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Neither heroes nor super, a group of renegade misfits are recruited to go on a mission for the government in this Marvel Cinematic Universe action flick with Black Widow actors Florence Pugh and David Harbour returning to their MCU roles alongside Sebastian Stan, Wyatt Russell and Julia Louis-Dreyfus from Falcon and the Winter Soldier as well as Hannah John-Kamen from Ant-Man and the Wasp.

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MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – THE FINAL RECKONING

Tom Cruise reunites with Fallout and Rogue Nation writer-director Christopher McQuarrie for the eigth and possibly last chapter in the spy actioner series. Cruise is joined by Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, and Angela Bassett. Premiering at Cannes, the film centres on Ethan Hunt’s mission to thwart a rogue AI known as the Entity.

Following the events of Dead Reckoning Part One, Hunt is on the run, confronting the Entity—a sentient AI threatening global stability. With allies Benji (Pegg), Luther (Rhames), and newcomer Grace (Atwell), Hunt seeks a cruciform key to access the Podkova device aboard a sunken Russian submarine, aiming to neutralise the …

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WARFARE

Civil War director Alex Garland helms this A24 real-time action film with Iraq War veteran Ray Mendoza. Based on memory, the film follows a platoon of American Navy SEALs in the home of an Iraqi family, overwatching the movement of US forces through insurgent territory.

 

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THE PEOPLE WE LOVE

A young, rejected author writes about the people closest to her—much to their dismay—in this New Zealand drama.

Maddie’s first collection of short stories is rejected by her publisher. Her boyfriend and her best friend are getting it on. Her mother is leaving her father – for a woman. And the guy who broke her heart in high school is back in her life. Hiding out at the family beach house, and ignoring her messy life, Maddie can’t resist getting involved in her family’s fragmenting relationships. And, of course, makes things worse.

Over the next few days she nearly wrecks her parents’ …

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THE ACCOUNTANT 2

Ben Affleck, Jon Bernthal and J.K. Simmons return for this sequel to the 2016 action film.

“Christian Wolff (Affleck) has a talent for solving complex problems. When an old acquaintance is murdered, leaving behind a cryptic message to ‘find the accountant,’ Wolff is compelled to solve the case. Realising more extreme measures are necessary, Wolff recruits his estranged and highly lethal brother, Brax (Bernthal), to help. In partnership with U.S. Treasury Deputy Director Marybeth Medina (Cynthia Addai-Robinson), they uncover a deadly conspiracy, becoming targets of a ruthless network of killers who will stop at nothing to keep their secrets buried.”

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THE PENGUIN LESSONS

Steve Coogan and a very good penguin star in this British heart-warmer. The film’s based on the true story of a disillusioned Englishman who went to work in a school in Argentina in 1976. Expecting an easy ride, he discovered instead a complicated and divided nation – and a class of practically unteachable young boys. When he finds a small penguin washed up on an oil-slicked beach, his life is turned upside down – and the penguin becomes not only a valued friend, but also a teacher of life’s most important lessons, for Tom, the boys and many others.

 

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MARLON WILLIAMS: NGĀ AO E RUA – TWO WORLDS

 
Marlon Williams: Ngā Ao E Rua – Two Worlds gives audiences a behind the scenes glimpse at Williams’ most ambitious project to date, writing an album in te reo Māori, and the personal challenges he faces along the way. The film weaves together Williams’ different worlds, from international tours and recording the album, to life in his hometown of Ōhinehou (Lyttelton). The film captures poignant moments, like travelling with his dad to his marae in Tōrere for the first time in decades.

 
 
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THE AMATEUR

Oscar winner Rami Malek leads this revenge action film as a CIA cryptographer who discovers that terrorists were behind his fiancée’s death. Receiving special training, he plots his path to take them all down. To do so, he must blackmail those within the CIA carrying out dodgy secret missions of their own. From prominent TV director James Hawes (Black Mirror, Slow Horses)

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