John Rambo (Sylvester Stallone) has retreated to northern Thailand to work on a river longboat. After he guides a group of missionaries upstream to the persecuted Karen hill tribes he learns the group have not returned and now a group of mercenaries has been hired to free them. Rambo knows he must help, and agrees to take the mercenaries into the ravaged war zone. But what follows is a descent into hell on earth.
THE BIG LAUGH :
>BE KIND REWIND:
Release date: February 22 Cert: 12A
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BUCKET LIST :
Release date: February 15 Cert: 12A
From the wild imagination of Academy Awardwinner
Michel Gondry. Jerry (Jack Black) becomes magnetized while trying to sabotage a power plant he believes is melting his brain and accidentally erases all the tapes in the video store where his best friend Mike (Mos Def) works. To keep the customers happy, they remake one of the movies in Jerry’s junkyard. Astonishingly, their version is a hit and soon they start full-time filmmaking – from Ghostbusters to King Kong.
A long time ago, Carter Chambers’ (Morgan Freeman) philosophy professor suggested he compose a ‘bucket list’ of all the things he wanted to do before he kicked the bucket. But while Carter was trying to define his, reality got in the way. Meanwhile, corporate billionaire Edward Cole (Jack Nicholson) was always too busy making money to think about his deeper needs. Then, life delivered an urgent and
unexpected wake-up call to both of them.
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JUNO:
Release date: February 14 Cert: 12A
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SEMI PRO:
Release date: February 29 Cert: tbc
Juno MacGuff is a 16-year-old whose confident exterior crumbles when she falls pregnant. Along with friend Leah, and with the support of her father and stepmother she hatches a plan to find the baby the perfect parents and sets her sights on Mark and Vanessa Loring, a seemingly faultless suburban couple. Described
by America’s Entertainment Weekly as, “an original funky charmer”, Juno was one of the big hits at the recent Toronto Film Festival.
Will Ferrell stars in Semi-Pro; a comedy set in 1976 against the backdrop of the maverick ABA – a fast-paced, crazy basketball league to rival the NBA. ABA has made a name for itself with innovations like the three-point shot and slamdunk contest. Ferrell plays Jackie Moon, a one-hit wonder who owns a basketball team. Unfortunately, the Flint Michigan Tropics are the worst outfit in the league. When the ABA announces its plans to merge with the NBA, the Tropics must do the seemingly impossible – win.
ACTION-PACKED ADVENTURE!
>10,000 BC
Release date: March 14 Cert: tbc
>NATIONAL TREASURE: BOOK OF SECRETS
Release date: February 8 Cert: PG
It was a time when man and beast were untamed and the mighty mammoth roamed the earth. A time when ideas and beliefs were born that forever shaped mankind. 10,000 B.C. follows a young hunter (Steven Strait) on his quest to lead an army across a vast desert, battling sabre-toothed tigers and prehistoric predators as he unearths a lost civilization and attempts to rescue the woman he loves (Camilla Belle) from an evil warlord determined to possess her.
Earth is about to be transformed this summer when robotic aliens decide to make our planet their final battleground. With the destructive Decepticons seeking the key to ultimate power, the last chance for the survival of the human race lies in the hands of young Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf), and the combined firepower of our armies and Autobot allies.
LOVE, LAUGHTER AND DRAMATIC TURNS!
>DEFINITELY MAYBE
Release date: February 8 Cert: 12A
>STEP UP 2: THE STREETS
Release date: March 21 Cert: tbc
Ryan Reynolds stars as Will Hayes, a 30- something Manhattan dad in the midst of a divorce when his young daughter, Maya (Abigail Breslin), starts to question him about life before marriage. She wants to know everything about how her parents met and fell in love. The political consultant finds himself trying to explain his impending break-up and past relationships to his daughter. Also stars Oscar winner Rachel Weisz and Isla Fisher.
The follow-up to the smash hit Step Up sees rebellious street dancer Andie arrive at the elite Maryland School of the Arts. She fights to fit in while also trying to hold onto her old life. When she joins forces with the school’s hottest dancer, Chase, to form a crew of classmate outcasts to compete in Baltimore’s underground dance battle The Streets, she ultimately finds a way to live her dream while building a bridge between her two separate worlds.
