Movie guide

A109 Light Utility Helicopter flight with mayor Gisborne City from the air in November 2023.

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Bestowed with the powers of the gods, Billy Batson and his fellow foster kids are still learning how to juggle teenage life with their adult superhero alter egos. When three vengeful ancient gods arrive on Earth seeking the magic stolen from them, Shazam and his allies are thrust into a battle for their lives and the fate of the world.

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A charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers embark on a quest to retrieve a long-lost relic, but their adventure goes awry when they run foul of the wrong people. Stars Chris Pine and Michelle Rodriguez.

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Following a catastrophic collision on an unfamiliar planet, a pilot realises he has become marooned on Earth 65 million years ago. With just a single opportunity for salvation, he and the only other survivor must traverse an uncharted landscape infested with dangerous prehistoric beasts.

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A former minor-league coach (Woody Harrelson) is ordered to manage a team of basketball players with intellectual disabilities. He finds that together they can go further than they ever imagined.

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Four survivors of the Ghostface murders leave Woodsboro behind for a fresh start in New York City. However, they soon find themselves in a fight for their lives when a new killer embarks on a bloody rampage.

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Bill Nighy plays a 1950s London County Council bureaucrat who learns he has cancer and sets out to make a difference while he still can. Directed by Oliver Hermanus from a screenplay by Kazuo Ishiguro, adapted from the 1952 Japanese film Ikiru directed by Akira Kurosawa. Ishiguro wrote the book on which the film The Remains of the Day was based.

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Adonis “Donnie” Creed takes on a former childhood friend out to prove his worth.

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Olivia Colman stars as the duty manager of a seaside cinema who forms a relationship with a new, black employee. Set on the south coast of England in the 1980s. Also stars Michael Ward and Colin Firth.

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Horror comedy inspired by the true story of the “Cocaine Bear”, a black bear that ingested a duffel-bagful of cocaine in 1985.

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Ant-Man and the Wasp explore the Quantum Realm, interact with strange new creatures and embark on an adventure that pushes them beyond the limits of what they thought possible.

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Puss in Boots discovers that his passion for peril has taken its toll.

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Once a familiar threat returns to Pandora, Jake Sully must work with Neytiri and the army of the Na’vi race to protect their home.

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Jimmy carries a leather, black doctor’s bag around with him containing the rope he plans to hang himself with. He returns home to the fictional town of Ballylough to seek salvation for sins of the past.

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Twenty years after their last holiday at a fading vacation resort, Sophie reflects on the rare time spent with her loving and idealistic father Callum. Sophie, 11, was on the cusp of adolescence, while Callum struggled under the weight of life outside fatherhood.

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Documentary explores David Bowie’s creative, spiritual and musical journey.