AUSTRALIAN FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION - NewReleases

NEW RELEASES | THEATRICAL | SEPTEMBER 19

15/9/2019

GOOD BOYS | 90 MINS | GENE STUPNITSKY

Invited to his first kissing party, 12-year-old Max asks his best friends Lucas and Thor for some much-needed help on how to pucker up. When they hit a dead end, Max decides to use his father's drone to spy on the teenage girls next door. When the boys lose the drone, they skip school and hatch a plan to retrieve it before Max's dad can figure out what happened.

Universal Pictures Australia

RAMBO: LAST BLOOD | 90 MINS | DIRECTOR - ADRIAN GRUNBERG

When a friend's daughter is kidnapped, Rambo crosses the U.S.-Mexico border to bring her home but finds himself up against one of Mexico's most ruthless cartels.

Roadshow

ABONIMABLE | 97 MINS | DIRECTOR - JILL CULTON

A teen and her mischievous friends embark on an epic quest to reunite a Yeti with his beloved family.

Universal Pictures Australia

DORA AND THE LOST CITY OF GOLD | 102 MINS | DIRECTOR - JAMES BOBIN

Having spent most of her life exploring the jungle, nothing could prepare Dora for her most dangerous adventure yet -- high school. Accompanied by a ragtag group of teens and Boots the monkey, Dora embarks on a quest to save her parents while trying to solve the seemingly impossible mystery behind a lost Incan civilization.

Paramount

AD ASTRA | 124 MINS | DIRECTOR - JAMES GRAY

A man journeys across a lawless solar system to find his missing father -- a renegade scientist who poses a threat to humanity.

20th Century Fox

NEW RELEASES | HOME ENTERTAINMENT | SEPT 18

15/9/2019

NEW RELEASES | THEATRICAL | SEPT 12, 2019

10/9/2019

DOWNTON ABBEY | 122 MINS | DIRECTOR - MICHAEL ENGLER

The UK TV series' original cast is joined by a host of newcomers in this feature adaptation written by the show's creator, Julian Fellowes. The show followed the Crawley family who lived in an Edwardian English country house with their servants at the turn of the 20th century.

Universal Pictures

THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE 2 | 97 MINS | DIRECTORS - THUROP VAN ORMAN, JOHN RICE .

Red, Chuck, Bomb and the rest of their feathered friends are surprised when a green pig suggests that they put aside their differences and unite to fight a common threat. Aggressive birds from an island covered in ice are planning to use an elaborate weapon to destroy the fowl and swine way of life. After picking their best and brightest, the birds and pigs come up with a scheme to infiltrate the island, deactivate the device and return to their respective paradises intact.

Sony Pictures

ANIMALS | 109 MINS | DIRECTOR - SOPHIE HYDE

Long-time friends and party-lovers Laura and Tyler navigate life and love in Dublin, Ireland. However, the girls find themselves drifting apart when Laura becomes engaged. Based on the novel of the same name by Emma Jane Unsworth.

Bonsai Films

FREAKS | 104 MINS | DIRECTORS - ZACK LIPOVSKY, ADAM B STEIN

Kept locked inside the house by her father, 7-year-old Chloe lives in fear and fascination of the outside world. It's a place where Abnormals are a constant threat -- or so she believes. But when a mysterious stranger offers her a glimpse of what's really happening, Chloe soon learns that the truth isn't so simple -- but the danger is very real.

Icon Films

ARMSTRONG | 100 MINS | DIRECTOR - DAVID FAIRHEAD

Interviews and never-before-seen footage highlight the incredible life of astronaut Neil Armstrong -- from his near-death experiences as a fighter pilot and test pilot to his historic Apollo 11 mission to the moon.

Rialto Films

NEW RELEASES | HOME ENTERTAINMENT | SEPT 11, 2019

10/9/2019

NEW RELEASES | THEATRICAL | SEPT 5, 2019

31/8/2019

IT CHAPTER 2 | 2019 | DIRECTOR - ANDRÉS MUSCHIETTI
In the sleepy town of Derry, the evil clown Pennywise returns 27 years later to torment the grown-up members of the Losers' Club, who have long since drifted apart from one another.

Roadshow

LITTLE WOMEN | 2019 | DIRECTOR - GRETA GERWIG
Following the lives of four sisters, Amy, Jo, Beth and Meg, as they come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War. Though all very different from each other, the March sisters stand by each other through difficult and changing times.

Sony

TAKE HOME PAY | 2019 | DIRECTOR - STALLONE VAIAOGA-LOASA
Two brothers; Alama & Popo, arrive for the first time in NZ as Seasonal Workers, making plenty of money to take back home to their family in Samoa. But things take a turn for the worst when Popo steals Alamas' money and runs away. Alama is determined not to return home empty handed, but the only relative that answers his call for help is Bob Titilo; an aspiring private investigator in his 40s. Alama begins to doubt his decision when Bob's unconventional methods take them on a wild goose chase. This New Action Comedy is brought to you by the Makers of hit Comedies; Three Wise Cousins & Hibiscus & Ruthless.

M2S1 Film

THE FAREWELL | 2019 | LULU WANG
Billi's family returns to China under the guise of a fake wedding to stealthily say goodbye to their beloved matriarch -- the only person that doesn't know she only has a few weeks to live.

