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A MIGHTY HEART 102 MINS DRAMA/THRILLER 15 STARRING: Angelina Jolie, Dan Futterman, Archie Punjabi On 23 January 2002, Mariane Pearl’s (Jolie) world changed forever. Her husband Danny (Futterman), who worked for the Wall Street Journal, said he was going to a meeting that would help him research his story on the shoe bomber Richard Reid. [...]
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A MIGHTY HEART
102 MINS DRAMA/THRILLER 15
STARRING: Angelina Jolie, Dan Futterman,
Archie Punjabi
On 23 January 2002, Mariane Pearl’s (Jolie) world changed forever. Her husband Danny (Futterman), who worked for the Wall Street
Journal, said he was going to a meeting that would help him research his story on the shoe bomber Richard Reid. He never returned. So
Mariane wrote an account of the terrifying and unforgettable events that led to his murder.
DEATH AT A FUNERAL
86 MINS COMEDY/DRAMA 18
STARRING: Matthew Macfadyen, Keeley
Hawes, Andy Nyman, Ewen Bremner
Some skeletons, it seems, are better left in the cupboard. A dignified send-off for a loved one erupts into uproarious chaos when romance,
jealousy, in-laws, dark secrets, life-long yearnings and a spot of blackmail all collide in this irreverent British comedy, made by UK-born
Hollywood director Frank Oz and featuring a cast made up of the cream of Britain’s acting crop.
AN AL ESHK WELHAWA
103 MINS DRAMA/ROMANCE PG
(Saudi Arabia only)
STARRING: Ahmed el-Sakka, Mona Zaki,
Menna Shalabi, Khaled Saleh, Ghada
Abdel Razek.
Omar (el-Sakka) and Alya (Zaki) are lovers who break up after some time. Both of them find new marriage partners but they cannot forget
their first love and their lives become miserable. Omar falls in love with a new colleague and marries her secretly, but Alya lives with the
memories of her first love and hides her feelings.
HOT ROD
88 MINS COMEDY 12A
STARRING: Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone,
Bill Hader, Ian McShane, Sissy Spacek
Self-proclaimed stuntman Rod Kimble (Samberg), who believes his father was a respected stuntman who worked with Evel
Knievel, is making preparations for the trick of his life. He wants to attempt jumping 15 buses on his motorbike, so that he can raise money
for his abusive stepfather Frank (McShane), who needs a life-saving heart operation.
BEVERLY HILLS COP
105 MINS ACTION/COMEDY 15
(Classic Movie)
STARRING: Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold,
John Ashton
The heat is on in this fast-paced actioncomedy starring Eddie Murphy as Detective Axel Foley, a street-smart Detroit cop tracking
down his best friend’s killer in Beverly Hills. Axel quickly learns that his wild style doesn’t fit in with the Beverly Hills Police Department,
which assigns two officers to make sure that things don’t get out of hand.
JAY FEE AL SAREA
89 MINS ROMANCE/DRAMA PG
(Saudi Arabia only)
STARRING: Majed Al Kadwany, Reham Abdul
Ghafour, Kareem Abdulaziz
Attif (Al Kadwany) works for a petrol company in Abu Dhabi. His company says that he can have a new apartment and a car if he
is married. He is given nine days to take up the offer, but Attif is single so he returns to Egypt in search of a bride. He meets Abeer
and decides to marry her, but can he make the arrangement work?
BLACK SHEEP
90 MINS COMEDY/HORROR 15
(Manchester only)
STARRING: Nathan Meister, Danielle Mason, Peter Feeney
This blood-soaked horror comedy is the story of Henry Oldfield (Nathan Meister) who returns to the family farm to discover his brother Angus
(Peter Feeney) has been conducting controversial genetic experiments on sheep. When animal activists release a genetically-altered lamb, it
soon becomes clear that a blood-thirsty killer is on the loose.
