This week’s cinema releases include a new take on George Orwell’s classic Animal Farm and Christopher Nolan’s much discussed and hyped version of Homer’s classic poem is finally here.
Also, Heaps Good Shorts, a night of great SA shorts, screens at The Mercury on Friday 17 July at 6:30pm. Tickets are free; however, bookings are essential via The Mercury website. https://themercury.org.au/special_events/heaps-good-shorts-2026/
Read the Glam Adelaide story about Heaps Good Shorts here: Heaps Good Shorts – a night of short film celebration at The Mercury, Friday 17 July – Glam Adelaide
Refer to your favourite cinema for session times and dates.
New releases include the below.
Animal Farm
Rated PG
Distributor: Angel Australia & New Zealand
Synopsis: A satirical fable following an animal revolution as pigs seize power and the farm descends into a ruthless dictatorship-fulfilling Orwell’s warning about the dangers of communism.
Directed: Andy Serkis.
Starring: Seth Rogen, Andy Serkis, Gaten Matarazzo, Steve Buscemi, Glenn Close, Laverne Cox, Kieran Culkin, Woody Harrelson, Jim Parsons, Kathleen Turner and more!
The Odyssey
Rated M
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Synopsis: After the Trojan War, Odysseus faces a dangerous voyage back to Ithaca, meeting creatures like the Cyclops Polyphemus, Sirens, and Calypso along the way.
Oscar-winner Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey is one of the most anticipated films of the year, and stars Anne Hathaway, Robert Pattison, Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Zendaya, Charlize Theron, Elliot Page, Lupita Nyong’o, John Leguizamo and Jon Bernthal.
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