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.
Must-see movies for the week
Pulse.ng presents you with all the great movies to see in the cinemas this week, from 'America Sniper' to 'The Department' and many more. Check full list below.
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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!
Genre: Animation
Starring: Rebecca Husain, Patrica Drake, Britt Irvin
Synopsis: a modern-day princess is kissed by a magical butterfly and discovers she has super powers. Will she join forces with her “super” friends and rid the kingdom of its enemy?
Showing:
Silverbird Cinemas Ikeja
Friday - Thursday : 11:30AM, 1:00PM,4:45PM
Ozone Cinemas
Friday - Thursday - 10:35am, 12:00pm
Genesis Deluxe Cinemas
Friday - Thursday : 11.45AM, 1.30PM
Silverbird Cinemas Abuja
Friday - Thursday : 1:10PM, 2:40PM, 4:10PM
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 - 2:05pm
Silverbird Cinemas Ikeja
Friday - Thursday : 3:00PM, 8:45PM
Genesis Deluxe Cinemas
Friday - Thursday :12.50PM, 3.50PM, 5.00PM
Silverbird Cinemas Port Harcourt
Friday - Thursday : 2:20PM, 7:10PM, 9:10PM
Silverbird Cinemas Abuja
Friday - Thursday : 4:40PM, 6:40PM, 8:40PM
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.
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Showing:
Silverbird Cinemas Port Harcourt
Friday - Thursday : 4:05PM
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: 3:25pm, 5:25pm, 6:30pm
Silverbird Cinemas Ikeja
Friday - Thursday : 12:00PM, 6:35PM, 8:40PM
Silverbird Cinemas Port Harcourt
Friday - Thursday: 12:15PM, 5:00PM, 7:00PM, 9:00PM
Genesis Deluxe Cinemas
Friday - Thursday : 11.40PM, 4.50PM, 6.00PM, 7.00PM, 9.10PM, 11.20PM
Silverbird Cinemas Abuja
Friday - Thursday : 1.10PM, 3.10PM, 5.10PM, 7.10PM, 9.10PM
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 - 4:05pm, 9:10pm
Silverbird Cinemas Ikeja
Friday - Thursday : 12:30PM, 4:50PM, 6:50PM
Genesis Deluxe Cinemas
Friday - Thursday : 2.20PM, 4.40PM, 7.00PM, 8.10PM, 9.20PM
Silverbird Cinemas Port Harcourt
Wednesday & Thursday : 12:00PM, 2:05PM, 4:15PM, 6:20PM, 8:30PM
Silverbird Cinemas Abuja
Friday - Thursday : 12.50PM, 3.00PM, 5.10PM, 7.20PM, 9.30PM
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
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Showing:
Ozone Cinemas
Fri-Tues: 10:25am
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 : 12.20PM, 2.35PM
Ozone Cinemas
Friday - Thursday : 12:15pm
Silverbird Cinemas Ikeja
Friday - Thursday : 2:40PM
Silverbird Cinemas Port Harcourt
Friday - Thursday : 4:10PM, 6:20PM, 8:25PM
Silverbird Cinemas Abuja
Friday - Thursday : 12.30PM, 2.30PM, 4.30PM, 6.30PM, 8.30PM
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 Port Harcourt
Friday - Thursday : 1:05PM, 5:00PM, 8:55PM
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 Port Harcourt
Friday - Saturday : 12:15PM, 2:10PM
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 - Thursday : 2:30PM
Silverbird Cinemas Port Harcourt
Friday - Thursday : 11:00AM, 1:10PM, 3:25PM
Ozone Cinemas
Saturday - Sunday : 10:00am
Friday -Thursday : 10:00am
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, Monday -Thursday : 10:15am
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:
Silverbird Cinemas Ikeja
Friday - Thursday : 4:40PM
SIlverbird Cinemas Port Harcourt
Friday - Thursday : 11:45AM, 2:00PM, 6:20PM
Ozone Cinemas
Friday -Thursday : 1:25pm, 6:10mp
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 : 3:15PM, 7:10PM
Silverbird Cinemas Ikeja
Friday – Thursday : 1:10PM
Genesis Deluxe Cinemas
Friday - Thursday : 12.30PM, 4.30PM
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:
Silverbird Cinemas Port Harcourt
Wednesday - Thursday : 4:20PM
Ozone Cinemas
Fri-Thur: 10:30am
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
Ozone Cinemas
Friday -Thursday : 10: 00AM
Silverbird Cinemas Port Harcourt
Friday - Thursday : 12:30PM, 5:50PM
Silverbird Abuja
Friday - Thursday : 5:40PM, 8:00PM
Genre: Action | Drama | War
Synopsis - April, 1945. As the Allies make their final push in the European Theatre, a battle-hardened army sergeant named Wardaddy commands a Sherman tank and his five-man crew on a deadly mission behind enemy lines.
