Wendy sees thing differently: she fiercely independent, with a brilliant mind and a mischievous sense of hilarity. Wendy also has autism. To her, people are in indecipherable code and the world’s a confusing place. Inspired by her no-nonsence caregiver, Wendy comes a of age and escapes from her care home on the road trip of a lifetime to deliver her 500-page script to a writing competition.

Director Steven Spielberg’s science-fiction action adventure reveals a chaotic, collapsing world in the year 2045. Salvation lies in the OASIS, a fantastical virtual-reality universe created by the brilliant and eccentric James Halliday. When Halliday dies, his immense fortune is left to the first person who can find a digital Easter egg hidden in the OASIS. Joining the hunt is unlikely young hero Wade Watts, who is hurled into a breakneck, reality-bending quest filled with mystery, discovery and danger.

Ex-military investigator Jack Reacher (Tom Cruise, Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol) leaps off the pages of Lee Child’s bestselling novel and onto the big screen in the explosive thriller that critics are calling “a superior thriller”. When an unspeakable crime is committed, all evidence points to the suspect in custody who offers up a single note in defence: “Get Jack Reacher!” The law has its limits, but Reacher does not when his fight for the truth pits him against an unexpected enemy with a skill for violence and a secret to keep.

Academy Award-winning director Steven Soderbergh plunges audiences into the suspense and drama of a resilient woman’s fight to reclaim her freedom even as she risks her own sanity. Still scarred from the trauma of being terrorised by a stalker, Sawyer Valentini (Claire Foy, The Crown) receives treatments at the Highland Creek Behavioural Center. However, shortly after she unwittingly commits herself to the mental institution and is unable to leave, she catches sight of a facility staffer who, she is convinced, is actually her stalker. But is he real or a product of her delusion?

James More is a water engineer who is taken hostage in Somalia by Jihadist fighters who suspect that he is a British spy. Danielle ‘Danny’ Flinders is a bio-mathematician working on a deep sea diving project to support her theory of the origin of life on the planet. James and Danny only met a few weeks earlier, in an isolated hotel on the Atlantic coast, where they were both preparing for their dangerous missions. The last thing they had in mind was falling in love, yet that is what’s happening to them: they recognize in each other the love of their lives. Except they’re now worlds apart, unable to reach each other. As Danny descends to the ocean floor, she doesn’t even know if James is still alive.

1892, New Mexico – legendary Army captain Joseph J. Blocker (Bale) undertakes one final mission before retirement: escort Yellow Hawk (Studi) – a dying Cheyenne war chief – and his family back to sacred tribal lands. After 20 years of violent struggle, this gesture of peace is as unthinkable as it is harrowing. Together they battle against a punishing landscape and the brutality of men alike, coming to the rescue of a young widow (Pike) amidst the carnage of her murdered family. Two great warriors, once rivals across the battlefield, must learn to trust each other and find peace in an unforgiving land.

A heroic odyssey of survival, HOSTILES becomes a story not about the miles travelled nor the battles fought, but the journey towards respect, reconciliation and forgiveness.

Christine “Lady Bird” McPherson (SAOIRSE RONAN) fights against but is exactly like her wilding loving, deeply opinionated and strong-willed mum (LAURIE METCALF), a nurse working tireless to keep her family afloat after Lady Bird’s father (TRACY LETTS) loses her job. Lady Bird is an affecting look at the relationships that shape us, the beliefs that defines us, and the unmatched beauty of a place called home.