Llandudno Cinema
Located just a few minutes drive from the centre of town Llandudno Cinema is operated by Cineworld. The cinema is located in Llandudno Junction and is approximately 10 minutes drive from the centre of Llandudno. Alternatively there is a regular bus service from the town or Llandudno Junction train station is just a few minutes walk from the cinema.
Great Films, Great Places to Eat
Llandudno Cinema is set within its own area offering large car parking facilities and easy access to Llandudno Junction train station. If you want to make a day of your visit then the onsite restaurants provide the perfect locations to eat from McDonald's and KFC to Pizza Hut.
The local Tesco superstore is just across the road from the cinema and Llandudno Junction is 10 minutes walk away.
What's on at Llandudno Cinema?
Llandudno Cinema has 8 screens including the Deluxe screen so there's always plenty of choice when you fancy a film. Below is a selection of what's currently showing.
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Release date: 5 March 2010
Director: Tim Burton
Starring: Anne Hathaway, Michael Sheen, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Mia Wasikowska
A grown-up Alice returns to Wonderland in director Tim Burton's visionary 3D update of Lewis Carroll's classic fantasy adventure.
Alice Kingsleigh (Mia Wasikowska) is now 19 years old and destined to be married to a rich suitor. When she runs off into the grounds of a Victorian estate at a party thrown in her honour, she once again stumbles down a rabbit hole into the magical world she first discovered as a young girl. But things have changed since Alice's last visit, with the Red Queen (Helena Bonham Carter) having taken over 'Underland'. It's up to Alice to slay the Jabberwock that guards her evil empire and restore peace. Help is at hand in the form of the White Rabbit (Michael Sheen), Tweedledee and Tweedledum (Matt Lucas), the Caterpillar (Alan Rickman), the Cheshire Cat (Stephen Fry) and the Mad Hatter (Johnny Depp) as Tim Burton puts his unique twist on one of the most adored stories of all time.
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Release date: 5 March 2010
Director: Tim Burton
Starring: Anne Hathaway, Michael Sheen, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Mia Wasikowska
A grown-up Alice returns to Wonderland in director Tim Burton's visionary update of Lewis Carroll's classic fantasy adventure.
Alice Kingsleigh (Mia Wasikowska) is now 19 years old and destined to be married to a rich suitor. When she runs off into the grounds of a Victorian estate at a party thrown in her honour, she once again stumbles down a rabbit hole into the magical world she first discovered as a young girl. But things have changed since Alice's last visit, with the Red Queen (Helena Bonham Carter) having taken over 'Underland'. It's up to Alice to slay the Jabberwock that guards her evil empire and restore peace. Help is at hand in the form of the White Rabbit (Michael Sheen), Tweedledee and Tweedledum (Matt Lucas), the Caterpillar (Alan Rickman), the Cheshire Cat (Stephen Fry) and the Mad Hatter (Johnny Depp) as Tim Burton puts his unique twist on one of the most adored stories of all time.
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Release date: 10 March 2010
Director: Paul Greengrass
Starring: Greg Kinnear, Jason Isaacs, Matt Damon, Brendon Gleeson, Amy Ryan, Yigal Naor, Said Faraj
Matt Damon stars in a thriller about a rogue US Army officer on a deadly mission in occupied Iraq.
After the fall of Saddam Hussein and the US occupation of Baghdad, Roy Miller (Matt Damon) leads a team hunting for weapons of mass destruction. With his specialised skills and combat experience, Miller is considered the perfect man to carry out the search in this unstable region. But Miller is hampered by faulty intelligence and the nagging suspicion that he is on a futile quest. Liaising with Wall Street reporter Lawrie Dayne (Amy Ryan) and a sympathetic agent named Brown (Brendon Gleeson), he sets out to find the origins of the weapons' main source - a sneaky agent known as Magellan. Keeping a close eye on Miller's movements is government operative Clark Poundstone (Greg Kinnear) whose motives are unclear. But Miller suspects foul play, and soon finds himself caught up in a lethal CIA conspiracy.
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Release date: 19 February 2010
Director: Scott Cooper
Starring: Jeff Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Colin Farrell, Robert Duvall
The great Jeff Bridges has been nominated for a Best Actor Oscar for his starring role in Crazy Heart - the film's superb music also earned an Oscar nomination for Original Song.
Bad Blake (Jeff Bridges) is a drunken old country music singer scraping a living in backwater bowling alleys and third-rate piano bars. His fleeting fame behind him, the best Bad can hope for is to open a big concert for his former protege, Tommy Sweet (Colin Farrell), who - unlike his mentor - managed to become rich and famous. One gig blurs into the next until one night in Santa Fe, Bad falls for local journalist Jean Craddock (Maggie Gyllenhaal), a single mother with a few regrets of her own. In his attempt to find salvation with Jean, Bad is forced to face his demons and confront a life of regrets. As he pours his private sorrow into the best songs he's ever written, Bad learns the hard way just how tough life can be on one man's crazy heart.
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Release date: 17 December 2009
Director: James Cameron
Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Michelle Rodriguez, Zoe Saldana, Sam Worthington
Nominated for nine Academy Awards - including Best Picture and Best Director - and breaking box office records at Cineworlds all over the UK, the most spectacular 3D film ever is now officially the biggest movie of all time! In 1997 director James Cameron gave us Titanic - the biggest movie ever. Now, with the all-conquering Avatar, he's done it again! Amazingly, it's been 15 years since Cameron dreamt up the idea for Avatar. Back then, the special effects needed to bring his vision to the big screen didn't exist. Today they do! Set on the distant planet of Pandora, the film stars Sam Worthington as Jake Sully a disabled soldier whose consciousness is implanted into an Avatar - an artificial body which enables him to survive on the deadly planet. The avatar is made using the DNA of Pandora's inhabitants, the Na'vi. With hostilities escalating between the Na'vi and the human intruders, Jake meets a native female named Neytiri (Zoe Saldana) - and begins a journey towards his incredible destiny.
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Release date: 17 December 2009
Director: James Cameron
Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Michelle Rodriguez, Zoe Saldana, Sam Worthington
Nominated for nine Academy Awards - including Best Picture and Best Director - and breaking box office records at Cineworlds all over the UK, Avatar is now officially the biggest movie of all time! In 1997 director James Cameron gave us Titanic - the biggest movie ever. Now, with the all-conquering Avatar, he's done it again! Amazingly, it's been 15 years since Cameron dreamt up the idea for Avatar. Back then, the special effects needed to bring his vision to the big screen didn't exist. Today they do! Set on the distant planet of Pandora, the film stars Sam Worthington as Jake Sully a disabled soldier whose consciousness is implanted into an Avatar - an artificial body which enables him to survive on the deadly planet. The avatar is made using the DNA of Pandora's inhabitants, the Na'vi. With hostilities escalating between the Na'vi and the human intruders, Jake meets a native female named Neytiri (Zoe Saldana) - and begins a journey towards his incredible destiny.
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Release date: 26 February 2010
Director: Breck Eisner
Starring: Danielle Panabaker, Timothy Olyphant, Radha Mitchell, Joe Anderson
A husband and wife in a small town find themselves battling for survival as their friends and family descend into madness.
The American Dream goes horribly wrong when the residents of a small Mid-Western town start succumbing to an uncontrollable urge for violence. As the horrific bloodshed escalates into anarchy, the military attempts to contain the epidemic, using deadly force to seal off the town. This means that the few healthy citizens who remain are trapped in a hellish scenario where depraved killers lurk in the shadows. Sheriff David Dutton (Timothy Olyphant), his pregnant wife Judy (Radha Mitchell), medical assistant Becca (Danielle Panabaker) and Dutton's deputy Russell (Joe Anderson) find themselves trapped in a once-idyllic town they can no longer recognise. Unable to trust former neighbours and friends, deserted by the authorities and terrified of contracting the illness themselves, they are forced to band together in a desperate and bloody struggle for survival.
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Release date: 5 March 2010
Director: Scott Stewart
Starring: Dennis Quaid, Paul Bettany, Kevin Durrand, Lucas Black
Humans incur the wrath of The Almighty and His dark angels in this apocalyptic supernatural thriller.
