■ The Miracle Club
Set in 1967, the film follows the story of three generations of friends (played by Maggie Smith, Kathy Bates and Agnes O’Casey) of Ballygar, a hard-knocks community in Dublin. When the chance to win a pilgrimage to Lourdes presents itself, the women seize it.
■ Meg 2: The Trench
Jonas Taylor (Jason Statham) leads a research team diving into the deepest depths of the ocean, and forced into a battle for survival, pitted against colossal, prehistoric sharks and relentless environmental plunderers.
■ Chevalier
The illegitimate son of an African slave and a French plantation owner, Joseph Bologne rises to the heights of French society as a celebrated violinist-composer and fencer.
■ Gran Turismo
Drama based on a video game and inspired by the true story of a teenage player aspiring to be a racecar driver.
■ Talk to Me
When friends discover how to conjure spirits by using an embalmed hand, they become hooked on the new thrill — until one of them unleashes terrifying supernatural forces.
■ John Farnham: Finding the Voice
Australian documentary following recording artist John Farnham’s career. The film includes commentary from Jimmy Barnes, Daryl Braithwaite, Celine Dion, Olivia Newton-John, Robbie Williams and Glenn Wheatley.
■ Oppenheimer
Christopher Nolan wrote and directed this film based on American Prometheus, the biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer, so-called “father of the atomic bomb”. Stars Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr and Florence Pugh.
■ Coco Reo Maori
Coco is the fourth Disney movie to be reimagined in te reo Māori. It is written in the dialect of Te Tairāwhiti to honour the Spanish lineage of Jose Manuel on the East Coast. Te Matatini chairman Selwyn Parata and his son Ngarimu tackled translations for it.
■ Barbie
Barbie and Ken are having the time of their lives in the colourful and seemingly perfect world of Barbie Land. But when they get a chance to go to the real world, they discover the joys and perils of living among humans.
Dome Cinema
■ What’s Love Got to Do with It
Romantic comedy in which a filmmaker documents the arranged marriage of her childhood friend to a bride from Pakistan.
■ Corners of the Earth: Kamchatka
Filmmakers Spencer Frost and Guy Williment and surfers Letty Mortenson and Fraser Dovell journey to Kamchatka in the far east of Russia in search of new waves along the frozen coastline. The trip took two years of planning. Then, an hour before the party boarded their flight to Moscow, Russia invaded Ukraine.
■The Inspection
A young, gay Black man joins the Marines, willing to do whatever it takes to prove himself to his estranged mother. In the process, he finds unexpected camaraderie and support.
