The only time we like being kept in the dark is when we’re in the cinema. Every other time, we want to know what’s coming out and where we can find it. We’ve highlighted some films – both modern and classic – playing this week that you may or may not know about.
Mr. Right
Playing Nationwide in Limited Release
Even though his other crime comedy American Ultra didn’t see an NZ cinema release, writer Max Landis’ hitman rom-com starring Anna Kendrick and Sam Rockwell has sneaked into select theatres seemingly out of nowhere. How did this happen and how can we get it to happen more often?
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Just Eat It: A Food Waste Story
Light House Petone (WGTN) – 8:15pm Monday 20 June
Documentarians Jen Rustemeyer and Grant Baldwin draw attention to how much quality produce is thrown out by surviving off what supermarkets consider ‘food waste’.
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The Boy and the World
Academy Cinemas (AKLD) – 6:30pm Thursday 23 June
Presented by Screenies, the Kiwi-made International Film Festival for Children, this Oscar-nominated Brazilian animation was one of our personal favourites when it screened at NZIFF 2014.
“This gorgeous Brazilian animated coming-of-age wonder dances in the dream-logic that Walt Disney exemplified in Fantasia and Dumbo’s classic pink elephant sequence. The world – in the boy’s eyes – is exaggerated and colour-soaked, as if his wondrous curiosity is our own.” – Liam Maguren, Flicks
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Independence Day
Roxy Cinema (WGTN) – 7:30pm Sunday 19 June
Before the world almost gets blown to smithereens in Independence Day: Resurgence, Roxy Cinema are showing it almost getting blown to smithereens 20 years ago with their screening of 1996’s Independence Day.
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Weird Science
Matakana Cinemas (AKLD) – 8:15pm Friday 17 June
Two nerds succeed in creating the perfect woman – a stunner that stops traffic, has a heart of gold, and a genius IQ – in this 1985 sci-fi from teen-comedy king John Hughes (Ferris Bueller’s Day Off).
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Jaws
Movie Max Digital (CHCH) – 2:00pm Sunday 19 June
The 40+ year old thriller that made a fearful impact on cinema-going audiences (at the cruel expense of the misunderstood shark community) is popping up in Christchurch for a one-off screening this weekend.
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Paddington
Arthur’s Cinema Cromwell (Otago) – 11:00am Sunday 19 June
The incredibly adorable 2014 family film is making a big-screen appearance this weekend in Otago.
“Paddington has well-timed hilarious action sequences and London twinkles with Wes Anderson-style production design.” – Frances Morton, Flicks
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Classics Playing at ANZAC Cinema (Northland)
There are a bunch of cinema classics showing at the top of the country. Check out the listing below…
Friday night 17th June – Casablanca
Saturday night 18th June – A Streetcar Named Desire
Sunday night 19th June – Once Upon a Time in the West
Monday night 20th June – Singin’ in the Rain
Tuesday night 21st June – Rebel without a Cause
Wednesday night 22nd June – Paths of Glory
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