10 Apr What’s on at the Cinema this Easter
To be honest, there is not much on over the Easter school holidays this year that really screams out as being great for kids.
Better than most are Snow White, which has been reprised by Disney once again, adding many twists to the original story, and Looney Tunes: The Day the Earth Blew Up, which is full of laughs and mayhem that even the older kids will find OK. There seem to be few movies that are really suitable for tweens. The best way to see if your family would like a movie is to check out the trailers below.
Pip and Posy’s Cinema Show
Rated G
Running time 53 mins
Come and play with Pip and Posy in their first-ever cinema show. Pip and Posy is a series of British children’s picture books written by Camilla Reid and Axel Scheffler, known for his work on the Gruffalo series with author Julia Donaldson. Pip and Posy are the best of friends whose lives revolve around a wonderful world of play. Pip and Posy’s first-ever cinema show has seven episodes, with interactive games and a sing-along.
Dog Man
Rated G
Running time 95 mins
When a faithful police dog and his human police officer owner are injured together on the job, a harebrained but life-saving surgery fuses the two of them together, and Dog Man is born. Dog Man is sworn to protect and serve—and fetch, sit and roll over. Animated, coarse language, mild themes.
Launched in 2016 by Dav Pilkey—the #1 global bestselling author and award-winning illustrator of the Captain Underpants books—the Dog Man Scholastic series now includes 12 books.
Flow
Rated G
Running time 1hr 45mins
The world seems to be coming to an end, teeming with the vestiges of a human presence. Cat is a solitary animal, but as his home is devastated by a great flood, he finds refuge on a boat populated by various species, and will have to team up with them despite their differences. In the lonesome boat sailing through mystical overflowed landscapes, they navigate the challenges and dangers of adapting to this new world.
Adventure animation with some scary scenes for very young children.
A Minecraft Movie
Rated PG
Running time 1hr 41mins
Welcome to the world of Minecraft, where creativity doesn’t just help you craft, it’s essential to one’s survival! Four misfits—Garrett “The Garbage Man” Garrison (Momoa), Henry (Hansen), Natalie (Myers) and Dawn (Brooks)—find themselves struggling with ordinary problems when they are suddenly pulled through a mysterious portal into the Overworld: a bizarre, cubic wonderland that thrives on imagination. To return home, they’ll have to master this world (and protect it from evil things like Piglins and Zombies, too) while embarking on a magical quest with an unexpected, expert crafter, Steve (Black).
Disney’s Snow White
Rated PG
Running time 1hr 49 mins
Disney’s Snow White is a live-action musical reimagining of the classic 1937 film. Fleeing from the Evil Queen, Snow White finds refuge with Dopey, Bashful, Grumpy, Sneezy, Happy, Doc and Sleepy. When the palace guards embark on a mission to bring her back, a commoner and his group of woodland bandits band together to protect her. There was controversy with the casting, and the story has been updated—it’s not exactly the original Disney version with seven dwarfs and a handsome prince!
Looney Tunes: The Day the Earth Blew Up
Rated PG
Running time 90 mins
This is the first-ever fully animated Looney Tunes feature-length movie created for a cinema audience. Porky and Daffy are our unlikely heroes and Earth’s only hope when facing the threat of alien invasion. In this buddy-comedy of epic proportions, they race to save the world, delivering all the laugh-out-loud gags and vibrant visuals that have made the Looney Tunes so iconic, but on a scope and scale yet to be experienced. It’s going to be out of this world! (Rotten Tomatoes)
King of Kings
Rated PG
Running time 1hr 41 mins
Charles Dickens embarks on a heartfelt journey to mend his relationship with his son, Walter, by sharing the ultimate story of hope and redemption: the life of Jesus Christ. Through young Walter’s vivid imagination, the story comes to life, from the nativity to the resurrection, weaving themes of sacrifice, love, and eternal triumph. The King of Kings is a visually stunning animated retelling that brings the timeless story of Jesus to a new generation, inspiring faith and wonder in all who watch.
Mild supernatural themes and animated violence
