Back to Cinema Day – all tickets $450

Movie fans, Saturday, September 10 is Back to Cinema Day. All seats, all tickets $450, ONE DAY ONLY at all Palace Amusement cinemas.

This is our gift to you as we continue to celebrate 100 Years of Cinema at its Best. Check showtimes in the press or at www.palaceamusement.com

OPENING WEDNESDAY

Bullet Proof

Life on the run

Vinnie Jones (Snatch) plays Temple, a sadistic mob boss, in this gritty, white knuckle action ride.

After stealing millions in cash from Temple’s drug-dealing hideout, a thief finds a stowaway in his getaway car – Temple’s pregnant wife, Mia. Desperate to reclaim his cash, and his unborn son, Temple sends out a squad of hit men and bounty hunters to bring in Mia and the thief. Speed, cleverness, and good aim give the duo a brief advantage, but how long will their luck hold out?

Director: James Clayton

Writers: Cooper Bibaud (screenplay by), Danny Mac (screenplay by), James Clayton (Story by)

Stars: Vinnie Jones, Lina Lecompte, James Clayton

OPENING THURSDAY

The Invitation

You’re cordially invited to a nightmare

After her mother’s death, a young woman meets long-lost family members for the first time. She accepts an invitation to travel to England where she is courted and swept off her feet, only to realise a Gothic conspiracy is afoot.

Inspired by Bram Stoker’s Dracula, The Invitation is a supernatural horror directed by Jessica M. Thompson, written by Blair Butler and Jessica M. Thompson and produced by Emile Gladstone. The film stars Nathalie Emmanuel and Thomas Doherty.

HELD OVER

Where the Crawdads sing

Enduring against all odds

From the best-selling novel comes a captivating mystery. Where the Crawdads Sing tells the story of Kya, an abandoned girl who raised herself to adulthood in the dangerous marshlands of North Carolina.

This drama thriller stars Daisy Edgar-Jones, Taylor John Smith and Harris Dickinson.

Olivia Newman directs the screenplay by Lucy Alibar based upon the novel by Delia Owens. The 3000 Pictures film is produced by Academy Award winner Reese Witherspoon and Lauren Neustadter.

Three Thousand Years of Longing

What is your heart’s desire?

Dr Alithea Binnie (Tilda Swinton) is an academic, content with life and a creature of reason. While in Istanbul attending a conference, she happens to encounter a Djinn (Idris Elba) who offers her three wishes in exchange for his freedom.

Directed by: George Miller

Written by: George Miller, August Gore

Based upon the short story The Djinn In The Nightingale’s Eye by A.S. Byatt

Starring: Idris Elba, Tilda Swinton

Produced by: Doug Mitchell, George Miller

Executive producers: Dean Hood, Craig McMahon, Kevin Sun

Beast

The law of the jungle rules

Idris Elba plays Dr Nate Daniels in this pulse-pounding new thriller about a father and his two teenage daughters who find themselves hunted by a massive rogue lion intent on proving that the savannah has but one apex predator.

Iyana plays Daniels’ 18-year-old daughter, Meredith, and Leah Sava Jeffries, plays his 13-year-old, Norah.

From visceral, experiential filmmaker Baltasar Kormákur, the director of Everest and Universal Pictures’ 2 Guns and Contraband, Beast is produced by Will Packer, the blockbuster producer of Girls Trip, the Ride Along franchise, and 10 movies that have opened No. 1 at the US box office, including Night School, No Good Deed and Think Like a Man, by James Lopez, president of Will Packer Productions, and by Baltasar Kormákur. The film is written by Ryan Engle ( Rampage, Non-Stop) from an original story by Jaime Primak Sullivan and is executive produced by Jaime Primak Sullivan and Bernard Bellew.

Bullet Train

Is this Bad luck or what?

In Bullet Train, Oscar winner, Brad Pitt stars as Ladybug, an unlucky assassin determined to do his job peacefully after one too many gigs gone off the rails.

Screenplay by: Zak Olkewicz

Based on the book by: Kotaro Isaka

Produced by: Kelly McCormick, David Leitch, Antoine Fuqua.

Executive producers: Brent O’Connor, Ryosuke Saegusa, Yuma Terada, Kat Samick.

Cast: Brad Pitt, Joey King, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Brian Tyree Henry, Andrew Koji, Hiroyuki Sanada, Michael Shannon, Benito A Martínez Ocasio and Oscar winner Sandra Bullock.

DC League of Super-Pets

Stronger than you think

Superman’s dog Krypto must learn to be less alien; and more ‘human’ in order to teach Batman’s dog Ace, Wonder Woman’s pig, PB, Green Lantern’s squirrel Ch’p, and The Flash’s turtle, Merton, how to harness their new powers, work together, and become the superheroes they were destined to be.

