Thursday 21 June 2012

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.

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