BFI IMAX

Back To The Future Trilogy

The Incredibles

Another trump from Pixar, this is the studio’s tooniest toon yet, ditching high-sheen computer-generated naturalism for a world of sleek stylisation and plastic-fantastic action spectacular: our heroes are a family of dormant superheroes (Bob Parr né...

Hubble

To The Arctic

Space Junk

In the latest exploration of the natural world to take advantage of the IMAX 3D format, director Howard Hall explores the impact of global warming in some of the most isolated and exotic places on the globe. Diving deep below the waves, we are transp...

Mysteries Of Egypt

African Cats

Sir Patrick Stewart narrates this nature documentary, which follows the exploits of two families of big cats, who live and hunt side by side on the African savannah. While dominant male lions Kali and Fang vie for supremacy either side of the river,...

Ratatouille

The title of Pixar’s fabulous latest animation gives you its three elegantly dovetailed elements: rodents, food and French. Co-director Jan Pinkava’s original idea was sweetly ridiculous – can a naive, ambitious rat (baby-eyed Remy, charmingly voiced...

Cars

Pixar’s computer-animated features rarely disappoint in terms of concept, storyline, characterisation or image rendering. That’s predominantly the case with this rollicking nod to the motor car and, more pertinently, the once lively US roadside towns...

The Dark Knight Trilogy

NT Live: The Audience

Man of Steel

A reboot of the Superman franchise from director Zack Snyder. Just as in ‘The Amazing Spider-Man’, the writers have decided to go back to the beginning with an orgin tale: a child is sent to Earth from the dying planet Krypton. He is adopted by a cou...

WALL-E

Humans land a raw deal when it comes to animations. We upright, two-legged creatures regularly have to give way to the superior intelligence or endless fascination of a deer or a dog or a penguin. It’s part of the bargain: we draw them, they make us...

Up

Pixar’s latest animated marvel may not reach the same heights of wonderment as a ‘Wall-E’ or a ‘Ratatouille’, but those are tough boots to fill and this short, sharp and sweet fantasy still manages to reaffirm its makers as world leaders in the kind...

Toy Story 3

The ‘Toy Story’ films are deservedly seen as the gold standard for computer-generated animation, putting their gorgeously detailed digital craftsmanship at the service of a pleasingly simple fantasy set-up, warm, complex characterisation and classica...

Cars 2

The new ‘Harry Potter’ notwithstanding, this summer’s rash of family blockbusters seems to consist of one substandard sequel after another, all in fuzzy 3D. One was hoping Pixar’s Midas touch would ameliorate the situation with the sequel to its admi...

Brave

With past achievements including the ‘Toy Story’ trilogy, ‘Finding Nemo’ and ‘Wall-E’, Pixar has pushed the envelope for digital animation so many times that there’s a tiny bit of disappointment involved when its latest offering turns out to be merel...