Star Wars Episode 1 ~ The Phantom Menace ★ in 3D
Re-released in 3D...Two Jedi Knights uncover a wider conflict when they are sent as emissaries to the blockaded planet Naboo.
Cast & crew
Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Jake Lloyd, Ian McDiarmid
Consumer advice
Mild violence
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Movie Commences On February 9th
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The Vow
Film adaptation of real-life events...A newlywed couple is struck by tragedy shortly after their marriage. A car crash puts the wife in a coma, where she is cared for by her devoted husband. When she comes to, without any memory of her husband or their marriage, the husband must woo her and ultimately win her heart once again.
Cast & crew
Channing Tatum, Rachel McAdams, Scott Speedman, Jessica McNamee, Sam Shepard
Consumer advice
Mild themes, coarse language, nudity and sexual references
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Movie Commences On February 9th
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Any Questions for Ben?
From 'Working Dog' - the production company that brought us THE DISH, THE CASTLE and TV's THANK GOD YOU'RE HERE - this is an Aussie comedy filmed in Melbourne, centered on 27-year-old Ben (Josh Lawson), who starts to question his idyllic life after a visit to his former school...
Movie length
129 minutes
Cast & crew
Josh Lawson, Rachael Taylor, Daniel Henshall, Felicity Ward, Christian Clark, David James, Jodi Gordon, Ed Kavalee, Alan Brough, Rob Carlton, Tracy Mann and Lachy Hulme
Consumer advice
Coarse language and sex scene
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Movie Commences On February 9th
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Safe House
A thriller.... Matt Weston is a rookie CIA operative frustrated with his lackluster post running a safe house in Cape Town, South Africa. All that changes when his first "guest" is Tobin Frost, a renegade intelligence officer who had been on the run for almost a decade. When mercenaries attack the house, Weston and Frost make a narrow escape and together must find out who they can trust.
Movie length
130 minutes
Cast & crew
Denzel Washington, Ryan Reynolds, Brendan Gleeson, Sam Shepard, Vera Farmiga
Consumer advice
Violence and infrequent coarse language
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Movie Commences On February 9th
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The Enchanted Island (World Premiere) ** MET OPERA **
In one extraordinary new work, lovers of Baroque opera have it all: the world’s best singers, glorious music of the Baroque masters, and a story drawn from Shakespeare. In The Enchanted Island, the lovers from Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream are shipwrecked on his other-worldly island of The Tempest. Inspired by the musical pastiches and masques of the 18th century, the work showcases arias and ensembles by Handel, Vivaldi, Rameau, and others, and a new libretto by Jeremy Sams and Plácido Domingo as Neptune. **Saturday 11th & Sunday 12th February**
Movie length
215 minutes
Cast & crew
Plácido Domingo (Neptune); David Daniels (Prospero); Joyce DiDonato (Sycorax)
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Movie Commences On February 11th
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This Means War
Two of the world's deadliest CIA operatives are inseparable partners and best friends - until they discover that they've fallen in love with the same woman. Deciding to keep their friendship a secret from her, they pull out their full arsenal of fighting skills and high-tech gadgetry to defeat their greatest enemy - each other. **Opens Valentine's Day**
Cast & crew
Chris Pine, Tom Hardy, Reese Witherspoon, Chelsea Handler, Til Schweiger
Consumer advice
Sexual references, action violence and coarse language
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Movie Commences On February 14th
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J. Edgar
As the face of law enforcement in America for almost 50 years, J. Edgar Hoover was feared and admired, reviled and revered. But behind closed doors, he held secrets that would have destroyed his image, his career and his life.
Movie length
152 minutes
Cast & crew
Leonardo DiCaprio, Armie Hammer, Naomi Watts, Judi Dench, Lea Coco.....Directed by Clint Eastwood
Consumer advice
Mature themes, violence and coarse language
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Movie Commences On February 16th
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The Grey
A group of oil-rig roughnecks are left stranded on the sub-arctic tundra after their plane experiences a complete mechanical failure and crashes into the remote Alaskan wilderness. The survivors, battling mortal injuries, biting cold and ravenous hunger, are relentlessly hunted and pursued by a vicious pack of rogue wolves...
Cast & crew
Liam Neeson, Dermot Mulroney, Frank Grillo
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Movie Commences On February 16th
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One For The Money
Down-on-her-luck, Stephanie Plum convinces her bail bondsman cousin to give her a shot as a bounty hunter. Her first assignment is to track down a former cop on the run for murder--the same man who broke her heart years before. Based on the best-selling novel by Janet Evanovich.
Movie length
106 minutes
Cast & crew
Katherine Heigl, Jason O'Mara, Daniel Sunjata, John Leguizamo, Sherri Shepherd
Consumer advice
Violence and coarse language
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Movie Commences On February 16th
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San Francisco Ballet Presents: The Nutcracker
The first ballet company to bring the Nutcracker tradition to America, San Francisco Ballet's awe-inspiring production is like no other. Set in San Francisco during the 1915 World's Fair, Clara's dreamlike journey is an ode to the City's historical grandeur - all amidst colorful, larger than life scenery, over 200 dazzling costumed characters, and of course Tchaikovsky’s beautiful score performed live by the world-class San Francisco Ballet Orchestra. **Saturday 25th & Sunday 26th February**
Cast & crew
San Francisco Ballet Company
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Movie Commences On February 25th
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Contraband
Chris Farraday long ago abandoned his life of crime, but after his brother-in-law, Andy, botches a drug deal for his ruthless boss, Tim Briggs, Chris is forced back into doing what he does best -- running contraband -- to settle Andy's debt.
