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Angus, Thongs & Perfect Snogging (PG) 110 mins |
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18 September 2008 |
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Genre: |
Comedy |
Director: |
Gurinder Chadha ('Bend It Like Beckham') |
Cast: |
Georgia Groome, Aaron Johnson, Alan Davies, Kimberley Nixon, Eleanor Tomlinson, Liam Hess and Eva Drew |
Synopsis: |
Based on the international best-selling series of books by Louise Rennison, the film follows the eccentric and irresistable Georgia Nicholson as she overcomes the trauma of being a teenager and moves up the 'snogging scale'. Misunderstood by her ancient parents, but bouyed up by the love of her cat Angus, and her best friends, the Ace Gang, Georgia struggles through life seeking out her two main desires: 1. To get a gorgeous sex-god as her boyfriend; 2. To throw the greatest 15th birthday party ever. When handsome brothers Tom and Robbie arrive at school, Georgia thinks her boyfriend dreams have been answered. But when she sees Robbie with her arch rival Lindsay, she devises a plan to show Robbie that she's the mature, sophisticated girlfriend he deserves. Unfortunately Georgia's plans don't exactly run smoothly. |
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Beverly Hills Chihuahua (G) 101 mins |
Opening: |
25 September 2009 |
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Genre: |
Comedy |
Director: |
Raja Gosnell |
Cast: |
Drew Barrymore (voice), Selma Hayek (voice), Jamie Lee Curtis, Andy Garcia |
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Synopsis: |
A pampered Beverly Hills chihuahua named Chloe (voice of Drew Barrymore) finds herself accidentally lost in the mean streets of Mexico without a day spa or Rodeo Drive boutique anywhere in sight.
Now alone for the first time in her spoiled life, she must rely on some unexpected new friends - including a street-hardened German Shepherd named Delgado and an amorous pup named Papi - to lend her a paw and help her to find her inner strength on their incredible journey back home. |
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Disaster Movie (M) 97 mins |
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2 October 2008 |
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Genre: |
Comedy |
Director: |
Jason Friedberg, Aaron Sheltzer |
Cast: |
Matt Lanter, Vanessa Minnillo, G.Thang, Nicole Parker |
Synopsis: |
Over the course of one evening, an unsuspecting group of twenty-somethings find themselves bombarded by a series of natural disasters and catastrophic events.
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Duchess, The (M) 119 mins |
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2 October 2008 |
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Genre: |
Drama |
Director: |
Saul Dibb |
Cast: |
Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes, Charlotte Rampling |
Synopsis: |
Set at the end of the eighteenth century, The Duchess is the story of the beautiful and glamorous Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire- the most fascinating woman of the age. While her beauty and charisma made her name, her extravagant tastes and appetite for gambling and love made her infamous. Married young to the older, distant Duke of Devonshire, Georgiana became a fashion icon, a doting mother, a shrewd political operator and darling of the common people. |
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Eagle Eye (M) 127 mins |
Opening: |
25 September 2008 |
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Genre: |
Thriller |
Director: |
D.J. Caruso |
Cast: |
Shia LaBeouf, Michelle Monaghan, Rosario Dawson, Billy Bob Thornton |
Synopsis: |
Shia Labeouf reteams with 'Disturbia' director D.J. Caruso playing a young slacker whose twin brother has died mysteriously. Rachel (Monaghan) finds that her child is missing, and soon the two strangers realize that they have been framed as terrorists. They must work together to extricate themselves while being led by a mysterious voice who contacts them via their cell phones. |
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In Bruges (MA 15+) 117 mins |
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4 September 2008 |
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Genre: |
Action Comedy |
Director: |
Martin Mcdonagh |
Cast: |
Colin Farrell, Ralph Fiennes & Brendan Gleeson |
Synopsis: |
Bruges, the most well-preserved medieval city in the whole of Belgium, is a welcoming destination for travellers from all over the world. But for hit men Ray and Ken, it could be their final destination; a difficult job has resulted in the pair being ordered right before Christmas by their London boss Harry to go and cool their heels in the storybook Flemish city for a couple of weeks. Very much out of place the two hit men fill their days living the lives of tourists but the longer they stay waiting for Harry's call, the more surreal their experience becomes. When the call from Harry does finally come, Ken and Ray's vacation becomes a life-and-death struggle of darkly comic proportions and surprisingly emotional consequences. |
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Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, The (M) 122 mins |
Opening: |
11 September 2008 |
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Genre: |
Action |
Director: |
Rob Cohen |
Cast: |
Brendan Fraser, Jet Li, Maria Bello and Michelle Yeoh |
Website: |
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Synopsis: |
In the Far East, trouble-seeking father-and-son duo Rick (Fraser) and Alex O'Connell (Ford) unearth the mummy of the first Emperor of Qin (Li) -- a shape-shifting entity who was cursed by a wizard (Yeoh) centuries ago. |
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Step Brothers (MA 15+) 98 mins |
Opening: |
18 September 2008 |
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Genre: |
Comedy |
Director: |
Adam McKay |
Cast: |
Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, Richard Jenkins, Mary Steenburgen |
Website: |
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Synopsis: |
Will Ferrell plays Brennan Huff, a sporadically employed thirty-nine-year-old who lives with his mother, Nancy (Mary Steenburgen). John C. Reilly plays Dale Doback, a terminally unemployed forty-year-old who lives with his father, Robert (Richard Jenkins).
