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George of the Jungle 2
Get Smart
Mad Max 4
Pokemon 3: The Emperor of the Crystal Tower
Spider-Man
Spy vs Spy
True Lies 2
What's Up, Bugs?
X-Files 2: Invasion
Anything For Love
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Coming Soon
Criminal Conversation
Crusade
D & D
Die Hard 4
Dreamer
The Fantastic Four
Fatalis
Green Acres
The Inside Man
Just Like Me
Love For Hire
Magic Pudding
Memoirs of a Geisha
The Next Muppet Movie
Pet People
Power and Grace
Quilts
Terminator 3
Total Recall 2
With Wings As Eagles
The Women
Ace in the Hole
Astro Boy
Bless the Child
Breakfast of Champions
Carmen Sandiego
Cradle Will Rock
Double Take
Endurance
Flawless
Jumanji 2
Komodo
Les Visiteurs
Mansfield Park
National Treasure
Sebastian's Love
Sweet and Lowdown
Texas Blood Money
Thunderbolt
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Coming Attractions
THIS MONTH | NEXT MONTH | 2002 | 2003
| 2004 | 2005 |
Here's a sneak preview of movies coming to NZ.
Please note - all dates are subject to
change.
Click on the movie titles to be
taken to the official sites.
2002
| JANUARY 2002 |
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Beauty & The Beast
- special IMAX edition
The animaed tale of Belle, a beautiful young
French girl who yearns to escape the tedium of her provincial life. Belle's
life takes an unexpected turn when she finds herself imprisoned by a brooding
Beast, whose mysterious past holds the key to their future. 10th Anniversary
Release as a special IMAX edition. |
NZ rating TBA
Animated Romance
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view our feature pages for this movie, including story details, cast &
crew listings, and images from the movie. |
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Jay and Silent
Bob Strike Back
When Jay and Silent Bob learn that a "Bluntman
and Chronic" movie is being made featuring their comic book counterparts,
they drool at the thought of fat movie checks rolling in. But when the
pair find that there won't be any royalties coming their way, they set
out to sabotage the flick at all costs. |
NZ rating TBA
Comedy
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here to view our feature pages for this movie, including story details,
cast & crew listings, and images from the movie. |
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Max Keeble's Big Move
After a rough first day of school, much-bullied
seventh grader Max Keeble finds out that he's moving to a new city in a
week. So Max begins an all-out plan for retaliation on all the people who
have picked on him. After creating all kinds of mayhem, Max finds out he's
not moving after all, and must face up to the consequences of his actions. |
NZ rating TBA
Comedy
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to view our feature pages for this movie, including story details, cast
& crew listings, images from the movie and the trailer. |
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Serendipity
Ten years ago, two college students (Kate
Beckinsale and John Cusack) fell in love, but went their separate
ways. Now, with both about to marry other people, they decide to find each
other again — to see if what they had was true love.
|
NZ rating TBA
Comedy/Romance
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to view our feature pages for this movie, including story details, cast
& crew listings, images from the movie and the trailer. |
| FEBRUARY 2002 |
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The Shipping
News
A struggling newspaper writer, Quoyle (Kevin
Spacey) returns to his family's longtime home, a small fishing town
in Newfoundland, with his young daughter, after a traumatizing experience
with her mother, Petal (Cate Blanchett). Though Quoyle has had little success
thus far in life, his shipping news column finds an audience, and his experiences
in the town change his life. |
NZ rating TBA
Drama
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here to view our feature pages for this movie, including story details,
cast & crew listings, and images from the movie. |
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Iris
From her days as a brilliant scholar at Oxford,
where she thrilled the world around her with her libertine spirit, through
her career as a philosopher and novelist, Iris Murdoch (brought to the
screen by Kate Winslet and Judi Dench) was truly ahead of her time.
And through it all, one man stood beside her every step of the way - John
Bayley, her unlikely soulmate. |
NZ rating TBA
Drama
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our feature pages for this movie, including story details, cast & crew
listings, and images from the movie. |
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Corky Romano
Good-natured veterinarian Corky Romano (Chris
Kattan) is stunned to be called by his long lost-father, (Peter
Falk), an underworld crime lord who has been indicted by a grand jury.
Pops realizes that the one person who can turn the tables and infiltrate
the FBI undetected -- and abscond with the evidence against him -- is Corky. |
NZ rating TBA
Comedy
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view our feature pages for this movie, including story details, cast &
crew listings, and images from the movie. |
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The Man Who Sued
God
When lightning strikes and sinks the fishing
boat (and floating home) of Steve Myers (Billy Connolly), the insurance
company declares it an Act of God and refuses to pay. No man can prevail
against the might of the multinational. Angry and hungover, Steve sees
no way but to sue the other party - God. |
NZ rating TBA
Comedy
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view our feature pages for this movie, including story details, cast &
crew listings, and images from the movie. |
| 
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The Man Who Wasn't
There
Ed Crane (Billy Bob Thornton) goes about
the business of cutting hair with a stoic resignation. A barber in the
dead-end town of Santa Rosa, California in 1949, Ed is stuck in a rut and
has no clue how to get out. Until ...
