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Happy Feet Two (U) 103 minutes


Mumble the penguin has a problem: his son Erik, who is reluctant to dance, encounters The Mighty Sven, a penguin who can fly! Things get worse for Mumble when the world is shaken by powerful forces, causing him to bring together the penguin nations and their allies to set things right.


Directed by George Miller with the voices of Elijah Wood, Robin Williams and Pink.


Rum Diary (15) 120 minutes


Based on the debut novel by Hunter S.Thompson which initiated his long, distinguished and brilliantly unpredictable career, The Rum Diary tells the increasingly unhinged story of itinerant journalist Paul Kemp. Tiring of the noise and madness of New York and the crushing conventions of late Eisenhower era America, Kemp travels to Puerto Rico to write for a local newspaper, The San Juan Star, run by downtrodden editor Lotterman. Adopting the rum soaked life of the late 50’s version of Hemmingway’s lost generation, Paul soon becomes increasingly obsessed with Chenault, the wildly attractive fiancée of Sanderson, a businessman involved in shady property development deals.


Anonymous(12A) 130 minutes


A political thriller advancing the theory that it was in fact Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford who penned Shakespeare’s plays, set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I, and the Essex Rebellion against her.


Directed by Roland Emmerich and starring Rhys Ifans, Vanessa Redgrave, Joely Richardson, David Thewlis and Xavier Samuel.


Wuthering Heights (15) 129 minutes


Based on the classic novel by Emily Bronte, the film tells the story of a poor young English boy named Heathcliff who is taken in by the wealthy Earnshaw family where he develops an intense relationship with his young foster sister, Cathy. Directed by Andrea Arnold and starring Kaya Scodelario and James Howson.


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War Horse (12A) 146 minutes


The film follows a young man named Albert and his horse, Joey, and how their bond is broken when Joey is sold to the cavalry and sent to the trenches of World War One. Despite being too young to enlist, Albert heads to France to save his friend.


Directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Emily Watson, David Thewlis and Jeremy Irvine.


Puss in Boots (U) 90 minutes


Long before he even met Shrek, the notorious fighter, lover and outlaw Puss in Boots becomes a hero when he sets off on an adventure with the tough and street smart Kitty Softpaws and the mastermind Humpty Dumpty to save his town. Directed by Chris Miller and starring Antonio Banderas and Salma Hayek.


My Week with Marilyn (15) 99 minutes


Directed by Bruce Robinson and starring Johnny Depp, Amber Heard, Aaron Eckhart and Giovanni Ribisi.


Starring an award-winning cast and based on the diaries of Colin Clark, the film captures a love affair with the world’s most famous woman, Marilyn Monroe. Michelle Williams stars as Marilyn Monroe and is joined by a stellar cast including Eddie Redmayne as Colin Clark, Kenneth Branagh as Sir Laurence Olivier, Dame Judi Dench as Dame Sybil Thorndike, Julia Ormond as Vivien Leigh, Dougray Scott as Arthur Miller, and Zoe Wanamaker as Paula Strasberg. My Week With Marilyn is the true story of a star-struck boy who falls in love with the biggest celebrity in the world. 23 year-old Colin Clark was determined to break into the film business and his first job was The Prince and The Showgirl - the film that was set to be the smash hit of the year famously uniting the biggest stars of the day, Marilyn Monroe and Sir Laurence Olivier. On honeymoon in Britain with her new husband, Arthur Miller, Marilyn is


excited about the project but quickly becomes desperate to run away from her Hollywood entourage, the pressures of work and the press who hound her. For Marilyn, Colin is a welcome antidote and he offers her everything she craves when, together, they escape the film set to get closer in an idyllic Britain.


Directed by Simon Curtis. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of


Shadows (12A) 129 minutes


Sherlock Holmes has always been the smartest man in the room until he comes up against his arch enemy Professor Moriarty. Not only is he Holmes’ intellectual equal, but his capacity for evil, coupled with a complete lack of conscience, may actually give him an advantage over the renowned detective.


Holmes’ investigation into Moriarty’s plot becomes ever more dangerous as it leads him and Watson out of London and across Europe, to France, Germany and finally to Switzerland.


But the cunning Moriarty is always one step ahead as he spins a web of death and destruction, all part of a greater plan that, if he succeeds, will change the course of history.


Directed by Guy Ritchie and starring Robert Downey Jnr., Jude Law and Jared Harris.


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