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BILLIE EILISH: HIT ME HARD AND SOFT: THE TOUR

Rating: PG13 for strong language, and suggestive references. (IMDB.com)

Running time: 120 minutes

Directed by Academy Award® winners James Cameron (Avatar: Fire and Ash) and Billie Eilish, the concert film was captured during Eilish’s sold-out world tour. A two-time Oscar and nine-time Grammy Award winner, Eilish is among the most celebrated and successful artists of her generation and consistently ranks among the most-streamed performers in the world.

Book here: https://www.montereyupperhutt.co.nz/movie/billie-eilish-hit-me-hard-and-soft-the-tour

Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition

Running time: 106 minutes

Rated: M (Offensive language)

With unprecedented access to the official archives and intimate recollections from the band, both current and past, Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition invites fans to experience one of the most iconic journeys in music history.

Spanning five decades, this electrifying documentary charts the band’s rise from the pubs of East London to the world’s biggest stadiums. Featuring exclusive interviews with band members and contributors such as Javier Bardem, Lars Ulrich and Chuck D, as well as all- new animated sequences of the band’s legendary mascot, Eddie, the film offers a rare and intimate look at Iron Maiden’s uncompromising vision and unwavering connection with their truly global army of fans.

Book here: https://www.montereyupperhutt.co.nz/movie/iron-maiden-burning-ambition

Mortal Kombat II

Running time: 116 minutes

Rated: R16 (Graphic violence & offensive language)

From New Line Cinema comes the latest high-stakes installment in the blockbuster video game franchise in all its brutal glory, Mortal Kombat II. This time, the fan favorite champions—now joined by Johnny Cage himself—are pitted against one another in the ultimate, no-holds barred, gory battle to defeat the dark rule of Shao Kahn that threatens the very existence of the Earthrealm and its defenders.

Karl Urban stars as Johnny Cage, alongside Adeline Rudolph, Jessica McNamee, Josh Lawson, Ludi Lin, Mehcad Brooks, Tati Gabrielle, Lewis Tan, Damon Herriman, with Chin Han, Tadanobu Asano as Lord Raiden, Joe Taslim as Bi-Han, and Hiroyuki Sanada as Hanzo Hasashi and Scorpion.

Director Simon McQuoid returns to helm the follow up to his explosive 2021 cinematic adventure, from a screenplay by Jeremy Slater, based on the videogame created by Ed Boon and John Tobias. The film is produced by Todd Garner, James Wan, Toby Emmerich, E. Bennett Walsh and McQuoid, and executive produced by Michael Clear, Judson Scott, Slater and Lawrence Kasanoff.

Joining McQuoid behind the camera are director of photography Stephen F. Windon, production designer Yohei Taneda, editor Stuart Levy and costume designer Cappi Ireland, with casting by Rich Delia and music by Benjamin Wallfisch.

New Line Cinema Presents an Atomic Monster/Broken Road Production, a Fireside Films Production, Mortal Kombat II. The film will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures, only in Australian cinemas 23 October 2025.

Book here: https://www.montereyupperhutt.co.nz/movie/mortal-kombat-ii

The Sheep Detectives

Running time: 109 minutes

Rated: PG (Violence & coarse language)

The film follows George Hardy (Jackman), a shepherd who loves his sheep and raises them only for their wool. Every night he reads aloud a murder mystery, pretending his sheep can understand, never suspecting that not only can they understand but they argue for hours afterwards about whodunnit. When George is found dead under mysterious circumstances, the sheep realize at once that it was a murder and think they know everything about how to go about solving it. The local cop Tim Derry (Braun), on the other hand, has never solved a serious crime in his life, so the sheep conclude they will have to solve it themselves, even if it means leaving their meadow for the first time and facing the fact that the human world isn’t as simple as it appears in books.

Book here: https://www.montereyupperhutt.co.nz/movie/the-sheep-detectives

The Sheep Detectives CRAFTERS SCREENING – Friday 8th of May

CELEBRATE FIBRE FEST WITH A LIGHTS UP SCREENING OF THE SHEEP DETECTIVES. KNIT, STITCH OR CRAFT ALONG TO THE MOVIE.

MEET AT 5.30 FOR A 6.30 SCREENING

Book here: https://www.montereyupperhutt.co.nz/movie/the-sheep-detectives-crafters-screening

Source: Monterey Cinemas Upper Hutt

05/05/26