Brighton’s Big Screen

Madeira Drive, Brighton, brightonsbigscreen.com

GOING to the cinema in the summer feels a guilty pleasure when the sun is shining.

So Brighton’s Big Screen is a godsend – allowing audiences to watch top films guilt-free and top up a tan, or enjoy a cooling summer breeze to waft away the smell of popcorn.

Having launched last weekend, the programme is now into its second week – look out for our Vibe page in The Argus every day for reminders of the next day’s screenings.

All timings include a 20min interval.

Children’s movies

WHEN it comes to animation Disney has been the daddy for almost 80 years.

Today Brighton’s Big Screen shows one of its latest hits, the superhero movie Big Hero 6 (PG, 145mins) from 2pm, as well as a classic from the 1990s The Lion King (PG, 130 mins) on Monday, August 24, 2pm, and recent Pixar favourite Toy Story 3 (U, 145 mins) on Thursday, August 27, at 2pm.

Disney’s 2015 live action version of Cinderella (U, 155 mins) will be thrilling little princesses on Saturday, August 22, at 3pm, and Tuesday, August 25, at 2pm.

And Disney’s biggest rival Dreamworks is wheeling out its big hitter – the irascible ogre Shrek (U, 130 mins) - on Wednesday, August 26, from 2pm.

Sci-fi adventure

IT’S a weekend of science fiction on the seafront, opening with the recent reinvigoration of the genre Gravity (12A, 135 mins) starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney today from 5.30pm.

Christopher Nolan’s tale of the discovery of a wormhole in a dystopian future, Interstellar (12A, 210 mins) is on tomorrow at 5pm.

And later on Sigourney Weaver makes her name in Ridley Scott’s claustrophobic classic Alien (18, 150 mins) from 8.30pm.

Comic book heroes

THE comic book adaptation has taken over the multiplex over the last five years, and Brighton’s Big Screen has both DC and Marvel’s biggest hitters on Tuesday, August 25.

Marvel’s comic book heroes reassemble at 5pm for Avengers: Age Of Ultron (12A, 180 mins), while Christopher Nolan’s reboot of Batman is back, with Heath Ledger’s Joker in his full hideous glory, from 7.45pm in The Dark Knight (12A, 195 mins).

Cult favourites

QUENTIN Tarantino’s masterpiece Pulp Fiction (18, 180 mins) is a movie which bears repeated viewings – this screening in association with nearby Patterns nightclub in Marine Parade starts tonight at 7.45pm.

Sissy Spacek endures the prom night from hell in Carrie (18, 135 mins) tomorrow from 8.30pm, while a recently-dumped 30-something has to deal with a zombie outbreak in Shaun Of The Dead (15, 150 mins).

Make sure the vocal cords are properly warmed up for Grease (PG, 150 mins) on Sunday, August 23, and Stephen Sondheim musical Into The Woods (PG, 165 mins) on Monday, August 24, both from 5.30pm.

And the LGBT movement joins forces with the striking miners in Pride (15, 160 mins) on Thursday, August 27, from 5.30pm, while a pair of drag queens and a transsexual singer head out into the Australian outback in The Adventures Of Priscilla: Queen Of The Desert (15, 125 mins) on Thursday, August 27, from 8.30pm.

Crime classics

SAM Riley stars in the 2010 remake of Graham Greene’s classic tale of gangsters on the pier in Brighton Rock (15, 150 mins) on Monday, August 24, from 8.30pm.

Look out for another 1960s-set crime caper as Michael Caine stars in The Italian Job (PG, 180 mins) on Wednesday, August 26, from 5.30pm.

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GET the best seat in the house for the Belgian Grand Prix, as the warm-ups and qualifying laps are broadcast from 2pm tomorrow, ahead of the race on Sunday, August 23, from 1pm.

Free entry before 2pm, £3 after 5pm. Season pass £30/£70.