MALVERN Theatres’ spring 2010 film special season opens with the last film Heath Ledger made before his shocking death of an accidental overdose, aged just 28, last year.

Ledger had not finished filming Terry Gilliam’s The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, so Hollywood megastars Johnny Depp and Colin Farrell completed his unfinished scenes. A stellar, mainly British, cast including Jude Law, supermodel Lily Cole and musician Paloma Faith joins the Hollywood actors. The film is on on Wednesday, January 21.

Offbeat feel-good film The Men Who Stare at Goats is on Wednesday, February 10, starring George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Kevin Spacey and Jeff Bridges.

It’s about a reporter in Iraq who might just have the story of a lifetime when he meets a man who claims to be a former member of a US Army unit that employs paranormal powers in its missions.

Amelia Earhart’s amazing life story and mysterious end, somewhere over the Pacific Ocean in 1937, is retold in Amelia on Wednesday, March 31, starring the Oscar award-winning Hilary Swank and Hollywood heartthrob Richard Gere.

From one astounding biopic to another The Last Station is a historical drama that illustrates Russian author Leo Tolstoy's struggle to balance fame and wealth with his commitment to a life devoid of material things.

The film stars James McAlvoy and his real-life wife Anne Marie Duff, Helen Mirren and Christopher Plummer and is on Wednesday, April 4.

All film specials start at 8.15pm and are in the Forum Theatre. Tickets (£4.50, £3.50 concessions) are available on 01684 892277 or at malvern-theatres.co.uk.