Directors: Jared Stern, Sam Levine

Writers: Jared Stern, John Whittington.

Star studded voice cast includes: Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Kate McKinnon, Olivia Wilde, John Krasinski, Vanessa Bayer, Natasha Lyonne, Diego Luna, Dascha Polanco, John Early, Ben Schwartz, Jermaine Clement and Keanu Reeves.

Thor: Love and Thunder

The stakes are worth fighting for

Marvel Studios’ Thor: Love and Thunder stars Chris Hemsworth, Tessa Thompson, Oscar winners Natalie Portman, Christian Bale and Russell Crowe. Directed by Oscar winner Taika Waititi.

Following the events of Avengers: Endgame (2019), Thor attempts to find inner peace, but must return to action and recruit Valkyrie, Korg, and Jane Foster – who has become the Mighty Thor – to stop Gorr the God Butcher from eliminating all gods.

Nope

Don’t look up

Oscar winner Jordan Peele disrupted and redefined modern horror with Get Out and then Us. Now, he reimagines the summer movie with a new pop nightmare: the expansive horror epic, Nope.

The film reunites Peele with Oscar winner Daniel Kaluuya ( Get Out, Judas and the Black Messiah), who is joined by Keke Palmer ( Hustlers, Alice) and Oscar nominee Steven Yeun ( Minari, Okja) as residents in a lonely gulch of inland California who bear witness to an uncanny and chilling discovery.

Top Gun Maverick

Feel the need ... the need for speed

After more than 30 years of service as one of the navy’s top aviators, Pete ‘Maverick’ Mitchell (Tom Cruise) is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a courageous test pilot and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him. Facing an uncertain future and confronting the ghosts of his past, Maverick is drawn into a confrontation with his own deepest fears, culminating in a mission that demands the ultimate sacrifice from those who will be chosen to fly it.

Directed by: Joseph Kosinski.

Produced by: Academy Award winner Jerry Bruckheimer, Tom Cruise, Christopher McQuarrie, David Ellison.

Based on characters created by: Jim Cash, Jack Epps, Jr.

Story by: Peter Craig and Justin Marks.

Screenplay by: Ehren Kruger, Eric Warren Singer and Christopher McQuarrie.

Starring: Tom Cruise, Miles Teller, Academy Award winner Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm, Glen Powell, Lewis Pullman, Charles Parnell, Bashir Salahuddin, Monica Barbaro, Jay Ellis, Danny Ramirez, Greg Tarzan Davis with Academy Award nominee Ed Harris and Val Kilmer

Minions: The Rise of Gru

Unstoppable from the get-go

Long before he becomes the master of evil, Gru (Oscar nominee Steve Carell) is just a 12-year-old boy in 1970s suburbia, plotting to take over the world from his basement.

Featuring more spectacular action than any film in Illumination’s history and packed with the franchise’s signature subversive humour, Minions: The Rise of Gru stars a thrilling new cast, including the Vicious 6: Taraji P. Henson as cool and confident leader Belle Bottom; Jean-Claude Van Damme as the nihilistic Jean Clawed, who’s armed (literally) with a giant robotic claw; Lucy Lawless as Nunchuck; Dolph Lundgren as Swedish roller-skate champion Svengeance; and Danny Trejo as Stronghold.

The film also stars Russell Brand as Young Dr Nefario, Michelle Yeoh as Master Chow, and Oscar winner Julie Andrews as Gru’s maddeningly self-absorbed mom.

Safety is a responsibility we all share – see you at the movies!

Our cinemas are open for your entertainment – Carib 5 in Cross Roads; Sunshine Palace, Portmore; Palace Cineplex, Sovereign Centre, Liguanea; and Palace Multiplex in Montego Bay.

As restrictions change, we adjust our showtimes so as to be able to remain open while adhering to regulations.

Our staff is trained to do temperature checks and assist patrons with sanitising as they enter the cinemas.

Once inside our cinemas, please wear a mask for your safety and observe social distancing in queues at the box office and concession.

Sanitisation stations are available at convenient points throughout.

Our air conditioning systems, installed with the specified MERV-13 air filters, have been regulated to bring in maximum fresh air.

Thorough cleaning and sanitisation is done to ensure a safe and relaxed atmosphere for all.

Thanks again and PLEASE remember to observe safety protocols for the benefit of all.

Schedules

Schedules are subject to change. For details on your cinema of choice, half-off specials and any other tidbits, check us out in this space, on social media (FB, IG, Twitter – insert symbols)@palacemovies or at www.palaceamusement.com

Please note: At all cinemas, the box office opens daily at noon.