A-Z Movies

April 2017
A-Z Movies
In a dystopian near future, single
people, according to the laws of the
city, are taken to a hotel, where they
are obliged to find a romantic partner
in 45 days or are transformed into
beasts and sent off into the woods.
Lolo
WORLD MOVIES 2015 France
Comedy (M lns)
April 3, 4, 18, 19
Dir. Julie Delpy, Julie Delpy, Dany
Boon.
Violette, a 40-year-old workaholic with
a career in the fashion industry falls for
a computer geek, Jean-Rene, while on
a spa retreat with her best friend.
London Has Fallen
PREMIERE 2016 Action/Adventure
(MA 15+ v)
April 3, 8, 11, 17, 22, 30
Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart.
When the British Prime Minister
passes away under mysterious
circumstances, a devastating plot is
uncovered to assassinate all of the
western world’s leaders at the funeral.
The Long Riders
FOX CLASSICS 1980 War/‌Western
(MA 15+ v)
April 9
David Carradine, Stacy Keach.
The story of the fraternal portrait of the
violent Younger-James gang in post-
Civil War Missouri.
Looking For Grace
MASTERPIECE 2015 Drama (M al)
April 3, 12, 20, 24
Radha Mitchell, Richard Roxburgh.
When a rebellious teenager goes
missing, her parents embark on a long
journey to find her and are forced to
confront some harsh realities along
the way.
Lorenzo’s Oil
MASTERPIECE 1992 Drama (PG)
April 7, 19
Nick Nolte, Susan Sarandon.
Based on the true story, a family who
discovers their five-year-old son is
dying of an incurable, mysterious
brain disease turn the medical world
upside-down in an effort to save
their child.
Lost Boy
PREMIERE 2015 Thriller/Suspense
(M asv)
April 2, 9, 16, 19, 25
Virginia Madsen, Mark Valley.
Mitchell, a six-year-old boy,
disappears while spending the day
at a lake with his family. Eleven years
later he returns as a 17-year-old, and
the ensuing events shake his family to
the core all over again.
Lost River
THRILLER 2014 Drama (MA 15+ alv)
April 13
Christina Hendricks, Eva Mendes.
A teen forms a friendship with his
lonely neighbour and together they
find an underwater town that might
hold the key to their future.
H Love & Friendship
MASTERPIECE 2016 Drama (PG)
April 15, 16, 23, 29
Kate Beckinsale, Chloe Sevigny.
In this adaptation of Jane Austen’s
novella, a beautiful young widow
visits her in-law’s estate while waiting
for social chatter about her personal
indiscretions to pass.
Love Battles
WORLD MOVIES 2013 France
Romantic Drama (R 18+ ans)
April 2
Dir. Jacques Doillon, Sara Forestier,
James Thiérrée.
Lui and Elle are unable to get on the
same page, psychosexually speaking.
Their no-holds-barred wrestling
matches grow in frequency and force,
as they test each other’s bodies and
their souls.
H Love Happens
ROMANCE 2009 Romance (M a)
April 28, 29
Jennifer Aniston, Aaron Eckhart.
The lives of a grieving self-help guru
and a recently-single florist come
crashing together at exactly the
wrong time.
Love The Coopers
COMEDY 2015 Comedy (PG)
April 2, 3, 15, 22, 28
Diane Keaton, John Goodman.
During their annual Christmas Eve
celebration, a series of unexpected
visitors and unlikely events turn the
night upside down, proving that
nobody does chaos quite like the
H = PREMIERE
Coopers.
The Lovely Bones
MASTERPIECE 2009 Mystery/Crime
(M av)
April 22, 23, 27
Mark Wahlberg, Rachel Weisz.
A young girl who has been murdered
watches over her family and tries to
guide her father to her killer.
Lucky You
ROMANCE 2007 Romance (PG)
April 4
Eric Bana, Drew Barrymore.
Huck Cheever, a gambler beset with
personal problems, comes up against
his estranged hotshot father in the
world series of poker.
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MacGruber
COMEDY 2010 Comedy (MA 15+ lsv)
April 5, 9, 14, 23, 27
Will Forte, Kristen Wiig.
