It's the start of another week and as usual, us good folks at Pulse bring you great ways to spend the time.
"Spectre", "He Called Me Malala," "The Hunger games: Mockingjay 2" "Taxi Driver"
Pulse.ng presents you with all the great movies to see in the cinemas this week, from the much anticipated "Spectre" to "Taxi Driver," and more, check out this week's cinema schedule.
What better way to ease off the stress of the week than watch a good movie.
With that in mind, check out our list of movies currently showing in cinemas across Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt.
1.Southpaw
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Rachel McAdams, Oona Laurence
Synopsis: Boxer Billy Hope turns to trainer Tick Willis to help him get his life back on track after losing his wife in a tragic accident and his daughter to child protection services.
Showing:
Friday - Thursday : 1:40PM
Friday - Thursday : 6:55pm
Friday - Thursday : 2:00PM, 8:50PM
2. The Intern
Starring: Anne Hathaway, Robert De Niro, Nat Wolff, Rene Russo
Synopsis: 70-year-old widower Ben Whittaker has discovered that retirement isn't all it's cracked up to be. Seizing an opportunity to get back in the game, he becomes a senior intern at an online fashion site, founded and run by Jules Ostin.
Showing:
Friday - Thursday : 10:15am
Genre: Action and Drama
Starring:Linda Ejiofor, Tope Tedela, Adesuwa Etomi,Zainab Balogun, Daniel K Daniel.
Synopsis: A Soldier’s Story” centres on Regina, a young female scavenger who rescues a soldier who had been left for dead. After protecting and nursing him back to health for months, the fighter finally awakens but has no recollection of who he is and his past.
As time goes on, the soldier begins to develop feelings for Regina but as he begins to regain his memory, he starts to realize he might actually have a life in Nigeria.
Showing:
Friday - Thursday : 4:55 pm, 6:00 pm, 8:15
4.
Starring: Johnny Depp, Benedict Cumberbatch, Dakota Johnson
Synopsis : The true story of Whitey Bulger, the brother of a state senator and the most infamous violent criminal in the history of South Boston, who became an FBI informant to take down a Mafia family invading his turf.
Fri-Thur: 6:45pm, 9:00pm
Friday - Thursday : 1:00PM, 3:20PM
Friday - Thursday : 1:20PM,7:45PM
Friday - Thursday : 3:50PM, 8:45PM
Fri - Thu: 10:30 am, 10:30 pm
Starring: Levi Miller, Hugh Jackman, Garrett Hedlund
Synopsis: 12-year-old orphan Peter is spirited away to the magical world of Neverland, where he finds both fun and dangers, and ultimately discovers his destiny -- to become the hero who will be forever known as Peter Pan.
Showing:
Friday - Thursday : 1:10PM, 3:20PM, 5:30PM, 7:40PM
Fri-Sun: 11:00am, 2:25pm
Mon-Thur: 11:00am
Friday - Thursday : 4:20PM
Fri - Thursday : 10:20 am, 12:40 pm
Friday - Thursday : 10:45AM, 2:55PM
Starring: Jack Black, Dylan Minnette, Odeya Rush
A teenager teams up with the daughter of young adult horror author R.L. Stine after the writer's imaginary demons are set free on the town of Madison, Delaware.
Friday - Thursday : : 11:00 am
Friday - Thursday : 12:20PM, 2:20PM, 4:20PM, 6:20PM, 8:20PM
Fri-Sun: 10:05am, 4:30pm
Mon-Thur: 10:05am, 2:25pm, 4:30pm
Friday - Thursday : 11:50AM, 1:50PM
Friday - Thursday : 12:55PM, 5:10PM, 7:00PM
An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by an elected government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico.
Featuring: Emily Blunt, Josh Brolin, Benicio Del Toro
Friday - Thursday : 4:30pm
8. Spectre
Starring: Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz, Ralph Fiennes
Synopsis: A cryptic message from Bond's past sends him on a trail to uncover a sinister organization. While M battles political forces to keep the secret service alive, Bond peels back the layers of deceit to reveal the terrible truth behind SPECTRE.
Friday - Thursday : 12:00PM, 12:50PM, 2:50PM, 3:40PM, 5:40PM, 6:30PM, 8:30PM, 9:20PM
Friday - Thursday : 11:45am, 1:05pm, 3:00pm, 5:55pm, 8:05pm
Fri and Sat: 1:00 pm, 3:00 pm, 4:00 pm, 7:00 pm, 9:05 pm, 10:00, 10:45
Sun - Thu: 1:00 pm, 3:00 pm, 4:00 pm, 7:00 pm, 9:05 pm, 10:00 pm
Friday - Thursday : 10:30AM, 1:20PM, 4:10PM, 5:10PM, 6:00PM, 9:00PM
Friday - Thursday : 12:15PM, 3:00PM, 5:40PM, 6:10PM, 8:25PM.
