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YOU CAN’T KILL STEPHEN KING
(US) 86mins. Camelot Entertainment Group. Dir: Ronnie Kahlil, Monroe Mann. Key cast: Monroe Mann, Ronnie Kahlil, Crystal Arnette. A group of friends visit a lake where horror author Stephen King lives, and start getting killed off one at a time Gray 2
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A COMMON MAN (US) 90mins. Myriad Pictures. Dir: Chandran Rutnam. Key cast: Sir Ben Kingsley, Ben Cross. Ben Kingsley plays a common man fed up with a terrorist organisation’s power in Sri Lanka. He decides to take matters into his own hands by masterminding a plot to put an end to the terror. Gray 1
A SIMPLE LIFE (Hong Kong) 118mins. Distribution Workshop. Dir: Ann Hui. Key cast: Andy Lau, Deanie Ip. Olympia 6
BULLET COLLECTOR (Russia) 120mins. Alpha Violet. Alexander Vartanov. Key cast: Ruslan Nazarenko, Yuliya Aug. He is 14 and he doesn’t like his life at all. Trying to escape from a dull reality where he feels weak and cowardly, he breaks free in a fantasy world where he acts noble and fearless. Soon, his dreams and reality become one. Riviera 1
CHEERFUL WEATHER FOR THE WEDDING See box, above
FABULOUS 30 123mins. M Thirtynine Co. Palais E
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(Spain) 90mins. Somuga Produktora, S.L. Gray 5
LOST AND FOUND IN ARMENIA
(US) 100mins. Shoreline Entertainment. Dir: Gor Kirakosian. Key cast:
a woman he forced into being his seventh concubine. Unbeknown to him, Zhang is the fiance of Liu, who has been waiting for him to rescue her. Zhang, who was hellbent on destroying Lei, discovers that the man behind the evil deeds is actually his head butler Liu, who has joined forces with the Japanese in his misguided efforts to unite the country. To defeat Liu and win back the heart of his love, Zhang pulls out his ultimate magic trick. Olympia 7
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CHEERFUL WEATHER FOR THE WEDDING (UK) 86mins. Goldcrest Films. Dir: Donald Rice. Key cast: Elizabeth McGovern, Felicity Jones, Mackenzie Crook Today is Dolly’s wedding, and her family is arriving at the manor house with all the cheerfulness, chaos and petty grievances that bubble to the surface
Angela Sarafyan, Jamie Kennedy. A US Senator’s son who attempts to forget the break up with his fiancee, is forced to vacation in Turkey by his best friend. A para sailing trip mishap lands him in a small village in Armenia. It is there fate will change his life forever. Gray 3
ONE MILE ABOVE (China) 95mins. Odin’s Eye Entertainment. Dir: Du Jiayi. Key cast: Bryan Chang, Li Tao, Li Xiaochuan, Michael Chang. An incredibly impressive piece of work, charting a young Taiwanese man’s attempt to cycle 2,000 miles from Yunnan to Tibet across some of the
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THE MAGNIFICENT ELEVEN (UK) 100mins. Stealth Media Group. Dir: Jeremy Wooding. Key cast: Gary Mayers, Jenna Harrison, Philip Rhys.
at such gatherings. However, when the time comes for the beautiful but secretive bride to make her grand entrance, the uninvited appearance of Dolly’s lover from a previous summer, Joseph, cuts short her desire to join in the festivities and embark on her new life with her new husband in South America. Olympia 3
most beautiful and hostile terrain in the world. Palais I
PRIVATE PEACEFUL (UK) 109mins. Goldcrest Films. Dir: Pat O’Connor. Key cast: Alexandra Roach, Frances De La Tour, George Mackay, Jack O’Connell, Maxine Peake, Richard Griffiths. From a small country village in Devonshire, England to the First World War battlefields of Flanders, brothers Charlie and Tommo Peaceful are constantly vying for the same things in life — the love of their father, the attention of their mother and the hand of the beautiful Molly. But, only one can get the girl and it’s the older, wiser Charlie who succeeds. Driving the
underage Tommo to run away to join the army. Olympia 8
RED LIGHTS (Spain) 113mins. GK Films. Dir: Rodrigo Cortes. Key cast: Robert De Niro, Sigourney Weaver, Cillian Murphy. When a psychologist’s investigation into paranormal activity focuses on whether or not a world-renowned psychic is actually a fraud, her results are far from expected. Olympia 5
SHADOW DANCER (UK) 100mins. Wild Bunch. Dir: James Marsh Key cast: Clive Owen, Andrea Riseborough, Gillian Anderson. Colette McVeigh: widow, mother, terrorist. A woman who has lived the Republican cause for all her 29 years. A woman whose brothers are both heavily involved at the senior levels in the IRA, whose husband was killed by the British security forces. A woman who is now an informer for MI5. Arrested in an aborted bombing attempt in London, Colette is given two choices: talk and see her children again, or stay silent and spend the rest of her life watching them grow up from behind the
bars of a prison cell. Star 1
THE FOURTH STATE (Germany) 110mins. Celluloid Dreams/ Nightmares. Dir: Dennis Gansel. Key cast: Moritz Bleibtreu, Max Riemelt, Kasia Smutniak. Based on events surrounding the Moscow terrorist attacks of 1999. The gripping story of gossip reporter Paul Jensen, who goes to Moscow to find himself but falls victim to Russian domestic policy intrigues. The story paints a fascinating and highly controversial political image of contemporary Moscow, where archaic power structures, extravagant lifestyles and political activism collide. Olympia 4
THE GREAT MAGICIAN (Hong Kong) 128mins. Emperor Motion Pictures. Dir: Derek Yee. Key cast: Tony Chiu-Wai Leung, Ching-Wan Lau, Xun Zhou. The year is 1916. General Yuan Shi-kai has just died and the Japanese are encroaching. A mysterious magician Zhang Xian catches the eye of local warlord Lei Daniu, who hopes to use him to win the affections of Liu Yin,
A modernisation of the classic Western ‘The Magnificent Seven’, in which the Cowboys are a local amateur soccer team, the Indians run a nearby Tandoori restaurant, and the bandits are a group of menacing thugs led by a maniac known simply as Blonde Bob. Palais C
TRADE OF INNOCENTS (US) 94mins. Worldwide Film Entertainment. Dir: Christopher Bessette. Key cast: Mira Sorvino, Dermot Mulroney. A compelling story examining the heart- breaking reality of human trafficking. Lerins 2
UNIT 7
(Spain) 96mins. Film Factory Entertainment. Dir: Alberto Rodro≠guez. Key cast: Antonio De La Torre, Inma Cuesta, Mario Casas. Unit 7 has a tough mission: to clean the most dangerous drug trafficking networks out of the city and bring an end to the corrosive power that has taken hold of the streets. But Unit 7’s modus operandi is slipping outside the bounds of law through their use of violence, coercion, lies and half-truths. For them, anything goes. Palais G
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