A-Z Movies

April 2017
A-Z Movies
April 6, 15, 25
Fran Kranz, Pedro Pascal.
After dutiful Evan loses out on a big
promotion to his college nemesis
Max, he starts to notice his fellow
officemates going through disturbing
changes.
Blow
THRILLER 2001 Drama (MA 15+ dv)
April 3, 11, 20, 26
Johnny Depp, Penélope Cruz.
Follows the true story of George Jung
who moved a mountain of cocaine into
the US for Carlos Escobar’s Medellin
cartel, made $100 million, wound up
doing 15 years in jail, and blew the lot.
Blue Is The Warmest
Colour
WORLD MOVIES 2013 France
Romantic Drama (R 18+ s)
April 10, 11
Dir. Abdellatif Kechiche, Léa Seydoux,
Adèle Exarchopoulos.
Adele’s life is changed when she
meets Emma, a young woman with
blue hair, who allows her to discover
desire and assert herself as a woman.
Adele grows, loses herself and
ultimately finds herself through love
and loss.
The Blue Room
WORLD MOVIES 2014 France
Mystery/Crime Thriller (MA 15+ n)
April 2, 3, 3, 28
Dir. Mathieu Amalric, Mathieu Amalric,
Lea Drucker.
Things go from steamy to suspicious
after two adulterous lovers allow their
impulses to get the better of them
and become embroiled in a police
investigation.
Body Of Evidence
THRILLER 1993 Thriller/Suspense
(MA 15+ ans)
April 28
Madonna, Willem Dafoe.
Tells the sizzling, erotic tale of a
seductress accused of killing a
wealthy, older man.
Boiler Room
THRILLER 2000 Thriller/Suspense
(M lv)
April 2, 6, 10
Giovanni Ribisi, Vin Diesel.
Seth Davis is recruited to join the city’s
newest and hottest stock brokerage
firm, but he’s about to learn the
devastating secret behind all this
intoxicating success.
Bolt
FOXTEL MOVIES DISNEY 2008 Family
April 3, 7, 13, 18, 23, 26
John Travolta, Miley Cyrus.
For super-dog Bolt, every day is filled
with adventure, danger and intrigue –
at least, until the cameras stop rolling.
Boogie Nights
MASTERPIECE 1997 Drama
(MA 15+ dnsv)
April 6, 17, 25
Mark Wahlberg, Burt Reynolds.
Set in the ’70s and ’80s a young
nightclub worker becomes an
infamous adult film star, known as
‘Dirk Diggler’.
Boomerang
WORLD MOVIES 2015 France
Drama (M l)
April 26, 27
Dir. Francois Favrat, Laurent Lafitte,
Melanie Laurent.
A man plans a surprise trip for his
sister’s 40th birthday, but a secret
from the past may change everything.
The Boss
PREMIERE 2016 Comedy (MA 15+ ls)
April 2, 13, 17, 23, 27
Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Bell.
After doing time for insider trading,
an entrepreneur wastes no time in
devising a winner-take-all plan to
rebuild her empire.
Boulevard
WORLD MOVIES 2014 US
Drama (M alnv)
April 11, 12
Dir. Dito Montiel, Robin Williams,
Kathy Baker.
A devoted husband in a marriage of
convenience is forced to confront his
secret life.
Boxcar Bertha
MASTERPIECE 1972 Mystery/Crime
(MA 15+ nsv)
April 10
Barbara Hershey, David Carradine.
An orphaned farm girl finds romance
and adventure fighting the railroad
with union organiser Big Bill Shelley.
H = PREMIERE
The Boy In The
Striped Pajamas
MASTERPIECE 2008 Drama (M a)
April 2
Asa Butterfield, David Thewlis.
The son of a Nazi concentration camp
commandant forges a friendship
through a fence with a Jewish boy.
H The Boy
PREMIERE 2016 Horror (M av)
April 12, 13, 24
Lauren Cohan, Rupert Evans.
A nanny is shocked that her new
family’s boy is actually a life-sized doll.
After she violates a list of strict rules,
disturbing events make her believe
that the doll is alive.
