OPENING
The Boss Baby 3D
(Capitol 6, Cineplex Odeon Westshore, SilverCity) Animated comedy featuring a wise-cracking, suit-and-tie wearing infant. Voices by Alec Baldwin, Steve Buscemi, Jimmy Kimmel, Lisa Kudrow and Tobey Maguire. G
Ghost in the Shell 3D
(Cineplex Odeon Victoria, Cineplex Odeon Westshore, SilverCity Imax) A special forces unit led by a human cyborg hybrid faces the destruction of cyber technology. With Scarlett Johansson, “Beat” Takeshi Kitano and Michael Carmen Pitt. PG
T2 Trainspotting
(Cineplex Odeon Victoria) After 20 years abroad, Mark Renton returns to Scotland and reunites with his old friends Sick Boy, Spud and Begbie. With Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner and Jonny Lee Miller. 14A
The Zookeeper’s Wife
(Capitol 6, Landmark Cinemas University Heights) Jessica Chastain plays a Warsaw woman who works with her husband to resist the Nazis when Poland is invaded by Germany during the Second World War. With Johan Heldenbergh, Michael McElhatton and Daniel Bruhl. 14A
CONTINUING
A United Kingdom
(Capitol 6, Star) Prince Seretse Khama of Botswana causes an international stir when he marries a white woman from London in the late 1940s. With David Oyelowo, Rosamund Pike and Tom Felton. PG
Beauty and the Beast
(Cineplex Odeon Victoria, Cineplex Odeon Westshore, Landmark Cinemas University Heights, SilverCity, Star) The beloved 1991 animated musical is given the live-action treatment with Emma Watson as Belle and Dan Stevens as the prince-turned-monster. With Luke Evans, Kevin Kline, Josh Gad, Ewan McGregor, Stanley Tucci and Emma Thompson. PG
CHIPS
(Cineplex Odeon Victoria, Cineplex Odeon Westshore, SilverCity) Dax Shepard wrote, directed and stars with Michael Pena in this reboot of the late 1970s television series about California highway patrolmen. With Rosa Salazar, Adam Brody and Kristen Bell. 14A
Get Out
(SilverCity) A young African-American man visits his Caucasian girlfriend’s mysterious family estate. With Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams and Bradley Whitford. 14A
Kong: Skull Island 3D
(Cineplex Odeon Victoria, Cineplex Odeon Westshore, SilverCity) American soldiers and scientists travel to a remote Pacific island and face the enormous ape. With Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L. Jackson, John Goodman and Brie Larson. 14A
The LEGO Batman Movie
(SilverCity) The snarky brick version of the Caped Crusader battles the Joker and learns to be a team player and lighten up a little. Voices by Will Arnett, Zach Galifianakis and Michael Cera. G
Life
(Cineplex Odeon Victoria, Landmark University Heights, SilverCity) An international crew investigate the first signs of extraterrestrial life on Mars. With Jake Gyllenhaal, Rebecca Ferguson and Ryan Reynolds. 14A
Lion
(Capitol 6) A five-year-old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta, thousands of kilometres from home. He survives many challenges before being adopted by a couple in Australia. Twenty-five years later, he sets out to find his lost family. With Dev Patel, Nicole Kidman and Rooney Mara. G
Logan
(Cineplex Odeon Victoria, Cineplex Odeon Westshore, SilverCity) Hugh Jackman makes his last stand as the razor-clawed Wolverine, protecting a young girl who may share some of his traits. With Patrick Stewart, Richard E. Grant, Boyd Holbrook, Stephen Merchant, Dafne Keen. 18A
Saban’s Power Rangers
(Capitol 6, Cineplex Odeon Westshore, SilverCity) After learning the globe is under threat from an alien force, five teens join together to form a resistance. With Dacre Montgomery, Naomi Scott and Bryan Cranston. PG
The Sense of An Ending
(Landmark University Heights, Vic Theatre) A man becomes haunted by his past and is presented with a mysterious legacy that causes him to re-think his current situation in life. With Jim Broadbent, Charlotte Rampling and Harriet Walter. 14A
Wilson
(Capitol 6) Woody Harrelson plays a caustic, eccentric man who discovers he has a teenage daughter. With Laura Dern, Judy Greer and Cheryl Hines. 14A
SPECIAL SCREENINGS
Kedi (Friday at Vic Theatre)
National Theatre Live: Hedda Gabler Encore (Saturday at SilverCity)
A Looney Tunes Cartoon Celebration: A Family Favourites Presentation (Saturday at Cineplex Odeon Westshore)
The Devotion of Suspect X (Saturday and Sunday at Vic Theatre)
Revolution: New Art For a New World (Sunday at SilverCity)
National Theatre Live: Twelfth Night (Thursday at SilverCity)
