This week’s new releases include two 5 out of 5 rated films by Glam Adelaide reviewers, the return of much-loved video game characters in the sequel to their highly successful 2023 original film along with the continuing story of Sydney’s Brent Street School dance academy made famous by the Prime TV series, Dance Life. Also starting this week is the winner of the Golden Lion for Best Film at the Venice Film Festival 2025 by American film legend Jim Jarmusch with an all-star cast and the new Zendaya and Robert Pattinson film.
Refer to your local cinema for session times and dates.
New releases include the below.
The President’s Cake
Rated M
Distributor: Rialto Distribution
Synopsis: While people across 1990s Iraq struggle to survive the war and food shortages, the President requires each school in the country to prepare a cake to celebrate his birthday. Despite her efforts to avoid getting picked, 9-year-old Lamia is chosen among her classmates. The young girl must now use her wits and imagination to gather ingredients and prepare the mandatory cake in The President’s Cake.
Read Tracey Korsten’s 5 out of 5 review: The President’s Cake Glam Adelaide Review
YouTube trailer: THE PRESIDENT’S CAKE | Official Trailer (2026)
Under a Bamboo Sky
Rated M
Distributor: WildBear Entertainment
Synopsis: A tale of human connection, hope and resilience in the face of great tragedy, Under a Bamboo Sky uses new technology to bring to life the unbelievable story of Australian soldiers held prisoner by the Japanese in WWII.
Using their own words, their own voices, Under a Bamboo Sky weaves the recollections (oral testimony) of more than 60 former POWs together with newly colourised archival material and new location footage to deliver a moving, intimate and revelatory first-hand account of their experience.
Read Rebecca Wu’s 5 out of 5 review: Under a Bamboo Sky Glam Adelaide Review
Official website with session details and trailer: Under A Bamboo Sky – Official Page
Dance for Your Life
Rated PG
Distributor: Mushroom Studios
Synopsis: Sydney’s Brent Street School dance academy has been made famous thanks to the Prime TV series, Dance Life. This followed the class of 2022 in their quest to become professional dancers.
Now the series has spawned a feature documentary, as a large group of current students and alumni vie for one of ten places on a week-long intensive in London with Shapehaus studio. From there, one performer will be offered a contract with the studio.
Read Tracey Korsten’s review: Dance for Your Life Glam Adelaide Review
YouTube trailer: Dance for Your Life | Official Trailer
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
Rated PG
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Synopsis: The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is an animated film based on the world of Super Mario Bros., and follows The Super Mario Bros. Movie, which was released in 2023 and earned more than $1.3 billion worldwide. Both the 2023 film and The Super Mario Galaxy Movie are produced by Chris Meledandri of Illumination and Shigeru Miyamoto of Nintendo.
Read the Glam Adelaide review: The Super Mario Galaxy Movie Glam Adelaide Review
YouTube trailer: The Super Mario Galaxy Movie | Final Trailer
Father Mother Sister Brother
Rated M
Distributor: Madman Films
Synopsis: Father Mother Sister Brother is a feature film, though carefully constructed in the form of a triptych. The three stories all concern the relationships between adult children, their somewhat distant parent (or parents), and each other. Each of the three chapters takes place in the present, and each in a different country. FATHER is set in the Northeast US, MOTHER in Dublin, Ireland, and SISTER BROTHER in Paris, France. The film is a series of character studies, quiet, observational and non-judgmental – a comedy, but interwoven with threads of melancholy.
Starring Tom Waits, Adam Driver, Mayim Bialik, Charlotte Rampling, Cate Blanchett and Vicky Krieps and others.
YouTube trailer: Father Mother Sister Brother – Official Trailer
The Drama
Rated M
Distributor: Entertainment Film Distributors
Synopsis: A happily engaged couple (Zendaya and Robert Pattinson) are put to the test when an unexpected revelation sends their wedding week off the rails after the bride-to-be confesses to the worst thing she’s ever done in a “chaotic love story”.
YouTube trailer: The Drama Official Trailer
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