Movie length
125 minutes
Cast & crew
Mark Wahlberg, Kate Beckinsale, Ben Foster, Giovanni Ribisi, Lukas Haas
Consumer advice
Strong coarse language and violence
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Movie Commences On February 23rd
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The Artist
Multiple Golden Globe-winner, this is a French-made silent movie, filmed in black & white... Hollywood 1927. George Valentin is a silent movie superstar. The advent of the talkies will sound the death knell for his career and see him fall into oblivion. For young extra Peppy Miller, it seems the sky's the limit - major movie stardom awaits....
Movie length
115 minutes
Cast & crew
Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo, John Goodman, James Cromwell, Malcolm McDowell
Consumer advice
Mild themes
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Movie Commences On February 23rd
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Gone
Jill Parrish comes home from a night shift to discover her sister Molly has been abducted. Jill, who had escaped from a kidnapper a year before, is convinced that the same serial killer has come back for her sister. Afraid that Molly will be dead by sundown, Jill embarks on a heart-pounding chase to find the killer, expose his secrets and save her sister.
Cast & crew
Amanda Seyfried, Emily Wickersham, Wes Bentley, Jennifer Carpenter, Erin Carufel
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Movie Commences On February 23rd
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Killer Elite
Based on a true story, Killer Elite pits two of the worlds' most elite operatives - Danny, an ex-special ops agent (Jason Statham) and Hunter, his longtime mentor (Robert De Niro) - against the cunning leader of a secret military society (Clive Owen). Covering the globe from Australia to Paris, London and the Middle East, Danny and Hunter are plunged into a highly dangerous game of cat and mouse - where the predators become the prey.
Cast & crew
Jason Statham, Robert de Niro, Clive Owen,
Consumer advice
Strong violence and coarse language
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Movie Commences On February 23rd
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The Sitter
This irreverent comedy follows a college student, suspended for the semester and living back at home with his single mother, who has a night to remember when he gets talked into baby-sitting the eccentric kids next door -- two boys and a wild 8-year-old girl.
Movie length
96 minutes
Cast & crew
Jonah Hill, Sam Rockwell, Ari Graynor
Consumer advice
Strong sexual references and coarse language
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Movie Commences On March 1st
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Project X
THE HANGOVER's Todd Phillips produces this comedy, which follows three seemingly anonymous high school seniors as they attempt to finally make a name for themselves. Their idea is innocent enough: let’s throw a party that no one will forget… but nothing could prepare them for this party. Word spreads quickly as dreams are ruined, records are blemished and legends are born. “Project X” is a warning to parents and police everywhere....
Cast & crew
Thomas Mann, Oliver Cooper, Jonathan Daniel Brown
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Movie Commences On March 1st
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The Devil Inside
In Italy, a woman becomes involved in a series of unauthorized exorcisms during her mission to discover what happened to her mother, who allegedly murdered three people during her own exorcism.
Movie length
102 minutes
Cast & crew
Fernanda Andrade, Simon Quarterman, Evan Helmuth
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Movie Commences On March 1st
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Wagner's GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG **Met Opera**
With its cataclysmic climax, the Met’s new Ring cycle, directed by Robert Lepage, comes to its resolution. Deborah Voigt stars as Brünnhilde and Gary Lehman is Siegfried — the star-crossed lovers doomed by fate. James Levine conducts. **Sunday 4th March only**
Movie length
384 minutes
Cast & crew
Deborah Voigt (Brünnhilde); Gary Lehman (Siegfried); Wendy Bryn Harmer (Gutrune)
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Movie Commences On March 4th
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Driving Miss Daisy (1989) **SILVER SCREEN**
Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Alfred Uhry, Driving Miss Daisy affectionately covers the 25-year relationship between a wealthy, strong-willed Southern matron (Jessica Tandy) and her
equally indomitable Black chauffeur, Hoke (Morgan Freeman). Both employer and employee are outsiders, Hoke because of the colour of his skin, Miss Daisy because she is Jewish in a WASP-dominated society.
At the same time, Hoke cannot fathom Miss Daisy's cloistered inability to grasp the social changes that are sweeping the South in the 1960s. Nor can Miss Daisy understand why Hoke's "people" are so indignant. It is only when Hoke is retired and Miss Daisy is confined to a home for the elderly that the two fully realize that they've been friends and kindred spirits all along. 'Driving Miss Daisy' won four Oscars®, including Best Actress (Jessica Tandy) and Best Picture. **Sunday 4th & Wednesday 7th March**
Movie length
96 minutes
Cast & crew
Morgan Freeman, Jessica Tandy, Dan Aykroyd
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Movie Commences On March 4th
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Buck
Follows horse trainer, Buck Brannaman from his abusive childhood to his phenomenally successful approach to horses. A real-life "horse-whisperer", he eschews the violence of his upbringing and teaches people to communicate with their horses through leadership and sensitivity, not punishment. Buck possesses near magical abilities as he dramatically transforms horses - and people - with his understanding, compassion and respect. In this film, the animal-human relationship becomes a metaphor for facing the daily challenges of life. A fascinating story about an unsung hero...an ordinary man who has made an extraordinary life despite tremendous odds.
