Must-see movies for the week

With that in mind, check out our list of movies currently showing in cinemas across Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt. So movie lovers, whip out your calendars and get marking for the Pulse movie team is on the prowl!

1. The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies

Genre: Adventure | Fantasy

Starring: Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage

Synopsis: Bilbo and Company are forced to be embraced in a war against an armed flock of combatants and the terrifying Smaug from acquiring a kingdom of treasure and obliterating all of Middle-Earth.

Showing:

Ozone Cinemas

Friday - Thursday - 10:25am

Silverbird Cinemas Ikeja

Friday - Thursday : 1 : 55PM

Silverbird Cinemas Abuja

Friday - Thursday : 4.05PM

Silverbird Cinemas Port Harcourt

Wednesday & Thursday : 6:00PM, 8:40PM

2. John wick

Genre: Action/Thriller

Starring:Keanu Reeves, Michael Nyqvist, Alfie Allen

Synopsis: An ex-hitman comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that took everything from him.

Showing:

Ozone Cinemas

Friday - Thursday - 1:55pm, 3:50pm, 8:35pm

Silverbird Cinemas Ikeja

Friday - Thursday : 11 : 10AM, 7 : 10PM, 9 : 10PM

Genesis Deluxe Cinemas

Friday - Thursday : 3.10PM, 5.20PM, 7.30PM, 9.40PM

Silverbird Cinemas Port Harcourt

Friday - Thursday : 11:00AM, 2:50PM, 6:50PM

Silverbird Cinemas Port Harcourt

Friday - Thursday ; 12.00PM, 6.50PM, 9.05PM

3. Don't Cry for Me

Genre: Romance

Starring: Joseph Benjamin, Uti Nwachukwu, Yvonne Nelson, Mary Lazarus, Yvonne Jegede

Synopsis: Alero believed she was in the perfect marriage to the perfect man. But all that changes when she wakes up to an empty bed, an empty wardrobe and a note from her husband that he had left her. No further explanations.

Peep the trailer

Showing:

Silverbird Cinemas Ikeja

Friday - Thursday : 3:00PM

Silverbird Cinemas Port Harcourt

Friday - Thursday : 11:45PM, 4:05PM

4. The Wedding Ringer

Genre: Comedy

Starring: Kevin Hart, Josh Gad, Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting

Synopsis: Two weeks shy of his wedding, a socially awkward guy enters into a charade by hiring the owner of a company that provides best men for grooms in nee

Peep the trailer

Showing:

Ozone Cinemas

Fri-Tues: 1:00pm, 3:00pm, 4:55pm, 6:50pm, 8:50pm

Silverbird Cinemas Ikeja

Friday - Thursday : 2 : 25PM, 6 : 45PM 8 : 45PM

Silverbird Cinemas Port Harcourt

Friday - Thursday: 11:00AM, 12:50PM, 2:50PM, 4:50PM, 6:50PM, 8:50PM

Genesis Deluxe Cinemas

Friday - Thursday : 3.50PM, 7.15PM, 9.25PM, 10.35PM, 11.35PM

5. Taken 3

Genre: Action/Adventure

Starring: Maggie Grace, Liam Neeson, Famke Janssen

Synopsis: Bryan Mills, an Ex-government operative is accused of a ruthless murder he never committed or witnessed as he is tracked and pursued, Bryan Mills brings out his particular set of skills to find the true killer and clear his name.

Showing:

Ozone Cinemas

Friday - Thursday - 2:35pm, 6:00pm, 7:55pm

Silverbird Cinemas Ikeja

Friday - Thursday : 12 : 45PM, 2 : 55PM, 7 : 10PM, 9 : 15PM

Genesis Deluxe Cinemas

Friday - Thursday : 12.00PM, 2.20PM, 4.40PM, 7.00PM, 8.15PM, 9.20PM

Silverbird Cinemas Port Harcourt

Wednesday & Thursday : 12:00PM, 2:05PM, 4:15PM, 6:20PM, 8:30PM

Silverbird Cinemas Abuja

Friday - Thursday : 12.55PM, 5.20PM, 9.20PM

6. Penguins Of Madagascar

Genre: Action/ Adventure

Starring:

Synopsis: Super spy teams aren't born...they're hatched. Discover the secrets of the greatest and most hilarious covert birds in the global espionage biz: Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private

Peep the trailer

Showing:

Ozone Cinemas

Fri-Tues: 10:00am

Genesis Deluxe

Friday - Thursday: 11.00AM, 1.05PM (except Saturday and Sunday )

Saturday and Sunday : 11.00AM, 1.05PM

7. Seventh Son

Genre: Adventure | Family | Fantasy

Starring : Ben Barnes, Julianne Moore, Jeff Bridges

Synopsis: Young Thomas is apprenticed to the local Spook to learn to fight evil spirits. His first great challenge comes when the powerful Mother Malkin escapes her confinement while the Spook is away.

Showing:

Genesis Deluxe Cinemas

Friday - Thursday : 12.30PM, 2.45PM, 5.00PM

Ozone Cinemas

Friday - Thursday : 4:30pm, 9:00pm

Silverbird Cinemas Ikeja

Friday - Thursday : 7 : 00PM, 9 : 10PM

Silverbird Cinemas Port Harcourt

Friday - Thursday : 12:50PM, 4:50PM, 8:50PM

Silverbird Cinemas Abuja

Friday - Thursday :11.00AM, 7.25PM

8. Silence

Genre: Drama

Synopsis - Silence’ centres around child abuse, consequences and how it can be overcome. The issue has been giving the government sleepless nights but the various governments are gradually winning the war against the menace.

