Dome Cinema
Building Bridges: Bill Youren’s Vision of Peace
A feature-length documentary chronicling the life and times of Hawke’s Bay farmer and peace activist Bill Youren during the post-war years until the 1970s.
A Great Friend
A famous entrepreneur is driving on a mountain road when his car breaks down. A nature-loving recluse
comes to his aid and offers his hospitality, and the two polar opposites become friends. In French, with subtitles.
Last Film Show
A nine-year-old boy in a remote Indian village is smitten with films. He and his friends, determined to make a movie, find a way to make their own film projection apparatus. With subtitles.
Odeon Multiplex
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3
Nia Vardalos, writer and star of 2002 hit My Big Fat Greek Wedding is writer, director and co-star of this year’s My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3. The film is the first in the franchise not to feature Michael Constantine, who played Gus, the father of Toula Portokalos (Vardalos), and who died in 2021 at the age of 94. The film is dedicated to the memory of Constantine. Filming took place in Athens and on the Greek island of Corfu. The film follows the Portokalos family on a trip to Greece for a family reunion after the death of Gus. And, yes, people get married.
The Nun II
American gothic supernatural horror film that is a sequel to the 2018 film The Nun. It stars Taissa Farmiga, Jonas Bloquet and Bonnie Aarons, returning from the first film, with Storm Reid and Anna Popplewell joining the cast. Set four years after the ending of the first film, the story follows Sister Irene as she once again comes face to face with the demonic force Valak, The Nun, at a boarding school in France. It is the ninth instalment in The Conjuring Universe franchise.
Jawan
Hindi-language film in which a man is driven by a personal vendetta to rectify the wrongs in society, while keeping a promise made years ago. He comes up against a monstrous outlaw who has caused extreme suffering to many.
The Equalizer 3
Since giving up life as a government assassin, Robert McCall (Denzel Washington) finds solace in serving justice on behalf of the oppressed. Now living in southern Italy, McCall discovers his new friends are under the control of local crime bosses, so he becomes his friends’ protector. Directed by Antoine Fuqua, who directed Washington in his Oscar-winning turn in Training Day (2001).
Haunted Mansion
A supernatural horror comedy film in which would-be ghostbusters are compelled to stay in the haunted house they are trying to exorcise. Stars LaKeith Stanfield, Tiffany Haddish, Owen Wilson, Danny DeVito and Jamie Lee Curtis.
Past Lives
A boy and girl are deeply connected childhood friends, wrest apart when the girl emigrates from South Korea with her family. Decades later, they are reunited for one fateful week as they confront destiny, love and the choices that make a life.
Retribution
Liam Neeson stars in a film about a man who, while driving with his two children, is told by phone a bomb is in his car. He must not leave the vehicle but must follow instructions while working out how to survive.
Sound of Freedom
Jim Caviezel plays Tim Ballard, a former US government agent on a mission to rescue children from sex traffickers in Colombia. A sleeper hit that has grossed US$177 million against a budget of less than $15m. Crowdfunding was used to market and distribute the film.
Oppenheimer
Christopher Nolan wrote and directed this film based on the biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer, “father of the atomic bomb”. Stars Cillian Murphy and Emily Blunt.
Barbie
Barbie and Ken are having the time of their lives in the colourful and seemingly perfect world of Barbie Land. But when they get a chance to go to the real world, they discover the joys and perils of living among humans.