Cast & crew
Buck Brannaman, Robert Redford, Dan Gunter
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Movie Commences On March 8th
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John Carter **3D
War-weary, former military captain John Carter is transported to Mars where he becomes reluctantly embroiled in a conflict of epic proportions amongst the inhabitants of the planet, including Tars Tarkas and the captivating Princess Dejah Thoris. In a world on the brink of collapse, Carter rediscovers his humanity when he realizes that the survival of Barsoom and its people rests in his hands.
Cast & crew
Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins, Thomas Haden Church, Willem Dafoe, James Purefoy
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Movie Commences On March 8th
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A Little Bit of Heaven
A comedy about a guarded woman who finds out she's dying of cancer, but when she meets her match, the threat of falling in love is scarier than death.
Cast & crew
Kate Hudson, Kathy Bates, Lucy Punch, Gael García Bernal
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Movie Commences On March 8th
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21 Jump Street
A pair of underachieving cops are sent back to a local high school to blend in and bring down a synthetic drug ring.
Cast & crew
Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum, Brie Larson, Dave Franco, Rob Riggle
Consumer advice
Strong violence, crude humour, coarse language and drug use
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Movie Commences On March 15th
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The Rum Diary
American journalist Paul Kemp takes on a freelance job in Puerto Rico for a local newspaper during the 1950s and struggles to find a balance between island culture and the expatriates who live there.
Cast & crew
Johnny Depp, Aaron Eckhart, Michael Rispoli, Amber Heard, Richard Jenkins
Consumer advice
Drug use, sex scenes, coarse language and violence
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Movie Commences On March 15th
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Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance ★ 3D & 2D
Former stuntman and bounty hunter of rogue demons Johnny Blaze has been living in self-imposed exile, believing that his powers are a curse. But when he is approached by a member of a monastic order who is looking for someone to protect a mother and her son, who are being pursued by the devil in the figure of a man named Roarke, the Ghost Rider takes the case.
Cast & crew
Nicolas Cage, Violante Placido, Ciaran Hinds, Idris Elba, Johnny Whitworth
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Movie Commences On March 15th
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Guiseppe Verdi's ERNANI **Met Opera**
Angela Meade takes centre stage in Verdi’s thrilling early gem. Salvatore Licitra is her mismatched lover, and all-star Verdians Dmitri Hvorostovsky and Ferruccio Furlanetto round out the cast. **Saturday 17 March & Sunday 18 March 2012**
Movie length
229 minutes
Cast & crew
Conductor: Marco Armiliato; Production: Pier Luigi Samaritani; Angela Meade (Elvira); Salvatore Licitra (Ernani)
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Movie Commences On March 17th
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The Hunger Games
Based on the best-selling series by Suzanne Collins.... In a not-too-distant future, North America has collapsed, weakened by drought, fire, famine, and war to be replaced by Panem, a country divided into the Capitol and 12 districts. Each year two young representatives from each district are selected by lottery to participate in The Hunger Games. Part entertainment, part brutal intimidation of the subjugated districts, the televised games are broadcast throughout Panem. The 24 participants are forced to eliminate their competitors, literally, with all citizens required to watch. When 16-year-old Katniss' young sister, Prim, is selected as the mining district's female representative, Katniss volunteers to take her place. She and her male counterpart Peeta, will be pitted against bigger, stronger representatives who have trained for this their whole lives.
Cast & crew
Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth
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Movie Commences On March 22nd
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The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
A group of British retirees decide to "outsource" their retirement to less expensive and seemingly exotic India. Enticed by advertisements for the newly restored Marigold Hotel and bolstered with visions of a life of leisure, they arrive to find the palace a shell of its former self. Though the new environment is less luxurious than imagined, they are forever transformed by their shared experiences, discovering that life and love can begin again when you let go of the past.
Cast & crew
Dev Patel, Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, Tom Wilkinson, Maggie Smith, Peter O Toole, Julie Christie
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Movie Commences On March 22nd
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Nullarbor **SYDNEY TRAVELLING FILM FESTIVAL**
A short animated road-movie set across the vast and barren landscape of Australia's Nullarbor Plain.
