ASA BUTTERFIELD

JOURNEY'S END (2018)
Starring Sam Claflin, Asa Butterfield, Paul Bettany, Tom Sturridge, Toby Jones, Stephen Graham, Robert Glenister, Theo Barklem-Biggs, Miles Jupp and Oliver Dimsdale. Directed by Saul Dibb.

March, 1918. C-company arrives to take its turn in the front-line trenches in northern France led by the war-weary Captain Stanhope. A German offensive is imminent, and the officers and their cook distract themselves in their dugout with talk of food and their past lives. Stanhope, meanwhile, soaks his fear in whisky, unable to deal with his dread of the inevitable. A young new officer, Raleigh, has just arrived, fresh out of training and abuzz with the excitement of his first real posting - not least because he is to serve under Stanhope, his former school house monitor and the object of his sister’s affections. Each man is trapped, the days ticking by, the tension rising and the attack drawing ever closer...

REVIEWS Journey's End - A sobering, intelligent tale of fear and bravery

THE SPACE BETWEEN US (2017)
Starring Asa Butterfield, Britt Robertson, Gary Oldman, Carla Gugino, Bd Wong and Janet Montgomery. Directed by Peter Chelsom.

Shortly after arriving to help colonise Mars, an astronaut dies while giving birth to the first human born on the red planet – never revealing who the father is. Thus begins the extraordinary life of Gardner Elliot – an inquisitive, highly intelligent boy who reaches the age of 16 having only met 14 people in his very unconventional upbringing. While searching for clues about his father, and the home planet he’s never known, Gardner begins a unique and secret inter-planetary friendship with a foster girl named Tulsa. When he finally gets a chance to go to Earth, Gardner is eager to experience all of the wonders he could only read and hear about on Mars. But after his explorations begin, scientists discover that Gardner’s organs can’t withstand Earth’s gravity. Gardner joins with Tulsa on a race against time to unravel the mysteries of how he came to be, and where he belongs in the universe.

MISS PEREGRINE'S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN 3D (2016)
Starring Eva Green, Samuel L. Jackson, Asa Butterfield, Judi Dench, Chris O'Dowd, Rupert Everett and Allison Janney. Directed by Tim Burton.

Sixteen-year-old Jacob follows clues that take him to a mysterious island, where he discovers the crumbling ruins of Miss Peregrine’s School for Peculiar Children. As Jacob explores the abandoned bedrooms and hallways, he discovers that its former occupants were far more than peculiar; they possessed incredible powers. And they may still be alive.

REVIEWS Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children - Burton's charming children's film on Blu-ray
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children - Not so peculiar

X+Y (2015)
Starring Sally Hawkins, Asa Butterfield, Rafe Spall, Eddie Marsan and Jo Yang. Directed by Morgan Matthews.

Teenage maths prodigy Nathan struggles when it comes to building relationships with other people, not least with his mother, Julie.

In a world difficult to comprehend, he finds comfort in numbers. And when Nathan is taken under the wing of unconventional and anarchic teacher, Mr. Humphreys, the pair forge an unusual friendship. Eventually, Nathan’s talents win him a place on the UK National team at the International Mathematics Olympiad (IMO) and the team travel to a training camp in Taiwan, under the supervision of squad leader Richard.

In unfamiliar surroundings, Nathan is confronted by a series of unexpected challenges — not least the unfamiliar feelings he begins to experience for his Chinese counterpart, the beautiful Zhang Mei, feelings that develop when the young mathematicians return to England for the IMO, held at Trinity College, Cambridge.

REVIEWS X+Y - 1+1 = love?

KING OF THE CASTLE
Starring Asa Butterfield, Clive Owen and Jackie Weaver. Directed by Brian Gatewood and Alessandro Tanaka.

A middle-aged philanderer is caught and blackmailed by a teenager.