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Release date: July 25 |
The follow-up to Batman Begins, The Dark Knight reunites director Christopher Nolan and starChristian Bale. Batman (Bale) has raised the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of police Lieutenant Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the criminal organisaions plaguing Gotham City. The partnership proves effective, but they soon findthemselves prey to a reign of chaos masterminded by a criminal known as The Joker (Heath Ledger)
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>BANGKOK DANGEROUS
Release date: September 5
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>HANCOCK
Release date: July 2 Cert: 12A |
The life of an anonymous assassin takes an unexpected turn when he travels to Thailand to carry out contract killings. Joe (Nicolas Cage), a remorseless hit man, is in Bangkok to execute four enemies of a ruthless crime boss. He hires Kong to run errands with the intention of covering his tracks by killing him in the end. Strangely, Joe finds himself mentoring the young man, whilst falling in love with a local girl. Swayed by Bangkok’s beauty, Joe questions his existence and lets down his guard. |
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There are heroes, there are superheroes…and then there’s Hancock (Will Smith). Edgy, conflicted and misunderstood, Hancock’s well-intentioned heroics might get the job done and save countless lives, but they seem to leave jaw-dropping damage in their wake. Hancock isn’t the kind of man who cares what other people think – until the day he saves the life of PR executive Ray Embrey (Jason Bateman), and the sardonic superhero begins to realise he may have a vulnerable side after all. |
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>KUNG FU PANDA
Release date: July 4 Cert: PG
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>SPACE CHIMPS
Release date: August 1 |
Enthusiastic, big and a little clumsy, Po the panda (voiced by Jack Black) is a big fan of kung fu. When he’s unexpectedly chosen to fulfil an ancient prophecy, Po’s dreams become reality and he joins the world of kung fu to study alongside his idols, the legendary Furious Five: Tigress (Angelina Jolie); Crane (David Cross); Mantis (Seth Rogen); Viper (Lucy Liu); and Monkey (Jackie Chan) – under the leadership of their guru, Master Shifu (two-time Oscar winner Dustin Hoffman). |
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Ham III, the slacker grandson of the first chimpanzee
astronaut, is blasted into space by an opportunity-seeking senator. United with two highly trained chimps, the trio must go on a dangerous mission through a black hole where Ham is forced to become a reluctant hero. The team find themselves on a strange, uncharted planet, where they embark on a fantastical journey to save its inhabitants from a tyrannical leader. Featuring the voices of Jeff Daniels and Stanley Tucci. |
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>GET SMART
Release date: August 22 Cert: 12A |
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>HELLBOY 2: THE GOLDEN ARMY
Release date: August 22 |
In this all-new action comedy, Maxwell Smart (Steve Carell) is on a mission to thwart the plot for world domination of evil crime syndicate KAOS. When the headquarters of US spy agency Control are attacked, the Chief (Alan Arkin) has no choice but to promote his analyst Smart. Smart had dreams of working in the field alongside superstar Agent 23 (Dwayne Johnson), but ends up with the lovely-but-lethal veteran Agent 99 (Anne Hathaway). |
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With its blend of action, humour and characterled spectacle, the saga of the world’s toughest kitten loving hero from hell continues to unfold in Hellboy 2: The Golden Army. Along with his team in the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Development – pyrokinetic girlfriend Liz (Selma Blair), aquatic empath Abe (Doug Jones) and protoplasmic mystic Johann – Hellboy travels between our reality and a hidden magical world. |
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>MEET DAVE
Release date: July 18 Cert: PG |
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>WILD CHILD
Release date: August 15 |
Eddie Murphy reunites with Norbit director Brian Robbins in Meet Dave. To save their doomed planet, a group of tiny, humanoid aliens arrive on Earth in the perfect disguise – a spaceship shaped like an ordinary man, one which looks suspiciously like Eddie Murphy. Adjusting to life on this planet is tough when everyone else thinks you’re just an ordinary guy. Things start getting tricky for the little aliens – and Dave – when he starts to fall in love with a young woman, played by Elizabeth Banks. |
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Sixteen-year-old Poppy (Emma Roberts) is a selfobsessed brat who lives a pampered life in LA. Although she’s handed credit cards and surrounded by countless hangers-on, Poppy can’t escape the frustration she feels with her family situation. After an over-the-top prank pushes her father (Aidan Quinn) one step too far, Poppy is shipped off to an English boarding school. The American princess has finally met her match: a school of British girls who won’t tolerate her spoiled ways. |
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You Don’t Mess With The Zohan is a comedy from screenwriters Judd Apatow (Knocked Up), Robert Smigel and Adam Sandler. Sandler stars as Zohan, an Israeli commando and lethally trained counterterrorist who fakes his own death in order to pursue his dream: to emigrate to New York and become a hairstylist. But when he is recognised, it jeopardises his newfound existence. The movie also stars Rob Schneider as well as John Turturro as Zohan’s nemesis.
