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Now Showing at Dendy Newtown
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Reel Anime Film Festival!
Directed by Hideaki Anno (chief), Masayuki Kazuya, Tsurumaki
Starring Megumi Hayashibara, Maaya Sakamoto, Kôichi Yamadera
The epic rebuild of the NEON GENESIS EVANGELION saga continues in this second feature film, taking us in a frightening, thrilling and cinematically stunning new direction and featuring all-new characters, including Maki, an Eva pilot, plus new Evangelion units. The story of Shinji, Asuka and Rei - the three chosen children who fight to save Tokyo-3 from monstrous creatures known as Angels - is given startling new dimensions that are both light, and dramatically dark. Piloting the mighty Eva will demand more of Shinji and those around him than any of them are prepared for.
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Now Showing at Dendy Newtown, Dendy Opera Quays
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OPENING WEEK!
Directed by Lisa Cholodenko
Starring Julianne Moore, Annette Bening, Mark Ruffalo
It's all about family. The most talked-about movie at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, The Kids Are All Right combines wonderful comedy with warm-hearted emotion in a vibrant and richly drawn portrait of a modern family. The Allgoods share a cozy Southern Californian home, experiencing life's typical ups and down. 18-year old daughter Joni (Australia's Mia Wasikowska) is heading off to Stanford University and starting to distance herself from her parents; 14-year-old Laser is hanging out with a deadbeat friend who constantly leads him into trouble. The only difference is, this family has two... (more)
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Now Showing at Dendy Newtown
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Reel Anime Film Festival!
Directed by Mamoru Hosoda
Starring Sumiko Fuji, Ryûnosuke Kamiki, Patrick Mölleken
By the creators of festival darling and Reel Anime 2008's breakaway hit, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, this is a lively action-comedy with amazingly creative visuals from studio Madhouse. Timid math genius Kenji has been asked away for a summer job with Natsuki, but his crush gets complicated when he finds out he's to pretend to be her boyfriend! Meanwhile, what can Kenji and his new family do about the bizarre hacks in the online world of 'OZ', which are bringing real life to a halt?! (more)
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Now Showing at Dendy Newtown
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Reel Anime Film Festival!
Directed by Kazuyoshi Katayama
Starring Kana Hanazawa, Toshiyuki Morikawa
'Medusa', a deadly virus, becomes a worldwide epidemic. In order to escape from this deadly virus, a handful of people are chosen to be put into a cold sleep, laying in a capsule housed in an ancient castle, hoping for the future cure.
Among them is teenager Kasumi who eventually awakens along with a few others to be attacked by horrifying creatures and like Sleeping Beauty, the castle is covered with thorns!
An action horror-thriller that true to form, will keep you gripped and guessing who will actually make it out alive! (more)
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Now Showing at Dendy Newtown
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Reel Anime Film Festival!
Directed by Takeshi Koike
Starring Various
'This is the most insanely exciting, visually exhilarating anime film you've seen in decades. Incredible fun.' - Anime News Network
A white knuckle ride to smash the senses! REDLINE is the biggest racing tournament with the most deadly racers in the universe. Only held once every five years, everyone wants to stake their claim to fame, while organised crime and militaristic governments want to leverage the race to their own ends.
JP is a dare-devil reckless driver oblivious to speed limits with his ultra-customized wheels named 'TRANSAM 20000.' Among the elite... (more)
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Now Showing at Dendy Newtown
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Reel Anime Film Festival!
Directed by Hideaki Anno
Starring Allison Keith-Shipp, Spike Spencer, Colleen Clinkenbeard, Caitlin Glass, John Swasey, Brina Palencia
Rebuilt from the ground up by creator Hideaki Anno, this is the definitive Evangelion for a new generation! The most important anime returns in this, the first feature film in a series of four.
The year is 2015, and half of the Earth's population is dead, victims of the disaster called Second Impact! Answering a summons from his enigmatic father, 14-year-old Shinji Ikari arrives in the rebuilt city of New Tokyo-3 just as a gigantic creature identified as an 'Angel' attacks! Forced into the cockpit of a giant bio-mechanical construct known as an Evangelion, Shinji must face his... (more)
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Opens 9 September 2010 at Dendy Newtown, Dendy Opera Quays
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Directed by J Blakeson
Starring Gemma Arterton, Martin Compston, Eddie Marsan
The suspense-filled thriller from up-and-coming director J Blakeson.
