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Jack is back

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (PG15) – starring Chris Pine, Kevin Costner and Keira Knightley, directed by and also starring Kenneth Branagh Tom Clancy’s Cold War hero, CIA analyst Jack Ryan is back. After tackling terror plots (Patriot Games, The Sum …

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More is never enough

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The Wolf of Wall Street (TBA) – starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill and Matthew McConaughey, directed by Martin Scorsese   If America is the land of opportunity, the country’s infamous Wall Street is its capital of corruption. And that’s exactly …

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Going bump in the night

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Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones (18+) – starring Andrew Jacobs, Molly Ephraim and Richard Cabral, directed by Christopher Landon You can’t teach an old dog new tricks. Or so we thought. The popular horror franchise is back and is branching …

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The fight for liberty

Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (TBA) – Idris Elba, Naomie Harris and Tony Kgoroge, directed by Justin Chadwick Many know the story of Nelson Mandela as a leader but few know the legacy of the man himself. Mandela: Long Walk …

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Adventure beckons

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (PG13) – Ben Stiller, Kristen Wiig, Sean Penn and Shirley MacLaine, directed by Ben Stiller As seems to be the fashion in Hollywood at the moment, the big film released this week is a …

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Epic fantasy quest hots up

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (TBA) – Starring Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen and Richard Armitage, directed by Peter Jackson If you’ve missed the excitement that surrounds The Hobbit trilogy you may have been living under a rock… or even …

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Revenge has a name

Carrie (18+)  – Starring Chloë Grace Moretz and Julianne Moore, directed by Kimberly Peirce Based on the 1974 novel by Stephen King, this film adaptation reimagines the story of Carrie White, a 17-year-old outcast who discovers she has telekinesis. Cinema …

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Keep your friends close…

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (PG15) – Starring Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson and Woody Harrelson, directed by Francis Lawrence The long-anticipated sequel to the film that made Jennifer Lawrence a household name finally hits our screens. Based on the trilogy …

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Have and have nots…

Elysium (18+) – Starring Matt Damon, Jodie Foster and Sharlto Copley, directed by Neill Blomkamp With the themes of immigration, healthcare and military heavy-handedness hitting the headlines with alarming regularity across the world at the moment, it could be argued …

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Hammer time… again

Thor: The Dark World (PG15) – starring Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman and Tom Hiddleston, directed by Alan Taylor After the runaway success of Marvel Comics’ ‘phase one’ movie releases, which culminated in the Avengers ‘assembled’, the company’s ‘phase two’ got …

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