Week of 8 – 14 October 2026
Aaron Sorkin’s The Social Reckoning leads a packed week of new releases in Brisbane, with Other Mommy, Lomu, the Always Lalisa documentary and Hadestown: The Musical also arriving.
New Releases
The Social Reckoning
8 October 2026
Cinebar Rosalie Village
Dendy (Hamilton)
Event Cinemas (Brisbane City, Carindale, Chermside, Indooroopilly, Mount Gravatt, Springfield Central)
Five Star Cinemas (Brisbane City, Graceville, New Farm)
HOYTS (Stafford, Sunnybank)
Palace Barracks
United Cinemas Eldorado
Aaron Sorkin writes and directs this companion piece to The Social Network, following Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen and the Wall Street Journal investigation that became The Facebook Files. Mikey Madison, Jeremy Allen White and Jeremy Strong star.
Other Mommy
8 October 2026
Cinebar Rosalie Village
Dendy (Coorparoo, Hamilton)
Event Cinemas (Brisbane City, Carindale, Chermside, Indooroopilly, Mount Gravatt, Springfield Central)
Five Star Cinemas (Brisbane City, New Farm)
HOYTS (Stafford, Sunnybank)
United Cinemas Eldorado
Eight-year-old Bela confronts a sinister entity in her closet that looks uncannily like her mother in this horror from Host director Rob Savage. Jessica Chastain stars in a dual role, with Jay Duplass and Arabella Olivia Clark.
Stitch Head
8 October 2026
Event Cinemas (Chermside, Indooroopilly)
HOYTS (Stafford, Sunnybank)
United Cinemas Eldorado
Animated adventure about Stitch Head, a small creature awoken by a mad professor to protect his other creations from the townspeople of Grubbers Nubbin. Directed by Steve Hudson and Guy Bass, with a voice cast including Asa Butterfield, Joel Fry and Alison Steadman.
Tad and the Magic Lamp
8 October 2026
Event Cinemas (Chermside, Indooroopilly)
HOYTS (Stafford, Sunnybank)
Animated adventure in which Tad, his girlfriend Sara and their friends Momia, Jeff and Belzoni set off on a quest after Tad accidentally unleashes an ancient spell. Directed by Enrique Gato.
Lomu
8 October 2026
Event Cinemas (Brisbane City, Chermside, Indooroopilly, Mount Gravatt, Springfield Central)
Five Star Cinemas (Brisbane City, New Farm, Red Hill)
Documentary portrait of All Blacks legend Jonah Lomu, exploring the identity, faith and vulnerability behind one of rugby’s most powerful players. Directed by Gavin Fitzgerald and Vea Mafile’o.
Ninja Scroll
8 October 2026
Event Cinemas (Brisbane City, Chermside, Indooroopilly, Mount Gravatt)
Five Star Cinemas (Brisbane City, New Farm)
Palace Barracks
A 4K restoration of Yoshiaki Kawajiri’s 1993 anime classic returns to cinemas as a limited re-release. Swordsman Jubei saves a young ninja woman and is drawn into a demonic conspiracy in feudal Japan.
Always Lalisa
12 October 2026
Dendy (Coorparoo, Hamilton)
Event Cinemas (Brisbane City, Chermside, Mount Gravatt)
Five Star Cinemas (Brisbane City, New Farm)
HOYTS (Sunnybank)
Palace Barracks
Documentary following Lisa during a transformative year away from Blackpink as she launches her solo career, from recording her debut album Alter Ego to preparing for her first major solo performance at Coachella. Directed by Sue Kim.
Hadestown: The Musical
13 October 2026
Dendy (Coorparoo, Hamilton)
Event Cinemas (Brisbane City, Chermside, Indooroopilly, Mount Gravatt)
Five Star Cinemas (Graceville, New Farm)
HOYTS (Stafford)
James St Cinema
Palace Barracks
Filmed capture of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, which intertwines the stories of Orpheus and Eurydice and of Hades and Persephone. Features the five original Broadway principals, including Eva Noblezada, Reeve Carney and André De Shields.
The History of Concrete
9 October 2026
Dendy (Coorparoo)
Five Star Cinemas (New Farm)
James St Cinema
After attending a workshop on writing Hallmark movies, filmmaker John Wilson tries to use the same formula to sell a documentary about concrete, the bedrock of his beloved New York City.
Matloob Aelian
9 October 2026
HOYTS (Sunnybank)
Arabic-language comedy in which an Interpol agent undertakes a complex joint mission with one of his colleagues. Directed by Moataz El Tony; screens with English subtitles.
