With that in mind, check out our list of movies currently showing in cinemas across Lagos. So movie lovers, whip out your calendars and get marking for the Pulse movie team is on the prowl!
This Week in Movie Posters: Must-See Movies for the Weekend
It's the start of another weekend and usual, us good folks at Pulse bring you great ways to spend the time. With the bulk of work activities on hold, what better way to ease off the stress of the week than watch a good movie amidst the easy camaraderie that exists in a cinema hall packed full with movie lovers.
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1. Battle of the Year
Genre: Drama | Music
Starring: Josh Holloway, Laz Alonso, Josh Peck
Synopsis: Battle of the Year attracts all the best teams from around the world, but the Americans haven't won in fifteen years. Dante enlists Blake to assemble a team of the best dancers and bring the Trophy back to America where it started.
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Showing:
Genesis Deluxe Cinemas (3D)
Friday to Sunday: 10.20AM, 12.35PM, 4.55PM, 9.15PM
Battle of the Year (2D)
Friday to Sunday: 10.20AM, 12.35PM, 4.55PM, 9.15PM
Ozone Cinemas
11:50am, 1:55pm, 4:05pm
Silverbird Cinemas (Victoria Island)
Friday to Sunday: 1:40PM, 6:10PM, 8:50PM
Silverbird Cinemas (Ikeja)
Friday: 6:30PM, 8:40PM
Saturday and Sunday: 12:30PM, 6:30PM, 8:40PM
The Filmhouse, Surulere
Friday to Sunday: 4:20PM, 6:30PM, 8:45PM
2. Gravity
Genre: Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Starring: Sandra Bullock, George Clooney, Ed Harris
Synopsis: A medical engineer and an astronaut work together to survive after an accident leaves them adrift in space.
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Showing:
Genesis Deluxe Cinemas
Friday to Sunday: 5.30PM, 9.55PM
Ozone Cinemas
12:15pm, 1:55pm, 3:45pm, 5:35pm, 6:20pm, 7:25pm, 9:15pm
Silverbird Cinemas (Victoria Island) - 3D
Friday to Sunday: 3:50PM, 8:30PM
Silverbird Cinemas (Ikeja) - 3D
Friday to Sunday: 2:35PM, 7:15PM, 9:05PM
The Filmhouse, Surulere
Friday to Sunday: 1:10PM,3:30PM,5:20PM,7:10PM,9:00PM
3. Mortal Instruments
Genre: Action | Adventure | Drama
Starring: Lily Collins, Jamie Campbell Bower, Robert Sheehan
Synopsis: When her mother disappears, Clary Fray learns that she descends from a line of warriors who protect our world from demons. She joins forces with others like her and heads into a dangerous alternate New York called Downworld.
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Showing
Genesis Deluxe Cinemas
Friday to Sunday: 10.00AM, 12.30PM
4. Baggage Claim
Genre: Comedy
Starring: Paula Patton, Taye Diggs, Jill Scott
Synopsis: Pledging to keep herself from being the oldest and the only woman in her entire family never to wed, Montana embarks on a thirty-day, thirty-thousand-mile expedition to charm a potential suitor into becoming her fiancé.
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Showing
Genesis Deluxe Cinemas
Friday and Saturday: 10.30AM, 12.35PM, 2.40PM, 4.45PM, 7.00PM, 9.05PM, 11.10PM
Sunday: 10.30AM, 12.35PM, 2.40PM, 4.45PM, 7.00PM, 9.05PM
Ozone Cinemas
3:00pm, 4:55pm, 6:50pm
Silverbird Cinemas (Victoria Island)
Friday to Sunday: 12:00PM, 6:20PM, 8:20PM
Silverbird Cinemas (Ikeja)
Friday to Sunday: 6:25PM, 8:20PM
The Filmhouse, Surulere
Friday to Sunday: 8:45PM
5. Dark Side
Genre: Drama
Starring: Joseph Benjamin , Bayo Alawiye, Uru Eke
Synopsis: The story of betrayal, greed, desperation and darkness so blinding it leaves you wondering what the world has become.
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Showing
Genesis Deluxe Cinemas
Friday and Saturday: 10.45AM, 6.40PM, 9.15PM, 11.50PM
Sunday: 10.45AM, 6.40PM, 9.15PM
Silverbird Cinemas (Victoria Island)
Friday to Sunday: 2:10PM
Silverbird Cinemas (Ikeja)
Friday to Sunday: 1:05PM
6. Dark Skies
Genre: Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Starring: Keri Russell, Jake Brennan, Josh Hamilton
Synopsis: As the Barret family's peaceful suburban life is rocked by an escalating series of disturbing events, they come to learn that a terrifying and deadly force is after them.
