FILM PREVIEWS

SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE

Fri 2 June

Joaquim Dos Santos (Justice League Unlimited), Kemp Powers (One Night in Miami, Soul) and Justin K. Thompson direct the next technicolour chapter of the genrebending, reality-smashing Spider-Verse saga. Miles Morales has reunited with Gwen Stacy, but suddenly, Brooklyn’s full-time, friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man is catapulted across the Multiverse.

He encounters the Spider Society, a team of SpiderPeople charged with protecting the Multiverse’s very existence. But when the heroes clash on how to handle a new threat, Miles finds himself pitted against the other Spideys and must set out on his own to save those he loves most. Anyone can wear the mask – it’s how you wear it that makes you a hero

STRAYS

Fri 18 Aug

It’s the holidays, and the whole family can enjoy this brilliant, animated adventure. When Reggie, a relentlessly optimistic Border Terrier, is abandoned on the mean city streets by his lowlife owner, he remains certain that it would never happen on purpose.

But once he falls in with a fast-talking, foul-mouthed Boston Terrier who loves freedom and believes owners are for suckers, Reggie finally realizes he was in a toxic relationship and begins to see Doug for the heartless sleazeball that he is.

Determined to seek revenge, Reggie and some new pals embark on an epic adventure to find that former owner … and make him pay!

THE BOOGEYMAN

Fri 2 June

Based on a 1973 short story by Stephen King, Rob Savage directs a supernatural horror to keep us all up at night. Starring Sophie Thatcher (Yellowjackets), Chris Messina (The Mindy Project), Vivien Lyra Blair (Obi-Wan Kenobi) and David Dastmalchian (Blade Runner 2049), it centres around the bereavement of a high school student and her little sister.

Devastated by his own pain, their father, a therapist by profession, gives them neither the support nor the affection they need from him. When a desperate patient shows up unexpectedly at their house asking for help, they bring in a terrifying entity which feeds on their greatest suffering.

Asteroid City

Fri 23 June

Jason Schwartzman, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hanks, Jeffrey Wright, Tilda Swinton, Bryan Cranston, Edward Norton, Adrien Brody, Liev Schreiber, Hope Davis, Steve Park, Rupert Friend, Maya Hawke, Steve Carell, Matt Dillon, Hong Chau, Willem Dafoe, Margot Robbie and Jeff Goldblum. Wes Anderson has pulled together an astonishing ensemble cast for his latest film.

This time we’re following the transformative events occurring at an annual Junior Stargazer convention in 1955. Students and parents from across the country have gathered for this scholarly competition. A week of rest, recreation, comedy, drama and romance await them in a slightly offbeat fictional American desert town.