Opening Friday

Dog

Getting back in the game

In this road-trip comedy, two hard-charging former army rangers paired against their will – Briggs (Channing Tatum) and a Belgian Malinois named Lulu – race down the Pacific Coast in hopes of making it to a fellow soldier’s funeral on time. Along the way, man and dog will drive each other completely crazy, confront the possibility that pet psychics are real, and begin to reckon with the one thing they were trained never to do: surrender.

Cast: Channing Tatum, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Ethan Suplee, Jane Adams, Kevin Nash, Luke Forbes, Nicole LaLiberté, Q’orianka Kilcher and Ronnie Gene Blevins.

Directors: Channing Tatum and Reid Carolin

Distributed by: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, FilmNation Entertainment.

Continuing

Spider-Man: No Way Home

Situation spiralling out of control

For the first time in the cinematic history of Spider-Man, our friendly neighbourhood hero’s identity is revealed, bringing his superhero responsibilities into conflict with his normal life and putting those he cares about most at risk.

Directed by: Jon Watts

Written by: Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers

Based on the Marvel Comic Book by: Stan Lee and Steve Ditko

Produced by: Kevin Feige and Amy Pascal

Executive producers: Louis D’Esposito, Victoria Alonso, JoAnn Perritano, Rachel O’Connor, Avi Arad ad Matt Tolmach

Cast: Tom Holland, Zendaya, Oscar nominee Benedict Cumberbatch, Jacob Batalon, Jon Favreau and Marisa Tomei.

Blacklight

Choosing the best options for a normal life

In this action thriller, Liam Neeson (Travis Block) is a government operative taking stock of his dangerous past while trying to build a relationship with his granddaughter and start fresh with his daughter.

Also starring are Aidan Quinn as FBI director Gabriel Robinson; Emmy Raver-Lampman as Mira Jones; Claire van der Boom as Amanda Block, and Gabriella Sengos, in her big screen debut as Natalie Block.

Blacklight is directed by Mark Williams and written by Nick May.

Uncharted

In search of the world’s biggest fortune

Street-smart Nathan Drake (Tom Holland) is recruited by seasoned treasure hunter Victor ‘Sully’ Sullivan (Mark Wahlberg) to recover a fortune amassed by Ferdinand Magellan and lost 500 years ago by the House of Moncada. What starts as a heist for the duo becomes a globe-trotting, white-knuckle race to reach the prize before the ruthless Santiago Moncada (Antonio Banderas), who believes he and his family are the rightful heirs. If Nate and Sully can decipher the clues and solve one of the world’s oldest mysteries, they stand to find $5 billion in treasure and perhaps even Nate’s long-lost brother ... but only if they can learn to work together.

Directed by: Ruben Fleischer

Screenplay by: Rafe Lee Judkins, Art Marcum and Matt Holloway

Screen story by: Rafe Lee Judkins, Jon Hanley Rosenberg and Mark D. Walker

Based on the PlayStation video game by: Naughty Dog

Produced by: Charles Roven, Avi Arad, Alex Gartner and Ari Arad

Executive producers: Ruben Fleischer, Robert J. Dohrmann, David Bernad, Tom Holland, Asad Qizilbash, Carter Swan, Neil Druckmann, Evan Wells, Art Marcum and Matt Holloway

Cast: Tom Holland, Academy Award nominee, Mark Wahlberg, Sophia Ali, Tati Gabrielle and Academy Award nominee, Antonio Banderas.

Marry Me

Total strangers agree to marry

Packed with original songs by Jennifer Lopez and global Latin music star Maluma, Marry Me stars Lopez as musical superstar Kat Valdez and Owen Wilson as Charlie Gilbert, a math teacher – total strangers who agree to marry and then get to know each other.

Marry Me is directed by Kat Coiro, and also stars John Bradley and Utkarsh Ambudkar.

Scream

It’s always someone you know

Twenty-five years after a streak of brutal murders shocked the quiet town of Woodsboro, a new killer has donned the Ghostface mask and begins targeting a group of teenagers to resurrect secrets from the town’s deadly past.

Neve Campbell (Sidney Prescott), Courteney Cox (Gale Weathers) and David Arquette (Dewey Riley) return to their iconic roles in Scream.

Directed by: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett

Written by: James Vanderbilt and Guy Busick

Based on characters created by: Kevin Williamson.

Death on the Nile

Something to hide

Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot’s Egyptian vacation aboard a glamorous river steamer turns into a terrifying search for a murderer when a picture-perfect couple’s idyllic honeymoon is tragically cut short.

Death on the Nile reunites the film-making team behind 2017’s global hit Murder on the Orient Express, and stars five-time Academy Award nominee Kenneth Branagh as the iconic detective Hercule Poirot. He is joined by an all-star cast of suspects, including: Tom Bateman, four-time Oscar nominee Annette Bening, Russell Brand, Ali Fazal, Dawn French, Gal Gadot, Armie Hammer, Rose Leslie, Emma Mackey, Sophie Okonedo, Jennifer Saunders and Letitia Wright.

Death on the Nile is written by Michael Green, adapted from Agatha Christie’s novel, and is produced by Kenneth Branagh, Judy Hofflund, Ridley Scott, Mark Gordon, Simon Kinberg and Kevin J. Walsh, with Matthew Jenkins, James Prichard and Matthew Prichard serving as executive producers.

Safety is a responsibility we all share – see you at the movies!

Our cinemas are open for your entertainment – Carib 5 in Cross Roads, Sunshine Palace, Portmore, Palace Multiplex in Montego Bay and the New Kingston Drive-In.

As restrictions change, we adjust our showtimes so as to be able to remain open while adhering to the current curfews.

Our staff is trained to do temperature checks and assist patrons with sanitising as they enter the cinemas.

Once inside our cinemas, masks are mandatory.

Patrons are required to wear masks properly fitted over the nose and mouth and observe social distancing in queues at the box office and concession.

Sanitisation stations are available at convenient points throughout.

All cinemas have regulated one-way entrances and exits and specified cross-aisle traffic.

Our air conditioning systems, installed with the specified MERV-13 air filters, have been regulated to bring in maximum fresh air.

Thorough cleaning and sanitisation is done to ensure a safe and relaxed atmosphere for all.

Thanks again, and PLEASE remember to observe all government protocols so that we all can survive this devastating period.

Schedules

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Please note: At all cinemas, the box office opens daily at noon.