In the 10 years since his fiancée was
killed, special op MacGruber is back
in action to find a missing nuclear
warhead that’s been stolen by his
sworn enemy, Dieter VonCunth.
Mad Love
ROMANCE 1995 Romance (M al)
April 3, 6, 12, 22
Drew Barrymore, Chris O’Donnell.
When honour student Matt meets
gorgeous yet reckless Casey, their
attraction spirals into a heated love
affair. Under pressure from their
parents to break up, the couple take
to the road.
Mad Max Beyond
Thunderdome
ACTION 1985 Action/Adventure (M v)
April 3, 8, 11, 19, 25
Mel Gibson, Tina Turner.
Mad Max takes on the barbarians of
the post-nuclear future, and becomes
the saviour of a tribe of desolate
children.
Madeline
FAMILY 1998 Family
April 2, 6, 11, 15, 21, 26
Frances McDormand, Nigel
Hawthorne.
In the adventures of the courageous
red-headed heroine made popular in
Ludwig Bemelmans’ classic books,
an orphan must try and save her
beloved boarding school from its
impending sale.
Maggie’s Plan
MASTERPIECE 2015 Romance (M aln)
April 3, 7, 18
Greta Gerwig, Ethan Hawke.
Maggie’s plan to have a baby on her
own is derailed when she falls in love
with John, a married man.
Maggie
THRILLER 2015 Thriller/Suspense
(M av)
April 5, 10, 14
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Abigail
Breslin.
When a lethal zombie virus sweeps
the nation, a determined father
stops at nothing to save his infected
daughter in this powerful and moving
post-apocalyptic thriller.
Magic Mike XXL
ROMANCE 2015 Comedy (MA 15+ ls)
April 2, 11, 15, 20
Channing Tatum, Joe Manganiello.
Three years after retiring, a former
stripper grinds and bumps his way
back into the spotlight for one final
performance.
Magnolia
MASTERPIECE 1999 Drama
(MA 15+ adls)
April 7
Tom Cruise, Jason Robards.
An intriguing and entertaining study
in characters going through varying
levels of crisis and introspection.
Maid In Manhattan
ROMANCE 2002 Romance (PG)
April 4, 9, 15, 23
Jennifer Lopez, Ralph Fiennes.
An affluent politician falls for a
gorgeous housemaid, thinking she’s a
guest at the flash hotel she works in.
Malcolm X
MASTERPIECE 1992 Drama (M lv)
April 5, 15, 26
Denzel Washington, Angela Bassett.
An amazing biopic of one of the
most influential African American
leaders to date. It follows the life and
times of Malcolm Little through his
transformation to Malcolm X
The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
ACTION 2015 Action/Adventure (M v)
April 13
Henry Cavill, Armie Hammer.
Set against the backdrop of the 1960s,
a CIA agent and a KGB operative are
forced to put aside longstanding
hostilities to team up on a joint mission
and stop a criminal organisation.
The Man In The Iron
Mask
ACTION 1998 Action/Adventure (M a)
April 3, 12
Leonardo DiCaprio, Jeremy Irons.
The Musketeers’ most glorious and
dangerous adventure begins with the
rescue of a mysterious prisoner from a
fortress island prison.
Man Of Steel
ACTION 2013 Action/Adventure (M v)
April 11, 19, 29
Henry Cavill, Amy Adams.
A man learns that he has extraordinary
powers and is not of this Earth. But
the hero in him must emerge if he is
to save the world from annihilation
and become the symbol of hope for
all mankind.
Man On Fire
ACTION 2004 Action/Adventure
(MA 15+ v)
April 29
Denzel Washington, Radha Mitchell.
A washed-up CIA agent goes on a
killing spree to find the abductors of a
wealthy daughter he’s guarding.
Man Up
ROMANCE 2015 Romance (M ls)
April 11, 12, 17, 27, 30
Simon Pegg, Lake Bell.
A single woman who is done with
dating is mistaken for someone’s
blind date. One crazy, unpredictable,
complicated night might just bring two
messy souls together.