Boys And Girls
ROMANCE 2000 Comedy (M s)
April 3, 9, 17
Freddie Prinze Jr, Claire Forlani.
Ryan and Jennifer have been friends
since primary school. After suffering
their share of disastrous relationships,
they begin to wonder if they were
meant to be more than friends.
Bran Nue Dae
COMEDY 2009 Comedy (PG)
April 4
Rocky McKenzie, Jessica Mauboy.
In 1969 young Willie Johnson is sent
away from his beloved Broome and
girlfriend to school in Perth, but Willie
runs away and learns a lot on the road
trip back home.
The Brand New
Testament
WORLD MOVIES 2015 Belgium
Comedy (MA 15+ n)
April 17, 18
Dir. Jaco van Dormael, Pili Groyne,
Benoit Poelvoorde.
God’s daughter, a 10-year-old girl
called Ea, determines her father is
doing a terrible job and decides to
rewrite the world.
The Brave One
THRILLER 2007 Thriller/Suspense
(MA 15+ vl)
April 23
Jodie Foster, Terrence Howard.
Fuelled by vengeance, a radio
presenter metes out her own brand of
vigilante justice after a brutal attack
leaves her lover dead.
Brazil
MASTERPIECE 1985 Sci‐Fi/Fantasy
(M alv)
April 11, 24
Robert De Niro, Bob Hoskins.
Sam Lowry, a low-level government
employee, often daydreams of saving
a woman. He discovers Jill Layton, the
upstairs neighbour of the Buttles, is
the woman from his dreams.
Breakfast At Tiffany’s
FOX CLASSICS 1961 Comedy (PG)
April 19, 20
Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard.
A young girl lives by her wits and
charm and chases away the blues by
visiting Tiffany’s jewellery store.
Bride Wars
ROMANCE 2009 Romance (PG)
April 7, 17, 25, 29
Kate Hudson, Anne Hathaway.
When an error causes a clash in
wedding dates, two best friends
release their inner bridezillas in an
epic struggle, which threatens to erupt
into all-out war.
Bridge Of Spies
THRILLER 2015 Drama (M alv)
April 14, 27
Tom Hanks, Mark Rylance.
A Brooklyn lawyer finds himself thrust
into the centre of the Cold War when
the CIA sends him on a mission to
negotiate the release of a captured
American U-2 pilot.
Bridge To Terabithia
FOXTEL MOVIES DISNEY 2007
Family (PG)
April 3, 9, 14, 19, 24, 30
Josh Hutcherson, AnnaSophia Robb.
Two children find the secret kingdom
of Terabithia, where they reign
supreme among giants, ogres and
other fantastic creatures.
Bridget Jones’s Diary
ROMANCE 2001 Comedy (M lsv)
April 4, 9, 13, 16, 24
Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth.
A busy journalist embarks on a
husband-seeking journey towards
self-discovery with the help of two
imperfect suitors.
Bridget Jones: The Edge
Of Reason
ROMANCE 2004 Romance (M dls)
April 5, 16, 23, 28
Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth.
Everyone’s favourite heroine is back
and looking for love in her inimitable
style. After finding the perfect
boyfriend, her old playboy boss arrives
and the fireworks begin.
Bringing Down
The House
COMEDY 2003 Comedy (M dv)
April 7, 10
Steve Martin, Queen Latifah.
A straitlaced, lonely man meets a
woman on the internet who happens
to be in prison. She breaks out to
be with him, and proceeds to wreak
havoc on his middle-class life.
Brittany Murphy Story
PREMIERE 2014 Drama (M ad)
April 5, 11, 18, 22
Amanda Fuller, Sherilyn Fenn.
Chronicles the life of Brittany Murphy,
whose Hollywood dream turned into
a nightmare, with a professional life
plagued with doubts, a personal life
riddled with anti-depressants ,and
a husband renowned for swindling
women.
Broadway Danny Rose
MASTERPIECE 1984 Comedy (PG)
April 6, 11, 30
Woody Allen, Mia Farrow.
When a crooner has a spat with his
outrageous, blonde mafia mistress, his
agent must venture to mob-infested
New Jersey to patch it up.
