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CINEMA NOVA

A LIFE FOR BALLET

RELEASED: April 19th, 2012

SYNOPSIS: Explores sixty years of ballet from 1954 to 2011, focusing on the romance between the talented choreographer Pierre Lacotte (considered by his peers as the zealous guardian of the romantic ballet) and his muse Ghislaine Thesmar (a prima ballerina & highly skilled professor at the Opéra de Paris). Pierre went on to compose some of the most beautiful choreographies including Copelia and Swan Lake.  The film features a number of stunning performances including excerpts from the Bolshoi, the Kirov and the Opera de Paris.   

STARS: TBA

DIRECTOR: Marlene Ionesco

RATING: CTC

DISTRIBUTION: Cinema Nova

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FOOTNOTE

RELEASED: April 19th, 2012

SYNOPSIS: Winner of Best Screenplay at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival and nominated for Best Foreign Language film at the Oscars, Footnote is the story of a great academic rivalry between a father and son. Eliezer (Shlomo Bar-Aba) and Uriel Shkolnik (Lior Ashkenazi) are both eccentric professors dedicating their lives to their work in Talmudic Studies. Eliezer is a stubborn purist who fears the establishment and has never been recognized for his work. Uriel, is an up-and-coming star in the field who appears to feed on accolades, endlessly seeking recognition. When Eliezer learns that Uriel is to be awarded the Israel Prize, the most valuable honour for scholarship in the country, his vanity and desperate need for validation are exposed.   

STARS: TBA

DIRECTOR: Joseph Cedar

RATING: CTC

DISTRIBUTION: Cinema Nova

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IRVINE WELSH'S ECSTASY

RELEASED: April 25th, 2012

SYNOPSIS: Based on the controversial book by Irvine Welsh (Trainspotting), Ecstasy is a dark romantic comedy set in the nightclubs and historic streets of Edinburgh. Party boy Lloyd (Adam Sinclair) begins an unlikely relationship with bored and lonely Heather (Kristin Kreuk). Hauled into Lloyd’s dangerous lifestyle, Heather falls under the influence of illicit substances in Edinburgh’s energetic rave scene. As Lloyd becomes progressively more involved with drug dealings in the city, will their chemical romance survive outside of their addictive circle? Ecstasy combines Welsh’s provocative characters and superb story telling with shocking thrills and dark humour.    

STARS: TBA

DIRECTOR: Rob Heydon

RATING: CTC

DISTRIBUTION: Cinema Nova

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THE WAY

RELEASED: April 25th, 2012

SYNOPSIS: A powerful and inspirational story about family, friends and the challenges we all face while navigating an ever-changing and complicated world. Martin Sheen plays Tom, an irascible American doctor who comes to France to deal with the tragic loss of his son (played by Emilio Estevez). Rather than return home, Tom decides to embark on the historical pilgrimage "The Way of St. James" to honor his son's desire to finish the journey. What Tom doesn't plan on is the profound impact this trip will have on him. Through unexpected and oftentimes amusing experiences along "The Way," Tom discovers the difference between "the life we live and the life we choose.”   

STARS: TBA

DIRECTOR: Emilio Estevez

RATING: CTC

DISTRIBUTION: Cinema Nova

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DELICACY

RELEASED: May 3rd, 2012

SYNOPSIS: Based on David Foenkinos’ best-selling novel, Delicasy stars Audrey Tautou (Amelie) as Natalie, a happily married, successful career woman, convinced the future is full of promise until a tragic accident turns her world upside down. Years later, still bruised by grief, she impulsively kisses her colleague Markus (Francois Damiens). For Natalie, it is just a kiss. For the awkward, unassuming Markus, it is the moment in which he falls hopelessly, helplessly in love. But how will he ever convince such a beautiful, intelligent, confused young woman that he is the man who can bring her back to life?    

STARS: TBA

DIRECTOR: David Foenkinos, Stephane Foenkinos

RATING: CTC

DISTRIBUTION: Cinema Nova

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KING OF DEVIL'S ISLAND

RELEASED: May 3rd, 2012

SYNOPSIS: Based on remarkable true events in Norway in 1915, King Of Devil’s Island tells an extraordinary story of friendship, courage, loyalty and rebellion. On the remote ice-bound island reform school Bastøy (located in the fjord of Oslo), life is tough. Hard work and discipline are what the guards believe will convert these youths into well-adjusted Christian citizens. So when enigmatic 17-year-old Erling (magnetic newcomer Benjamin Helstad) arrives at Bastøy, his defiant attitude makes an immediate impression on the other boys, and rattles the authority of the stern governor (Stellan Skarsgård). Erling quickly determines the only means of survival is escape, but this unwittingly transforms him from the role of fugitive into the leader of a rebellion, provoking an astonishing series of events that remain unparalleled in Norwegian history.    

STARS: TBA

DIRECTOR: Marius Holst

RATING: CTC

DISTRIBUTION: Cinema Nova

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I AM ELEVEN

RELEASED: May 10th, 2012

SYNOPSIS: Focusing on a series of eleven-year-olds from 15 countries, I Am Eleven is a globe-spanning documentary of humanity at a crucial age. No longer children, not quite adults, preparing to inherit a world changing as quickly and dramatically as they are, each 15-year-old speaks in their own words and reveals the private obsessions and public concerns that animate their lives.  The film is simultaneously an epic survey of the similarities and distinctions between cultures and an intimate account of these young personalities finding their way in the world today.     

STARS: TBA

DIRECTOR: Genevieve Bailey

RATING: CTC

DISTRIBUTION: Cinema Nova

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CARELESS LOVE

RELEASED: May 17th, 2012

SYNOPSIS: Australian director John Duigan returns home to make his first Australian film since audience favourites The Year My Voice Broke, Flirting and Sirens. Linh (Nammi Le) is a Vietnamese Australian university student who begins working secretly an escort.  Managing to keep her two lives separate, she develops a close rapport with one of her clients, an enigmatic American art dealer. But when she falls for a fellow student, her worlds collide and she must deal with the emotional chaos that follows.      

STARS: TBA

DIRECTOR: John Duigan

RATING: CTC

DISTRIBUTION: Cinema Nova

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EMPIRE OF SILVER

RELEASED: May 24th, 2012

SYNOPSIS: From the Academy Award winning producer of The Last Emperor and inspired by historical events. China, 1899. Powerful bank-owner, Lord Kang (Tie Lin Zhang ), is determined to prepare his son, Third Master (Aaron Kwok), for financial leadership, but the ruthless businessman's unethical practices do not sit well with his son. Their tense relationship is further complicated by Third Masters undying love for his stepmother (Hao Lei), his first and only love stolen from him by his own father. Embarking on a metaphysical journey, Third Master must decide whether to follow his father's path or find his own. The fate of the country and its most powerful family now lies with one idealistic young man torn between the needs of the people, the greed of his father, and the undying love of woman.       

STARS: TBA

DIRECTOR: Christian Yeo

RATING: CTC

DISTRIBUTION: Cinema Nova

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DECLARATION OF WAR

RELEASED: May 31st, 2012

SYNOPSIS: Based on real-life events experienced by filmmaker/star Valerie Donzelli and co-star/writer Jeremie Elkaim, Declaration of War is a life-affirming story of a young Parisian couple dragged from their carefree existence. Juliette (Donzelli) and Romeo (Elkaïm) are two insouciant souls whose electric first encounter and rapid storybook romance is quickly followed by the birth of a child. But their lives are transformed overnight when a visit to their doctor results in a stunning verdict: their infant son is seriously ill. As unexpected as this news is, Juliette & Romeo accept the battle head on and with the support of their families, friends and dedicated public healthcare workers (many playing themselves), end up revealing their strengths, weaknesses, fears and secrets to each other. Opening night of the 2012 Alliance Française French Film Festival and the opening night of Critics’ Week at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival.        

STARS: TBA

DIRECTOR: Valerie Donzelli

RATING: CTC

DISTRIBUTION: Cinema Nova

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THE INNKEEPERS

RELEASED: May 31st, 2012

SYNOPSIS: From the director of The House Of The Devil comes this chilling horror film that pays tribute to classics like The Shining, Carrie and The Orphanage. After over one hundred years of service, The Yankee Pedlar Inn in New England, is shutting its doors for good. Believed by many to be haunted, the last remaining hotel employees -Claire (Sara Paxton) and Luke (Pat Healy)- are determined to uncover proof before it shuts down for good. As the Inn’s final days draw near, odd guests check in as the pair of minimum wage “ghost hunters” begin to experience strange and alarming events that may ultimately cause them to be mere footnotes in the hotel’s long unexplained history.        

STARS: TBA

DIRECTOR: Ti West

RATING: CTC

DISTRIBUTION: Cinema Nova

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MARGARET

RELEASED: June 14th, 2012

SYNOPSIS: The long-awaited film from acclaimed director Kenneth Lonergan (You Can Count On Me) features an all-star ensemble cast including Anna Paquin, Matt Damon, Mark Ruffalo, Allison Janey , Jean Reno and Matthew Broderick. Lisa (Paquin) is a student in New York City who feels certain that she inadvertently played a role in a traffic accident that has claimed a woman's life. Torn apart with frustration, she begins emotionally brutalising her family, her friends, her teachers, and most of all, herself. She has been confronted quite unexpectedly with a basic truth: that her youthful ideals are on a collision course against the realities and compromises of the adult world.        