Roadshow

THE NAKED WANDERER | 2019 | DIRECTOR - ALAN LINDSAY
Dumped by his girlfriend and sponsored by media scoundrel Brian King, desolate Jake walks all-but-naked up Western Australia's coast for charity, in the hope his gesture will win back Jasmine, until he meets mesmerizing backpacker Valerie.

Umbrella Entertainment

NEW RELEASES | HOME ENTERTAINMENT | SEPT 4, 2019

31/8/2019

NEW RELEASES | THEATRICAL | AUG 29, 2019

25/8/2019

NIGHTINGALE | 2019 | DIRECTOR - JENNIFER KENT
Set in 1825, Clare, a young Irish convict woman, chases a British officer through the rugged Tasmanian wilderness, bent on revenge for a terrible act of violence he committed against her family. On the way she enlists the services of an Aboriginal tracker named Billy, who is also marked by trauma from his own violence-filled past.

Transmission Films

THE KITCHEN | 2019 | DIRECTOR - ANDREA BERLOFF
Melissa McCarthy, Tiffany Haddish and Elisabeth Moss star in this live action crime drama adapted from the DV/Vertigo graphic novel by Ollie Masters. The wives of some 1970's Hell's Kitchen gangsters continue to operate their husbands' rackets after they get locked up.

Warner Brothers

KURSK | 2019 | DIRECTOR - THOMAS VINTERBERG.
The film follows the 2000 K-141 Kursk submarine disaster and the governmental negligence that followed. As the sailors fight for survival, their families desperately battle political obstacles and impossible odds to save them.

Rialto

DRAGGED ACROSS CONCRETE | 2019 | DIRECTOR - S CRAIG ZAHLER
Two policemen, one an old-timer, the other his volatile younger partner, find themselves suspended when a video of their strong-arm tactics becomes the media's cause du jour. Low on cash and with no other options, these two embittered soldiers descend into the criminal underworld to gain their just due, but instead find far more than they wanted awaiting them in the shadows.

Icon

DOGMAN | 2019 | DIRECTOR - MATTEO GARRONE
Cannes Palme d'Or-nominated revenge drama set on Rome’s crime-ridden outskirts, inspired by a homicide committed by a coked-out dog groomer during the late 1980s. Four-time Palme d'Or nominee Matteo Garrone co-writes and directs.

Palace Films

BALLOON | 2019 | DIRECTOR - MICHAEL HERBIG
Known for Germany’s all-time biggest grossing movies Manitou’s Shoe (2001) and Dreamship Surprise (2004), comedy personality Michael “Bully” Herbig now makes his directing foray into thrillers, recreating a gripping historical event.
1979, East Germany at the height of the Cold War. Günter Wetzel (David Kross, The Reader), a bricklayer, and his friend Peter Strelzyk (Friedrich Mücke), an electrician, can no longer bear the oppressive regime. The two men and their wives resolve to undertake a mission to secretly build a hot air balloon from scratch that will carry them and their families over the border fence to freedom. Over the course of the next 18 months they sew 1,000 square metres of cloth and gather countless weather reports from West German radio with the Stasi (State Police) hot on their heels. A nerve-racking battle against the clock begins…

Studio Canal

AMAZING GRACE | 2019 | DIRECTOR SYDNEY POLLACK
The never-before-seen music documentary capturing Queen of Soul ARETHA FRANKLIN, as she records the most successful gospel album of all time, AMAZING GRACE with James Cleveland and the Southern California Community Choir.
Recorded at The New Bethel Baptist Church in Watts, Los Angeles in January 1972. AMAZING GRACE is crafted from never-before-seen footage that captures an elegiac moment in American musical history whilst saluting the get-up-on-your-feet gospel heritage that transformed American music in the 1960s

Studio Canal

NEW RELEASES | HOME ENTERTAINMENT | AUG 28, 2019

25/8/2019

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NEW RELEASES | THEATRICAL | AUG 22, 2019

18/8/2019

ANGEL HAS FALLEN
Secret Service Agent Mike Banning is framed for the attempted assassination of the President and must evade his own agency and the FBI as he tries to uncover the real threat.

Roadshow Entertainment

OVERCOMER
Life changes overnight for coach John Harrison when his high school basketball team’s state championship dreams are crushed under the weight of unexpected news. When the largest manufacturing plant in town suddenly shuts down and hundreds of families begin moving away, John must come to grips with the challenges facing his family and his team. Urged by the school’s principal to fill-in and coach a sport he doesn’t know or like, John is frustrated and questioning his worth… until he crosses paths with a student struggling with her own journey.

Sony Pictures

THE AUSTRALIAN DREAM
The Australian Dream is a theatrical feature documentary that uses the remarkable and inspirational story of AFL legend Adam Goodes as the prism through which to tell a deeper and more powerful story about race, identity and belonging.

Madman Entertainment

THE BATTLE: ROAR TO VICTORY
Over a 4 day period, a fierce battle takes place between Korean independence militias and imperialist Japanese forces in Manchuria, China. The militia includes a master swordsman and an expert marksman.

JBG Pictures

WEATHERING WITH YOU
A high-school boy who has run away to Tokyo befriends a girl who appears to be able to manipulate the weather.

Madman Entertainment

NEW RELEASES | HOME ENTERTAINMENT | AUG 21, 2019

18/8/2019