now screening PERSONAL SHOPPER
ALIEN: COVENANT
We’re now six films into the scary sci-fi franchise, and still no one can hear you scream in space. (MA, Village and Reading)
BAYWATCH
The sun-and-surf TV series of the 1990s comes to the big screen. It shouldn’t have. (MA, Village and Reading)
BERLIN SYNDROME
A one-night stand during a trip to Berlin becomes a nightmare for a young Australian woman in this new thriller from the director of
Somersault. (MA, Pivotonian) COUNTRY DOCTOR Unreviewed
Called “a touching celebration of life”, this French comedy follows a small village doctor as he simultaneously struggles with the close of his career and the introduction of the town’s new physician. (M, Pivotonian)
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2
They don’t always like one another, but these intergalactic superheroes do like saving the galaxy from life-threatening dangers. (M, Village and Reading)
KING ARTHUR: LEGEND OF THE SWORD
In an unexpected team-up, Lock,
Stock and Snatch director Guy Ritchie takes on the legendary tale of King Arthur. (M, Village and Reading)
A MAN CALLED OVE
Prepare to fall in love with the grumpy old man next door in this Oscar-nominated Swedish comedy-drama. (PG, Pivotonian) Continuing her run of excellent work in ambitious, offbeat films, Kristen Stewart plays a young woman in Paris who may have the ability to communicate with the dead. (MA, Pivotonian)
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES
Johnny Depp’s Captain Jack is back on the high seas again, this time tangling with a crew of zombie pirates. (M, Village and Reading)
PORK PIE
A trio of accidental outlaws hit the road in New Zealand, the cops and the media in hot pursuit, in this Kiwi comedy-adventure. (M, Pivotonian)
THE SHACK
When Sam Worthington has his faith in God shaken after a tragedy, a trip to a mysterious shack in the woods both raises questions and offers answers. (M, Village)
SNATCHED
Amy Schumer and Goldie Hawn, pictured, play daughter and mother in this slapdash but enjoyable comedy about the holiday from hell. (MA, Village and Reading)
THINGS TO COME
The great Isabelle Huppert stars in this French drama about a woman who finds she must reinvent her entire life just when she thought she had everything figured out. (M, Pivotonian)
VICEROY’S HOUSE Unreviewed
Handing India back to its people in 1947 after years of British colonisation was harder than it appeared in this drama based on actual events. (PG, Village)
WONDER WOMAN
From the pages of DC Comics, the Amazonian warrior princess makes her solo movie debut in a thrilling superhero adventure. (M, Village and Reading)
OPENING THIS WEEK CHURCHILL
Battling physical and mental demons, Winston Churchill wrestles with the decision to launch a major World War II invasion in this drama starring Brian Cox in the title role. (M, Village)
THE MUMMY
Tomb raider Tom Cruise robs the wrong grave and resurrects an angry and all-powerful Egyptian princess in this supernatural action-adventure. (M, Village and Reading)
MY COUSIN RACHEL
Daphne du Maurier’s classic tale of a naïve young man who becomes obsessed with the woman who may have murdered his guardian comes to the screen in this new adaptation. (PG, Village)
WHITELEY Unreviewed
This documentary chronicles the brilliant career and turbulent personal life of one of Australia’s most revered artists, Brett Whiteley. (M, Pivotonian)