One week from Friday, March 12, 2010
Hot ticket...
Aliens in the Attic (PG): A group of kids must protect their holiday home from invading aliens. Family sci-fi adventure.
Cin
Crazy Heart (15): A washed-up country music musician is forced to reassess his dysfunctional life during a doomed romance. Romantic drama starring Jeff Bridges.
Cin
Hachi: A Dog’s Tale (U): A drama based on the true story of a college professor’s bond with the abandoned dog he takes into his home. Family drama starring Richard Gere.
Cin, Com
Shutter Island (15): In 1954, a US marshal investigates the disappearance of a female murderer who escaped from a hospital for the criminally insane and who is presumed to be hiding on a remote island. Thriller directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Max von Sydow.
Cin
The Bounty Hunter (12A): A bounty hunter learns that his next target is his ex-wife — a reporter working on a murder cover-up. Soon after their reunion, the duo find themselves on a run-for-their-lives adventure. Romantic comedy starring Gerard Butler.
Cin
Twilight Saga: New Moon (12A): When Edward leaves Bella, her whole world is turned upside down and turns to her best friend to fill the void. As she spends more time with him, she learns there is more than vampires in town
. Med
Minghella Film Festival: Showing a selection of Anthony Minghella's films.
Cin, Qy For more information visit
http://www.minghellafilmfestival.com/screenings.html
Still showing...
Alice in Wonderland (PG): Alice returns to the magical world from her childhood adventure, where she reunites with her old friends and learns of her true destiny — to end the Red Queen’s reign of terror. Fantasy adventure directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp. Also screened in 3-D. Cin, Com
Alvin and the Chipmunks 2: The Squeakquel (U): The world-famous singing trio return to contend with the pressures of school, celebrity and a rival female music group known as The Chipettes. Animated family comedy. Cin
Astro Boy (PG): When a scientist’s young son dies, he secretly creates a powerful robot child to replace him, which uses it’s incredible powers to become a world famous superhero trying to save the planet. Animated sci-fi adventure. Cin
Avatar (12A): A band of humans is pitted in a battle against a distant planet’s indigenous population of aliens. Sci-fi adventure directed by James Cameron and starring Sigourney Weaver. In 3D at Cin
From Paris With Love (15): In Paris, a young employee in the US Ambassador’s office hooks up with an American spy looking to stop a terrorist attack in the city. Crime thriller starring John Travolta. Cin
Green Zone (15): Discovering covert and faulty intelligence causes a US Army officer to go rogue as he hunts for weapons of mass destruction in an unstable region. War drama directed by Paul Greengrass and starring Matt Damon. Cin
Invictus (12A): Nelson Mandela, in his first term as South African president, initiates a unique venture to unite the apartheid-torn land — enlisting the national rugby team on a mission to win the 1995 Rugby World Cup. Drama directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon. Com
Leap Year (PG): A woman who has an elaborate scheme to propose to her boyfriend on February 29, faces a major setback when bad weather threatens to de-rail her planned trip to Dublin. Romantic comedy starring John Lithgow. Cin, Com
Legion (15): A diner becomes the unlikely battleground for the survival of the human race, when God loses faith in humankind and brings on the Apocalypse. Horror starring Paul Bettany. Cin
Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (PG): A teenager discovers he is the descendant of a Greek god and sets out on an adventure to settle an ongoing battle between the gods. Fantasy adventure directed by Chris Columbus,starring Sean Bean and Pierce Brosnan. Cin, Com
Planet 51 (U): An astronaut lands on Planet 51 thinking he’s the first person to step foot on it. To his surprise, he finds it is inhabited by little green people who are happily living in a white picket fence world, and whose only fear is that it will be overrun by alien invaders. Animated family adventure. Cin
The Crazies (15): The inhabitants of a small Iowa town are suddenly plagued by insanity and death after a mysterious toxin contaminates their water supply. Sci-fi horror. Cin
The Lovely Bones (12A): A young girl who was murdered watches over her family — and her killer — from heaven, weighing her feelings of vengeance against her desire for her family to heal. Fantasy drama, directed by Peter Jackson and starring Mark Wahlberg. Cin, Com
The Princess and the Frog (U): A fairy tale set in jazz age-era New Orleans and centred on a young girl named Princess Tiana and her fateful kiss with a frog prince who desperately wants to be human again. Animated musical fantasy. Cin, Com
Up (U): By tying thousands of balloons to his home, a 78-year-old man sets out to fulfil his lifelong dream — to see the wilds of South America. However, he soon learns he has a young stowaway. Animated comedy adventure. Cin
Arthouse...
A TALE about a teenage Kurdish boy’s quest to find the love of his life,
Welcome (15), is Ventnor Film Society’s latest screening, at the Winter Gardens, on Tuesday.
The 17-year-old Kurd, from Iraq, travels across Europe with the aim of getting to England, but finds the final leg of his adventure-filled journey from Calais, his biggest challenge.
The drama has subtitles and starts at 7.30pm.
Cinemas:
Cin — Cineworld, Newport
www.cineworld.co.uk
Com — Commodore, Ryde
www.reeltime-cinemas.co.uk/ryde.php
Med — Medina Theatre, Newport
www.medinatheatre.co.uk/movies.shtml
Qy — Quay Arts, Newport
www.quayarts.org
Ap — Apollo Theatre, Newport
Ven — Ventnor Winter Gardens
www.ventnorfilmsoc.org.uk
Ry — Ryde Studio Theatre, Ryde High School