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• 2012
• US
• 15

• Directed by: Larry Charles
• Written by: Sacha Baron Cohen, Alec Berg
• Cast: Sacha Baron Cohen, Anna Faris, John C. Reilly

Admiral General Aladeen (Cohen) is the titular dictator: a sexist, racist, fascist pig with a penchant for execution, who during a trip to the UN is betrayed by his right-hand man (Kingsley). The jokes come thick, fast and obvious but despite moments of solid satire it feels a bit stale.

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• 2011
• US
• 127 min

• Directed by: Martin Scorsese
• Cast: Asa Butterfield, Ben Kingsley, Chloë Grace Moretz, Sacha Baron Cohen, Ray Winstone, Emily Mortimer, and Jude Law

Scorsese films Brian Selznick’s book for youngsters, The Invention of Hugo Cabret, with Butterfield as the young orphan thief who becomes embroiled in a mystery involving a stolen key, a cryptic drawing and a mechanical man, courtesy of accomplices Isabelle (Moretz) and shopkeeper Georges (Kingsley).

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• 2010
• UK
• 15

• Directed by: Tom Hooper
• Cast: Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter

As war approaches, King George VI (Firth) is suddenly placed in a position of power, so hires a speech therapist to cure his speech impediment. Firth's affable persona lends an edge to the sheer frustration with which the King stumbles his way through public performances and contributes largely to the film's feel-good twist.

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• 2012
• US
• 105 min
• PG

• Directed by: Barry Sonnenfeld
• Written by: David Koepp
• Cast: Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin

In a Back to the Future-style escapade, Agent J (Smith) must go back in time and stop the young Agent K (Josh Brolin) being killed by an alien criminal and altering the shape of the Agency. Earth will, of course, need to be saved in the process.

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• 2012
• US
• 15

• Directed by: Ridley Scott
• Written by: Jon Spaihts, Damon Lindelof
• Cast: Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Guy Pearce, Idris Elba, Logan Marshall-Green, Charlize Theron

Sci-fi adventure in which a team of scientists investigating alien life forms becomes stranded and has to fight a battle in which the safety of mankind is at stake.

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