Films Released in the UK - 06/07/12

The Amazing Spider-Man

Directed by: Marc Webb

Starring: Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Rhys Ifans

Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Peter Parker finds a clue that might help him understand why his parents disappeared when he was young. His path puts him on a collision course with Dr. Curt Connors, his father's former partner.

Katy Perry: Part of Me

Directed by: Dan Cutforth & Jane Lipsitz

Starring: Katy Perry, Shannon Woodward, Rachael Markarian

Genre(s): Documentary, Music

A documentary that chronicles Katy Perry's life on and off-stage.

Savages

Directed by: Oliver Stone

Starring: Aaron Johnson, Taylor Kitsch, Blake Lively

Genre(s): Crime, Drama, Thriller

Pot growers Ben and Chon face off against the Mexican drug cartel who kidnapped their shared girlfriend.

The Magic of Belle Isle

Directed by: Rob Reiner

Starring: Morgan Freeman, Virginia Madsen, Madeline Carroll

Genre(s): Comedy, Drama

In an effort to tap into his original talent, a wheelchair-bound author moves to a rural town, where he befriends a single mother and her three kids, who help reignite his passion for writing.

The Do-Deca-Pentathlon

Directed by: Jay & Mark Duplass

Starring: Mark Kelly, Steve Zissis, Jennifer Lafleur

Genre(s): Comedy

Two brothers compete in their own private 25-event Olympics.

Crazy Eyes

Directed by: Adam Sherman

Starring: Lukas Haas, Madeline Zima, Jake Busey

Genre(s): Comedy

Zach is guy for whom the party never ends. But when he meets the girl he nicknames "Crazy Eyes," the inability to have her, combined with family matters, are signs that his idle life might be due for a change.

Films Released in the UK - 29/6/12

Ted

Directed by: Seth MacFarlane

Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, Seth MacFarlane

Genre(s): Comedy, Fantasy

As the result of a childhood wish, John Bennett's teddy bear, Ted, came to life and has been by John's side ever since - a friendship that's tested when Lori, John's girlfriend of four years, wants more from their relationship.

Magic Mike

Directed by: Steven Soderbergh

Starring: Channing Tatum, Alex Pettyfer, Olivia Munn

Genre(s): Comedy, Drama

A male stripper teaches a younger performer how to party, pick up women, and make easy money.

People Like Us

Directed by: Alex Kurtzman

Starring: Chris Pine, Elizabeth Banks, Michelle Pfeiffer

Genre(s): Drama

While settling his recently deceased father's estate, a salesman discovers he has a sister whom he never knew about, leading both siblings to re-examine their perceptions about family and life choices.

Take This Waltz

Directed by: Sarah Polley

Starring: Michelle Williams, Seth Rogen, Sarah Silverman

Genre(s): Comedy, Drama

A happily married woman falls for the artist who lives across the street.

Storage 24

Directed by: Johannes Roberts

Starring: Noel Clarke, Colin O’Donoghue, Antonia Campbell-Hughes

Genre(s): Horror, Sci-fi

London is in chaos. A military cargo plane has crashed leaving its highly classified contents strewn across the city. Completely unaware London is in lockdown, Charlie and Shelley, accompanied by best friends Mark and Nikki, are at Storage 24 dividing up their possessions after a recent break-up. Suddenly, the power goes off. Trapped in a dark maze of endless corridors, a mystery predator is hunting them one by one. In a place designed to keep things in, how do you get out?

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Films Released in the UK (22/6/12)

Brave

Directed by: Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman, Steve Purcell

Starring: Kelly Macdonald, Billy Connolly, Emma Thompson

Genre(s): Animation, Action, Adventure

Determined to make her own path in life, Princess Merida defies a custom that brings chaos to her kingdom. Granted one wish, Merida must rely on her bravery and her archery skills to undo a beastly curse.

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

Directed by: Timur Bekmambetov

Starring: Benjamin Walker, Rufus Sewell, Dominic Cooper

Genre(s): Action, Fantasy, Horror

Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, discovers vampires are planning to take over the United States. He makes it his mission to eliminate them.

La Luna

Directed by: Enrico Casarosa

Starring: Krista Sheffler

Genre(s): Animation, Short

A fable of a young boy who is coming of age in the most peculiar of circumstances. Tonight is the very first time his Papa and Grandpa are taking him to work. In an old wooden boat they row far out to sea, and with no land in sight, they stop and wait. A big surprise awaits the little boy as he discovers his family's most unusual line of work.

The Last Ride

Directed by: Harry Thomason

Starring: Henry Thomas, Jesse James, Fred Dalton Thompson

Genre(s): Biography, Drama, Music

At the end of 1952, with the best years of Hank Williams's career behind him, he hires a local kid to drive him through the Appalachian countryside for a pair of New Years shows in West Virginia and Ohio.

To Rome With Love

Directed by: Woody Allen

Starring: Woody Allen, Penelope Cruz, Jesse Eisenberg

Genre(s): Comedy

A story about a number of people in Italy, some American, some Italian, some residents, some visitors, and the romances and adventures and predicaments they get into.

Seeking a Friend for the End of the World

Directed by: Lorene Scafaria

Starring: Steve Carell, Keira Knightley, Melanie Lynskey

Genre(s): Comedy, Drama, Romance

As an asteroid nears Earth, a man finds himself alone after his wife leaves in a panic. He decides to take a road trip to reunite with his high school sweetheart. Accompanying him is a neighbour who inadvertently puts a wrench in his plan.

Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies

Directed by: Nicholas Eliopoulos

Starring: Mary Pickford, Charles Chaplin, Amelia Earhart, Douglas Fairbanks & Jr, Lillian Gish, D.W.Griffith

Genre(s): Documentary

It traces the life and work of the legendary silent film star, movie pioneer, and keen business woman who co-created United Artists Studios. Pickford's life (1892-1979) also parallels an even larger story, the telling of the "birth of the cinema" itself.

Films Released in the UK (23/3/12)

The Hunger Games
Directed by: Gary Ross
Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth
Genre(s): Action, Drama, Sci-fi
Set in a future where the Capitol selects a boy and girl from the twelve districts to fight to the death on live television, Katniss Everdeen volunteers to take her younger sister's place for the latest match.

The Trouble with Bliss

Directed by: Michael Knowles
Starring: Michael C. Hall, Peter Fonda, Lucy Liu
Genre(s): Comedy, Drama
A guy in his mid-thirties watches as his life comically unravels after he enters into a relationship with the daughter of a former high school classmate.

Act of Valour

Directed by: Mike McCoy, Scott Waugh
Starring: Alex Veadov, Roselyn Sanchez, Nestor Serrano
Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Thriller
An elite team of Navy SEALs embark on a covert mission to recover a kidnapped CIA agent.

Wild Bill

Directed by: Dexter Fletcher
Starring: Charlie Crred-Miles, Will Poulter, Liz White
Genre(s): Drama
Out on parole after 8 years inside Bill Hayward returns home to find his now 11 and 15 year old sons abandoned by their mother and fending for themselves.

Agent Vinod

Directed by: Sriram Raghavan
Starring: Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Malika Haydon
Genre(s): Action, Thriller
A series of seemingly unconnected events across the world leads to Agent Vinod undertaking a globe-trotting mission to discover why his colleague was murdered.

The Grind

Directed by: Rishi Opel
Starring: Jamie Foreman, Danny John-Jules, Zoe Tapper
Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
Vince is the nightclub manager of The Grind in Hackney, East London and having fought his way to a decent living and respectable lifestyle he is determined to settle down and take life easier. But will it be that simple?

Films Released in the UK (16/3/12)

21 Jump Street
Directed by: Phil Lord, Christopher Miller
Starring: Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum, Ice Cube
Genre(s): Action, Comedy
A pair of underachieving cops are sent back to a local high school to blend in and bring down a synthetic drug ring.

We Bought A Zoo

Directed by: Cameron Crowe
Starring: Matt Damon, Scarlett Johansson, Thomas Haden Church
Genre(s): Comedy, Drama, Family
Set in Southern California, a father moves his young family to the countryside to renovate and re-open a struggling zoo.

Contraband

Directed by: Baltasar Kormakur
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Caleb Landry Jones, Kate Beckinsale
Genre(s): Action, Crime, Drama
To protect his brother-in-law from a drug lord, a former smuggler heads to Panama to score millions of dollars in counterfeit bills.

Lord Of The Dance 3D

Directed by: Marcus Viner
Starring: Michael Flatley
Genre(s): Musical
Tells a timeless story based on Irish folklore of good versus evil, & through the media of dance & music it is understood and appreciated by every culture.

The Devil Inside

Directed by: William Brent Ball
Starring: Fernanda Andrade, Simon Quarterman, Evan Helmuth
Genre(s): Horror
In Italy, a woman becomes involved in a series of unauthorized exorcisms during her mission to discover what happened to her mother, who allegedly murdered three people during her own exorcism.

Bill Cunningham New York

Directed by: Richard Press
Starring: Bill Cunningham, Anna Wintour, Michael Kors
Genre(s): Documentary
A cinematic profile of the noted veteran New York City fashion photographer.

Once Upon A Time In Anatolia

Directed by: Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Starring: Muhammet Uzuner, Yilmaz Erdogan, Taner Birsel
Genre(s): Crime, Drama
A group of men set out in search of a dead body in the Anatolian steppes.

In Darkness

Directed by: Agnieszka Holland
Starring: Robert Wieckiewicz, Benno Furmann, Agnieszka Grochowska
Genre(s): Drama, War
A dramatization of one man's rescue of Jewish refugees in the Nazi-occupied Polish city of Lvov.

Films Released in the UK (9/3/12)

John Carter

Directed by: Andrew Stanton

Starring: Taylor Kitsch, Willem Dafoe, Lynne Collins

Genre(s):Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Transplanted to Mars, a Civil War vet discovers a lush planet inhabited by 12-foot tall barbarians. Finding himself a prisoner of these creatures, he escapes, only to encounter a princess who is in desperate need of a savior.

The Raven

Directed by: James McTeigue

Starring: John Cusack, Alice Eve, Luke Evans

Genre(s): Thriller

When a madman begins committing horrific murders inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's works, a young Baltimore detective joins forces with Poe to stop him from making his stories a reality.

This Must Be the Place

Directed by: Paolo Sorrentino

Starring: Sean Penn, Frances McDormand, Judd Hirsch

Genre(s): Comedy, Drama

A bored, retired rock star sets out to find his father's executioner, an ex-Nazi war criminal who is a refugee in the U.S.

Bel Ami

Directed by: Declan Donnellan & Nick Ormerod

Starring: Robert Pattinson, Christina Ricci, Uma Thurman

Genre(s): Drama

A chronicle of a young man's rise to power in Paris via his manipulation of the city's most influential and wealthy women.

Cleanskin

Directed by: Hadi Hajaig

Starring: Sean Bean, Abhin Galeya, Charlotte Rampling

Genre(s): Thriller

Ewan (Sean Bean) is a secret service agent faced with the task of pursuing and eliminating a suicide bomber and his terrorist cell.