Movie length
10 minutes
Cast & crew
Directors: Alister Lockhart, Patrick Sarell
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Movie Commences On March 23rd
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The Women on the 6th Floor **SYDNEY TRAVELLING FILM FESTIVAL**
"Les femmes du 6ème étage" ... Set in Paris, in the early 1960s. Jean-Louis Joubert is a serious but uptight stockbroker, married to Suzanne, a starchy class-conscious woman and father of two arrogant teenage boys, currently in a boarding school. The affluent man lives a steady yet boring life. At least until, due to fortuitous circumstances, Maria, the charming new maid at the service of Jean-Louis' family, makes him discover the servants' quarter on the sixth floor of the luxury building he owns and lives in. There live a crowd of lively Spanish maids who will help Jean-Louis to open to a new civilization and a new approach of life. In their company - and more precisely in the company of beautiful Maria - Jean-Louis will gradually become another man, a better man. In French and Spanish with English subtitles.
Movie length
104 minutes
Cast & crew
Fabrice Luchini, Sandrine Kiberlain and Natalia Verbeke
Consumer advice
Mild sexual references, nudity and coarse language
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Movie Commences On March 23rd
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Cropped **SYDNEY TRAVELLING FILM FESTIVAL**
IN this short film, Barry, his wife and their adult son have been hit hard by the drought. Their spirit is as desiccated as their outback home and a mysterious discovery is about to accelerate the family's decline.
Movie length
15 minutes
Cast & crew
Tony Martin, Alyce Platt, Reece Horner
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Movie Commences On March 24th
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We Have a Pope **SYDNEY TRAVELLING FILM FESTIVAL**
"Habemus Papam" ... In this comedy-drama from Italy, screening as part of the Sydney Travelling Film Festival, the newly elected Pope suffers a panic attack just as he is due to appear on St Peter’s balcony to greet the faithful, who have been patiently awaiting the conclave’s decision. His advisors, unable to convince him he is the right man for the job, seek help from a renowned psychoanalyst (and atheist). But his fear of the responsibility suddenly thrust upon him is one that he must face on his own. In Italian, with English subtitles.
Movie length
101 minutes
Cast & crew
Michel Piccoli, Jerzy Stuhr, Renato Scarpa
Consumer advice
Infrequent coarse language
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Movie Commences On March 24th
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Medianeras (Sidewalls) **SYDNEY TRAVELLING FILM FESTIVAL**
Award winning director Gustavo Taretto's stunning film Medianeras, the story of Mariana, Martin and the big city. Although they live on the same block and their paths frequently cross, neither is aware of the other’s lonely existence. Both inhabit a juxtaposed world and share the same everyday scenarios, yet it is the city that brings them together, and, at the same time, keeps them apart… until something happens. Taretto's charming debut, starring the breathtakingly beautiful Pilar López de Ayala, is a quirky, intelligent, compelling and visually astonishing film. In Spanish, with English subtitles...
Movie length
95 minutes
Cast & crew
Javier Drolas, Pilar López de Ayala, Inés Efron
Consumer advice
Sexual references and infrequent coarse language
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Movie Commences On March 24th
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Toomelah **SYDNEY TRAVELLING FILM FESTIVAL**
In a remote Aboriginal community, 10 year old Daniel yearns to be a gangster, like the male role models in his life. Skipping school, getting into fights and running drugs for Linden, who leads the main gang in town.
Movie length
106 minutes
Cast & crew
Michael Conners, Daniel Connors, Dean Daley-Jones
Consumer advice
Frequent strong coarse language and drug references
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Movie Commences On March 24th
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Melancholia **SYDNEY TRAVELLING FILM FESTIVAL**
In this beautiful movie about the end of the world, Justine and Michael are celebrating their marriage at a sumptuous party in the home of her sister Claire, and brother-in-law John. Despite Claire's best efforts, the wedding is a fiasco, with family tensions mounting and relationships fraying. Meanwhile, a planet called Melancholia is heading directly towards Earth...
Movie length
136 minutes
Cast & crew
Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Alexander Skarsgård, Kiefer Sutherland, Charlotte Rampling, John Hurt... written and directed by Lars von Trier
Consumer advice
Sexual references, nudity and coarse language
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Movie Commences On March 24th
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Tabloid **SYDNEY TRAVELLING FILM FESTIVAL**
Thirty years before the antics of Lindsay, Paris and Britney, Joyce McKinney made her mark as a peerless tabloid queen. In TABLOID, Academy Award-winning filmmaker Errol Morris (THE FOG OF WAR) follows the salacious adventures of this beauty queen with an IQ of 168, whose single-minded devotion to the man of her dreams leads her on a labyrinthine crusade for love. Down a surreal rabbit hole of kidnapping, masochistic Mormons, risque photography, magic underwear, celestial sex, jail time and a cloning laboratory in South Korea, Joyce's fantastic exploits were constant headlines.
Movie length
87 minutes
Cast & crew
Joyce McKinney, Dr. Hong, Jackson Shaw, Kent Gavin
Consumer advice
Sexual references
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Movie Commences On March 25th
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Norwegian Wood **SYDNEY TRAVELLING FILM FESTIVAL**
When he hears The Beatle's song "Norwegian Wood," Toru Watanabe recalls his life as an introverted, serious college student in 1969. At the time, he was devoted to his first girlfriend Naoko, but they both lived in the shadow of a mutual friend's suicide. And as they tried to deal with their grief, Naoko became more withdrawn and Toru found himself attracted to the outgoing, confident Midori.... In Japanese with English subtitles.
