This week’s cinema treats include the third film from Ron Howard’s The Da Vinci Code series, even more great Korean films, a fair helping of Kiwi classics, and one of the first movie sequels that actually lived up to the original.
The Big Releases
Inferno | Find movie times near you
Oscar-winning director Ron Howard makes a trilogy out of The Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons, led once again by Tom Hanks. Co-stars Academy Award nominee Felicity Jones (The Theory of Everything).
Miss Saigon: The 25th Anniversary Performance | Find movie times near you
The sell-out 25th anniversary live gala performance featuring performances by original cast members Jonathan Pryce (Game of Thrones) and Lea Salonga.
The Small Releases
My Scientology Movie | Find movie times near you
Reporter of weird things, Louis Theroux, heads to Los Angeles to try and understand the psychology of Scientology. As he states: “I find that the most shocking behaviour is motivated by very relatable human impulses.”
Oasis: Supersonic | Find movie times near you
The Oscar-winning team behind Amy chart Oasis’s rise from obscurity to global stardom – as well as their volatile history – in this candid documentary.
Asura: The City of Madness | Find movie times near you
South Korean crime thriller following a man of the law who’s had his hand in dirty politics. But the moment he wants out, he realises he’s stuck in the game.
The Clan | Find movie times near you
The astonishing true story of a seemingly normal middle-class family that trafficked in the kidnapping, ransoming and murder of the wealthy in 1980s Argentina. Winner at Venice and Toronto Film Festivals, as well as 5 Argentinian Academy Awards.
Golden Years | Find movie times near you
A posse of retirees turn to robbing banks in this British ensemble comedy featuring Bernard Hill and Virgina McKenna.
Film Festivals
Korean Film Festival | In Auckland 18th – 22nd Oct. @ Academy Cinemas
As part of the Korean Festival in Auckland, Academy Cinemas are hosting FREE screenings of five Korean flicks – including the incredibly fun heist adventure The Thieves.
Japanese Film Festival | In Wellington 18th – 22nd Oct. @ The Embassy
At the exact same time in Wellington, the Japanese Film Festival will be screening six FREE films at the Paramount. Each screening is preceded by a short doco on Japanese culture.
Classics
Once Were Warriors | 7.00pm, Saturday 15th Oct. @ Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
The hard-hitting New Zealand classic about a violent and troubled family in South Auckland, based on Alan Duff’s novel. Directed by Lee Tamahori and featuring a towering performance from Temuera Morrison as Jake the Muss.
Boy | 7.00pm, Friday 14th Oct. @ Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
Taika Waititi’s second feature film (after Eagle vs. Shark and episodes of TV’s Flight of the Conchords), is a coming-of-age comedy set in the ’80s, East Coast, New Zealand.
Moonrise Kingdom | 8.30pm, Friday 14th Oct. @ Matakana Cinemas (AK)
Matakana’s Wes Anderson celebration continues with the director’s Oscar-nominated comedy set in the summer of ’65 where a small community is mobilised in search of two runaway 12-year-old lovebirds.
Lolita | 8.00pm, Friday 14th Oct. @ Event Newmarket (AK)
Stanley Kubrick’s adaptation of the 1950s French novel about the forbidden and controversial love between a professor and his teenage stepdaughter.
Mr. Wrong | 5.00pm, Thursday 13th Oct. @ Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
First feature from Kiwi filmmaker Gaylene Preston following Meg, a young woman making her first steps of freedom out of her parents’ home and into a stylish new Jaguar. However, the ghost of the former car’s owner – presumed dead – enters Meg’s life, and so does her killer…
Smash Palace | 7.00pm, Thursday 13th Oct. @ Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
Kiwi filmmaking great Roger Donaldson made his feature debut with this classic 1981 New Zealand drama, starring Bruno Lawrence as a scrap heap owner deep in an act of domestic disturbance. Considered by NZ On Screen as one of the Top 10 NZ features of all time.
Bride of Frankenstein | 3.00pm, Sunday 16th Oct. @ Roxy Cinema
The masterful sequel to the masterful 1931 Frankenstein, with masterful director James Whale and acting master Boris Karloff returning.