From the Coen Brothers |
NZ rating TBA
Drama
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to view our feature pages for this movie, including story details, cast
& crew listings, and images from the movie. |
| MARCH 2002 |
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Kate and Leopold
Kate McKay (Meg Ryan) is a modern-day
executive, a 21st century woman driven to succeed in the corporate world.
Leopold (Hugh Jackman), the Third Duke of Albany, is a charming
19th century bachelor. Each has grown weary of waiting for love. But when
a dramatic twist of fate lands Leopold in present-day New York, they must
confront the prospect of a love affair 100 years in the making. |
NZ rating TBA
Romance
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here to view our feature pages for this movie, including story details,
cast & crew listings, and images from the movie. |
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Return to Neverland
This sequel to PETER PAN is set many years later
in London, during the World War II air raids. Wendy's daughter, Jane, is
kidnapped by Captain Hook and Peter Pan comes to the rescue. |
NZ rating TBA
Animated Adventure
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to view our feature pages for this movie, including story details, cast
& crew listings, and images from the movie. |
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Below
An American submarine, the USS Manta, during
World War II, already in thick trouble with Nazi U-boats above discovers
that there is... something else below them, possibly ghosts? The plot starts
with the submarine being sent to rescue three survivors, including a nurse
from a sunken British hospital ship. Then, things get creepy... |
NZ rating TBA
Thriller
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view our feature pages for this movie, including story details, cast &
crew listings, and images from the movie. |
| 
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Behind The Sun
The story of two families locked in a generations-old
deadly feud. It started out as a battle over land, but now it's escalated
into a series of reprisals that is claiming the lives of the young men
on both sides. In one family, the oldest remaining son - distressed by
the prospect of death and encouraged by his younger brother - begins to
question the cycle of violence. That's when a beautiful young woman from
a traveling circus crosses his path. |
NZ rating TBA
Drama
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to view our feature pages for this movie, including story details, cast
& crew listings, and images from the movie. |
| APRIL 2002 |
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Sorority Boys
DOG stands for Delta Omicron Gamma sorority,
the sorority for girls who aren't pretty enough to make it into the other
sororities. When three male college seniors get kicked out of their frat
house, they take cover at DOG, dressing in drag, and come to realize how
horribly they've treated girls throughout their lives. |
NZ rating TBA
Comedy
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to view our feature pages for this movie, including story details, cast
& crew listings, and images from the movie. |
| 
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The Royal Tenenbaums
Royal Tenenbaum (Gene Hackman) and his
wife Etheline (Anjelica Houston) had three children - Chas (Ben
Stiller), Richie (Luke Wilson) and Margot (Gwyneth Paltrow)
- they were a family of geniuses -- and then they separated. Until a sudden,
unexpected reunion one recent winter. |
NZ rating TBA
Drama/Comedy
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view our feature pages for this movie, including story details, cast &
crew listings, and images from the movie. |
| 
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Count of Monte Cristo
The classic story of an innocent man wrongly
but deliberately imprisoned and his brilliant strategy for revenge. Edmond
(Jim Caviezel) is trapped in a nightmare that lasts 13 years. With
the help of an equally innocent fellow inmate (Richard Harris),
he escapes from prison, whereupon he transforms himself into the mysterious
and wealthy Count of Monte Cristo. |
NZ rating TBA
Drama
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to view our feature pages for this movie, including story details, cast
& crew listings, and images from the movie. |
| MAY 2002 |
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K-Pax
A mysterious patient (Kevin Spacey) at
a mental hospital claims to be from a distant planet called K-PAX. As his
psychiatrist (Jeff Bridges) tries to figure out exactly how to help
the patient, he gradually begins to realize that this so-called alien is
having a fascinating effect on the hospital's other patients. |
NZ rating TBA
Drama
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our feature pages for this movie, including story details, cast & crew
listings, and images from the movie. |
| 
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Heaven
Philippa (Cate Blanchett), a British
teacher living in Italy, has seen many friends, including her husband,
fall victim to drug overdoses. Philippa has repeatedly contacted the police
with information about Turin’s biggest drug dealer but, complicit
in his dealings, they have completely ignored her. So Philippa decides
to dole out her own form of justice with a home-made bomb. |
NZ rating TBA
Drama
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view our feature pages for this movie, including story details, cast &
crew listings, and images from the movie. |
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Dragonfly
A doctor (Kevin Costner) thinks that
his late ex-wife is trying to speak to him via the near-death experiences
of his patients. |
NZ rating TBA
Drama
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to view our feature pages for this movie, including story details, cast
& crew listings, and images from the movie. |
| JUNE 2002 |
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The Importance of Being
Earnest
Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Reese Witherspoon
and Judi Dench lend their
talents to this latest retelling of Oscar Wilde's hilarious tale featuring
two men who have something in common: a tendency to stretch the truth in
order to escape their dull lives. |
NZ rating TBA
Comedy
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view our feature pages for this movie, including story details, cast &
crew listings, and images from the movie. |
