The Grinch (Cumberbatch) is a grumpy, green creature who despises Christmas so much that he plots to steal it. The animation is gorgeous, the pace is breezy and Cumberbatch does a decent job with the voice, but the film is stolen by the Grinch’s adorable dog Max.

30 Nov–1 Dec: (Kids) Sat & Sun 9.30am

Moana journeys to the far seas of Oceania after receiving an unexpected call from her wayfinding ancestors.

29 Nov–1 Dec: Fri 3pm, 5.30pm & 8pm; Sat & Sun 10am, 12.30pm, 3pm, 5.30pm & 8pm

Misunderstood because of her green skin, a young woman named Elphaba forges an unlikely but profound friendship with Glinda, a student with an unflinching desire for popularity. Following an encounter with the Wizard of Oz, their relationship soon reaches a crossroad as their lives begin to take very different paths.

22 Nov–28 Nov: Fri–Mon 1pm, 4.30pm & 8pm; Tue 1.15pm, 4.45pm & 8.15pm; Wed & Thu 1pm, 4.30pm & 8pm

Aspiring actor Edward undergoes a radical medical procedure to drastically transform his appearance. But his new dream face quickly turns into a nightmare, as he loses out on the role he was born to play and becomes obsessed with reclaiming what was lost.

19 Nov: (Senior) Tue 1pm

A pair of mice attempt to board Noah’s Ark.

16 Nov–17 Nov: (Kids) Sat & Sun 9.30am

After his home is conquered by the tyrannical emperors who now lead Rome, Lucius is forced to enter the Colosseum and must look to his past to find strength to return the glory of Rome to its people.

14 Nov: (Captioned) Thu 7.45pm

Far from being an International Rescue-style peacekeeping force, the Mount Rushmore-based gadget-tastic heroes of ‘Team America’ are a we-don’t-do-body-counts insurgency squad that apes the current US administration’s hawkish foreign policies. Any Republican with a sense of humour would hate this; those without might well love it. Genius.

13 Nov: Wed 8.30pm

This is the story of Ozi, an orphan orangutan who uses her influencer skills to save her forest and home from deforestation.

9 Nov–10 Nov: (Kids) Sat 10am; Sun 10.15am

A double bill of Raymond Briggs’ animated classics. ‘The Snowman’ weaves a spell of magical enchantment as a young boy’s snowman comes to life and escorts him on a magical flying visit to the North Pole. In ‘The Snowman and The Snowdog’ a young boy moves into the house in whose backyard the snowman was built. Finding a photograph of the snowman the boy rebuilds him, fashioning a snow dog out of the excess snow. The trio fly off in a plane to meet Santa, who gives the boy a magical dog collar which will make it the happiest Christmas ever for him.

8 Nov–14 Nov: Fri 2pm; Sat 9.45am; Sun 10am; Mon 2pm; Tue 1.45pm; Wed & Thu 2pm

A third big screen adventure for the bear from Darkest Peru.

8 Nov–10 Nov: Fri 2.30pm, 3.30pm, 5pm, 6pm & 7.30pm; Sat 10.30am, noon, 1pm, 2.30pm, 3.30pm, 5pm, 6pm & 7.30pm; Sun 10.30am, noon, 2.30pm, 3.30pm, 5pm, 6pm & 7.30pm