Manhattan
MASTERPIECE 1979 Comedy (M al)
April 10, 15
Woody Allen, Diane Keaton.
A TV writer copes with an unfulfilling
job, two ex-wives, a 17-year-old
girlfriend and his best friend’s
mistress.
Manny Lewis
COMEDY 2015 Comedy (M al)
April 11, 18, 25, 29
Carl Barron, Leeanna Walsman.
Follows the story of a stand-up
comedian who, at the peak of his
career, finds something is missing
in his life.
The Man Who Knew Too
Little
COMEDY 1997 Comedy (PG)
April 4, 10, 16, 24, 27
Bill Murray, Peter Gallagher.
This comedy thriller of mistakenidentity
about a naive clerk attending
a theatre game which draws him into
an international conspiracy that he
believes is all part of the act.
H Mao’s Last Dancer
MASTERPIECE 2009 Drama (PG)
April 30
Chi Cao, Bruce Greenwood.
A peasant boy in China becomes a
world-renowned ballet dancer before
risking everything for love on a trip
to the USA. Bruce Beresford directs
this inspirational true story about
Li Cunxin.
Marked Woman
FOX CLASSICS 1937 Thriller/Suspense
(PG)
April 21, 22
Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart.
A crusading DA persuades a clip
joint party girl to testify against her
mobster boss after her innocent sister
is accidentally murdered during one of
his unsavory parties.
Marley & Me
ROMANCE 2008 Romance (PG)
April 3, 8, 19, 26
Owen Wilson, Jennifer Aniston.
If you love dogs, you’ll love Marley; a
much-loved dog that helps as a couple
copes with jobs, three children and
each other. Marley is so naughty, he
was even expelled from obedience
class.
Marriage Italian Style
WORLD MOVIES 1964 Italy, France
Comedy Drama (M ls)
April 11, 12
Dir. Vittorio De Sica, Sophia Loren,
Marcello Mastroianni.
The rich man Domenico and penniless
prostitute Filumena share great part
of their lives in the immediate post
WWII Italy.
The Martian
PREMIERE 2015 Action/Adventure
(M al)
April 10, 13, 16, 20, 28
Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain.
Presumed dead after a storm, an
Astronaut is left stranded on Mars
with meagre supplies. Equipped with
ingenuity and the will to live, he must
find a way to signal Earth for help.
Marty
FOX CLASSICS 1955 Drama (PG)
April 19
Ernest Borgnine, Betsy Blair.
A middle-aged butcher and a school
teacher who have given up on the
idea of love meet at a dance and fall
for each other.
M*A*S*H: Goodbye,
Farewell And Amen
FOX CLASSICS 1983 Comedy (PG)
April 13, 14
Alan Alda, Mike Farrell.
In the closing days of the Korean War,
the staff of the 4077th, a mobile army
surgical hospital, find themselves
facing irrevocable changes as a
troubled Hawkeye returns to the unit
after a mental breakdown.
Masculine Feminine
WORLD MOVIES 1966 France
Drama (MA 15+ s)
April 12, 13
Dir. Jean-Luc Godard, Chantal Goya,
Jean-Pierre Leaud.
A strikingly honest portrait of youth
and sex in 1960s France, which
follows a young disaffected Marxist
and his tenuous relationship with his
pop culture consumed girlfriend.
Material Girls
FAMILY 2006 Comedy (PG)
April 4, 11, 20, 24, 29
Hilary Duff, Haylie Duff.
Two wealthy Los Angeles
celebutantes live in a whirlwind of
glamour and notoriety. When their
fortune is taken away, the girls are
forced to investigate the scandal.
Max
FAMILY 2015 Action/Adventure (PG)
April 6, 14
Thomas Haden Church, Josh Wiggins.
Max, a precision-trained military dog,
serves on the frontlines in Afghanistan
alongside his handler, Kyle. But when
Kyle is killed, Max returns to the US
into the care of Kyle’s family.
Maytime
FOX CLASSICS 1937 Romance
April 8
Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy.
