It's the start of another week and as usual, us good folks at Pulse bring you great ways to spend the time.
"Steve Jobs," "Star Wars: The Force Awakens," "Fifty," "Beasts of no Nation"
It's a new week, and we have lots of great movies showing in the cinemas this week. From the much anticipated "Star Wars: The Force Awakens," to "Beast of no Nation," 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.
Starring: Genevieve Nnaji, Oris Erhuero, Chioma Omeruah, Majid Michel.
Synopsis: An estranged couple tries to mend their relationship on a road trip to a relative's funeral.
Showing:
Friday - Thursday: 6:00pm
Friday - Thursday : 5:00PM, 8:40PM
Starring: Adesua Etomi, Stanley Ekwelike,Eucharia Anunobi, Belinda Effah, Okey Uzoeshi, zubby Michael and Big Brother stars Melvin Oduah, Beverly Osu.
Synopsis: A tale of two superstar gay musicians Simon (Stanley Ekwelike) and Cindy(Adesua Etomi) whose parts cross when their managers decided to bring them together in an arranged relationship in order to shore up their public personae and build up their fan base. The arrangement which appeared to be heading towards disaster when the two move in together gradually unfolds into a reluctant friendship until suddenly they both realize that they were not really gay after all but have been made to believe they were by their environment and their upbringing.
Showing:
Friday - Thursday: 4:30PM
Friday - Thursday: 3:40PM, 9:10PM
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Starring: Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher
Synopsis: Thirty years after defeating the Galactic Empire, Han Solo (Harrison Ford) and his allies face a new threat from the evil Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) and his army of Stormtroopers.
Showing:
Fri and Sat: 2:55 pm, 5:35 pm, 8:15 pm, 10:55 pm
Sun - Thu: 2:55 pm, 5:35 pm, 8:15 pm, 10:55 pm
Friday - Thursday: 12:30pm, 1:50pm, 3:15pm, 5:50pm, 8:25pm
Friday - Thursday: 1:50PM, 6:25PM,8:50PM
Friday - Thursday: 11:20AM, 12:20PM, 1:50PM, 2:50PM, 4:20PM, 5:30PM, 7:00PM, 8:10PM, 9:30PM
Friday - Thursday: 11:25AM,2:00PM,6:25PM,9:00PM
4.
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Lorenza Izzo, Ana de Armas
Synopsis : When a devoted husband and father is left home alone for the weekend, two stranded young women unexpectedly knock on his door for help. What starts out as a kind gesture results in a dangerous seduction and a deadly game of cat and mouse.
Friday - Thursday: 8:20pm
Friday - Thursday: 11:50AM, 1:40PM
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Starring: Dakore Akande, Ireti Doyle, Dakore Egbuson
Synopsis: FIFTY captures a few pivotal, days in the lives of four Nigeria women at the pinnacle of their careers. Meet Tola, Elizabeth, Maria and Kate four friends forced at midlife to take inventory.
Showing:
Fri to Mon:10:50 am, 3:15 pm, 7:30 pm
Tue to Thu: 3:15 pm, 7:30 pm
Friday - Thursday: 3:00pm, 5:00pm, 7:00pm, 9:00pm
Friday - Thursday: 4:35PM, 6:30PM
Friday - Thursday: 12:30PM, 2:30PM, 4:30PM, 6:30PM, 8:30PM
Friday - Thursday: 1:00PM,5:00PM,7:15PM
Starring: Michael Fassbender, Kate Winslet, Seth Rogen
Steve Jobs takes us behind the scenes of the digital revolution, to paint a portrait of the man at its epicenter. The story unfolds backstage at three iconic product launches, ending in 1998 with the unveiling of the iMac.
Friday -Thursday : 10:10am, 7:55pm
Friday -Thursday: 7:20 pm, 9:50 pm
Friday - Thursday: 4:10PM, 8:30PM
Friday - Thursday: 1:10PM, 3:30PM, 6:00PM, 8:20PM
Starring: Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez
Synopsis : Dracula and his friends try to bring out the monster in his half human, half vampire grandson in order to keep Mavis from leaving the hotel.
Friday - Thursday: 12:25pm
Friday - Thursday : 11:30AM, 1:20PM, 3:10PM, 6:50PM
Friday - Thursday : 11:10AM, 2:20PM
Friday - Thursday: 2:15PM
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: 1:10PM, 6:10PM, 9:00PM
Friday - Thursday: 2:45pm, 5:30pm
Friday - Thursday: 12:00 pm
Friday - Thursday: 9:20PM
Tuesday & Wednesday: 3:55PM,9:10PM
In West Africa, the life of young Agu (Abraham Attah) is disrupted when his father is slaughtered in a civil war and he is inscripted as a child soldier into a mercenary unit led by the sadistic Commandant (Idris Elba).
STARRING: Idris Elba, Abraham Attah, Emmanuel Affadzi, Ricky Adelayitor
Friday - Thursday: 10:05am
Friday - Saturday: 11:50AM,9:10PM
Friday - Saturday: 3:30PM
Friday - Thursday: 12:30 pm
Synopsis: A seemingly perfect family looks to fix their problems with the help of Miss Clara, an older, wiser woman.
