New Film Releases: August 17-23 2018

Locally filmed comedy The Festival, kiddie flick Christopher Robin and action sequel The Equalizer 2 are this week’s big releases. Those who prefer classic movies should flock to the Watershed, where a big-value Joan Crawford double-bill of The Women and Mildred Pierce is showing all week.

On Wednesday and Thursday, the multiplexes have previews of this year’s spy comedy (there’s at least one every year – it’s the law), The Spy Who Dumped Me.

Thanks to the magic of satellite broadcast technology, Spike Lee and (possible) future James Bond Idris Elba pop up for Q&As after previews of their latest films: BlacKkKlansman and Yardie respectively.

The national Anim18 animation festival also hits town with a bunch of screenings including a rare big screen outing for all three of Nick Park’s great Wallace and Gromit shorts.

Scroll down and follow the links for full details of all of these and more. Go here for our comprehensive film listings.