Two men (Martin Compston and Eddie Marsan- Me and Orson Welles) fortify a nondescript British apartment so it can serve as a prison, with the intention of kidnapping a young woman (Gemma Arterton) and holding her for ransom.
What first appears to be a foolproof plan, turns into a web of complex lies and underlying motive packed with edge-of-your-seat moments from beginning to end.
Character-centric and chilling, the film succeeds in delivering an engrossing kidnap thriller with oomph... (more)
'Crisp handling, some clever twists and a welcome streak of dry humor hold attention throughout.' – VARIETY
'Taut, superbly executed and consistently engrossing, The Disappearance of Alice Creed marks an auspicious feature debut for writer-director J Blakeson.' –THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
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Opens 9 September 2010 at Dendy Opera Quays
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Directed by Nicole Holofcener
Starring Rebecca Hall, Catherine Keener, Amanda Peet, Oliver Platt
Kate (Catherine Keener) has a lot on her mind. There's the ethics problem of buying furniture on the cheap at estate sales and marking it up at her trendy Manhattan store (and how much markup can she get away with?). There's the materialism problem of not wanting her teenage daughter (Sarah Steele) to want the expensive things that Kate wants. There's the marriage problem of sharing a partnership in parenting, business, and life with her husband Alex (Oliver Platt) but sensing doubt nibbling at the foundations. And there's Kate's free-floating 21st century malaise—the problem of how to live... (more)
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Opens 9 September 2010 at Dendy Opera Quays
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WINTER HIGHLIGHTS
Directed by Richard Eyre
Starring Angela Gheorghiu, Roberto Alagna
Part of Dendy's Winter Highlights Season
One of the most popular operas of all time, Carmen 'is about sex, violence, and racism - and its corollary: freedom,' says Olivier Award-winning director Richard Eyre about his new production of Bizet's drama. 'It is one of the inalienably great works of art. It's sexy, in every sense. And I think it should be shocking.' Angela Gheorghiu plays the seductive gypsy of the title in her role debut, opposite Roberto Alagna as the obsessed Don José.
Approximate running time 4 hours / 2 intermissions. (more)
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Opens 16 September 2010 at Dendy Newtown
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Directed by M. Night Shyamalan
Starring Dev Patel, Jackson Rathbone, Nicola Peltz, Cliff Curtis
Air, Water, Earth, Fire. Four nations tied by destiny when the Fire Nation launches a brutal war against the others. A century has passed with no hope in sight to change the path of this destruction. Caught between combat and courage, Aang (Noah Ringer) discovers he is the lone Avatar with the power to manipulate all four elements. Aang teams with Katara (Nicola Peltz), a Waterbender, and her brother, Sokka (Jackson Rathbone), to restore balance to their war-torn world.
Based on the hugely successful Nickelodeon animated TV series, 'Avatar: The Last Airbender,' the live-action... (more)
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Opens 16 September 2010 at Dendy Newtown
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Directed by Casey Affleck
Starring Joaquin Phoenix
The directorial debut of Oscar-nominated actor Casey Affleck, I'M STILL HERE is a striking portrayal of a tumultuous year in the life of internationally acclaimed actor Joaquin Phoenix. With remarkable access, I'M STILL HERE follows the Oscar-nominee as he announces his retirement from a successful film career in the fall of 2008 and sets off to reinvent himself as a hip hop musician. Sometimes funny, sometimes shocking, and always riveting, the film is a portrait of an artist at a crossroads. Defying expectations, it deftly explores notions of courage and creative reinvention, as well as the... (more)
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Opens 16 September 2010 at Dendy Newtown, Dendy Opera Quays
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Directed by Josh Appignanesi
Starring Omid Djalili, Archie Panjabi, Richard Schiff
An identity crisis comedy centred on Mahmud Nasir, successful business owner, and salt of the earth East End Muslim who discovers that he's adopted - and Jewish. Meet MAHMUD NASIR (Omid Djalili), loving husband, doting father and something of a relaxed Muslim. Does the F word occasionally pass his lips? Its hardly worth mentioning. Does he say his prayers five times a day? Of course! Well, usually Does he fast every day of Ramadan? Whos counting anyway? He may not be the most observant, but in his heart he is as Muslim as it gets. But after his mothers death a discovery turns Mahmuds world... (more)
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