Aadarsha Kutumbam House No: 47
9 October 2026
HOYTS (Stafford)
Telugu family comedy-drama from writer-director Trivikram Srinivas, starring Venkatesh as a family man whose seemingly perfect household unravels after a move to House No. 47. Screens with English subtitles.
Still Showing
Verity
Angelika
Bayside Cinemas
Cinebar Rosalie Village
Cineplex (Balmoral, Hawthorne Deluxe, Redbank, South Bank)
Dendy (Coorparoo, Hamilton)
Event Cinemas (Brisbane City, Carindale, Chermside, Indooroopilly, Mount Gravatt, Springfield Central)
Five Star Cinemas (Brisbane City, Graceville, New Farm, Red Hill)
HOYTS (Stafford, Sunnybank)
James St Cinema
Palace Barracks
Reading Cinemas (Jindalee, Newmarket)
United Cinemas Eldorado
Struggling writer Lowen Ashleigh (Dakota Johnson) is hired to ghostwrite for bestselling author Verity Crawford (Anne Hathaway) and uncovers disturbing confessions at the remote Crawford estate. Adapted from Colleen Hoover’s novel, with Josh Hartnett.
Digger
Angelika
Bayside Cinemas
Cinebar Rosalie Village
Cineplex (Balmoral, Redbank, South Bank)
Dendy (Coorparoo, Hamilton)
Event Cinemas (Brisbane City, Carindale, Chermside, Indooroopilly, Mount Gravatt, Springfield Central)
Five Star Cinemas (Brisbane City, Graceville, New Farm, Red Hill)
HOYTS (Stafford, Sunnybank)
James St Cinema
Palace Barracks
Reading Cinemas (Jindalee, Newmarket)
United Cinemas Eldorado
Alejandro González Iñárritu directs Tom Cruise as the most powerful man in the world, on a frantic mission to prove he is humanity’s saviour before the disaster he has unleashed destroys everything. Sandra Hüller, John Goodman and Jesse Plemons co-star.
Heart of the Beast
Angelika
Bayside Cinemas
Cinebar Rosalie Village
Cineplex (Balmoral, Redbank, South Bank)
Dendy (Coorparoo, Hamilton)
Event Cinemas (Brisbane City, Carindale, Chermside, Indooroopilly, Mount Gravatt, Springfield Central)
Five Star Cinemas (Brisbane City, Graceville, New Farm, Red Hill)
HOYTS (Stafford, Sunnybank)
James St Cinema
Palace Barracks
Reading Cinemas (Jindalee, Newmarket)
United Cinemas Eldorado
After a plane crash, Special Forces officer James Belmont (Brad Pitt) and his combat dog Odin fight to survive deep in the Alaskan wilderness. Directed by David Ayer.
Resident Evil
Angelika
Bayside Cinemas
Cineplex (Balmoral, Redbank, South Bank)
Dendy (Coorparoo, Hamilton)
Event Cinemas (Brisbane City, Chermside, Indooroopilly)
Five Star Cinemas (Brisbane City, New Farm, Red Hill)
HOYTS (Stafford, Sunnybank)
James St Cinema
Palace Barracks
Reading Cinemas (Jindalee, Newmarket)
United Cinemas Eldorado
Zach Cregger (Weapons, Barbarian) reinvents the video game franchise, following medical courier Bryan (Austin Abrams) as a routine delivery to a remote hospital becomes a desperate fight for survival. Paul Walter Hauser and Zach Cherry co-star.
Coyote vs. Acme
Angelika
Bayside Cinemas
Cineplex (Balmoral, Redbank, South Bank)
Dendy (Coorparoo, Hamilton)
Event Cinemas (Brisbane City)
Five Star Cinemas (New Farm, Red Hill)
HOYTS (Stafford, Sunnybank)
James St Cinema
Palace Barracks
Reading Cinemas (Jindalee, Newmarket)
United Cinemas Eldorado
After years of catastrophic product failures, Wile E. Coyote teams up with lawyer Kevin Avery (Will Forte) to take on the Acme Corporation and its slick counsel Buddy Crane (John Cena).
Forgotten Island
Angelika
Bayside Cinemas
Cineplex (Balmoral, Redbank, South Bank)
Dendy (Coorparoo, Hamilton)
Event Cinemas (Brisbane City)
Five Star Cinemas (Graceville, New Farm, Red Hill)
HOYTS (Stafford, Sunnybank)
James St Cinema
Reading Cinemas (Jindalee, Newmarket)
United Cinemas Eldorado
Animated adventure in which best friends Jo and Raissa, celebrating their last night together, stumble through a mysterious portal to the fantastical island of Nakali. Directed by Joel Crawford and Januel Mercado.
PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie
Angelika
Bayside Cinemas
Cineplex (Hawthorne, Redbank, South Bank)
Five Star Cinemas (Red Hill)
HOYTS (Stafford, Sunnybank)
Reading Cinemas (Jindalee, Newmarket)
United Cinemas Eldorado
The PAW Patrol pups crash-land on an uncharted island of dinosaurs, where they meet stranded pup Rex and must stop Humdinger’s reckless mining from triggering a volcano.
Practical Magic 2
Angelika
Bayside Cinemas
Cineplex (Balmoral, Hawthorne, Redbank)
Dendy (Coorparoo, Hamilton)
Event Cinemas (Mount Gravatt)
Five Star Cinemas (Brisbane City, Graceville, Red Hill)
HOYTS (Stafford)
James St Cinema
Reading Cinemas (Jindalee, Newmarket)
United Cinemas Eldorado
Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman return as the Owens sisters, a family of witches who must confront a dark curse that threatens to unravel their family. Directed by Susanne Bier.
The Odyssey
Bayside Cinemas
Cineplex (Hawthorne)
Dendy (Coorparoo)
Event Cinemas (Chermside, Indooroopilly)
Five Star Cinemas (Brisbane City, New Farm, Red Hill)
HOYTS (Stafford)
James St Cinema
Reading Cinemas (Jindalee, Newmarket)
United Cinemas Eldorado
Christopher Nolan’s mythic action epic based on Homer stars Matt Damon as Odysseus on his perilous journey home after the Trojan War, with Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Zendaya and Robert Pattinson.
Queen Budapest
Dendy (Coorparoo, Hamilton)
Event Cinemas (Brisbane City, Chermside, Indooroopilly, Mount Gravatt)
Five Star Cinemas (New Farm)
James St Cinema
Palace Barracks
Concert film of Queen’s 27 July 1986 performance at Budapest’s Népstadion before 80,000 fans, remastered in 4K with a new audio mix.
GOMA
Jurassic Park
9 October 2026
Steven Spielberg’s 1993 adaptation of Michael Crichton’s novel, in which a tour of a theme park of bio-engineered dinosaurs turns disastrous. Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum and Richard Attenborough star.
Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare
9 October 2026
Yoshiyuki Kuroda’s 1968 tokusatsu fantasy, in which an assemblage of Japanese ghosts and demons unite to battle an ancient Babylonian monster. Screens in Japanese with English subtitles.
Nichols and May: Take Two
10 October 2026
Documentary presenting rare archival recordings of the celebrated improvisational comedy duo Mike Nichols and Elaine May. Directed by Phillip Schopper.
Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock
10 October 2026
Episodes of the Apple TV series reviving Jim Henson’s Fraggles, with guest stars including Patti LaBelle, Cynthia Erivo and Daveed Diggs.
Heaven Can Wait
10 October 2026
Warren Beatty and Buck Henry’s 1978 comedy, co-written by Elaine May, about a quarterback mistakenly taken to heaven who returns in the body of a murdered millionaire. Julie Christie co-stars.
Ishtar
10 October 2026
Elaine May’s 1987 comedy in which two hapless singer-songwriters (Dustin Hoffman and Warren Beatty) are caught up in international intrigue in Morocco. Isabelle Adjani co-stars.
The Jim Henson Hour: Dog City
11 October 2026
Emmy-winning 1989 episode of The Jim Henson Hour, a canine film noir set around the Dog House bar, which Henson cited as his favourite production.
101 Dalmatians
11 October 2026
Stephen Herek’s 1996 live-action Disney adaptation of Dodie Smith’s tale, with Glenn Close as Cruella De Vil and Jeff Daniels and Joely Richardson; Jim Henson’s Creature Shop created animatronic puppies.
Jim Henson Presents The World of Puppetry
11 October 2026
1985 episode in which Jim Henson visits the workshop of German marionette master Albrecht Roser.
In the Spirit
14 October 2026
Sandra Seacat’s 1990 comedy in which Elaine May and Marlo Thomas become targets of a murderer after inheriting a dead neighbour’s incriminating date book. Peter Falk and Melanie Griffith co-star.
Small Time Crooks
14 October 2026
Woody Allen’s 2000 crime comedy about a bank-robbery scheme upended when the front bakery becomes a hit; Elaine May won the National Society of Film Critics award for her supporting role. Screens on 35mm.
Session times can change, so check with your local cinema before heading out.
