This week’s cinema releases include 2 reboots of old film franchises with Scary Movie and Masters of the Universe. There is also Steven Soderbergh’s new movie with Ian McKellen, a long hike in the Scottish Highlands and a trip to a German farm which hides generations of secrets. In addition, the fates of online sensations Pomni and the gang are revealed.
Refer to your local cinema for session times and dates.
New releases include the below.
Masters of the Universe
Rated M
Distributor: Amazon MGM Studios
Synopsis: A young man on Earth discovers a fabulous secret legacy as the prince of an alien planet, and must recover a magic sword and return home to protect his kingdom.
Read Glam Adelaide’s review: Glam Adelaide Review – Masters of the Universe
The Christophers
Rated MA15+
Distributor: Neon
Synopsis: Julian Sklar (Ian McKellen) was once a star of London’s 1960’s and 70’s pop art explosion, but he hasn’t painted in decades and has been broke for years. His two estranged children (James Corden, Jessica Gunning), desperate for an inheritance, hire Lori, an art restorer and former forger (Michaela Coel), to pose as a prospective assistant in order to access 8 unfinished canvases Julian has buried deep in storage. The plan is to complete them, then return them to storage, where they are to be “discovered” upon Julian’s death.
Read Glam Adelaide’s review: Glam Adelaide Review – The Christophers
The North
Rated M
Distributor: Limelight Distribution
Synopsis: The North is a fictional hiking film following two old friends, Lluis and Chris, as they walk from Glasgow to Cape Wrath via the West Highland Way and Cape Wrath Trail.
Read Rebecca Wu’s Glam Adelaide review: Glam Adelaide Review – The North
Sound of Falling
Rated MA15+
Distributor: Transmission Films
Synopsis: A remote German farm harbours generations of secrets. Four women, separated by decades but united by trauma, uncover the truth behind its weathered walls.
Scary Movie
Rated MA15+
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Synopsis: Twenty-six years after outrunning a suspiciously familiar masked killer (“Ghostface”), the Core Four are back in the killer’s crosshairs and no horror movie IP is safe. Marlon Wayans (“Shorty”), Shawn Wayans (“Ray”), Anna Faris (“Cindy”), and Regina Hall (“Brenda”) reunite in Scary Movie alongside returning favorites and fresh faces to slash through reboots, remakes, requels, prequels, sequels, spin-offs, elevated horror, origin stories, anything with the word legacy in it, and every “final chapter” that absolutely isn’t final. Nothing is sacred.
The Amazing Digital Circus: The Last Act
Rated CTC
Distributor: Piece of Magic Entertainment
Synopsis: “The Amazing Digital Circus” grand finale is here with a feature-length theatrical premiere! Discover the fates of Pomni and the gang as they unravel the true secret & history of the Digital Circus as this show finally arrives at its last act.
