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Movie Premiers
Another Earth
Cast: : William Mapother, Brit Marling
Director: Mike Cahill
On the eve of the discovery of a duplicate Earth, tragedy strikes,
and the lives of a bright young woman who is accepted into MIT's
astrophysics program and a brilliant composer who is in the
pinnacle of his profession become irrevocably intertwined.
93
The Big Year
PG13
Cast: Jack Black, Steve Martin
Director: David Frankel
Three men, who are tired of being ruled by obligations and
responsibilities, dedicate a year of their lives to following their
dreams through a cross-country journey of wild and life-changing
adventures.
100
Contagion
PG
Cast: Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow
Director: Steven Soderbergh
When Beth Emhoff returns to Minneapolis from a business trip in
Hong Kong, what she thought was jet lag takes a virulent turn.
Two days later, she’s dead in the ER and the doctors tell her
shocked and grieving husband they have no idea why.
106
Cowboys And Aliens
PG13
Cast: Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford
Director: Jon Favreau
In 19th century New Mexico, a stranger with no memory of his past
– with a mysterious shackle that encircles one of his wrists –
stumbles into the hard desert town of Absolution, a place that lives
in fear.
118
PG13
January/February
Crazy, Stupid, Love.
Cast: Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling
Director: Glenn Ficarra, John Requa
Cal Weaver is a straight-laced man living the dream. But when he
learns that his wife has cheated on him and is asking for divorce,
his perfect life is shattered and he is forced back into the dating
game.
118
PG13
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Dolphin Tale
Cast: Harry Connick Jr., Nathan Gamble
Director: Charles Martin Smith
When a young dolphin’s tail is severely damaged, she is transported
to the Clearwater Marine Hospital, where a marine biologist, a
prosthetics doctor and a dedicated young boy join forces to help
Winter.
113
Drive
PG13
Cast: Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan
Director: Nicolas Winding Refn
A Hollywood stunt driver moonlights as a getaway driver for hire in
the criminal underworld. But after a job goes dangerously awry, he
becomes a target for some of L.A.’s most dangerous men.
100
R
Movie Premiers
Golf In The Kingdom
Cast: Malcolm McDowell, David O'Hara
Director: Susan Streitfeld
En-route to India in 1956, in search of enlightenment, a young
American philosophy student, Michael Murphy, takes a Scottish
detour to the “Links of Burningbush”, where his perception of golf
and life are indelibly changed.
86
Green Lantern
PG
Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, Peter Sarsgaard
Director: Martin Campbell
Hal is a gifted and cocky test pilot, who also happens to be the first
human to be selected to join the ranks of the Green Lantern Corps,
a brotherhood of warriors sworn to keep intergalactic order.
114
Harry Potter And The
Deathly Hallows Part 2
PG13
Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson
Director: David Yates
The battle between the good and evil forces of the wizarding world
has escalated into an all-out war. As nobody is safe, it is up to Harry
to make the ultimate sacrifice as he draws closer to a climatic
showdown with Lord Voldemort.
124
I Don't Know How
She Does It
PG13
Cast: Sarah Jessica Parker, Pierce Brosnan
Director: Douglas McGrath
Kate Reddy devotes her days to her job, her architect husband and
their two young children. However, this non-stop balancing act
gets more difficult when she is handed a major new account that
requires frequent travelling.
96
PG13
January/February
The Ides Of March
Cast: George Clooney, Ryan Gosling
Director: George Clooney
In the frantic last days before a heavily contested Ohio presidential
primary, an up-and-coming campaign press officer Stephen Meyers
finds himself involved in a political scandal that threatens to upend
his candidate’s shot at the presidency.
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In Time
Cast: Justin Timberlake, Amanda Seyfried
Director: Andrew Niccol
Will Salas, a young man who is falsely accused of murder in a world
where you stop ageing at 25 and time is the ultimate currency,
attempts to clear his name and bring the brutal system down.
110
Johnny English Reborn
PG13
Cast: Rowan Atkinson, Rosamund Pike
Director: Oliver Parker
Now that the world needs him once again, Johnny English is back in
action. With one shot at redemption, he must unravel a web of
conspiracy that runs throughout the KGB, CIA and even MI-7.
102
PG
Movie Premiers
Killer Elite
Cast: Clive Owen, Jason Statham
Director: Gary McKendry
Danny and Hunter, an ex-special operations agent and his
long-time mentor, are two of the world’s most elite operatives. But
soon they find themselves plunged into a highly dangerous game
where the predators become the prey.
105
Moneyball
R
Cast: Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill
Director: Bennett Miller
When Billy Beane, the general manager of the Oakland A’s, has an
epiphany that all of baseball’s conventional wisdom is wrong, he is
forced to reinvent his team on a tight budget using computer
analysis.
120
Real Steel
PG13
Cast: Hugh Jackman, Dakota Goyo
Director: Shawn Levy
Charlie Kenton is a washed-up fighter who lost his chance at a title
when robots took over human fighters. With one last chance at a
comeback, he teams up with his estranged son to build and train a
championship contender.
