TMNT: MUTANT MAYHEM
Weds 2 Aug
After years of being sheltered from the human world, the Turtle brothers set out to win the hearts of New Yorkers and be accepted as normal teenagers through heroic acts. Their new friend, April O’Neil, helps them take on a mysterious crime syndicate. They soon get in over their heads when an army of mutants is unleashed upon them.
Starring Micah Abbey, Shamon Brown Jr., Hannibal Buress, Rose Byrne, John Cena, Jackie Chan, Ice Cube, Natasia Demetriou, Ayo Edebiri, Giancarlo Esposito, Post Malone, Brady Seth Rogen. Also featuring Paul Rudd and Maya Rudolph, this is going to be THE holiday film of 2023. Cowabunga dude!
DREAMIN’ WILD
Fri 4 Aug
Bill Pohlad directs this true story of love and redemption. It looks at what happened to singer/songwriter Donnie Emerson and his family. The album he and his brother recorded as teenagers was rediscovered after thirty years of obscurity, and suddenly hailed by music critics as a lost masterpiece.
While the album’s re-evaluation brings hopes of second chances, it also exposes long-buried emotions. It stars Casey Affleck, Zooey Deschanel, Noah Jupe, Jack Dylan Grazer, Beau Bridges, Walton Goggins. Plus, Chris Messina, as Donnie, his wife Nancy, brother Joe and father Don Sr. come to terms with both the past and their newly found fame.
MEG 2: THE TRENCH
Fri 4 Aug
How can an action film starring Jason Statham be any better? If we see him (potentially) punch a prehistoric shark in the face. Strap in, as The Stath returns as the world’s best and objectively sexiest deep sea rescue diver, Jonas Taylor. This time around he’s been recruited by a visionary Chinese oceanographer to save the world from an unstoppable threat.
Directed By Ben Wheatley, this larger-than-life thrill ride promises to dwarf the enormously successful original film. The Stath and global action icon Wu Jing are pitted against relentless environmental plunderers and the terrors of the deep, having to outrun, outsmart and outswim their merciless predators in a pulse-pounding race against time.
THE LAST VOYAGE OF THE DEMETER
Fri 11 Aug
Starting with a single chilling chapter from Bram Stoker’s classic novel Dracula, director André Øvreda unveils the terrifying voyage of the merchant ship Demeter. Travelling from Carpathia to London, it’s been charged with carrying a mysterious cargo of 50 unmarked wooden crates.
Starring Corey Hawkins, Aisling Franciosi, Liam Cunningham, and David Dastmalchian, this horror story details a series of strange events befalling the doomed crew. As they attempt to survive the ocean crossing, each is stalked at night by a merciless presence. When the Demeter finally arrives off the shores of England, it is a charred, derelict wreck. What has happened to the crew?
BLUE BEETLE
Fri 18 Aug
Directed by Ángel Manuel Soto, this latest instalment for the DC Universe stars Xolo Maridueña in the title role. A recent college graduate heads home full of aspirations for his future, only to realise home is not quite as he left it. As he searches to establish a purpose in the world, he unexpectedly finds himself in possession of an ancient relic of alien biotechnology.
When this curious item suddenly chooses Jaime to be its symbiotic host, he is bestowed with an incredible suit of armour capable of extraordinary and unpredictable powers, forever changing his destiny as he becomes the superhero, Blue Beetle.
LANDSCAPE WITH INVISIBLE HAND
Fri 18 Aug
An occupying alien species’ bureaucratic rule and advanced technology has left most of Earth impoverished and unemployed. No, it’s not a brutal election pledge, but the thrilling story of two teenagers and a risky plan to provide for their families.
Written and directed by Cory Finley (Thoroughbreds, Bad Education), it’s based on the book by M.T. Anderson and stars Asante Blackk (This Is Us), Kylie Rogers (Yellowstone), Tiffany Haddish (Girls Trip, The Afterparty) and Joshua Hamilton (Eighth Grade). An aspiring artist and his girlfriend make money by broadcasting their dating life to the fascinated invaders. But the pair slowly come to hate each other and can’t break up without bankrupting their families.
BOTTOMS
Fri 25 Aug
This refreshingly unique and raunchy comedy focuses on two girls, PJ and Josie, who start a fight club as a way to lose their virginities to the school’s cheerleaders. Written by and starring Rachel Sennott, along with Emma Seligman (who also directs), this is a refreshing spin on the teen high-school caper genre.
The bizarre plan somehow works, and the fight club gains traction. Soon the most popular girls in school are beating each other up in the name of self-defence. But the hapless pair quickly find themselves in over their heads and in need of a way out before their scheme is exposed.
RETRIBUTION
Fri 25 Aug
The ever-dependable Liam Neeson stars in this immersive ticking clock of a thriller, so get ready for a high-octane ride of redemption and revenge. When a mysterious caller puts a bomb under his car seat, Matt Turner (Neeson) heads out on a high-speed journey across the city to complete a specific series of tasks.
With his kids trapped in the back seat and a promise the car will explode if they get out, a normal commute becomes a twisted game of life or death. Turner must follow the stranger’s increasingly dangerous and irrational instructions in a race against time to save his family.
