NOW SHOWING MOVIES
The Craft: Legacy
Mature themes
A group of high school students form a coven of witches. A sequel of the 1996 film, "The Craft".
- running time: 114 Mins
- director: Zoe Lister-Jones
- Cast: Michelle Monaghan, Cailee Spaeny, David Duchovny
- Start Screening on: Thu 29 Oct
Rams
Mild themes, violence and coarse language
In remote Western Australia, two estranged brothers, Colin (Sam Neill) and Les (Michael Caton), are at war. Raising separate flocks of sheep descended from their family's prized bloodline, the two men work side by side yet are worlds apart. When Les's prize ram is diagnosed with a rare and lethal illness, authorities order a purge of every sheep in the valley. While Colin attempts to stealthily outwit the powers that be, Les opts for angry defiance. But can the warring brothers set aside their differences and have a chance to reunite their family, save their herd, and bring their community back together?
- running time: 139 Mins
- director: Jeremy Sims
- Cast: Sam Neill, Miranda Richardson, Asher Keddie
- Start Screening on: Thu 29 Oct
Hocus Pocus
A curious youngster moves to Salem, where he struggles to fit in before awakening a trio of diabolical witches that were executed in the 17th century.
- running time: 116 Mins
- director: Adam Shankman
- Cast: Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy, Bette Midler
- Start Screening on: Thu 22 Oct
The Empty Man
Strong themes and violence
On the trail of a missing girl, an ex-cop comes across a secretive group attempting to summon a terrifying supernatural entity.
- running time: 157 Mins
- director: David Prior
- Cast: Tanya van Graan, Owen Teague, Marin Ireland
- Start Screening on: Thu 29 Oct
Honest Thief
Violence and coarse language
They call him the In and Out Bandit because meticulous thief Tom Carter (Liam Neeson) has stolen $9 million from small-town banks while managing to keep his identity a secret. But after he falls in love with the bubbly Annie (Kate Walsh), Tom decides to make a fresh start by coming clean about his criminal past, only to be double-crossed by two ruthless FBI agents.
- running time: 119 Mins
- director: Mark Williams
- Cast: Liam Neeson, Kate Walsh, Jai Courtney
- Start Screening on: Thu 22 Oct
Akira
High level violence
A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath who can only be stopped by two teenagers and a group of psychics.
- running time: 144 Mins
- director:
- Cast: Mitsuo Iwata, Nozomu Sasaki, Mami Koyama
- Start Screening on: Thu 22 Oct
Baby Done
Coarse language, sex and drug use
When Zoe (Rose Matafeo) and Tim (Matthew Lewis) find out they are having a baby, they resolve to not let parenthood change them. Tim runs towards being a dad, while Zoe runs away from being a mum. Terrified that her life won’t be her own anymore, Zoe is still determined to tick off a list of their wildest dreams before the baby arrives. Zoe’s increasing denial about her impending birth pushes her, and her relationship, to the limit.
- running time: 111 Mins
- director: Curtis Vowell
- Cast: Rose Matafeo, Matthew Lewis, Emily Barclay, Madeleine Sami, Rachel House, Alice Sneddon, Kura Forrester, Nic Sampson, Chelsie Preston Crayford
- Start Screening on: Thu 22 Oct
The Outpost
Strong violence and frequent coarse language
During the Afghanistan war, several outposts were placed to control the Taliban movement and their supply chain. Camp Keating, situated in a valley surrounded by mountains, was one them. While being shot at by the Talibans was business as usual, they tried to gain respect from local village elders and have them help stop these skirmishes. One day, when 400 Talibans rallied for a surprise attack, it was up to them to leverage the poor defenses and lack of ammo and manpower they had, to ultimately survive and go back to their loved ones.
- running time: 143 Mins
- director: Rod Lurie
- Cast: Scott Eastwood, Caleb Landry Jones, Orlando Bloom
- Start Screening on: Thu 08 Oct
City of Lies
Strong coarse language
Russell Poole and Jack Jackson investigate the murders of rappers Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur.
- running time: 132 Mins
- director: Brad Furman
- Cast: Johnny Depp, Forest Whitaker, Toby Huss
- Start Screening on: Thu 15 Oct
Irresistible
Coarse language and sexual references
From writer/director Jon Stewart and Academy Award winning Producers Brad Pitt and Dede Gardner comes a comedy about a Democrat political consultant (Steve Carell) who helps a retired Marine Colonel (Chris Cooper) run for mayor in a small Wisconsin town.
- running time: 122 Mins
- director: Jon Stewart
- Cast: Steve Carell, Rose Byrne, Chris Cooper, Mackenzie Davis, Topher Grace, Natasha Lyonne
- Start Screening on: Thu 15 Oct
Trolls World Tour
Very mild themes, crude humour and coarse language
Poppy and Branch discover that they are but one of six different Troll tribes scattered over six different lands and devoted to six different kinds of music. A member of hardrock royalty, Queen Barb, aided by her father King Thrash, wants to destroy all other kinds of music to let rock reign supreme. With the fate of the world at stake, Poppy, Branch, along with their friends set out to visit all the other lands to unify the Trolls in harmony against Barb, who’s looking to upstage them all.
