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PAW PATROL: THE MOVIE The Nickelodeon series turned kiddie phenomenon bounded onto the big screen this year in its first feature-length adventure. The

STAR TREK: DISCOVERY – SEASON 3 The Trek spin-off embarks on another bold new direction this season. Stranded in the far future, Michael Burnham attempts to contact what remains of

heroic pups of the title are always ready to race to the rescue when needed, and this time they're needed in Adventure City, which is under threat from their nemesis, Mayor Humdinger. Parents of pre-

the Federation and learns of a devastating event known as 'The Burn', which has compromised faster than light travel and led to the rise of a powerful capitalist syndicate, the Emerald Chain. And that means trouble!

schoolers will want to get their paws on this.

ANIMATED

TV SCI-FI

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STILLWATER Matt Damon gets intense in this slow burn thriller from director Tom McCarthy ( Spotlight ). With his daughter (Abigail Breslin) serving a nine-year prison

THE LAST DUEL Director Ridley Scott's new film is a historical tale of betrayal and vengeance, based on Eric Jager’s non-fiction book The Last Duel: A

True Story of Crime, Scandal, and Trial by Combat in Medieval France . The story unfolds in three chapters, told from the differing perspectives of Jean de Carrouges (Matt Damon), Jacques Le Gris (Adam Driver) and Carrouges’ wife, Marguerite (Jodie Comer).

sentence in Marseille, daddy Damon sets out on a mission to prove her innocence after new evidence surfaces, befriending a single mother (Camille Cottin) to

help him navigate the French legal system.

THRILLER

ACTION

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INFINITE Based on the book The Reincarnationist Papers , this sci-fi action spectacular from director Antoine Fuqua ( The Equalizer ) sees hero Mark Wahlberg discovering he's lived past lives and is a

YOUNG ROCK: SEASON 1 Dwayne Johnson for president? Hey, it could happen in 2032. That's the fictional framing device that links this sitcom-styled look at the youthful years of the wrestler/actor/

superstar formerly known as The Rock. From life in Hawaii with his wrestler dad to high school teenager and the college football team, this trip through Johnson's life makes for a fun and breezy show that the whole family can enjoy.

Believer – one of a race of good guys who must prevent humanity from being destroyed by the evil Nihilists. Cue a desperate race to find a hidden doomsday weapon before it's too late...

SCI-FI

TV COMEDY

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APACHE JUNCTION In a lawless outpost, a big city reporter (Scout Taylor-Compton) arrives to write about the town and quickly runs into trouble

MY NAME IS GULPILIL Nominated for Best Documentary at the 2021 ACCTAs, director Molly Reynolds' moving feature celebrates the life of Australian cinema icon and national treasure, David Gulpilil.

with the local outlaws. Saved by notorious gunslinger Jericho Ford (Stuart Townsend), the pair find themselves propelled towards a tense showdown, Old West style. A traditional western shot in the actual Arizona town of the title, for added authenticity.

With a career spanning 50 years and classic films like Walkabout , Storm Boy , Crocodile Dundee and The Tracker , this outstanding documentary is, in Gulpilil's own words, “ my story of my story.“

WESTERN

DOCUMENTARY

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THE CAVE The dangerous and successful rescue of 12 members of a junior football team and their assistant coach from a flooded cave

DIE IN A GUNFIGHT Diego Boneta ( Terminator: Dark Fate ) and Alexandra Daddario ( Baywatch ) play the star-crossed lovers in this fun-filled and action-packed riff on

system in Thailand captivated the entire planet in 2018. Those fraught 18 days have now been dramatised in this gripping docu- drama that includes four of the actual divers involved playing themselves in a nail-biting recreation of the rescue.

Shakespeare's classic Romeo and Juliet . Reunited after a lengthy separation, the besotted pair are soon on the run when the rivalry between their families is reignited.

But are they fated to do what it says in the title?

DRAMA

ACTION

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