There’s heaps on in cinemas this week, including Tim Burton’s X-Men-ish fantasy film, a classic Western remade, an examination into Hitchcock’s filmmaking craft, and a futuristic vision into distant year of 2001.
The Big Releases
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children | Find movie times near you
Tim Burton adapts the bestselling novel by Ransom Riggs about a seemingly ordinary boy who comes across a home for unusually gifted children, ran by the enigmatic Miss Peregrine (Eva Green, Dark Shadows). Co-stars Samuel L. Jackson, Chris O’Dowd, Terence Stamp and Dame Judi Dench.
The Magnificent Seven | Find movie times near you
Denzel Washington and Chris Pratt make two of the seven in this remake of the classic 1960s Western from director Antoine Fuqua (Training Day). Co-stars Ethan Hawke (Boyhood), Vincent D’Onofrio (TV’s Daredevil), Byund-hun Lee (I Saw the Devil), and Peter Sarsgaard (Experimenter).
The Limited Releases
Michael Bublé: Tour Stop 148 | Find movie times near you
Captured live in 5.1 surround sound from the sold out 2015 To Be Loved Tour, this limited-time cinema concert experience showcases many of the Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter’s biggest hits intercut with never-before-seen behind-the-scenes footage of Team Bublé getting the show from arena to arena.
The First Monday in May | Find movie times near you
Documentarian Andrew Rossi chronicles the creation of the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art’s most attended fashion exhibition in history, ‘China: Through The Looking Glass’.
Hitchcock/Truffaut | Playing in Rialto Newmarket & Rialto Dunedin
Delves deep into the filmmaking mind of Alfred Hitchcock, locked in discussion with legendary French director François Truffaut (The 400 Blows).
The Rolling Stones: Havana Moon
Captured live at the Stones’ historic 2016 show in Havana, Cuba, where the band performed for the first time to over 1.2 million adoring fans.
MS Dhoni: The Untold Story | Find movie times near you
Biopic on World Cup-winning captain of the Indian cricket team, M.S. Dhoni. One of the greatest finishers in limited-overs cricket, and overtaker of Ricky Ponting in most appearances as a national side’s captain.
Monterey | 4.30pm, Saturday 1st Oct. @ Govett-Brewster Art Gallery
Kiwi doco charting a couple’s struggles with their Grey Lynn cafe. Won director Lisa Burd the 2016 Doc Edge Best Emerging Filmmaker Award.
The Cool Festivals
Show Me Shorts | Starting in Auckland – see the full schedule
New Zealand’s biggest short film festival kicks off in Auckland this weekend with its six key categories: Bump in the Night, He Tangata, Heartstrings, Homeland, My Generation & Secrets and Lies.
Tickets are still on sale for the flashy Auckland Opening Night at The Civic this Saturday.
Polish Film Festival | Starting in Wellington – see the full schedule
Our capital city’s annual Polish Film Festival is back, which includes an entry in the Three Colours trilogy (White) and the single greatest sexy vampire mermaid horror musical the world has ever known (The Lure).
Auckland Underground Film Festival
This Friday night, Academy Cinemas is being taken over by challenging video art. The event is sold out so, erm, guess you’re not going eh?
Classics
2001: A Space Odyssey | 8.00pm, Friday 30th Sept. @ Event Newmarket (AKLD)
Stanley Kubrick’s ambitious science-fiction epic, billed as “a countdown to tomorrow, a road map to human destiny, a quest for the infinite”.
Rushmore | 8.30pm, Friday 30th Sept. @ Matakana Cinemas (AKLD)
There’s a Wes Anderson Retrospective happening at Matakana Cinemas on a weekly basis. This week, they’re screening his cult comedy second feature film.
The Mummy | 3.00pm, Sunday 2nd Oct. @ The Roxy (WGTN)
Continuing their Universal Monsters marathon, The Roxy Cinema is playing 1932 Boris Karloff classic.
Beverly Hills Cop | 5.00pm, Sunday 2nd Oct. @ Arthur’s Cinema (CHCH)
One of Eddie Murphy’s greatest contributions to cinema and comedy.
Bridge of Spies | 7.30pm, Tuesday 4th Oct. @ Arthur’s Cinema (CHCH)
OK… we’re not actually calling last year’s Spielberg spy drama a classic just yet, but it’s a damn fine film that didn’t do much at the Box Office. It’s well worth a watch on the big screen.