An opera star’s manager tries to stop
her romance with a penniless singer
Me And Earl And The
Dying Girl
MASTERPIECE 2015 Comedy (M alv)
April 13, 21
Thomas Mann, Olivia Cooke.
Usually spending most of his time
making movies with his friend, Greg’s
outlook on life changes when his mum
insists he spends time with a girl who
has just been diagnosed with cancer.
Me Before You
ROMANCE 2016 Romance (PG)
April 17, 20, 23, 27, 29
Emilia Clarke, Sam Claflin.
A quirky young woman’s cheerful
attitude is put to the test when she
becomes the caregiver for a wealthy
young banker who was left paralysed
in an accident.
The Meddler
PREMIERE 2015 Comedy (M dl)
April 23, 26
Susan Sarandon, Rose Byrne.
A recent widow moves to LA to be
closer to her daughter. Armed with
an iPhone and a full bank account,
she sets out to make friends, find
purpose, and possibly open up to
someone new.
Meet The Robinsons
FOXTEL MOVIES DISNEY 2007 Family
April 3, 9, 13, 17, 22, 27
Daniel Hansen, Wesley Singerman.
A lonely orphan who dreams of finding
a family meets a mysterious stranger
named Wilbur Robinson, who whisks
him away to a world where anything is
possible… the future.
Men & Chicken
WORLD MOVIES 2015 Denmark,
Germany
Comedy Drama (M asv)
April 4, 5, 5, 22, 23
Dir. Anders Thomas Jensen, David
Dencik, Mads Mikkelsen.
Two outcast brothers, through getting
to know their birth family, discover a
horrible truth about themselves and
their relatives.
The Men Who Stare At
Goats
COMEDY 2009 Comedy (M dlnv)
April 9, 18, 22, 24
George Clooney, Ewan McGregor.
This quirky fact-based comedy
reveals astonishing facts of the
unconventional methods used by
a top-secret wing of the US military
during combat.
Merry Christmas
Mr Lawrence
FOX CLASSICS 1983 Drama (M av)
April 11, 12
David Bowie, Tom Conti.
During WWII, a British colonel tries to
bridge the cultural divides between
a British POW and the Japanese
camp commander in order to avoid
bloodshed.
Metalhead
WORLD MOVIES 2013 Iceland
Drama (MA 15+ a)
April 22, 23
Dir. Ragnar Bragason, Ingvar Eggert
Sigurðsson, Sigrún Edda Björnsdóttir.
A girl is caught between the lifestyle
that took her brother and her own
inability to strike out on her own. In
her grief, she finds solace in the dark
music of Black Metal and dreams of
becoming a rock star.
Midnight Special
PREMIERE 2016 Sci‐Fi/Fantasy (M av)
April 3, 10, 15, 24, 26
Michael Shannon, Joel Edgerton.
A father and son go on the run from
the government after they learn that
the child possesses special powers.
Milk
MASTERPIECE 2008 Drama (M als)
April 3, 13, 18, 27
Sean Penn, Emile Hirsch.
Based on the inspiring true story of
the first openly gay man elected to
major public office, this compelling
film follows Milk’s powerful journey to
inspire hope for equal rights.
Minions
FAMILY 2015 Family (PG)
April 14
Sandra Bullock, Jon Hamm.
Three unemployed henchmen find
themselves working for a supervillain
and her inventor husband, who plan to
take over the world.
Minutemen
FOXTEL MOVIES DISNEY 2008 Family
April 2, 12, 25
Jason Dolley, Luke Benward.
Three high-school outcasts invent a
time machine that allows them to go
back, change their social status and
prevent other misfits from enduring
humiliating situations too. But
unexpected consequences may force
them to change their plan.
Miracle On 34th Street
FAMILY 1994 Family
April 5, 15, 25
Richard Attenborough, Mara Wilson.
Six-year-old Susan had doubts
about childhood’s most enduring
miracle – Santa Claus. In this new
holiday miracle, a little girl discovers
her dreams can come true if you
really believe.
Miracles From Heaven
PREMIERE 2016 Drama (PG)
April 3, 6, 14, 26, 30
Jennifer Garner, Martin Henderson.
