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• 2012
• UK/France
• 15

• Directed by: Ken Loach
• Cast: Roger Allam, John Henshaw, Daniel Portman

New drama from top Brit director Loach about a young father with a criminal past who is determined to give his son a better life than he had.

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• 2012
• US
• 142 min
• 12A

• Directed by: Joss Whedon
• Written by: Zak Penn (screenplay), Joss Whedon (screenplay)
• Cast: Robert Downey Jr, Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Samuel L Jackson

Big blockbuster superhero action as Iron Man, Thor, The Hulk, Captain America, Black Widow and Hawkeye team up to save the world.

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• 2012
• US
• 113 min
• 12A

• Directed by: Tim Burton
• Written by: John August, Seth Grahame-Smith
• Cast: Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Helena Bonham Carter, Eva Green, Jackie Earle Haley, Jonny Lee Miller, Chloë Grace Moretz, Bella Heathcote

18th century vampire Barnabas Collins (Depp) escapes from his coffin to find himself in Maine in 1972. It's fun, thanks to a smart script and plenty of surreal humour; Burton regulars Depp and Bonham-Carter are a hoot, but Moretz and Green could have used more restraint.

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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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• 2012
• US
• 94 min
• PG

• Directed by: Brad Peyton
• Cast: Josh Hutcherson, Dwayne Johnson, Michael Caine

Action, adventure and angry lizards in this sort-of sequel to 2008's Journey to the Center of the Earth.

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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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• 2011
• France
• 90 min
• U

• Directed by: Bibo Bergeron
• Cast: Vanessa Paradis, Matthieu Chedid

In 1910 Paris, a shy film projectionist and an inventor join forces with an eclectic band of misfits to embark on the hunt for a monster that is terrifying the locals.

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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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• 2012
• US
• 127 min
• 12A

• Directed by: Rupert Sanders
• Written by: Evan Daugherty, John Lee Hancock
• Cast: Kristen Stewart, Chris Hemsworth, Charlize Theron

As in the traditional tale, the jealous Queen sends a huntsman to kill Snow White after discovering her to be the fairest in the land. But in this modern adaptation the Huntsman becomes Snow White's mentor, training her as a warrior to be able to challenge the reign of the evil Queen.

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• 2011
• Mexico/Argentina
• 90 min
• U

• Directed by: Alberto Mar
• Written by: Kevin Seccia, Timothy McKeon
• Cast: Jason Harris, Chris Edgerly, Ben Diskin, Melissa Disney, Bill Lobely

Mexican-made feature-length version of the adventures of Hanna-Barbera's feline trickster and his pals. In this latest adventure, a new police chief arrives and, unhappy with the way officer Dibble is failing to deal with Top Cat's scams, proves to be his greatest foe yet.

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• 2012
• US
• 109 min
• 12A

• Directed by: Kirk Jones
• Written by: Shauna Cross, Heather Hatch
• Cast: Cameron Diaz, Matthew Morrison, Dennis Quaid

Based on the New York Times best seller of the same name, this comedy focuses on five couples about to have children. Celebrity couple Jules and Evan, author Wendy and her husband Gary and potential adopters Holly and Alex are among the pairs whose lives intertwine on the road to parenthood.

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