Subtitled cinema

Action comedy directed by Edgar Wright and starring Michael Cera. 22-year old Scott Pilgrim doesn’t have a job. But he does play bass for garage band ‘Sex Bob-omb’ and has just met the girl of his dreams – Ramona. The only problem is, Ramona’s seven evil exes are coming to kill him. ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’ tells the story of one slacker’s quest to find true love. But first he has to deal with an assortment of crazy characters including infamous skateboarders, vegan rock stars and fearsomely identical twins – before it really is game over.

Five stars! Empire

Shows added when announced. Hundreds of cinemas nationwide, including all 3D/digital-equipped cinemas can screen most popular films with subtitles. Please ask cinemas to screen them! Locations here.

Stars Steve Carell, Paul Rudd. The story of Tim, a guy who is on the verge of success. All he has to do is find the perfect person to bring to the Dinner for Extraordinary People – an annual event held by his employers, where guests must invite the most eccentric character they can find. That’s where Barry comes in, a man whose hobbies include dressing up mice in tiny outfits to recreate famous works of art. The places are set for a memorable dinner and a most unlikely friendship.

Comedy starring Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Chris Rock, Rob Schneider, David Spade, Salma Hayek. When their former basketball coach passes away, five old friends and team mates decide to get together in his honour. Together with their wives and kids, the friends hook up for the July holiday weekend at an old lake house. As the gang pick up from where they left off, they realise that just because they've grown old, it doesn’t mean they have to grow up...

Woody, Buzz and the gang return to the big screen. As Andy prepares to leave for college, the toys find themselves in daycare, and at the mercy of untrained tots who play rough. Now they need to plan their great escape, and joining them are a bunch of brand new characters including Barbie’s boyfriend Ken, thespian Hedgehog Mr. Pricklepants and a teddy bear called Lots 'o' Huggin’ Bear.

Five stars! Empire "A kids movie for grown-ups. A grown-up movie for kids. Exactly what you’d expect and hope for"

Latest releases include:

The Secret in their eyes (Spanish with English Subtitles)

Committed federal prosecutor Benjamín Espósito investigates a 1974 rape and murder. The trio?s efforts are countered by a rival lawyer, one whose motives are revealed to mesh with the tragedies of Argentina's fascist past. Winner of the 2010 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.

THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE (Swedish, Italian, French with English subtitles)

The eagerly awaited second film adaptation from Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy sees hacker Lisbeth Salander in serious danger when she comes under suspicion for murder - can journalist Mikael Blomkvist clear her name as he investigates a sex trafficking ring?

THE ILLUSIONIST (L’ILLUSIONNISTE) (English, without subtitles, but mainly wordless)

Chomet’s follow-up to Belleville Rendezvous is a delightful, almost wordless animation, based on a previously unmade script by French film icon Jacques Tati. Magician Tatishcheff travels from his native France to the wilds of Scotland, where he and his feral rabbit befriend a young girl, Alice. As the gigs on the Scottish island dry up, Tatischeff travels to Edinburgh in search of employment, and Alice runs away to join him in the big city..

Mother (Korean with English Subtitles)

Slow-witted and with an unfortunate choice of friends, 27-year-old Do-jun is an easy stitch-up for the lazy cops when a young girl is murdered. His devoted mother meanwhile will stop at absolutely nothing to clear her son’s name. This bewitching mix of directorial elegance, black comedy and brilliantly twisty drama recalls the same director’s neo-classic Memories of Murder, and is another uniquely Korean delight.

Gainsbourg (French with English Subtitles)

An introspective glimpse into the world of French singer Serge Gainsbourg, from his tough childhood growing up in Nazi-occupied Paris to his death in 1991, via his troubled yet hugely successful time as a songwriter in the 1960s.

Heartbreaker (French with English Subtitles)

From its mischievous premise to its breezy execution, this is a brilliant romantic comedy that has plenty to appeal to both sexes. Heartbreaker is, hands down, one of the funniest and most consistently charming experiences you’re likely to have in the cinema this year.

[REC] 2 (Spanish with English subtitles). Cert 18

The sequel to the spine-chilling, critically acclaimed cult hit '[REC]', '[REC] 2' takes fear to a whole new level, on an adrenalin fuelled rollercoaster ride of sheer terror. Just 15 minutes have passed since the authorities lost contact with the people trapped inside a virus-stricken apartment block. Now a SWAT team must enter the building, equipped with video cameras, to monitor the situation. Nobody knows what has happened inside the building. But whatever evil awaits the SWAT team they must keep recording the unedited horror, at all costs. Subtitled trailer

I Am Love (French with English Subtitles)

Tilda Swinton stars in Luca Guadagnino's melodrama about a Milanese family. Operatic, Visconti-esque drama in which an ailing Milanese paterfamilias passes on the family business to his son and grandson, to the discomfort of his wife (played by Tilda Swinton), and their other two children. Subtitled trailer

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Many cinemas schedules are "SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTIFICATION". Sometimes the files necessary for a subtitled or described film are not available, or are not delivered to the cinema on time. The only way to be 100% sure is to check with the ACTUAL cinema before you plan a visit. But DOUBLE check, preferably with a manager. We recommend that you should always request confirmation that a show is definitely on.

Digital cinema info

These digital projection systems have built in subtitle readers. Subtitle 'files' are available for almost all popular cinema releases, which can be 'read' by digital projection systems. Some of these cinemas regularly schedule subtitled shows.

It is hoped that the 'access' features of these digital projectors will be utilised, to enable people with hearing or sight loss to enjoy digital cinema, but there's no guarantee that it will happen. We urge organisations, groups and individuals to create total awareness of this access issue, to ensure it is addressed as soon as possible. Please contact digitally-equipped cinemas in your area and request that they utilise the built in 'access' features of digital projectors!

Note: as with DVD releases, the film - on disc, or hard disk - needs to have a subtitle track included for it to be broadcast - almost all popular releases now have that track.

No subtitled mainstream films next week? Please ask the cinemas to screen the many available subtitled films! Cinemas below have shown them in the past. And of course all digital-equipped cinemas can show most of the latest releases with subtitles.

"Have you ever tried to lip-read a masked super hero or villain? Or an animated rat, fish, car or robot? Without subtitles we just watch the pictures and guess the story"

"I enjoyed A Christmas Carol a lot. I can hear well with my digital hearing aids, compared to many deaf people I know, but the unfamiliar, oldie-style Dickensian words would have been lost on me without subtitles."

"My profoundly deaf mother had given up trying to lip-read movie stars years ago. At a subtitled show her eyes flickered into life. Two glorious hours and finally my mother and I have rekindled our cinema habit. She is now in her seventies, I'm approaching my forties. It may have been some time coming, but damn was it worth it!"

"My Granddad was a big film fan – Dad too – and I grew up with books and magazines on films and cinema in general. But being deaf, thanks to meningitis, I could never get the full cinema experience. My Granddad, also very deaf due to his advancing years, used to say it was better for people like us a hundred years ago when silent films were around as they had caption cards on the screen! I missed out on many films at the cinema, which I have since watched with subtitles on DVD. I believe that if my Granddad was alive today he'd be joining my Dad and me on our regular trips to the movies because captioned cinema has returned!"

"I know quite a few people who, like me, have become disabled in the prime of their lives. I served in Iraq, came home last year with permanent damage to my hearing. I can still enjoy music, it's just not as clear as it used to be. I find I now read a lot of song lyrics! Never really bothered before. Same with films. I can still enjoy them with a little 'assistance'. In this case, subtitles. I only go to the cinema now if the film is subtitled. Thankfully most are these days."

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