BOXING DAY MOVIES 2017

For anyone who loves movies, Boxing Day is the most exciting day at the cinema. While it's scorchingly hot outside, you can enjoy the AC with one of the year's biggest releases.

This week, we've got every film covered for the week leading up to Boxing Day, as well as the big day itself - though you can catch many of these films at advanced screenings, or even on Christmas Day itself in many of the capital cities!

So take a look though our collection of Boxing Day films, and let us know if you agree with our reviews of these highly-anticipated movies.

BREATHE

A long exhale

Robert Cavendish lived a remarkable life and is a source of inspiration and hope, but there is something about ‘Breathe’ that sort of falls short, turning the breath into more of a yawn.

CALL ME BY YOUR NAME

Beautiful beyond description

Luca Guadagnino has made a film of enormous humanity, a statement on the nature of love that sends shockwaves through you, especially with the powerhouse performance from Timothée Chalamet.

COCO

An authentic, joyful animated masterpiece

Its passion, integrity and charm make it an instant Disney Pixar classic. You’ll be sucked in by its loveable characters, wondrous world, and a small boy who loves music more than anything else.

DOWNSIZING

Honey, I shrunk my ability to be a decent human being

An unfunny, unilluminating, caustically toothless, visually uninspiring and intellectually facile attempt at mansplaining the world’s problems.

THE FLORIDA PROJECT

An authentic slice of life

It’s simply a snapshot of real lives and we’re granted the honour of witnessing such unsung beauty and vitality. In a word, ‘The Florida Project’ is authentic.

THE GREATEST SHOWMAN

An aggressively awful musical experience

This is a film of enormous ambition but no vision to guide it or idea how to harness its energy. Creating an original musical is hard, but Jackman’s passion project is exactly how not to do it.

JUMANJI: WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE

Jack Black is the reason to see this movie

The appeal of ‘Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle’ is witnessing big-name stars act like their teenage counterparts - but Jack Black is the reason to see this movie.

JUST TO BE SURE

A baffling French film

'Just To Be Sure' doesn’t seem to know what it is. Not quite a comedy, not quite a drama, but it is French. Take from that what you will.

PADDINGTON 2

Trust and bear-lieve, it’s a paw-fect sequel

Whimsically traipsing onto screens with this year’s most delightful, most ecstatically enjoyable, most preposterously joyous cinematic experience, ‘Paddington 2’ might just be perfection.