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3D Journey 2 - The Mysterious Island (PG)

05/02/2012 - 20:15

Synopsis:

In this follow–up to the 2008 worldwide hit Journey to the Center of the Earth, the new 3D family adventure Journey 2: The Mysterious Island begins when young Sean Anderson (Josh Hutcherson, reprising his role from the first film) receives a coded distress signal from a mysterious island where no island should exist. It‘s a place of strange life forms, mountains of gold, deadly volcanoes, and more than one astonishing secret.

Unable to stop him from going, Sean‘s new stepfather, Hank (Dwayne Johnson), joins the quest. Together with a helicopter pilot (Luis Guzman) and his beautiful, strong–willed daughter (Vanessa Hudgens), they set out to find the island, rescue its lone inhabitant and escape before seismic shockwaves force the island under the sea and bury its treasures forever.

Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Michael Caine, Josh Hutcherson

Todays film times: 20:40

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: 21:00

Jack And Jill (PG)

05/02/2012 - 20:15

Synopsis:

Jack And Jill is a comedy focusing on Jack Sadelstein (Adam Sandler), a successful advertising executive in Los Angeles with a beautiful wife and kids, who dreads one event each year: the Thanksgiving visit of his identical twin sister Jill (also Adam Sandler). Jill’s neediness and passive-aggressiveness is maddening to Jack, turning his normally tranquil life upside down. Katie Holmes plays Erin, Jack’s wife.

Starring: Adam Sandler, Katie Holmes, Al Pacino

Todays film times: 20:50

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: 20:30

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (12A)

05/02/2012 - 20:15

Synopsis:

Director Brad Bird and Producer J.J. Abrams bring us the action packed, entertainment event of the holiday season with MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – GHOST PROTOCOL.

The new film in the series, which has grossed 2 billion dollars worldwide, will feature a new team: Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Paula Patton and Simon Pegg.

This is not just another mission.

The IMF is shut down when it‘s implicated in a global terrorist bombing plot. Ghost Protocol is initiated and Ethan Hunt and his rogue new team must go undercover to clear their organisation‘s name. No help, no contact, off the grid. You have never seen a mission grittier and more intense than this.

Starring: Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg

Todays film times: 21:00

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: 21:20

The Grey (15)

05/02/2012 - 20:15

Synopsis:

In The Grey, Liam Neeson leads an unruly group of oil-rig roughnecks when their plane crashes into the remote Alaskan wilderness. Battling mortal injuries and merciless weather, the survivors have only a few days to escape the icy elements and a vicious pack of rogue wolves on the hunt before their time runs out.

Starring: Liam Neeson; Frank Grillo, Joe Anderson; James Badge Dale, Nonso Anozie

Todays film times: 21:10

Young Adult (15)

05/02/2012 - 20:15

Synopsis:

Academy Award winner Charlize Theron plays Mavis Gary, a writer of teen literature who returns to her small hometown to relive her glory days and attempt to reclaim her happily married high school sweetheart (Patrick Wilson). When returning home proves more difficult than she thought, Mavis forms an unusual bond with a former classmate (Patton Oswalt) who hasn‘t quite gotten over high school, either.

Starring: Charlize Theron, Patrick Wilson, Patton Oswalt

Todays film times: 20:45