A dusty old diner in the remote regions of the Mojave Desert becomes the unlikely battleground for the survival of the human race. When God finally loses faith in mankind, he sends a terrifying legion of angels to bring on the Apocalypse. Humanity's only hope lies in a group of strangers trapped in the eatery, including owner Bob Hanson (Dennis Quaid) and his son. Also finding his way onto the scene is chief saviour Archangel Michael (Paul Bettany). Expelled from heaven, he is on a mission to find Charlie (Adrianne Palicki), a young, pregnant waitress he believes is carrying the new messiah capable of safeguarding the future of humankind. But with his brother and nemesis Gabriel (Kevin Durrand) determined to carry out God's extermination orders, the holy mother of all showdowns is about to erupt.
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Release date: 19 February 2010
Director: Peter Jackson
Starring: Saoirse Ronan, Mark Wahlberg, Stanley Tucci, Susan Sarandon, Rachel Weisz
A young girl watches over her family - and her killer - from the afterlife in this poignant adaptation of the novel by Alice Sebold.
Growing up in the suburbs of Philadelphia, Susie Salmon (Saoirse Ronan) has loving parents, Jack (Mark Wahlberg) and Abigail (Rachel Weisz), as well as her wise and kindly Grandma Lynn (Susan Sarandon). There's also a budding romance between Susie and Ray (Reece Ritchie). But tragedy strikes, and Susie is just 14 years old when she is horrifically murdered on December the sixth 1973. Finding herself in an in-between world that is neither Heaven nor earth, Susie is able to watch over those she has left behind and try to help them catch her killer. Her father has "all the pieces of the puzzle" but can't put them together, while detective Len Fenerman (Michael Imperioli) questions neighbour Mr Harvey (Stanley Tucci), and Susie's sister Lindsey (Rose McIver) embarks on her own dangerous hunt for the truth.
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Release date: 12 February 2010
Director: Chris Columbus
Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Rosario Dawson, Uma Thurman, Logan Lerman, Sean Bean
Young Percy discovers his destiny is to prevent an epic war between the ancient Gods.
Percy Jackson (Logan Lerman) is a kid whose only talent is an ability to stay under water for astonishingly long periods of time. At school, his teacher (Pierce Brosnan) lectures on the 12 Olympian Gods of Ancient Greece - especially the 'big three', the brothers Zeus, Poseidon and Hades, whose children were half-human and half-god. After another teacher transforms into a winged demon and attacks him, Percy is sent to the mythical 600th floor of the Empire State Building, where he finds that the Gods of Mount Olympus are real, and they've been expecting him. Discovering that his father is Poseidon (Kevin McKidd), the God of the Sea, Percy begins to adapt to his new life, but when the lightning bolt of Zeus (Sean Bean) is stolen, a terrible war between the Gods is threatened - and Percy and his friends have to prevent it.
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Release date: 22 April 2010
Director:
Starring:
Alan Bennett's new play is as much about the theatre as it is about poetry or music. It looks at the unsettling desires of two difficult men, and at the ethics of biography. It reflects on growing old, on creativity and inspiration, and on persisting when all passion's spent: ultimately, on the habit of art.
Auden often said that metre and rhyme led him down unexpected paths to thoughts he wouldn't otherwise have had, and in this respect versification and fornication are not so different.
Benjamin Britten, sailing uncomfortably close to the wind with his new opera, Death in Venice, seeks advice from his former collaborator and friend, W H Auden. During this imagined meeting, their first for twenty-five years, they are observed and interrupted by, amongst others, their future biographer and a young man from the local bus station.
You are a rent boy. I am a poet. Over the wall lives the Dean of Christ Church. We all have our parts to play.
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Release date: 26 March 2010
Director: John Lee Hancock
Starring: Kathy Bates, Sandra Bullock, Tim McGraw, Quinton Aaron, Jae Head, Lily Collins, Ray McKinnon
Oscar-nominated for for Best Picture and Best Actress, the feelgood drama of the year stars Golden Globe-winning Sandra Bullock as a mother who transforms a homeless teenager into a star athlete.
Homeless and under-educated African-American teenager Michael Oher (Quinton Aaron) has precious little going for him. A gentle giant, he's isolated at school and traumatized by the gangsters in his run-down neighbourhood. A shadow of the person he should be, it's not until he befriends a young boy named SJ Tuohy (Jae Head) and gets taken under the wing of SJ's mother Leigh Anne Tuohy (Sandra Bullock) that Michael gets the help he needs to reach his true potential. The gutsy matriarch of a well-off white family, Leigh Anne is determined to help Michael overcome the adversities he faces from his family, teachers and peers. With his new home environment and adopted family, Michael makes steady progress, and ultimately sets off on the road towards becoming an All-American sporting hero.
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Release date: 25 March 2010
Director: Aubrey Powell
Starring: Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones
Coming to cinemas for One Night Only, Not The Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy) is a fabulously entertaining comic oratorio based on Monty Python's Life of Brian, filmed at its only European performance at the Royal Albert Hall in October 2009.
This hilarious take on The Messiah features the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, a host of superb soloists in the lead roles including Rosalind Plowright and Eric Idle, with Michael Palin as Mrs Betty Parkinson and special guest appearances from Pythons Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam. And of course three sheep! Eric Idle explains: "It is rare you get to be silly on a mass scale. Not The Messiah tells the tragic tale of Mandy, impregnated by a Roman soldier, giving birth to Brian, a reluctant revolutionary who falls in love with Judith, gets mistaken for a Messiah and is condemned to death. It ranges in reference from Handel, through a naughty Mozart duet, to the Festival of Nine Carols, Bob Dylan, and the classic finale - Always Look on the Bright Side of Life."
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Release date: 21 March 2010
Director: Susanna White
Starring: Emma Thompson, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Rhys Ifans, Maggie Smith
Emma Thompson returns to the role of the magical nanny who appears when she's needed the most and wanted the least!
Nanny McPhee (Emma Thompson) appears at the door of Mrs Isabel Green (Maggie Gyllenhaal), a harried young mother who is trying to run the family farm while her husband is away at war. But once she's arrived, Nanny McPhee discovers that Mrs Green's children are fighting a war of their own against two spoiled city cousins who have just moved in and refuse to leave. Relying on everything from a flying motorcycle and a statue that comes to life to a tree-climbing piglet and a baby elephant who turns up in the oddest places, Nanny McPhee uses her magic to teach her mischievous charges five new lessons. Based on the 'Nurse Matilda' books by Christianna Brand, this in the next chapter of the hilarious and heartwarming fable that has enchanted children around the world.
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Release date: 19 March 2010
Director: Andy Tennant
Starring: Gerard Butler, Jennifer Aniston
Feuding former married couple Milo and Nicole find their spark gets reignited when he is the assigned the task of arresting her...
After getting kicked out of the police force, Milo Boyd (Gerard Butler) is reduced to taking a job as a bounty hunter. To Milo's amusement, he is assigned to track down his own ex-wife, Nicole Hurly (Jennifer Aniston). A feisty investigative reporter, Nicole is not at all pleased to see Milo back in her life. "What I do is I hunt down idiots who jump bail," Milo tells her with evident relish. But if he thinks it's going to be an easy payday, he's forgotten how resourceful - and downright infuriating - his ex can be. As Nicole quickly gives him the slip to chase a lead on a murder cover-up, Milo goes after her. Soon the couple are scrapping just like old times - but then they find themselves on the run for their lives...
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Release date: 19 March 2010
Director: Glenn Ficarra, John Requa
Starring: Jim Carrey, Ewan McGregor, Leslie Mann, Rodrigo Santoro
Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor star in this outrageous true story about a conman who meets the love of his life - in prison.
Steven Russell (Jim Carrey) is a happily married police officer who plays the organ at church and prays every night with his wife (Leslie Mann). However, after finding and being rejected by the mother who gave him up as a baby, Steven leaves his family to be his true, flamboyantly gay self. He moves to Miami, finds a boyfriend (Rodrigo Santoro) and becomes a conman to pay for his lavish lifestyle. But Steven is sent to prison, were he meets and falls in love with Phillip Morris (Ewan McGregor). But Steven - a forlorn lover who cannot bear to be separated from his soulmate - will go to any lengths to be with Phillip, including breaking out of jail, impersonating Phillip's lawyer and fraudulently becoming the chief of a major corporation.
