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    57 Lorne St , Auckland City

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    Giveaways /// Little Brother 'Wish You Were Here'

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    The Yolanda Be Cool Product Recall

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    The Promised Land

    Thursday, June 13 - Wednesday, July 3, 2024

    Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

    More than a decade after 'A Royal Affair', Mads Mikkelsen and filmmaker Nikolaj Arcel have made another grand and gripping drama set in Denmark's past.

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    Inside Out 2

    Thursday, June 27 - Wednesday, July 24, 2024

    Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

    Amy Poehler still brings joy in this nine-years-later sequel to one of Pixar's best films, which proves as emotionally intelligent as its predecessor.

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    The Watchers

    Thursday, June 6 - Wednesday, June 26, 2024

    Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

    With this intriguing gothic-tinged horror film, Ishana Night Shyamalan makes her feature directorial debut and lives up to her surname.

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    The Taste of Things

    Thursday, June 27 - Wednesday, July 17, 2024

    Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

    This Oscar-shortlisted, Cannes Best Director-winning French delight simmers up a 19th-century romance between a cook and a gourmand.

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    Ten Scathing Reviews of Classic Books

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    Ten Weird but Wonderful Spas

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    Awesome Underwater Photographs

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    Is That You With Perrier? Round Five

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    Win a Double VIP Pass to Parklife

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    Ten Images That Stopped The World

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    How to Get Out of Your Internet Ghetto

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    Is That You With Perrier? Round Four

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    Vertigo-Inducing Views From One World Trade Center

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    Ten Helpful Hangover Cures

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    Psychedelic Photographs From Burning Man 2012

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