Starring - Iyabo Ojo, Benjamin Joseph, Alex Osifo, Tina Mba, Faithia Balogun, Doris Simeon, Titi Osinowo

Showing

Silverbird CInemas Ikeja

Friday - Thursday : 12:35PM, 4 : 55PM

9. Night at the Museum : Secret of the Tomb

Genre: Comedy / Sequel

Synopsis - Larry spans the globe, uniting favorite and new characters while embarking on an epic quest to save the magic before it is gone forever.

Starring - Dan Stevens, Robin Williams, Rebel Wilson

Showing

Silverbird Cinemas Ikeja

Friday - Thursday : 10:45AM,2:45PM

Silverbird Cinemas Port Harcourt

Friday - Saturday : 11:50AM, 1:45PM, 3:45PM

Ozone Cinemas

Fri-Thur: 10:45am

10. Annie

Genre: Comedy

Starring: Jamie Foxx, Quvenzhané Wallis, Rose Byrne

Synopsis: Annie is a young, happy foster kid who's also tough enough to make her way on the streets of New York in 2014. Originally left by her parents as a baby with the promise that they'd be back for her someday, it's been a hard knock life ever since with her mean foster mom Miss Hannigan. But everything's about to change when the hard-nosed tycoon and New York mayoral candidate Will Stacks makes a thinly-veiled campaign move and takes her in.

Showing:

Silverbird Cinemas Ikeja

Friday - 10 :4:55PM

Saturday - Thursday : 10 : 30AM, 4:55PM

Silverbird Cinemas Port Harcourt

Friday - Thursday : 11:20AM, 1:50PM, 3:50PM

Silverbird Cinemas Abuja

Friday - Thursday : 4.35PM

Ozone Cinemas

Saturday - Sunday : 10:10am

Friday -Thursday: 11:45am

Genesis Deluxe Cinemas

Friday - Thursday : 11.50AM, 2.25PM

11: Big Hero 6

Genre: Animation | Action | Comedy

Starring : Jamie Chung, Damon Wayans Jr., Genesis Rodriguez

Synopsis: The special bond that develops between plus-sized inflatable robot Baymax, and prodigy Hiro Hamada, who team up with a group of friends to form a band of high-tech heroes

Showing:

Ozone Cinemas

Friday : 10:25am

Monday -Thursday : 10:25am

12:

Genre: Comedy

Starring: Ayo Makun, Vivica A. Fox, Lynn Whitfield, Richard Mofe Damijo, Desmond Elliot, Ramsey Noah

Synopsis: Akpos In Atlanta is an adventurous love story – spiced with lots of action and hilarious moments. This a-laugh-a-minute story has been fully researched and well written. It paints, in beautiful colours, the hugely popular (and social media trending) Akpos character which was created from the AYShow’s Who Wants To Be A Billionaire hilarious skits.

Showing:

Genesis Deluxe Cinemas

Friday –Thursday : 12.10PM, 4.30PM, 6.00PM, 8.50PM

Silverbird Cinemas Abuja

Friday - Thursday : 2.00PM

Silverbird Cinemas Ikeja

Friday - Thursday : 4 : 50PM

SIlverbird Cinemas Port Harcourt

Friday - Thursday : 2:00PM, 6:20PM, 8:30PM

Ozone Cinemas

Friday -Thursday : 6:30pm

13.Gone Too Far

Genre: Comedy

Starring: OC Ukeje,Adelayo Adedayo, Malachi Kirby

Synopsis: 'Gone Too Far' follows two estranged teenage brothers over the course of a single day as they meet for the first time, and struggle to accept each other for who they are.

Showing

Silverbird Cinemas Port Harcourt

Friday - Thursday : 11:20AM, 3:15PM, 7:10PM

Silverbird Cinemas Ikeja

Friday – Thursday : 1:10PM, 4:40PM

Ozone Cinemas

Friday - Thursday : 12:20pm, 7:20pm

Genesis Deluxe Cinemas

Friday - Thursday : 1.05PM, 2.30PM, 6.50PM (except Saturday and Sunday)

Saturday and Sunday : 2.30PM, 6.50PM

14 :

Genre: Drama

Starring: Christian Bale, Joel Edgerton, Ben Kingsley

Synopsis: The defiant leader Moses rises up against the Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses, setting 600,000 slaves on a monumental journey of escape from Egypt and its terrifying cycle of deadly plagues.

Showing:

Genesis Deluxe Cinemas

Friday & Saturday : 5.00PM, 8.00PM, 11.00PM

Sunday -Thursday - 5.00PM, 8.00PM

Silverbird Cinemas Port Harcourt

Wednesday - Thursday : 2:30PM, 5:35PM, 8:20PM

SIlverbird Cinemas Ikeja

Friday - Thursday : 6:25PM, 9:00PM

Silverbird Cinemas Abuja

Friday - Thursday : 1.50PM, 8.50PM

Ozone Cinemas

Fri-Thur: 4:40pm

Genre: Comedy | Family | Fantasy

Synopsis - A witch tasks a childless baker and his wife with procuring magical items from classic fairy tales to reverse the curse put on their family tree.

Starring - Anna Kendrick, Meryl Streep, Chris Pine, Johnny Depp

Showing

Genesis Deluxe

Friday - Thursday : 10.50AM, 1.20PM

Ozone Cinemas

Friday -Thursday : 12:20pm, 2:15pm

Silverbird Cinemas Ikeja

Friday - Thursday :12:00PM, 4:25PM

Silverbird Cinemas Port Harcourt

Friday - Thursday : 12:30PM, 5:50PM, 8:15PM

Silverbird Abuja

Friday - Thursday : 11.30AM, 3.00PM, 6.45PM