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	Mongol (2007) Cert: 15 Director: Sergei Bodrov Cast: Aliya, Tegen Ao, Tadanobu Asano Synopsis: A visually stunning film, following the early life of Genghis Khan and his violent rise to power, before eventually riding at the head of the Golden Horde.



	Joy Division (2007) Cert: 15 Director: Grant Gee Cast: Peter Hook, Stephen Morris, Bernard Sumner, Richard Boon, Anton Corbijn, Kevin Cummins Synopsis: A documentary by Grant Gee. Their own story in their own words. Featuring the unprecedented participation of all the surviving band members (now known as New Order), 'Joy Division' examines the band's story as depicted through never-before-seen live performance footage, personal photos, period films and newly discovered audiotapes.



	River Queen (2005) Cert: Director: Vincent Ward Cast: Samantha Morton, Kiefer Sutherland, Cliff Curtis, Temuera Morrison, Anton Lesser, Rawiri Pene Synopsis: Sarah, (Samantha Morton) finds herself young and pregnant by a Maori boy much to the chagrin of her British soldier father. When the child is a toddler, he is snatched by his Maori family. Her search over the coming years remains fruitless until a bitter war breaks out between the Maori people and the colonial army where Sarah finds herself close to the end of her search - but torn by her love for both sides.



	Black Water (2007) Cert: 15 Director: David Nerlich Cast: Diana Glenn Maeve Dermody Synopsis: Based on a true story, this thrill-packed movie follows the adventures of a group of young tourist trapped in the Australian swamp by a man-eating crocodile.



	Closing the Ring (2007) Cert: 12 Director: Richard Attenborough Cast: Shirley MacLaine, Christopher Plummer, Mischa Barton Synopsis: From Academy Award�-winning director Richard Attenborough (Gandhi, Shadowlands) comes Closing the Ring, a deeply moving love story of an American woman (Academy Award�-winner Shirley MacLaine - In Her Shoes, Terms of Endearment) who honours a wartime promise of love with a lifetime of heartache until the discovery of a gold ring reawakens her. Spanning two continents and half a century, Closing the Ring also stars Christopher Plummer (A Beautiful Mind, The Insider), Mischa Barton (The O.C.), Academy Award�-nominee Pete Postlethwaite (The Constant Gardener, In the Name of the Father) and Academy Award�-winner Brenda Fricker (My Left Foot, The Field).



	The Killing of John Lennon (2007) Cert: 15 Director: Andrew Piddington Cast: Jonas Ball Synopsis: A visually stunning, chilling insight into the mind of Mark David Chapman, the 25 year old narcissist who gunned down John Lennon outside his New York apartment building in 1980. Chapman�s dialogue is taken from interviews, depositions and court transcripts, grounding the film firmly in the realms of veracity.



	Interview (2007) Cert: 15 Director: Steve Buscemi Cast: Steve Buscemi, Sienna Miller Synopsis: A political journalist past his prime is forced by his editor to interview a rising soap opera starlet. The two quickly develop a disturbing relationship� Stars Steve Buscemi and Sienna Miller.



	ANVIL! THE STORY OF ANVIL (2008) Cert: TBC Director: Sacha Gervasi Cast: Steven 'Lips' Kudlow Robb Reiner Glenn Gyorffy Synopsis: Anvil! The Story of Anvil stars real-life members of the band, Steve "Lips" Kudlow and Robb Reiner. As 14 year old school friends, they promised to rock together forever. Their band, Anvil, went on to become the "demigods of Canadian metal," releasing one of the heaviest albums in metal history, 1982's Metal on Metal. The album influenced a musical generation, including Metallica, Slayer, and Anthrax, that went on to sell millions of records. But Anvil's career took a different path - straight to obscurity. Picking up on their story 26 years later, director Sacha Gervasi, who worked as a roadie for the band when he was 16, uncovers an achingly touching and often hilarious account of Anvil's last-ditch quest for elusive fame and fortune. At its core, Anvil! The Story of Anvil is a timeless tale of survival and the unadulterated passion it takes to follow your dream, year after year. Anvil rocks - it has no other choice. �The best rock �n� roll movie since �...Spinal Tap�? Hell yeah.� � Kerrang!



	JAR CITY (M�RIN) Cert: 15 Director: Baltasar Korm�kur Cast: Ingvar Eggert Sigur�sson Atli Rafn Sigur�sson Synopsis: An elderly man is found murdered in his basement flat. Inspector Erlendur and his crew don�t have much to go by in the investigation, but a photograph of a young girl�s grave gives them a lead. They discover that many years ago the victim was accused, though not convicted, of horrible crimes. Did the old man�s past come back to haunt him? As Erlendur reopens this very cold case, he follows a trail of unusual forensic evidence, uncovering secrets that are much larger than the murder of one old man � with clues knit into the genetic bloodline of an entire country. Based on the novel M�RIN by Arnaldur Indriđason, winner of the Scandinavian crime writers� Glass Key Award in 2002.



	GOOD DICK (2008) Cert: 15 Director: Marianna Palka Cast: Marianna Palka Jason Ritter Tom Arnold Synopsis: GOOD DICK is an unusual fairy tale about a troubled, solitary young woman and the persistent video clerk who draws her out of her claustrophobic world. As they become closer, her sexual antipathy is countered by his unflinching optimism, until finally he breaks down her defences. Profoundly affected by his presence in her life, she finds the courage to face her past.



