Naamah Cheiban: Matawhero Wines, Sunday (1pm). Free entry.
YEET17: YEET is a smoke, alcohol and drug-free New Year’s Eve celebration with bands and DJs. Outdoor Theatre, Monday, 7.30pm. Free entry.
IRB: Cosmopolitan Club, December 31 (8pm). No cover charge.
New Year’s Reggaelution: Featuring Az One Collaboration. Smash Palace, December 31, (10.30pm). $10 on the door.
Walter ‘the Wiz’ Walsh: Marina Park, January 4, 2019 (6pm).
Coming upNaamah Cheiban: Wrights Vineyard, January 5 (1.30pm). Free.
Smashfest VII: Heavy metal festival, Smash Palace, January 5.
Poverty Bay Blues Club: Tuesday jam night, The Dome, January 8 (8pm), $5, members free.
The Coolies: Dome garden bar, January 11 (9pm).
East Coast Vibes: Outdoor Theatrre, January 11-12. Featuring Julian Marley, J Boog, Kora, Katchafire and others. To book tickets visit http://www.eastcoastvibes.co.nz
Big Blues Up: Featuring Shaken Not Stirred with Bullfrog Rata and Lazy Fifty. Smash Palace, January 12 (9pm). Tickets $20 from http://www.undertheradar.co.nz
Barleycorn: Marina Park, January 18 (6pm).
Sunsmash: Featuring Knights of the Dubtable, Dion Whaanga, Kings of Kaiaua and Loop Theorem. Smash Palace, January 19 (8pm). Tickets $25 from http://www.undertheradar.co.nz
TheatreThe Luck of the Irish Operatunity: War Memorial Theatre, January 18 (11am). Book at 0508 266 237.
Visual ArtsExhibitions: Tairawhiti Museum. Ambitious Women, Gisborne suffragette movement,
Out of The Bedroom Into the Lounge, Jan Nigro. He Tirohanga ki Tai: Dismantling the Doctrine of Discovery. Hawaiiki Hou (New Horizons), works by Toihoukura students.
Takuahiroa collaboration: Exhibition by Kaaterina and Tai Kerekere, HB Williams Memorial Library, November 12 - January 11.
Tony Ogle screenprints: Ormond Road Cafe.
Paul Nache Gallery: Paintings by Scott Gardiner.
Verve Cafe: Works by Maiko Lewis-Whaanga and Blair Hindmarsh.
Muirs Bookshop Cafe: Works by Krystle Kelly.
Zest Cafe: Works by Janine McDiarmid.
At the moviesODEON MULTIPLEX
Mary Poppins Returns: Set in 1930s London, 25 years after the events of the original film that starred Julie Andrews, Mary Poppins — former nanny of Jane and Michael Banks — returns after a family tragedy. Emily Blunt plays Mary Poppins, Ben Whishaw and Emily Mortimer play the adult Michael and Jane, and Dick Van Dyke (who turned 93 this month) returns in a different role from the two parts he played in the original movie. Film also stars Lin-Manuel Miranda, Julie Walters, Angela Lansbury, Colin Firth and David Warner.
Bumblebee: Prequel to the 2007 film Transformers. An Autobot scout is sent to Earth to assess it as a base for regrouping in the war against the Decepticons. The scout is ambushed and must transform into a 1967 Volkswagen Beetle, which a teenage girl finds and names Bumblebee. Hailee Steinfeld plays the teenage girl traumatised by the death of her father and resentful of her mother for remarrying. She finds a friend in Bumblebee but must hide him from a government agent played by John Cena.
Holmes and Watson: Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly star as Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson, who must save the Queen from Moriarty. Ralph Fiennes plays Moriarty, “the Napoleon of crime”.
Aquaman (3D and 2D): First feature film focused on the DC Comics nautical superhero. Arthur Curry, heir to the underwater kingdom of Atlantis, must step forward to lead his people against his half-brother Orm, who seeks to unite the seven underwater kingdoms against the surface world. Stars Jason Momoa, Amber Heard, Willem Dafoe, Dolph Lundgren and Nicole Kidman.
Ralph Breaks the Internet: Animated sequel to Wreck-It Ralph. Features the voice talents of John C. Reilly, Sarah Silverman, Jack McBrayer, Jane Lynch, Ed O’Neill, Alan Tudyk, Gal Gadot, Taraji P. Henson and Alfred Molina. Video game bad guy Ralph and another misfit, Vanellope von Schweetz, must risk everything by travelling to the World Wide Web in search of a replacement part to save Vanellope’s video game, Sugar Rush.
The Favourite: Female triangle in which Sarah Churchill and her cousin Abigail Hill compete for Queen Anne’s favour. Comedy-drama set in 18th century England and starring Olivia Colman as Queen Anne, Rachel Weisz as Sarah Churchill, Emma Stone as Abigail Hill and Mark Gatiss as John Churchill, the first Duke of Marlborough.
Vice: Christian Bale plays Dick Cheney, reputedly the most powerful US vice-president in history. After George W. Bush wins the 2000 presidential election, Vice-President Cheney helps reshape the US and the world.
Mortal Engines: In a post-apocalyptic world, entire cities have been mounted on wheels and motorised, and prey on one another.
The Children Act: Emma Thompson is judge in the case of a teenage boy and his parents who refuse a life-prolonging blood transfusion.
The Grinch: Animated comedy based on Dr Seuss book How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald: Newt Scamander helps thwart Grindelwald’s plans to raise pure-blood wizards to rule over non-magical beings.
Bohemian Rhapsody: The story of British rock band Queen, focusing on lead singer Freddie Mercury, up to the Live Aid performance in 1985.
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