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Blacklight

Choosing the best options for a normal life

In this action thriller, Liam Neeson (Travis Block) is a government operative taking stock of his dangerous past while trying to build a relationship with his granddaughter and start fresh with his daughter.

Block is a tough man who has faced the risks of deep undercover situations. When he discovers a sinister programme targeting ordinary citizens, he seeks help from a journalist and finds himself in deep conflict with the FBI director Gabriel Robinson (Aidan Quinn) he once helped to protect.

Liam Neeson is a well-known actor and an Oscar nominee for Schindler’s List, among other box office hits such as Love Actually, Kinsey and Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace and the action trilogy Taken.

Aidan Quinn is known for Legends of the Fall, Practical Magic, Unknown, among many other films over his established career. Also starring are Emmy Raver-Lampman as Mira Jones, Claire van der Boom as Amanda Block and Gabriella Sengos, in her big-screen debut as Natalie Block.

Blacklight is directed by Mark Williams and written by Nick May.

Opening Friday

Marry Me

Total strangers agreeing to get married

Packed with original songs by Jennifer Lopez and global Latin music star Maluma, Marry Me stars Lopez as musical superstar Kat Valdez and Owen Wilson as Charlie Gilbert, a math teacher – total strangers who agree to marry and then get to know each other.

Marry Me is directed by Kat Coiro. Also starring are John Bradley and Utkarsh Ambudkar.

Death on the Nile

Something to Hide

Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot’s Egyptian vacation aboard a glamorous river steamer turns into a terrifying search for a murderer when a picture-perfect couple’s idyllic honeymoon is tragically cut short.

Set against an epic landscape of sweeping desert vistas and the majestic Giza pyramids, this tale of unbridled passion and incapacitating jealousy features a cosmopolitan group of impeccably dressed travellers, and enough wicked twists and turns to leave audiences guessing until the final, shocking denouement.

Death on the Nile reunites the film-making team behind 2017’s global hit Murder on the Orient Express, and stars five-time Academy Award nominee Kenneth Branagh as the iconic detective Hercule Poirot. He is joined by an all-star cast of suspects, including: Tom Bateman, four-time Oscar nominee Annette Bening, Russell Brand, Ali Fazal, Dawn French, Gal Gadot, Armie Hammer, Rose Leslie, Emma Mackey, Sophie Okonedo, Jennifer Saunders and Letitia Wright.

Death on the Nile is written by Michael Green, adapted from Christie’s novel, and is produced by Kenneth Branagh, Judy Hofflund, Ridley Scott, Mark Gordon, Simon Kinberg and Kevin J. Walsh, with Matthew Jenkins, James Prichard and Matthew Prichard serving as executive producers.

Movies continuing …

Moonfall

A huge problem is heading our way

In Roland Emmerich’s Moonfall, a mysterious force knocks the moon from its orbit around Earth and sends it hurtling on a collision course with life as we know it.

Director Roland Emmerich also co-produces and co-writes Moonfall, along with Harald Kloser and Spenser Cohen. The cast also includes Michael Peña, Charlie Plummer, Kelly Yu, and Donald Sutherland.

The King’s Man

How it all began … this is going to be fun

Discover the origins of the very first independent intelligence agency in The King’s Man, adapted from the comic book The Secret Service by Mark Millar and Dave Gibbons.

Directed by: Matthew Vaughn

Produced by: Matthew Vaughn, David Reid and Adam Bohling

Cast: Academy Award winner Ralph Fiennes, Gemma Arterton, Rhys Ifans, Matthew Goode, Tom Hollander, Harris Dickinson, Daniel Brühl, Oscar nominee, Djimon Hounsou and Charles Dance.

Scream

It’s always someone you know

Twenty-five years after a streak of brutal murders shocked the quiet town of Woodsboro, a new killer has donned the Ghostface mask and begins targeting a group of teenagers to resurrect secrets from the town’s deadly past.

Neve Campbell (Sidney Prescott), Courteney Cox (Gale Weathers) and David Arquette (Dewey Riley) return to their iconic roles in Scream.

The film is based on characters created by Kevin Williamson.

Directed by: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett.

Written by: James Vanderbilt and Guy Busick.

Spider-Man: No Way Home

Situation spiralling out of control

For the first time in the cinematic history of Spider-Man, our friendly neighbourhood hero’s identity is revealed, bringing his superhero responsibilities into conflict with his normal life and putting those he cares about most at risk.

Directed by: Jon Watts

Written by: Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers.

Based on the Marvel Comic Book by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko

Produced by: Kevin Feige and Amy Pascal

Executive producers: Louis D’Esposito, Victoria Alonso, JoAnn Perritano, Rachel O’Connor, Avi Arad and Matt Tolmach.

Cast: Tom Holland, Zendaya, Oscar nominee Benedict Cumberbatch, Jacob Batalon, Jon Favreau and Marisa Tomei.

The Matrix Resurrections

This is the moment to show us what is real

Return to a world of two realities: one, everyday life; the other, what lies behind it. To find out if his reality is a construct, to truly know himself, Mr Anderson will have to choose to follow the white rabbit once more.

Original stars Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss reprise the iconic roles they made famous, Neo and Trinity.

Lana Wachowski directs from a screenplay by Wachowski, David Mitchell and Aleksander Hemon, based on characters created by the Wachowskis.

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 Multiplex in Montego Bay and the New Kingston Drive-In.

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

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

Once inside our cinemas, masks are mandatory.

Patrons are required to wear masks properly fitted over the nose and mouth and observe social distancing in queues at the box office and concession.

Sanitisation stations are available at convenient points throughout.

All cinemas have regulated one-way entrances and exits and specified cross-aisle traffic.

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 all government protocols so that we all can survive this devastating period.

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.


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