Films of the week

Dark shadows

Dark Shadows is a deliciously dark gothic horror tale that follows a vampire’s trials with a host of supernatural creatures, and his own dysfunctional family. When Barnabus Collins (Johnny Depp), one-time wealthy playboy, breaks the heart of Angelique (Eva Green), a beautiful witch, he lives to regret it. Transformed into a vampire and buried alive for 200 years, he’s then accidentally freed, only to find himself in the 1970’s. Returning to his once-grand family home, Barnabus finds both it, and its inhabitants, led by matriarch Elizabeth Collins Stoddard (Michelle Pfeiffer), in shabby shape. What events will the vampire’s sinister reappearance usher in?

The Raid

The Raid is a fast-paced, violence-packed adrenaline ride of a thriller set in Jakarta. In the heart of the slums is a safe house where the city’s murderers, drug dealers and a very important drug lord hide out. When a SWAT team is sent in to clear it up, it looks like the days are numbered for the town’s baddies. But, thanks to a tip off, the SWAT team is expected, meaning the violent inhabitants of the safe house have time to lay a sophisticated ambush. Can the team make it through the murderous and highly armed criminals back to safety?

Men in Black III

Men in Black III sees the welcome return of our agents in a time-travelling caper to stop those pesky aliens destroying the world. Agent J (Will Smith) is about to discover that the universe holds secrets that he has never been told about but he will only discover them by travelling back in time. The reason he has to do a backward jaunt is to save his colleague Agent K (Tommy Lee Jones) from an alien intent on wiping out mankind. To help him, he has a young Agent K (Josh Brolin) and he’s going to need all the help he can get.

These films are showing at Dagenham Vue – Dagenham Leisure Park, Cook Road, Dagenham, RM9 6UQ