Coming Soon
The Secret in Their Eyes
Starring: Soledad Villamil Ricardo Darín, Carla Quevedo, Pablo Rago, Javier Godino Rating: MA15+ Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller Run Time: 140 Mins Coming: Friday August 6 - 1 week only Winner of Best Foreign Film Academy Award Benjamin, a retired court employee, decides to write a book about an old rape/murder case that he believes wasn't properly solved. He becomes determined to find the real culprit and reopen the case - a complicated and thrilling quest that director Juan Jose Campanella depicts with a style that effortlessly juggles romance, comedy, suspense and political commentary.
Me and Orson Welles
Starring: Zac Efron, Claire Danes, Christian McKay, Ben Chaplin, Zoe Kazan Rating: PG Genre: Drama Run Time: 120 Mins Coming: Friday August 6th Set in 1937, the story centers on a high school student (Efron) who, while strolling the streets of New York, happens upon the yet-to-open Mercury Theatre and is noticed by its mercurial founder, Orson Welles. The man lands a bit part in "Julius Caesar," the production that catapulted Welles to the top, and spends the next week learning about life and love. Mother and Child
Starring: Alexandria M. Salling, Connor Kramme, Annette Bening, Eileen Ryan, Samuel L. Jackson Rating: MA15+ Genre: Drama Run Time: 135 Mins Coming: Friday August 13 - 1 week only Three women's lives share a common core: they have all been profoundly affected by adoption. Karen (Annette Bening) had a baby at 14, gave her up at birth, and has been haunted ever since by the daughter she never knew. Elizabeth (Naomi Watts) grew up as an adopted child; she's a bright and ambitious lawyer, but a flinty loner in her personal life. Lucy (Kerry Washington) is just embarking with her husband on the adoption odyssey, looking for a baby to become their own.
The Runaways
Starring: Kristen Stewart, Dakota Fanning, Michael Shannon, Stella Maeve, Scout Taylor-Compton Rating: MA15+ Genre: Biography, Drama, Musical Run Time: 110 Mins Coming: Friday August 13 - 1 week only Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning star in this music-fueled story of the ground-breaking, all girl, teenage rock band of the 1970s: The Runaways. The film follows two friends, Joan Jett and Cherie Currie, as they rise from rebellious Southern California kids to rock stars of the now legendary group that paved the way for future generations of girl bands. Joan and Cherie fall under the Svengali-like influence of rock impresario Kim Fowley, played by Michael Shannon, who turns the group into an outrageous success and a family of misfits. With its tough-chick image and raw talent, the band quickly earns a name for itself—and so do its two leads: Joan is the band’s pure rock’ n’ roll heart, while Cherie, with her Bowie-Bardot looks, is the sex kitten. Written and directed by Floria Sigismondi, the film chronicles Joan and Cherie’s tumultuous relationship on and off stage, as the band starts to break out.
Salt
Starring: Angelina Jolie, Liev Schreiber, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Zoe Lister Jones, Yara Shahidi Rating: M Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller Run Time: 120 minutes Coming: Friday August 20 In Columbia Pictures' "Salt," Angelina Jolie stars as Evelyn Salt, a CIA officer who swore an oath to duty, honor, and country. When she is accused by a defector of being a Russian sleeper spy, Salt goes on the run to clear her name and ultimately prove she is a patriot. Using all her skills and years of experience as a covert operative, she must elude capture and protect her husband or the world's most powerful forces will erase any trace of her existence. Liev Schreiber stars as Winter, Salt's boss and friend on the Russian desk at the CIA, and Chiwetel Ejiofor plays Peabody, a CIA counter-intelligence officer.
