Must-See Movies for the Week

It's the start of another week 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.

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 Lucy

Genre: Drama

Starring: Scarlett Johansson, Morgan Freeman, Min-sik Choi

Synopsis: A woman, accidentally caught in a dark deal, turns the tables on her captors and transforms into a merciless warrior evolved beyond human logic.

Showing:

Ozone Cinemas

Friday - Thursday : 11:30am

2. Good People

Genre: Action | Crime | Thriller

Starring:  James Franco, Kate Hudson, Tom Wilkinson

Synopsis:  Discovering a cache of cash in their dead tenant's apt, a couple in debt take the money and find themselves the target of a deadly adversary-the thief who stole it

Showing:

Silverbird Cinemas Port Harcourt:

Friday - Thursday : 11:30AM, 1:50PM, 4:10PM, 6:30PM, 8:50PM

Silverbird Cinemas Ikeja

Friday - Thursday : 10:35AM,4:45PM,9:00PM

Silverbird Cinemas Port Harcourt

Friday-Thursday : 3:25PM, 7:15PM, 9:05PM

Ozone Cinemas

4:00pm, 6:15pm

3. Being Mrs Elliot

Genre: Romance

Starring:  Majid Michel, AY, Lepacious Bose, Uru Eke, Seun Akindele, Bishop Ime Umoh, Chika Chukwu.

Synopsis: Two women, in a simple twist of fate, find their worlds colliding with each other. Their lives are turned upside down as they meet two men, who are on a different path in life until unusual circumstances bring the women into their lives. In a maze of deception, lust, pain, jealousy and intrigues their lives are rearranged in ways that they did not foresee as they try to make sense of finding love in unusual places.

Peep the trailer

Showing:

Silverbird Cinemas Port Harcourt

Friday - Thursday : 1:50PM, 6:20PM, 8:30PM

Silverbird Cinemas Ikeja

Friday - Thursday : 2:25PM

Silverbird Cinemas Abuja

Friday - Thursday : 11:30am, 1:50pm

4. Gone Girl

Genre: Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Starring:Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike, Neil Patrick Harri

Synopsis:  With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.

Peep the trailer

Showing:

Ozone Cinemas

Friday - Thursday : 1:15pm, 5:45pm, 8:30pm

Genesis Deluxe

Friday-Thursday: 3.45PM, 6.45PM, 9.45PM

Silverbird Cinemas Port Harcourt

Friday -Thursday : 3:20PM, 6:05PM, 8:50PM

Silverbird Cinemas Ikeja

Friday - Thursday : 6:05PM,9:00PM

5. Daracula Untold

Genre: Action/Adventure

Starring:  Luke Evans, Sarah Gadon, Dominic Cooper, Charlie Cox

Synopsis: Facing threats to his kingdom and his family, Vlad Tepes looks to make a deal with dangerous supernatural forces - without succumbing to the darkness himself.

Showing:

Ozone Cinemas

Friday - Thursday : 1:10pm, 2:55pm, 4:30pm, 7:10pm, 9:00pm

Silverbird Cinemas Port Harcourt

Friday - Thursday : 12:00PM, 1:50PM, 3:40PM, 5:30PM,7:20PM, 9:10PM

Silverbird Cinemas Ikeja

Friday - Thursday : 10:30AM,2:45PM,6:35PM,7:20PM,9:10PM

Genesis Deluxe Cinemas12.15PM, 2.20PM, 4.25PM, 6.30PM, 8.35PM, 10.40PM

6.  Dolphin Tale 2

Genre: Drama

Starring:  Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd, Nathan Gamble, Cozi Zuehlsdorff

Synopsis: The team of people who saved Winter's life reassemble in the wake of her surrogate mother's passing in order to find her a companion so she can remain at the Clearwater Marine Hospital.

Peep the trailer

Showing:

Silverbird Ikeja

Fri - Thurs : 10:45AM,1:55PM,4:00PM

Genesis Deluxe Cinemas

11.35AM, 1.55PM

Ozone Cinemas

10:25am

Silverbird Port Harcourt

Friday - Thursday : 11:20AM, 1:20PM, 5:10PM

7.  Guardians of the Galaxy

Genre: Action/Adventure/Sci-Fi

Starring : Chris Pratt, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper

Synopsis: In the far reaches of space, an American pilot named Peter Quill finds himself the object of a manhunt after stealing an orb coveted by the villainous Ronan.

Showing:

Silverbird Cinemas Port Harcourt

Fri-Thurs :5:45PM, 8:15PM

8.

Genre: Action/Adventure

Synopsis - When Dusty learns that his engine is damaged and he may never race again, he joins a forest fire and rescue unit to be trained as a firefighter

Starring - Dane Cook, Ed Harris, Julie Bowen

Showing

Ozone Cinemas

10:00am

Silverbird Cinemas Port Harcourt

Friday - Thursday  : 12:00PM, 1:45PM, 3:30PM

9. Hercules

Genre: Action/Adventure

Synopsis - Having endured his legendary twelve labors, Hercules, the Greek demigod, has his life as a sword-for-hire tested when the King of Thrace and his daughter seek his aid in defeating a tyrannical warlord.

