Inspiring documentaries feature
Currently screening at the Regent in Pahiatua are two inspiring documentaries from the recent NZ International Film Festival.
The Song Keepers focuses on a group of four generations of women who make up the Central Australian Aboriginal Women’s Choir. With their charismatic conductor, the choir embarks on an historical tour of Germany to take back the old hymns brought to their greatgrandparents 140 years ago by German Lutheran missionaries. Together these women take their music and stories of cultural survival, identity and cross-cultural collaboration to the world.
Also currently screening is the heart-warming “dogumentary” Pick Of The Litter which follows a litter of five puppies from the moment they’re born and begin their quest to become Guide Dogs for the Blind, the ultimate canine career. Cameras follow these pups through a two-year odyssey as they train to become dogs whose ultimate responsibility is to protect their blind partners.
If you’re looking for sci-fi fantasy-action there are two spectacular action movies opening this week. 2.0 (Two Point Zero) is an Indian blockbuster in which a mysterious force is causing mobile phones to fly into the air causing chaos throughout the country. In a desperate attempt to control the situation, the authorities decide to re-assemble the controversial robot “Chitti” in a more powerful 2.0 version. Two Point Zero screens for two sessions only this Monday and Tuesday December 10 and 11 at 7pm. (In Hindi with English subtitles).
Mortal Engines isa $100,000,000 blockbuster produced and co-written by Peter Jackson, and directed by New Zealander Christian Rivers. Thousands of years after civilisation was destroyed by a cataclysmic event, gigantic moving cities mounted on wheels roam the earth, ruthlessly preying upon smaller traction towns. Tom Natsworthy from the city of London, finds himself fighting for his own survival after he encounters the dangerous fugitive Hester Shaw. Two opposites, whose paths should never have crossed, they forge an unlikely alliance that is destined to change the future. Mortal Engines opens Thursday, December 14.
For something more festive, Andre´ Rieu, ‘The King of Waltz’, is returning to the Regent with Andre´ Rieu’s Sydney Town Hall Concert. Recorded live during a special one-off concert at Sydney’s iconic Town Hall in November, New Zealand audiences will be the first in the world to enjoy this funfilled concert. Featuring the Johann Strauss Orchestra and Chorus, world-class sopranos and tenors and special guests, the concert screens for two sessions only on Saturday and Sunday, December 15 and 16 at 2pm.
The Bollywood feel-good, romantic comedy Zero tells the story of Bauwa Singh (Shah Rukh Khan), a vertically challenged man full of charm, confidence and wit. Born to a wealthy family, Bauwa is popular in his hometown but when he meets two women (Katrina Kaif and Anushka Sharma) things change. His experiences with them take him on an unexpected journey that will find him a purpose in life. Screens on Friday and Saturday, December 28 and 29. (In Hindi with English subtitles).
New Year attractions to the Regent will include Mary Poppins Returns, The Happy Prince, Storm Boy, The Favourite, A Dog’s Way Home, If Beale Street Could Talk and Stan & Ollie.
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