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BNK48: Girls Don’t Cry
A documentary film looking at the behindthe-scenes life of the idol group BNK48. Directed by Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit.
The First Purge
In a sequel of The Purge franchise, the right-wing party New Founding Fathers of America comes to power and launches an experiment: No laws for 12 hours on Staten Island. No one has to stay, but $5,000 (166,790 baht) is given anyone who does. Directed by Gerard McMurray.
Laplace Witch
In this Japanese thriller, an environmental analyst is asked by the police to determine if two deaths by hydrogen sulfide poisoning are an accident — or a murder. But when he meets a young woman at both sites, a scientific mystery begins. Directed by Takashi Miike.
Along With The Gods: The Last 49 Days
In this sequel to a hit Korean fantasy adventure, three guardians guide a man through a series of trials in the afterlife towards a reincarnation. Directed by Kim Yong-hwa.
The Meg
With time running out, expert deep-sea rescue diver Jonas Taylor (Jason Statham) is on a mission to save the crew of an international undersea observation programme that has been attacked by a massive creature previously thought to be extinct.
Christopher Robin
Inspired by A A Milne and E H Shepard’s book Winnie-the-Pooh, this fantasy comedydrama film tells the story of Christopher Robin (Ewan McGregor) after he has grown
up. While losing his imagination, he reunites with his old stuffed bear friend Winnie-thePooh who helps him to rediscover the joys of life.
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Stellan Skarsgard and Amanda Seyfried return to the sequel of the hit musical film featuring the songs by ABBA. This time they’re joined by Lily James, Alexa Davis, Andy Garcia and Cher. Directed by Ol Parker.
Shoplifters
In this Palme d’Or-winning Japanese film, a family of petty thieves lives in a rundown house trying to make ends meet. One day they take home a young girl who’s been abused by her parents and “adopt” her as a new family member. The girl’s arrival soon reveals the secret of this unusual family. Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda. In Japanese with Thai and English subtitles at Scala and House RCA.
App War
Two start-up companies are competing to win a deal by writing a new social media app. Each company sends a spy to find out what the other is doing, and the rivalry is driven by ego, money and also romance. Directed by Yanyong Krurangkul. In Thai with English subtitles.
The Darkest Minds
Based on a young adult novel, The Darkest Minds is about a group of teenagers in the future world who, after having acquired supernatural powers, have to run away from adults. With a bounty hunter hired by the government on their trail, the youngsters have to find a safe haven and create a new future. Directed by Jennifer Yuh Nelson.
Mission: Impossible — Fallout
Tom Cruise returns as Ethan Hunt, the daredevil operative of the Impossible Mission Force (IMF). This time, he hurtles from Berlin to Paris, from London to Kashmir, in pursuit of plutonium balls coveted by a band of international anarchists. Along the way Hunt dangles from a helicopter, chases bad guys on the Champs-Elysees and the Tate Modern, gets stuck in a Kashmiri ravine, and more. Also starring Henry Cavill and Rebecca Ferguson. Directed by Christopher McQuarrie.
The Spy Who Dumped Me
In this action comedy, a woman finds out the man who just dumped her is a spy. Now she and her best friend are unwittingly drawn into an international conspiracy. Directed by Susanna Fogel.
7 Days
Ananda Everingham and Nattha Jirayangyuen star in this Thai romantic movie. A man wakes up in a different body for seven days straight, and he has to show his true self to win the love of his girlfriend every day.
Leave No Trace
A father and his teenage daughter’s idyllic lives in Forest Park, Portland, are completely changed when both are put into social services due to a mistake by the city’s authorities. Struggling to survive in their new environments, they set off on a mission to return to their off-the-grid homeland. Starring Ben Foster and Thomasin McKenzie. Directed by Debra Granik.