127
Rise Of The Planet Of
The Apes
PG13
Cast: James Franco, Freida Pinto
Director: Rupert Wyatt
In present-day San Francisco, a single act of both compassion and
arrogance leads to the development of intelligence in apes, and the
onset of a battle for supremacy as the greatest discovery becomes
the greatest threat.
105
PG13
January/February
The Three Musketeers (2011)
Cast: Orlando Bloom, Logan Lerman
Director: Paul W.S. Anderson
Porthos, Athos and Aramis are three elite warriors who serve the
King of France. When they discover an evil conspiracy to overthrow
the King, they leap into action with an aspiring young hero called
D’Artagnan.
110
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
PG13
Cast: Gary Oldman, Colin Firth
Director: Tomas Alfredson
In the bleak days of the Cold War, George Smiley, an espionage
veteran is forced from semi-retirement to uncover a double agent
within MI6, leading to a spy-hunt that shakes the British Secret
Intelligence Service to its very foundations.
127
Transformers: Dark Of
The Moon
R
Cast: Shia LaBeouf, Josh Duhamel, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley
Director: Michael Bay
When a mysterious event from the past erupts into the present day,
it threatens to bring a war to Earth so big that the Transfomers
alone will not be able to save humankind.
150
Trespass
PG13
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Nicole Kidman
Director: Joel Schumacher
Powerful businessman Kyle, his wife Sarah and their rebellious
teenage daughter Avery, live in a secure private community. Until
one night, cunning thief Elias and his skilled crew start what they
have been planning for months, the perfect robbery.
85
R
Oldies But Goodies
Arsenic And Old Lace
Cast: Cary Grant, Raymond Massey
Director: Frank Capra
Mortimer, a mild-mannered drama critic learns that his two kindly
aunts are homicidal maniacs. Complicating matters even further,
his long-lost murderous brother decides that Mortimer and his
fiancée cannot be trusted with the family secret.
118
A Big Hand For
The Little Lady
NR
Cast: Henry Fonda, Joanne Woodward
Director: Fielder Cook
As the biggest high-stake poker game in the West begins,
compulsive gambler Meredith suffers a heart attack when dealing a
winning hand, leaving it up to his long-suffering wife, Mary, to step
in to play the hand.
95
Bonnie And Clyde
NR
Cast: Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway
Director: Arthur Penn
During the darkest days of the depression, Bonnie and Clyde, two
bank robbers who are in love, blaze a path of crime and violence
across the heartland of America along with their unlikely gang of
bank robbers.
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NR
January/February
Captain Blood
Cast: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland
Director: Michael Curtiz
When Dr. Peter Blood is sold into slavery in Jamaica after being
falsely accused of treason, he is bought by the beautiful Arabella.
Soon after he leads a revolt with his fellow prisoners and escapes
turning themselves into a pirate crew.
95
Down With Love
NR
Cast: Ewan McGregor, Renée Zellweger
Director: Peyton Reed
When Barbara Novak writes a book called “Down with Love” that
presents the theory that romantic relationships cause more
problems than they solve for women, it causes a minor scandal and
becomes a major best seller.
100
The Goonies
PG13
Cast: Sean Astin, Josh Brolin
Director: Richard Donner
When a group of young friends find a map leading to a hidden
treasure, they follow the trail. But to find the treasure, they must
overcome booby traps, natural obstructions, and a gang of
desperate thieves who are also in a race for the loot.
115
Laura
PG
Cast: Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews
Director: Otto Preminger
When New York City police detective Mark McPherson starts to
investigate the murder of advertising executive Laura Hunt, he
becomes so obsessed that a newspaper columnist accuses him of
falling in love with the dead woman.
104
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NR
Oldies But Goodies
Office Space
Cast: Ron Livingston, Jennifer Aniston
Director: Mike Judge
When redundancies at work start to affect his two best friends,
Peter Gibbons conspires to plant a computer virus in the company's
system that will embezzle corporate funds into a secret account.
88
Speed
R
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock
Director: Jan de Bont
Jack Traven is an L.A. Bomb Squad specialist, who finds himself the
target of elusive bomber-extortionist Howard Payne, as he faces a
wired-for-destruction city bus that will detonate if the speedometer
drops below 50mph.
113
There's No Business Like
Show Business
R
Cast: Ethel Merman, Marilyn Monroe
Director: Walter Lang
Molly and Terry Donahue live on the road as vaudeville
entertainers, and as they have children, begin incorporating them
into the act. Now, years later, the three children are grown up and
developing their own interests.
117
Puss In Boots
NR
Family Movies
Animals United
January/February
Cast: Voices of James Corden, Stephen Fry
Director: Reinhard Klooss
When the annual flood fails to arrive in Africa's Okavango Delta,
water becomes scarce and fiercely fought over. Amidst the chaos,
Billy the meerkat sets out to find water with his best friend, a
disillusioned lion called Socrates.
93
Puss In Boots
NR
Cast: Voices of Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek
Director: Chris Miller
Long before he ever met Shrek, the legendary Puss in Boots goes on
a heroic journey, teaming up with mastermind Humpty Dumpty
and the street-savvy Kitty Softpaws, to steal the famed Goose that
lays the Golden Eggs.