STARS: TBA

DIRECTOR: Kenneth Lonegan

RATING: CTC

DISTRIBUTION: Cinema Nova

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ELENA

RELEASED: June 21st, 2012

SYNOPSIS: Winner of the Un Certain Regard Special Jury Prize at Cannes 2011, the new film from Russian maestro Andrey Zvyagintsev (The Return) is an engrossing insight into human nature featuring a stirring score from Phillip Glass.  Middle-aged couple Elena (Nadezhda Markina) and Vladimir (Andrey Smirnov), come from different walks of society. He is a well-off businessman; she is a former medical worker, now a housewife. Having met late in life, each has children from previous marriages. Elena’s son is unemployed and struggling. Vladimir’s daughter is a careless young woman whose contact with her father is irregular and strained. When a heart attack puts Vladimir in hospital, a brief but tender reunion with his daughter leads him to make an important decision: his daughter will be the only heiress of his wealth. The shy and submissive Elena’s hopes of helping her son and grandchildren secure a better life are crushed, triggering a desperate plan.         

STARS: TBA

DIRECTOR: Andrey Zvyaginstev

RATING: CTC

DISTRIBUTION: Cinema Nova

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THE KING IS DEAD

RELEASED: July  2012

SYNOPSIS: A Happy, unsuspecting couple, Max (Dan Wyllie) and Therese (Bojana Novakovic), buy a house in what appears to be a quiet, friendly neighbourhood. Settling in well, they make friends with a nice family on one side and soon meet another more interesting family on the other side. But interesting soon becomes loud, and loud soon becomes intolerable. When the intolerable becomes violent and the police are powerless, Max and Therese attempt to take matters into their own hands.           

STARS: TBA

DIRECTOR: Rolf de Heer

RATING: CTC

DISTRIBUTION: Cinema Nova

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DISNEY PICTURES

THE AVENGERS

RELEASED: April 25th 2012

SYNOPSIS: Marvel Studios presents .Marvel‘s The Avengers.—the Super Hero team up of a lifetime, featuring iconic Marvel Super  Heroes Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Thor, Captain America, Hawkeye and Black Widow. When an unexpected enemy emerges that threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, Director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster. Spanning the globe, a daring recruitment effort begins.

STARS: Robert Downey Jnr, Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Tom Hiddleston, Stellan Skarsgård and Samuel L. Jackson

DIRECTOR: Joss Whedon

RATING: TBC

DISTRIBUTION: Disney

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BEAUTY & THE BEAST 3D

RELEASED: May 3rd 2012

SYNOPSIS: Walt Disney Animation Studios‘ magical tale .Beauty and the Beast. returns to the big screen in Disney Digital 3D™, introducing a whole new generation to the Disney classic with stunning 3D. The film captures the fantastic journey of Belle (voice of Paige O‘Hara), a bright and beautiful young woman who‘s taken prisoner by a hideous beast (voice of Robby Benson) in his castle. Despite her precarious situation, Belle befriends the castle‘s enchanted staff—a teapot, a candelabra and a mantel clock, among others—and ultimately learns to see beneath the Beast‘s exterior to discover the heart and soul of a prince.

Featuring unforgettable music by Academy Award® winners Howard Ashman and Alan Menken, and an enormously
talented vocal ensemble, .Beauty and the Beast. was the first animated feature to receive a Best Picture nomination
from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

STARS: Paige O'Hara, Robby Benson, Richard White, Jerry Orbach, Angela Lansbury, David Odgen Stiers, Bradley Piece, Rex Everhart

DIRECTOR: Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise

RATING: TBC

DISTRIBUTION: Disney

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BRAVE

RELEASED: June 21st 2012

SYNOPSIS: Since ancient times, stories of epic battles and mystical legends have been passed through the generations across the  rugged and mysterious Highlands of Scotland. In .Brave,. a new tale joins the lore when the courageous Merida (voice of Kelly Macdonald) confronts tradition, destiny and the fiercest of beasts.
 

Merida is a skilled archer and impetuous daughter of King Fergus (voice of Billy Connolly) and Queen Elinor (voice of
Emma Thompson). Determined to carve her own path in life, Merida defies an age-old custom sacred to the uproarious
lords of the land: massive Lord MacGuffin (voice of Kevin McKidd), surly Lord Macintosh (voice of Craig Ferguson) and
cantankerous Lord Dingwall (voice of Robbie Coltrane). Merida‘s actions inadvertently unleash chaos and fury in the
kingdom, and when she turns to an eccentric old Wise Woman (voice of Julie Walters) for help, she is granted an ill-fated wish. The ensuing peril forces Merida to discover the meaning of true bravery in order to undo a beastly curse before it‘s too late.


Directed by Mark Andrews (.The Incredibles,. .Ratatouille,. .John Carter of Mars.) and Brenda Chapman ("The Lion
King," "Prince of Egypt"), and produced by Katherine Sarafian (.Lifted,. .The Incredibles.), .Brave. is a grand adventure
full of heart, memorable characters and the signature Pixar humor enjoyed by audiences of all ages. The film takes aim at theatres in June 2012, and will be presented in Disney Digital 3D™ in select cinemas.

STARS: Kelly Macdonald, Emma Thompson, Billy Connolly, Julie Walters, Kevin McKidd,
Craig Ferguson, Robbie Coltrane

DIRECTOR: Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman

RATING: TBC

DISTRIBUTION: Disney

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THE ODD LIFE OF TIMOTHY GREEN

RELEASED: August 2012

SYNOPSIS: Academy Award®–nominated director/writer Peter Hedges (.Dan in Real Life,. What‘s Eating Gilbert Grape?.) brings enchantment to the screen with .The Odd Life of Timothy Green,. an inspiring, magical story about a happily married couple, Cindy and Jim Green (Jennifer Garner and Joel Edgerton), who can‘t wait to start a family but can only dream about what their child would be like. When young Timothy (CJ Adams) shows up on their doorstep one stormy night, Cindy and Jim—and their small town of Stanleyville—learn that sometimes the unexpected can bring some of life‘s greatest gifts.

STARS: Jennifer Garner, Joel Edgerton, CJ Adams, Ron Livingston, Dianne Wiest, Odeya Rush, Rosemarie DeWitt, Lin-Manuel Miranda, M. Emmet Walsh, Lois Smith and Common

DIRECTOR: Peter Hedges

RATING: TBC

DISTRIBUTION: Disney

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FINDING NEMO 3D

RELEASED: September, 13th 2012

SYNOPSIS: In this stunning underwater adventure, with memorable characters, humor and heartfelt emotion, .Finding Nemo. follows the comedic and momentous journey of an overly protective clownfish named Marlin (voice by Albert Brooks) and his son Nemo (voice by Alexander Gould)––who become separated in the Great Barrier Reef when Nemo is unexpectedly taken far from his ocean home and dumped into a fish tank in a dentist‘s office. Buoyed by the companionship of Dory (voice by Ellen DeGeneres), a friendly-but-forgetful Pacific regal blue tang, Marlin embarks on a dangerous trek and finds himself the unlikely hero of an epic effort to rescue his son––who hatches a few daring plans of his own to return safely home. 

STARS: Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres, Alexander Gould, Willem Dafoe, Brad Garrett, Allison Janney, Austin Pendleton, Joe Ranft, Geoffrey Rush, Andrew Stanton

DIRECTOR: Andrew Stanton & Lee Unkrich

RATING: TBC

DISTRIBUTION: Disney

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FRANKENWEENIE

RELEASED: November, 29th 2012

SYNOPSIS: From creative genius Tim Burton (.Alice in Wonderland,. The Nightmare Before Christmas.) comes .Frankenweenie,. a heartwarming tale about a boy and his dog. After unexpectedly losing his beloved dog Sparky, young Victor harnesses the power of science to bring his best friend back to life—with just a few minor adjustments. He tries to hide his home-sewn creation, but when Sparky gets out, Victor‘s fellow students, teachers and the entire town all learn that getting a new .leash on life. can be monstrous.


A stop-motion animated film, .Frankenweenie. will be filmed in black and white and rendered in 3D, which will elevate
the classic style to a whole new experience. 

STARS: Winona Ryder, Martin Short, Catherine O‘Hara, Martin Landau, Charlie Tahan, Atticus Shaffer, Robert Capron, Conchata Ferrell

DIRECTOR: Tim Burton

RATING: TBC

DISTRIBUTION: Disney

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HOPSCOTCH

WISH YOU WERE HERE

RELEASED: April, 26th 2012

SYNOPSIS: WISH YOU WERE HERE is a psychological drama/mystery starring Joel Edgerton and Teresa Palmer. Four friends lose themselves in the fun of a carefree South East Asian holiday. Only three come back. Dave and Alice return home to their young family desperate for answers about Jeremy’s mysterious disappearance. When Alice’s sister, Steph, returns not long after, a nasty secret is revealed about the night her boyfriend went missing. But it is only the first of many. Who amongst them knows what happened on that fateful night when they were dancing under a full moon in Cambodia?

WISH YOU WERE HERE is written by Kieran Darcy-Smith and Felicity Price, directed by Kieran Darcy-Smith and produced by Angie Fielder of the award-winning, independent Australian production company Aquarius Films, in association with the acclaimed indie director’s collective Blue-Tongue Films.  

STARS: Joel Edgerton, Teresa Palmer, Felicity Price, Antony Starr

DIRECTOR: Kieran Darcy-Smith

RATING: TBC

DISTRIBUTION: Hopscotch

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BEL AMI

RELEASED: May, 24th 2012

SYNOPSIS: Robert Pattinson stars alongside Uma Thurman, Christina Ricci and Kristin Scott Thomas in this adaptation of the classic French novel Bel Ami by Guy de Maupassant, a literary powder-keg of its time -a story full of sexual intrigue, scandal and manipulation.

Paris, 1880s. Exceptionally handsome, smart, charismatic and resourceful, George Duroy (Pattinson), known to his friends as Bel Ami, is offered a job as a journalist on scandal newspaper La Vie Francaise and soon makes a great success of his new career, ascending the ranks from lowly reporter to chief editor. But he also comes face to face with the realities of the corrupt Parisien high society in which he lives: the sleazy colleagues, the wily financiers, and manipulative mistresses. He swiftly learns to become an arch seducer and blackmailer, in a world where love is only a means to end. He will stop at nothing to move into the high echelons of Paris society. Duroy will seduce, manipulate and charm the most powerful and beautiful women of Paris in order to increase his power base. But at what cost to those around him?   

