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| The Disappearance Of Alice Creed (MA15+) |
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| A terrifically enjoyable film from debut writer-director J Blakeson. In the ten minutes before the first words, The Disappearance of Alice Creed has already proven itself an economical debut thriller on par with Danny Boyle’s Shallow Grave – with which it’s often been compared. Prepping for an abduction with ruthless efficiency, ex-cons Vic (Eddie Marsan) and Danny (Martin Compston) get their prey, Alice (Gemma Arterton), trussed and shackled in a soundproofed room. Yet the more meticulously one plans the perfect crime, the less effort it takes for things to go very awry. |
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| The Kids Are All Right (MA15+) |
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| A sexy comedy of errors about a very modern family. The Allgoods are a close family experiencing life’s typical ups and downs. The only difference is that this family has two mums. Jules (Julianne Moore) and Nic (Annette Bening) have been together for years, deeply in love, and had two children through artificial insemination. This loving but strained home life is thrown into comic disarray when the kids track down their biological donor-Dad, Paul (Mark Ruffalo), and invite him home for dinner. Paul is a bachelor whose sudden longing for a family introduces an interesting sexual dynamic to the not-quite-ordinary equation of the Allgoods. At first Joni is so happy to have a cool, handsome dad like Paul. But soon enough she comes to realise that Paul is fun loving but lacks self-control and when he starts sleeping with one of her mums chaos reigns. |
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| Tomorrow When The War Began (M) |
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| Based on the first of seven books by acclaimed Australian author, John Marsden, Tomorrow, When The War Began follows the journey of eight high school friends in a remote country town whose lives are suddenly and violently upended by a war that no one saw coming. Cut off from their families and their friends, these eight extraordinary teenagers must learn to escape, survive and fight back against hostile military forces. Tomorrow, When The War Began and its subsequent sequels are one of the most popular and critically-acclaimed series of novels aimed at young readers in Australian literature history. |
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| Father Of My Children (Le père de mes enfants) (M) |
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WINNER – UN CERTAIN REGARD SPECIAL JURY PRIZE – CANNES 2009 This superbly perceptive new drama from emerging young talent Mia Hansen-Løve is a thought-provoking and deeply moving portrait of a family undergoing a dramatic rupture. Film producer Grégoire Canvel has it all – a wife and three delightful daughters he adores and a stimulating job that he's devoted to. On the surface he seems invincible, maintaining humour and charm as he tirelessly juggles the never-ending demands of his company with his domestic responsibilities. But when Grégoire's reserves, financial and emotional, reach a dramatic cracking point, his wife Sylvia and children are forced to cope with the repercussions...Marked by moments of remarkable beauty and grace amid emotional turmoil, this loving but bittersweet film has tremendous emotional power. |
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Taika Waititi’s magical follow-up to Eagle vs Shark is a rollicking coming-of-age film that affectionately lampoons the crazes of the eighties. Boy is eleven years old, obsessed with Michael Jackson and lives on a farm with his gran, a younger brother with 'special powers,' a bunch of cousins and a pet goat. Chaos ensues when Boy is left in charge for a week and his rogue father Alamein arrives home unexpectedly after years of absence. Making full use of the East coast landscapes of New Zealand, Waititi’s sense of play is infectious (E.T. references abound, and Boy is friends with sisters named Dynasty, Dallas and Falcon!) but, like his Oscar-nominated short film Two Cars, One Night, it is also underscored with a sombre question about the ultimate plight of these gorgeous Maori kids. Winner Audience Award, Sydney Film Festival. |
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| The Killer Inside Me (MA15+) |
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Renowned director Michael Winterbottom (Genova) returns with a haunting thriller based on the distinguished novel by Jim Thompson. Prompting none other than director Stanley Kubrick to call it "the most chilling and believable first-person story of a criminally warped mind I have ever encountered", The Killer Inside Me stars Casey Affleck as Lou Ford, a young Sheriff in a small middle-American town. Seemingly a regular fellow leading an unremarkable existence with his girlfriend Amy (Kate Hudson), Lou is actually a cunning and depraved sociopath. When a case warrants the arrest of a beautiful young prostitute (Jessica Alba) living on the outskirts of town, Lou can’t restrain his urges and soon falls into a tangle of darkness, lust and deceit that may call into question which side of the jail bars this lawman should be on. A stylish and chilling 1950's companion-piece to Bret Easton Ellis' first-person serial killer thriller American Psycho, this is amongst Winterbottom's best films. |
