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Up Coming Movies

How To Train Your Dragon

 

 

Release Date: Thursday 25 March 2010

Rated: PG (Mild fantasy violence)

Running Time: 98 minutes

Director: Peter Hastings

Cast: Gerard Butler, America Ferrera, Jonah Hill, Jay Baruchel

 

Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III is a young boy and the heir of the Viking chiefdom, but with one very big problem: a hero he is not. How to Train Your Dragon is the comical story of Hiccup's quest to hunt down the fiercest dragon, bring it into submission and, hopefully, pass his initiation.

 

Visit the How To Train Your Dragon website.

 

The Spy Next Door

 

 

Release Date: Thursday 25 March 2010

Rated: PG (Mild violence)

Running Time: 94 minutes

Director: Brian Levant

Cast: Jackie Chan, Madeline Carroll, Alina Foley, George Lopez, Billy Ray Cyrus

 

Former CIA spy Bob Ho (Chan) takes on his toughest assignment to date: looking after his girlfriend's three kids, who haven't exactly warmed to their mom's beau. And when one of the youngsters accidentally downloads a top-secret formula, Bob's longtime nemesis, a Russian terrorist, pays a visit to the family.

 

Visit The Spy Next Door website.

 

The Bounty Hunter

 

 

Release Date: Thursday 18 March 2010

Rated: M (Sexual references, violence and coarse language)

Running Time: 110 minutes

Director: Sarah Thorp

Cast: Jennifer Aniston, Gerard Butler

 

Milo Boyd (Gerard Butler), a down-on-his-luck bounty hunter, gets his dream job when he is assigned to track down his bail-jumping ex-wife, reporter Nicole Hurly (Jennifer Aniston).

 

Visit The Bounty Hunter website.

 

Brothers

 

 

Release Date: Thursday 18 March 2010

Rated: M (Mature themes, violence and coarse language)

Running Time: 104 minutes

Director: Jim Sheridan

Cast: Tobey Maguire, Jake Gyllenhaal, Natalie Portman

 

A young man comforts his older brother's wife and children after he goes missing in Afghanistan

 

Visit the Brothers website.

 

Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant

 

 

Release Date: Thursday 11 March 2010

Rated: M

Running Time: 109 minutes

Director: Paul Weitz

Cast: Josh Hutcherson, Salma Hayek, John C. Reilly, Willem Dafoe, Ray Stevenson

 

The Vampire’s Assistant tells the frightening tale of a boy who unknowingly breaks a 200 year old truce between two warring factions of vampires. Pulled into a fantastic life of misunderstood sideshow freaks and grotesque creatures of the night, one teen will vanish from the safety of a boring existence and fulfil his destiny in a place drawn from nightmares.

 

Visit the Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant website.

 

Remember Me

 

 

Release Date: Thursday 11 March 2010

Rated: M (Mature themes, violence, sex scene and coarse language)

Running  112 Minutes

Director:  Allen Coulter

Cast: Robert Pattinson, Pierce Brosnan, Emilie de Ravin, Chris Cooper, Lena Olin

In the romantic drama Remember Me, Robert Pattinson plays Tyler, a rebellious young man in New York City who has a strained relationship with his father (Pierce Brosnan) ever since tragedy separated their family. Tyler didn't think anyone could possibly understand what he was going through until the day he met Ally

 

Visit the Remember Me website.

 

My One and Only

 

 

Release Date: Thursday 11 March 2010

Rated: M (Infrequent coarse language)

Running Time: 107 minutes

Director: Richard Loncraine

Cast: Renee Zellweger, Kevin Bacon, Logan Lerman, Chris Noth

 

Ann Devereaux (Renee Zellweger) has always gotten by on her own charms. Her husband Dan (Kevin Bacon) is a successful bandleader, but when Ann is becomes a witness to his infidelity, she packs their two sons George (Logan Lerman) and Robbie (Mark Rendall) into her baby-blue '53 Cadillac Coupe de Ville convertible and never looks back.

 

Visit the My One and Only website.

 

Green Zone

 

 

Release Date: Thursday 11 March 2010

Rated: M (Mature themes, violence and coarse language)

Running Time: 107 minutes

Director: Paul Greengrass

Cast: Matt Damon, Jason Isaacs, Greg Kinnear, Amy Ryan

 

A thriller about a pair of CIA agents on the trail of certain Weapons of Mass Destruction and a foreign correspondent following their mission. Inspired by Imperial Life in the Emerald City.

 

Visit the Green Zone website.

 

Men Who Stare at Goats

 

 

Release Date: Thursday 4 March 2010

Rated: M (Contains drug use, violence, coarse language and brief nudity)

Running Time: 93 minutes

Director: Grant Heslov

Cast: George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Kevin Spacey, Jeff Bridges, Rebecca Mader, Terry Serpico

 

Two Strangers set off on a road trip, in war-torn Iraq, during which one recounts the story of his participation in the New Earth Army, a secret special forces US Military Team, trained to use paranormal powers during war.  Based on the book of the same name by Jon Ronson.

 

Visit the Men Who Stare at Goats website.

 

Alice in Wonderland

  

  

Release Date: Thursday 4 March 2010

Rated: To be confirmed

Running Time: to be confirmed

Director: Tim Burton

Cast: Johnny Depp, Anne Hathaway, Michael Sheen, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, Crispin Glover, Christopher Lee, Stephen Fry, Mia Wasikowska

 

The adventures of a young girl, Alice, who falls into a magical world full of strange characters and darkness behind every corner.

 

Visit the Alice in Wonderland website.

 

The Blind Side

  

  

Release Date: Thursday 25 February 2010

Rated: PG (Contains mild coarse language, infrequent violence and drug reference)

Running Time: 128 minutes

Director: John Lee Hancock

Cast: Sandra Bullock, Kathy Bates, Tim McGraw, Quinton Aaron, Jae Head, Lily Collins, Ray McKinnon

 

The remarkable true story of Michael Oher, a homeless youngster from a broken home, taken in by the Touhys, a well-to-do family who help him fulfill his potential. At the same time, Oher's presence in the Touhys' lives leads them to some insightful self-discoveries of their own.

 

Visit The Blind Side website.

 

From Paris With Love

  

  

Release Date: Thursday 25 February 2010

Rated: MA15+ (Strong violence and coarse language)

Running Time: 92 minutes

Director: Pierre Morel

Cast: John Travolta, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers

 

A young embassy worker and an American secret agent cross paths while working on a high-risk mission in Paris.

 

Visit the From Paris with Love website.

  

Shutter Island

 

 

Release Date: Thursday 18 February 2010

Rated: MA 15+ (Strong themes and violence)

Running Time: 138 minutes

Director: Martin Scorsese

Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley, Michelle Williams

 

Set in 1954 the film centres round an island in Boston's Outer Harbour that houses a federal institution for the criminally insane. Two U.S. marshals are dispatched to that facility to recapture a violent female escapee. They become stranded there as a major storm approaches and a series of dangerous mind games are being played on them.

 

Visit eh Shutter Island website.

 

Crazy Heart

 

 

Release Date: Thursday 18 February 2010

Rated: M (Contains coarse language)

Running Time: 111 minutes

Director: Scott Cooper

Cast: Jeff Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Robert Duvall, Sarah Jane Morris

 

Bad Blake (Jeff Bridges) is a broken-down, hard-living country music singer who's had way too many marriages, far too many years on the road and one too many drinks way too many times. And yet, Bad can’t help but reach for salvation with the help of Jean (Maggie Gyllenhaal), a journalist who discovers the real man behind the musician.

 

Visit the Crazy Heart website.

 

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