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pregnant all at the same time. Laemmle Monica 1
96 MINUTES Drama, 94mins. Content. Dir: Aimee Lagos. Key cast: Brittany Snow, Evan Ross, Christian Serratos. A day in the life of four young people caught up in a terrifying car-jacking. Criterion 1
DEATH OF A SUPERHERO Bavaria Film International Romantic drama, 97mins. Dir: Ian Fitzgibbon. Key cast: Andy Serkis, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Aisling Loftus. Donald is a different kind of superhero. In his real life he is sick and feels like a peeled potato. But the 15 year old has an outstanding talent to animate with pen and ink a dark world in which an invincible superhero battles a deadly nemesis and his sexy sidekick. But while Donald’s cartoon hero is unbreakable and unable to love, he himself is utterly breakable and bound for love. AMC Santa Monica 4
HYPOTHERMIA Horror, sci-fi, 74mins. MPI Media Group. Dir: James Felix McKenney. Key cast: Michael Rooker, Blanche Baker. Imagine ‘Jaws’ under the ice, imagine terror at 20 degrees below freezing. In a remote winter hideaway devoid of any sign of life, two unsuspecting families on an ice-fishing vacation discover something sinister lurking in the frozen lake. One thing is certain — the creature is hungry and the only prey left is human Broadway Cineplex 1
THE INCIDENT Thriller, 85mins. SND M6 Group. Dir: Alexandre Courtes. Key cast: Rupert Evans, Kenny Doughty. AMC Santa Monica 2
LADY KUNG FU Martial Arts, romance, 94mins. Mei Ah Entertainment Group. Dir: Joe Cheung.
is obsessed with what appears to be a long abandoned theatre. One night, she sees that the front door is slightly ajar and impulsively decides to sneak inside. Broadway Cineplex 3
TOMSAWYER Family, Children’s, 110mins. Beta Cinema. Dir: Hermine Huntgeburth. Key cast: Louis Hofmann, Leon Seidel, Heike Makatsch. Mark Twain’s beloved, immortal character returns with his friend Huck to square off with the wicked Injun Joe on the banks of the Mississippi. Laemmle Monica 3
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STARBUCK Comedy, 109mins. Entertainment One. Dir: Ken Scott. Key cast: Patrick Huard, Julie Le Breton, Antoine Bertrand. David Wozniak, a 42-year-old who is young at heart, is about to become a first-time
Key cast: Jing Bai, Shao Qun Yu, Collin Chou. The charming and pretty Yim Wing Chun lives in the Guangdong town of Mount Da Liang, where she helps run a successful tofu shop with her father and cousin. Gao Shing, the wealthy local bully, tries to force Wing Chun to marry him. Though she has already undergone basic kung fu training with her father, Wing Chun lacks the strength to defeat Gao. Broadway Cineplex 2
LOVE ON THE GALLERY BRIDGE Romantic drama, 97mins. Huaxia Film Distribution Co. Dir: Li Chen. Key cast: Shouli Xu, Xingguo Wu, Weimin Sun. Tells a beautiful and touching love story in Shouning County, Fujian Province, which is the home of World Gallery Bridges. Le Merigot 2
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biological father when he is confronted with a class action lawsuit. Some 533 children, the fruit of many visits to a local sperm bank some 20 years ago, have decided that, regardless of the anonymity of the donor, they want to know who their real father is. AMC Santa Monica 5
MISS BALA Action/adventure, drama, 112mins. 20th Century Fox International Productions. Dir: Gerardo Naranjo. Key cast: Stephanie Sigman, Noe Hernandez. In Mexico, a lawless country, Laura, a young aspiring beauty queen finds her dream turned against her when she unwillingly gets involved with a criminal group at war. Ocean Screenings 1
THE OPPOSITE OF LOVE Romantic comedy, 105mins. DeAPlaneta. Dir: Vicente Villanueva. Key cast: Hugo Silva, Adriana Ugarte. Merce and Raul fall in love, which becomes fear and control… something that has nothing to do with love. It’s just the opposite of love. AMC Santa Monica 6
REPEATERS Action/adventure,
sci-fi, 90mins. Maya Entertainment Group. Dir: Carl Bessai. Key cast: Amanda Crew, Dustin Mulligan, Richard de Klerk. A gritty, mind-bending thriller about three twenty-somethings, who find themselves in an impossible time labyrinth where each day they awaken to the same terrifying day as the preceding one. Fairmont 2
THE RIVER MURDERS Thriller, 92mins. North by Northwest Entertainment. Dir: Rich Cowan. Key cast: Ray Liotta, Christian Slater, Ving Rhames. A detective’s past comes back to haunt him in the form of his old girlfriends’ murders. Criterion 6
SEDUCING CHARLIE BARKER Romantic comedy, 93mins. Allied Entertainment. Dir: Amy Glazer. Key cast: Daphne Zuniga, Stephen Turner, Heather Gordon. Charlie Barker, a talented actor on the downward swing of a marginal acting career, tosses aside his best friend, his wife, and ultimately his sanity for Clea, a modern-day succubus looking to make it on the scene in New York City. Le Merigot 1
SILVER FALLS Supernatural Thriller, 92mins. Green Communications. Dir: Brett Donowho. Key cast: Kristina Anapau, Steve Bacic. A young teenager, Jordan, moves to a small town that is haunted and plagued by the death of other teenagers. She must unravel the mystery before she herself becomes the next victim. AMC Santa Monica 3
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TAKE THIS WALTZ Romantic comedy, 112mins. TF1 International. Dir: Sarah Polley. Key cast: Michelle Williams, Seth Rogen, Luke Kirby. When Margot, 28, meets Daniel, their chemistry is intense and immediate. But Margot suppresses her sudden attraction: she is happily married to Lou, a celebrated cookbook writer. Criterion 2
THE THEATRE BIZARRE Horror, 108mins. W2 Media. Dir: Douglas Buck, Buddy Giovinazzo, David Gregory, Karim Hussain, Jeremy Kasten, Tom Savini, Richard Stanley. Key cast: Udo Kier, Guilford Adams, Suzan Anbeh. Down a seedy city street in her neighborhood, young Enola Penny
TORMENTED Suspense, 82mins. Fortissimo Films. Dir: Takeshi Shinizu. Key cast: Hikari Mitsushima, Teruyuki Kagawa, Takashi Shimizu. Centres on a young boy whose family seems to be falling apart around him. The situation gets worse when he manifests a growing and dangerous friendship and reliance on a stuffed toy rabbit that comes to life. AMC Santa Monica 7
THE TROUBLEWITH BLISS Comedy, drama, 100mins. Lightning Entertainment. Dir: Michael Knowles. Key cast: Michael C. Hall, Lucy Liu, Peter Fonda. A comedic tale about 35-year-old Morris Bliss, who has not quite grown up yet — he wants to travel but has no money, he needs a job but has no prospects and, worst of all, he still shares an apartment with his widowed father. AMC Santa Monica 1
A WARRIOR’S HEART Romance, family, 96mins. Camelot Entertainment Group. Dir: Mike Sears. Key cast: Kellan Lutz, Ashley Greene, Gabrielle Anwar. In shock and denial over his Marine father’s death in battle, star high school lacrosse player Conor Sullivan, always a
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