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Release date: 12 March 2010
Director: Martin Scorsese
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Michelle Williams, Ben Kingsley, Emily Mortimer, Jackie Earle Haley, Max von Sydow
In 1954, US marshals Teddy Daniels (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Chuck Aule (Mark Ruffalo) are ordered to investigate the disappearance of a patient from a mental hospital on Shutter Island, a remote outcrop some 11 miles off the coast of Boston. The missing patient is Rachel Solando (Emily Mortimer), a murderess who seems to have defied the high security in the hospital and vanished into thin air. As Teddy begins his investigation, he starts to unearth some sinister goings on but it becomes clear that nobody, including the hospital's enigmatic chief (Ben Kingsley), is willing to talk. When a hurricane hits Shutter Island, more inmates manage to escape and Teddy becomes trapped. Now plagued by terrifying visions and doubting everything, including his partner, Teddy begins to question his sanity and fears he'll never make it off the island alive.
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Release date: 12 March 2010
Director: Neils Arden Opley
Starring: Noomi Rapace, Michael Niqvist, Peter Harber, Lena Endre
A hacker and a maverick journalist investigate the mysterious disappearance of a Swedish industrialist's niece 40 years earlier.
When investigative reporter Mikael Blomkvist (Michael Niqvist) loses a libel case brought by a Swedish tycoon, his career reaches a low point as he faces a prison sentence. But then a call from rival industrialist Henrik Vanger (Peter Harber) offers him the opportunity to salvage his reputation and rescue his failing magazine. Under the cover of writing Venger's autobiography, Blomkvist is offered the job of solving the mystery behind his great-niece's disappearance from the family's remote island home four decades earlier. When Blomkvist in turn hires brilliant computer hacker Lisbeth Salander (Noomi Rapace) to help him uncover the secret, her disturbing and wild behaviour brings about a turn of events. As the owner of the dragon tattoo, she holds the key to the unravelling the cold case in which each family member is a suspect...
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Release date: 12 March 2010
Director: Sermiyan Midyat
Starring: Mariel Hemingway, Sermiyan Midyat, Kathie Gill, Steve Guttenberg, Meray Ulgen, Muhammed Cangoren
East meets West in a romantic Turkish comedy set in a village that doesn't officially exist.
A remote village in Southeast Turkey, Tinne has been forgotten by the government for years. Neither the village, nor any of its people exist officially, even though the family of Yusuf Agha have lived there generations. Hoping his newborn son Ibrahim will get an identification certificate, Yusuf leaves him in the courtyard of the college, where he is adopted by Father Hanna. Having finished his military service and graduated from college the 30-year-old Ibrahim (Sermiyan Midyat) returns to a joyful welcome in the village. However, the villagers are shocked to learn that Ibrahim is in love with a foreigner, a girl named Jessica (Kathie Gill) from the USA. They both have a hard time trying to convince their families. Finally, Jessica persuades her father (Steve Guttenberg), her mother (Mariel Hemingway) and her brother to join her on a life-changing trip to Tinne.
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Release date: 12 March 2010
Director: Lasse Hallstrom
Starring: Richard Gere, Joan Allen, Jason Alexander, Erick Avari, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
Richard Gere stars in this heart-warming tale of a man and a very special dog.
Parker (Richard Gere) finds a lost puppy (Hachi) at his local train station. Not wanting to hand the puppy over to the dog pound, Parker takes it back home with him. Banned by his wife Cate (Joan Allen) from having another dog, Parker s Hachi to the best of his ability but due to Hachi's mischievous behaviour Cate soon finds out. No one comes forward to claim Hachi and he and Parker become so inseparable that Cate cannot help but accept the mystery puppy into their family. Each morning Hachi accompanies Parker to the station and faithfully returns to greet his master each evening at exactly the same time. Through his daily journeys to the station, Hachi becomes a regular fixture of the community and an inspiring symbol of love, friendship and loyalty to all who meet him.
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Release date: 5 March 2010
Director: Christian Alvart
Starring: Ian McShane, Bradley Cooper, Renee Zellweger, Jodelle Ferland
A severely traumatised young girl is the key to a nerve-shredding horror experience.
Emily Jenkins (Renée Zellweger) is a hard-working family services social worker juggling a huge backlog of heart-breaking cases. When Case 39 lands on her desk, Emily is shocked to discover that the parents of a troubled ten-year-old girl called Lilith (Jodelle Ferland) seem to be trying to kill her. Arriving just in the nick of time, Emily rescues Lilith from her home and takes her in. With her dangerously unstable parents safely behind bars, Lilith begins to show signs of recovery under Emily's care. But then very bad things start to happen. Emily's boyfriend (Bradley Cooper) is found brutally murdered in his apartment and a terrifying, ghoulish assailant starts tormenting the girls in the middle of the night. With their lives in increasing danger, it becomes clear that Case 39 is far more horrifying than Emily ever imagined.
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Release date: 5 March 2010
Director: Atom Egoyan
Starring: Amanda Seyfried, Liam Neeson, Julianne Moore, Max Thierot
A suspicious wife hires an escort to test her husbands' fidelity in this provocative adult drama.
Catherine (Julianne Moore) is married to David (Liam Neeson), a music professor whom she fears may be cheating on her. To lay her doubts to rest once and for all she employs Chloe (Amanda Seyfried) to flirt with her husband and see if he responds. But Chloe's seductive behaviour proves too much of a temptation, and as she relays details of her sexually-charged meetings with David, Catherine begins to obsess about the situation she has created. Spiralling out of her control, events take an unpredictable turn with potentially deadly consequences for her family. Having coaxed brilliant performances from Colin Firth and Kevin Bacon in Where The Truth Lies (2005), Canadian director Atom Egoyan entices Moore and Seyfried into delivering compelling turns as two desperate women who will go to strange lengths to sabotage and salvage their relationships.
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Release date: 5 March 2010
Director: Neil Jordan
Starring: Alicja Bachleda, Colin Farrell, Alison Barry, Emil Hostina, Devla Kirwan, Stephen Rea, Tony Curran
Colin Farrell stars as a fisherman who believes he's caught a mermaid in this enchantingly romantic Irish indie film.
When Syracuse (Colin Farrell) finds a beautiful and mysterious woman (Alicja Bachleda) entangled in his fishing nets, he has no idea where this prize catch could have came from. Transferring her onto dry land, however, he begins to fall under her spell and eventually helplessly in love. While Syracuse remains mystified about the object of his affection, his precocious daughter Annie (Alice Barry) comes to believe that the beautiful creature is Ondine, a mermaid. Annie's feisty personality attracts Ondine and leads to the pair forming a tender friendship. But beneath Syracuse's wayward past and Ondine's elusive origin lurks a menace that threatens their coming together. Set against the picturesque backdrop of a remote coastal village in the South-West of Ireland, Ondine is a magical fairytale romance from acclaimed writer/director Neil Jordan.
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Release date: 5 March 2010
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Starring: Rhys Ifans, Banksy, Shepard Fairey, Space Invader
"A film about a man who tried to make a film about me" is how renowned British graffiti artist Banksy describes this feature.
Banksy is used to fiercely guarding his identity to avoid prosecution, so it was perhaps no surprise when he refused to be filmed by an eccentric French shop owner named Thierry Guetta. Exit Through The Gift Shop traces Thierry's attempts to capture the world of graffiti art in thrilling detail, following many of the most infamous figures at work in the streets. We trace Thierry's efforts to locate and befriend Banksy only to have the artist turn the camera back on its owner with spectacular results. An incendiary true story of low-level criminality, companionship and incompetence.
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Release date: 5 March 2010
Director: Ashwani Dhir
Starring: Konkona Sen Sharma, Ajay Devgan, Paresh Rawal
An uninvited guest causes comedy mayhem for Ajay Devgan and Konkona Sen Sharma.
