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Published: January 15th, 2014

THE HOBBIT:THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG THE HOBBIT:THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG –PG10–161 MIN
Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Weekdays: 16h50 20h00
Weekend: 11h00 14h30 20h00

The second in the series picks up where part one ended. Thorin and company have reached Lake-town and it is time for the hobbit Bilbo Baggins to fulfill his contract with the dwarves. The party must complete the journey to Lonely Mountain and the urglar Baggins must seek out the Secret Door that will give them access to the hoard of the dragon Smaug. If Bilbo and the others are able to gain the treasure, will they be able to keep it? And will they discover what has become of the wizard Gandalf?

Cast: Ian Mckellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Ken Stott, Graham McTavish, William Kirchner.


movie-khumbaKHUMBA – PG – 91 MIN
Adventure, Animation, Family
Weekdays: 15h50
Weekend: 11h00 13h00

This SA-made animated treat is about a half-striped zebra who is blamed for the lack of rain by the rest of his superstitious herd. Desperate to clear his name, he embarks on a daring quest to earn his stripes. In his search for the legendary waterhole in which the first zebras got their stripes, he meets a quirky range of characters, and teams up with an unlikely duo: an overprotective wildebeest, and a self-obsessed, flamboyant ostrich. But before he can reunite with his herd, he will have to come face to face with a sadistic leopard who controls the waterholes and terrorizes all the animals in the Great Karoo.

Cast: Ian Mckellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Ken Stott, Graham McTavish, William Kirchner.


movie-gravityGRAVITY – PG 7 – 90 MIN
Drama, Sci-Fi
Weekdays: 11h00 12h50
Weekend: 18h00

Back by popular demand:  Golden Globe Nominations for Best Drama, Best Director, Best Actress in a drama and Best Original Score

All you really need to know about this film, which has met with so-called ‘universal acclaim’ from the critics, is that you should go and see it. Set during a routine mission to the Hubble telescope, things go dramatically wrong, leaving an astronaut stranded alone in space, with one slim chance of surviving.

Cast: Sandra Bullock, George Clooney, voice of Ed Harris


movie-captain-phillipsCAPTAIN PHILLIPS – NPU 13 – 134 MIN
Action, Adventure, Biographical, Drama
Weekdays: 13h10 20h00
Weekend: 15h00 20h00

The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years. After the hijacking it turns into a tense hostage drama before the SEALS arrive.

Cast: Tom Hanks, Barkhad Abdi, Barkhad Abdirahman, Faysal Ahmed, Mahat M. Ali, Michael Chemus, Catherine Keener


movie-las-vegasLAST VEGAS – PG 10 – 105 MIN
Comedy
Weekdays: 11h00 14h40 17h50
Weekend: 17h50

This tells the story of four 60-something men, best friends since childhood. When the group’s sworn bachelor, finally proposes to his thirty-something girlfriend, the four head to Las Vegas with a plan to stop acting their age and relive their glory days. However, upon arriving, the four quickly realize that the decades have transformed Sin City and tested their friendship in ways they never imagined. The Rat Pack may have once played the Sands and Cirque du Soleil may now rule the Strip, but it’s these four who are taking over Vegas.

Cast: Michael Douglas, Robert de Niro, Morgan Freeman, Kevin Kline, Mary Steenburgen, Jerry Ferrara