STARS: Robert Pattinson, Uma Thurman, Kristin Scott Thomas, Christina Ricci

DIRECTOR: Declan Donnellan, Nick Ormerod

RATING: TBC

DISTRIBUTION: Hopscotch

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TAKE THIS WALTZ

RELEASED: June, 7th 2012

SYNOPSIS: When Margot (Michelle Williams), 28, meets Daniel (Luke Kirby), their chemistry is intense and immediate. But Margot suppresses the sudden attraction: she is happily married to Lou (Seth Rogan), a celebrated cookbook writer. When Margot learns that Daniel lives across the street from them, the certainty about her domestic life shatters. She and Daniel steal moments throughout the steaming Toronto summer, their eroticism heightened by their restraint. Margot discovers some unsettling truths about herself.

Swelteringly hot, bright and colourful, TAKE THIS WALTZ leads us, laughing, through the familiar uncharted question of what long-term relationships do to love, sex and our images of ourselves. It's a funny, bittersweet tale of love. Director Sarah Polley (Away From Her) has created a sensual film, full of moments oscillating between joy and comedy and heartbreak. The soundtrack will feature both emerging independent bands and legendary songs by Leonard Cohen.    

STARS: Michelle Williams, Seth Rogan, Luke Kirby, Sarah Silverman

DIRECTOR: Sarah Polley

RATING: TBC

DISTRIBUTION: Hopscotch

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WHERE DO WE GO NOW

RELEASED: June, 21st 2012

SYNOPSIS: Written and directed by Nadine Labaki, this heart-warming modern fable follows Labaki’s impressive directorial debut Caramel. Set in a small, isolated Lebanese village, a group of Muslim and Christian women band together to ingeniously devise a plan to distract the local menfolk in an attempt to defuse mounting inter-religious tensions. Most days, the women gather at the cafe of feisty Christian widow Amal (Labaki) to work on joint projects and share gossip and song. These resourceful women, of all ages, shapes and sizes, united by their unwavering friendship, try almost every means at their disposal. As a series of chaotic incidents tests the women’s ingenuity, can they manage, to successfully stave off the fall-out from the distant war? Extraordinarily inventive and often comical, WHERE DO WE GO NOW? received a five minute standing ovation at its Cannes premiere.    

STARS: Nadine Labaki, Mustapha Sakka, Mustapha El Masri

DIRECTOR: Nadine Labaki

RATING: TBC

DISTRIBUTION: Hopscotch

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HYSTERIA

RELEASED: July, 12th 2012

SYNOPSIS: Maggie Gyllenhaal and Hugh Dancy star in this offbeat and very amusing romantic comedy about the invention of the vibrator in Victorian England. Based on a true story, HYSTERIA is set in 1880, and follows Mortimer Granville (Dancy), a young doctor disillusioned by his colleagues' medieval practices. He starts working for Dr Dalrymple, who treats cases of the female ailment commonly known as hysteria by offering them intimate manual relief. Demand becomes so great that Dalrymple and Mortimer cannot keep up with 'curing' women. To keep Mortimer working, Dalrymple promises him his business, and the hand of his beautiful young daughter. But when Mortimer falls for Dalrymple's older daughter, the feisty thirty-year feminist (Gyllenhaal) who runs a women's refuge in east London, his future looks doubtful. In desperation, he invents a machine that will at least solve his medical challenges -the world's first vibrator.     

STARS: Maggie Gyllenhaal, Hugh Dancy, Rupert Everett, Jonathan Pryce, Felicity Jones

DIRECTOR: Tanya Wexler

RATING: TBC

DISTRIBUTION: Hopscotch

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HOYTS DISTRIBUTION

STREETDANCE 2 3D

RELEASED: April, 19th 2012

SYNOPSIS: TBC     

STARS: Falk Hentschel, Tom Conti, Sofia Boutella, George Sampson

DIRECTOR: TBC

RATING: TBC

DISTRIBUTION: Hoyts

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IRON SKY

RELEASED: May, 10th 2012

SYNOPSIS: TBC     

STARS: Julia Dietze, Christopher Kirby, Peta Sergeant, Gotz Otto 

DIRECTOR: TBC

RATING: TBC

DISTRIBUTION: Hoyts

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ROBOSAPIEN: REBOOTED

RELEASED: August

SYNOPSIS: TBC     

STARS: Penelope Ann Miller, Joaquin de Almeicta, David Eegenberg

DIRECTOR: TBC

RATING: TBC

DISTRIBUTION: Hoyts

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KILLING THEM SOFTLY

(aka COGAN'S TRADE)

RELEASED: September, 20th 2012

SYNOPSIS: TBC     

STARS: Bradd Pitt, Ray Liotta, Sam Shepard, James Gandolfini

DIRECTOR: Andrew Dominik

RATING: TBC

DISTRIBUTION: Hoyts

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I, ALEX CROSS

RELEASED: October, 25th 2012

SYNOPSIS: TBC     

STARS: Tyler Perry, Jean Reno, Ed Burns, Matthew Fox

DIRECTOR: Rob Cohen

RATING: TBC

DISTRIBUTION: Hoyts

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THE TWILIGHT SAGA:

BREAKING DAWN PART 2

RELEASED: November, 15th 2012

SYNOPSIS: TBC     

STARS: Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner

DIRECTOR: TBC

RATING: TBC

DISTRIBUTION: Hoyts

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THE SWEENEY

RELEASED: November, 2012

SYNOPSIS: TBC     

STARS: Ray Winstone, Damian Lewis, Ben Drew, Hayley Atwell

DIRECTOR: TBC

RATING: TBC

DISTRIBUTION: Hoyts

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BROKEN CITY

RELEASED: January 24th, 2013

SYNOPSIS: TBC     

STARS: Russell Crowe, Mark Wahlberg, Catherine Zeta-Jones

DIRECTOR: Allen Hughes

RATING: TBC

DISTRIBUTION: Hoyts

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THE HOST

RELEASED: March 28th, 2013

SYNOPSIS: TBC     

STARS: Saorise Ronan, William Hurt, Diane Kruger, Jack Abel, Max Irons

DIRECTOR: Andrew Nicol

RATING: TBC

DISTRIBUTION: Hoyts

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ICON DISTRIBUTION

CAFE DE FLORE

RELEASED: April 26th 2012

SYNOPSIS: Healing a broken heart isn't easy. Sometimes it takes a lifetime...or two.

Cafe de Flore is a love story about people separated by time and place but connected in profound and mysterious ways. Atmospheric, fantastical, tragic and hopeful, the film chronicles the parallel fates of Jacqueline, a young mother with a disabled son in 1960s Paris, and Antoine, a recently-divorced, successful DJ in present day Montreal. What binds the two stories together is love - euphoric, obsessive, tragic, youthful, timeless love.

STARS: Vanessa Paradis

DIRECTOR: Jean-Marc Vallee

RATING: CTC

DISTRIBUTION: Icon

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SAFE

RELEASED: May 17th 2012

SYNOPSIS: A former elite agent encounters and rescues a twelve year-old Chinese girl who has been abducted by the Triads.  Armed with a safe-cracking combination, they find themselves in the middle of a stand off between the Triads, the Russian Mafia and high-level corrupt New York City politicians and police.

STARS: Jason Statham

DIRECTOR: Boaz Yakin

RATING: CTC

DISTRIBUTION: Icon

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SILENT SOULS

RELEASED: May 17th 2012

SYNOPSIS: When Miron's beloved wife Tanya passes away, he asks his best friend Aist to help him say goodbye to her according to the rituals of the Merya culture, an ancient Finno-Ugric tribe from Lake Nero, a picturesque region in West-Central Russia. Although the Merya people assimilated into Russians in the 17th century, their myths and traditions live on in their descendants' modern life. The two men set out on a road trip thousands of miles across the boundless lands. With them, two small birds in a cage. Along the way, as is custom for the Meryas, Miron shares intimate memories of his conjugal life. But as they reach the banks of the sacred lake where they will forever part with the body, he realises he wasn't the only one in love with Tanya...

STARS: Igor Seregeyev

DIRECTOR: Aleksei Fedorchenko

RATING: CTC

DISTRIBUTION: Icon

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WARM BODIES

RELEASED: August 9th 2012

SYNOPSIS: When a highly unusual zombie rescues a girl from imminent death at the hands of his cohorts, their unlikely romance sets in motion a chain of events that will transform him, his fellow dead, and maybe even the whole lifeless world.

STARS: John Malkovich, Nicholas Hoult, Teresa Palmer

DIRECTOR: Jonathan Levine

RATING: CTC

DISTRIBUTION: Icon

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SINISTER

RELEASED: August 30th 2012

SYNOPSIS: A true crime novelist struggling to find his next big story discovers a box of home videos showing other families being brutally murdered.  But his investigation soon leads him to a supernatural entity that may be placing his own family in harm’s way.

STARS: Ethan Hawke

DIRECTOR: Scott Derrickson

RATING: CTC

DISTRIBUTION: Icon

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MADMAN ENTERTAINMENT

SING YOUR SONG

RELEASED: April 14th 2012

SYNOPSIS: A patriot to the last and a champion for worldwide human rights, Harry Belafonte is one of the truly heroic cultural and political figures of the past 60 years. this is his story, but it is also a chronicle of the civil rights movement in the Us. We first meet Belafonte as a young boy: born in New York and raised in Jamaica, he returns to Harlem in his early teens, where he discovers the american Negro theatre, the magic of performing and, finally, fame.

However, even as a superstar, the life of a black man in 1960s america was far from easy and Belafonte was confronted with the same Jim Crow laws and prejudices that every other black man, woman and child in america was
facing. SING YOUR SONG presents a profile of the Civil Rights Movement through the eyes of an insider, who despite
his high profile, wasn’t afraid to spend time in the trenches.