Puneet (Ajay Devgan) is a writer who lives in a cosy Mumbai apartment with his interior designer wife Munmun (Konkona Sen Sharma) and their son. After years of toiling in the television world, he has finally got his break to write a film! The family are thrilled, but just as Puneet is dreaming of riches and glamour, the unannounced arrival of a long-lost uncle sends his life out of control. From a small village in North India, Lambodar Bajpai aka Chachaji (Paresh Rawal) is eccentric, headstrong, opinionated and old-fashioned. Sweet and accommodating Munmun places a high premium on traditional family values, but when Chachaji becomes unbearable, she puts her foot down and asks her husband to get rid of him. Puneet is forced to go against his placid and unassuming nature and devise schemes to get rid of the uninvited guest.
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Release date: 26 February 2010
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Starring: Dany Boon, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Yolande Moreau, Julie Ferrier
The visionary director of Amelie returns with another magical comedy...
Bazil (Dany Boon) doesn't have much luck when it comes to weapons. When he was a child, his parents were killed by a bomb in the Moroccan desert. Years later, as an adult, his life is seriously endangered when a freak accident leaves a stray bullet lodged in his brain. Leaving hospital with the knowledge that he could die suddenly at any moment, Bazil is homeless and hopeless. Luckily for him, he falls in with a motley crew of modern-day ragpickers - Remington, Calculator, Fracasso, Cupboard The Rubber Mome, Pierre Petit and Tambouille. As eccentric as they are talented, these 'Micmacs' live their remarkable subterranean lives in a home that resembles Ali Baba's cave of delights. One day, while passing two imposing buildings, Bazil recognizes the initials of the two arms manufacturers that caused his misfortunes. Aided by his plucky gang of cranks, he decides to take revenge...
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Release date: 26 February 2010
Director: Anand Tucker
Starring: Matthew Goode, Amy Adams, Adam Scott, Kaitlin Olson
Amy Adams stars in a rom-com about a girl who follows her heart - all the way to Ireland....
Uptight Anna (Amy Adams) is desperate for boyfriend Jeremy (Adam Scott) to propose at a romantic dinner on their fourth anniversary. When he doesn't, she decides to take matters into her own hands and take advantage of Leap Day, an Irish tradition that allows women to propose to men on February 29th. Following Jeremy to Dublin, Anna intends to get down on one knee herself. But bad weather forces her flight to land elsewhere, leaving Anna stranded a long way from her destination. Alone in a strange land, she enlists the help of handsome but rude innkeeper Declan (Matthew Goode) to get her to Dublin. As Anna and Declan trundle and bicker their way through the rural backwaters of the Emerald Isle, they discover that the rocky road of true love can lead to some very unexpected places.
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Release date: 26 February 2010
Director: Tom Vaughan
Starring: Harrison Ford, Brendan Fraser, John Crowley
Brendan Fraser and Harrison Ford star in a drama about a man who must battle to save his children's lives.
Father of three John Crowley (Brendan Fraser) is on the fast track to success in corporate America. But just as his career is taking off, John's two youngest children, Megan and Patrick, are diagnosed with a fatal illness. Supported by his wife Aileen (Keri Russell), John walks away from his career and harnesses all his skill and determination to fight the disease. He teams up with Dr Robert Stonehill (Harrison Ford), a brilliant but unappreciated and unconventional scientist. Together they form a bio-tech company to develop a life-saving drug. It?s an unlikely alliance - Stonehill is driven to prove his theories, while John is determined to save his children. But eventually a mutual respect develops as they battle the medical and business establishments in a fight against the system and a race against time.
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Release date: 26 February 2010
Director: Pierre Morel
Starring: John Travolta, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Kasia Smutniak, Richard Durden
John Travolta and Jonathan Rhys-Meyers pair up as intelligence agents on a mission to stop a terrorist attack in Paris.
James Reese (Jonathan Rhys-Meyers) is a low-ranking intelligence operative working in the office of the US Ambassador in France. But life takes an unexpected turn when he gets hooked up with Charlie Wax (John Travolta), a high-ranking FBI agent who's been sent to Paris to foil a large-scale terrorist plot. Charlie's not afraid to spray bullets in all directions and leave mayhem in his wake, but his gung-ho, wisecracking ways soon wear thin for James, who likes to do things by the book. But with the duo running short of time to smoke out the bad guys, will it be a case of 'till death does them part'? Rules and regulations go right out of the window as a chaotic series of gunfights, car chases and explosions ensue in the world's most romantic city.
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Release date: 26 February 2010
Director: Vijay Lalwani
Starring: Deepika Padukone, Farhan Akhtar, Ram Kapoor, Vivan Bhatena
Farhan Akhtar and Deepika Padukone star in the tale of a man whose life changes beyond all recognition.
Shy and introverted, Karthik (Farhan Akhtar) suffers from huge confidence issues. He's miserable at his just-average job that yields below-average results where his boss treats him like dirt and Shonali (Deepika Padukone), the colleague he secretly loves, doesn't even know he exists. Karthik is a loser and he knows and accepts it - but surely things can only get better? One night, the unexpected happens. The phone rings and Karthik finds himself speaking to a man who also claims to be Karthik. The man on the phone says that he is here to change Karthik's life. As Karthik accepts the phone in his life it soon becomes his guide, his mentor, friend and guardian. And most importantly it becomes the ticket to the love of his life, Shonali, as everything changes for Karthik in unimaginable ways.
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Release date: 26 February 2010
Director: Leena Yadav
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Amitabh Bachchan, Madhavan
Ben Kingsley and Amitabh Bachchan in a drama about mathematics, gambling and the dangerous consequences of knowledge.
Perci Trachtenberg (Ben Kingsley) is widely regarded as the world's greatest living mathematician. At a high-rolling casino in London he meets Venkat (Amitabh Bachchan), a reclusive mathematics genius from India. Venkat tells Perci about an equation that could change the world of mathematics forever, an equation that has already left a painful and indelible stain of guilt on him. In flashback we see Venkat encouraged to test his theory by his ambitious colleague Professor Shantanu (Madhavan). Venkat has no interest in money, but Shantanu persuades him to use his equation to crack the poker game of Teen Patti. Helped by a small group of students, they explore the dangerous addas (underground gambling dens) of Bombay. But what starts out as an experiment descends into a chaotic game of greed and desperation that neither of them can control.
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Release date: 26 February 2010
Director: Gautham Menon
Starring: Silambarasan, Trisha
Billed as 'an AR Rahman musical in a Gautham Vasudev Menon film', and starring Silambarasan and Trisha, Vinnaithaandi Varuvaaya (Will you cross the skies for me?) is one of 2010's most anticipated Tamil movies.
For aspiring filmmaker Karthik (Silambarasan), his world is filled with scripts and screenplays until Jessie (Trisha) crosses his path - and it's love at first sight. He decides that she is the one for him and the story captures a year in the life of the couple, exploring the question of whether or not he gets the girl as Karthik follows Jessie to the lush locales of her Kerala homeland and beyond.Described by Menon as a 'simple love story', his follow-up to Vaaranam Aayiram, which won him a National award, includes scenes shot in Malta and New York. Scoring his first Tamil film since his double Oscar win, AR Rahman takes his music in fresh and new directions.
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Release date: 19 February 2010
Director: Michael J. Bassett
Starring: Rachel Hurd-Wood, Pete Postlethwaite, Alice Krige, James Purefoy
Epic good-versus-evil adventure based on the tales by legendary Conan creator Robert E Howard.
Much-travelled 16th Century mercenary Solomon Kane (James Purefoy) realises that his evil deeds have ensured that his souls is damned - if he strays from the path of peace, Satan's creatures will come to claim him. Having renounced violence, Solomon travels to the new world of America, where he meets William Crowthorn (Pete Postlethwaite) and his family. It seems that new beginnings may be possible, but when they encounter a devastated settlement it becomes clear that the Devil is enslaving the weak and recruiting the strong as soldiers for his ungodly armies. When the demons attack the Crowthorns, Solomon knows that if he fights back he is bound for hell. But it's a price he will gladly pay. With his dying breath, William tells Solomon that if he saves his daughter Meredith (Rachel Hurd-Wood), his soul will be redeemed...