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From Will Ferrell and Adam McKay comes The Foot Fist
Way. Tae Kwan Do instructor Fred Simmons (Danny McBride) relishes being the master of the demo until he finds his wife Suzie has cheated on him. To keep it together, Fred goes on a road trip to meet his idol, martial arts movie star, Chuck ‘The Truck’ Wallace. When Chuck agrees to appear at the dojo, Fred returns inspired – until Suzie makes an unexpected return. | |
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| FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY & TEENAGE KICKS |
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>JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH
Release date: July 11 |
>ANGUS, THONGS AND PERFECT SNOGGING
Release date: July 25 |
This adventure film is based on Jules Verne’s novel. Brendan Fraser is a science professor whose unconventional hypotheses have made him a laughing stock. When his nephew discovers Jules Verne’s original manuscript for his novel Journey To The Centre of the Earth, the pair realise Verne himself had taken the titular trip. Using the manuscript, they embark on the same thrilling journey, discovering a fantastic and dangerous lost world.
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This coming of age story is a very British take on American high school movies like Clueless and Mean Girls. Based on the first two books of the hugely successful series by Louise Rennison, the film follows the eccentric and irresistible Georgia Nicolson as she overcomes the trauma of being a teenager. In her quest to get her boy and stop her parents from splitting up, Georgia transforms from a selfish girl into a young woman. | |
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>DONKEY PUNCH
Release date: July 18 Cert: 18 |
>THE MIST
Release date: July 4 |
Kim (Jaime Winstone), Tammi (Nichola Burley) and Lisa (Sian Breckin) are best friends on a girls’ weekend in Mallorca. They’re up for fun and maybe a little bit of trouble too, and find both with three middle-class London boys. The boys are crewing a luxury yacht for the summer and invite the girls on board to party. But deep out to sea, a game of dare is taken one step too far and leads to a horrific fatal accident.
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David Drayton (Thomas Jane) and his young son Billy (Nathan Gamble) are among a group of terrifie people trapped in a local grocery store by a strange, otherworldly mist. David is the first to realise there are things lurking outside … deadly, horrifying things. Survival depends on everybody in the store pulling together but is that possible, given human nature? David wonders what terrifies him more: the monsters in the mist or the ones inside the store. |
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>THE DUCHESS
Release date: September 5 |
>THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PYJAMAS
Release date: September 12 |
Grace, her boyfriend Adam and younger sister Lee decide to take a river tour while holidaying in Northern Australia. As they drift into a mangrove swamp, their boat is suddenly capsized and Jim, their guide, disappears. Realising they’ve been attacked by a crocodile, Adam drags Grace to the safety of a tree whilst Lee clings on top of the overturned boat. Adam and Grace try and manoeuvre Lee and the boat to the tree but it is firmly stuck. Stranded in the flooded swamp, they must work out what to do to survive.
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Adapted from John Boyne’s critically acclaimed bestselling novel, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is a
fictional story told through the eyes of an eight-year-old boy largely shielded from the reality of World War II. This unforgettable tale follows an unlikely friendship that forms between Bruno, the son of a Nazi commandant, and Shmuel, a Jewish boy held captive in a concentration camp. Featuring an impressive cast including David Thewlis, Vera Farmiga and Rupert Friend. |
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>ALEXANDRA
Release date: September 26 Cert: PG |
>MARRIED LIFE
Release date: August 1 Cert: PG |
Martin, a young American grad student (Elijah Wood) visiting Oxford, is drawn into a complex murder mystery when his landlady is slain in this tense and stylish thriller from director Alex de la Iglesia’s. The gifted student joins forces with Professor Arthur Seldom (John Hurt) to solve a series of murders seemingly linked by a series of codes. As they try to crack the code and track down a killer, an elaborate puzzle begins to unravel in which every action has an effect beyond anything that Martin could have imagined.
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A blend of suspense and star-crossed romance, and a wry comedy of manners, Married Life is an unconventional human drama about the power and madness of love. Harry (Chris Cooper) decides to kill his wife Pat (Patricia Clarkson) because he loves her too much to let her suffer when he leaves her. Harry and his girlfriend Kay (Rachel McAdams) may be head over heels in love, but Harry’s best friend Richard (Pierce Brosnan) wants to win her. |
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