Jul 30th
The BFG** (PG)
(Vue Romford)  

(US 2016)                          

An orphaned girl spots a benevolent giant late at night who therefore abducts her back to Giantland where she helps him overcome the nastier inhabitants.
Initially enchanting and expansively crafted Spielberg adaptation of Dahl, which however sags in the middle, and the focus shifts not entirely smoothly back to London, although much more inventively so than the similarly themed Hook, and with engaging performances throughout.

Written by: Melissa Mathison, from the novel by Roald Dahl.
Producers: Steven Spielberg, Frank Marshall, Sam Mercer.
Director: Steven Spielberg.
Starring: Mark Rylance, Rudy Barnhill, Jemaine Clement, Penelope Wilton (as the Queen), Rebecca Hall, Rafe Spall.
Photogaphy: Janusz Kaminski.
Music: John Williams.
Production Design: Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg.
Visual Effects Coordinator: Kimberley Aller.

Leonard Maltin review

THE BFG. Mark Rylance as a splendidly Suffolk-accented "Big Friendly Giant", with Rudy Barnhill the latest in a long line of excellent Spielberg child actors.