Director: Marielle Heller
Cast: Melissa McCarthy, Richard E. Grant, Dolly Wells

Melissa McCarthy stars as Lee Israel a one- time best selling celebrity biographer who made her living in the 1970’s and 80’s profiling such people as Katharine Hepburn and Estee Lauder.

When her work failed to keep up with changing trends and she was unable to get published she turned her hand to deception, in order to make a living. Aided and abetted by her eccentric friend Jack (a gleeful turn from Richard E Grant) she forged celebrity letters, which together they sold to collectors.

“A brilliant performance from McCarthy” (Peter Bradshaw)

Director: Jon S. Baird
Cast: Steve Coogan, John C. Reilly, Shirley Henderson

This charming film pays tribute to a pair of beloved entertainers with an affectionate look behind the scenes. It movingly addresses the burdens and blessings of a creative partnership and the friendship between the two is marvellously recreated.

Steve Coogan (Stan Laurel) and John C. Riley (Oliver Hardy) are perfect in their roles and both have won a number of awards for their brilliant performances.

Shirley Henderson and Nina Arianda as the wives are also excellent and often very funny.

“What a lovely generous tonic this delightful movie proves to be” (Mark Kermode – Observer)

Director: Kenneth Branagh
Cast: Kenneth Branagh, Lolita Chakrabarti, Jack Colgrave Hirst

The year is 1613 and William Shakespeare is acknowledged as the greatest playwright of the age. But, disaster strikes when his renowned Globe Theatre in London burns to the ground. A devastated Shakespeare returns to his home in Stratford-upon-Avon to face his neglected family. He is haunted by the untimely death of his only son, Hamnet, and struggles to mend the broken relationships with his wife and daughters. In doing so he is forced to examine his own failings as a husband and a father.

“Impressively cast and beautifully filmed” (Rotten Tomatoes)