A-Z Movies

April 2017
A-Z Movies
FOX CLASSICS 1937 Action/Adventure
April 4, 22, 29
Kay Francis, Errol Flynn.
Colonel John Wister, on duty with the
British army in the desert region of
Dubik, returns to England on leave.
There he falls in love with Julia Ashton,
who cares deeply for him.
The Ant Bully
FAMILY 2006 Family
April 7
Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep.
Young Lucas floods an anthill in
frustration at bullying, but when the
ants strike back and shrink him to their
size, he really starts to grow up.
Ant-Man
ACTION 2015 Action/Adventure (PG)
April 11, 16, 20, 29
Paul Rudd, Michael Douglas.
Armed with the ability to shrink in
scale but increase in strength, master
thief Scott Lang joins forces with a
new mentor to protect the secret
behind his Ant-Man suit from
ruthless villains.
Antitrust
THRILLER 2001 Mystery/Crime
(MA 15+ s)
April 10
Ryan Phillippe, Rachael Leigh Cook.
As he settles into a new position, Milo
uncovers some dark secrets about his
firm and soon learns that he can’t trust
anyone but himself in the high stakes
world of computer technology.
Apocalypse Now Redux
MASTERPIECE 1979 Drama
(MA 15+ alnv)
April 6, 18, 25
Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando.
Follows the dangerous mission of
Captain Willard. Apocalypse Now
Redux includes an extra 49 minutes
of previously unseen material of one
of the most iconic and disturbing films
ever made on the Vietnam War.
Apollo 13
MASTERPIECE 1995 Drama (PG)
April 12
Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton.
A fuel leak threatens to doom three
astronauts in space during NASA’s
1970 moon mission.
The Assassin
WORLD MOVIES 2015 Taiwan, China,
France, Hong Kong
Drama (PG)
April 19, 20
Dir. Hsiao-Hsien Hou, Qi Shu,
Chen Chang.
An assassin accepts a dangerous
mission to kill a political leader in
eighth-century China.
Assault On Precinct 13
ACTION 2005 Action/Adventure
(MA 15+ v)
April 4, 10, 25
Ethan Hawke, Laurence Fishburne.
A sergeant must rally officers and
prisoners as corrupt cops surround his
station, intent on killing everyone in it.
H Asura: The City Of
Madness
WORLD MOVIES 2016 South Korea
Crime
April 28, 29
Dir. Sung-su Kim, Woo-sung Jung,
Jung-min Hwang.
A shady cop finds himself in over his
head when he gets caught between
Internal Affairs and the city’s corrupt
mayor.
Atlantis: Milo’s Return
FOXTEL MOVIES DISNEY 2003
Animation (PG)
April 4, 10, 16, 20, 26
John Mahoney, James Arnold Taylor.
From the dusty deserts of the
Southwest to the icy heights of the
Nordic mountains, the team’s newest
quest sets them against gigantic sea
monsters, spectacular spirits and
powerful legends.
Atlantis: The Lost
Empire
FOXTEL MOVIES DISNEY 2001
Animation (PG)
April 4, 9, 16, 20, 26
Michael J Fox, James Garner.
A young adventurer leads a group
of daredevils to find the elusive
undersea kingdom known as Atlantis,
but what they find there defies their
expectations.
Awake
THRILLER 2007 Thriller/Suspense
(MA 15+ hm)
April 18, 22
Hayden Christensen, Jessica Alba.
H = PREMIERE
Horror quickly sets in for Clay as he
discovers that he is being murdered
while on the operating table,
experiencing the frightening surgical
phenomenon known as anesthetic
awareness.
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Babe
FAMILY 1995 Family
April 6, 12, 18, 24, 28
Magda Szubanski, James Cromwell.
A piglet won by a farmer in a raffle
is raised by a sheepdog as one of
her own and becomes a champion
sheepherder.
Babe: Pig In The City
FAMILY 1998 Family
April 6, 12, 18, 24, 28
Magda Szubanski, James Cromwell.
Babe travels to the city to save the
Hoggetts’ farm, meeting marvellous
animal friends and learning how a kind
heart can heal all sorts of wounds.
