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By Steve Newall|03 Aug 2018

From Tom Cruise defying age/physics to mutant teenagers defying the government, check out what’s coming your way in cinemas this month!

Steve Newall

Steve has been the editor of Flicks since 2012, is heard weekly on Newstalk ZB and 95bFM, and is on the boards of Show Me Shorts, the NZ Fraud Film Festival and Independent Music Venues Aotearoa.

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