Brokers on Wall Street use a technique called Short Selling where they bet on the decline of a company’s fortunes to make money. It’s based on borrowing a stock, selling the stock and then buying the stock back to return it to the lender. If the stock price goes down, then you’ll pay less to replace the shares and make a profit.

If that sounds dubious, it’s probably because it is. Dumb Money follows the story of Keith Gill (Paul Dano) a video blog host who helped to lead a group of investors who bought stock of an American retailer called GameStop. Some big money firms had bet that the company’s stock would decrease in value and saw a way to make money off this misfortune. Gill and the people who followed him turned that around.

Hollywood films can do a great job of making a complex issue understandable but not always without dumbing down the subject matter considerably. This film sidesteps that problem by trusting its audience to follow its narrative and pay attention. For those that do, it’s a riveting and entertaining yarn.
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Dumb Money is the ultimate David vs. Goliath tale, based on the insane true story of everyday people who flipped the script on Wall Street and got rich by turning GameStop (yes, the mall videogame store) into the world’s hottest company.

In the middle of everything is regular guy Keith Gill (Paul Dano), who starts it all by sinking his life savings into the stock and posting about it. When his social posts start blowing up, so does his life and the lives of everyone following him. As a stock tip becomes a movement, everyone gets rich – until the billionaires fight back, and both sides find their worlds turned upside down.

Dumb Money also stars Pete Davidson, Vincent D’Onofrio, America Ferrera, Nick Offerman, Anthony Ramos, Sebastian Stan, Shailene Woodley and Seth Rogen. Directed by Craig Gillespie, written by Lauren Schuker Blum & Rebecca Angelo, based on the book “The Antisocial Network” by Ben Mezrich.
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Pack your bags but leave one hand free for your glass of sparkling on arrival and take a trip to Venice post World War 2 with the intrepid sleuth Hercule Poirot in A HAUNTING IN VENICE. Starring Kenneth Branagh, Jamie Dornan, Tina Fey and Academy Award winner Michelle Yeoh, this thrilling Agatha Christie whodunnit murder-mystery will keep you guessing until the very end. Solve the mystery on Wednesday, September 13 at Dendy Cinemas Coorparoo and Portside.

Or for something more recent, delve into DUMB MONEY with an all-star cast including Paul Dano, Pete Davidson, America Ferrera, Nick Offerman, Anothony Ramos, Shailene Woodley and Seth Rogan. Re-live the 2021 David versus Goliath tale based on the insane true story of everyday people on Reddit who battled the wits with Wall Street and got rich by turning GameStop into the world’s hottest company. Ride the rise and fall of the stock market with a Stone and Wood Beer in hand on Friday, September 22 at Dendy Cinemas Coorparoo and Portside.

If the future is more your thing, then you won’t want to miss the epic sci-fi action thriller set amidst a future war between the human race and the forces of AI in THE CREATOR. Starring John David Washington, Benedict Wong and Allison Janney and from the writer/director of Rogue One and Godzilla a hardened ex special forces agent must hunt down and kill a world-ending weapon – an AI in the form of a young child. Travel across enemy lines into the heart of AI-occupied territory with your glass of sparkling in hand on Wednesday, 27 September at Dendy Cinemas Coorparoo and Portside.

Dendy Cinemas September Red Carpet Previews
From September 13, 2023
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