Out-numbered, out-gunned, and with a rookie soldier thrust into their platoon, Wardaddy and his men face overwhelming odds in their heroic attempts to strike at the heart of Nazi Germany.
Starring - Brad Pitt, Shia LaBeouf, Logan Lerman
Showing
Genesis Deluxe Cinemas
Friday - Saturday : 11.35AM, 3.15PM, 8.40PM, 11.25PM
Sunday - Thursday :11.35AM, 3.15PM, 8.40PM
Ozone Cinemas
Friday -Thursday : 4:00pm, 8:10pm
Silverbird Cinemas Ikeja
Friday - Thursday : 6:20PM, 9:00PM
Silverbird Cinemas Port Harcourt
Friday - Thursday : 1:00PM, 3:35PM, 6:10PM, 8:45PM
Silverbird Abuja
Friday - Thursday : 1.20PM, 3.50PM, 6.20PM, 8.50PM
Genre: Comedy | Drama
Synopsis - Affluent and aimless, Conrad Valmont lives a life of leisure in his parent's prestigious Manhattan Hotel. In the span of one week, he finds himself evicted, disinherited, and... in love.
Starring - Jason Bateman, Olivia Wilde, Billy Crudup
Showing
Genesis Deluxe Cinemas
Friday - Thursday : 10.50AM, 1.50PM, 3.00PM
Silverbird Cinemas Ikeja
Friday - Thursday :10:30AM, 2:10PM, 7:00PM
Silverbird Cinemas Port Harcourt
Friday - Thursday : 5:40PM, 7:25PM, 9:05PM
Silverbird Abuja
Friday - Thursday : 3:00PM, 7:30PM, 9:15PM
Genre: Action| Adventure
Synopsis - First Cut is a new flick centered on rape, a treacherous love triangle, conflicting family ties and loads of fashion.
Starring - Monalisa Chinda, Joseph Benjamin, Bobby Obodo and Emmanuel Mensah
Showing
Silverbird Cinemas Port Harcourt
Friday - Thursday : 1:05PM, 5:00PM, 8:30PM
Silverbird Cinemas Abuja
Friday - Thursday : 12:00PM, 2:20PM
Genre: Nollywood
Synopsis - The Department is about Tolu Okoye, who worked in a secret criminal department of a respected Nigerian conglomerate until she got married. Now she’s a bored housewife and The Department wants her back for one last job. She accepts against the wishes of her husband who decides to sabotage The Department to save their marriage
Starring - Majid Michel, O.C.Ukeje, Osas Ighodaro, Desmond Elliot
Showing
Genesis Deluxe Cinemas
Friday - Thursday : 2.25PM, 6.25PM
Silverbird Cinemas Ikeja
Friday - Thursday : 11:10AM, 5:00PM
Ozone Cinemas
Friday - Thursday : 2:10pm, 8:55pm
Silverbird Abuja
Friday - Thursday : 12:00PM, 2:00PM, 6:20PM
Genre: Action | Biography | Drama
Synopsis - U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle (Bradley Cooper) takes his sole mission -- protect his comrades -- to heart and becomes one of the most lethal snipers in American history. His pinpoint accuracy not only saves countless lives but also makes him a prime target of insurgents.
Starring - Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller, Kyle Gallner
Showing
Genesis Deluxe Cinemas
Friday - Thursday : 6.00PM, 7.10PM, 9.45PM
Silverbird Cinemas Ikeja
Friday - Thursday : 12:10PM, 4:00PM, 6:50PM, 9:20PM
Ozone Cinemas
Friday - Thursday : 1:10pm, 3:45pm, 6:10pm, 8:40pm
Silverbird Abuja
Friday - Thursday : 1:30PM, 4:00PM, 6:30PM, 9:00PM
Genre: Drama
Synopsis - In the throes of a quarter-life crisis, Megan panics when her boyfriend proposes, then, taking an opportunity to escape for a week, hides out in the home of her new friend, 16-year-old Annika, who lives with her world-weary single dad.
Starring - Keira Knightley, Chloë Grace Moretz, Sam Rockwell
Showing
Silverbird Cinemas Ikeja
Friday - Thursday :10:30AM, 2:40PM, 8:50PM
Ozone Cinemas
Friday - Thursday : 12:10pm, 7:20pm
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