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Genesis Deluxe Cinemas
Friday and Saturday: 2.50PM, 7.10PM, 11.30PM
Sunday: 2.50PM, 7.10PM
Silverbird Cinemas (Ikeja)
Friday to Sunday: 12:55PM
Ozone Cinemas
10:00am, 9:05pm
7. Runner Runner
Genre: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Starring: Ben Affleck, Justin Timberlake, Gemma Arterton
Synopsis: When a poor college student who cracks an online poker game goes bust, he arranges a face-to-face with the man he thinks cheated him, a sly offshore entrepreneur.
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Showing:
Genesis Deluxe Cinemas
Friday and Saturday: 4.40PM, 6.45PM, 8.50PM, 10.55PM
Sunday: 4.40PM, 6.45PM, 8.50PM
Silverbird Cinemas (Victoria Island)
Friday to Sunday: 6:20PM, 8:45PM
Silverbird Cinemas (Ikeja)
Friday - Sunday: 10:40AM, 7:10PM, 9:00PM
Ozone Cinemas
3:25PM
8. Keeping My Man
Genre: Drama
Starring: Ramsey Nouah, Rukky Sanda, Ini Edo
Synopsis: Keeping My Man follows the journey of three couples, doing whatever they can, to keep sparks in their marriage. Zion (Rukky Sanda) and Tokunbo (Ramsey Nouah) always look perfect to their friend.
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Showing:
Genesis Deluxe Cinemas
Friday to Sunday: 1.20PM, 4.00PM
Silverbird Cinemas (Ikeja)
Friday - Sunday: 4:50PM
The Filmhouse, Surulere
Friday - Sunday: 1:40PM
9. Now You See Me
Genre: Crime|Mystery|Thriller
Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Common, Mark Ruffalo
Synopsis: An FBI agent and an Interpol detective track a team of illusionists who pull off bank heists during their performances and reward their audiences with the money.
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10. 2 Guns
Genre: Action|Comedy|Crime
Starring: Denzel Washington, Mark Wahlberg, Paula Patton
Synopsis: A DEA agent and a Naval Intelligence officer find themselves on the run after a botched attempt to infiltrate a drug cartel. While fleeing, they learn the secret of their shaky alliance. Neither knew that the other was an undercover agent.
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Showing
Genesis Deluxe Cinemas
Friday and Saturday: 12.10PM, 4.35PM, 11.30PM
Sunday: 12.10PM, 4.35PM
Ozone Cinemas
8:10PM
Silverbird Cinemas (Victoria Island)
Friday to Sunday: 3:50PM
Silverbird Cinemas (Ikeja)
Friday to Sunday: 5:00PM
Showing:
Genesis Deluxe Cinemas
Friday - Sunday: 6.50PM, 9.10PM
Ozone Cinemas
11:25AM
The Film House, Surulere
Friday - Sunday: 11:00AM
11. Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
Genre: Adventure | Family| Fantasy
Starring: Logan Lerman, Alexander Daddario, Brandon T.Jackson
Synopsis: In order to restore their dying safe haven, the son of Poseidon and his friends embark on a quest to the Sea of Monsters to find the mythical Golden Fleece while trying to stop an ancient evil from rising.
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Showing
Genesis Deluxe Cinemas
Friday - Sunday: 10.00AM, 2.25PM
12. The Smurfs 2
Genre: Animation
Starring: Hanz Azaria, Neil Patrick Harris, Jayma mays
Synopsis: The Smurfs team up with their human friends to rescue Smurfette, who has been kidnapped by Gargamel since she knows a secret spell that can turn the evil sorcerer’s newest creation- creatures called the Naughties- into real Smurfs.
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Showing
Genesis Deluxe Cinema
Friday - Sunday: 10.10AM, 12.20PM, 2.30PM
Silverbird Cinemas (Victoria Island)
Friday - Sunday: 4:15PM
Silverbird Cinemas (Ikeja)
Friday - Sunday: 1:20PM
13 . The Tall Man
Genre: Crime | Drama | Mystery
Starring: Jessica Biel, Jodelle Ferland, William B. Davis
Synopsis: When her child goes missing, a mother looks to unravel the legend of the Tall Man, an entity who allegedly abducts children.