Movie length
133 minutes
Cast & crew
Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Rinko Kikuchi, Kiko Mizuhara
Consumer advice
Strong themes and sex scenes
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Movie Commences On March 25th
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Two Laps **SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL**
This short film tells a tale of friendship and competition,.. TWO LAPS is the story of Pete and Val - two friends who have been swimming together every morning for the past 17 years. Once a year they have a race: two laps, up and back, which has developed into a cutthroat struggle for 1st place.
Movie length
5 minutes
Cast & crew
Sue Honeybrook, Graham Rouse, Bill Young
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Movie Commences On March 25th
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Happy, Happy **SYDNEY TRAVELLING FILM FESTIVAL**
Family is the most important thing in the world to Kaja. She is an eternal optimist in spite of living with a man who would rather go hunting with the boys, and who refuses to have sex with her because she isn't particularly attractive anymore. Whatever. That's life. But when the perfect couple moves in next door, Kaja struggles to keep her emotions in check. Not only do these successful, beautiful, exciting people sing in a choir; they have also adopted a child - from Ethiopia. These new neighbors open a new world to Kaja, with consequences for everyone involved. And when Christmas comes around, it becomes evident that nothing will ever be like before - even if Kaja tries her very best. In Norwegian with English subtitles.
Movie length
128 minutes
Cast & crew
Agnes Kittelsen, Henrik Rafaelsen and Joachim Rafaelsen
Consumer advice
Sex scenes, sexual references and nudity
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Movie Commences On March 25th
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We Need to Talk About Kevin **SYDNEY TRAVELLING FILM FESTIVAL**
A suspenseful and gripping psychological thriller, Lynne Ramsay's We Need to Talk About Kevin explores the factious relationship between a mother and her son. Tilda Swinton, in a bracing, tour-de-force performance, plays the mother, Eva, as she contends for 15 years with the increasing malevolence of her first-born child, Kevin (Ezra Miller). Based on the best-selling novel of the same name, We Need to Talk About Kevin explores nature vs. nurture on a whole new level as Eva's own culpability is measured against Kevin's innate evilness.
Movie length
133 minutes
Cast & crew
Tilda Swinton, John C. Reilly, Ezra Miller.
Consumer advice
Infrequent strong coarse language and themes
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Movie Commences On March 25th
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Mirror Mirror
When Snow White's beauty wins the heart of the prince that she desperately pursues, the Queen banishes her to the forest, where a ravening man-eating beast hungrily awaits. Rescued by a band of diminutive highway robbers, Snow White grows into an indomitable young woman determined to take back her realm from the treacherous Queen.
Cast & crew
Julia Roberts, Lily Collins, Armie Hammer, Nathan Lane, Sean Bean
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Movie Commences On March 29th
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Dr. Seuss' The Lorax ** In 3D & 2D
A 12-year-old boy searches for the one thing that will enable him to win the affection of the girl of his dreams. To find it he must discover the story of the Lorax, the grumpy yet charming creature who fights to protect his world.
Cast & crew
Voice cast... Zac Efron, Taylor Swift, Danny DeVito, Betty White, Marina Sirtis
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Movie Commences On March 29th
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King of Kings **SILVER SCREEN**
When the Romans under General Pompey conquer Judea in 63 BC, an era of despair and fear begins for the Jewish people. In the trials and persecutions that the Jews suffer under the Romans and under King Herod, they take hope in the promise that the Messiah someday would come. In the reign of Augustus, when Jesus is born in Bethlehem to Mary and Joseph, there are some who recognize him as the future king of the Jews. Later, when Jesus reaches adulthood and begins to appear in public, there are many different responses to his message, and there are also those who wish to use him for their own purposes. Sunday 1st & Wednesday 4th April.
Movie length
168 minutes
Cast & crew
Jeffrey Hunter, Siobhan McKenna, Hurd Hatfield
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Movie Commences On April 1st
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Titanic 3D
Re-released in stunning 3D... the story of a boy and a girl from differing social backgrounds, who meet during the ill-fated maiden voyage of the RMS Titanic.
Movie length
197 minutes
Cast & crew
Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates, Frances Fisher, Gloria Stuart
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Movie Commences On April 5th
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American Reunion
It was summer 1999 when four small-town Michigan boys began a quest to lose their virginity. In the years that have passed, Jim and Michelle married while Kevin and Vicky said goodbye. Oz and Heather grew apart, but Finch still longs for Stifler's mom. Now these lifelong friends have come home as adults to reminisce about -- and get inspired by -- the hormonal teens they once were.
Cast & crew
Jason Biggs, Alyson Hannigan, Seann William Scott, Mena Suvari
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Movie Commences On April 5th
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The Pirates! Band of Misfits ** 3D
An animated adventure... With a rag-tag crew at his side, and seemingly blind to the impossible odds stacked against him, the Captain has one dream: to beat his bitter rivals Black Bellamy and Cutlass Liz to the much coveted Pirate Of The Year Award. It's a quest that takes our heroes from the shores of exotic Blood Island to the foggy streets of Victorian London. Along the way they battle a diabolical queen and team up with a haplessly smitten young scientist but never lose sight of what a pirate loves best: adventure!
