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Moonlight is bringing a touch of romance to summer with their February program alongside a mix of classic Aussie movies, family films and the latest blockbuster flicks.
Whether you celebrate with your Valentine or ‘Galentines’, you won’t want to miss Moonlight Cinema’s ‘A Week of Romance’ from Wednesday 8th February – 15th February, featuring Rom-Com favourites like Notting Hill, 10 Things I Hate About You and Pretty Woman, plus a special preview screening of the final movie of the Magic Mike Franchise, Magic Mike’s Last Dance.
The February program also includes a range of the latest blockbusters including Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre, M3GAN, James Cameron’s epic Avatar: The Way of Water, and a preview screening of Empire of Light. Audiences can also see classic Aussie favourites under the stars including The Castle and Muriel’s Wedding, thanks to Oz Lotto’s Big Aussie Fun screenings.
Pick up favourite movie snacks from the on-site kitchen and bar or BYO*, Moonlight Cinema is the perfect date night with that special someone, or night out with your family and friends. Dogs needn’t stay at home either**; Moonlight Cinema is dog-friendly at all locations apart from Perth. You can even hire pampered pooches a doggy bean-bed, thanks to Moonlight Cinema’s dog partner, K9 Natural.
Sundays just got a bit sweeter with ‘Singleton Sundays’! Moonlight will be hosting the Singleton Whisky cart in Melbourne before making its way up to Sydney in February. The cart will offer Guests refreshing cocktail samples on arrival and special offers on the official Moonlight summer cocktail.
Moonlight Cinema locations are within sprawling inner-city parklands around Australia and will continue to run throughout February and March in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth, wrapping up on 19th February in Brisbane and Adelaide.
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FEBRUARY 2023 PROGRAM
A Week of Romance: Love is in the air and showing at Moonlight Cinema screens around Australia.
- Magic Mike’s Last Dance – 8th February (National) The latest instalment in the Magic Mike franchise, seeing Channing Tatum return as Mike Lane for one last dance.
- 10 Things I Hate About You – 9th February (National) 90s classic starring Heath Ledger and Julia Stiles as a high-school boy, Cameron, cannot date Bianca until her anti-social older sister, Kat, has a boyfriend.
- Notting Hill – 10th February (National) Starring Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts, a British bookseller meets and falls in love with a high-profile American Actress.
- What’s Love Got To Do With It – 11th February (National) A filmmaker decides to document her best friend’s journey towards an arranged marriage, starring Lily James, Emma Thompson and Shazad Latif.
- Pretty Woman – 12th February (National) Rich entrepreneur (Richard Gere) falls in love with the escort (Julia Roberts) he hires to accompany him to a few social events.
- The Notebook – Valentine’s Day 14th February (National) Quintessential lover’s movie starring
Ryan Gosling and Ryan Adams told in the form of two soul mates reading from a notebook.
Preview screenings: Catch these movies at Moonlight Cinema before they hit the big screen.
- Empire of Light – 19th February (Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Adelaide) A powerful and poignant story about human connection and the magic of cinema, from Academy Award-winning director Sam Mendes.
- Living – 28th February (Sydney, Melbourne & Perth) Set in 1950s London, Bill Nighy, a humourless civil servant, decides to take time off work to experience life after receiving a grim diagnosis.
Hollywood hits: The movies that everyone is talking about.
- I Wanna Dance With Somebody – 2nd & 23rd February (National) Based on the life of pop culture icon Whitney Houston.
- Avatar: The Way of Water – 3rd & 24th February (National) James Cameron’s epic science fiction sequel to the world’s highest ever grossing film, Avatar.
- Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre – 5th & 16th February (National) The world’s best operatives come together to save the world in this Action Comedy from Guy Ritchie, starring Jason Statham, Aubrey Plaza and Hugh Grant.
- The Menu – 16th February (National) Starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Fiennes and Nicolas Hoult, a young couple travel to a remote island to eat at an exclusive restaurant where the chef has prepared a lavish menu, with some shocking surprises.
- A Man Called Otto – 17th February (National) Tom Hanks stars in this comedy-drama as grumpy widower Otto Anderson who meets his match in a quick-witted, pregnant woman named Marisol leading to an unlikely friendship.
- Top Gun: Maverick – 19th February (Brisbane) Tom Cruise returns as one of the Navy’s top aviators, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell in this action-drama sequel.
- M3GAN – 21st February (Sydney, Melbourne & Perth) A robotics engineer builds a life-like doll that begins to take on a life of its own in this sci-fi horror movie.
- Babylon – 25th February (Sydney, Melbourne, Perth) From Director Damien Chazelle (La La Land) and starring Margot Robbie and Brad Pitt, the film chronicles the rise and fall of ambitious dreamers in 1920s Hollywood and captures the decadence, depravity, and outrageous excess of the time.
Retro classics: It wouldn’t be Moonlight Cinema without nostalgic, feel-good flicks.
- The Castle – 1st February (National) Aussie battler family fights city hall after being told they must vacate the family home to allow for an incoming airport.
- Strictly Ballroom – 7th February (National) Baz Lurhmann’s Australian romantic comedy of two young people fighting for artistic freedom against ballroom dancing’s repressive regime.
- Muriel’s Wedding – 15th February (National) Starring Toni Collette and Rachel Griffiths, Muriel, a young social outcast steals money from her parents to finance a vacation of a lifetime where she hopes to find happiness, and perhaps love.
Family hits: Family fun at Moonlight Cinema.
- Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile – 4th February (National) Comedy musical featuring the voice of Shawn Mendes, of an unlikely friendship turned family bond.
- Puss In Boots: The Last Wish – 18th February (National) Dreamworks’ animated adventure comedy follows Puss, voiced by Antonio Banderas, on an epic journey to find the mythical Last Wish.
TICKETS
January and February sessions are now on sale at moonlight.com.au
WHERE & WHEN
Sydney: Centennial Park, now open through to 26th March 2023
Melbourne: Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, now open through to 26th March 2023 Brisbane: Roma Street Parkland, now open through to 19th February 2023 Adelaide: Botanic Park, now open through to 19th February 2023
Perth: Kings Park & Botanic Garden, now open through to 26th March 2023
*There are a range of catered food & drink options available on site. Moonlight Cinema is BYO at all locations apart from Brisbane.
**Moonlight Cinema is dog-friendly at all locations apart from Perth.
