Wildwood

Wildwood opens at Odeon Stoke on Wednesday 4 November, and it's running through to 12 November, so you've got a good window to catch it. It's an animated adventure from director Travis Knight, with a voice cast that pulls in Peyton Elizabeth Lee, Jacob Tremblay, Carey Mulligan, Mahershala Ali and Arthur Knight.

The story follows Prue McKeel, a headstrong teenager whose baby brother is snatched by a murder of crows. She doesn't wait for help; she launches a rescue mission into the Impassable Wilderness, an enchanted forest hidden just beyond Portland, Oregon. She's joined by her classmate Curtis Mehlberg, who's described as hapless but loyal, and together they stumble into a secret world of talking animals, warring creatures, mystics and powerful figures driven by grief and ambition. As they search for the baby, they're drawn into a conflict that threatens the balance of the forest itself.

It's a proper family-friendly one, and at 132 minutes it's a fair bit longer than your average animated feature, so it's more of a full evening's outing than a quick trip to the cinema. The sessions start at 20:00, and the film runs from 4 November to 12 November, giving you plenty of dates to choose from if you're fitting it around work or school runs.

You'll find it at Odeon Stoke on Etruria Road, in the Etruria part of Hanley, ST1 5SN. With the 20:00 start and the two-hour-plus runtime, you'll be out well after nine, so it's a good one for a midweek evening or a weekend treat.