Odeon Multiplex
■ Sound of Freedom
Jim Caviezel (Jesus in The Passion of the Christ) plays Tim Ballard, a former US government agent on a mission to rescue children from sex traffickers in Colombia. A sleeper hit that has grossed $US177 million against a budget of less than $15m. Crowdfunding used
for distribution and marketing of the film.
■ Retribution
Liam Neeson stars in a film about a man who, while driving with his two children, is told by phone a bomb is in his car. He must not leave the vehicle but must follow instructions while working out how to survive.
■ Andre Rieu 2023 Maastricht Concert: Love is All Around
Heartwarming classics, singalongs and waltzes are presented by Andre Rieu in his home town, Maastricht.
■ Mastaney
Punjabi-language film set in troubled 18th-century India.
■ Strays
Abandoned by his lowlife owner Doug, a naive but lovable dog named Reggie falls in with a fast-talking, foul-mouthed Boston Terrier and his gang of strays. With the voice talents of Will Ferrell, Jamie Foxx, Will Forte, Isla Fisher and Dennis Quaid.
■ Asteroid City
Comedy-drama written and directed by Wes Anderson with a cast that includes Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hanks, Tilda Swinton, Bryan Cranston, Edward Norton, Matt Dillon, Willem Dafoe, Margot Robbie and Jeff Goldblum.
■ 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.
■ Gran Turismo
Drama based on a video game and inspired by the true story of a teenage player aspiring to be a racecar driver.
■ 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.
■ 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.
■ Film festival movies
Anatomy of a Fall; Past Lives; The New Boy; Theater Camp; How to Blow Up a Pipeline; New Zealand’s Best 2023 (short films); Monster; EO; Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret; Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams; Carmen; La Chimera; Kidnapped; Afire; Reality; The Survival of Kindness; Perfect Days; Ngā Whanaunga Māori Pasifika Shorts 2023; Saint Omer.
Dome Cinema
■ A Great Friend
A famous entrepreneur is driving on a mountain road when his car breaks down. A nature-loving recluse comes to his aid and offers his hospitality, and the two polar opposites become friends. In French, with subtitles.
■ Last Film Show
A nine-year-old boy in a remote Indian village is smitten with films. He and his friends, determined to make a movie, find a way to make their own film projection apparatus. With subtitles.
■ 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 Blues Brothers
John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Carrie Fisher, an old black-and-white police car and an ensemble cast of soul-music legends make this 1980 film nostalgic gold.
