Movies At The Cinema
Watching movies at the cinema continues to be a favourite pastime for Australians who can enjoy a night out with their family or partner watching the latest Hollywood blockbuster movies.
Obviously with the advancement in technology in recent years the number of people who frequent cinemas and drive in theatres has dwindled. However, cinemas today are enjoying a resurgence in numbers as patrons flock back to the cinema for a night out at the movies.
The movie theatre companies had to do something to entice patrons back to the theatre and the introduction of discounted tickets wasn't enough. Today, you can enjoy Gold Class service that allows you some intimacy with a seating area for no more than 30 people while you get to enjoy a smorgasboard of food while a bar menu is also available, as is a waiter.
It's more like an airport lounge now when you arrive at a cinema theatre and wait for your movie to start.
While the silver service is a great initiative to get people back in the door the quality of cinema viewing has also improved in recent years. The size and quality of the cinema screens has improved greatly with the Hoyts cinema 5 in the Sydney suburb of Blacktown boasting the largest multiplex cinema screen in Australia measuring 28 metres in width.
The IMAX theatre in Sydney boasts the world's largest cinema screen and gives you the opportunity to watch films in 2D and 3D. Nothing compares to the quality of an IMAX theatre with this state-of-the-art technology giving you the ultimate viewing experience. You can find the IMAX theatre on the waterfront at Sydney's Darling Harbour.
Now we don't all live in Sydney so the cinema theatres have to provide something for the rest of us to get us in the door. Fortunately, Gold Class service is available Australia wide through Greater Union and Village Cinemas.
Movie theatres have also introduced cinema clubs, movie clubs, and a variety of different corporate products to allow people to buy cheap cinema tickets. Discounted movie tickets are available for bulk purchases made by companies who wish to have a night at the movies for their social club event or even to entertain their clients with a night at the movies.
Movie theatres also cater for birthday parties with special tours for your child's birthday party at the movies a surefire way to keep your house clean on the weekend. Discounted tickets are again available for the adults who accompany the children.
The cinema theatre has a great deal of competition to get you to the movies and all cinemas now provide something for everyone. Special discount nights are usually held on Tuesday's. Be sure to make use of our online web directory to find discount movie tickets for your next night out at the cinema.
Movies Currently Playing at the Cinema
Unemployed and newly-divorced Stephanie Plum lands a job at her cousin's bail-bond business, where her first assignment puts her on the trail of a wanted local cop from her romantic past.
Consumer advice: TBC
Runtime: 106
From the powerhouse producing team of Ridley and Tony Scott, the film tells of a group of oil-rig workers who find themselves stranded on the freezing Alaskan tundra after their plane home crashes. Their efforts to survive and find a way home to their loved ones are threatened when the men come under attack by a pack of vicious, aggressive wolves, who see the humans as intruders in their territory who must be killed. Sighting films like DELIVERANCE and TOUCHING THE VOID as inspiration, Carnahan returns to the gritty realism of his breakout hit NARC.
Consumer advice: TBC
Runtime: 117
Two of the world�s top secret agents are best friends who never let anything come between them -- until they inadvertently fall for the same woman. It�s all-out war between them, as the two spies battle each other with high-tech surveillance, advanced tactics, and an arsenal capable of bringing down a small country. At the same time, she struggles with the difficult task of choosing between two very different, but equally attractive romantic propositions.
Consumer advice: TBC
Runtime: 100
A newlywed couple recovers from a car accident that puts the wife in a coma. Waking up with severe memory loss, her husband endeavours to win her heart again
Consumer advice: PG
Runtime: 104
Oscar� winner Denzel Washington and Ryan Reynolds star in the action-thriller Safe House. Washington plays the most dangerous renegade from the CIA, who comes back onto the grid after a decade on the run. When the South African safe house he�s remanded to is attacked by mercenaries, a rookie operative (Reynolds) escapes with him. Now, the unlikely allies must stay alive long enough to uncover who wants them dead. For the past year, Matt Weston has been frustrated by his inactive, backwater post in Cape Town. A �housekeeper� who aspires to be a full-fledged agent, the loyal company man has be...
Consumer advice: M
Runtime: 115
Former Cannes award winners Jean-Pierre Am�ris and Beno�t Poelvoorde team up with seven-time C�sar nominee Isabelle Carr� (The Refuge) in a bittersweet comedy for the romantically challenged. Reclusive chocolate factory owner Jean-Ren� needs a miracle to save his failing business. Luckily, chocolatier Ang�lique has finally plucked up the courage to ask for a job. Though clearly perfect for one another, making their feelings known is an often hysterical challenge for these two painfully shy romantics.