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Release date: 19 February 2010
Director: Michael Hoffman
Starring: Paul Giamatti, Helen Mirren, Anne-Marie Duff, Christopher Plummer, James McAcovy, Kerry Condon
Sumptuous period love story set in the last year of the life of legendary writer Leo Tolstoy.
Valentin (James McAvoy) is delighted to land a job as personal secretary to the legendary writer Leo Tolstoy (Christopher Plummer), but he is soon pulled into a fierce struggle for his ageing employer's legacy. Behind the scenes, Tolstoy's wife, the Countess Sofya (Helen Mirren) and his trusted disciple, Vladimir (Paul Giamatti), are engaged in a bitter feud for control of his lucrative novels once he passes away. Chertkov believes the estate should be the property of the people, while Sofya is determined to ensure her family will be provided for. As young Valentin falls for Masha (Kerry Condon), another young disciple, he confides in the Countess and finds his loyalties divided. The infighting drives Tolstoy to set out across Russia with his daughter Sasha (Anne-Marie Duff) in search of peace. But with his health in terminal decline, the battle for the writer's legacy only grows more intense.
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Release date: 12 February 2010
Director: Joe Johnston
Starring: Benicio Del Toro, Emily Blunt, Hugo Weaving, Anthony Hopkins
A village in Victorian England is menaced by the horror of a werewolf.
For Lawrence Talbot (Benicio Del Toro), his childhood ended the night of his mother's death. Having left the sleepy Victorian hamlet of Blackmoor, he has spent decades recovering and trying to forget the past. But when his brother's fiancée, Gwen Conliffe (Emily Blunt), tracks him down to help find her missing love, Talbot returns home to join the search. He learns that something with brute strength and insatiable bloodlust has been killing the villagers, and that a Scotland Yard inspector named Aberline (Hugo Weaving) has come to investigate. Piecing together the gory puzzle, he discovers an ancient curse that turns men into werewolves when the moon is full. Now, if he has any chance of ending the slaughter and protecting the woman he has grown to love, Talbot must destroy the vicious creature that prowls the woods surrounding Blackmoor.
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Release date: 12 February 2010
Director: Gary Marshall
Starring: Anne Hathaway, Bradley Cooper, Jessica Biel, Julia Roberts, Jennifer Garner, Ashton Kutcher, Jessica Alba
Julia Roberts, Jessica Biel, Ashton Kutcher, Jamie Foxx and Jessica Alba star in a romantic comedy from the director of Pretty Woman.
The film follows the intertwining lives of a cross-section of people in Los Angeles one Valentine's Day. From young children to elderly grandparents - and everyone in between - they are all negotiating their way through the ups and downs of romance. The stellar line-up includes Bradley Cooper and Julia Roberts as a happy couple, while Anne Hathaway plays a younger woman enjoying the first flush of romance. Emma Roberts is a teenager whose attitude to love sharply contrasts with her grandparents, while Jessica Alba plays a single girl who - along with her dog - is checking into a hotel for Valentine's Day. Jamie Foxx is a TV reporter whose colleague, played by Jessica Biel, complains that "my closest relationship is with my BlackBerry." Also starring are Patrick Dempsey, Jennifer Garner, Ashton Kutcher - and many more!
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Release date: 12 February 2010
Director: Karan Johar
Starring: Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol
The highly anticipated new film from director Karan Johar featuring Bollywood megastars Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol.
Rizvan Khan (Shah Rukh Khan) is an unconventional hero who embarks on an incredible journey across America in order to win back the love of his life. Along the way his unique brand of goodness and humanity touches the lives of many and inspires a nation. Described by Time magazine as "the world's biggest movie star", Shah Rukh Khan reunites with screen Queen Kajol after eight years. They previously starred together in five blockbuster hits which established the pair as Bollywood's hottest on-screen couple. The film also marks a re-teaming of Karan Johar and Shah Rukh Khan, who most recently collaborated three years ago on the hit Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna. Over the years, Karan and Shah Rukh have worked together on some of the most successful Indian films at the international box office.
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Release date: 12 February 2010
Director: Tom Ford
Starring: Colin Firth, Matthew Goode, Julianne Moore, Nicholas Hoult
A British college professor in Los Angeles struggles to find meaning in his life after the death of his long-term partner.
It's 1962, and George (Colin Firth) is immaculately dressed and groomed to face the world. Inside, however, he is desolate after the death of Jim (Matthew Goode). During the course of a single fateful day his encounters include Kenny (Nicholas Hoult), a cocky youngster who lives in the moment, and old friend Charley (Julianne Moore) who still harbours the delusion that she and George might have a future together.
Based on the novel by Christopher Isherwood, A Single Man is directed by Tom Ford, the world-famous fashion designer and former Creative Director of Gucci. Ford read the book when he was in his twenties and its "beautiful character study" of George made a deep impression on him. Ford's unerring feel for style has clearly paid off, as A Single Man was nominated for three Golden Globes.
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Release date: 12 February 2010
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Starring: Cate Blanchett, Matt Damon, Noah Lindsey Cyrus
A magical animated fantasy adventure based on the cherished Hans Christian Andersen tale of 'The Little Mermaid'.
Ponyo is a mischievous and adventurous little goldfish who drifts away from the undersea home she shares with her wizard father and little sisters. Far from her home, she meets Sosuke, a five-year-old boy who lives by the sea with his mother Lisa. Sosuke gently cares for Ponyo and quickly wins her heart. Ponyo's father, desperate for his daughter to return to their undersea home, uses his magic to bring her back, much to Ponyo's dismay. But with love and determination on her side, Ponyo sets out to follow her dream... From Academy Award-winning director Hayao Miyazaki (Spirited Away) and featuring an incredible voice cast, including Cate Blanchett, Liam Neeson, Matt Damon, Tina Fey, Frankie Jonas and Noah Cyrus, Ponyo is a magical adventure that's sure to delight the whole family.
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Release date: 12 February 2010
Director: Manjeet Maan
Starring: Divya Dutta, Gurdas Maan, Juhi Chawla, Baghwant Maan, Jaidev, Anoop Soni
Gurdas Maan stars as an army officer on a mission to tackle terrorism in his latest production.
Almost single-handedly, singer-turned-actor Gurdas Maan has kept the Punjabi cinema industry afloat for over a decade. From Shaheed-e-Mohabbat Boota Singh (1999) to Mini Punjab (2009), his contribution to the Punjabi film and associated music scene has been unparalleled, elevating it to international level. Common to his previous pictures are themes of religious tolerance and patriotism, which also run through his latest offering. Maan plays Major Kuldeep Singh, a Sikh solder whose personal journey forms the crux of this military drama about loss and inheritance, geographical borders and conflicts within India. Bollywood actress Juhi Chawla plays his wife, with comedic cameos from Divya Dutta and Bhagwant Maan. Shot in army cantonments near the Himalayas, Kashmir and Mumbai, this ambitious film is also a tribute to Maan's long-term collaborator, the late director Manoj Punj, whose story and vision is encapsulated in this emotional saga.
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Release date: 12 February 2010
Director: Togan Gokbakar
Starring: Sahan Gokbakar, Zeynep Çamci, Metin Senturk
Irrepressible Turkish comedy hero Recep Ivedik is back for a third instalment of mirth and mayhem.
Since the death of his grandmother, Recep Ivedik (Sahan Gokbakar) has been down in the dumps, with none of his usual energy and enthusiasm for life. The swaggering he-man, with his legendary eyebrows and luxuriant body hair, is also suffering from nightmares which are messing with his mind, and no-one seems to be able to help him. Enter Zeynep (Zeynep Çamci), a distant relative who is having trouble finding a place to live. Recep agrees to let her stay in his flat and, after some initial misunderstandings, they end up doing loads of stuff together. However, even with activities like jogging (with Recep clad in his stylish silver tracksuit), karate, dancing, theatre or cookery lessons, Recep still can't get properly happy. But then Zeynep comes up with something new for Recep...