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Snow Dogs
A tale about a father and son's reunion amid
the drama of Alaska's Iditarod dog-sled race. |
NZ rating TBA
Action
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to view our feature pages for this movie, including story details, cast
& crew listings, and images from the movie. |
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Out Cold
Snowboarding buddies Rick (Jason London),
Luke (Zach Galifianakis), Anthony (Flex Alexander) and Pig
Pen (Derek Hamilton) are living large on Alaska's Bull Mountain,
where partying hard, looking for girls, and having a good time is what
life is all about... until town founder Papa Muntz dies, and his son decides
to sell the mountain. |
NZ rating TBA
Comedy
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view our feature pages for this movie, including story details, cast &
crew listings, and images from the movie. |
| JULY 2002 |
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Frank McKlusky CI
An insurance investigator, Frank McKlusky (Dave
Sheridan), who takes his job a little too seriously, dresses up in
disguises in an effort to uncover a conspiracy. But limiting his ability
to solve cases is the fact that he is a saftey freak, a trait linked to
his daredevil father (Randy Quaid) being seriously injured while
attempting a stunt. And that's not to mention his mother, played by Dolly
Parton in her first movie role in a decade. |
NZ rating TBA
Comedy
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to view our feature pages for this movie, including story details, cast
& crew listings, and images from the movie. |
| 
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Abandon
A college freshman vanishes inexplicably, and
his ex-girlfriend (Katie Holmes), haunted by visions of him, may
become the prime suspect. Detective Alvin Handler (Benjamin Bratt)
investigates. |
NZ rating TBA
Drama
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view our feature pages for this movie, including story details, cast &
crew listings, and images from the movie. |
| SEPTEMBER 2002 |
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Lilo and Stitch
Lilo (voice of Tia Carrere) is a young
Hawaiian girl who adopts a dog named Stitch (Jason Scott Lee) who
is actually an alien criminal. While he was being transported to an intergalactic
prison, Stitch's ship crashed into Earth and he is now trying to escape
detection from the alien police hot on his tail.
|
NZ rating TBA
Animated Adventure
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our feature pages for this movie, including story details, cast & crew
listings, and images from the movie. |
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Spy Kids 2
The further adventures of Carmen and Juni Cortez,
the children of super-spies Gregorio and Ingrid Cortez, this movie sees
them challenged by another pair of spy siblings, Gary (Matt O'Leary)
and Gerti Giggles (Emily Osment). When the adult spies are taken
out of commission (again), the two teams are all that's left to save the
world... |
NZ rating TBA
Thriller
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to view our feature pages for this movie, including story details, cast
& crew listings, and images from the movie. |
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Shanghai Knight
This sequel to Shanghai Noon is set several
years after the original and Chon Wang (Jackie Chan) is still in
the old west. Roy (Owen Wilson) has moved back to New York. Chon
Wang's father is attacked in China and his sister (Lucy Liu) chases
the attacker to England. Chon Wang and Roy join her there, and encounter
many of the fine attractions of olde England, including the wax museum
and the Tower of London. |
NZ rating TBA
Action Comedy
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here to view our feature pages for this movie, including story details,
cast & crew listings, and images from the movie. |
| DECEMBER 2002 |
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Treasure Planet
Set in outer space, this is the tale of a young
boy, Jim Hawkins, who is caught up in the search for the buried treasure
of Captain Flint. He and some adults chart a ship to search for the treasure,
but on the ship of Long John Silver, one of Flint's pirates... and he wants
the treasure too. |
NZ rating TBA
Animated Adventure
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here to view our feature pages for this movie, including story details,
cast & crew listings, and images from the movie. |
| 
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Santa Clause 2
This sequel to The Santa Clause picks up five
years after the first movie, when the North Pole is operating steadily
and efficiently — just as it should — until Santa faces the same
challenge many adults face: the balance between work and personal life. |
NZ rating TBA
Comedy
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to view our feature pages for this movie, including story details, cast
& crew listings, and images from the movie. |
E.T. the Extraterrestrial: 20th Anniversary
Edition
James Bond #20
Lord of the Rings II: The Two Towers
The Matrix 2
The Matrix 3
Star Trek X
Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
The Bellboy
The Court Jester
Tom Slick: Monster Hunter
The Trail
2003
Sweatin' Bullets
Lord of The Rings III: Return of the King
2004
Don Quixote
The Frog Prince
2005
Indiana Jones 4
Star Wars Episode III
| RELEASE DATES TBA |
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Bubble Boy
A coming-of-age comedy following the life of
a young man born without immunities and raised in a manufactured world
provided by his well-intentioned but misguided mother. Jimmy is happy enough,
and has all the same experiences of other boys and girls growing up …
except he lives in a bubble. |
NZ rating TBA
Drama
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to view our feature pages for this movie, including story details, cast
& crew listings and images from the movie. |
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Monkeybone
Stu Miley is a mild-mannered cartoonist
who has created a hit comic strip and animated TV show called 'Monkeybone'.
Now that he's a success and about to marry the girl of his dreams, you'd
think his life is perfect. That's when Monkeybone takes over. Much more
than just a mischievous cartoon character, Monkeybone is actually Stu's
alter ego.
A mix of animation and live action, featuring Brendan Fraser, Bridget
Fonda, Whoopi Goldberg. |
NZ rating TBA |
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