STARS: Harry Belafonte

DIRECTOR: Susanne Rostock

RATING: CTC

DISTRIBUTION: Madman Entertainment

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ROMANTICS ANONYMOUS

RELEASED: April 19th 2012

SYNOPSIS: Angélique is a gifted chocolate-maker whose treats are legendary around town, but her uncontrollable shyness prevents her from acknowledging her talents. struggling chocolatier Jean-René, who also suffers from a similar case of awkward bashfulness that threatens to drown his company, hires Angelique as his new sales associate.

Realising she’s attracted to her boss, Angelique decides to anonymously develop a new line of chocolates to save the company. With the future of the business hanging in the balance, will Angelique and Jean-Rene overcome their limitations and confess their sweet affections for one another? Angélique is a gifted chocolate-maker whose treats are legendary around town, but her uncontrollable shyness prevents her from acknowledging her talents. struggling chocolatier Jean-René, who also suffers from a similar case of awkward bashfulness that threatens to drown his company, hires Angelique as his new sales associate.

Realising she’s attracted to her boss, Angelique decides to anonymously develop a new line of chocolates to save the company. With the future of the business hanging in the balance, will Angelique and Jean-Rene overcome their limitations and confess their sweet affections for one another?

STARS: Isabelle Carre, Benoit Poelvoorde

DIRECTOR: Jean-Pierre Ameis

RATING: CTC

DISTRIBUTION: Madman Entertainment

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THE WOMAN IN THE FIFITH

RELEASED: May 3rd 2012

SYNOPSIS: Based on the novel by Douglas Kennedy, tHe WOMaN IN tHe FIFtH is a Paris-set psychological thriller starring Academy-Award nominees Ethan Hawke (Dead Poet’s SocietY) and Kristin scott thomas (Sarah’s Key, The English Patient).

American writer tom Ricks (Hawke) arrives in Paris desperate to put his life together again and win back the love of his estranged wife and daughter. When things don’t go according to plan, he ends up in a shady hotel in the suburbs, having to work as a night guard to make ends meet. then Margit (scott thomas), a beautiful, mysterious stranger walks into his life and things start looking up. their passionate and intense relationship triggers a string of inexplicable events… as if an obscure power was taking control of his life.

STARS: Pawel Pawlikowski

DIRECTOR: Ethan Hawke, Kristin Scott Thomas

RATING: CTC

DISTRIBUTION: Madman Entertainment

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TRISHNA

RELEASED: May 10th 2012

SYNOPSIS: From acclaimed director Michael Winterbottom (GeNOVa, a MIGHtY HeaRt) comes a modern day re-telling of Thomas Hardy’s classic novel Tess of the D’Ubervilles. starring Slumdog Millionaire’s Freida Pinto, Trishna is a beautifully shot tale of love and tragedy set across modern day rural Rajasthan and the thriving metropolis of Mumbai.

Trishna (Freida Pinto) lives a poor, sheltered life until one day she meets the wealthy young Jay (Riz ahmed), who has come back to India to work in his father’s hotel business. Being the sole provider for her family since her father’s accident, trishna agrees to leave Rajasthan to work for Jay, and gradually they fall in love. Despite their feelings for each other, their relationship must remain a secret due to the conflicting pressures of a traditional society.

After a dramatic event separates the two, Jay tracks trishna down and offers her a more liberated life full of possibility in Mumbai. as time passes, the relationship begins to transform and Jay’s true character emerges. Trishna soon finds herself torn between her family, a life of new freedom and the reality of her troubled relationship.

STARS: Freida Pinto, Riz Ahmed, Roshan Seth

DIRECTOR: Michael Winterbottom

RATING: CTC

DISTRIBUTION: Madman Entertainment

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ONCE UPON A TIME IN ANATOLIA

RELEASED: May 17th 2012

SYNOPSIS: Late one night, an array of men - a police commissioner, a prosecutor, a doctor, a murder suspect and others - pack themselves into three cars and drive through the anatolian countryside, searching for a body, across serpentine roads and rolling hills. the suspect claims he was drunk and can’t quite remember where the body was buried; field after field, they dig but discover only dirt. as the night draws on, tensions escalate, and individual stories
slowly emerge from the weary small talk of the men. Nothing here is simple, and when the body is found, the real questions begin.

STARS: Muhammet Uzuner, Yilmaz Erdogan, Taner Birsel

DIRECTOR: Nuri Bilge Ceylan

RATING: CTC

DISTRIBUTION: Madman Entertainment

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A ROYAL AFFAIR

RELEASED: June 21st 2012

SYNOPSIS: Winner of the Best actor and Best screenplay awards at the Berlin Film Festival, and starring internationally acclaimed Mads Mikkelsen (CasINO ROYale, COCO CHaNel & IGOR stRaVINsKY), a ROYal aFFaIR is an epic tale of a passionate and forbidden romance that changed an entire nation.

Denmark, 1766, and Caroline Mathilde is married to the mad and politically ineffectual King Christian VII. Ignored by the wild King who chooses to live scandalously, Caroline grows accustomed to a quiet existence in oppressed Copenhagen. When the King returns from a tour of europe accompanied by struensee, his new personal physician, Queen Caroline finds an unexpected ally within the kingdom. the attraction between the two is initially one of shared ideals and philosophy, but it soon turns into a passionate and clandestine affair.

Committed to the ideals of the enlightenment that are banned in Denmark, struensee convinces the King to assert his previously untapped power to remove the conservative political council and implement drastic changes to Danish society. as the Court plot their return to power and the downfall of the Queen and struensee, the consequences of their affair are made clear and the entire nation will be changed forever.

STARS: Mads Mikkelson, Alicia Vikander

DIRECTOR: Nikolaj Arcel

RATING: CTC

DISTRIBUTION: Madman Entertainment

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YOUR SISTER'S SISTER

RELEASED: August 23rd 2012

SYNOPSIS: One year after his brother’s death, Jack (Mark Duplass) hasn’t recovered. His best friend, Iris (emily Blunt, The Devil Wears Prada), prescribes solitary reflection and sends him to her father’s empty cabin. But she doesn’t realise her sister, Hannah (Rosemarie DeWitt), is there for similar reasons, having just walked out on a seven-year relationship. Over tequila shots, Hannah and Jack get acquainted. When Iris drops in unexpectedly, complications arise in the form of rivalry and more than a few surprising revelations.

STARS: Emily Blunt, Rosemarie DeWitt, Mark Duplass

DIRECTOR: Lynn Shelton

RATING: CTC

DISTRIBUTION: Madman Entertainment

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360

RELEASED: September 13th 2012

SYNOPSIS: 360 is a gripping, modern, stylish kaleidoscope of interconnected love and relationships linking characters from different cities and countries in a vivid, suspenseful and deeply moving tale of romantic life in the 21st century. starting in Vienna, the film beautifully weaves through Paris, Bratislava, the Usa and london, into a single, mesmerising narrative.

Directed by academy award® nominee Fernando Meirelles (City Of God, The Constant GardeneR), written by academy award® nominee Peter Morgan (Frost/Nixon, The Queen), 360 features an international ensemble cast of some of the world’s finest established actors including academy award® winners Anthony Hopkins (The Silence Of The Lambs) and Rachel Weisz (The Constant GardeneR, Agora), academy award® nominee Jude law (Sherlock Holmes, Hugo), Ben Foster (The MessengeR), Jamel Debbouze (Amelie), Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Secrets And Lies) and Moritz Bleibtreu (Run Lola Run).

STARS: Anthony Hopkins, Rachel Weisz, Jude Law, Ben Foster, Jamel Debbouze, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Mortiz Bleibtreu

DIRECTOR: Fernando Meirelles

RATING: CTC

DISTRIBUTION: Madman Entertainment

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ARBITRAGE

RELEASED: October 2012

SYNOPSIS: A taut and alluring suspense thriller about love, loyalty, and high finance, aRBItRaGe stars Golden Globe winner Richard Gere (Chicago), academy award® winner Susan Sarandon (Thelma & Louise) and academy award® nominee Tim Roth (Rob Roy).

On the eve of his 60th birthday, New York hedge-fund magnate Robert Miller (Richard Gere) is the portrait of success in american business and family life. But behind the gilded walls of his mansion, Miller is in over his head, desperately trying to complete the sale of his trading empire to a major bank before the depths of his fraud are revealed. struggling to conceal his duplicity from loyal wife Ellen (Susan Sarandon) and brilliant daughter and heir-apparent Brooke (Brit Marling), Miller’s also balancing an affair with French art-dealer Julie Côte (Laetitia Casta).

Just as he’s about to unload his troubled empire, an unexpected bloody error forces him to juggle family, business, and crime with the aid of Jimmy Grant (Nate Parker), a face from Miller’s past. One wrong turn ignites the suspicions of NYPD Detective Michael Bryer (tim Roth), who will stop at nothing in his pursuits. Running on borrowed time, Miller is forced to confront the limits of even his own moral duplicity. Will he make it out before the bubble bursts?

STARS: Richard Gere, Susan Sarandon, Brit Marling, Tim Roth, Nate Parker

DIRECTOR: Nicholas Jarecki

RATING: CTC

DISTRIBUTION: Madman Entertainment

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PARAMOUNT PICTURES

FIRST NIGHT

RELEASED: May 24th 2012

SYNOPSIS: Adam is a rich industrialist who aspires to a more cultured world. Spurred on by playful jibes that he’s little more than a city suit living the capitalist’s dream, this frustrated amateur opera singer decides to throw an opera in his lavish country retreat. Once his friends see him belting out the notes, he feels sure it will spell the end to their shallow taunts. In fact, it might even help him win the hand of a female conductor he’s been pursuing whom – it just so happens – is the first to be recruited for his showpiece.

