Mr. Magorium posterJust the one new film open­ing this week: Mr. Magorium’s Won­der Empo­ri­um about a mag­ic toyshop fac­ing unex­pect­ed change. It stars Dustin Hoff­man and Natal­ie Port­man and is reviewed here, at Funer­als & Snakes. Mago­ri­um is play­ing at Read­ings, Regent-on-Man­ners, Empire and Sky City Queens­gate.

It’s a qui­et week before the big Box­ing Day and New Year’s Day releas­es which, by my cal­cu­la­tion, will see 13 more films open in cin­e­mas around Welling­ton.