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Angelina Jolie stars as a CIA Agent Evelyn Salt in this action thriller directed by Australia's Phillip Noyce. Her loyalty is tested when a defector accuses her of being a Russian spy. Salt goes on the run, using all her skills and years of experience as a covert operative to elude capture. Salt's efforts to prove her innocence only serve to cast doubt on her motives, as the hunt to uncover the truth behind her identity continues. Also starring Liev Schreiber and Chiwetel Ejiofor. |
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Director Ruba Nadda (Sabah) again explores cross-cultural romance with Juliette (Patricia Clarkson), a magazine editor, who travels to Cairo to meet her husband, a UN official working in Gaza, for a three week vacation. When he is unavoidably delayed, he sends his friend Tareq (Alexander Siddig), who had been his security officer for many years, to escort her throughout the beautiful and exotic city. They find themselves in the middle of a brief affair that catches them both unawares. |
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Could there be a more hot-button topic than terrorism these days? Although it is historically the subject of serious documentaries and intense dramatic films, renowned British comedian Chris Morris (The Day Today, Brass Eye) finds the humour (and ultimately the humanity) in this extremist world. FOUR LIONS tells the story of a group of British jihadists who push their abstract dreams of glory to the breaking point. As the wheels fly off, and their competing ideologies clash, what emerges is an emotionally engaging (and entirely plausible) farce. In a storm of razor-sharp verbal jousting and large-scale set pieces FOUR LIONS is a comic tour de force; it shows that—while terrorism is about ideology—it can also be about idiots. |
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WINNER - SILVER BEAR FOR BEST DIRECTOR 2010 Berlin Film Festival. The sleek new political thriller from Roman Polanksi, based on a best-selling novel by Robert Harris, finds him at his witty, mischievous best, and recalls one of his greatest works Chinatown. The story revolves around a ghost writer (Ewan McGregor) hired to complete the memoirs of an ex-British Prime Minister (Pierce Brosnan) after the accidental death of the original scribe. As soon as "the ghost" is transported from London to the stylish windswept island retreat that the ex-PM shares with his wife (Olivia Williams), P.A. (Kim Cattrall) and a host of security personnel, he regrets taking on the job. But things only worsen when the ex-PM is accused of war crimes, sparking a media frenzy. And as "the ghost" starts to unravel a complex web of intrigue more sinister than he could ever imagine, it becomes more and more apparent that his life is in jeopardy... |
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In a world where technology exists to enter the human mind through dream invasion, a single idea within one's mind can be the most dangerous weapon or the most valuable asset. Dom Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a skilled thief, the absolute best in the dangerous art of extraction, stealing valuable secrets from deep within the subconscious during the dream state, when the mind is at its most vulnerable. Stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Ken Watanabe, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marion Cotillard, Ellen Page. Directed by Christopher Nolan (Memento, The Dark Knight). |
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| Hedgehog (Le Herisson) (M) |
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A moving story about love, life and the beauty of unexpected friendships. Renée is the concierge of a grand Parisian apartment building, who meets with society's expectations of what a concierge should be; reliable though totally uncultured. But beneath this façade lies the real Renée: passionate about culture and the arts, and more knowledgeable in many ways than her employers, with their outwardly successful but emotionally void lives. Meanwhile, several floors up, 11-year-old Paloma Josse is determined to avoid the pampered and vacuous future laid out for her, and in an effort to show how absurd her life is decides to film the people around her. But unknown to them both, a sudden acquaintance with their elegant and enigmatic new neighbour, Mr Ozu, will change their life forever. |
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