Keeping your holiday cool

ONE way to keep cool and entertained these holidays is to spend time at an air-conditioned cinema.

Even though we are in an age of home entertainment and instant downloads, watching movies on a big screen is a great experience that engages our senses, thoughts and emotions, and entertains us.

The wall-to-wall-to-ceiling surround-sound system and big-screen, high-definition digital effects splashed across the wide canvas makes the viewing experience that much better and why a trip to the cinema is high on our list of things to do these holidays.

At the cinema

Thomas and Friends: Journey Beyond Sodor (G) If you’re a Thomas the Tank Engine fan then you won’t want to miss this exciting adventure that sees Thomas and his friends travel to the mainland. On the journey Thomas learns the importance of friendship. Captain Underpants (G) Join the ridiculously enthusiastic, incredibly dim-witted superhero named Captain Underpants, as he takes to the big screen.

Based on the series of books The Adventures of Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey, this film will be sure to have you laughing. The Emoji Movie (G) During their travels through the bustling city of Textopolis, hidden inside a smartphone, Gene, an exuberant emoji with multiple expressions, along with his two sidekicks, discover a great danger that could threaten their phone’s very existence. The Lego Ninjago Movie (PG) The battle for Ninjago City pits father against son in this action comedy martial arts film.

The Green Ninja, along with his friends, must defeat the evil warlord Garmadon.