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Release date: 5 February 2010
Director: John Musker, Ron Clements
Starring: Anika Noni Rose, Bruno Campos, Jenifer Lewis, Oprah Winfrey
The classic fairytale romance is retold in this magical animated musical from Walt Disney.
When the free-spirited, jazz-loving Prince Naveen of Maldonia (Bruno Campos) comes to New Orleans, a deal with a shady voodoo doctor Dr Facilier (Keith David) goes bad and the once-suave royal is turned into a frog. His desperate attempts to become human again lead him to a fateful kiss on the lips from a beautiful girl named Tiana (Anika Noni Rose). However, things takes an unexpected turn, leading them both on a serious of hilarious escapades through the mystical bayous of Louisiana to the banks of the mighty Mississippi River and back to New Orleans in time for Mardi Gras. With the help of a 197-year-old voodoo priestess named Mama Odie (Jenifer Lewis), a love-sick Cajun firefly called Ray (Jim Cummings), and Louis (Micahel-Leon Wooley), a trumpet-playing alligator, Tiana and her unlikely prince have the romantic adventure of a lifetime.
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Release date: 5 February 2010
Director: David Bowers
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Charlize Theron, Freddie Highmore, Kristen Bell, Matt Lucas
A young robot boy with incredible powers battles monstrous foes in futuristic Metro City.
Created by the brilliant scientist Dr Tenma (Nicolas Cage), Astro Boy (Freddie Highmore) has super strength, X-ray vision, unbelievable speed and the ability to fly. Embarking on a journey in search of acceptance, Astro Boy encounters many other colourful characters along the way and begins to learn the joys and pains of being human. But when he discovers that his friends and family are in danger, Astro Boy marshals his awesome super powers and returns to Metro City in a valiant effort to save everything he cares about - and to learn what it really means to be a hero. Astro Boy is based on the Japanese manga comic by revered artist Osamu Tezuka. The hugely popular character made his first appearance way back in 1951 and has appeared in numerous comic strips and TV cartoon shows.
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Release date: 5 February 2010
Director: Miguel Arteta
Starring: Michael Cera, Ray Liotta, Steve Buscem, Portia Doubleday
Michael Cera stars in this comedy about a teenage nerd who takes drastic action to win the girl of his dreams.
Nick Twisp (Michael Cera) is a bright and affable but somewhat nerdish teenager. While on a family vacation, Nick meets Sheeni Saunders (Portia Doubleday). His new friend is beautiful and free-spirited, and when she asks Nick to apply sun lotion to her exposed areas he falls hopelessly in love with her. Unfortunately, it's not mutual: "Nick, you're very nice," Sheeni explains. "But I just don't have those feelings for you." Undaunted, Nick decides to create a supplementary persona named Francois Dillinger - bold, contemptuous of authority and irresisitible to women. And it works! His rebellious alter ego Francois will stop at nothing to be with Sheeni, and she loves him for it. But as Francois takes over his life, Nick finds himself burning down Sheeni's college and getting into all kinds of trouble...
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Release date: 5 February 2010
Director: Clint Eastwood
Starring: Morgan Freeman, Matt Damon
This inspiring true-life tale from director Clint Eastwood has earned Oscar nominations for Morgan Freeman (Best Actor) and Matt Damon (Best Supporting Actor).
After 27 years in prison Nelson Mandela (Morgan Freeman) is elected President of the newly-democratic Republic of South Africa. But his country remains deeply divided, with an impoverished black majority harbouring anger towards their resentful former white oppressors. Attending an international rugby match, Mandela notes that all the whites cheer for the South African team, the Springboks, while all the blacks are cheering for England. Realising that sport is a possible way to unite his nation, Mandela enlists the help of the Springbok captain Francois Pienaar (Matt Damon). As Pienaar learns from Mandela's experiences and tries to follow his example, he is inspired to pursue an impossible dream - for the Springboks to defeat the unstoppable New Zealand All Blacks and win the 1995 rugby World Cup.
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Release date: 4 February 2010
Director: Saran
Starring: Sameera Reddy, Ajith Kumar, Prabhu Ganesan, Bhavana
This big-budget, high-octane adventure was shot in Chennai, Malaysia, Singapore, Hungary and London.
Popular Tamil movie hero Ajith Kumar shows off sculpted muscles and looks extremely debonair as he pairs for the first time with the gorgeous Sameera Reddy (who recently sizzled in Vaaranam Aayiram). The sons of the Chevalier Sivaji step out to produce this stylish thriller. Prabhu, one of the producers, plays a pivotal role, Chithiram Pesuthadi Bhavana is the second heroine, while a host of big names like Shah Rukh Khan are slated for cameos. Releasing in Tamil and Russian, this is 'Thala' Ajith Kumar's 49th cinematic outing, auspiciously with Saran, who directed hits for him, like Kadhal Mannan, Amarkalam and Attagasam. Slick editing by Antony will give it a polished fast paced finish and composer Bharathwaj's melodies pepper the soundtrack. Kept tightly under wraps, in true Ajith fashion, this film got its high profile launch by Superstar Rajnikanth.
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Release date: 29 January 2010
Director: Lee Daniels
Starring: Paula Patton, Gabourey Sidibe, Mo' Nique, Mariah Carey, Lenny Kravitz
Winner of the BAFTA for Best Supporting Actress and nominated for six Oscars - including Best Picture, Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress - this is an intense but uplifting drama of an abused teenager striving for a better life.
At the age of just sixteen Clareece 'Precious' Jones (Gabourey Sidibe) has already suffered unimaginable hardships. Abused by her mother (Mo' Nique), she grows up poor, angry, obese and illiterate in a crumbling tenement block. Pregnant for the second time by her own absent father, and threatened with expulsion from school, Precious is trapped in a life of misery. Even when she is offered the chance of an alternative education, her mother tells Precious that she is too stupid to do anything other than eke out a living on welfare. But Precious takes a chance with the Each One/Teach One initiative, where she is mentored by the patient and caring Ms Rain (Paula Patton). As the heart-breaking consequences of her upbringing are revealed, Precious begins a journey that will lead her from darkness, pain and powerlessness towards light, love and dignity.
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Release date: 15 January 2010
Director: Jason Reitman
Starring: George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Jason Bateman, Anna Kendrick
Nominated for six Oscars - including Best Actor, Best Director, Best Picture and two Best Supporting Actresses! - George Clooney racks up the air miles in this sophisticated comedy from Jason Reitman, director of Juno.
Corporate downsizer Ryan Bingham (George Clooney) is the consummate modern business traveller, a man totally content with his unencumbered lifestyle of airports, hotels and rental cars. A pampered and privileged elite member of every travel loyalty scheme in existence, he can carry all that he needs in one wheel-away case - and he's moving ever nearer to attaining his lifetime goal of 10 million frequent flier miles. There's even romance in the air when Ryan meets the beautiful Alex (Vera Farmiga), who shares his world-view. However Ryan's boss (Jason Bateman), inspired by Natalie (Anna Kendrick), a young, upstart efficiency expert, is threatening to permanently call Ryan in from the road. Faced with the terrifying yet exhilarating prospect of being grounded, Ryan begins to contemplate what it might actually mean to have a home.
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Release date: 26 December 2009
Director: Rob Marshall
Starring: Judi Dench, Kate Hudson, Nicole Kidman, Marion Cotillard, Daniel Day-Lewis, Penelope Cruz, Sophia Loren, Stacy 'Fergie' Ferguson
Daniel Day-Lewis stars in a lavish, lovingly realised production exploring the personal and creative crises befalling a film director.
The stars come out in force for Chicago director Rob Marshall's lively, high-spirited musical extravaganza, based on the Tony Award-winning musical of the same name (which, in turn, was inspired by Federico Fellini's 1963 semi-autobiographical film classic 8½. World-famous film director Guido Contini (Daniel Day-Lewis) has reached an impasse as far as his career and love life are concerned. Having reached the age of 40, Contini is suffering something of a midlife crisis, which is having a crippling effect on his latest production. To make matters worse, he's also fallen headlong into a romantic merry-go-round and has his hands full juggling an increasing number of women, including his wife (Marion Cotillard), mistress (Penelope Cruz), muse (Nicole Kidman) and confidant (Judi Dench). Marshall ups the drama both on and off the set as the film races towards its spectacular climax.
