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The 51st State
(18)
16 - 22 January: HC9
FINAL
PLAY
Action comedy with Samuel L. Jackson as a streetwise chemist with a new drug that
delivers the biggest ever high. Things go wrong when he hooks up with some bumbling
accomplices to push his product in the UK. Robert Carlyle co-stars. [Dur: 92 min]
A screening begins every 2 hours
Aaboud Al Hodood
(PG)
26
December - 01 January : HC7 - 8
09 - 15 January : HC7 - 8
23 - 29 January : HC7 - 8
Arabic language comedy starring the late Alaa Waliy El Deen as Aboud, a kindhearted
youth who finds himself defending the Egyptian-Israeli border after being conscripted
by the army. [Dur:106 min]
A screening begins every hour
Alhoub Al Awal
(PG)
02
- 08 January :
HC7- 8
16 - 22 January : HC7- 8
30 January - 05 Febuary : HC7 - 8
One of them is looking for romance, one of them is finding it hard to attract
women and the other just wants any woman he can get! Hilarious Arabic comedy about
three lovelorn Cairo friends starring Mostafa Amar, Tareq Lotfi and Hany Ramzy.
[Dur: 132 min]
A screening begins every hour and 15 minutes
Big
Shot's Funeral (tbc) PREMIERE
16
- 22 January : HC6
Comedy about a movie shoot in China that descends into farce when the director
falls ill and an eccentric cameraman takes over. Donald Sutherland stars. [Dur:
100 min]
A screening begins every 2 hours
Blue
Car (18) PREMIERE
09
- 15 January : HC6
The tender story of a young woman who expresses the unhappiness of her homelife
through poetry, and the teacher who tries to nurture her talent. Drama with David
Strathairn. [Dur: 96 min]
A screening begins every 2 hours
The
Book Of Eve (tbc)
PREMIERE
26
December - 01 January : HC9
Tender drama starring Clare Bloom as a woman who leaves her husband after years
of unstimulating marriage. Being alone is equally unsatisfying until a younger
man insists on showing her what life can really be about. [Dur: 98 min]
A screening begins every 2 hours
Catch
Me If You Can (tbc)
PREMIERE
16
- 22 January : HC1 - 4
23 - 29 January : HC5
The amazing
true story of Frank Abagnale Jr, a daring and charming conman who pulled off many
large scale swindles and became one of the FBI's most wanted men. Steven Spielberg
directs Tom Hanks and Leonardo DiCaprio. [Dur:141 min]
16 - 22 January: A screening begins every 45 minutes
23 - 29 January: A screening begins every 2 hours and 30 minutes
|
101
|
16
- 22 January |
|
105
|
23
- 29 January |
Chicago
(16)
PREMIERE
26
December - 01 January : HC1 - 4
02 - 08 January : HC5
30
January - 05 Febuary: H10
Lavish,
vibrant blockbuster based on the smash-hit stage musical. Renée Zellweger
plays an ambitious dancer who wants to make it to the top of the showbiz tree
by any means necessary. Catherine Zeta Jones and Richard Gere star. [Dur:113 min]
26 December - 01 January: A screening begins every 30 minutes
02 - 08 January: A screening begins every 2 hours
30 January - 05 Febuary: A screening begins every 2 hours
|
101
|
26
- 01 January |
|
105
|
02
- 08 January |
| 110 |
30
January - 05 Febuary |
Confidence (tbc)
30 January - 05 Febuary: HC1
- 4
A conman on the verge of pulling off his biggest ever scam realises he has been
swindling the wrong man - a crime boss with a nice line in revenge. Crime thriller
with Edward Burns, Dustin Hoffman and Rachel Weisz. [Dur: 97 min]
A screening begins every 30 minutes
Enough (16)
02 - 08 January : H10
FINAL
PLAY
Jennifer Lopez stars as a woman on the run from her abusive husband who decides
to train herself to fight back against his violence. Thriller with Noah Wyle.
[Dur: 115 min]
A screening begins every 2 hours
Festival
in Cannes (16)
PREMIERE
02
- 08 January : HC9
Comedy
set behind the scenes at the Cannes Film Festival, where a movie producer has
to juggle a whole host of problems to keep his film project alive. Greta Scacchi
stars. [Dur:99 min]
A screening begins every 2 hours
Heroes
Mountain: The Threadbo Story (16)
PREMIERE
30
January - 05 Febuary : HC9
The amazing true story of Australia's Thredbo disaster, in which rescue workers
raced against time to rescue 60 people buried by an avalanche. Craig Maclachlan
stars. [Dur:100 min]
A screening begins every 2 hours
The
Hunted (18)
09
- 15 January : H10
FINAL
PLAY
An FBI
agent is assigned to track down a hunter who has developed a fondness for pursuing
human prey in the backwoods of Oregon. Action thriller with Tommy Lee Jones and
Benicio Del Toro. [Dur:94 min]
A screening begins every 2 hours
Interceptor
Force (tbc)
PREMIERE
26
December - 01 January : HC5
An elite
team of government agents are sent to the wilds of Russia to confront a fearsome
alien with a grudge. Sci-fi action with Olivier Gruner. [Dur: 90 min]
A screening begins every 2 hours
The
Invader (tbc)
PREMIERE
09
- 15 January : HC9
An alien
from a dying race must impregnate an earthling or his kind will become extinct.