STARS: Richard E. Grant, Sarah Brightman, Mia Maestro

DIRECTOR: Chris Menaul

RATING: TBC

DISTRIBUTION: Paramount/Transmission

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THE DICTATOR

RELEASED: June 7th 2012

SYNOPSIS: The heroic story of a dictator who risks his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed.

STARS: Sacha Baron Cohen, Anna Feris, Megan Fox

DIRECTOR: TBA

RATING: TBC

DISTRIBUTION: Paramount

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G.I. JOE: RETALIATION

RELEASED: August 2nd 2012

SYNOPSIS: When Cobra spy Zartan has most of the Joes assassinated, the remaining Joes band together to strike back.

STARS: Channing Tatum, Bruce Willis, Dwayne Johnson, Adrianne Palicki, Ray Stevenson

DIRECTOR: Jon Chu

RATING: TBC

DISTRIBUTION: Paramount

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WUTHERING HEIGHTS

RELEASED: August 23rd 2012

SYNOPSIS: Emily Brontë’s immortal story of Heathcliff and Cathy, whose tragic love drives them into a storm of vengeance and redemption. An astonishing vision of fate and teenage obsession, passion and revenge. No force of nature can match the destructive power of love.

STARS: Kaya Scodelario, James Howson, Nichola Burley

DIRECTOR: Andrea Arnold

RATING: TBC

DISTRIBUTION: Paramount/Transmission

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BAIT

RELEASED: September 6th 2012

SYNOPSIS: A freak tsunami traps shoppers at a coastal supermarket inside the building ... along with a pack of sharks?

STARS: Phoebe Tonkin, Sharni Vinson, Julian McMahon, Xavier Samuel, Cariba Heine, Alice Parkinson, Alex Russell, Lincoln Lewis, Dan Wyllie

DIRECTOR: Kimble Rendall

RATING: TBC

DISTRIBUTION: Paramount

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MADAGASCAR 3:

EUROPE'S MOST WANTED

RELEASED: September 13th 2012

SYNOPSIS: Alex the lion, Marty the zebra, Gloria the hippo and Melman the giraffe are still fighting to get home to their beloved New York. This time the road takes them through Europe where they find the perfect cover: a travelling circus.

STARS: Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett-Smith, Sacha  Baron Cohen

DIRECTOR: Eric Darnell

RATING: TBC

DISTRIBUTION: Paramount

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PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 4

RELEASED: October 18th 2012

SYNOPSIS: Are you ready to be scared yet?

STARS: TBA

DIRECTOR: TBA

RATING: CTC

DISTRIBUTION: Paramount

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FUN SIZE

RELEASED: November 1st 2012

SYNOPSIS: When a troubled but whip-smart teen girl loses her oddball little brother on Halloween, she has one desperate night to track him down

STARS: Victoria Justice, Johnny Knoxville, Chelsea Handler

DIRECTOR: TBA

RATING: CTC

DISTRIBUTION: Paramount

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RISE OF THE GUARDIANS

RELEASED: December 13th 2012

SYNOPSIS: When an evil spirit called Pitch becomes bent upon taking over the world by inspiring fear in the hearts of kids everywhere, a group of our greatest heroes-Santa, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy, the Sandman and Jack Frost-band together for the first time, determined to stand in Pitch’s way.

STARS: Isla Fisher, Hugh Jackman, Chris Pine, Jude Law, Alec  Baldwin

DIRECTOR: Peter Ramsey

RATING: CTC

DISTRIBUTION: Paramount/Dreamworks

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QUARTET

RELEASED: December 26th 2012

SYNOPSIS: Cecily, Reggie and Wilfred are in a home for retired opera singers. Every year, on October 10, there is a concert to celebrate Verdi's birthday and they take part. Jean, who used to be married to Reggie, arrives at the home and disrupts their equilibrium. She still acts like a diva, but she refuses to sing. Still, the show must go on...

STARS: Maggie Smith, Michael Gambon, Billy Connolly

DIRECTOR: Dustin Hoffman

RATING: CTC

DISTRIBUTION: Paramount/Transmission

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WORLD WAR Z

RELEASED: January 3rd 2013

SYNOPSIS: A UN representative, writing a report on the great zombie war, interviews survivors in the wake of World War Z.

STARS: Brad Pitt, Matthew Fox, David Morse

DIRECTOR: Marc Forster

RATING: CTC

DISTRIBUTION: Paramount/Transmission

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GUILT TRIP

RELEASED: January 10th 2013

SYNOPSIS: An inventor and his mum hit the road together so he can sell his latest invention.

STARS: Seth Rogen, Barbara Streisand

DIRECTOR: TBC

RATING: CTC

DISTRIBUTION: Paramount

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HANSEL & GRETAL: WITCH HUNTERS

RELEASED: January 24th 2013

SYNOPSIS: Catching up with Hansel and Gretel 15 years after their incident involving a gingerbread house, the siblings have evolved into bounty hunters who hunt witches.

STARS: Gemma Arterton, Jeremy Renner

DIRECTOR: Tommy Wirkola

RATING: CTC

DISTRIBUTION: Paramount

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ONE SHOT

RELEASED: February 7th 2013

SYNOPSIS: A homicide investigator digs deeper into a case involving a trained military sniper who shot five random victims. Based on a book in Lee Child's crime series.

STARS: Tom Cruise

DIRECTOR: TBA

RATING: CTC

DISTRIBUTION: Paramount

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THE CROODS

RELEASED: March 28th 2013

SYNOPSIS: A comedy adventure that takes us back to the beginning - to a previously undiscovered era known as the
Croodacious - a time when Mother Nature was still experimenting and the flora and fauna we know today hasn't
evolved yet.

STARS: Emma Stone, Nicholas Cage, Ryan Reynolds

DIRECTOR: TBA

RATING: CTC

DISTRIBUTION: Paramount/Dreamworks

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STAR TREK SEQUEL

RELEASED: May 10th 2013

SYNOPSIS: Sequel to JJ Abrams’ 2009 Star Trek.

STARS: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Karl Urban, Zoe Saldana, Simon Pegg

DIRECTOR: TBA

RATING: CTC

DISTRIBUTION: Paramount

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TRANSFORMERS 4

RELEASED: June 26th 2014

SYNOPSIS: TBA.

STARS: TBA

DIRECTOR: Michael Bay

RATING: CTC

DISTRIBUTION: Paramount

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PINNACLE FILMS

SPUD

RELEASED: April 19th 2012

SYNOPSIS: It's South Africa 1990. Two major events are about to happen: The release of Nelson Mandela and, more importantly, it's Spud Milton's first year at an elite boys only private boarding school. John “Spud” Milton (Troye Sivan) is a boy from an ordinary background who wins a scholarship to a private school in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa. Surrounded by boys with nicknames like Gecko, Rambo, Rain Man and Mad Dog, Spud has his hands full trying to adapt to his new home. Through his adventures, Spud’s eccentric English teacher The GUV (John Cleese) introduces him to great literature and, despite his own failing marriage, offers Spud relationship advice. Slowly Spud comes to terms with this strange new world, a world of new love, friendship and complete insanity!.

STARS: John Cleese, Troye Sivan, Tanit Phoenix, Jason Cope, Jeremy Crutchly

DIRECTOR: Donovan Marsh

RATING: M

DISTRIBUTION: Pinnacle

"...one of the surprise hits of the year." - Dave G (Crossculture)

for more of Dave's review of 'Spud' - CLICK HERE

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THE KING IS DEAD

RELEASED: May 24th 2012

SYNOPSIS: TBA.

STARS: Dan Wyllie, Bojana Novakovic, Luke Ford, Lani John Tupu, Anthony Hayes

DIRECTOR: Rolf de Heer

RATING: CTC

DISTRIBUTION: Pinnacle

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OUTRUN

RELEASED: August 30th 2012

SYNOPSIS: TBA.

STARS: Dax Shepard, Bradley Cooper, Kristen Bell, Kristen Chenoweth

DIRECTOR: Dax Shepard

RATING: CTC

DISTRIBUTION: Pinnacle

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PROJECT BLUE BOOK

RELEASED: September 13th 2012

SYNOPSIS: TBA.

STARS: Peter Holden, Katie Sigismund, Corey Eid, Jillian Clare

DIRECTOR: Matty Beckerman

RATING: CTC

DISTRIBUTION: Pinnacle

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THE EXPATRIATE

RELEASED: September 2012

SYNOPSIS: TBA.

STARS: Aaron Eckhart, Liana Liberato, Olga Kurylenko

DIRECTOR: Phillipp Stozl

RATING: CTC

DISTRIBUTION: Pinnacle

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SYRUP

RELEASED: October 11th 2012

SYNOPSIS: TBA.

STARS: Amber Heard, Kellan Lutz, Brittany Snow, Shiloh Fernandez

DIRECTOR: Aram Rappaport

RATING: CTC

DISTRIBUTION: Pinnacle

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ROADSHOW FILMS

THE LADY

RELEASED: April 19th 2012

SYNOPSIS: Michelle Yeoh stars as Aung San Suu Kyi, the brave, charismatic Burmese dissident and non-violent proponent of democracy.  Leaving Burma after the murder of her father (a General and hero to the people) Suu Kyi relocates to England, where she marries Oxford don Michael Aris and raises their family. But the plight of the Burmese continues to haunt Suu Kyi and on return to Rangoon she assumes leadership of the democratic party. But when she wins the country’s first democratic election in a landslide, she is immediately placed under house arrest. This visually stunning film is essentially about the love between Suu Kyi and Michael and the exemplary courage, resolution and dedication to democracy they showed over the years in the face of a vindictive military government..

STARS: Michelle Yeoh, David Thewlis

DIRECTOR: Luc Beeson

RATING: MA15+

DISTRIBUTION: Roadshow

"...an epic that should have been a lot more powerful..." - Dave G (Crossculture)

for more of Dave's review of 'The Lady' - CLICK HERE

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ACT OF VALOR

RELEASED: May 3rd 2012

SYNOPSIS: TBA.

