Gisborne Film Guide

Whina follows the life of trailblazing Maori leader Dame Whina Cooper, who spent her life breaking boundaries, speaking for the rights of Maori, and fighting for the land. Rena Owen, Miriama McDowell, James Rolleston and Tioreore Ngatai-Melbourne star in Whina, which is on at the Dome Cinema.

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■    Book Club: The Next Chapter

Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Mary Steenburgen and Candice Bergen head to Italy. 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.

■    Hypnotic

Ben Affleck stars as a police detective who learns that his missing daughter and a string of bank robberies might be connected.

■    Jos — The Forgotten Photographer Who Saved a Town

Filmmakers Dave Kwant and Robyn Janes spent two years making a 46-minute documentary on Jos Divis, a Czech-born miner who photographed life in the New Zealand mining towns where he lived and worked between 1909 and 1935.

■    Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3 (2D and 3D)

Peter Quill rallies his team to defend the universe and protect one of their own.

■    Fast X

Over many missions and against impossible odds, Dom Toretto and his family have outsmarted and outdriven every foe in their path. Now, they must confront the most lethal opponent they’ve ever faced. Fuelled by revenge, a terrifying threat emerges from the shadows of the past to shatter Dom’s world.

■    Polite Society

A martial-artist-in-training sets out to save her sister from impending marriage.Polite Society, the feature film debut of writer-director Nida Manzoor is a fun and increasingly preposterous comedy.

■    A Good Person

Daniel (Morgan Freeman) is brought together with Allison, who is involved in a tragic accident. As grief-stricken Daniel navigates raising his teenage grand-daughter and Allison seeks redemption, they discover that friendship, forgiveness and hope can flourish in unlikely places.

■    Evil Dead Rise

Estranged sisters’ reunion is cut short by the rise of flesh-possessing demons.

■    The Super Mario Bros Movie

Mario squares off against the seemingly all-powerful Bowser to foil his plans to conquer the world.

DOME CINEMA

■    Whina

Follows the life of trailblazing Maori leader Dame Whina Cooper, who spent her life breaking boundaries, speaking for the rights of Maori, and fighting for the land. Rena Owen, Miriama McDowell, James Rolleston and Tioreore Ngatai-Melbourne star in Whina.

■    Shackleton: The Greatest Story of Survival

Adventurer Tim Jarvis retells the epic Antarctic story of Ernest Shackleton. The documentary makes sure we also understand how much the Antarctic landscapes — and particularly the ice sheets — have changed, even in the last two decades.

■    My Neighbour Adolf

Living in Brazil, a reclusive Holocaust survivor convinces himself that his new neighbour is none other than Adolf Hitler. He soon forms a friendship with the mysterious man as he begins to collect evidence to prove his theory is correct.