Sci-fi horror with Sean Young and Daniel Baldwin. [Dur: 93 min]
A screening begins every 2 hours
Jackass
: The Movie (18)
23
- 29 January : H10
FINAL
PLAY
*not
showing 26 January - replaced with WWE Royal Rumble
Warning:
This movie depicts totally stupid stunts that should on no account be attempted
by sensible individuals! Johnny Knoxville and the Jackass team put their bodies
in extreme peril purely for your entertaintment. [Dur:87 min]
A screening begins every 2 hours
Little
Insects (tbc)
PREMIERE
30
January - 05 Febuary : HC6
While
their colonies go to war over a jam jar, two young ants find a 'Romeo & Juliet'-style
love with each other despite being on opposite sides. Animated fun for all the
family. [Dur: tbc]
A screening begins every 2 hours
Lone
Hero (tbc)
PREMIERE
23
- 29 January : HC6
An actor
in a wild west show must play the part for real when his town is taken over by
a biker gang and he is the nearest thing to a hero the townsfolk have got. Action
drama with Lou Diamond Philips and Sean Patrick Flannery. [Dur: 90 min]
A screening begins every 2 hours
The
QuietAmerican (tbc)
PREMIERE
23
- 29 January : HC1 - 4
30 January - 05 Febuary : HC5
Michael
Caine gives one of his best ever performances in this strong drama about a British
reporter vying with a young American for the affections of a woman in 1950's Vietnam.
Highly recommended. [Dur: 101 min]
23 - 29 January: A screening begins every 30 minutes
30 January - 05 Febuary : A screening begins every 2 hours
|
101
|
23
- 29 January |
|
105
|
30
January - 05 Febuary |
Spy
Kids 2: Island Of Lost Dreams (PG)
PREMIERE
02
- 08 January : HC1 - 4
09 - 15 January : HC5
The Cortez
kids are back, and this time the action is even more explosive! Smash-hit family
adventure sequel with Antonio Banderas, Alexa Vega, Carla Gugino and Steve Buscemi.
[Dur: 99 min]
02 - 08 January: A screening begins every 30 minutes
09 - 15 January: A screening begins every 2 hours
|
101
|
02
- 08 January |
|
105
|
09
- 15 January |
The
Tuxedo (tbc)
PREMIERE
09
- 15 January : HC1 - 4
16 - 22 January : HC5
A hapless
chauffeur is transformed into a secret agent when he tries on a special tuxedo
that gives special abilities to whomever is wearing it. High-octane action with
Jackie Chan and Jennifer Love Hewitt. [Dur: 98 min]
09 - 15 January: A screening begins every 30 minutes
16 - 22 January: A screening begins every 2 hours
|
101
|
09
- 15 January |
|
105
|
16
- 22 January |
Wasabi
(tbc) PREMIERE
23
- 29 January :
HC9
A French
cop travels to Tokyo to hear the reading of his former girlfriend's will, only
to find that she died in suspicious circumstances, that there's $200m up for grabs
and he is the father of her child. Comedy with Jean Reno. [Dur: 94 min]
A screening begins every 2 hours
The
Weight of Water (18)
26
December - 01 January :
H10
FINAL
PLAY
Tense thriller
about a journalist investigating a double axe murder who uncovers some difficult
secrets about the past. Sean Penn, Sarah Polley, Catherine McCormack and Elizabeth
Hurley star. [Dur: 113 min]
A screening begins every 2 hours
Wise
Girls (18)
16
- 22 January :
H10
FINAL
PLAY
A waitress
working in a restaurant owned by the mafia faces a potentially deadly dilemma
when she witnesses a serious crime. Crime thriller with Mira Sorvino, Melora Walters
and Mariah Carey. [Dur: 96 min]
A screening begins every 2 hours
WWE
Royal Rumble
26 January : H10
30 WWE
Superstars. One ring. One chance to live the dream. The Road to Wrestlemania begins
at Royal Rumble. Don't miss WWE Royal Rumble, Monday, January 26 , live
and only on pay-per-view.
Zu
Warriors (tbc) PREMIERE
26
December - 01 January
: HC6
Wonderful,
special effects laden martial arts action and adventure with "Crouching Tiger,
Hidden Dragon" star Zhang Ziyi and one of the masters of Hong Kong cinema,
Sammo Hung Kam-Bo. One of the most amazing kung fu movies ever made! [Dur: 104
min]
A screening begins every 2 hours