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Toast

Toast Movie
4
Sunday October 23rd, 2011
Toast is based on the memoirs of British culinary expert Nigel Slater. It's a delightful recreation of 1960's Britain lovingly directed by S J Clarkson  and starring Oscar Kennedy as the very young Slater who reads cook books and hates the drab meals his gastronomically challenged mother (Victoria Hamilton) prepares.…More

50/50

Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Seth Rogen in 50/50
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Saturday October 22nd, 2011
Twentyseven year old Adam (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) doesn't drink or do drugs. He waits religiously at DON'T WALK signs before crossing even when the street is deserted and he's never driven a car out of fear of injury or worse. So when Adam is diagnosed with cancer of the spine and…More

Mozart's Sister

Mozart's Sister
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Monday October 17th, 2011
Maria Anna known as "Nannerl" is the first child of Leopold and Anna Maria Mozart. The Mozarts are a poor family but she and her younger brother, Wolfgang, are considered child musical  prodigies and the ambitious Leopold is determined to parade them  before the aristocracy of Europe because, in the…More

Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame

Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame
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Monday October 10th, 2011
In 690 AD Wu Zetian was preparing to become the sole Empress Regnant in Chinese history. There was a considerable amount of intrigue in the air as Wu was feared and hated for her ruthlessness in dealing with potential adversaries and dissenters. When a man overseeing the erection of a…More

Moneyball

Brad Pitt in Moneyball
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Saturday October 1st, 2011
Moneyball is a triumph for Brad Pitt who follows his memorable performance earlier this year in Terrence Malick's Tree Of Life with his role as a baseball Rocky in this intelligent, perceptive sports drama.  Adapted from the Michael Lewis book Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game, Moneyball is…More

Contagion

Jude Law in Contagion
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Saturday September 24th, 2011
Contagion is an intelligent Hollywood disaster vehicle with a big international ensemble cast headed by Laurence Fishburne, Matt Damon & Jude Law and including 3 recent Best Actress Oscar winners; Gwyneth Paltrow, Marion Cotillard and Kate Winslet. Fishburne is a doctor at the CDC who must try and contain a deadly…More

Drive

Drive
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Thursday September 22nd, 2011
In Nicolas Winding Refn's intense, powerful drama Drive Ryan Gosling is mesmerizing as the mysterious loner who is simply referred to as Driver and who wears a jacket with a scorpion sketched on the back. A man of few words his compulsive personality causes him to seek adrenalin rushes by…More

One Day

One Day Anne Hathaway, Jim Sturgess
2
Sunday September 18th, 2011
Based on David Nicholls successful novel of the same name One Day follows the ups and downs in the relationship of Emma (Anne Hathaway) and Dexter (Jim Sturgess) over a 20 year period. The story unfolds in a series of events that occur on one specific day of the year…More

The Whistleblower

The Whistleblower
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Friday September 16th, 2011
Kathryn Bolkovac was a Nebraska police officer trying to cope with losing custody of her children following a marital breakup. When someone offers her a good paying opportunity to join the UN peacekeeping force in post-war Bosnia she agrees and goes to work for Democra a private contractor responsible for…More

Sarah's Key

Kristin Scott Thomas in Sarah's Key
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Wednesday September 7th, 2011
Based on an international best selling novel by Tatiana De Rosnay Sarah's Key is the moving account of a young Jewish girl (Sarah) whose family perishes following the infamous Vel' d'Hiv round up of Jews by the French police in July of 1942. The family is among the thousands of…More

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