9. Victims
Life can present itself in the light of many different things that could be pleasant or otherwise. As the saying goes, we cannot choose what we are born into, but we can definitely define where we go from there.’
STARRING: Olu Jacobs, Saheed Balogun, Faithia Balogun
Friday - Thursday : Fri-Thur: 2:50pm, 9:00pm
Friday - Saturday : 11:30AM, 3:15PM
Friday - Saturday : 1:20PM, 3:10PM, 5:00PM, 6:50PM, 8:45PM
Friday - Thursday : 1:15 pm, 3:20 pm, 5:20 pm
Synopsis: A king, who is loved by his subjects, wants to lead a normal life away from all the responsibilities and his kingdom, while his step brother plans to steal the throne from him. But things ...
Friday - Thursday: 1:10PM, 4:20PM, 7:30PM
As the war of Panem escalates to the destruction of other districts by the Capitol, Katniss Everdeen, the reluctant leader of the rebellion, must bring together an army against President Snow, while all she holds dear hangs in the balance.
STARRING: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth
Friday - Thursday : 10:35am, 12:00pm, 2:30pm, 3:45pm, 5:20pm, 6:15pm, 7:40pm, 8:45pm
Friday - Saturday : 1:10PM,6:30PM,9:10PM
Friday - Saturday : 11:50AM, 1:00PM, 2:30PM, 3:30PM, 5:10PM, 6:10PM, 7:50PM, 8:50PM
Fri and Sat: 7:25 pm, 10:10 pm, 11:30 pm
Sun - Thu: 7:25 pm, 10:10 pm
Friday - Saturday : 1:40PM, 3:00PM, 6:00PM, 8:35PM.
Starring : Amy Poehler, Bill Hader, Lewis Black
Synopsis : After young Riley is uprooted from her Midwest life and moved to San Francisco, her emotions - Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness - conflict on how best to navigate a new city, house, and school.
Friday - Thursday : 10:40 am, 12:45 pm
Friday - Thursday : 10:00am, 11:30am
Starring: Malala Yousafzai, Ziauddin Yousafzai, Toor Pekai Yousafzai
Synopsis: A look at the events leading up to the Taliban's attack on Pakistani schoolgirl, Malala Yousafzai, for speaking out on girls' education followed by the aftermath, including her speech to the United Nations.
Thursday - Friday : 10:30 am, 12:30 pm
Friday - Thursday : 3:00PM, 7:10PM, 9:00PM
Friday - Thursday : 1:20pm
Starring: Sanaa Lathan, Michael Ealy, Morris Chestnut
Synopsis: After breaking up with her boyfriend, a professional woman gets involved with a man who seems almost too good to be true.
Friday - Thursday: 12:40PM, 2:40PM, 4:40PM, 6:40PM, 8:40PM
Friday to Thursday : 5:40pm
Starring: Ken Zheng, Livi Zheng, Nikita Breznikov
Synopsis: A painter, a fighter, both artists in their own way. Brother and sister, forced to flee their home, arrive at Seattle inside a shipping container. Trying to make their way in a new world ...
Friday - Thursday : 1:30PM, 7:00PM,
Starring: Sophia Aguiar, Jordan Rodrigues, Jay Ellis
Synopsis: When Casey, a dancer who is discovered on YouTube, gets thrust into the modern world of internet celebrity and culture, she must find a way to balance her true identity with her online persona, or risk losing everything she cares about.
Fri-Thur: 2:15pm
Friday - Sunday : 10:30 am, 12:30 pm
Friday - Thursday : 11:40AM,7:10PM,9:10PM
Starring : Mia Wasikowska, Jessica Chastain, Tom Hiddleston
Synopsis : In the aftermath of a family tragedy, an aspiring author is torn between love for her childhood friend and the temptation of a mysterious outsider.
Trying to escape the ghosts of her past, she is swept away to a house that breathes, bleeds - and remembers.
Friday - Thursday : 3:20pm, 5:35pm
Friday - Thursday : 8:00PM
Friday - Thursday : 6:20 PM,8:35 PM
Friday - Thursday : 12:30PM, 4:50PM
Starring : Femi Jacobs, Saka, Odunlade Adekola
Synopsis :Taxi Driver (Oke Ashewo) tells the story of how Adigun copes with dealing with the multitude of odd characters he comes across from Della the queen prostitute, to kakanfo the unseen vigilante, the notorious assassins 'three wise men', to the Godfather, Baba Mistura and many more interesting characters that ply their trade in Lagos at night.
In truth, Taxi Driver is as much a funny story as it is an inspiring story about love, greed, betrayal, contradictions and self discovery.
Friday - Thursday : 12:30pm, 1:30pm, 7:45pm
Friday - Thursday : 1:25PM, 4:05PM,8:50PM
Friday - Thursday : 2:50 pm, 7:00 pm
Friday - Thursday : 12:40PM, 2:40PM, 4:30PM, 6:20PM, 8:10PM
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