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Release date: 25 December 2009
Director: Sam Taylor Wood
Starring: Kristin Scott Thomas, Aaron Johnson, Anne-Marie Duff, Thomas Sangster
Celebrated artist Sam Taylor-Wood turns film director to take the early life of John Lennon to the big screen.
It's 1955 and young John Lennon (Aaron Johnson) is an inquisitive, intelligent teenager living with his Aunt Mimi (Kristin Scott-Thomas) in Liverpool. Having given him up at the age of five, John's mother Julia (Anne-Marie Duff) decides to reunite with her son, a decision that causes a great deal of friction between the two sisters. Wishing to escape the tension, John throws himself into his new love - music - and starts a band with a likeminded musician named Paul McCartney (Thomas Sangster). But just as things start to take off for the group, tragedy strikes, turning John's life upside-down. It's been 40 years since The Beatles strode over the iconic zebra crossing on Abbey Road - this touching biopic explores how John Lennon's early life set him off on his now-legendary journey.
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Release date: 21 December 2009
Director: Betty Thomas
Starring: Anna Faris, Justin Long, Jesse McCartney, David Cross, Zachary Levi, Matthew Gray Gubler
It's back to school for furry chipmunk pop sensations Alvin, Simon and Theodore.
In this follow-up to 2007 hit family comedy Alvin And The Chipmunks, lovable singing rodents Alvin, Simon and Theodore find themselves with a new human minder, Toby Seville (Zachary Levi) and heading back to the classroom like regular human kids. There they must save the school's music program by winning the $25,000 top prize in a battle of the bands. But first they have to tackle a host of new challenges such as peer pressure, school sports and girls - namely Brittany, Eleanor and Jeanette, aka rival musical trio 'The Chipettes'. Sneaky manager Ian Hawke is determined to wreak revenge on his former clients The Chipmunks by making the girls the Next Big Thing. Can the two groups overcome their personal and musical differences? Find out in this lively and colourful comedy with its skillful blend of live action and animation.
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Release date: 4 December 2009
Director: Jorge Blanco
Starring: John Cleese, Jessica Biel, Justin Long, Seann William Scott, Gary Oldman, Dwayne Johnson
An astronaut gets stranded on an alien planet in this zany animated comedy.
Former muscleman Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson softens up to lend his voice to Captain Charles 'Chuck' Baker, an American space traveller who is sent on a routine mission to explore a distant planet. But when he lands on Planet 51 he soon realises he isn't the first person to have set foot on its surface. In fact it's already populated by little green people who are happily living a 1950s-style existence. To them Chuck is a scary alien intruder! With the help of his new buddy Lem (Justin Long) and robot companion 'Rover', Chuck must find his way through the puzzling landscape of Planet 51 back to his spaceship. But first he must avoid the clutches of gung ho General Grawl (Gary Oldman) and Professor Kipple (John Cleese) who wants to put him on display in their Alien Invaders Space Museum.
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Release date: 4 December 2009
Director: Richard Linklater
Starring: Zac Efron, Kelly Reilly, Eddie Marsan, Christian McKay, Claire Danes, Ben Chaplin
Zac Efron and Claire Danes star in a dazzling theatre tale set in 1930s New York.
A 17-year-old student, Richard Samuels (Zac Efron) dreams of becoming an actor. Determined to succeed, he heads to New York to investigate the new Mercury Theatre Company being set up by actor-director Orson Welles (Christian McKay), a 22-year-old powerhouse already on his way to legendary status. Richard manages to charm his way into winning the tiny but significant role of Lucius in the Mercury's inaugural production of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. What follows is an unforgettable, life-changing week in which Richard learns everything there is to know about theatre from the charismatic but explosively volatile Welles. He also finds laughter, love, joy - and crushing disappointment - among the Mercury's motley crew of characters which includes Welles's beautiful assistant Sonja (Claire Danes), his imperious leading lady Muriel (Kelly Reilly), the neurotic English actor George (Ben Chaplin) and long-suffering producer John (Eddie Marsan).
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Release date: 20 November 2009
Director: Chris Weitz
Starring: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Peter Facinelli, Nikki Reed
The global phenomenon of Twilight continues, with new friends and enemies for Bella Swan - the girl who fell in love with a vampire.
When Twilight was released in 2008 it tuned youthful leads Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson into the hottest screen couple of the decade as the film topped the box office around the world. And now the saga, based on the bestselling books by Stephenie Meyer, continues. Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) is devastated by the abrupt departure of her vampire love, Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson) but her spirit is rekindled by her growing friendship with the irresistible Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner). Suddenly she finds herself drawn into the world of the werewolves, ancestral enemies of the vampires, and finds her loyalties tested. With familiar faces from the previous films, plus some sensational newcomers, the cast also includes acclaimed British actor Michael Sheen and Hollywood child star supreme Dakota Fanning.
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Release date: 30 October 2009
Director: Lone Scherfig
Starring: Dominic Cooper, Alfred Molina, Peter Sarsgaard, Carey Mulligan
Life-changing choices for a girl on the brink of adulthood in this evocative period drama.
One of the best-reviewed films to come out of the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, An Education is a romantic drama written by acclaimed British novelist Nick Hornby and based on the memoirs of renowned British journalist Lynn Barber. It's the story of Jenny (Carey Mulligan, previously seen in Pride & Prejudice), a 16-year-old girl growing up against the drab backdrop of England in the early 1960s. Dedicated to her cello and studying for her Oxbridge exam, Jenny suddenly enters a new and exciting world when she meets David (Peter Sarsgaard), a dashing older man who offers her a life of dazzling possibilities. Fast-rising young actress Carey Mulligan has been highly praised for her portrayal of Jenny, while the first-rate supporting cast includes Alfred Molina, Rosamund Pike, Dominic Cooper, Olivia Williams, Sally Hawkins and Emma Thompson.
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Release date: 16 October 2009
Director: Pete Docter, Bob Peterson
Starring: Ed Asner, John Ratzenberger, Christopher Plummer, Jordan Nagai
Carl Fredricksen (Ed Asner) is a 78-year-old retired balloon salesman and grouchy widower being forced to vacate the house he shared with his late wife. But rather than slink off quietly into a retirement home, Carl has bigger plans. He's embarking on an adventure to South America... and he's doing it without leaving his own front room! After tying thousands of balloons to the roof, Carl's house has lift-off and starts floating towards its exotic destination. However, over-eager junior Wilderness Explorer Russell (Jordan Nagai) has inadvertently come along for the ride, much to Carl's annoyance. But before long, they're sharing the adventure of a lifetime as they meet a talking dog, discover a rare flightless bird and ward off the advances of a dangerous enemy. Now all they have to do is find their way back home...
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Release date: 11 September 2009
Director: Andrea Arnold
Starring: Michael Fassbender, Katie Jarvis, Kierston Wareing
Second feature from Oscar-winning Brit Andrea Arnold about a teenage girl whose mother brings home a mysterious new boyfriend.
Mia (Katie Jarvis) is a feisty, foul-mouthed 15-year-old schoolgirl living on a sink estate with her mum (Kierston Wareing) and little sister, both of whom she bickers with constantly. She's been kicked out of school and spends her days practising dance moves and drinking whatever booze she can get hold of in an empty flat in her tower block. One day, mum brings home a new boyfriend, Connor (Michael Fassbender), a good-looking Irish security guard who immediately takes a shine Mia, complimenting her on her dancing skills and lending her money. A drive out to the countryside holds the vague promise that a happy family could be forming but the chemistry between Mia and Conner is palpable. Is he merely giving Mia the attention she needs or does Connor have more sinister intentions?
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Release date: 28 August 2009
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Guy Pearce, Anthony Mackie, Jeremy Renner, Brian Geraghty, Christopher Sayegh
Winner of six BAFTA Awards - including Best Film and Best Director - and nominated for nine Oscars - including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor - this is an ultra-intense military thriller set in the blistering heat of the Middle East.
