SESSION TIMES
Bank of Dave
M, Offensive Language, Violence
Release Date : June 1.
Based on the real-life story of a local Burnley businessman who takes on the might of the big banks to set up his own community-led bank. This is a feel-good British comedy/drama will leave you feeling uplifted and inspired. The film stars Joel Fry, Rory Kinnear and Hugh Bonneville, and it also features a very cool guest appearance by rock band Def Leppard!
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Jos
exempt
All tickets $12. No intermission sessions – Film Runtime 46 mins.
The documentary is follow up to WHISPERS OF GOLD which screened in theatres across NZ in 2020.
For nearly 100 years the name Jos Divis was missing from histories of New Zealand photography. Now a wrong is being righted.
Some call him the ‘inventor of the selfie’. A street photographer ahead of his time he pioneered techniques to capture images of ordinary people and their working lives in a way no-one else could.
Imprisoned for his beliefs, he lived his last years alone in the ghost town he helped bring to life, his family believing him dead.
JOS is a journey of discovery following a historian, a photographer and a museum curator all working to give Jos Divis’ the recognition he deserves.
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Hypnotic
content may disturb, R13, Violence
The highly anticipated new action thriller HYPNOTIC starring Ben Affleck.
While investigating a series of mind-bending high-profile bank robberies, Detective Rourke (Affleck) becomes embroiled in a mystery involving his missing daughter and a clandestine government program. To uncover the truth and locate his daughter, he must team up with a hypnotist. Will they be able to solve the puzzle before it’s too late, or will the conspiracy come crashing down on them like a series of dominoes?
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Book Club 2: The Next Chapter
M, Offensive Language, Sexual References
Directed By: Bill Holderman (Book Club)
Cast: Academy Award® and Golden Globe® winners Diane Keaton , Jane Fonda , Mary Steenburg , and Golden Globe® and Emmy Award® winner Candice Bergen , together with Craig T. Nelson , Giancarlo Giannini , Andy Garcia , and Don Johnson .
Italy has a nice ring to it.
This highly anticipated sequel, Book Club: The Next Chapter, follows our four best friends as they take their book club to Italy for the fun girls trip they never had. When things go off the rails and secrets are revealed, their relaxing vacation turns into a once-in-a-lifetime cross-country adventure.
Slightly scandalous. Totally fabulous.
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Fast X
M, Violence
Director: Louis Leterrier
Cast: Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, Jason Momoa, Nathalie Emmanuel, Jordana Brewster, John Cena, Jason Statham, Sung Kang, Alan Ritchson, Daniela Melchior, Scott Eastwood, with Helen Mirren, Charlize Theron, Brie Larson and Rita Moreno
The end of the road begins.
Fast X, the tenth film in the Fast & Furious Saga, launches the final chapters of one of cinema’s most storied and popular global franchises, now in its third decade and still going strong with the same core cast and characters as when it began.
Over many missions and against impossible odds, Dom Toretto (Vin Diesel) and his family have outsmarted, out-nerved and outdriven every foe in their path. Now, they confront the most lethal opponent they’ve ever faced: A terrifying threat emerging from the shadows of the past who’s fueled by blood revenge, and who is determined to shatter this family and destroy everything—and everyone—that Dom loves, forever.
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Little Mermaid
PG, scary scenes, Violence
The Little Mermaid is the beloved story of Ariel, a beautiful and spirited young mermaid with a thirst for adventure. The youngest of King Triton’s daughters and the most defiant, Ariel longs to find out more about the world beyond the sea and, while visiting the surface, falls for the dashing Prince Eric. While mermaids are forbidden to interact with humans, Ariel must follow her heart. She makes a deal with the evil sea witch, Ursula, which gives her a chance to experience life on land but ultimately places her life – and her father’s crown – in jeopardy.
The film stars singer and actress Halle Bailey as Ariel; Jonah Hauer-King as Prince Eric; Tony Award® winner Daveed Diggs as the voice of Sebastian; Awkwafina as the voice of Scuttle; Jacob Tremblay as the voice of Flounder; Noma Dumezweni as Queen Selina; Art Malik as Sir Grimsby; with Oscar® winner Javier Bardem as King Triton; and two-time Academy Award® nominee Melissa McCarthy as Ursula.