Baby Boom
ROMANCE 1987 Romance (PG)
April 26
Diane Keaton, Sam Shepard.
When an adorable baby girl comes
into her life by way of a distant
cousin’s will, a businesswoman must
juggle power lunches and powdered
formula to prove you can have it all.
Back To School
COMEDY 1986 Comedy (M ls)
April 6, 12, 21, 25
Rodney Dangerfield, Sally Kellerman.
Self-made millionaire Thornton Mellon
is the owner of a chain of tall and fat
clothing stores and, after divorcing his
philandering wife, enrols in college to
keep his son from dropping out.
Backstabbed
PREMIERE 2016
Thriller/Suspense (M v)
April 6, 7, 12, 25, 28
Josie Davis, Brittany Underwood.
A struggling housewife decides to
become a real estate agent and
inadvertently puts her life in danger
when she takes a job with a corrupt
broker who will do anything to land
a deal.
Backtrack
PREMIERE 2015
Thriller/Suspense (M al)
April 14, 22
Adrien Brody, Sam Neill.
A psychologist’s life is thrown into
turmoil when he discovers that the
patients he has been seeing are
ghosts. Risking his own sanity, he
delves into his past to uncover a
terrifying secret which only he can
put right.
Bad Education
WORLD MOVIES 2004 Spain
Thriller (MA 15+ ads)
April 7, 8, 8, 24, 25
Dir. Pedro Almodóvar, Gael García
Bernal, Fele Martínez.
Two young men who experienced
abuse at the hands of a Father at their
Christin school in the ‘60s are reunited
by their dark past.
Bad Neighbours 2
PREMIERE 2016 Comedy (MA 15+ dls)
April 6, 16, 19, 25
Seth Rogen, Zac Efron.
Mac and Kelly decide to sell and move
to the suburbs. But when a sorority
moves in next door and threatens the
sale, they must team up with their
former enemy Teddy, to bring the
girls down.
Baise Moi
WORLD MOVIES 2000 France
Thriller/Suspense (R 18+ nsv)
April 23, 24
Dir. Coralie & Virginie Despentes,
Karen Bach, Raffaëla Anderson.
After being raped and witnessing the
death of a close friend, two women go
on a revenge fuelled road trip of sex
and murder.
Bait
ACTION 2000 Action/Adventure
(MA 15+ v)
April 7, 8, 13, 18, 30
Jamie Foxx, David Morse.
An ex-con doesn’t know why he’s the
bait in a sneaky government scheme
to capture a killer, but he’s starting to
grow suspicious.
Balls Of Fury
COMEDY 2007 Comedy (PG)
April 8, 16, 20, 25, 30
Dan Fogler, Christopher Walken.
A former professional table tennis
phenomenon is recruited by the FBI
for a mission in the unsanctioned,
underground and utterly unhinged
world of extreme table tennis.
Bambi
FOXTEL MOVIES DISNEY 1942 Family
April 2, 8, 11, 18, 22, 27
Hardie Albright, Stan Alexander.
The beloved story of Bambi, the
wide-eyed fawn and young prince
of the forest, who learns valuable
lessons about friendship, love, and the
miracle of life.
Bambi II
FOXTEL MOVIES DISNEY 2006 Family
April 2, 8, 18, 22, 27
Alexander Gould, Carolyn Hennesy.
Bambi reunites with his father, The
Great Prince, who must now raise the
young fawn and teach him the ways
of the forest – discovering there is
much he can learn from his spirited
young son.
Bananas
MASTERPIECE 1971 Comedy (PG)
April 4, 9, 22
Woody Allen, Louise Lasser.
After being jilted by his girlfriend,
a weird-gadget tester ends up as
president of a tiny country where
absurdity reigns.
The Band Wagon
FOX CLASSICS 1953 Musical/Dance
April 18, 19
Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse.
A pretentious artistic director is hired
for a new Broadway musical and
changes it beyond recognition.
Bandslam
FAMILY 2009 Family (PG)
April 4, 9, 15, 21, 26
Aly Michalka, Vanessa Hudgens.
An ensemble of nerdy misfits
transforms into the hottest rock outfit
in the land to win the coveted battleof-the-bands
contest.