When Robert and Nancy marry and move in together, Brennan and Dale are forced to live with each other as step brothers. As their narcissism and downright aggressive laziness threatens to tear the family apart, these two middle-aged, immature, overgrown boys will orchestrate an insane, elaborate plan to bring their parents back together.
To pull it off, they must form an unlikely bond that maybe, just maybe, will finally get them out of the house.
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Visitor, The (M) 118 mins |
Opening: |
14 August 2008 |
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Genre: |
Drama |
Director: |
Thomas McCarthy |
Cast: |
Richard Jenkins, Haaz Sleiman, Danai Jekesai Gurira and Hiam Abbass. |
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Synopsis: |
From writer/director Tom McCarthy ('The Station Agent') comes this soulful new comedy drama.Sixty-two-year-old Walter Vale (Richard Jenkins) is sleepwalking through his life. Having lost his passion for teaching and writing, he fills the void by unsuccessfully trying to learn to play classical piano. When his college sends him to Manhattan to attend a conference, Walter is surprised to find a young couple has taken up residence in his apartment. Victims of a real estate scam, Tarek (Haaz Sleiman), a Syrian man, and Zainab (Danai Gurira), his Senegalese girlfriend, have nowhere else to go. In the first of a series of tests of the heart, Walter reluctantly allows the couple to stay with him. |
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Wall-E (G) 108 mins |
Opening: |
18 September 2008 |
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Genre: |
Animated |
Director: |
Andrew Stanton ('Finding Nemo') |
Cast: |
The voices of: Ben Burtt, Paul Eiding, Sigourney Weaver |
Website: |
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Synopsis: |
After hundreds of lonely years of doing what he was built for, WALL-E (short for Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-Class) discovers a new purpose in life (besides collecting knick-knacks) when he meets a sleek search robot names EVE. EVE comes to realise that WALL-E has inadvertently stumbled upon the key to the planet's future, and races back to space to report her findings to the humans (who have been eagerly awaiting word that it is safe to return home).
Meanwhile, WALL-E chases EVE across the galaxy and sets into motion one of the most exciting and imaginative comedy adventures ever brought to the big screen.
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Wild Child (PG) 98 mins |
Opening: |
18 September 2008 |
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Genre: |
Drama |
Director: |
Nick Moore |
Cast: |
Emma Roberts, Lexi Ainsworth, Vanessa Branch |
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Synopsis: |
Teenage wild child Poppy (Emma Roberts) is a spoilt Malibu Princess with trademark long blonde hair and a wardrobe that would make Paris Hilton jealous. Typically mean, rude and disrespectful, she finally pushes her long suffering father (Aidan Quinn) too far when she throws an out-of-control party in the family home. He retaliates by packing her off to boarding school... in England. Here, Poppy discovers a strict regime and haughty Brit girls whose rigidly-enforced hierarchy rates her as the lowest of the low. Determined to get herself expelled, Poppy hits on the perfect plan- snogging Freddie (Alex Pettyfer), the dishy son of the headmistress. |
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