BEHIND THE TRUTH
>11TH HOUR
Release date: tbc Cert: tbc
>PRIDE AND GLORY
Release date: tbc Cert: tbc
Drought, famine, flooding, record rainfall, hurricanes, acid rain – catastrophe is reported on the daily news as isolated incidents. But are they really pieces of a larger global puzzle that could unlock humanity’s future? Narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio, The 11th Hour explores how humanity lives, how we impact on the earth’s ecosystems and what we can do to change our course. Mikhail Gorbachev, renowned scientist Stephen Hawking and more than 50 leading experts discuss the most important issues facing our planet.
Edward Norton and Colin Farrell star in Pride and Glory, an authentic, gritty, and emotional saga set in the New York City Police Department. The film follows a multi-generational police family whose moral code is tested when Ray Tierney (Norton), one of two sons on the force, investigates an incendiary police corruption scandal involving his older brother and brother-in-law (Farrell). The case forces the family to choose between their loyalties to one another, as well as the police department.
DRAWN TO BE WILD!
>DR SEUSS’ HORTON HEARS A WHO
Release date: March 21 Cert: tbc
>THE UGLY DUCKLING AND ME
Release date: February 8 Cert: U
Elephant Horton hears a tiny cry for help coming from a speck of dust floating through the air. Suspecting there may be life on the particle, Horton is determined to help. However, the rest of the community believes Horton has lost his mind and mock his attempts to protect the dust.Dr Seuss’ Horton Hears A Who is a new computer-animated film from 20th Century Fox,the creators of Ice Age.
Based on the fairytale by Hans Christian Andersen, The Ugly Duckling and Me tells the story of Ratso, a wheeler-dealer city rat, and Ugly, a baby bird. Ratso is a travelling scammer who longs to make it in the profitable world of showbusiness. He ends up on a duck farm and becomes the caretaker of an egg, which cracks, and an unsightly hatchling emerges. Ratso nicknames it "Ugly" and finds himself assuming the role of the chick’s dad. Together, the pair escape the duck yard for the Big Time, embarking on an adventure-filled odyssey.
CHILLED TO THE BONE
>BLACK WATER
Release date: February 22 Cert: 15
>PATHOLOGY
Release date: February 8 Cert: tbc
Grace, her boyfriend Adam and younger sister Lee decide to take a river tour while holidaying in Northern Australia. As they drift into a mangrove swamp, their boat is suddenly capsized and Jim, their guide, disappears. Realising they’ve been attacked by a crocodile, Adam drags Grace to the safety of a tree whilst Lee clings on top of the overturned boat. Adam and Grace try and manoeuvre Lee and the boat to the tree but it is firmly stuck. Stranded in the flooded swamp, they must work out what to do to survive.
Nobody is safe in this gruesome chiller. A group of medical students has devised a deadly game where one of them commits the perfect murder while the rest compete to determine the cause of death – by examining the dead victims’ remains. With the power of life and death, and by choosing victims they feel deserve to die, it is not long before their egos spiral out of control. And when a brilliant new resident joins the group, he is unaware he has entered a murderous game with terrifying consequences.
CHILLED TO THE BONE
>THE OXFORD MURDERS
Release date: April 18 Cert: 15 tbc
>REC
Release date: March 28 Cert: tbc
Martin, a young American grad student (Elijah Wood) visiting Oxford, is drawn into a complex murder mystery when his landlady is slain in this tense and stylish thriller from director Alex de la Iglesia’s. The gifted student joins forces with Professor Arthur Seldom (John Hurt) to solve a series of murders seemingly linked by a series of codes. As they try to crack the code and track down a killer, an elaborate puzzle begins to unravel in which every action has an effect beyond anything that Martin could have imagined.
Local TV reporters are following a fire crew on overnight duty. On their first job, the squad must rescue an old lady trapped inside her apartment. But during the operation something goes terribly wrong. What seemed to be a routine procedure turns into hell. Trapped in the building, the team face an unknown and lethal horror. Something evil and sinister is spreading out of control. Suddenly, the rules have changed. Now, the only thing that matters is surviving.
NATIONAL TREASURE...
Book of secrets. . .
Release date: February 8th Cert: tbc