Follows a young girl suffering from
a rare digestive disorder who finds
herself miraculously cured after
surviving a terrible accident.
Mirage
FOX CLASSICS 1965
Thriller/Suspense (M)
April 26, 27
Gregory Peck, Diane Baker.
A New York man suffers amnesia.
He soon learns that he’s mixed up in
a life-and-death situation, but what
exactly is it?
Mission: Impossible:
Rogue Nation
ACTION 2015 Action/Adventure (M v)
April 12, 24
Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner.
Ethan and the team take on their most
impossible mission yet, eradicating
a highly skilled international rogue
organisation that is committed to
destroying the IMF.
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Mississippi Burning
THRILLER 1988 Mystery/Crime (M lv)
April 25
Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe.
Two FBI agents with wildly different
styles arrive in Mississippi to
investigate the disappearance of
some civil rights activists.
Mistress America
COMEDY 2015 Comedy (MA 15+ l)
April 4, 12, 19, 27
Greta Gerwig, Lola Kirke.
Not living the glamorous metropolitan
lifestyle she had envisioned, Tracy’s
world changes when she is taken in
by her socialite soon-to-be stepsister
while staying in NYC.
Modern Problems
COMEDY 1981 Comedy (M lns)
April 12, 17, 20, 27
Chevy Chase, Patti D’Arbanville.
Max Fielder is a frazzled air-traffic
controller who finds himself blessed
with telekinetic powers when a
nuclear dump truck spills some slimy
green matter on him while driving
home from work.
Mommy’s Secret
PREMIERE 2016 Thriller/Suspense
(M v)
April 3, 4, 12, 29
Charisma Carpenter, Sarah Grey.
When a teenage girl discovers her
own mother is behind the recent
rash of nearby bank robberies, she’s
determined to help her come clean.
Mona Lisa Smile
MASTERPIECE 2003 Drama (PG)
April 15, 23
Julia Roberts, Kirsten Dunst.
A free-thinking art professor teaches
conservative ’50s Wellesley girls to
question their traditional societal
roles, encouraging them to be more
interested in a career than nabbing a
good husband.
Money Monster
PREMIERE 2016 Thriller/Suspense
(M alsv)
April 11
George Clooney, Julia Roberts.
A financial TV host and his producer
are put in an extreme situation
when an irate investor, who has lost
everything, forcefully takes over
their studio.
Money Train
ACTION 1995 Action/Adventure
(MA 15+ lv)
April 4
Wesley Snipes, Woody Harrelson.
A debt-laden transit cop tries to talk
his partner and foster brother into
robbing a money train.
Monsters, Inc.
FOXTEL MOVIES DISNEY 2001 Family
April 2, 7, 12, 17, 25, 29
John Goodman, Billy Crystal.
When a girl wanders into
Monstropolis, the monsters are scared
silly. It’s up to top scarer Sulley and his
assistant Mike to keep her out of sight
and get her home.
A Month Of Sundays
PREMIERE 2015 Drama (PG)
April 6
Anthony LaPaglia, Julia Blake.
A down-on-his luck real estate agent
who can’t sell a house in a property
boom gets a phone call from his
mother, who died a year ago.
Moonstruck
ROMANCE 1987 Comedy (PG)
April 4, 13, 19, 26
Cher, Nicolas Cage.
Loretta, an unlucky in love Italian
widow finds romance through the
intervention of the Manhattan moon.
Mother’s Day
PREMIERE 2016 Comedy (M l)
April 6, 12, 24, 27
Jennifer Aniston, Julia Roberts.
This big-hearted comedy invites us all
to enjoy the laughter, tears and love
as three generations come together in
the week leading up to Mother’s Day.
Mothers Of The Bride
PREMIERE 2015 Comedy (PG)
April 4, 6, 12, 16, 22
Gail O’Grady, Betsy Brandt.
A young woman who was adopted
complicates her mother’s wedding
plans when she tells her that she
would like to meet her birth mother.
Moulin Rouge!
ROMANCE 2001 Musical/Dance (M as)
April 3, 8, 20, 25, 29
Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor.
Behind the red velvet curtain, the