Broken Arrow
ACTION 1996 Action/Adventure (M lv)
April 3, 7, 14, 18, 26
John Travolta, Christian Slater.
A renegade Air Force pilot holds the
US Government ransom over two
stolen nukes in Death Valley, until the
co-pilot he tried to kill teams up with a
resourceful ranger to foil his plans.
Brooklyn
MASTERPIECE 2015 Drama (M ls)
April 8, 9, 14, 30
Saoirse Ronan, Domhnall Gleeson.
In the 1950s, a young Irish woman
travels to Brooklyn and falls in love
with her new life. However, a family
tragedy forces her to choose between
the two countries.
Brother Bear
FOXTEL MOVIES DISNEY 2003 Family
April 5, 11, 17, 23, 29
Joaquin Phoenix, Jeremy Suarez.
Set against the majestic Great
American Northwest, tells the story
of a young warrior named Kenai,
whose life takes an unexpected turn
when the Great Spirits transform him
into a bear.
Brother Bear 2
FOXTEL MOVIES DISNEY 2006 Family
April 5, 11, 17, 23, 29
Patrick Dempsey, Mandy Moore.
Kenai has seen things he never
dreamed of before the Great Spirits
transformed him into a Grizzly bear,
but he is haunted by dreams of his
human life when he befriends the
daughter of a tribal elder.
Brother Sun,
Sister Moon
FOX CLASSICS 1973 Drama (PG)
April 16
Graham Faulkner, Judi Bowker.
At the 13th century, the town of Assisi
in Italian Umbria. The son of a rich
merchant, Francesco Bernardone,
comes back ill from war. In his
delirium, he travels into his memories.
The Brown Bunny
WORLD MOVIES 2003 USA
Drama (R 18+ as)
April 16, 17
Dir. Vincent Gallo, Vincent Gallo,
Chloe Sevigny.
Actor and musician Vincent Gallo
takes on the role of writer, director
and star in his second film. Motorcycle
racer Bud Clay drives his van across
the country in search of his lost
love, Daisy.
Brüno
COMEDY 2009 Comedy (MA 15+ lns)
April 7
Sacha Baron Cohen, Gustaf
Hammarsten.
A wildly effete fashion reporter from
Austria patrols the catwalks and after
show parties of New York Fashion
Week.
Bucky Larson: Born To
Be A Star
COMEDY 2011 Comedy (MA 15+ as)
April 4, 12, 17, 22
Christina Ricci, Nick Swardson.
After Bucky Larson, a small town
grocery bagger, discovers that his
conservative parents were adult film
stars, he heads out to LA, hoping to
follow in his their footsteps.
A Bug’s Life
FOXTEL MOVIES DISNEY 1998
Animation
April 6, 11, 16, 24
Dave Foley, Kevin Spacey.
A misfit ant at war with greedy
grasshoppers recruits ‘warrior’ bugs
that turn out to be an inept circus
troupe.
Bullet To The Head
ACTION 2012 Action/Adventure
(MA 15+ lmv)
April 5, 28
Sylvester Stallone, Jason Momoa.
Follows Jimmy Bobo, a career hitman
who enters into an unlikely alliance
with by-the-book detective Taylor
Kwon to bring down the ruthless killer
of their respective partners.
Buried
THRILLER 2010 Thriller/Suspense
(MA 15+ l)
April 6, 14, 24, 30
Ryan Reynolds, José Luis García
Pérez.
Buried in a coffin by Iraqi insurgents
who attacked his civilian convoy, a
man is left with only a phone, a lighter
and 90 minutes to save his life.
Burnt
PREMIERE 2015 Drama (M al)
April 11, 21
Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller.
Chef Adam Jones, an arrogant twostar
Michelin diva on the verge of
losing everything, must learn how to
reign himself in to land his own kitchen
and that third, elusive Michelin star.
Bye, Bye Love
COMEDY 1995 Comedy (M l)
April 10
Matthew Modine, Randy Quaid.
A trio of divorced dads cope with
their single lifestyle in a number of
dysfunctional ways.
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The Cabin In The Woods
THRILLER 2012 Horror (MA 15+ hv)
April 4
Kristen Connolly, Chris Hemsworth.
