The action superstar Michael Jai White is kindly gracing the Hollywood Avondale with his legendary presence while in town for Armageddon. Known by most for his martial arts prowess and kickass modern action roles - we wanted to highlight his passion project, the incredibly funny parody film BLACK DYNAMITE - a surgically spot-on satire and loving tribute to the blaxploitation films of the 70s. Jai White and the entire cast are so committed to the bit that it rivals Zucker Bros (Flying High, Top Secret, Hot Shots) at their very peak. There’ll be a Q&A after the film where Michael will chat about his career and this superb comedy. Seriously, this will be a historic night at the Hollywood, grab ya tickets now. COME EARLY! Doors 5pm, pre-show 5:30pm, Feature starts at 6pm, Q&A with Ant Timpson starts directly after the feature at approx 7:30pm *No photos or meet & greet at The Hollywood - please respect these boundaries - Mr White is happy to oblige you at Armageddon!

Come along to the Auckland Premiere of the new NZ film 'CATERPILLAR' from director/writer/actress Chelsie Preston Crayford at Avondale's beautiful Hollywood Cinema, with the director and stars Marta Dusseldorp, Lisa Harrow and Anais Shand in attendance! 6:30pm - Doors open 7.00pm - Speeches 7.15pm - Film start (running time 97mins) Set in a run-down Wellington villa in 2003, CATERPILLAR follows three women living separate lives under one leaky roof. Sixteen-year-old Cassie is all bravado and vulnerability, drifting into risky territory as she searches for belonging. Her mother Maxine, 52, is a formidable single parent and filmmaker on the brink of a long-awaited breakthrough, finally offered a greenlight—if she can land a star. Holding everything together is Huia, Cassie’s grandmother, 80, whose life has been defined by quiet service to family and a private obsession with raising monarch caterpillars, dreaming of one day witnessing the legendary butterfly migration in Mexico. *Please come on time to allow for parking & seating. We have secure bike parking in the courtyard should you wish.

An insomniac office worker, looking for a way to change his life, crosses paths with a devil-may-care soapmaker, forming an underground fight club that evolves into something much, much more. COME EARLY! Doors 5pm, pre-show 5:30pm

Private investigator Philip Marlowe helps a friend out of a jam then gets implicated in his wife's murder. Robert Altman’s The Long Goodbye attacks film noir with three of his most cherished tools: Whimsy, spontaneity and narrative perversity. "Altman gracefully kisses off the private-eye form in soft, mellow color and volatile images; the cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond is responsible for the offhand visual pyrotechnics (the imagery has great vitality). Gould gives a loose and woolly, strikingly original performance." - The New Yorker COME EARLY! Doors 6:30pm, pre-show 7pm

Johnny is a successful banker who lives happily in a San Francisco townhouse with his fiancée, Lisa. One day, inexplicably, she gets bored with him and decides to seduce his best friend, Mark. From there, nothing will be the same again... The Room has been slaying audiences now for over 20 years throughout the world with rabid fans called Roomies screaming out lines and tossing plastic spoons in the air. Why? No matter what you’ve already heard, nothing can prepare you for the once-in-a-lifetime big-screen experience of seeing actor/director/producer Wiseau mumbling his way through this excruciating love triangle about a kind-hearted banker, his best friend and his cheating bride-to-be. It has many unforgettable scenes, but keep your eyes peeled for pictures of spoons, close football tossing, characters vanishing and emerging and even one that announces ‘I definitely have breast cancer’ as a throwaway conversation starter. Unmissable. COME EARLY! Doors 7pm - SKOTCHKA'S AVAILABLE, pre-show 7:30pm *DO NOT BUY ANY NEW PLASTIC ! - We have plenty of recycled ones available for koha donated to Kai Avondale. Let's be sustainable and do something good at the same time right! It's the way Johnny would want it.