Friday - Thursday: 9:00PM
Friday - Thursday: 6:45PM
Synopsis : 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: 10:20am
Friday - Saturday: 12:40PM, 6:10PM, 8:45PM
Synopsis : Told from Igor's perspective, we see the troubled young assistant's dark origins, his redemptive friendship with the young medical student Viktor Von Frankenstein, and become eyewitnesses to the emergence of how Frankenstein became the man - and the legend - we know today.
Starring : Daniel Radcliffe, James McAvoy, Jessica Brown Findlay
Friday - Saturday: 7:00PM
Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Cillian Murphy, Brendan Gleeson
Synopsis: Based on the 1820 event, a whaling ship is preyed upon by a sperm whale, stranding its crew at sea for 90 days, thousands of miles from home..
Friday - Thursday : 4:00PM, 6:20PM, 8:40PM
Friday - Saturday: 8:30PM
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 to Thursday: 12:35pm
Starring: Pascal Atuma, Oscar Atuma, Tonya Lee Williams
Synopsis: This is a comedy about two Africans who came into America, became American citizens and joined the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) .
They were sent out to the streets of Los Angeles, instead of judging the people with the rules and regulations of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), they decided to judge the people with the African culture, norms and values. The story of Officer Ghana and Officer Naija, the LAPD AFRICAN COPS!
Friday - Thursday: 12:30PM
Starring: Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller, Daniel Brühl
Synopsis: Adam Jones (Bradley Cooper) is a chef who destroyed his career with drugs and diva behavior. He cleans up and returns to London, determined to redeem himself by spearheading a top restaurant that can gain three Michelin stars.
Friday - Thursday: 12:50 pm, 5:10 pm
Friday - Thursday: 7:00PM
Starring : Noah Schnapp, Bill Melendez, Hadley Belle Miller
Synopsis : Snoopy embarks upon his greatest mission as he and his team take to the skies to pursue their arch-nemesis, while his best pal Charlie Brown begins his own epic quest back home.
Fri to Mon:11:15 am, 3:10 pm
Tue to Thu: 3:10 pm
Friday - Thursday: 1:10PM
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: 12:05pm
Starring : Raymond Ochoa, Jeffrey Wright, Steve Zahn
Synopsis: An epic journey into the world of dinosaurs where an Apatosaurus named Arlo makes an unlikely human friend.
Friday - Thursday: 10:10am
Friday - Thursday: 2:30PM
Friday-Thursday: 1:00 pm
Friday - Thursday: 11:10AM, 4:00PM
Friday - Thursday : 3:10PM
Starring : Raymond Ochoa, Jeffrey Wright, Steve Zahn
Synopsis: An epic journey into the world of dinosaurs where an Apatosaurus named Arlo makes an unlikely human friend.
Friday - Thursday : 3:15PM
Friday - Thursday: 5:25 pm, 9:35 pm
Friday - Thursday : 1:25PM
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Starring: Kaley Cuoco, Anna Faris, Bella Thorne
Synopsis: Through a series of misunderstandings, Alvin, Simon and Theodore come to believe that Dave is going to propose to his new girlfriend in Miami...and dump them. They have three days to get to him and stop the proposal, saving themselves not only from losing Dave but possibly from gaining a terrible stepbrother.
Showing:
Fri to Mon: 11:20 am, 12:00 pm, 1:55 pm
Tue to Thu: 12:00 pm, 1:55 pm
Friday - Thursday: 10:00am, 11:45am, 1:30pm, 2:30pm, 4:15pm
Friday - Thursday: 11:30AM, 3:00PM
Friday - Thursday: 12:10PM, 2:00PM, 5:50PM, 7:30PM
Friday - Monday: 4:35PM
Tuesday - Thursday: 10:35AM,2:10PM,4:35PM
22. No Escape
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Starring: Kaley Cuoco, Anna Faris, Bella Thorne
Synopsis: Through a series of misunderstandings, Alvin, Simon and Theodore come to believe that Dave is going to propose to his new girlfriend in Miami...and dump them. They have three days to get to him and stop the proposal, saving themselves not only from losing Dave but possibly from gaining a terrible stepbrother.
Showing:
Fri to Mon: 11:50 am, 3:00 pm, 5:15 pm, 7:30 pm, 9:45 pm
Tue to Thu: 3:00 pm, 5:15 pm, 7:30 pm, 9:45 pm
Friday - Thursday: 10:25am, 2:15pm, 4:25pm, 6:35pm
Friday - Thursday: 11:30AM, 5:05PM,8:30PM
Friday - Thursday: 1:20PM, 3:20PM, 5:20PM, 7:20PM, 9:20PM
Friday - Monday: 10:35AM,12:25PM,3:00PM,9:00PM
Tuesday - Thursday: 3:00PM,9:00PM
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Starring: Teresa Palmer, Luke Bracey, Édgar Ramírez
Synopsis: A young FBI agent infiltrates an extraordinary team of extreme sports athletes he suspects of masterminding a string of unprecedented, sophisticated corporate heists. "Point Break" is inspired by the classic 1991 hit.
Showing:
Friday - Thursday: 3:50 pm, 6:10 pm, 8:30 pm
Friday - Thursday: 12:50pm, 4:20pm, 6:20pm, 8:15pm
Friday - Thursday: 11:45AM, 4:20PM
Friday - Thursday: 12:00PM, 2:20PM, 4:50PM, 6:40PM, 8:50PM
Friday - Thursday: 5:00PM,9:15PM
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