POPCORN TIME!

This is the week for movie lovers! Checkout these new titles landing online and in cinemas

DUMPLIN’ From Friday on Netflix

In this musical drama, Jennifer Aniston stars as a former beauty queen whose life takes an unexpected turn when her own daughter decides to sign up for the pageant she’s running.

CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME? In cinemas Thursday

After her job writing memoirs falls apart, an author finds a new way to make money by forging letters from dead writers and celebrities. Based on a true story, it stars Melissa McCarthy.

THE CHILDREN ACT In cinemas Thursday

This gripping drama sees a judge, played by Emma Thompson, forced to make a tough decision on a case where a cancer-struck teen refuses to have a life-saving blood transfusion.

IN THE ZONE In cinemas Thursday

Documentary fans will love this local film, which follows Terrance Wallace as he sets up a programme helping underprivileged Maori and Pasifika youth to attend two of Aotearoa’s top schools.

MORTAL ENGINES In cinemas Thursday

Sir Peter Jackson’s latest film is set in a disastrous postapocalyptic world where civilisation has been destroyed. Cities have been mounted on wheels to prey on each other for power and resources.

MOWGLI: LEGEND OF THE JUNGLE From Friday on Netflix

Children’s classic The Jungle Book takes a darker turn in this new adaptation, where a young boy raised by wolves must choose between a normal human existence and life in the wild.