Starring - Dwayne Johnson, John Hurt, Ian McShane

Showing

Ozone Cinemas

10:10am

10. The Identical

Genre: Drama

Starring: Ray Liotta, Ashley Judd, Seth Green, Joe Pantoliano

Synopsis: Twin brothers are unknowingly separated at birth; one of them becomes an iconic rock 'n' roll star, while the other struggles to balance his love for music and pleasing his father.

Showing:

Ozone Cinemas

Friday - Thursday: 12:00pm, 1:55pm

Silverbird Cinemas Ikeja

Friday - Thursday : 12:20PM

Silverbird Port Harcourt

Friday - Thursday : 4:00PM, 8:50PM

11:

Genre: Thriller

Starring

Taraji P. Henson, Idris Elba, Leslie Bibb

Synopsis: Terri is a devoted wife and mother of two, living an ideal suburban life in Atlanta when Colin, a charming but dangerous escaped convict, shows up at her door claiming car trouble.

Showing:

Silverbird Cinemas Ikeja

Friday - Thursday : 1:00PM, 4:35PM

Ozone Cinemas :

Friday - Thursday : 9:10pm

12. October 1

Genre: Suspense/Horror

Starring:  Sadiq Daba,Kehinde Bankole,David Bailie, Nick Rhys, Kunle Afolayan

Synopsis: Its September 1960, and with Nigeria on the verge of independence from British colonial rule, a northern Nigerian Police Detective, DAN WAZIRI, is urgently despatched by the Colonial Government to the trading post town of Akote in the Western Region of Nigeria to solve a series of female murders that have struck horror in the hearts and minds of the local community.

Showing:

Genesis Deluxe Cinemas

Fri - Thurs :12.40PM, 3.35PM, 6.30PM, 9.25PM

Silverbird Cinemas Ikeja

Friday, Saturday, Monday, Tuesday :10:00AM, 12:30PM, 6:15PM, 8:55PM

Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday : 12:30PM, 6:15PM, 8:55PM

Silverbird Cinemas Port Harcourt

Friday - Thursday : 12:10PM, 3:10PM, 6:00PM, 8:50PM

Ozone Cinemas

3:50pm, 6:30pm

13. Single Married and Complicated

Genre: Nollywood Drama

Starring:  Chris Attoh, John Dumelo, Alex Ekubo, Yvonne Nelson, Tana Adelena

Synopsis: The movie centres on the characters Jay, Kimora, Andy, and Vida, who return to a re-plotted tale of love, life and living it as they seek to find an answer to the question... What do Men really want?

Peep the trailer

Showing:

Silverbird Cinemas Port Harcourt

Friday - Thursdays : 11:30AM, 4:00PM

Silverbird Cinemas Abuja

Friday - Thursday : 2:00pm

14: The Maze Runner

Genre: Science Fiction

Starring: Dylan O'Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Will Poulter |

Synopsis: Thomas is deposited in a community of boys after his memory is erased, soon learning they're all trapped in a maze that will require him to join forces with fellow "runners" for a shot at escape.

Showing:

Genesis Deluxe

Friday - Thursday : 11.15AM, 1.40PM, 4.05PM, 6.30PM

Silverbird Cinemas Ikeja

Friday - Thursday : 2:10PM,4:25PM

Silverbird Cinemas Port Harcourt

Friday - Thursday : 11:30AM, 1:40PM, 6:00PM

Ozone Cinemas

Friday - Thursday :11:10am

Silverbird Cinemas Abuja

Friday - Thursday : 11:50am, 4:20pm

15: The Equalizer

Genre: Science Fiction

Starring: Denzel Washington, Marton Csokas, Chloë Grace Moretz

Synopsis: A man believes he has put his mysterious past behind him and has dedicated himself to beginning a new, quiet life. But when he meets a young girl under the control of ultra-violent Russian gangsters, he can't stand idly by - he has to help her.

Showing:

Genesis Deluxe

Friday - Thursday : 2.10PM 4.50PM 6.00PM 7.30PM 8.40PM 10.20PM11.20PM

Silverbird Cinemas Ikeja

Friday-Thursday : 11:40AM,4:50PM,6:30PM,8:30PM

Ozone CInemas :

2:05pm, 4:45pm, 8:00pm

Silverbird Cinemas Abuja

Thursday - Friday : 4:10pm, 6:40pm, 9:10pm

16 Before I Go To Sleep

Genre: Mystery / Thriller

Starring: Nicole Kidman, Colin Firth, Mark Strong

Synopsis: A woman wakes up every day, remembering nothing as a result of a traumatic accident in her past. One day, new terrifying truths emerge that force her to question everyone around he

Showing:

Silverbird Cinemas Ikeja

Friday - Thursday : 12:20PM