Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion (PG)
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This animated adventure coincides with the 60th anniversary of the comic book series. Asterix and Obelix embark on a quest across Gaul looking for a young druid worthy of learning the secret of the magic potion that has helped protect their village. But all hell breaks loose at home as the Romans start attacking and an evil wizard named Sulfurix sets out to steal the potion's secret recipe.
Godzilla: King of the Monsters (M)
The crypto-zoological agency Monarch faces off against a battery of god-sized monsters, including the reptile Godzilla, who faces Mothra, Rodan, and his ultimate nemesis, the three-headed King Ghidorah. Stars Kyle Chandler and Vera Farmiga.
Rocketman (M)
In this musical fantasy, the shy piano prodigy Reginald Dwight transforms himself into international superstar Elton John. Taran Edgerton plays the lead role.
At Palace Electric (palacecinemas.com.au) and Capitol Manuka (eventcinemas.com.au) there are two advance screenings this weekend of films opening June 6:
My Big Gay Italian Wedding (M)
A romantic comedy in which Antonio (Cristiano Caccamo), who has not yet come out to his parents, proposes to his boyfriend boyfriend Paolo (Salvatore Esposito).
Red Joan (M)
The story of British physicist Joan Stanley, who supplied the KGB with nuclear secrets, is based on a novel inspired by a true story. Stars Judi Dench.
Dendy (dendy.com.au) has these and also advance screenings of All Is True (M), about the last days of William Shakespeare (Kenneth Branagh) and Acute Misfortune (MA15+), about controversial Australian artist Adam Cullen (Daniel Henshall).