As the warm South Australian summer sets in, the Moonlight Cinema in Adelaide’s Botanic Park is ready to kick off the season with a cinematic bang. The much-loved outdoor cinema nestled in the parklands have unveiled their highly anticipated summer program, promising a season filled with star-studded blockbusters, Christmas classics, and nostalgic icons.
Moonlight Cinema has been a favourite summer pastime for movie enthusiasts across Australia. This summer, their program features a variety of films new and old, including some of the most highly anticipated movies of the year, like “Gladiator 2” and “Wicked”.
Until December 23rd, the Moonlight Cinema invites South Aussies to catch some of their favourite Christmas flicks. Think “Home Alone”, “Love Actually”, “Elf”, “The Holiday”, and much more!
But that’s not all. After Christmas Day, the outdoor cinema is back on from Boxing Day onwards, showing 2024 bangers like “Better Man”, a Robbie Williams biopic from the director of The Greatest Showman that depicts the pop superstar as a chimpanzee. Fans of historical-fiction can catch Ridley Scott’s “Gladiator 2”, starring Paul Mescal and the legendary Denzel Curry, on December 27th, January 4th, and January 15th.
Musical enthusiasts can see the new “Wicked” movie starring Ariana Grande on December 28th and in January on the 2nd, 14th, and 24th, and fans of animation can check out a feast of enjoyable films like “Paddington in Peru”, “Moana 2”, “Sonic The Hedgehog 3”, and everyone’s favourite, “Shrek”.
There’s a couple of nostalgic, diary-themed 2000s comedies showing in January, like “The Princess Diaries”, starring Anne Hathaway and Julie Andrews, showing on January 11th, and “Bridget Jones’s Diary” featuring Hugh Grant, Colin Firth, and Renee Zellweger on the 28th.
Last but not least, there are a ton of exciting new dramas set to hit the big screen throughout January. “Heretic”, a horror-thriller starring Hugh Grant, has a one-off screening on January 12th. “Conclave”, starring the great Ralph Fiennes, sets the scene of a secret Vatican meeting of Catholic cardinals who gather in Rome to pick a new Pope.
And perhaps the film I’m most excited to see at the Moonlight Cinema is John Crowley’s “We Live In Time”, starring Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield in a heart-throbbing romantic drama that spans decades.
Moonlight Cinema is set to create memorable summer evenings for families, friends, and film buffs alike. With locations in five of Australia’s most picturesque outdoor venues including Adelaide, there’s no better way to spend a balmy night than by watching a movie under the stars.
Tickets for Moonlight Cinema’s spectacular summer program are available now.
SUMMER 2024/25 PROGRAM
Christmas Favourites – December 8 – 23
- Love Actually: December 11th, 13th, 17th, and 23rd
- The Holiday: December 12th
- Home Alone: December 14th and 19th
- The Muppet Christmas Carol: December 15th
- Home Alone 2 – Lost in New York: December 20th
- Elf: December 18th and 21
- How the Grinch Stole Christmas: December 22nd
Hollywood Hits: The movies that everyone is talking about under the stars on the big screen this
Summer
- Better Man: December 26th, January 10th and 21st
- Gladiator 2: December 27th, January 4th and 15th
- Wicked: December 28th, January 14th and 24th
- We Live In Time: January 16th
- Conclave: January 8th
- The Princess Diaries: January 11th
- Heretic: January 12th
- A Real Pain: January 19th
- Bridget Jones’s Diary: January 28th
- September 5: January 29th
- Maria: January 30th
Animated movies
- The Muppet Christmas Carol: December 15th
- Paddington in Peru: December 29th, January 5th and 26th
- Moana 2: January 1st and 23rd
- Shrek: January 7th
- Mufasa: The Lion King: January 17th
- Sonic The Hedgehog 3: January 9th and 18th
For more information about the Moonlight Cinema in Adelaide, head here.
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