The Waiting City
Starring: Radha Mitchell, Joel Edgerton and Isabel Lucas Rating: M Genre: Drama, Romance Run Time: 110 Mins Coming: Friday August 20 An outwardly happy Australian couple, Ben & Fiona, journey to Calcutta, India to collect their adopted baby, but on arrival find that the arrangements at the agency have yet to be finalised. They have no option but to wait in this chaotic, foreign place. But as the intoxicating mystic powers of the Indian city pulls them in each separate and unexpected directions, the vulnerability of their marriage begins to reveal itself. Forced to confront their differences and the concealed deep secrets that they've both been long avoiding, Ben and Fiona ultimately rediscover themselves and a belief in life's possibilities, their marriage and the invigorating power and joy of the human spirit.
South Solitary
Starring: Miranda Otto, Barry Otto, Rohan Nichol, Marton Csokas, Essie Davis Rating: M Genre: Drama Run Time: 120 Mins Coming: Friday August 20 The year is 1928, and the setting is South Solitary Island, a remote lighthouse island, bleak, rainy and directly in the path of the Roaring Forties. Meredith Appleton (Miranda Otto), 33, arrives with her uncle, George Wadsworth (Barry Otto), the replacement Head Keeper. Desperate for companionship she lurches into a relationship with Stanley (Rohan Nichol), the married assistant keeper. But this just leads to his hurried departure and following the untimely demise of her uncle, Meredith is left alone with the very unforthcoming Fleet (Marton Csokas).
Secondhand Wedding
Starring: Geraldine Brophy, Patrick Wilson, Holly Shanahan, Ryan O'Kane, Tina Regtien, John Rowles. Rating: PG Genre: Comedy Run Time: 100 Mins Coming: Friday August 27 Second-Hand Wedding is a heart-warming tale set in a time when
ebay threatens the primeval urge for a first-hand crack at the
second-hand. The film follows the fortunes of the Rose family,
who live on an idyllic coast, where the sunsets are spectacular,
parking is still free and bargains abound.Jill and Brian Rose
are happily married and looking forward to their daughter, primary
school teacher Cheryl, following in their footsteps when long-time
boyfriend, mechanic Stew, proposes.
The Special Relationship
Starring: Michael Sheen, Dennis Quaid, Helen McCrory, Hope Davis, Adam Godley Rating: M Genre: Biography, Drama Run Time: 95 Mins Coming: Friday September 3rd "The Special Relationship," will again star "Frost/Nixon" actor Sheen as Tony Blair. The film that would be the third movie in the Tony Blair trilogy launched in 2003 by Stephen Frears' British TV movie "The Deal" and followed by "The Queen The Deal tracked the rise of Tony Blair, played by Michael Sheen. Frears and Sheen then reteamed for The Queen, which also starred Helen Mirren in her Oscar-winning turn. Morgan earned an Oscar nomimation for best original screenplay as well. Morgan initially planned to focus the pic on George W. Bush as
well as Bill Clinton, but decided to narrow its scope to the intimate
relationship between Blair and Clinton between 1997 and 2000.
The writer researched the picture in Washington, D.C., and Little
Rock, Ark., last summer.
The Ghost Writer
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Jon Bernthal, Kim Cattrall, Pierce Brosnan, Tim Preece Rating: MA15+ Genre: Thriller Run Time: 135 Mins Coming: Friday September 17 "The Ghost Writer" tells the story of a former British Prime Minister, Adam Lang (Pierce Brosnan), who is holed up on an island off the Eastern seaboard of the U.S. in midwinter, writing his memoirs. When his long-standing aide drowns, a professional ghostwriter (Ewan McGregor) is sent out to help him finish the book. The anonymous ghost writer is quickly drawn into a political and sexual intrigue involving Lang’s wife, Ruth (Olivia Williams) and his aide (Kim Cattrall). Hanging over Lang is the threat of a war crimes trial and a mysterious secret from his past that threatens to jeopardize international relations. The film is based on the Robert Harris novel "The Ghost.”
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Director:
Juan José Campanella 
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Richard Linklater
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Rodrigo García 
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Floria Sigismondi 
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Phillip Noyce 
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Claire McCarthy 
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Shirley Barrett
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Paul Murphy
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Richard Loncraine 
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Roman Polanski 