STARS: TBA

DIRECTOR: TBA

RATING: CTC

DISTRIBUTION: Roadshow

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W.E.

RELEASED: May 3rd 2012

SYNOPSIS: TBA.

STARS: TBA

DIRECTOR: TBA

RATING: CTC

DISTRIBUTION: Roadshow

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IN DARKNESS

RELEASED: May 17th 2012

SYNOPSIS: TBA.

STARS: TBA

DIRECTOR: TBA

RATING: CTC

DISTRIBUTION: Roadshow

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WOMAN IN BLACK

RELEASED: May 17th 2012

SYNOPSIS: TBA.

STARS: TBA

DIRECTOR: TBA

RATING: CTC

DISTRIBUTION: Roadshow

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CHERNOBYL DIARIES

RELEASED: May 31st 2012

SYNOPSIS: TBA.

STARS: TBA

DIRECTOR: TBA

RATING: CTC

DISTRIBUTION: Roadshow

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WHAT TO EXPECT

WHEN YOU'RE EXPECTING

RELEASED: May 31st 2012

SYNOPSIS: TBA.

STARS: TBA

DIRECTOR: TBA

RATING: CTC

DISTRIBUTION: Roadshow

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FRIENDS WITH KIDS

RELEASED: June 7th 2012

SYNOPSIS: TBA.

STARS: TBA

DIRECTOR: TBA

RATING: CTC

DISTRIBUTION: Roadshow

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CABIN IN THE WOODS

RELEASED: July 12th 2012

SYNOPSIS: TBA.

STARS: TBA

DIRECTOR: TBA

RATING: CTC

DISTRIBUTION: Roadshow

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MAGIC MIKE

RELEASED: July 26th 2012

SYNOPSIS: TBA.

STARS: TBA

DIRECTOR: TBA

RATING: CTC

DISTRIBUTION: Roadshow

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HOPE SPRINGS

RELEASED: August 23rd 2012

SYNOPSIS: TBA.

STARS: TBA

DIRECTOR: TBA

RATING: CTC

DISTRIBUTION: Roadshow

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EXPENDABLES 2

RELEASED: August 30th 2012

SYNOPSIS: TBA.

STARS: TBA

DIRECTOR: TBA

RATING: CTC

DISTRIBUTION: Roadshow

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SEEKING A FRIEND FOR

THE END OF THE WORLD

RELEASED: August 2012

SYNOPSIS: TBA.

STARS: TBA

DIRECTOR: TBA

RATING: CTC

DISTRIBUTION: Roadshow

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LAWLESS

RELEASED: September 6th 2012

SYNOPSIS: TBA.

STARS: TBA

DIRECTOR: TBA

RATING: CTC

DISTRIBUTION: Roadshow

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KATH & KIM-DERALLA

RELEASED: September 6th 2012

SYNOPSIS: TBA.

STARS: TBA

DIRECTOR: TBA

RATING: CTC

DISTRIBUTION: Roadshow

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THE TROUBLE WITH THE CURVE

RELEASED: October 11th 2012

SYNOPSIS: TBA.

STARS: TBA

DIRECTOR: TBA

RATING: CTC

DISTRIBUTION: Roadshow

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LOOPER

RELEASED: October 11th 2012

SYNOPSIS: TBA.

STARS: TBA

DIRECTOR: TBA

RATING: CTC

DISTRIBUTION: Roadshow

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END OF WATCH

RELEASED: October 18th 2012

SYNOPSIS: TBA.

STARS: TBA

DIRECTOR: TBA

RATING: CTC

DISTRIBUTION: Roadshow

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THE BIG WEDDING

RELEASED: October 25th 2012

SYNOPSIS: TBA.

STARS: TBA

DIRECTOR: TBA

RATING: CTC

DISTRIBUTION: Roadshow

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THE POSSESSION

RELEASED: October 2012

SYNOPSIS: TBA.

STARS: TBA

DIRECTOR: TBA

RATING: CTC

DISTRIBUTION: Roadshow

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HOUSE AT THE END OF THE STREET

RELEASED: November 8th 2012

SYNOPSIS: TBA.

STARS: TBA

DIRECTOR: TBA

RATING: CTC

DISTRIBUTION: Roadshow

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THE SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK

RELEASED: November 29th 2012

SYNOPSIS: TBA.

STARS: TBA

DIRECTOR: TBA

RATING: CTC

DISTRIBUTION: Roadshow

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BUTTER

RELEASED: November 2012

SYNOPSIS: TBA.

STARS: TBA

DIRECTOR: TBA

RATING: CTC

DISTRIBUTION: Roadshow

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THE GREAT GATSBY

RELEASED: January 10th 2013

SYNOPSIS: TBA.

STARS: TBA

DIRECTOR: TBA

RATING: CTC

DISTRIBUTION: Roadshow

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THE LAST STAND

RELEASED: February 21st 2013

SYNOPSIS: TBA.

STARS: TBA

DIRECTOR: TBA

RATING: CTC

DISTRIBUTION: Roadshow

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PLAYING THE FIELD

RELEASED: February 28th 2013

SYNOPSIS: TBA.

STARS: TBA

DIRECTOR: TBA

RATING: CTC

DISTRIBUTION: Roadshow

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SONY PICTURES

MEN IN BLACK 3

RELEASED: May 24th 2012

SYNOPSIS: In Men in Black™ 3, Agents J (Will Smith) and K (Tommy Lee Jones) are back... in time. J has seen some inexplicable things in his 15 years with the Men in Black, but nothing, not even aliens, perplexes him as much as his wry, reticent partner. But when K's life and the fate of the planet are put at stake, Agent J will have to travel back in time to put things right. J discovers that there are secrets to the universe that K never told him -- secrets that will reveal themselves as he teams up with the young Agent K (Josh Brolin) to save his partner, the agency, and the future of humankind.

STARS: Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, Emma Thompson, Josh Brolin, Alice Eve, Jemaine Clement, Bill Hader, Michael Stuhlbarg, Nicole Scherzinger

DIRECTOR: Barry Sonnenfield

RATING: TBC

DISTRIBUTION: Sony

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THAT'S MY BOY

RELEASED: June 14th 2012

SYNOPSIS: A disagreeable father moves in on the eve of his son’s wedding and promptly begins feuding with the bride-to-be.

STARS: Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Leighton Meester, James Caan, Ian Ziering, Vanilla Ice

DIRECTOR: Sean Anders, John Morris

RATING: TBC

DISTRIBUTION: Sony

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THE AMAZING SPIDERMAN

RELEASED: July 4th 2012

SYNOPSIS: The Amazing Spider-Man is the story of Peter Parker (Garfield), an outcast high schooler who was abandoned by his parents as a boy, leaving him to be raised by his Uncle Ben (Sheen) and Aunt May (Field).  Like most teenagers, Peter is trying to figure out who he is and how he got to be the person he is today.  Peter is also finding his way with his first high school crush, Gwen Stacy (Stone), and together, they struggle with love, commitment, and secrets.  As Peter discovers a mysterious briefcase that belonged to his father, he begins a quest to understand his parents’ disappearance – leading him directly to Oscorp and the lab of Dr. Curt Connors (Ifans), his father’s former partner.  As Spider-Man is set on a collision course with Connors’ alter-ego, The Lizard, Peter will make life-altering choices to use his powers and shape his destiny to become a hero.

STARS: Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Rhys Ifans, Denis Leary, Martin Sheen, Sally Field, Campbell Scott, Irrfan Khan

 DIRECTOR: Marc Webb

RATING: TBC

DISTRIBUTION: Sony

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TOTAL RECALL

RELEASED: September 6th 2012

SYNOPSIS: As the nation states Euromerica and New Shanghai vie for supremacy, a factory worker (Farrell) begins to suspect that he's a spy, though he is unaware which side of the fight he's on.

STARS: Colin Farrell, Bill Nighy, Bryan Cranston, Kate Beckinsale, Jessica  Biel, Ethan Hawke

 DIRECTOR: Len Wiseman

RATING: TBC

DISTRIBUTION: Sony

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HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA (3D)

RELEASED: September 20th 2012

SYNOPSIS: Welcome to the Hotel Transylvania, Dracula’s (Sandler) lavish five-stake resort, where monsters and their families can live it up, free from meddling from the human world.  But here’s a little known fact about Dracula: he is not only the Prince of Darkness; he is also a dad.  Over-protective of his teenage daughter, Mavis, Dracula fabricates tales of elaborate dangers to dissuade her adventurous spirit.  As a haven for Mavis, he opens the Hotel Transylvania, where his daughter and some of the world's most famous monsters – Frankenstein and his bride, the Mummy, the Invisible Man, a family of werewolves, and more – can kick back in safety and peace.  For Drac, catering to all of these legendary monsters is no problem – but his world could come crashing down when one ordinary guy stumbles on the hotel and takes a shine to Mavis.

STARS: Adam Sandler, Steve Buscemi, Fran Drescher, Cee Lo Green, Kevin James, Andy Samberg, Molly Shannon, David Spade

 DIRECTOR: Genndy Tartakovsky

RATING: TBC

DISTRIBUTION: Sony

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RESIDENT EVIL: RETRIBUTION

RELEASED: October 11th 2012

SYNOPSIS:

The wildly successful film franchise adaptation that has grossed nearly $700 million worldwide to the popular video game series, Resident Evil, returns in its highly anticipated fifth installment, Resident Evil: Retribution in state-of-the-art 3D.