Bang Gang (A Modern
Love Story)
WORLD MOVIES 2015 France
Drama (MA 15+ adlns)
April 12, 13
Dir. Eva Husson, Finnegan Oldfield,
Marilyn Lima.
In the well-to-do suburbs of a small
town, a group of pretty, average, welladjusted
sixteen and seventeen-yearolds
push the limits of their sexuality
until the nature of their activities is
revealed.
Barash
WORLD MOVIES 2015 Israel
Comedy Drama (M adls)
April 6, 7, 7, 13, 14
Dir. Michal Vinik, Sivan Noam Shimon,
Hadas Jade Sakori.
An Israeli girl breaks taboo when she
falls in love with another girl at her
high school.
H Barbershop:
A Fresh Cut
PREMIERE 2016 Comedy (M ls)
April 14, 15, 26
Ice Cube, Regina Hall.
When the surrounding community
takes a turn for the worse, the crew
at the Barbershop come together
to not only save the shop, but their
neighbourhood too.
Basic Instinct
THRILLER 1992 Thriller/Suspense
(MA 15+ dlnsv)
April 10, 15
Michael Douglas, Sharon Stone.
Detective Nick Curran’s investigation
into a rock star’s brutal murder by
ice pick leads him to the best-selling
author Catherine Tramell.
Bastille Day
PREMIERE 2016 Action/Adventure
(M lnv)
April 28, 29
Idris Elba, Richard Madden.
When a reckless CIA agent and a
brilliant pickpocket uncover a largescale
conspiracy, they must work
together in order to take down their
common enemy.
Batman V Superman:
Dawn Of Justice
PREMIERE 2016 Action/Adventure
(M av)
April 4, 8, 14, 20, 25
Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill.
Fearing what will happen if the actions
of the Man of Steel are left unchecked,
Batman takes on Superman, while
the world wrestles with what kind of a
hero it really needs.
Batman Vs Robin
ACTION 2015 Animation (M v)
April 30
Stuart Allen, Troy Baker.
When Batman finds himself under
attack by his own son, Robin, he at first
suspects the hand of Ra’s Al Ghul is
behind the treachery.
Beaches
ROMANCE 1988 Drama (PG)
April 11, 23
Bette Midler, Barbara Hershey.
When New York child performer CC
Bloom and San Francisco rich kid
Hillary meet in a holiday resort in
Atlantic City, it marks the start of a long
friendship between them.
Beauty And The Beast
FOXTEL MOVIES DISNEY 1991 Family
April 5, 11, 16, 20, 24, 29
Robby Benson, Paige O’Hara.
Belle, a bright and beautiful young
woman, is taken prisoner by a hideous
beast in his castle. Despite her
precarious situation, Belle befriends
the castle’s enchanted staff.
Beauty And The Beast:
Belle’s Magical World
FOXTEL MOVIES DISNEY 1998 Family
April 5, 11, 16, 20, 24, 29
Jeff Bennett, Robby Benson.
Belle is well on her way to getting
to know the Beast, but she must
also adjust to daily life in the Beast’s
unpredictable castle.
Beauty And The
Beast: The Enchanted
Christmas
FOXTEL MOVIES DISNEY 1997 Family
April 5, 11, 20, 24
Paige O’Hara, Robby Benson.
As Christmas approaches, Belle plans
to warm the Beast’s castle with the
joy of the season. However, the Beast
has forbidden anyone to celebrate
Christmas.
Bedazzled
COMEDY 2000 Comedy (M l)
April 2, 8, 18, 22, 28
Brendan Fraser, Elizabeth Hurley.
Elliot is in love with a co-worker who
unfortunately barely knows he’s alive.
He strikes a deal with the devil at the
price of his soul.
Bedknobs And
Broomsticks
FOXTEL MOVIES DISNEY 1971 Family
April 7, 8, 12, 27, 30
Angela Lansbury, David Tomlinson.
The enchanting story of an amateur
witch who, along with three
precocious orphans, defends England
while searching for a book she needs
to graduate in witchery.
