2019-05-01 Foxtel Magazine

(Chris Devlin) #1

40 Foxtel MAY


MOVIES


ACTION/ADVENTURE


FAMILY FUN


THE CON IS ON


Harriet ‘Harry’ (Uma Thurman) and


Peter Fox (Tim Roth, both pictured


centre) aren’t your average couple;


they’re con artists. After getting


into debt in England, they flee to


LA where they plan a jewel heist


involving Peter’s actress ex-wife


Jackie (Alice Eve, pictured right).


This star-studded caper flick also


includes Sofía Vergara (pictured


left) as sexy screen siren Vivien.


THE LEISURE


SEEKER


Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland


(both pictured) are elderly couple Ella


and John Spencer in this delightfully


funny family flick. Eager to inject


a little adventure into their lives,


they do a runner, hitting the road in


their trusty RV ‘The Leisure Seeker’


as they drive from Boston to Key


West, Florida in order to visit the


former home of Ernest Hemingway.


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MOVIE DIARY


ESCAPE PLAN 2: HADES
PREMIERE MOVIES
2018, Action/Adventure
(MA 15+ v)
May 1, 2, 10, 19
Sylvester Stallone,
Dave Bautista, Jesse Metcalfe.
With the help of his elite
team, a security expert
must track down a trusted
operative who has been
kidnapped and thrown
into the most elaborate
prison ever built.

KIN
PREMIERE MOVIES
2018, Action/Adventure
(M lv)
May 28, 29
Myles Truitt, Jack Reynor,
Dennis Quaid.
Chased by a vengeful
criminal and a gang of
other-worldly soldiers,
a recently released ex-con
and his brother are forced
to go on the run.

THE KINGDOM
THRILLER MOVIES
2007, Action/Adventure
(MA 15+ av)
May 4, 12, 23, 29
Jamie Foxx, Chris Cooper,
Jennifer Garner.
Following a deadly
attack, a team of FBI
counterterrorism agents
must work with Saudi
Arabian authorities to find
the criminals responsible.

MAD MAX 2
MOVIE GREATS
1981, Action/Adventure
(MA 15+ v)
May 4, 11, 16, 19
Mel Gibson, Bruce Spence,
Vernon Wells.
In post-apocalyptic Australia,
a lone, dispirited warrior
becomes a reluctant hero
to a group of bewildered
survivors whose isolated,
petrol-rich community is
besieged by bandits.

MAN ON FIRE
ACTION MOVIES
2004, Action/Adventure
(MA 15+ v)
May 1, 5, 10, 21
Denzel Washington,
Dakota Fanning,
Radha Mitchell.
Washed-up CIA agent John
Creasy goes on a killing spree
to punish those responsible
for abducting a wealthy
businessman’s daughter
who was under his care.

THE MEG
PREMIERE MOVIES
2018, Action/Adventure (M)
May 28
Jason Statham, Li Bingbing,
Rainn Wilson.
A disgraced navy captain
and dive-rescue expert is
recruited to help retrieve
a submarine stranded
in a deep ocean trench
and save it from a giant
prehistoric beast.

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE


  • FALLOUT
    PREMIERE MOVIES
    2018, Action/Adventure
    (M lv)
    May 7, 12, 18, 24, 30
    Tom Cruise, Henry Cavill,
    Rebecca Ferguson.
    During a dangerous
    assignment, Ethan Hunt
    chooses to save his team
    over completing the mission,
    allowing nuclear weapons
    to fall into the wrong hands.


MR & MRS SMITH
ACTION MOVIES
2005, Action/Adventure
(M sv)
May 3, 11, 24
Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie,
Vince Vaughn.
The illusion of a quiet
suburban life implodes when
a married couple who are
secret assassins for rival
outfits discover they are
each other’s next target.

ROBIN HOOD
ACTION MOVIES
2010, Action/Adventure
(M lsv)
May 9, 13, 17, 22, 26, 30
Russell Crowe, Cate Blanchett,
Matthew Macfadyen.
In an age of oppression
and shameless tyranny, an
outlaw becomes an unlikely
hero, saving a country and
inspiring generations to
fight for freedom.
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