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SERVITUDE (Canada) 85mins. Lightning Entertainment. Dir: Warren P Sonoda. Key cast: Joe Dinicol, Enrico Colantoni, Dave Foley. When Josh goes in to quit his job waiting
DIAZ — DON’T CLEAN UP THIS BLOOD (Italy) 119mins. Fandango Portobello. Dir: Daniele Vicari. Key cast: Claudio Santamaria, Elio Germano, Jennifer Ulrich. In 2001, on the last day of the G8 summit in Genoa, just before midnight, more than 300 police officers stormed the Diaz school, looking for black bloc demonstrators. In what came to be known as “the night of volunteers”, the massive force was led by a special unit while the Carabinieri cordoned off the building. Olympia 3
tables at Ranch Steakhouse, he discovers the restaurant is woefully short-staffed for the night. To make matters worse, the company’s new owners are sending over a mean son of a gun from head office to audit operations. Palais C
TIME OF MY LIFE (Belgium) 118mins. Films Distribution. Dir: Nic Balthazar. Key cast: Ben Segers, Felix Maesschalck, Geert Van Rampelberg. They were young and Thomas and Mario are friends for life. Lynn is the girl they both love, Speck the loose cannon who’s the fourth wheel to their wagon. Mario is a fiercely ambitious and combative young man, with a loud mouth, and big theatrical plans for an exciting future, great in every way. Just when his political career is about to get under steam, he is suddenly diagnosed with MS. Thomas, who has become a doctor, is the silent hero of the story, who will have to witness the degradation of his best friend. Olympia 4
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BEAST PARADISE (France) 103mins. Wide. Dir: Estelle Larrivaz. The fight of a battered woman to get her children back. Palais G
BLOOD FROM A STONE 98mins. Wild Bunch. Star 1
COMEDOWN (UK) 110mins. AV Pictures. Dir: Menhaj Huda. Key cast: Adam Deacon, Geoff Bell, Jacob Anderson.
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Six tearaway teenagers break into an abandoned, condemned tower block to make mischief and party. When one of the group is snatched from the roof her friends begin to search the dark, eerily hollow interior of the tower and soon realise that they are not alone in the building. A resident psychopath lurks within the floors and is determined to track down and kill them one by one, ensuring they never leave his building alive. Olympia 6
DIVORCE INVITATION (US) 110mins. Shoreline Entertainment. Dir: S V Krishna Reddy. Key cast: Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Jonathan Bennett. Mike Christian is a happily married man who runs into his high school sweetheart Alex. After all these years sparks still fly. When Mike is determined Alex is his true soul mate, he realises he has a huge problem — he signed an iron-clad pre-nuptial agreement and his wife will not let him out of it. Gray 1
FLY AWAY (Germany) 90mins. Global Screen. Dir: Bernd Boehlich Key cast: Angelica Domrose, Anna Maria Muhe, Marion Van De Kamp. On a sightseeing tour, a gang of pensioners kidnap their plane and set off in search of their destiny. Riviera 3
KONG’S FAMILY (South Korea) 100mins. Mirovision. Dir: Nam Ki-Woong. Key cast: Kim Byung-Ok, Da-Kyung Yoon, Sim Eun-Jin. Gray 3
PARIS MANHATTAN (France) 85mins. SND — Groupe M6. Dir: Sophie Lellouche. Key cast: Alice Taglioni, Patrick Bruel. Alice is an offbeat pharmacist surrounded by a nice, dysfunctional family. And still single, to the great consternation of her parents. She actually met the perfect man 20 years ago but he married her sister. Since then, no one has been up to her
expectations. She takes refuge in Woody Allen movies. In her day dreams, she has long talks with the author, asking him about everything — from love to work. According to Alice, all answers can be found in Woody Allen movies. Palais I
PORN IN THE HOOD (France) 98mins. Gaumont. Dir: Franck Gastambide. Key cast: Franck Gastambide, Jib Pocthier, Medi Sadoun. Mousten, Abdelkrim and Momo are three childhood friends who have always lived in the slums of Melun. All three wear baseball caps and gym shoes and all three have the same problem: they are desperately single and spend their days watching life go by, unmotivated and with no ambition. And then one day they discover a classified ad in a porn magazine, announcing auditions to become a porn star. Hard up for women and cash, they decide to go for what sounds like the best job in the world. Star 2
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STREETDANCE 2 (UK) 90mins. Protagonist Pictures. Dir: Max And Dania. Key cast: Falk Hentschel, Sofia Boutella, George Sampson. When a UK street dancer falls short when challenged by a top American crew, he sets out to gain their respect by gathering a team of the best dancers from around the world — with a dance style they weren’t expecting. With landmark locations, a spectacular fusion of dance styles and an unparalleled vibrancy, the sequel to ‘StreetDance 3D’ sees our hero fall in love with a beautiful latin dancer as he discovers the magic, power and passion of dancing “a deux”. Olympia 7
TAD, THE LOST EXPLORER (Spain) 88mins. Studiocanal. Dir: Enrique Gato.
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