Consumer advice: TBC
Runtime: 80
Two sisters find their relationship challenged as a nearby planet threatens to collide into the Earth.
Consumer advice: M
Runtime: 90
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
A nine-year-old amateur inventor, Francophile, and pacifist searches New York City for the lock that matches a mysterious key left behind by his father, who died in the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.
Consumer advice: M
Runtime: 129
Colin Clark, an employee of Sir Laurence Olivier's, documents the tense interaction between Olivier and Marilyn Monroe during production of The Prince and the Showgirl.
Consumer advice: M
Runtime: 99
Mark Wahlberg leads the cast of Contraband, a fast-paced thriller about a man trying to stay out of a world he worked so hard to leave behind and the family he�ll do anything to protect. Set in New Orleans, the film explores the cutthroat underground world of international smuggling�full of desperate criminals and corrupt officials, high-stakes and big payoffs�where loyalty rarely exists and death is one wrong turn away. Chris Farraday (Wahlberg) long ago abandoned his life of crime, but after his brother-in-law, Andy (Caleb Landry Jones), botches a drug deal for his ruthless boss, Tim Briggs...
Consumer advice: MA15
Runtime: 109
An erotic drama centered on 30-something Brandon, his myriad sexual escapades, and what happens when his wayward sister younger sister moves in with him.
Consumer advice: R18
Runtime: 101
In Italy, a woman becomes involved in a series of unauthorized exorcisms during her mission to discover what happened to her mother, who allegedly murdered three people during her own exorcism.
Consumer advice: TBC
Runtime: 83
For 27-year-old Ben (Josh Lawson), life couldn�t be better. A well paid job, friends, parties, girls and nothing to tie him down. But when he is invited back to his old school to join several other ex-students including Alex (Rachael Taylor) and Jim (Ed Kavalee) in talking about their personal achievements, something goes wrong. Ben is the only speaker not to be asked a question by the school kids. This triggers a year of soulsearching and looking for answers in all the wrong places.
Consumer advice: M
Runtime: 114
After a drunken house party with his straight mates, Russell heads out to a gay club. Just before closing time he picks up Glen but what's expected to be just a one-night stand becomes something else, something special.
Consumer advice: TBC
Runtime: 97
New technologies and social communities allow us to record, post and comment on every second of our lives, sharing our every emotion and opinion with the world, no matter how mundane. For three high school classmates who suddenly gain superpowers from a mysterious substance, the chronicle of their ordinary lives is about to take on extraordinary turn. Initially they use their powers to play innocent pranks on each other and people around them, but soon they gain confidence and learn to control their powers better to take on more difficult tasks. Their newfound sense of immortality and impunity...
Consumer advice: M
Runtime: 90
When English lad David announces he is getting married to an
Australian, his hapless mates give a whole new meaning to the phrase
'for better or worse'! The chaos-filled wedding day tests their new
marriage, challenges David�s relationships with his three best men, and
risks turning what should be the best day of their lives into the worst. A
FEW BEST MEN is a hilarious culture clash between his friends and her
family - because blood is thicker than water, and so are David's mates!
Consumer advice: MA15
Runtime: 97
Hollywood, 1927: As silent movie star George Valentin wonders if the arrival of talking pictures will cause him to fade into oblivion, he sparks with Peppy Miller, a young dancer set for a big break.
Consumer advice: PG
Runtime: 100
An ex-cop and now wanted fugitive (Sam Worthington) stands on the ledge of a high-rise building while a hard-living New York Police Department negotiator (Elizabeth Banks) tries to talk him down. The longer they are on the ledge, the more she realises that he might have an ulterior objective.
Consumer advice: M
Runtime: 102
Underworld Awakening (3D) brings a stunning new dimension to the epic battle between Vampires and Lycans, as the first film in the franchise to shoot in 3D. Kate Beckinsale, star of the first two films, returns in her lead role as the vampire warrioress Selene, who escapes imprisonment to find herself in a world where humans have discovered the existence of both Vampire and Lycan clans, and are conducting an all-out war to eradicate both immortal species.
Consumer advice: MA15
Runtime: 92
When a group of hard working guys find out they've fallen victim to a wealthy business man's Ponzi scheme, they conspire to rob his high-rise residence.
Consumer advice: M
Runtime: 104