams up with a hyperactive sea dragon when catastrophe strikes. Together, they quest through the ocean to find their potential saviour—a fabled mythical fish.
Grand Prix of Europe
CLASSIFICATION: G
A young mouse with big dreams of being a race car driver gets her wish on the biggest stage (or should that be track?) at the 50th anniversary of the European Grand Prix.
Grow
CLASSIFICATION: PG
Nick Frost is among the cast of this British family comedy, which sees a farmer in the self-proclaimed ‘Pumpkin Capital of the World’ take in her estranged niece Charlie. She’ll take on her own challenges in the annual pumpkin growing competition—sabotage and a genetically engineered rival.
Avatar: Fire and Ash
CLASSIFICATION: M Violence & offensive language
One for the older kids, James Cameron is back with another instalment of his world-building (and world box office-conquering) epic series, this time introducing a new, volcanic side to the world of Pandora.