Cast & crew
Voice cast: Hugh Grant, Martin Freeman, Brendan Gleeson, Russell Tovey, Ashley Jensen, Salma Hayek
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Movie Commences On April 5th
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Battleship
Peter Berg (Hancock) produces and directs Battleship, an epic action-adventure that unfolds across the seas, in the skies and over land as our planet fights for survival against a superior force.
Cast & crew
Alexander Skarsgård, Brooklyn Decker, Liam Neeson, Rihanna, Taylor Kitsch
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Movie Commences On April 12th
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Movie 43
In Movie 43, known and unknown directors team up with an ecliptic mass of all-star actors and actresses in this hefty collection of comedic shorts.
Cast & crew
Hugh Jackman, Elizabeth Banks, Emma Stone, Kate Winslet, Gerard Butler, Uma Thurman, Naomi Watts and Richard Gere
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Movie Commences On April 12th
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The Three Stooges
Left on a nun's doorstep, Larry, Curly and Moe grow up finger-poking, nyuk-nyuking and woo-woo-wooing their way to uncharted levels of knuckleheaded misadventure. Out to save their childhood home, only The Three Stooges could become embroiled in an oddball murder plot... while also stumbling into starring in a phenomenally successful TV reality show.
Cast & crew
Sean Hayes, Chris Diamantopoulos, Will Sasso, Jennifer Hudson
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Movie Commences On April 12th
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The Lucky One
A film adaptation of the best-selling novel by Nicholas Sparks (The Notebook, Dear John)... U.S. Marine Sergeant Logan Thibault returns from his third tour of duty in Iraq, with the one thing he credits with keeping him alive - a photograph he found of a woman he doesn't even know. Learning her name is Beth and where she lives, he shows up at her door, and ends up taking a job at her family-run local kennel. Despite her initial mistrust and the complications in her life, a romance develops between them, giving Logan hope that Beth could be much more than his good luck charm.
Cast & crew
Zac Efron, Taylor Schilling, Blythe Danner
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Movie Commences On April 19th
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Wanderlust
George and Linda are an overextended, stressed out Manhattan couple. After George is downsized out of his job, they find themselves with only one option: to move in with George's awful brother in Atlanta. On the way there, George and Linda stumble upon Elysium, an idyllic community populated by colorful characters who embrace a different way of looking at things. Money? It can't buy happiness. Careers? Who needs them? Clothes? Only if you want them. Is Elysium the fresh start George and Linda need? Or will the change of perspective cause more problems than it solves?
Cast & crew
Jennifer Aniston, Paul Rudd, Malin Akerman, Justin Theroux
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Movie Commences On April 25th
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The Avengers ** 3D
Nick Fury and the international agency S.H.I.E.L.D. bring together a team of super humans to form The Avengers to help save the Earth from Loki & his various membered army.
Cast & crew
Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Chris Hemsworth, Samuel L. Jackson, Jeremy Renner
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Movie Commences On April 26th
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The Way
A father heads overseas to recover the body of his estranged son who died while traveling the "El camino de Santiago," and decides to take the pilgrimage himself.
Cast & crew
Emilio Estevez, Martin Sheen, Yorick van Wageningen, James Nesbitt...also written (screenplay) and directed by Emilio Estevez; based on a novel by Jack Hitt
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Movie Commences On April 26th
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Manon **METROPOLITAN OPERA**
Anna Netrebko's dazzling portrayal of the tragic heroine in Laurent Pelly’s new production travels to the Met from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Piotr Beczala and Paulo Szot also star, with the Met’s Principal Guest Conductor Fabio Luisi on the podium. Saturday 28 April & Sunday 29 April
Movie length
248 minutes
Cast & crew
Conductor: Fabio Luisi; Production: Laurent Pelly; Anna Netrebko (Manon); Piotr Beczala (Chevalier des Grieux)
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Movie Commences On April 28th
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Beauty and the Beast ★ 3D
Originally released in 1991, "Beauty and the Beast" is a classic "tale as old as time" that follows the adventures of Belle, a bright young woman imprisoned in the castle of a mysterious beast and his enchanted staff, who must learn the most important lesson of all – that true beauty comes from within. "Beauty and the Beast" was the first animated film ever nominated for an Academy Award® for Best Picture, earning an additional five Oscar® nominations and winning two.
Cast & crew
Vioce cast .... Paige O'Hara, Robby Benson, Richard White
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Movie Commences On May 3rd
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What to Expect When You're Expecting
Inspired by the perennial New York Times bestseller of the same name, "What to Expect When You're Expecting" is a hilarious and heartfelt big screen comedy about five couples whose intertwined lives are turned upside down by the challenges of impending parenthood.
Cast & crew
Jennifer Lopez, Cameron Diaz, Matthew Morrison, Dennis Quaid, Anna Kendrick, Brooklyn Decker, Chris Rock, Rebel Wilson
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Movie Commences On May 10th
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Rien à déclarer (Nothing to Declare) ** FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL
A comedy about a Belge-Francophobe customs officer, who is forced to team up with a Frenchman during the elimination of the Franco-Belge borders in the 90s.
