L A Cinema

16/06/2026

Oh dear! Toy Story 5 is reviewed by critic Peter Bradshaw of Guardian film.

He says the fifth instalment of the franchise “needs new batteries” and gives it 2 out of 5 stars. Read the full review below.

A sinister new tablet threatens the honest-to-goodness toys’ existence, but Buzz, Woody and Jessie’s big tech moral battle feels compromised

13/06/2026

“I’m not bad, I’m just drawn that way.” Kathleen Turner’s best films ranked by Guardian film and including The Accidental Tourist, Switching Channels, Romancing the Stone and Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

For the full list, click on the article below.

As she nears her 72nd birthday, we honour the actor whose ‘smoked honey’ vocals added to her vampy persona on screen, whether bringing Jessica Rabbit to life or crushing Michael Douglas between her thighs

12/06/2026

It’s that time of the month again? It’s L A Cinema time!

Join us on June 20th at Long Ashton Community Centre for a screening of the coming of age drama, Rental Family.

Critics call it “a warm and witty delight that balances poignancy and humour with rare delicacy” and it features Oscar winning actor, Brendan Fraser.

TICKETS ONLY £6.00 ADULTS and £3.00 UNDER 15’s. ON SALE from Long Ashton Village Shop & Post Office and our box office www.la-cinema.uk

It’s L A Cinema. Bringing the best in film to Long Ashton and beyond. Too right!!

10/06/2026

The best films of 2026 according to Guardian film.

Some of the selections include Hamnet, Song Sung Blue, No Other Choice and Backrooms. To see the other selections, check out the full list below.

Jessie Buckley is dug up to marry Christian Bale, while Ian McKellen and Michaela Coel are the double act of the year in Steven Soderbergh’s dark comedy. Here’s our round up of movie magic from the last six months in the UK, in order of release

09/06/2026

Meet the headliner of L A Cinema’s June screening of Rental Family. It’s Oscar winning actor, Brendan Fraser.

Brendan Fraser won the Best Actor Oscar in 2022 for his performance in director Darren Aronofsky’s, The Whale. Other notable film performances include Martin Scorsese’s epic, Killers of the Flower Moon. The Mummy films. The Quiet American with Michael Caine. Blast From the Past with Alicia Silverstone and many more films.

Watch Brendan Fraser in Rental Family at Long Ashton Community Centre on June 20th at 7:45pm. TICKETS £6.00 ADULTS and £3.00 UNDER 15’s. NOW ON SALE from Long Ashton Village Shop & Post Office and L A Cinema’s website www.la-cinema.uk

09/06/2026

Here’s the verdict? Steven Spielberg’s science fiction epic Disclosure Day is released in cinemas this Friday and stars Emily Blunt and Josh O’Connor.

Guardian film critic Peter Bradshaw gives Disclosure Day 4-stars and calls it “close encounters of a deferred kind in Spielberg’s conspiracy spectacular.”

Read the full film review below.

Humans have been secretly abusing aliens for almost 80 years in this big-hearted thriller starring Josh O’Connor as a worried whistleblower and a never-more-magnetic Emily Blunt as a weather forecaster channelling UFO chat

08/06/2026

The best Steven Spielberg films chosen by directors, critics and super fans. Here are the results in this Guardian film article. Enjoy!!

From franchise hits to historical epics, joyous musicals to autobiographical family sagas: Steven Spielberg has done it all. As his latest sci-fi film Disclosure Day is released, film-makers, authors and Guardian critics reveal which of his movies means the most to them

08/06/2026

Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver gets special 50th anniversary screening at New York Tribeca Film Festival.

De Niro, Scorsese, Foster and Schrader all reunited on stage. Read the full Guardian film article below.

The director, screenwriter and stars of the 1976 classic film spoke about its making and parallels to the internet age at New York’s Tribeca film festival

02/06/2026

The posters are up? Must mean L A Cinema is round the corner?

Join your local community cinema for a coming-of-age comedy drama, which critics call “a warm and witty delight that balances poignancy and humour with rare delicacy.”

See Oscar winning actor Brendan Fraser in Rental Family on Saturday, June 20th at Long Ashton Community Centre.

TICKETS ONLY £6.00 ADULTS and £3.00 UNDER 15’s. NOW ON SALE from Long Ashton Village Shop & Post Office and our box office www.la-cinema.uk

The first film of L A Cinema’s summer programme. Gonna be a goodie!!