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Movie Premiers
The Artist
Voices: Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo
Director: Michel Hazanavicius
In romance drama ‘The Artist’, George Valentin is a world-famous
silent movie superstar. But his illustrious career looks set to come
to an abrupt end when talking pictures arrive, changing the face of
cinema forever.
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Chronicle
Cast: Alex Russell, Dane Deehan
Director: John Trank
Three high school friends gain superpowers after making an
incredible discovery. Soon, though, they find their lives spinning
out of control and their bond tested as they embrace their darker
sides.
84
Haywire
PG13
Cast: Ewan McGregor, Michael Fassbener
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Mallory Kane is the woman the U.S. government calls on to take
care of their dirty work. But when she saves a Chinese journalist
from certain death, she becomes an enemy to the very same
government she once served.
93
R
May/June
Hugo
Cast: Ben Kingsley, Sacha Baron Cohen
Director: Martin Scorsese
In 1930’s Paris, Hugo, an orphan who has secretly made a train
station his home, sets on a quest to unlock a secret left to him by
his father, which will magically transform him and
all those around him.
126
In Time
PG
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
The Iron Lady
PG13
Cast: Meryl Streep, Jim Broadbent
Director: Phyllida Lloyd
One of the most influential women and the first and only female
Prime Minister in the UK, Margaret Thatcher broke the barriers of
gender and class to succeed in a male-dominated world sacrificing
her relationships and happiness along the way.
105
PG13
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Movie Premiers
J. Edgar
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Naomi Watts
Director: Clint Eastwood
As head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for nearly 50 years, J.
Edgar Hoover was feared and admired, reviled and revered. But
behind closed doors, he held secrets that would have destroyed his
image, career and life.
137
Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol
R
Cast: Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner
Director: Brad Bird
Ethan Hunt enlists new recruits to help clear the IMF’s name after it
is blamed for a global bombing plot. But as the organisation goes
into shutdown, the team is forced to go undercover in its toughest
assignment ever.
133
One For The Money
PG13
Cast: Katherine Heigl, Jason O’Mara
Director: Julie Anne Robinson
Unemployed and newly divorced Stephanie Plum reluctantly
accepts work at her cousin's bail-bond business, where her first
assignment puts her on the trail of a wanted local cop from her
romantic past.
91
The Rum Diary
PG13
Cast: Johnny Depp, Giovanni Ribisi
Director: Bruce Robinson
American journalist Paul Kemp takes on a freelance job in Puerto
Rico for a local newspaper during the 1950s, and struggles to find a
balance between island culture and the expatriates who live there.
120
R
May/June
Sherlock Holmes:
A Game Of Shadows
Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law
Director: Guy Ritchie
Sherlock Holmes and his longtime trusted associate, Doctor
Watson, with the help of Holmes's older brother Mycroft Holmes
and a gypsy named Sim, join forces to outwit and bring down their
fiercest adversary, Professor Moriarty.
129
The Sitter
PG13
Cast: Jonah Hill, Sam Rockwell
Director: David Gordon Green
Noah Jaybird, a college student on suspension is coaxed into
babysitting the three kids next door. But what starts as an easy
way to earn a buck ends up being Noah’s craziest night ever around
the city of Manhattan.
82
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
R
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
R
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Movie Premiers
Cast: Channing Tatum, Rachel McAdams
Director: Michael Sucsy
The Vow
A serious car accident causes Paige to suffer from amnesia and
forget everything about her life. Her husband Leo makes a solemn
promise to help her regain her memory - and win her heart once
more.
104
War Horse
PG13
Cast: Jeremy Irvine, Peter Mullan
Director: Steven Spielberg
A remarkable friendship between a young man, Albert, and his
horse, Joey, is forcibly broken when Joey is sold to the cavalry. As
Joey is sent to the trenches of WW1, he changes and inspires the
lives of everyone he meets.
120
We Bought A Zoo
PG13
Cast: Matt Damon, Scarlett Johansson
Director: Cameron Crowe
A single dad who decides his family needs a fresh start, moves with
his two children to a zoo. With the help of an eclectic staff, the
family works to return the dilapidated zoo to its former wonder and
glory.
127
We Bought A Zoo
PG
Oldies But Goodies
Breakfast At Tiffany's
May/June
Cast: Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard
Director: Blake Edwards
Struggling writer Paul Varjak moves into a New York apartment
building and becomes intrigued by his pretty, quirky neighbour
Holly Golightly. Holly, who is a New York playgirl, sweeps Paul into
her dizzying, unstructured lifestyle.
115
The First Wives Club
NR
Cast: Goldie Hawn, Bette Midler
Director: Hugh Wilson
Devastated when their rich and powerful husbands leave them for
younger women, 3 New York high-society women form the "First
Wives Club" to exact revenge - forcing their husbands into
bankruptcy and public embarrassment.
103
Houseboat
PG
Cast: Cary Grant, Sophia Loren
Director: Melville Shavelson
Tom Winston, a widower, is trying to raise 3 precocious children on
his own. He gets a little unexpected help from a lady, called Cinzia,
who turns out to be an Italian socialite who is trying to get away
from her overprotective father.
95
Breakfast At Tiffany's
NR
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Oldies But Goodies
Ivanhoe
Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Robert Taylor
Director: Richard Thorpe
Returning from the Crusades, Ivanhoe learns that King Richard the
Lionheart is imprisoned in Austria, and his pleas to pay the ransom
fall on deaf ears as Prince John and cronies are enjoying the current
situation.
