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3D Underworld: Awakening (18)

05/02/2012 - 20:15

Synopsis:

Kate Beckinsale, star of the first two films, returns in her lead role as the vampire warrioress Selene, who escapes imprisonment to find herself in a world where humans have discovered the existence of both Vampire and Lycan clans, and are conducting an all out war to eradicate both immortal species.

Starring: Kate Beckinsale, Stephen Rea, Michael Ealy; Theo James

Todays film times: 21:00

Chronicle (12A)

05/02/2012 - 20:15

Synopsis:

New technologies and social communities allow us to record, post and comment on every second of our lives, sharing our every emotion and opinion with the world, no matter how mundane.

For three high school classmates who suddenly gain superpowers from a mysterious substance, the chronicle of their ordinary lives is about to take on extraordinary turn.

Initially they use their powers to play innocent pranks on each other and people around them, but soon they gain confidence and learn to control their powers better to take on more difficult tasks. Their newfound sense of immortality and impunity will force them to evaluate their own morality to ultimately decide where to draw the line about how far they should go.

Starring: Ashley Hinshaw, Alex Russell, Michael B. Jordan

Todays film times: 20:30

Man On A Ledge (12A)

05/02/2012 - 20:15

Synopsis:

An ex-cop turned con threatens to jump to his death from a Manhattan hotel rooftop. The nearest New York Police officer immediately responds to a screaming woman and calls dispatch. More Officers arrive with SWAT and tactical command along with fire-fighters. The police then dispatches a female police psychologist personally requested to talk him down from the ledge. However, things aren't as straightforward and clearcut as they appear to be.

Starring: Sam Worthington, Jamie Bell, Ed Harris

Todays film times: 20:45

The Artist (PG)

05/02/2012 - 20:15

Synopsis:

Winner of 3 Golden Globe awards including Best Motion Picture - musical or comedy.
Nominated for 12 BAFTA awards including Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Actress.

Hollywood 1927. George Valentin (Jean Dujardin) 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 (Bérénice Bejo), it seems the sky’s the limit major movie stardom awaits.

Filmed in black and white, without dialogue, THE ARTIST tells the story of their interlinked destinies.

Starring: Jean Dujardin, John Goodman, Berenice Bejo

Todays film times: 21:10

The Descendants (15)

05/02/2012 - 20:15

Synopsis:

From Alexander Payne, the creator of the Oscar-winning SIDEWAYS, set in Hawaii, THE DESCENDANTS is a sometimes humorous, sometimes tragic journey for Matt King (George Clooney) an indifferent husband and father of two girls, who is forced to re-examine his past and embrace his future when his wife suffers a boating accident off of Waikiki. The event leads to a rapprochement with his young daughters while Matt wrestles with a decision to sell the family’s land handed down from Hawaiian royalty and missionaries.

Starring: George Clooney, Judy Greer, Beau Bridges

Todays film times: 20:20

The Sitter (15)

05/02/2012 - 20:15

Synopsis:

Jonah Hill as “The Sitter” is the last person you want watching your kids. But this time, The Sitter has met his match in three manipulative brats. When a shady endeavor in which he finds himself in goes bad, The Sitter and the malevolent youngsters embark on a wild chase through Manhattan. From the director of “Pineapple Express.”

Starring: Jonah Hill, Sam Rockwell, Ari Graynor

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War Horse (12A)

05/02/2012 - 20:15

Synopsis:

Based on the book by Michael Morpurgo and the recent stage play by Nick Stafford, produced by the National Theatre of Great Britain and directed by Tom Morris and Marianne Elliot.

From director Steven Spielberg comes “War Horse,” an epic adventure for audiences of all ages. Set against a sweeping canvas of rural England and Europe during the First World War, “War Horse” begins with the remarkable friendship between a horse named Joey and a young man called Albert, who tames and trains him. When they are forcefully parted, the film follows the extraordinary journey of the horse as he moves through the war, changing and inspiring the lives of all those he meets—British cavalry, German soldiers, and a French farmer and his granddaughter—before the story reaches its emotional climax in the heart of No Man’s Land.

The First World War is experienced through the journey of this horse—an odyssey of joy and sorrow, passionate friendship and high adventure. “War Horse” is one of the great stories of friendship and war— a successful book, it was turned into a hugely successful international theatrical hit that is arriving on Broadway next year. It now comes to screen in an epic adaptation by one of the great directors in film history.

Starring: Emily Watson, Jeremy Irvine, Peter Mullan; Tom Hiddleston

Todays film times: 20:40