MEET THE ROBINSONS
94 MINS COMEDY U
(Kids)
STARRING THE VOICES OF: Angela Bassett, Daniel Hansen, Jordan Fry
Lewis is an orphan and a genius who wants to see what his mother looked like. So he invents a machine that looks through your brain so
you can see your memories. However, the machine is stolen by a dastardly villain and then a mysterious boy whisks the young genius
forward in time, where he encounters a family whose survival depends on his ingenuity.
BLAZING SADDLES
94 MINS COMEDY/WESTERN 15
(Classic Movie)
STARRING: Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Slim
Pickens, Mel Brooks
Mel Brooks’ classic spoof Western. Evil Hedley Lamarr wants to run the railroad through Rock Ridge, a frontier town where everyone is called
“Johnson”. He appoints a smooth-talking ex-convict Bart as sheriff in the hope that the townsfolk will turn against him, but Bart enlists
the services of the Waco Kid (Wilder), and soon has the people of Rock Ridge rallying behind him.
NO RESERVATIONS
104 MINS COMEDY/ROMANCE PG
STARRING: Catherine Zeta-Jones, Aaron
Eckhart, Abigail Breslin
Master chef Kate Armstrong (Zeta-Jones) captivates and intimidates everyone around her. Her perfectionist nature is put to the test
when she must contend with a brash new sous chef, Nick (Eckhart), who joins her staff. To make matters even more difficult for Kate,
she is also struggling to bond with her niece, Zoe (Breslin), who has come to live with her.
CLUBLAND
108 MINS COMEDY 15
STARRING: Brenda Blethyn, Khan
Chittenden, Frankie J. Holden, Emma Booth
Jean (Blethyn) is a cafeteria worker who is staging a comeback on the comedy club circuit. Meanwhile, her ex-husband John (Holden) is
trying his own comeback in country music. Tim (Chittenden) is their long-suffering son who has put his life on hold to help them. Then he
meets Jill (Booth) and life starts to look up, but his mother stands between him and romance.
SE7EN
127 MINS CRIME/THRILLER 18
(Classic Movie)
STARRING: Brad Pitt, Gwyneth Paltrow,
Morgan Freeman
Homicide detectives Mills (Pitt) and Somerset (Freeman) are trying to track down a serial killer who has killed two victims in a manner
representing the Seven Deadly Sins. Realising there will be five more murders and on the verge of retirement, Somerset initially refuses the
case, but then joins with Mills. However, they become ensnared in the killer’s diabolical plans.
SHOOT ’EM UP
135 MINS ACTION/COMEDY 12
STARRING: Clive Owen, Paul Giamatti, Monica Bellucci
While waiting for the bus, the mysterious Mr Smith (Owen) finds himself caught in the middle of a shootout – and delivering a
baby. His next task is to protect the child and find out why there are criminals out to kill it. Named after a video game and a homage to
cartoons, this is a fast-paced action adventure at its best.
SURF’S UP
85 MINS ANIMATION/COMEDY U
(Kids)
STARRING VOICES OF: Shia LaBeouf, Jeff Bridges, Zooey Deschanel, James Woods
A charming animated fable based on the ground-breaking revelation that surfing was actually invented by penguins. A
documentary crew takes us behind the scenes and onto the waves in the most competitive, heartbreaking and dangerous display of
surfing known to man – the Penguin World Surfing Championship.
SICKO
120 MINS DOCUMENTARY PG
STARRING: Michael Moore
If you want to stay healthy in America, don’t get sick. Following hot on the heels of his Oscar- winning film Bowling for Columbine,
acclaimed filmmaker Michael Moore’s new documentary sets out to investigate the American healthcare system. Sticking to his
one-man approach, Moore sheds light on the complicated medical affairs of individuals and local communities.
THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
115 MINS ACTION/THRILLER 12A
STARRING: Matt Damon, Julia Stiles, David Strathairn, Albert Finney
Academy Award-winner Matt Damon inadvertently returns from out of hiding as trained assassin Jason Bourne in the third
instalment of this smash-hit espionage thriller series. Following a trail that leads him through Moscow, Paris, London, Tangier and New York,
Bourne is forced to hunt down his past so that he might find a future.
THE SIMPSONS MOVIE
88 MINS ANIMATION/COMEDY PG
STARRING THE VOICES OF: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith
Homer adopts a pig that has run away from Krusty Burger. He then dumps a silo of pig waste in Lake Springfield and accidentally
pollutes the town’s water supply. Springfield is then encased in a gigantic dome by the EPA and the Simpson family are declared fugitives,
forcing Homer to save his city and family.
THE DARJEELING LIMITED
91 MINS ACTION/COMEDY 15
STARRING THE VOICES OF: Owen Wilson, Adrien Brody,
Jason Schwartzman
Wes Anderson directs an emotional comedy about three brothers re-forging family bonds after the death of their father. The eldest son,
(Wilson) hopes to reconnect with his two younger siblings by taking them on a train trip across India. But what starts out as a bonding
spiritual quest inevitably turns into a different kind of journey altogether.
STARDUST
120 MINS ADVENTURE/FANTASY PG
STARRING: Charlie Cox, Robert De Niro,
Sienna Miller, Clare Danes, Michelle
Pfeiffer
Based on the best-selling fantasy novel by Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess, this starstudded adventure tells the story of Tristan
(Cox) who tries to win the heart of Victoria (Miller) by going on a quest to find a fallenstar – only to discover the star is really a
striking girl named Yvaine (Danes).
THE INVASION
99 MINS SCI-FI/THRILLER 15
STARRING: Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig,
Jeremy Northams Pfeiffer
A Washington-based psychiatrist (Kidman) discovers that a mysterious epidemic which alters the behaviour of human beings, may
have been brought back on the wreckage of a space shuttle. She discovers that theepidemic’s origins are extraterrestrial and as
she struggles to save her son, she realises that he may hold the key to stopping it.
SUGARHOUSE
90 MINS CRIME/THRILLER 15
STARRING: Steven Mackintosh, Ashley
Walters, Andy Serkis
Tom (Mackintosh), a middle-class ‘City boy’, finds himself completely out of his depth when he tries to do a ‘deal’ with D (Walters),
a volatile drug addict, in an abandoned warehouse. The two enter into a deadly game of cat and mouse. Things then escalate when
psychotic local crime lord Hoodwink (Serkis) wakes up to find his snub nose gun missing.
THE PLAYER
125 MINS COMEDY/THRILLER 15
(Classical Movi)
STARRING: Tim Robbins, Greta Scacchi,
Whoopi Goldberg
Robert Altman’s brilliant comedy satirises the darker side of Hollywood. When a hotshot movie executive (Robbins) is terrorised by a
disgruntled screenwriter he decides to take the law into his own hands – however, heaccidentally gives the writer solid ammunition
for blackmail and is soon trying to evade the police investigation that he caused.
SUPERBAD
118 MINS COMEDY/ROMANCE 15
(Manchester Only)
STARRING: Jonah Hill, Michael Cera,
Christopher Mintz-Plasse
Co-written by and featuring Knocked Up star Seth Rogen, this hit teenage comedy is the story of two boys (Hill and Cera) who go on
the hunt for alcohol in the hope that they can use it to lure girls at their graduation party. Like many a well-laid plan, theirs goes seriously
awry – and adolescent embarrassment and a series of hilarious misadventures ensue.
TRANSFORMERS
118 MINS COMEDY/ROMANCE 15
STARRING: Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh
Duhamel, Rachael Taylor
Two intergalactic races of robots, the Autobots and the evil Decepticons, crash-land on Earth where they battle for the ultimate
power source – Allspark, leaving the future of humankind hanging in the balance. And the only person who can save the planet from
certain annihilation is a teenage boy, Sam Witwicky (LaBeouf).
