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Rayniel Rufino, Liche Ariza. Moviehouse Entertainment. In the future world, nations are replaced by projects, managed like corporations. Neighborhoods, called Quadrants, are closely monitored by those supervising them. A highly armed military force, ready to take action against any dissent, is used to maintain strict order. At the core of this society is a single ambition, the maintenance of corporate productivity, at all costs. Against this backdrop, two young students from different Quadrants fall in love. However, their future path together is blocked, not only from the authorities but their own family, themselves driven by blind ambition. Broadway 3
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Animation. 80mins. Dir: Leo Lee. Cast: Sarah Natochenny, Jessica Paquet, Veronica Taylor. Golden Network Asia. Peanut Planet is suffering from severe droughts, which is affecting the growth of the Bonta cactus plants that have fed the people for generations. Baraboo, a city in the desert, is particularly affected by the climate change. Young Boca is a well-known trouble-maker in Baraboo. One day, he has a vision of the miraculous Bonta Grove that could save the city. When nobody believes him, he is determined to prove them wrong. Boca sets out on a journey with his best friend, the timid Neepop, hitching a ride on the floating boulders of Black Magnet Valley.
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Psycho-drama. 88mins. Dir: Menno Meyjes. Cast: Jacob Derwig, Thekla Reuten, Daan Schuurmans, Kim Van Kooten, Jonas Smulders. Media Luna New Films. Serge and Babette know
something. Hopefully they won’t tell Claire, because she doesn’t know anything. And Paul… Paul knows everything. They did something terrible that can ruin their future. But who knows what? Broadway 2
original stunt crew reunites and performs a series of laugh-out-loud stunts, ranging from lit fireworks in the front pants pocket, to baby crocodiles biting bare buttocks, to something they call ‘The Human Slingshot’ – a jetskipowered flying raft with a man hanging on by his knuckles.
the $8 million dollars he stole from them. The only problem is, Robert has no idea what they are talking about. Searching his surroundings, he discovers Sam under a pile of boxes in the corner, beaten and battered. As both men fight for their lives before freezing to death, the truth about their situation slowly reveals itself.
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Action/adventure/ comedy/documentary. 92mins. Dir: Danie Barnard, Eugene Koekemoer. Cast: Eugene Koekemoer, Louis Koekemoer, Wikus Nienhaber, Jaco Jordaan, Don Cobra. Leomark Studios. Jackass, South Africanstyle. Based on the popular South African TV stunt series ‘AF’. South Africa’s self-proclaimed
Thriller. 82mins. Dir: Mikael Salomon. Cast: Dylan McDermott, Peter Facinelli, Yuliya Snigr. Lightning Entertainment Group. Robert, an average guy with an average life, is tested beyond human endurance when he awakens to find himself locked in an industrial freezer by Russian thugs. The gangsters threaten his life unless he returns
Animation/family/action/ adventure. 85mins. Dir: Ben Stassen, Jeremie Degruson. Cast: Studiocanal. Abandoned young cat Thunder sneaks into a mysterious mansion owned by retired magician Lawrence, aka ‘The Illustrious Lorenzo’. Lawrence shares his fairy-tale world with many animals and a dazzling array of automatons and gizmos capable of whipping up breakfast while rolling
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out a spectacular songand-dance routine. He soon makes Thunder feel welcome, but Jack the rabbit and Maggie the mouse start plotting to get him kicked out. When Lawrence ends up in the hospital, his nephew tries to trick him into selling the house. But its ragtag inhabitants develop a spooky strategy to defend their home. They turn their house into a haunted mansion, using Thunder as their secret weapon. AMC Santa Monica 1
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Horror. 88mins. Dir: Josh Stewart. Cast: Josh Stewart, Ronnie Gene Blevins. Cinema Management Group. In an attempt to land their own hunting TV show, Jake and Stevie head to the dense, secluded mountains of West Virginia. Equipped with only their bow and cameras, they have three days to kill a monster buck big enough to grab the attention of a TV network. Once they find the massive animal, they look to strike fast. But as the sun sets, they realise they’re not alone. A supernatural force appears to be lurking in the vacant woods… and now they’re the ones being hunted. Ocean
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Horror/thriller. 82mins. Dir: Jeremy Berg. Cast: Brandon Anthony, Carson Holden, D’Angelo Midili. Stealth Media Group. After inheriting a house from a family that she never knew, Sam and three friends take a road trip to inspect the remote property. Soon after Sam arrives old memories come seeping back, while jealousy and unspoken tension between the friends is forced to the surface. Sam soon finds herself unable to tell the difference between reality and horrible visions of brutality she can’t escape, and while her world crumbles around her, she discovers that the current horrors may be tied directly to her past. Fairmont 5
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Comedy/action/ adventure. 100mins. Dir: Zhora Kryzhovnikov. Cast: Sergey Svetlakov. Bazelevs. While getting married Natasha and Roma plan to have two ceremonies – one for friends, the other for relatives, both held on the same day and city. loews 2
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Family. 92mins. Dir: Alain Gsponer. Cast:
Jonas Holdenrieder, Emily Kusche, Nico Hartung, Herbert Knaup, Bettina Stucky, Uwe Ochsenknecht. ARRI Worldsales. The Little Ghost lives in the castle of Eulenstein. It awakens for precisely one hour after the clock strikes midnight. Despite the warnings of a friend, Mr Tu-Whit Tu-Whoo, the ghost would like to see the world by daylight once. Meanwhile, Karl, Hannes and Marie go on a nightly excursion to the castle, where they have their first encounter with the ghost. The following day, the ghost wakes up at 12 o’clock – noontime. Its joy about this soon passes, as – discolored black by the first sunray – it scares the town’s inhabitants and causes a commotion. Chased by the police, the ghost asks the children for help. AMC Santa Monica 3
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Drama. 97mins. Dir: Ragnar Bragason. Cast: Thora Bjorg Helga, Ingvar E Sigurosson, Halldora Geirharosdottir, Sveinn Olafur Gunnarsson, Hannes Oli Agustsson. Picture Tree International. It’s 1970 and as Black Sabbath record their first album and mark the birth of heavy metal, Hera Karlsdottir is born on the cowshed floor at her parents’ farm in rural Iceland. The years of her youth are carefree until a tragedy strikes. Her older brother is killed in an accident and Hera blames herself for his death. In her grief she finds solace in the dark music of heavy metal and dreams of becoming a rock star. laemmle 1
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Horror. 105mins. Dir: Mike Flanagan. Cast: Karen Gillan, Brenton Thwaites, Katee Sackhoff. Focus Features International. A concept driven and spine-chilling supernatural tale of two damaged siblings who witnessed their parents’ gruesome demise when »