Cast & crew
Benoît Poelvoorde, Dany Boon, Julie Bernard
Consumer advice
Coarse language and sex scene
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Movie Commences On May 10th
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Un poison violent (Love Like Poison) **FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL**
Anna a young teenager comes home from her Catholic boarding school for the holidays and discovers her father has left. Her mother is devastated and confined in the company of the local priest, who is also a childhood friend. Anna clings to her beloved grandfather. She also grows close to Pierre, a free-spirited teenager who cares little about God. Anna is preparing for her confirmation, but her budding desire for Pierre shakes her faith. She longs to give herself over, body and soul... but doesn't know if it is to God, or something else?
Movie length
92 minutes
Cast & crew
Clara Augarde, Lio, Michel Galabru
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Movie Commences On May 11th
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Les mains en l'air (Hands Up) **FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL**
This intelligent and current picture about childhood fears and understandings also serves as a damning indictment of French immigration policy under Sarkozy. Narrated retrospectively from the year 2067 by central protagonist Milana, she tells the story of her near-deportation from France at the age of ten and the plan her young classmates hatched to save her.
Cast & crew
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Linda Doudaeva, Jules Ritmanic
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Movie Commences On May 11th
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La nouvelle guerre des boutons (War of the Buttons)
In Nazi-occupied France, the kids from two neighbouring villages, Longeverne and Velrans, battle each other, with the victors claiming the buttons off the clothes of the vanquished...
Cast & crew
Jean Texier, Clément Godefroy and Théophile Baquet
Consumer advice
Low level violence
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Movie Commences On May 12th
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L'heure zéro (Towards Zero) **FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL**
When Guillaume has the bizarre idea of inviting his ex-wife Aude to a family reunion at the luxurious coastal estate of his wealthy Aunt Camilla, his tempestuous new wife Caroline becomes filled with rage. Guillaume hopes that they'll become friends but the two women despise one another. Things turn ugly when Camilla is found dead in her bedroom - and only the trusty Inspector Bataille can put together the pieces. But as the Inspector untangles her mysterious death, he also begins to unearth dark family secrets, brewing jealousies, and perhaps even a murderer in their midst!
Cast & crew
François Morel, Danielle Darrieux and Melvil Poupaud...based on the Agatha Christie mystery
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Movie Commences On May 12th
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La Traviata **METROPOLITAN OPERA**
Natalie Dessay will put on the red dress in Willy Decker’s stunning production, in her first Violetta at the Met. Matthew Polenzani sings Alfredo, Dmitri Hvorostovsky is Germont, and Principal Guest Conductor Fabio Luisi is on the podium... Saturday 12 May & Sunday 13 May
Movie length
187 minutes
Cast & crew
Conductor: Fabio Luisi; Production: Willy Decker; Natalie Dessay (Violetta Valéry); Matthew Polenzani (Alfredo Germont)
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Movie Commences On May 12th
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The Five-Year Engagement
Beginning where most romantic comedies end, this film looks at what happens when an engaged couple keeps getting tripped up on the long walk down the aisle.
Cast & crew
Jason Segel, Emily Blunt, Chris Pratt
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Movie Commences On May 17th
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Men in Black III ** 2D & 3D **
Agent Jay travels back in time to 1969, where he teams up with a younger version of Agent Kay to stop an evil villain from destroying the future.
Cast & crew
Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin, Emma Thompson, Alice Eve, Nicole Scherzinger
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Movie Commences On May 24th
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The Dictator
The heroic story of a dictator who risks his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed.
Cast & crew
Sacha Baron Cohen, Anna Faris, John C. Reilly, Ben Kingsley
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Movie Commences On June 7th
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Prometheus ** 3D & 2D **
A team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a thrilling journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race.
Cast & crew
Noomi Rapace, Charlize Theron, Patrick Wilson, Michael Fassbender, Guy Pearce...directed by Ridley Scott
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Movie Commences On June 7th
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National Velvet (1944) ** SILVER SCREEN **
Mi Taylor was a young wanderer and opportunist whose father had given him "all the roads in the Kingdom" to travel. One of the roads, and a notation in his father's journal, leads him to the quiet English country-side home of the Brown family. The youngest daughter, Velvet, has a passion for horses and when she wins the spirited steed Pie in a town lottery, Mi is encouraged to train the horse for the Grand National - England's greatest racing event... Sunday 10th & Wednesday 13th June
Movie length
123 minutes
Cast & crew
Mickey Rooney, Elizabeth Taylor, Donald Crisp
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Movie Commences On June 10th
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Rock of Ages
From the director of 'Hairspray', and based on the hit Broadway musical, this is the story of small town girl Sherrie and city boy Drew, who meet on the Sunset Strip while pursuing their Hollywood dreams. The challenges faced in their 'rock 'n' roll romance' is told through the hits of Def Leppard, Joan Jett, Journey, Foreigner, Bon Jovi, Night Ranger, REO Speedwagon, Pat Benatar, Twisted Sister, Poison, Whitesnake, and more.