- running time: 111 Mins
- director: Walt Dohrn, David P. Smith
- Cast: Anna Kendrick, Justin Timberlake, Rachel Bloom, Kelly Clarkson, James Corden, Jamie Dornan, Ozzy Osbourne, Sam Rockwell, Kenan Thompson, Mary J. Blige
- Start Screening on: Thu 17 Sep
Antebellum
Strong violence and coarse language
Successful author Veronica finds herself trapped in a horrifying reality and must uncover the mind-bending mystery before it's too late.
- running time: 126 Mins
- director: Gerard Bush, Christopher Renz
- Cast: Janelle Monáe, Eric Lange, Jena Malone
- Start Screening on: Thu 01 Oct
Savage
Strong themes, violence and frequent coarse language
Inspired by stories from New Zealand's boys homes and the early history of our gangs, SAVAGE follows Danny across 3 different ages at important junctures that push and pull him towards and away from gang life. Each chapter of Danny’s life is a complete short story set in a defining time for NZ gangs - from the abusive state-run boy’s homes of the sixties; to the emerging urban gang scene in the seventies where disenfranchised teenagers created their own families on the streets; to the eighties when gangs became more structured, criminal, and violent. Together the three chapters combine to create a deeper lock at a boy who grows up to become the brutal enforcer of a gang; to understand how he got there. Savage is about Danny’s search for belonging and connection, and explores the notion of family. Danny is torn between his real family and his gang family, and must choose where he belongs.
- running time: 120 Mins
- director: Sam Kelly
- Cast: Jake Ryan, John Tui, Chelsie Preston Crayford
- Start Screening on: Thu 08 Oct
Hope Gap
Occasional coarse language
The intimate, intense and loving story of Hope Gap charts the life of Grace, shocked to learn her husband is leaving her for another, after 29 years of marriage, and the ensuing emotional fallout the dissolution has on their only grown son. Unraveled and feeling displaced in her small seaside town, Grace ultimately regains her footing and discovers a new, powerful voice.
- running time: 120 Mins
- director: William Nicholson
- Cast: Annette Bening, Bill Nighy, Josh O'Connor
- Start Screening on: Thu 15 Oct
Cats and Dogs 3: Paws Unite
Very mild themes and violence
Gwen the Cat and Roger the Dog are secret agents who covertly protect and save the world without humans ever finding out. Their partnership is due to the Great Truce, which has stopped dog and cat hostility for a decade. But the long-standing peace is threatened when a supervillain parrot discovers a way to manipulate wireless frequencies that only dogs and cats can hear. Will the heroes be able to stop the foul fowl, or will he cause a cat-a-strophe between the species?
- running time: 104 Mins
- director: Sean McNamara
- Cast: Sarah Giles, Max Greenfield, George Lopez
- Start Screening on: Thu 24 Sep
The New Mutants
Horror themes, violence and coarse language.
Twentieth Century Fox in association with Marvel Entertainment presents “The New Mutants,” an original horror thriller set in an isolated hospital where a group of young mutants is being held for psychiatric monitoring. When strange occurrences begin to take place, both their new mutant abilities and their friendships will be tested as they battle to try and make it out alive.
- running time: 114 Mins
- director: Josh Boone
- Cast: Maisie Williams, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Heaton, Alice Braga, Blu Hunt, Henry Zaga
- Start Screening on: Thu 03 Sep
The Secret Garden
Mild Themes
An orphaned girl discovers a magical garden hidden at her strict uncle's estate.
- running time: 120 Mins
- director: Marc Munden
- Cast: Colin Firth, Julie Walters, Amir Wilson
- Start Screening on: Thu 17 Sep
Astro Kid
Very mild themes
Following the destruction of their spaceship, ten-year-old William gets separated from his parents while traveling through the galaxy. As his rescue capsule lands on a wild and unexplored planet he befriends the friendly robot Buck and kooky alien Flash. Together they adventure through the wild and mysterious planet, discovering its wildlife and beauty but also the dangers that lie beneath!
- running time: 109 Mins
- director: Éric Tosti
- Cast: Timothé Vom Dorp, Edouard Baer, Marie-Eugénie Maréchal
- Start Screening on: Thu 17 Sep
Paw Patrol: Jet To The Rescue
Very mild themes
Feature film based on the animated children's series 'Paw Patrol'.
- running time: 76 Mins
- director: Cal Brunker
- Cast: John Flanagan, Jamiyka Jones, Kingsley Marshall
- Start Screening on: Thu 10 Sep