Matt Thompson (Guy Pearce), JT Sanborn (Anthony Mackie) and Owen Eldridge (Brian Geraghty) are a US bomb disposal team operating in Baghdad. When Thompson is killed while attempting to defuse an improvised explosive device (IED), Sergeant William James (Jeremy Renner) is brought in to replace him. In contrast to the measured and meticulous Thompson, the newcomer stuns his subordinates by ignoring procedure and throwing away the rulebook. While Sanborn and Eldridge count the days remaining in their tour of duty and try to stay alive, James behaves as if he's indifferent to death. He's a magnet for trouble too - a routine patrol leads to an encounter with a British mercenary (Ralph Fiennes) that descends into a desperate stand-off with insurgents. And James' friendship with a local youngster nicknamed Beckham (Christopher Sayegh) leads the American into a terrifying night-time journey through the hostile city.
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Release date: 21 August 2009
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Starring: Brad Pitt, Melanie Laurent, Christoph Waltz, Diane Kruger
A group of WW2 soldiers hunt down Nazis in Tarantino's historically ambiguous, blood-spattered and brutal wartime epic.
In German-occupied France, Shosanna Dreyfus (Melanie Laurent) witnesses the mindless murder of her family at the hands of notorious Nazi Colonel Hans Landa (Christoph Waltz). She escapes the massacre and flees to Paris where she assumes a new identity as the owner of a cinema. When Shosanna learns that the Nazis want to premier their latest propaganda film at her cinema, she starts plotting her revenge. Meanwhile, Lieutenant Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt) leads a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as 'the basterds' on a grisly mission to track down, torture and execute Nazis. Their assignment leads them to a certain Parisian cinema where, with the help of beautiful German actress and secret agent Bridget von Hammersmark (Diane Kruger), they plan to take down the leaders of the Third Reich in a glorious, bloody climax.
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Release date: 14 August 2009
Director: John Schultz
Starring: Ashley Tisdale, Robert Hoffman, Carter Jenkins, Austin Robert Butler
It's a battle of the species as the Pearsons go toe-to-toe with the aliens in the attic.
When the Pearson family travels to their holiday home in Maine, they're all looking forward to a pleasant summer-long break. But the arrival of Bethany's (Ashley Tisdale) irritating boyfriend Ricky (Robert Hoffman) isn't the only unwelcome surprise. While taking a look around the house, Tom (Carter Jenkins) and Jake (Austin Robert Butler) discover a bunch of pint-sized aliens living in the loft. Despite their less-than-menacing appearance, it soon becomes clear that these two-foot tearaways have deeply despicable plans. They want to take over the planet and it's up to the plucky Pearsons to stop them. Using all the weapons at their disposal (garden rake, Slinky, umbrella), and with the help of their kick-ass nana, the kids gear up and get ready to go into battle to defend their family against the knee-high space invaders.
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Release date: 17 July 2009
Director: Duncan Jones
Starring: Sam Rockwell, Kevin Spacey, Dominique McElligott, Kaya Scodelario
An isolated lunar astronaut begins to lose his grip on reality in this cerebral sci-fi thriller with one heck of a twist.
Sam Bell (Sam Rockwell) is just two weeks away from finishing a lengthy, lonely contract mining Earth's primary source of energy, Helium-3, on the dark side of the moon. Thanks to a glitch in the communications satellite, Sam's only companion on this trip is Gerty (voiced by Kevin Spacey), the base's unsophisticated computer, and the odd recorded message sent from home. As his contract nears termination, Sam starts suffering from crippling headaches and vivid hallucinations, which lead to a near-fatal accident in a lunar rover. But while he's recovering back at the base, he makes a shocking discovery: a younger version of himself has arrived to fulfil the same contract Sam started all that time ago. Is the second Sam just another hallucination or something altogether more sinister?
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Release date: 12 June 2009
Director: Todd Phillips
Starring: Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis, Heather Graham, Justin Bartha, Sasha Barrese
Three buddies wake up in Vegas with sore heads and realise they've lost the groom!
It's the phone call that every bride-to-be dreads - the one where the best man informs her that he's lost the groom: "What? We're getting married in five hours." "Yeah..." comes the reply, "That's not going to happen." It all begins two days before his wedding, when Doug and his three friends drive to Las Vegas for a bachelor party they'll never forget. However, when the three groomsmen wake next morning, they can't remember a thing, but their hotel suite is trashed and they find a tiger in the bathroom and a baby in the closet. The one thing they can't find is Doug. With no time to spare, the trio must retrace their steps in order to figure out where things went wrong - and hopefully get Doug back to LA in time to walk down the aisle.
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Release date: 3 April 2009
Director: Rob Letterman, Conrad Vernon
Starring: Kiefer Sutherland, Reese Witherspoon, Seth Rogan, Hugh Laurie, Will Arnett
A motley crew of monsters takes on rampaging alien robots in this animated extraterrestrial smackdown.
When Susan Murphy (voiced by Reese Witherspoon) is hit by a meteor filled with outer-space gunk (on her wedding day, of all days), she suddenly grows to nearly 50 feet tall. The military leaps into action, captures her and whisks her off to a secret government compound where they've been rounding up other monsters over the years. Inside, she meets Dr Cockroach PhD (Hugh Laurie), an insect-headed intellect; a half-ape half-fish with a soft spot for the ladies called The Missing Link (Will Arnett); B.O.B. (Seth Rogan), a gelatinous, indestructible mass; and 350-foot grub Insectosaurus. After years in confinement, the monsters are suddenly called into action when a rampaging alien robot attacks the Earth. Under the orders of General WR Monger (Kiefer Sutherland), the unlikely heroes must now take on the aliens and save mankind from almost certain destruction.
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Release date: 6 March 2009
Director: Jean-Marc VallÈe
Starring: Mark Strong, Emily Blunt, Rupert Friend, Miranda Richardson
Queen Victoria's ascension to the throne, the early turbulent years of her reign and her legendary romance and marriage to Prince Albert.
England, 1837. After an unhappy and sheltered childhood as the object of a royal power struggle, Victoria (Emily Blunt) becomes queen at the age of just 18. Now she can be free of her overbearing mother, the Duchess of Kent (Miranda Richardson), and her ambitious advisor, Conroy (Mark Strong). Meanwhile Victoria's handsome cousin, Albert (Rupert Friend) has been pressured to marry Victoria by his father, King Leopold of Belgium (Thomas Kretschmann). As queen, Victoria embraces the charming Prime Minister Lord Melbourne (Paul Bettany), as her sole advisor. When Melbourne is ousted, Victoria must face the first of many crises to afflict her reign. A royal wedding to Albert restores Victoria's popularity with the public, but can it ever be a case of happy ever after for the headstrong monarch?
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Release date: 6 February 2009
Director: John Patrick Shanley
Starring: Meryl Streep, Amy Adams, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Viola Davis
Academy Award-winning heavyweights Meryl Streep and Philip Seymour Hoffman square up for an explosive battle of wills in this electrifying story.
At St Nicholas school in the Bronx, a charismatic priest named Father Flynn (Philip Seymour Hoffman) is attempting to challenge the establishment's strict customs. Sister Aloysius (Meryl Streep) is the iron-gloved Principal who has long upheld these traditions, and who has an unshakeable belief in the power of fear and discipline. It's 1964, the winds of political change are sweeping through the community and the school has just accepted its first black student, Donald Miller. But when the innocent, well-meaning Sister James (Amy Adams) shares with Sister Aloysius her suspicion that Father Flynn is paying too much attention to Donald, Sister Aloysius, without a shard of proof besides her own moral certainty, sets out on a personal crusade to unearth the truth, which threatens to tear the community apart.
Llandudno Tourist Information
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More Llandudno Attractions
Great Orme Tramway
Home Front Experience
Great Orme Copper Mines
Ski Llandudno
Llandudno Pier
Haulfre Gardens
Llandudno Cable Car
Bodafon Farm Park
Happy Valley
Attractions near Llandudno
Conwy Castle
Welsh Mountain Zoo
Bodnant Gardens
Conwy Estuary Nature Reserve
Conwy Butterfly Jungle
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