NOAH – NPU 13 – 140 MIN The first of this year’s biblical epics is based on the story of Noah, itself based on the much older Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh, and with considerable artistic licence, which has upset some religious people around the world. One of the descendants of Adam and Eve, Noah is warned in dreams of an impending disaster and given instructions to build an ark to save himself and his family. In due course the waters arrive, leading to much violence as the population struggles to survive. Noah and family meanwhile discover an unexpected guest. Cast: Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Ray Winstone, Anthony Hopkins, Emma Watson, Logan Lerman, Douglas Booth, Nick Nolte, Mark Margolis |
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TRANSCENDENCE – NPU 13– 120 MIN The foremost researcher in the field of Artificial Intelligence is working to create a sentient machine that combines the collective intelligence of everything ever known with the full range of human emotions. His highly controversial experiments have made him famous, but they have also made him the prime target of anti-technology extremists who will do whatever it takes to stop him. However, in their attempt to destroy himl, they inadvertently become the catalyst for him to succeed, and to be a participant in his own transcendence. Then his thirst for knowledge evolves into a seemingly omnipresent quest for power… and there seems to be no way to stop him. Cast: Johnny Depp, Rebecca Hall, Paul Bettany, Cillian Murphy, Kate Mara, Cole Hauser, Morgan Freeman |
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RIO 2 – PG – 100 MIN Blu, Jewel and their three kids live the perfect domesticated life in the magical city of Rio de Janeiro. When Jewel decides the kids need to learn to live like real birds, she insists the family venture into the Amazon jungle. As Blu tries to fit in with his new neighbours, he worries he may lose Jewel and the kids to the call of the wild. Voices of Anne Hathaway, Jesse Eisenberg, will.i.am, Jamie Foxx, George Lopez, Tracy Morgan |
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MR PEABODY & SHERMAN – PG – 100 MIN Based on characters from an old television series, we meet Mr. Peabody, an over-achieving dog, who adopts a little boy. When said boy tries to impress a pretty girl with dad’s time machine, they end up damaging the space-time continuum, meaning the three of them need to head back into the past to repair the damage before it’s too late. Voices of Ty Burrell, Max Charles, Lauri Fraser, Guillaume Aretos, Patrice A. Musick, Ariel Winter, Karan Brar, Joshua Rush |
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GRACE OF MONACO – PG – 103 MIN This film is based on actual events but is not a true biopic, as Hollywood has invented the storyline. It looks at what could have been former Hollywood star Grace Kelly’s crisis of marriage and identity, during a political dispute between her husband, Monaco’s Prince Rainier III, and France’s Charles De Gaulle. Cast: Nicole Kidman, Tim Roth, Paz Vega, Milo Ventimiglia, Parker Posey, Derek Jacobi, Frank Langella |
Published: July 11th, 2014