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Showing:
Silverbird Cinemas (Victoria Island)
Friday to Sunday: 2:10PM
Silverbird Cinemas (Ikeja)
Friday to Sunday: 1:55PM
14. The Lone Ranger
Genre: Action | Adventure | Western
Starring: Johnny Depp, Armie Hammer, William Fichtner
Synopsis: Native American warrior Tonto recounts the untold tales that transformed John Reid, a man of the law, into a legend of justice.
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Showing:
Silverbird Cinemas (Victoria Island)
Friday - Sunday: 5:40PM
Silverbird Cinemas (Ikeja)
Friday to Sunday: 11:45AM, 4:25PM
The Film House, Surulere
Friday - Sunday: 8:45PM
15. The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Genre: Thriller
Starring: Riz Ahmed, Liev Schreiber, Kiefer Sutherland
Synopsis: While attending a party at James Franco's house, Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel and many other celebrities are faced with the apocalypse.
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Ozone Cinemas
10:10pm
16. The Big Wedding
Genre: Comedy
Starring: Robert De Niro, Diane Keaton, Katherine Heigl
Synopsis: A long-divorced couple fakes being married as their family unites for a wedding.
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Showing:
Silverbird Cinemas (Ikeja)
Friday - Sunday: 2:40PM
17. The Company You Keep
Genre: Drama | Thriller
Starring: Robert Redford, Brit Marling, Stanley Tucci
Synopsis: A former Weather Underground activist goes on the run from a journalist who has discovered his identity.
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Showing:
Genesis Deluxe Cinemas
Friday and Saturday: 10.15AM, 12.50PM, 4.55PM, 7.30PM
Sunday: 12.40PM, 5.25PM
Silverbird Cinemas (Victoria Island)
Friday - Sunday: 11:15AM, 1:25PM
Silverbird Cinemas (Ikeja)
Friday to Sunday: 8:45PM
18. Monsters University
Genre: Animation
Starring: Billy Crystal, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi
Synopsis: Mike Wazowski and James P. Sullivan are an inseparable pair, but that wasn't always the case. From the moment these two mismatched monsters met they couldn't stand each other. “Monsters University” unlocks the door to how Mike and Sulley overcame their differences and became the best of friends.
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Showing:
Silverbird Cinemas (Ikeja)
Friday to Sunday: 10:50AM, 2:55PM
Silverbird Cinemas (Victoria Island)
Friday to Sunday: 11:40AM, 1:40PM
Ozone Cinemas
10:15AM
The Film House Cinemas, Surulere
Friday to Sunday: 10:00AM, 12:00PM
19. R.I.P.D
Genre: Action|Adventure
Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Jeff Bridges, Mary-Louise Parker
Synopsis: A recently slain cop joins a team of undead police officers working for the Rest in Peace Department and tries to find the man who murdered him.
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Showing
Silverbird Cinemas (Victoria Island)
Friday to Sunday: 11:15PM, 5:10PM, 9:00PM
Silverbird Cinemas (Ikeja)
Friday to Sunday: 7:00PM, 8:50PM
Ozone Cinemas
1:35pm, 5:15pm, 7:10pm
20. Alan Poza
Genre: Comedy
Starring:
Synopsis: Alan Poza is described as “a hilarious youth romantic comedy which explores the emotional adventures of a young music label executive and his daily grapples with the temptations in that sector.”
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Showing
Silverbird Cinemas (Victoria Island)
Friday to Sunday: 11:30PM, 3:00PM
Silverbird Cinemas (Ikeja)
Friday to Sunday: 2pm
Ozone Cinemas
8:45PM
21. Felix
Genre: Drama
Starring: Hiayani Jr Mabasa; Linda Sokhulu; Dame Janet Suzman
Synopsis: 14 year-old Felix Xaba dreams of becoming a saxophonist like his late father, but his mother, Lindiwe thinks jazz is the devil’s music.
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Showing:
Silverbird Cinemas (Ikeja)
Friday - Sunday: 4:30PM
22. Pain and Gain
Genre: Action/Adventure
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson, Anthony Mackie
Synopsis: A trio of bodybuilders in Florida get caught up in an extortion ring and a kidnapping scheme that goes terribly wrong.
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Showing:
Ozone Cinemas
12:35pm
Silverbird Cinemas (Victoria Island)
Friday to Sunday: 11:50AM, 4:00PM
Silverbird Cinemas (Ikeja)
Friday to Sunday: 10:30AM, 3:35PM
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