Cast & crew
Julianne Hough, Diego Boneta, Russell Brand, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Mary J. Blige, Tom Cruise, Alec Baldwin
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Movie Commences On June 14th
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Snow White and the Huntsman
Snow White is the only person in the land fairer than the evil queen, who is out to destroy her. But what the wicked ruler never imagined is that the young woman threatening her reign has been training in the art of war with the huntsman who was dispatched to kill her...
Cast & crew
Kristen Stewart, Chris Hemsworth, Charlize Theron, Sam Claflin
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Movie Commences On June 21st
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Brave ** 3D & 2D **
Animated adventure... Merida is a skilled archer and impetuous daughter of King Fergus and Queen Elinor . Determined to carve her own path in life, Merida defies an age-old custom sacred to the uproarious lords of the land: massive Lord MacGuffin, surly Lord Macintosh and cantankerous Lord Dingwall. Merida's actions inadvertently unleash chaos and fury in the kingdom, and when she turns to an eccentric old Wise Woman for help, she is granted an ill-fated wish. The ensuing peril forces Merida to discover the meaning of true bravery in order to undo a beastly curse before it's too late.
Cast & crew
Voice cast: Kelly McDonald, Billy Connolly, Emma Thompson, Robbie Coltrane, Kevin McKidd, Julie Walters
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Movie Commences On June 21st
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Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter ** 3D & 2D **
Based on the book by Seth Grahame-Smith (Pride and Predjudice and Zombies), Abraham Lincoln is reinvented as a vampire-killing president, whose mother is killed by a supernatural creature. This fuels his passion to crush vampires and their slave-owning helpers...
Cast & crew
Benjamin Walker, Rufus Sewell, Dominic Cooper, Mary Elizabeth Winstead
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Movie Commences On June 21st
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Ice Age 4: Continental Drift ** 3D & 2D **
Manny, Diego, and Sid embark upon another adventure after their continent is set adrift. Using an iceberg as a ship, they encounter sea creatures and battle pirates as they explore a new world.
Cast & crew
Ray Romano, Denis Leary, Jennifer Lopez, John Leguizamo, Seann William Scott, Rebel Wilson, Queen Latifah
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Movie Commences On June 28th
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The Amazing Spider-Man ** 3D & 2D **
Peter Parker is an outcast high schooler who was abandoned by his parents as a boy, leaving him to be raised by his Uncle Ben and Aunt May. Like most teenagers, Peter is trying to figure out who he is and how he got to be the person he is today. Peter is also finding his way with his first high school crush, Gwen Stacy, and together, they struggle with love, commitment, and secrets. As Peter discovers a mysterious briefcase that belonged to his father, he begins a quest to understand his parents' disappearance -- leading him directly to Oscorp and the lab of Dr. Curt Connors, his father's former partner. As Spider-Man is set on a collision course with Connors' alter-ego, The Lizard, Peter will make life-altering choices to use his powers and shape his destiny to become a hero.
Cast & crew
Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Rhys Ifans
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Movie Commences On July 4th
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The Dark Knight Rises
Eight years after the events of The Dark Knight, the terrorist leader Bane arrives in Gotham City, pushing it and its police force to their limits and forcing its former hero Batman to resurface after taking the fall for Harvey Dent's crimes.
Cast & crew
Christian Bale, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Gary Oldman, Tom Hardy, Michael Caine, Liam Neeson, Anne Hathaway, Morgan Freeman, Marion Cotillard
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Movie Commences On July 19th
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There's No Business Like Show Business (1954) ** SILVER SCREEN
Marilyn Monroe and an all-star cast are featured in Irving Berlin's tuneful depiction of the trials and triumphs of a veteran vaudeville family. The talented Donahue family has plenty of love to get them through the hard times - that is, until they cross paths with a rising starlet (Monroe) whose own ambitions may make or break them. Sunday 22nd & Wednesday 25th July.
Movie length
117 minutes
Cast & crew
Ethel Merman, Marilyn Monroe, Donald O'Connor
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Movie Commences On July 22nd
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Magic Mike
Set in the world of male strippers, "Magic Mike" is directed by Steven Soderbergh and stars Channing Tatum ("Dear John," "Step Up") in a story inspired by his real life. The film follows Mike (Tatum) as he takes a young dancer called The Kid (Pettyfer) under his wing and schools him in the fine arts of partying, picking up women, and making easy money.
Cast & crew
Channing Tatum, Alex Pettyfer, Olivia Munn, Matthew McConaughey
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Movie Commences On July 26th
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G.I. Joe: Retaliation
Framed for a crime they did not commit, the G.I. Joes must not only fight Cobra but also vindicate themselves to a government that condemned them.
Cast & crew
Channing Tatum, Dwayne Johnson, Ray Park, Bruce Willis
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Movie Commences On August 2nd
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Step Up 4: ** 3D & 2D**
Emily arrives in Miami with aspirations to become a professional dancer. She sparks with Sean, the leader of a dance crew whose neighborhood is threatened by Emily's father's development plans.
Cast & crew
Kathryn McCormick, Ryan Guzman and Stephen Boss
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Movie Commences On August 2nd
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