STARS: Milla Jovovich, Michelle Rodriguez, Sienna Guillory, Kevin Durand, Shawn Roberts, Colin Salmon, Johann Urb, Boris Kodjoe, Li Bing  Bing

 DIRECTOR: Paul W.S. Anderson

RATING: TBC

DISTRIBUTION: Sony

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PREMIUM RUSH

RELEASED: November 8th 2012

SYNOPSIS:

In this action thriller, a New York bike messenger is given an envelope by a young woman at a Manhattan university and is told he has 90 minutes to deliver it to an address in Chinatown. Complications ensue when an undercover police officer demands to get his hands on the envelope. The truth, hidden motivations, and the life-and-death stakes unfold as the messenger discovers the precious nature of the envelope’s contents.

STARS: Joesph Gordon-Levitt, Michael Shannon, Dania Ramirez

 DIRECTOR: David Koepp

RATING: TBC

DISTRIBUTION: Sony

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SKYFALL

RELEASED: November 22nd 2012

SYNOPSIS: In Skyfall, James Bond’s loyalty to M is tested as her past comes back to haunt her.  As MI6 comes under attack, 007 must track down and destroy the threat, no matter how personal the cost

STARS: Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Javier Bardem, Ralph Fiennes, Albert Finney, Naomie Harris, Berenice Marlohe, Ben Whishaw

 DIRECTOR: Sam Mendes

RATING: TBC

DISTRIBUTION: Sony

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HERE COMES THE BOOM

RELEASED: December 6th 2012

SYNOPSIS: A physics teacher moonlights as a mixed martial arts fighter in order to save his school's music program.

STARS: Kevin James, Salma Hayek, Charice, Henry Winkler

 DIRECTOR: Frank Coraci

RATING: TBC

DISTRIBUTION: Sony

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DJANGO UNCHAINED

RELEASED: January 24th 2013

SYNOPSIS: Directed by Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained tells the story of a slave-turned-bounty hunter (Foxx) who sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner (DiCaprio).

STARS: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Samuel L. Jackson, Kerry Washington, Sacha Baron Cohen

 DIRECTOR: Quentin Tarantino

RATING: TBC

DISTRIBUTION: Sony

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BATTLE OF THE YEAR:

THE DREAM TEAM (3D)

RELEASED: March 28th 2013

SYNOPSIS: Inspired by the award-winning documentary Planet B-Boy, a new generation of athletes push the envelope to new heights as dancers from Russia, France, Japan, Korea, Brazil and more vie for their position atop the award stand.

STARS: Josh Holloway, Caity Lotz

 DIRECTOR: Benson Lee

RATING: TBC

DISTRIBUTION: Sony

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eople living life on the edge, comes a take on friendship and young love as engaging and true as it is provocative and stirring.

TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX

PROMETHEUS

RELEASED: June 7th 2012

SYNOPSIS: Ridley Scott, director of 'Alien' and 'Blade Runner,' returns to the genre he helped define. With Prometheus, he creates a groundbreaking mythology, in which a team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a thrilling journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race.

 STARS:  Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Idris Elba, Logan Marshall-Green, and Charlize Theron

 DIRECTOR: Ridley Scott

RATING: TBC

DISTRIBUTION: 20th Century Fox

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THE THREE STOOGES

RELEASED: June 21st 2012

SYNOPSIS: Left on a nun’s doorstep, Larry, Curly and Moe grow up finger-poking, nyuk-nyuking and woo-woo-wooing their way to uncharted levels of knuckleheaded misadventure.  Out to save their childhood home, only The Three Stooges could become embroiled in an oddball murder plot…while also stumbling into starring in a phenomenally successful TV reality show.

 STARS: 

Chris Diamantopoulos, Will Sasso, Sean Hayes, Sofía Vergara, Jane Lynch, Jennifer Hudson, Craig Bierko, Stephen Collins, and Larry David

DIRECTOR: Peter & Bobby Farrelly

RATING: TBC

DISTRIBUTION: 20th Century Fox

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ICE AGE: CONTINENTAL DRIFT

RELEASED: June 28th 2012

SYNOPSIS: Scrat’s nutty pursuit of the cursed acorn, which he’s been after since the dawn of time, has world-changing consequences – a continental cataclysm that triggers the greatest adventure of all for Manny, Diego and Sid.  In the wake of these upheavals, Sid reunites with his cantankerous Granny, and the herd encounters a ragtag menagerie of seafaring pirates determined to stop them from returning home.

 STARS: Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Seann William Scott, Josh Peck, Queen Latifah.  Jennifer Lopez, Wanda Sykes, Aziz Ansari, Keke Palmer, Drake, Josh Gad, Alan Tudyk, Nick Frost, Joy Behar

DIRECTOR: Steve Martino, Mike Thermeier

RATING: TBC

DISTRIBUTION: 20th Century Fox

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ABRAHAM LINCOLN:

VAMPIRE HUNTER (3D)

RELEASED: August 9th 2012

SYNOPSIS: He freed the slaves and led the Northern states through America’s Civil War. His legacy as the greatest president of the United States endures to this day. But Abraham Lincoln’s life as the world’s greatest hunter of the undead remained a secret – until now. 

STARS: Ben Walker, Dominic Cooper, Anthony Mackie, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Rufus Sewell, Laura Cayouette

DIRECTOR: Timur Bekmambetov

RATING: TBC

DISTRIBUTION: 20th Century Fox

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NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH

RELEASED: September 13th 2012

SYNOPSIS: Four everyday suburban guys come together to form a neighborhood watch group, but only as an excuse to escape their humdrum lives one night a week.  But when they accidentally discover that their town has become overrun with aliens posing as ordinary suburbanites, they have no choice but to save their neighborhood -- and the world -- from total extermination.  

 STARS: Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Jonah Hill, Richard Ayoade, Rosemarie DeWitt

DIRECTOR: Akiva Shaffer

RATING: TBC

DISTRIBUTION: 20th Century Fox

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DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: DOG DAYS

RELEASED: September 20th 2012

SYNOPSIS: During his summer vacation, “Wimpy Kid” Greg Heffley, the hero of the phenomenally successful book series, hatches a plan to pretend he has a job at a ritzy country club – which fails to keep him away from the season’s dog days, including embarrassing mishaps at a public pool and a camping trip that goes horribly wrong  

 STARS: Zachary Gordon, Devon Bostick, Rachael Harris, Robert Capron, and Steve Zahn

DIRECTOR: David Bowers

RATING: TBC

DISTRIBUTION: 20th Century Fox

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TAKEN 2

RELEASED: October 4th 2012

SYNOPSIS: Liam Neeson returns as Bryan Mills, the retired CIA agent with a “particular set of skills” who stopped at nothing to save his daughter Kim from kidnappers.  When the father of one of the villains Bryan killed swears revenge, and takes Bryan and his wife hostage in Istanbul, Bryan enlists Kim to help them escape.  Bryan then employs his unique tactics to get his family to safety and systematically take out the kidnappers, one by one. 

 STARS: Liam Neeson, Famke Janssen, Maggie Grace

DIRECTOR: Olivier Megaton

RATING: TBC

DISTRIBUTION: 20th Century Fox

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LIFE OF PI (3D)

RELEASED: December 20th 2012

SYNOPSIS: Director Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) creates an all-audience movie event about a young man on a fateful voyage who, after a spectacular disaster, is hurtled into an epic journey of adventure and discovery.  He becomes marooned on a lifeboat he must share with the ship’s only other survivor, a fearsome Bengal tiger with whom he makes an amazing and unexpected connection. 

 STARS: Suraj Sharma, Gérard Depardieu, Irrfan Khan, Tabu, and Tobey Maguire

DIRECTOR: Ang Lee

RATING: TBC

DISTRIBUTION: 20th Century Fox

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PARENTAL GUIDANCE

RELEASED: December 26th 2012

SYNOPSIS: Comedy legends Billy Crystal and Bette Midler play Artie and Diane Decker, who are called in by their daughter (Marisa Tomei) to help care for their three grandkids.  When their old-school parenting methods collide with their daughter’s new-school ways, the once-orderly household spins out of control. 

 STARS: Billy Crystal, Bette Midler, Marisa Tomei, Tom Everett Scott and Bailee Madison

DIRECTOR: Andy Fickman

RATING: TBC

DISTRIBUTION: 20th Century Fox

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UNIVERSAL PICTURES

FIVE YEAR ENGAGEMENT

RELEASED: May 3rd 2012

SYNOPSIS:  The director and writer/star of Forgetting Sarah Marshall reteam for the irreverent comedy The Five-Year Engagement.  Beginning where most romantic comedies end, the new film from director Nicholas Stoller, producer Judd Apatow (Knocked Up, The 40-Year-Old Virgin) and Rodney Rothman (Get Him to the Greek) looks at what happens when an engaged couple, Jason Segel and Emily Blunt, keeps getting tripped up on the long walk down the aisle.  The film was written by Segel and Stoller.

STARS: Jason Segel, Emily Blunt, Chris Pratt, Alison Brie and Rhys Ifans

DIRECTOR: Nicholas Stoller

RATING: TBC

DISTRIBUTION: Universal

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SNOW WHITE & THE HUNTSMAN

RELEASED: June 21st 2012

SYNOPSIS: In the epic action-adventure Snow White and the Huntsman, Kristen Stewart (Twilight) plays the only person in the land fairer than the evil queen (Oscar^® winner Charlize Theron) who is out to destroy her.  But what the wicked ruler never imagined is that the young woman threatening her reign has been training in the art of war with a huntsman (Chris Hemsworth, Thor) who was dispatched to kill her.  Sam Claflin (Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides) joins the cast as the prince long enchanted by Snow White’s beauty and power. The breathtaking new vision of the legendary tale is from Joe Roth, the producer of Alice in Wonderland, producer Sam Mercer (The Sixth Sense) and acclaimed commercial director and state-of-the-art visualist Rupert Sanders. 