Five friends go for a break at a remote
cabin where they get more excitement
and danger than they bargained for.
Together they must discover the truth
behind the cabin in the woods.
Can’t Hardly Wait
ROMANCE 1998 Comedy (M ls)
April 7, 12, 23, 28
Jennifer Love Hewitt, Ethan Embry.
The fun gets underway at a
momentous graduation party where
relationships are broken and formed,
secrets are revealed and old scores
settled.
The Canterbury Tales
WORLD MOVIES 1972 Italy
Comedy Drama (R 18+ ans)
April 28, 29
Dir. Pier Paolo Pasolini, Pier Paolo
Pasolini, Hugh Griffith.
Eight of Geoffrey Chaucer’s lusty
tales come to life on-screen in Pier
Paolo Pasolini’s gutsy and delirious
masterpiece, which was shot in
England and offers a remarkably
earthy re-creation of the medieval era.
Cape Fear
THRILLER 1991 Thriller/Suspense
(M av)
April 12
Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte.
Fourteen years after being
imprisoned, vicious psychopath Max
Cady emerges with a single-minded
mission: seek revenge on his attorney,
Sam Bowden.
Capote
MASTERPIECE 2005 Mystery/
Crime (M lv)
April 8, 13
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine
Keener.
In November, 1959, the shocking
murder of a small-town Kansas family
captures the imagination of Truman
Capote, famed author of Breakfast
at Tiffany’s.
Captain America:
Civil War
PREMIERE 2016 Action/Adventure
(M v)
April 9, 14, 24, 30
Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr
When another incident involving the
Avengers results in collateral damage,
political interference leads to an open
fight between Iron Man and Captain
America.
Captain Blood
FOX CLASSICS 1935 Action/Adventure
(PG)
April 5, 6, 23
Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland.
An enslaved doctor and his comrades
in chains escape and become pirates
of the Caribbean.
Capturing Mary
MASTERPIECE 2007 Drama
April 10, 11, 21
Maggie Smith, David Walliams.
A young man ushers an older woman
into a dark exploration of her past
when, as a young girl, she met a man
who affected her life forever.
Carol
MASTERPIECE 2015 Drama (M alns)
April 3, 14
Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara.
Follows a forbidden relationship that
develops between two very different
women in 1950s New York.
Carry On Abroad
FOX CLASSICS 1970 Comedy (PG)
April 9
Sidney James, Joan Sims.
A group of holidaymakers head for the
Spanish resort of Elsbels for a four-day
visit. When they arrive, they find the
Hotel is still under construction and
the weather is awful.
Catch And Release
ROMANCE 2006 Romance (M als)
April 8, 20, 29
Jennifer Garner, Juliette Lewis.
In this romantic comedy, a young
woman whose fiance suddenly dies
finds comfort with his caring friends,
but catches herself falling for the
irresponsible playboy of the group.
Center Stage
ROMANCE 2000 Drama (M l)
April 3, 4, 19, 26
Zoe Saldana, Amanda Schull.
The emotional story of a group of
young dancers competing for a
place in a top ballet academy while
experiencing all the other ups and
downs of growing up.
H Central Intelligence
PREMIERE 2016 Comedy (M lsv)
April 16, 17, 25, 30
Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart.
A mild-mannered accountant whose
glory days are behind him, bumps into
a former classmate and is pulled into
the high-stakes world of international
espionage.
Champion
FOX CLASSICS 1949 Drama (PG)
April 30
Kirk Douglas, Marilyn Maxwell.
Boxer Midge Kelly rises to fame…
mainly by stepping on other people.
Cheaper By The Dozen
FAMILY 2003 Family
April 2, 3, 9, 13, 24, 29
Steve Martin, Bonnie Hunt.
Two loving parents try to manage
careers and a household – amid the
chaos of raising 12 rambunctious kids.
Cheaper By The Dozen 2
FAMILY 2005 Comedy
April 9, 13, 24, 29
Steve Martin, Eugene Levy.
Steve Martin returns as Tom Baker,
hoping to bring his 12 offspring
together for a summer vacation, but
their retreat soon turns cutthroat with
the arrival of an old rival.