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The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
Rating to be confirmed
Release Date : June 8 . Sneak Previews June 2 – 5
Harold is an ordinary man having passed through life living on the sidelines, until he goes to post a letter one day and just keeps walking. Starring Academy Award winner Jim Broadbent as Harold and Penelope Wilton as his wife Maureen, THE UNLIKELY PILGRIMAGE OF HAROLD FRY tells the story of a man who leaves his seaside home town in South Devon, to deliver a letter to an old friend. Harold Fry was never meant to be a hero. He’s an unremarkable man who has failed at all the important things: being a husband, a father and a friend. Now, well into his 60’s, he is content to fade quietly into the background of life. But when Harold learns that his friend Queenie is dying, he is moved to act. He leaves home, walking to the post box to send her a letter until he realises that a letter is not enough. In that moment he decides to keep walking all the way to the hospice, some 500 miles away in Berwick-upon-Tweed – the north of England – as long as he walks , Queenie must live. Surprising himself as much as his wife Maureen, Harold embarks on a walk of hope, determined to travel the length of England to save his friend.
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Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Coarse Language, PG, Violence
Release Date: June 1. Special Preview session 31 May.
Miles Morales returns for the next chapter of the Oscar®-winning Spider-Verse saga, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. After reuniting with Gwen Stacy, Brooklyn’s full-time, friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man is catapulted across the Multiverse, where he encounters a team of Spider-People charged with protecting its very existence. But when the heroes clash on how to handle a new threat, Miles finds himself pitted against the other Spiders and must redefine what it means to be a hero so he can save the people he loves most.
Starring Shameik Moore, Hailee Steinfeld, Jake Johnson, Issa Rae, Daniel Kaluuya, Jason Schwartzman, Brian Tyree Henry, Luna Lauren Velez, Greta Lee, Rachel Dratch, Jorma Taccone, Shea Whigham and Oscar Isaac.
Directed by Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson
Screenplay by Phil Lord & Christopher Miller and David Callaham
Based on the MARVEL Comic Books
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Guardians of the Galaxy
M, Violence
In Marvel Studios’ “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” our beloved band of misfits are settling into life on Knowhere. But it isn’t long before their lives are upended by the echoes of Rocket’s turbulent past. Peter Quill, still reeling from the loss of Gamora, must rally his team around him on a dangerous mission to save Rocket’s life—a mission that, if not completed successfully, could quite possibly lead to the end of the Guardians as we know them.
The film stars Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Karen Gillan, Pom Klementieff, featuring Vin Diesel as Groot and Bradley Cooper as Rocket, Sean Gunn, Chukwudi Iwuji, Will Poulter and Maria Bakalova.
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Polite Society
M, Offensive Language, Violence
A merry mash up of sisterly affection, parental disappointment and bold action, POLITE SOCIETY follows martial artist-in-training Ria Khan who believes she must save her older sister Lena from her impending marriage. After enlisting the help of her friends, Ria attempts to pull off the most ambitious of all wedding heists in the name of independence and sisterhood.
Director: Nida Manzoor
Cast: Priya Kansara, Ritu Arya, and Nimra Bucha
Shackleton: The Greatest Story of Survival
PG
Sir Ernest Shackleton, one of the world’s greatest explorers, set off in the Endurance with a crew of 28 to attempt the first crossing of Antarctica. Their journey has since become known as one of the most miraculous survival stories ever told.
SHACKLETON: THE GREATEST STORY OF SURVIVAL features re-mastered footage captured from the 1914 expedition, as well as stunning high definition imagery of adventurer Tim Jarvis repeating their feat (the only man ever to do so).
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Driving Madeline
domestic violence, M, Offensive Language, sexual violence, Violence
AN UNMISSABLE FRENCH BOX OFFICE HIT!
When taxi driver Charles reluctantly takes on an early-morning booking, he begins to regret his decision even more so when a cantankerous old woman. Madeleine is waiting begrudgingly at the pickup point. As the journey unfolds, so does the story of Madeleine’s long and eventful life – guiding the audience through her most monumental experiences, from romance to earth-shattering heartbreak. Described by Renaud, as “the most beautiful film of my life,” rediscover the power of the kindness of strangers in Christian Carion’s latest cheerful, heart-warmer.
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The Super Mario Bros. Movie
PG, Violence
From Nintendo and Illumination comes a new animated film based on the world of Super Mario Bros.
Cast: Chris Pratt, Charlie Day, Anya Taylor-Joy, Seth Rogen, Jack Black, Charles Martinet, Fred Armisen, Sebastian Maniscalco, Kevin Michael Richardson
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Fishermens Friends 2
Coarse Language, PG, Sexual References
The incredible heart-warming story continues following the unexpected success of their debut album “No Hopers, Jokers, and Rogues” we re-join the world’s oldest ‘buoy band’ a year later struggling to navigate the pressures, pitfalls, and temptations of their newfound fame. Fisherman’s Friends 2 follows the celebrated shanty singers through the highs and lows as lifelong friendships are put to the test, the community is struck by the ‘curse of the second album’ and ultimately the band realise their dream by performing on the pyramid stage at Glastonbury.
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