90
Rio
PG
Cast: Voices of Jesse Eisenberg, Anne Hathaway
Director: Carlos Saldanha
Blu, a macaw from a small town in Minnesota, leaves his cage for
the exotic sights and sounds of Rio de Janeiro. The only problem is,
he can’t fly. With his new friends by his side, Blu must find the
courage to fly.
99
The Smurfs
G
Cast: Hank Azaria, Neil Patrick Harris
Director: Raja Gosnell
When the evil wizard Gargamel chases the Smurfs out of their
village, they are forced through a portal, out of their world and into
ours, landing in the middle of New York’s Central Park.
102
PG
World Cinema
My Kingdom
Cast: Wu Chun, Han Geng, Barbie Hsu
Director: Gao Xiaosong
When the Prince Regent of the crumbling Qing Dynasty orders the
mass execution of the Meng clan, their leader – before his
beheading in Beijing - vows that his family will avenge this travesty
of justice.
97
Overheard 2
NR
Cast: Lau Ching-wan, Louis Koo
Director: Alan Mak
When Law Man-seng, a hotshot securities dealer, wakes up in
hospital after being in a bad car accident, he finds police officer Ho
Chi-keung from the Counter-Terrorism Department of Hong Kong’s
Security Bureau beside him.
121
Ready (2011)
PG13
Cast: Salman Khan, Paresh Rawal
Director: Anees Bazmee
Subtitle: Arabic
Chaos ensues when the sole heir of a sprawling empire falls in love
with an orphan, who has returned to live with her feuding and
devious uncles.
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January/February
Cast: Sibel Kekilli, Thomas Kretschmann
Director: Matthias Schweighöfer
What A Man
Alex is a 30-year-old teacher who lacks the coolness and
assertiveness of many of his peers. But when his girlfriend starts an
affair with his macho neighbour, Alex decides to act on his best
friend’s advice and man up.
94
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Cast: Denis Bouchard, Suzanne Clément
Director: Marc-Andre Lavoie
As a professional biographer, Réjean’s job is to embellish the lives of
his clients. But as he prepares to send a video relating his life story
to the Réseau Contact dating website, he has to do the same thing
in relation to himself.
94
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
NR
Cast: Farhan Akhtar, Katrina Kaif
Director: Zoya Akhtar
Subtitle: Arabic
Following his engagement, Kabir decides to set out on an extended
bachelor party with his two best friends.
120
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Cast: Hani Ramzi, Nelly Kareem
Director: Mohsen Ahmad
Abdel-Radi poses as a rich businessman to overcome his financial
difficulties, but he soon finds it hard to stop the truth from being
revealed.
97
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Cast: Mustafa Darwish, Mamdooh Faraj
Director: Majed Nabeeh
Two delivery men use a clue found in the shoe of a murdered man to
track down those who carried out the killing.
90
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Cast: Tamer Abdul Mone’em, Mona Fadali
Director: Ahmad Fahmi Abdul Zaher
In a desperate bid to get her fiancé to take their relationship more
seriously, Samia pretends that she is leaving him for another man.
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Cast: Ahmad Al Saqa, Mai Selim
Director: Ahmad Saleh
The lives of two sworn enemies continue to intersect, as their
intense rivalry is torn apart even further by their love for the same
woman.
106
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Cast: Amr Sa’ad, Khaled Al Sawi, Ziena
Director: Mohammad Al Adl
A guilt-ridden prosecutor quits his job and begins work as a private
lawyer. However, after losing his first case, his life starts to fall
apart.
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Cast: Elham Shahin, Khaled Abu Al Naja
Director: Kamla Abu Zekri
A woman divorces her husband so she can marry her boyfriend,
while a man, who dreams of owning his own salon, is betrayed by
the woman he loves.
108
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Cast: Ahmed Ezz, Zena
Director: Amro Arafah
A person who has lost his memory – and can’t remember his
identity - is forced to go on the run from the police after being
suspected of murder.
101
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Cast: Ahmed Al Sakka, Hanan Turk
Director: Tarek Al Erian
A homeless orphan, who has spent his childhood in jail, is recruited
by a corrupt police officer to work as part of a gang of thieves.
108
PG13
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January/February
Cast: Fatin Hamama, Imad Hamdy
Director: Jamal Madkoor
Following the death of his sister, a young man’s attempts at
happiness are thwarted by his true love’s grandfather - who
opposes their union.
112
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Cast: Madeeha Yousri, Mohamed Fawzy
Director: Neyazi Mustafa
The lives of a young artist and the owner of a fashion house collide
when they are involved in a car accident.
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Cast: Shadia, Salah Thu Al Faqar
Director: Ezz Aldeen Thu Al Faqar
A moral man avoids mixing with people, as he attempts to survive
all the difficulties that life throws at him.
103
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Cast: Abdul Halim Hafez, Zubaida Tharwat
Director: Atif Salem
When the daughter of a millionaire discovers that her stepmother
is set to arrange a marriage for her, she runs away.
110
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