8-Bit Christmas

8-Bit Christmas is screening at The Hub on Verulam on Tuesday 8 December, showing in The Box. It's a family comedy set in the late 1980s, and if you grew up around that time, the title gives you a good idea of where it's headed.

The story follows ten-year-old Jake Doyle, who's growing up just outside Chicago. He spends the run-up to Christmas trying to get the one thing he wants more than anything else: a video-games console. It's a nostalgic look back at that era, and the whole thing is built around that single, familiar childhood obsession. If you remember the scramble for a specific toy under the tree, you'll recognise the ground it's covering.

It's a family-friendly one, so it works as something to take the kids to, but it's just as easy to watch on your own if you've got a soft spot for the late eighties. The screening is on Tuesday 8 December at 15:00, which puts it in the afternoon rather than the evening, so it's a good shout for a matinee. Tickets are £8, and the screening is at The Hub on Verulam, 5 Verulam Road, St Albans, AL3 4DA, in The Box.