Bedtime Stories
FOXTEL MOVIES DISNEY 2008 Family
April 5, 11, 15, 20
Adam Sandler, Keri Russell.
A hotel handyman’s life is changed
forever when the bedtime stories he
tells his niece and nephew start to
mysteriously come true.
Bedways
WORLD MOVIES 2011 Germany
Romantic Drama (R 18+ s)
April 2
Dir. Rolf Peter Kahl, Miriam Mayet,
Matthias Faust.
A film director and her two friends
forge an intensely erotic connection
while making a movie about love
and sex, as the boundaries between
fantasy and reality begin to disappear.
Before We Go
ROMANCE 2014 Romance (M l)
April 4, 12, 18, 28, 30
Chris Evans, Alice Eve.
Stuck in New York City for the night,
two complete strangers become
intertwined and experience an
evening of life-changing adventure
together.
Belle And Sebastian
MASTERPIECE 2013 Drama (PG)
April 12, 23
Félix Bossuet, Margaux Chátelier.
A boy and his sheepdog set out to foil
Nazis hunting Resistance fighters in
the French Alps. The danger forges an
indestructible bond between them.
Belle De Jour
WORLD MOVIES 1967 France
Drama (M as)
April 2, 3
Dir. Luis Buñuel, Catherine Deneuve,
Jean Sorel.
A neglected doctor’s wife leads a
bizarre double life.
Ben-Hur: The Making Of
An Epic
FOX CLASSICS 1993
Documentary (PG)
April 16
Christopher Plummer.
This comprehensive behind-thescenes
look at the making of the epic
adventure saga, and winner of 11
Academy Awards, includes original
screen tests of the various actors
under consideration for the lead roles.
Bernard And Doris
MASTERPIECE 2007 Comedy
April 4, 5, 15
Susan Sarandon, Ralph Fiennes.
Follows the behind-the-scenes story
of one of the richest women in the
world, tobacco heiress Doris Duke,
and her Irish butler, Bernard.
Between Two Worlds
FOX CLASSICS 1944 Drama (PG)
April 20
John Garfield, Paul Henreid.
Passengers on an ocean liner can’t
recall how they got on board or where
they are going, but it soon becomes
apparent that they all have something
in common.
Beverly Hills
Chihuahua
FOXTEL MOVIES DISNEY 2008 Family
April 3, 7, 14, 19, 25, 30
Drew Barrymore, George Lopez.
A pampered Beverly Hills chihuahua
finds herself lost in the streets of
Mexico without a day spa or Rodeo
Drive boutique anywhere in sight. She
must rely on some unexpected new
friends to help her find her way home.
The Big Chill
MASTERPIECE 1983 Drama (M adls)
April 8, 18
William Hurt, Kevin Kline.
A group of seven former college
friends gathers for a weekend reunion
at a South Carolina winter house after
the funeral of one of their friends.
Big Daddy
FAMILY 1999 Comedy (PG)
April 5, 16, 20, 24, 29
Adam Sandler, Joey Lauren Adams.
Sonny Koufax is a carefree slob trying
to save his love life by becoming more
responsible. He gets the chance he
needs when a kid turns up needing
a father.
Big Fat Liar
FAMILY 2002 Family
April 7, 12, 17, 22, 28
Frankie Muniz, Paul Giamatti.
Jason has a reputation for stretching
the truth. So, when big-time
Hollywood producer Marty Wolf
steals his class paper and turns it into
a smash hit movie, no one believes
Jason’s latest tall tale.
Big Momma’s House
COMEDY 2000 Comedy (M lv)
April 2, 9, 18, 24
Martin Lawrence, Nia Long.
An FBI agent disguises himself as
the outsized mother of an escaped
convict’s ex-girlfriend to make an
arrest. But convincing everyone he’s
the real deal is a real drag.
Big Momma’s House 2
COMEDY 2006 Comedy (PG)
April 5, 11, 20, 26
Martin Lawrence, Nia Long.
FBI agent Malcolm Turner goes
back undercover as slick-talking Big
Momma, a Southern granny with
attitude to spare.
Big Sky
THRILLER 2015 Thriller/Suspense
(MA 15+ v)
April 3
Bella Thorne, Kyra Sedgwick.