106
Mutiny On The Bounty
NR
Cast: Marlon Brando, Trevor Howard
Director: Lewis Milestone
It is 1789 in the South Pacific and, on the far side of the Earth from
their home in England, the crew of the H.M.S. Bounty suffers under
the sadistic leadership of its captain, William Bligh.
104
135
The Old Man And The Sea
NR
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Felipe Pazos
Director: John Sturges
An old Cuban fisherman's dry spell is broken when he hooks a
gigantic fish. While it slowly drags him to sea, he reminisces about
his past, his successes and the high points of his life.
86
Starting Over
NR
Cast: Candice Bergen, Burt Reynolds
Director: Alan J. Pakula
Phil Potter is a magazine content writer who falls in love with a
wacky nursery school teacher who tries to help him surmount the
emotional hurdles after his wife divorces him. But he somehow
can't get over his ex-wife.
106
R
May/June
The Thin Man
Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy
Director: W.S. Van Dyke
After a four-year absence, one time detective Nick Charles returns
to New York with his new wife Nora. After re-connecting with
many of his old cronies, he is asked to investigate a murder case.
93
The Tin Star
NR
Cast: Henry Fonda, Betsy Palmer
Director: Anthony Mann
In a nation still healing from Civil War and where lawlessness rules
the Old West, 3 brothers bound by duty, honour and
self-preservation take a stand. Together, they fight to survive and
thrive in a small town called Gateway.
93
The Treasure Of
The Sierra Madre
PG
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston
Director: John Huston
Frank Dobbs and Bob Curtin, are two Americans searching for work
in Mexico in 1925. After meeting up with an old prospector, they
convince him to help them mine for gold in the Sierra Madre
Mountains.
126
NR
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Family Movies
Animals United
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.
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May/June
Rio
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
The Smurfs
25
World Cinema
Aficionados
Cast: Rebeca Izquierdo, Jesús Burgoa
Director: Arturo Dueñas
A peculiar librarian, a successful executive, a nursery school
teacher, a single mother, a computer expert and an Italian cook,
meet weekly to cultivate their favourite hobby and, at the same
time, make up for their lack of affection.
95
All’s Well End’s Well
NR
Cast: Donnie Yen, Louis Koo
Director: Chan Hing-kai
What starts out as a simple exchange of needs takes on a new
meaning as four women find themselves on a journey of
self-discovery and surprising new relationships.
117
Dear Enemy
NR
Cast: Xu Jinglei, Aarif Lee
Director: Xu Jinglei
Six months after they have broken up, Derek and Amy meet again
and find themselves drawn to each other. But there is a slight
problem; they now work for rival companies - which makes them
competitors.
93
Mausam
NR
May/June
Mausam
Cast: Shahid Kapoor, Sonam Kapoor, Anupam Kher
Director: Pankaj Kapur
A relationship between a Punjabi boy and a Kashmiri girl develops
and grows over four seasons, taking them on an emotional journey
of love.
105
Ra.One
NR
Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Arjun Rampal, Kareena Kapoor
Director: Anubhav Sinha
An employee of Barron Industries, Jenny Nayar introduces a new
technology in which objects from the digital world can be brought
into the real world.
113
Tu Seras Mon Fils
NR
Cast: Niels Arestrup, Lorànt Deutsch
Director: Gilles Legrand
Paul de Marseul, is a demanding and passionate winegrower who
owns a prestigious vineyard in Saint Emilion, but he can’t stand the
thought that his son, Martin, will one day take over the vineyard.
97
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Arabic Cinema
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Cast: Shady Shamel, Shaza, Omar Hasan Yousif
Director: Sayed Eisawy
After Fayez saves Ehsan from an attack he is given a sculpture as a
thank you gift, which later turns out to be stolen.
89
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Cast: Lubluba, Ahmed Fuad Saleem
Director: Akram Fareed
Hoping to solve the problems of her five children, husband and
blind mother, Miriam enters a competition called “The Perfect
Family”.
98
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Cast: Ahmed Maki, Dunia Sameer Ghanem
Director: Ahmed Al Jundy
After the son of a wanted illegal trader and gang leader dies during
a police chase, the police hire someone who looks like him to help
catch the father.
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Cast: Mirna Al Mohandes, Ali Al Tayeb
Director: Hatem Moussa
Basnet is confused between her love for Hussam and her
engagement to Nader. But when she decides to marry Nader, he is
found dead on their wedding day.
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Cast: Ahmed Al Saga, Nelly Kareem
Director: Ahmed Saleh
Yaseen is a young lawyer who makes a discovery within his law firm
that will steer his life in unexpected directions.
106
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Cast: Seba Mubarak, Zina
Director: Mohammed Amin
Hanan and Dalia are two close friends who are looking for marriage
and refuse to have a relationship out of wedlock.
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May/June
Cast: Ismail Yasin, Samira Ahmed
Director: Futain Abdul Wahab
When Ismail Yasin is summoned to army camp, he discovers that he
and his training officer are in love with the same girl.
96
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Cast: Faten Hamama, Ahmed Mudher
Director: Kamal Al Shekh
When Amal receives a threatening letter, directed at her husband
Ahmed, she seeks the support of her brother.
93
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Cast: Abdel Halim Hafez, Lubna Abdul Aziz
Director: Salah Abu Saif
Salah is in love with Samiha, but their love is shattered when Fouad
proposes to Samiha and her parents force her to marry him.
106
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