	THE BROKEN (2008) Cert: TBC Director: Sean Ellis Cast: Lena Headey Richard Jenkins Asier Newman Synopsis: While on her way home, radiologist Gina McVey (Lena Headey) sees herself drive past in her own car. Thrown, she follows the car and the woman up to her apartment, where Gina finds a photo of her father with her double. Shocked and bewildered, Gina flees the apartment and while driving away overshoots a red light and smashes into a truck. From here, events take an eerie turn for the worse until Gina's awareness slides from solid reality into a world that will haunt more than just her nightmares.



	Two Days in Paris (2007) Cert: 15 Director: Julie Delpy Cast: Julie Delpy Adam Goldberg Daniel Bruehl Synopsis: A New York man struggles to come to terms with the behaviour of his girlfriend�s French family, her prolific sexual history and indeed the whole culture of Europe when they spend a couple of days in Paris on their way home from a summer holiday in Italy



	SCAR 3D Cert: 18 Director: Jed Weintrob Cast: Angela Bettis Kirby Bliss Blanton Synopsis: In the small Colorado town of Ovid, Ernie Bishop carried out his reign of terror, systematically torturing and killing teenagers until one of his victims, Joan Burrows, fought back and killed him. Sixteen years later, Joan returns to Ovid, for the first time since her terrifying ordeal, to visit her teenage niece, Olympia. No sooner has she arrived than the murders begin. Has Ernie Bishop returned from the dead? When her niece goes missing, it�s up to Joan, once again, to go after the killer. SHOWN IN TERRIFYING 3D!



	The Upside Of Anger (2005) Cert: 15 Director: Mike Binder Cast: Joan Allen, Kevin Costner, Erika Christensen, Keri Russell, Alicia Witt, Evan Rachel Wood, Mike Binder Synopsis: Suburban wife and mother Terry Wolfmeyer's life is turned upside down when her husband unexpectedly disappears. With four challenging daughters, Terry's saving grace comes in the form of a bottle of vodka and an offbeat relationship with her charismatic next-door neighbour, Denny (Costner).



	The Truth About Love (2004) Cert: 15 Director: John Hay Cast: Jennifer Love Hewitt, David Christian, Freddie Waters, Jimi Mistry, Kate Miles Synopsis: When Alice (Jennifer Love Hewitt) receives a Valentine's Day card from her husband's best friend, Archie she mistakenly assumes it to be from her husband, and playfully responds with an anonymous card. Suspicions rise however, when her husband hides the card in this excellent romantic comedy.



	A Prairie Home Companion Cert: PG Director: Robert Altman Cast: Woody Harrelson, Tommy Lee Jones, Garrison Keillor, Kevin Kline, Lindsay Lohan, Meryl Streep Synopsis: Director Robert Altman and writer Garrison Keillor join forces with an all-star cast to create a comic backstage fable, following a fictitious radio variety show that has managed to survive in the age of television a playful story set on a rainy Saturday night in St. Paul, Minnesota.



	Shortbus Cert: 18 Director: John Cameron Mitchell Cast: Sook-Yin Lee, Paul Dawson, Lindsay Beamish, PJ DeBoy, Raphael Barker Synopsis: Shortbus follows various characters based in New York City (including a sex therapist who has never had an orgasm!), as they navigate the comic/tragic intersections between sex and love in and around a modern-day polysexual underground salon called Shortbus.



	Havoc (2005) Cert: Unrated Director: Barbara Kopple Cast: Anne Hathaway, Bijou Phillips, Shiri Appleby, Michael Biehn, Joseph Gordon-Levitt Synopsis: Desperate to escape suburbia and experience the "gangsta" lifestyle firsthand, teenagers Allison (Anne Hathaway) and Emily (Bijou Phillips) set their sights on East L.A. and in particular the members of the notorious 16 Street gang lead by Hector (Freddy Rodriguez) Emerged in reality of the gangsta way the pair suddenly realise they are out of their depth, but is it too late?



	Innocent Voices (2004) Cert: 12A Director: Luis Mandoki Cast: Carlos Padilla, Leonor Varela, Xuna Primus, Gustavo Mu�oz, Jos� Mar�a Yazpik Synopsis: Based on the true story of screenwriter Oscar Torres's embattled childhood, Luis Mandoki's Innocent Voices follows the life of eleven year old Chava (Carlos Padilla), as he suddenly becomes the "man of the house" during the middle of the civil war.



	Three (2005) Cert: 15 Director: Stewart Raffill Cast: Billy Zane, Kelly Brook, Juan Pablo Di Pace, Todd Collins, Victoria Di Pace Synopsis: When Jack & Jennifer take a cruise with friends, it ought to be idealistic. However a dispute between Jack and crew member Manuel, triggers a string of catastrophic events that leads to the ship sinking. Jen and Manuel seem to be the only survivors to wash up on an island that is before Jack turns up and a deadly love triangle begins.



	The Adventures of GreyFriars Bobby (2005) Cert: PG Director: John Henderson Cast: James Cosmo, Suzanne Dance, Ron Donachie Synopsis: After Constable John Gary's death his terrier Bobby is entrusted to Ewan, a shy young man whom Gray had taken under his wing. With a new dog licensing act putting Bobby's life in danger, Ewan must find a way to beat his shyness an save poor Bobby.



	Hatchet (2007) Cert: 18 Director: Adam Green Cast: Robert Englund, Kane Hodder, Tony Todd, Joel David Moore Synopsis: A group of tourists in New Orleans go on a haunted swamp tour. After their boat sinks, the group find themselves stranded in the wilderness and hunted by a killer more hideous and terrifying than they could ever have imagined. A savvy, fun, blood-soaked horror, it features an amazing supporting cast of the some of the genre�s best known actors; Robert Englund (Freddy Krueger), Tony Todd (Candyman) and Kane Hodder (Jason from Friday 13th VII and VIII, Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Chapter and Jason X).

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