Movies

Alive Inside An inspirational film which documents music’s healing power in Alzheimer’s patients.

Magic Mike XXL Working-class blokes make some hard cash as strippers.The action keeps popping all the way.

That Sugar Film Damon Gameau puts his body to the test on a “healthy” diet of food that is surprisingly high in sugar in an Australian doccie.

Ant-Man Paul Rudd plays Marvel’s tiny superhero. The story dynamics are silly, but it’s disarming over all.

Big Game The leader of the free world is in the hands of a Finnish teen in this pulpy adventure tale starring Samuel L Jackson.

Entourage After eight seasons on TV, the boys are back with a big-screen, testosteronefuelled escapade. Look out for dozens of celeb cameos.

Black Sea Jude Law plays a grizzled Scottish sea-dog in this gritty submarine thriller. But the screenplay is laborious.

Minions The yellow sidekicks from the Despicable Me films are upgraded to leads in this amusing animated adventure.

Jurassic World Sufficiently toothsome to make fans happy for a return visit.The effects don’t disappoint. Chris Pratt features as a raptor wrangler.

True Story The tale of a disgraced journalist who gets the scoop on a potentially career-reviving story.

While We’re Young With mid-life fast approaching, a husband and wife befriend a younger couple in this serio-comedy starring Ben Stiller and Naomi Watts.

A Royal Night Out The young Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret go on a mishap and fun-filled adventure through London. Cliché-riddled, but eminently watchable.

San Andreas An action-packed disaster film which sees Dwayne Johnson traversing the San Andreas Fault, where a massive earthquake rips along the fault line. Go see the 3D version.

A Little Chaos Story trumps storytelling in this period drama about the struggles of a nonconformist female landscaper at Louis XIV’s Versailles.

Spy Melissa McCarthy lampoons the alphamale conventions of the secret agent flick in a laugh-stuffed action film.

Inside Out A 1960s avant-garde head trip repackaged as a slice of mainstream entertainment.

Life of Crime An Elmore Leonard adaptation with less snap-and-crackle than usual.Two smalltime crooks kidnap a businessman’s wife.

The Gallows A cheesy found footage revenge flick that brings nothing new to the genre, although the story is promising.

Woman in Gold Despite being based on a true story, this is a mediocre, stodgy crusade-for-justice tale. Helen Mirren and Ryan Reynolds star.

Kidnapping Freddy Heineken A predictable true-life crime thriller, despite the sterling cast helmed by Anthony Hopkins.

Pixels A tolerably amusing send-up of alieninvasion disaster movies, but it should have been shorter.

Cut Bank Clever enough to provoke a few abrupt laughs, but the characters are dull.There’s a murder in a small town, but no body turns up.

God’s Not Dead A slickly produced attempt to counter Hollywood’s “godless” efforts. A philosophy student goes head-to-head with his cynical professor on the issue of God.

Terminator Genisys The franchise revives creaky Arnold Schwarzenegger for another instalment of robots and cyborgs criss-crossing the time-space continuum.