STARS: Kristen Stewart, Charlize Theron, Chris Hemsworth, Sam Claflin, Nick Frost, Toby Jones, Ian McShane, Ray Winstone

DIRECTOR: TBC

RATING: TBC

DISTRIBUTION: Universal

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TED

RELEASED: July 12th 2012

SYNOPSIS: Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane brings his boundary-pushing brand of humour to the big screen for the first time as writer, director and voice star of Ted.  In the live action/CG-animated comedy, he tells the story of John Bennett (Mark Wahlberg), a grown man who must deal with the cherished teddy bear who came to life as the result of a childhood wish…and has refused to leave his side ever since.

STARS: Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, Giovanni Ribisi, Joel McHale, Seth MacFarlane

DIRECTOR: Seth MacFarlane

RATING: TBC

DISTRIBUTION: Universal

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STEP UP 4EVER 3D

RELEASED: August 2nd 2012

SYNOPSIS: TBA 

STARS: TBA

DIRECTOR: TBA

RATING: TBC

DISTRIBUTION: Universal

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BOURNE LEGACY

RELEASED: August 16th 2012

SYNOPSIS: The narrative architect behind the Bourne film series, Tony Gilroy, takes the helm in the next chapter of the hugely popular espionage franchise that has earned almost $1 billion at the global box office: The Bourne Legacy. The writer/director expands the Bourne universe created by Robert Ludlum with an original story that introduces us to a new hero (Jeremy Renner) whose life-or-death stakes have been triggered by the events of the first three films. For The Bourne Legacy, Renner joins fellow series newcomers Rachel Weisz, Edward Norton, Stacy Keach and Oscar Isaac, while franchise veterans Albert Finney, Joan Allen, David Strathairn and Scott Glenn reprise their roles. 

STARS: Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz, Edward Norton, Albert Finney, Joan Allen, Scott Glenn, Stacy Keach, Oscar Isaac

DIRECTOR: Tony Gilroy

RATING: TBC

DISTRIBUTION: Universal

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PARANORMAN

RELEASED: September 20th 2012

SYNOPSIS: In ParaNorman, a small town comes under siege by zombies. Who can it call? Only misunderstood local boy Norman (voiced by Kodi Smit-McPhee), who is able to speak with the dead. In addition to the zombies, he’ll have to take on ghosts, witches and, worst of all, moronic grown-ups, to save his town from a centuries-old curse. But this young ghoul whisperer may find his paranormal activities pushed to their otherworldly limits. Following LAIKA’s groundbreaking Academy Award-nominated animated feature Coraline, ParaNorman is only the second stop-motion animated feature to be made in 3D. ParaNorman is being directed by Sam Fell and Chris Butler, from Mr. Butler’s original screenplay. Mr. Fell was director of The Tale of Despereaux and Flushed Away. Mr. Butler was storyboard supervisor on Coraline and storyboard artist on Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride. The voice cast also includes Academy Award nominee Casey Affleck (The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford), Tucker Albrizzi (Good Luck Charlie), Tempestt Bledsoe (The Cosby Show), Alex Borstein (Family Guy), Jodelle Ferland (The Twilight Saga: Eclipse), Jeff Garlin (Toy Story 3), John Goodman (Monsters, Inc.), Bernard Hill (Titanic), Academy Award nominee Anna Kendrick (Up in the Air), Leslie Mann (Rio), Christopher Mintz-Plasse (How to Train Your Dragon), and Tony and Emmy Award winner Elaine Stritch (30 Rock). Arianne Sutner, animation producer on The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, and LAIKA President and CEO Travis Knight are producing ParaNorman. Academy Award winner Brian Van’t Hul (King Kong, Coraline) is the movie’s visual effects supervisor; Emmy Award winner Nelson Lowry (Fantastic Mr. Fox, Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride) is its production designer; and Tristan Oliver (Fantastic Mr. Fox, the Academy Award-winning Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit) is the director of photography on ParaNorman. As on Coraline, Focus Features holds worldwide distribution rights to ParaNorman, and Universal Pictures International will release it overseas.

STARS: Kodi Smit-McPhee, Casey Affleck, Tucker Albrizzi, Tempestt Bledsoe, Alex Borstein, Jodelle Ferland, Jeff Garlin, John Goodman, Bernard Hill, Anna Kendrick, Leslie Mann, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Elaine Stritch

DIRECTOR: Sam Fell, Chris Butler

RATING: TBC

DISTRIBUTION: Universal

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SAVAGES

RELEASED: September 27th 2012

SYNOPSIS: Three-time Oscar®-winning filmmaker Oliver Stone returns to the screen with an all-star ensemble for the scorching thriller Savages, based on the best-selling crime novel by Don Winslow, which was named one of The New York Times’ Top 10 Books of 2010.  Blake Lively stars as Ophelia, the girlfriend to two Laguna Beach entrepreneurs, one an ex-mercenary (Taylor Kitsch) and the other a principled environmentalist (Aaron Johnson), who’ve built a thriving homegrown industry on the best marijuana ever developed.  When they refuse to sell their business to a brutal Mexican drug cartel, Ophelia is kidnapped, and so begins an escalating series of ploys with savage consequences.  Filling out the stellar cast are Benicio Del Toro, Salma Hayek, John Travolta, Uma Thurman and Emile Hirsch.

STARS: Taylor Kitsch, Aaron Johnson, Blake Lively, John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Benicio Del Toro, Salma Hayek, Emile Hirsch, Demian Bichir

DIRECTOR: Oliver Stone

RATING: TBC

DISTRIBUTION: Universal

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47 RONIN

RELEASED: November 29th 2012

SYNOPSIS: From ancient Japan’s most enduring tale, the epic 3D fantasy-adventure 47 Ronin is born. Keanu Reeves leads the cast as Kai, an outcast who joins Oishi (Hiroyuki Sanada), the leader of the 47 Ronin. Together they seek vengeance upon the treacherous overlord who killed their master and banished their kind. To restore honour to their homeland, the warriors embark upon a quest that challenges them with a series of trials that would destroy ordinary warriors. 47 Ronin is helmed by visionary director Carl Erik Rinsch (The Gift). Inspired by styles as diverse as Miyazaki and Hokusai, Rinsch will bring to life the stunning landscapes and enormous battles that will display the timeless Ronin story to global audiences in a way that’s never been seen before.

STARS: Keanu Reeves, Hiroyuki Sanada, Kou Shibasaki, Tadanobu Asano and Rinko Kikuchi

DIRECTOR: Carl Rinsch

RATING: TBC

DISTRIBUTION: Universal

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LES MISERABLES

RELEASED: December 26th 2012

SYNOPSIS: An adaptation of the successful stage musical based on Victor Hugo's classic novel set in 19th-century France, in which a paroled prisoner named Jean Valjean seeks redemption.

STARS: Anne Hathaway, Hugh Jackman, Helena Bonham Carter, Russell Crowe, Eddie Redmayne, Geoffrey Rush

DIRECTOR: TBC

RATING: TBC

DISTRIBUTION: Universal

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WARNER BROS.

THE LUCKY ONE

RELEASED: April 19th 2012

SYNOPSIS: TBC

STARS: TBC

DIRECTOR: TBC

RATING: TBC

DISTRIBUTION: Warner Bros.

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DARK SHADOWS (3D)

RELEASED: May 10th 2012

SYNOPSIS: TBC

STARS: TBC

DIRECTOR: TBC

RATING: TBC

DISTRIBUTION: Warner Bros.

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ROCK OF AGES

RELEASED: June 14th 2012

SYNOPSIS: TBC

STARS: TBC

DIRECTOR: TBC

RATING: TBC

DISTRIBUTION: Warner Bros.

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DARK KNIGHT RISES

RELEASED: July 19th 2012

SYNOPSIS: TBC

STARS: TBC

DIRECTOR: TBC

RATING: TBC

DISTRIBUTION: Warner Bros.

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THE CAMPAIGN

RELEASED: August 9th 2012

SYNOPSIS: TBC

STARS: TBC

DIRECTOR: TBC

RATING: TBC

DISTRIBUTION: Warner Bros.

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ARGO

RELEASED: September 27th 2012

SYNOPSIS: TBC

STARS: TBC

DIRECTOR: TBC

RATING: TBC

DISTRIBUTION: Warner Bros.

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THE APPARITION

RELEASED: October 25th 2012

SYNOPSIS: TBC

STARS: TBC

DIRECTOR: TBC

RATING: TBC

DISTRIBUTION: Warner Bros.

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GANGSTER SQUAD

RELEASED: November 1st 2012

SYNOPSIS: TBC

STARS: TBC

DIRECTOR: TBC

RATING: TBC

DISTRIBUTION: Warner Bros.

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GRAVITY (3D)

RELEASED: November 29th 2012

SYNOPSIS: TBC

STARS: TBC

DIRECTOR: TBC

RATING: TBC

DISTRIBUTION: Warner Bros.

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THE HOBBIT:

AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY (3D)

RELEASED: December 26th 2012

SYNOPSIS: TBC

STARS: TBC

DIRECTOR: TBC

RATING: TBC

DISTRIBUTION: Warner Bros.

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SEVENTH SON

RELEASED: February 14th 2013

SYNOPSIS: TBC

STARS: TBC

DIRECTOR: TBC

RATING: TBC

DISTRIBUTION: Warner Bros.

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JACK THE GIANT KILLER

RELEASED: March 21st 2013

SYNOPSIS: TBC

STARS: TBC

DIRECTOR: TBC

RATING: TBC

DISTRIBUTION: Warner Bros.

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MAN OF STEEL

RELEASED: June 13th 2013

SYNOPSIS: TBC

STARS: TBC

DIRECTOR: TBC

RATING: TBC

DISTRIBUTION: Warner Bros.

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THE HOBBIT:

THERE AND BACK AGAIN (3D)

RELEASED: December 26th 2013

SYNOPSIS: TBC

STARS: TBC

DIRECTOR: TBC

RATING: TBC

DISTRIBUTION: Warner Bros.

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