The Cheetah Girls
FOXTEL MOVIES DISNEY 2003 Family.
April 7, 21, 27
Raven-Symoné, Lynn Whitfield.
Four New York teens face the
challenges of growing up as they
dance and sing their way toward an
elusive record deal.
The Cheetah Girls 2
FOXTEL MOVIES DISNEY 2006
Comedy
April 7, 27
Raven-Symoné, Adrienne Bailon.
An escapade begins when Galleria
enters the group in a Barcelona music
festival, and the spirited foursome
embarks on the journey of a lifetime.
The Cheetah Girls:
One World
FOXTEL MOVIES DISNEY 2008
Comedy
April 7, 27
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Adrienne Bailon, Sabrina Bryan.
The girls regroup as a musical trio,
and finally land their big break with
an offer to star in what they think is a
Hollywood production, but turns out
to be a Bollywood movie produced
in India.
Chef
COMEDY 2014 Comedy (M l)
April 5
Jon Favreau, Sofía Vergara.
A frustrated chef whose life is in a
downward spiral buys a food truck
and embarks on a life-changing road
trip, reconnecting with family along
the way.
H Chevalier
WORLD MOVIES 2015 Greece
Drama (MA 15+ n)
April 26, 27
Dir. Athina Rachel Tsangari, Makis
Papadimitriou, Panos Koronis.
In the middle of the Aegean Sea, six
men on a fishing trip on a luxury yacht
decide to play a game.
Chicago
MASTERPIECE 2002 Musical/Dance
(M av)
April 5, 9, 20, 30
Catherine Zeta-Jones, Renée
Zellweger.
A small-time chorus dancer in the ’20s
who is desperate for fame becomes
the latest tabloid sensation, setting
the stage for a singing, dancing
catfight between rivals.
Child’s Play
THRILLER 1988 Horror (M hlv)
April 6, 9, 16, 25
Catherine Hicks, Chris Sarandon.
The infamous Chucky skyrocketed to
cult status in this clever thriller about
an innocent looking doll inhabited by a
killer’s bloodthirsty soul.
Chinatown
FOX CLASSICS 1974 Mystery/Crime
(M alv)
April 10, 11
Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway.
A private detective hired to expose an
adulterer finds himself caught up in a
web of deceit, corruption and murder.
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
FAMILY 1968 Family
April 13, 23, 29
Dick Van Dyke, Sally Ann Howes.
An absent-minded inventor spruces
up a wrecked racing car for a magical
adventure.
The Choice
PREMIERE 2016 Drama (PG)
April 15
Benjamin Walker, Teresa Palmer.
Two neighbours in a small coastal
town embark on a surprising romantic
journey neither imagined possible.
Chongqing Hot Pot
WORLD MOVIES 2016 China
Thriller (MA 15+ v)
April 2, 3
Dir. Qing Yang, Baihe Bai, Kun Chen.
When a young man and his friends dig
a hole to expand their restaurant, they
accidentally enter a nearby bank vault
as it is being robbed.
Chronicle
THRILLER 2012 Thriller/Suspense (M v)
April 8
Dane DeHaan, Alex Russell.
Whilst attending a party, three high
school friends gain superpowers
through an incredible discovery
underground. Soon, they find their
lives spinning out of control and their
bond tested.
The Chronicles Of
Riddick
ACTION 2004 Sci‐Fi/Fantasy (M lv)
April 10, 16, 20, 26, 30
Vin Diesel, Colm Feore.
After years of outrunning ruthless
bounty hunters, escaped convict
Riddick suddenly finds himself caught
between opposing forces in a fight for
the future of the human race.
The Cimarron Kid
FOX CLASSICS 1952 War/‌Western (PG)
April 13, 14
Audie Murphy, Beverly Tyler.
Wrongly accused by crooked railroad
officials of aiding a train heist by
his old friends the Daltons, Bill joins
their gang and becomes an active
participant in other robberies.
City Of Ember
FAMILY 2008 Action/Adventure
April 5, 19
Bill Murray, Tim Robbins.
Two courageous teenagers follow