SAW V
Rating: MA 15+
Starring: Tobin Bell, Scott Patterson, Costas Mandylor, Mark Rolston, Julie Benz, Meagan Good, Donnie Wahlberg, Lyriq Bent, Danny Glover, Angus Macfadyen
Director: David Hackl
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Website Links:
http://www.saw5.com/
Trailer:
http://www.apple.com/trailers/lions_gate/sawv/

Synopsis
In the fifth installment of the SAW franchise, Hoffman is seemingly the last person alive to carry on the Jigsaw legacy. But when his secret is threatened, Hoffman must go on the hunt to eliminate all loose ends.

Australia
Rating: TBC
STARTS WENESDAY 26TH NOV

Starring: Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, David Wenham, Bruce Spence
Director: Baz Luhrmann
Genre: Action / Adventure / Romance
Website Links:
http://www.australiamovie.com/

Synopsis
A romantic action-adventure set in northern Australia prior to World War II, AUSTRALIA centers on an English aristocrat (Kidman) who inherits a ranch the size of Maryland. When English cattle barons plot to take her land, she reluctantly joins forces with a rough-hewn cattle driver (Jackman) to drive 2000 head of cattle across hundreds of miles of the country's most unforgiving land, only to still face the bombing of Darwin, Australia by the Japanese forces that had attacked Pearl Harbor only months earlier. With his new film, Luhrmann is painting on a vast canvas, creating a cinematic experience that brings together romance, drama, adventure and spectacle.

Quantum Of Solace
Rating: M
Starring: Daniel Craig, Jesper Christensen, Mathieu Amalric, Gemma Arterton, Anatole Taubman
Director: Marc Forster
Genre: Action / Adventure / Drama
Website Links:
http://www.007.com/
Trailer:
http://www.apple.com/trailers/sony_pictures/

Synopsis
QUANTUM OF SOLACE continues the high octane adventures of James Bond (DANIEL CRAIG) in CASINO ROYALE.
Betrayed by Vesper, the woman he loved, 007 fights the urge to make his latest mission personal. Pursuing his determination to uncover the truth, Bond and M (JUDI DENCH) interrogate Mr White (JESPER CHRISTENSEN) who reveals the organization which blackmailed Vesper is far more complex and dangerous than anyone had imagined.

Max Payne
Rating: MA 15+
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, Beau Bridges, Chris O'Donnell
Director: John Moore
Genre: Action / Thriller
Website Links:
http://www.maxpaynethemovie.com/
Trailer:
http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/maxpayne/

Synopsis
Based on the legendary, hard-hitting interactive video game, "Max Payne" tells the story of a maverick cop determined to track down those responsible for the brutal murder of his family and partner. Hell-bent on revenge, his obsessive investigation takes him on a nightmare journey into a dark underworld. As the mystery deepens, Max (Wahlberg) is forced to battle enemies beyond the natural world and face an unthinkable betrayal.

 

Step Brothers
Rating: MA 15+
Starring: Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, Richard Jenkins
Director: Adam McKay
Genre: Comedy
Website Links:
http://www.stepbrothers-movie.com/
Trailer:
http://www.apple.com/trailers/sony_pictures/stepbrothers/

Synopsis
Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly, who last teamed in the box-office smash "Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby," now star in "Step Brothers," directed by Adam McKay ("Talladega Nights"). In "Step Brothers," Ferrell plays Brennan Huff, a sporadically employed thirty-nine-year-old who lives with his mother, Nancy (Mary Steenburgen). Reilly plays Dale Doback, a terminally unemployed forty-year-old who lives with his father, Robert (Richard Jenkins). When Robert and Nancy marry and move in together, Brennan and Dale are forced to live with each other as step brothers. As their narcissism and downright aggressive laziness threaten to tear the family apart, these two middle-aged, immature, overgrown boys will orchestrate an insane, elaborate plan to bring their parents back together.
To pull it off, they must form an unlikely bond that maybe, just maybe, will finally get them out of the house.

Nights In Rodanthe
Rating: PG
Starring: Richard Gere, Diane Lane, James Franco, Christopher Meloni
Director: George Wolfe
Genre: Romance
Website Links:
http://www.nightsinrodanthe.com/

Synopsis
Adrienne Willis (Diane Lane), a woman with her life in chaos, retreats to the tiny coastal town of Rodanthe, in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, to tend to a friend's inn for the weekend. Here she hopes to find the tranquility she so desperately needs to rethink the conflicts surrounding her--a wayward husband who has asked to come home, and a teenaged daughter who resents her every decision. Almost as soon as Adrienne gets to Rodanthe, a major storm is forecast and Dr. Paul Flanner (Richard Gere) arrives. The only guest at the inn, Flanner is not on a weekend escape but rather is there to face his own crisis of conscience. Now, with the storm closing in, the two turn to each other for comfort and, in one magical weekend, set in motion a life-changing romance that will resonate throughout the rest of their lives.

 

Wild Child
Rating: PG
Starring: Emma Roberts, Kimberley Nixon, Linzey Cocker, Natasha Richardson, Shirley Henderson, Aidan Quinn
Director: Nick Moore
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Website Links:
http://www.wildchildmovie.com/

Synopsis
Sixteen-year-old Poppy (Emma Roberts, Nancy Drew) is a self-obsessed, incorrigible brat who lives a pampered life in her L.A. world. Though she's handed credit cards with unlimited balances and surrounded by countless hangers on, Poppy can't escape the mounting frustration she feels with her family situation. And she makes sure that everyone knows it.

 



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