After their van is attacked by a
gunman while on the way to a
hospital, agoraphobia sufferer Hazel
must face her fears and travel across
the desert to seek help for her injured
mother.
Big Trouble
COMEDY 2002 Comedy (M v)
April 6, 10, 14, 20, 26
Tim Allen, Rene Russo.
A mysterious suitcase changes the
lives of a divorced dad, an unhappy
housewife, hitmen, street thugs, FBI
men and a psychedelic toad.
The Big White
COMEDY 2005 Comedy (M lv)
April 18
Robin Williams, Holly Hunter.
Follows a down on his luck Alaska
travel agent who’s on the brink of
bankruptcy and his beloved wife who
is on the brink of insanity.
A Bigger Splash
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MASTERPIECE 2015 Drama (MA 15+ n)
April 6
Tilda Swinton, Ralph Fiennes.
A sensuous portrait of desire,
jealousy and rock and roll under the
Mediterranean sun.
Bill
FAMILY 2015 Comedy (PG)
April 7
Mathew Baynton, Simon Farnaby.
Chronicles the journey from obscurity
to fame of one of the world’s most
respected and beloved playwrights –
William Shakespeare.
Bill And Ted’s Excellent
Adventure
COMEDY 1989 Comedy (PG)
April 14
Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter.
Bill and Ted won’t graduate if they fail
history, which would be both bogus
and uncool! When a dude comes
from the future in a telephone box to
help, they travel through time on an
excellent adventure!
Billy Madison
COMEDY 1995 Comedy (M ls)
April 9, 13, 18, 30
Adam Sandler, Darren McGavin.
A 27-year-old spoiled brat must repeat
all 12 grades of school – in just 24
weeks – to earn his father’s respect
and prove he has what it takes to run
the family’s multi-million dollar empire.
The Birdcage
COMEDY 1996 Comedy (M l)
April 5, 17
Robin Williams, Nathan Lane.
A cabaret owner and his drag queen
partner try to transform themselves
into straight shooters at a dinner party,
to pull the chiffon over the eyes of an
uptight senator and his wife.
Black Hawk Down
ACTION 2001 Action/Adventure
(MA 15+ v)
April 8, 13, 21, 26
Josh Hartnett, Ewan McGregor.
Tells the strue story of the disastrous
US raid to capture a Somali warlord
in 1993. After the mission goes wrong
elite forces must fight their way
to safety.
Black Knight
COMEDY 2001 Comedy (M v)
April 26
Martin Lawrence, Marsha Thomason.
When a worker at a medieval
theme park is transported back to
14th-century England, he must battle
an evil king, assassins and lousy
plumbing to get home.
Black Souls
WORLD MOVIES 2014 Italy
Mystery/Crime (MA 15+ dv)
April 26
Dir. Francesco Munzi, Marco Leonardi,
Peppino Mazzotta.
The gripping story of a Calabrian Mafia
dynasty, and one man’s struggle to
escape his chequered past.
Blade: Trinity
ACTION 2004 Action/Adventure
(MA 15+ lv)
April 2, 7, 12, 20, 26
Wesley Snipes, Ryan Reynolds.
After being framed for murder, Blade
confronts his ultimate rival, Dracula,
in a life and death struggle to rid the
world of vampires.
Blinky Bill: The Movie
FAMILY 2015 Family
April 23, 28
Toni Collette, Ryan Kwanten.
In the hopes of finding his father,
a young koala embarks on a long
and dangerous journey across the
Australian outback.
Blitz
ACTION 2011 Action/Adventure
(MA 15+ vl)
April 5, 12, 27
Jason Statham, Paddy Considine.
Detective Sergeant Tom Brant is a
hot-headed police officer from the
South East London who is assigned
to capture a maniacal serial killer
targeting police.
Blonde Ambition
COMEDY 2007 Comedy (PG)
April 7, 11
Jessica Simpson, Luke Wilson.
An Oklahoma beauty ditches her
cheating man and lands a job at a top
construction firm in New York, where
she falls for a great guy with an even
greater secret.
Bloodsucking Bastards
COMEDY 2015 Comedy (MA 15+ lv)