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photographs captured the final days of white rule in South Africa. Two were awarded Pulitzer Prizes for their acclaimed work. This film tells the remarkable and sometimes harrowing story of these men, and the extraordinary extremes they went to in order to capture their pictures.
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RELEASE DATE: 15 APRIL
WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
During the early part of the Great Depression in America, young veterinary student Jacob Jankowski is tossed by fate onto a rickety train that happens to be home to the Benzini Brothers’ Most Spectacular Show on Earth. Now 90, Jacob recounts the joys and horrors of the circus world and his remarkable bond with Rosie, an untrainable elephant.
TOMORROW, WHEN THE WAR BEGAN Based on John Marsden’s novel, the Water for Elephants
Barney Panofsky, a seemingly ordinary man who lives an extraordinary life. Spanning four decades, two continents and three very different loves, this is a story of a gloriously full life, played out on a grand scale. And, at its centre, stands an unlikely hero: the unforgettable Barney Panofsky. RIO Set in the lush rain forest of Brazil, this comedy-adventure centres on Blu, a rare macaw who thinks he is the last of his kind until he discovers another female counterpart. The pair embark on the adventure of a lifetime, where they learn about friendship, love, courage, and being open to life’s many wonders. A heart-warming story set to energising Latin and contemporary music.
lives of eight high school friends in a remote country town are violently upended by a war that no one saw coming. Cut off from their families and friends, eight teenagers must somehow learn to escape, survive and fight back. Slick and good-looking, high on action, low on introversion, this film misses the subtle insights into the explosive concoction of idealism and testosterone that gurgles in the teenage psyche. RELEASE DATE: 22 APRIL UNKNOWN Dr Martin Harris awakens after a car accident in Berlin to discover that his wife suddenly doesn’t recognise him and another man has assumed his identity. Ignored by disbelieving authorities and hunted by mysterious assassins, he finds himself alone, tired, and on the run. Aided by an unlikely ally, Martin plunges headlong into a deadly mystery that will force him to question his sanity, his identity, and just how far he’s willing to go to uncover the truth. RELEASE DATE: 29 APRIL THE BANG BANG CLUB Lately in the news again, when João Silva stepped on a landmine in Afghanistan, the Bang Bang Club was the name given to João and three other young photographers – Greg Marinovich, Kevin Carter and Ken Oosterbroek. Their
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A powerful but arrogant warrior whose reckless actions reignite an ancient war is brought to his knees by a beautiful young scientist, Jane Foster, played by … yes, Natalie Portman! Thor learns what it takes to be a true hero when the most dangerous villain of his world sends the darkest forces of Asgard to invade Earth. RELEASE DATE: 6 MAY
THE LINCOLN LAWYER A Beverly Hills playboy arrested for attacking a woman he picked up in a bar chooses a down-on-his-luck lawyer – Mickey Haller – to defend him. What at first seems like a defence attorney’s dream soon brings him face to face with pure evil. RELEASE DATE: 13 MAY
MASTER HAROLD … AND THE BOYS Based on the semi-autobiographical play by South African award-winning writer Athol Fugard, this thought-provoking drama details the coming of age of 17-year-old Hally (Freddie Highmore), whom the black employees of his parent’s fashionable tea room are ordered to refer to as “Master Harold”. Who would want to miss seeing Port Elizabeth on the big screen?
BEASTLY
When Kyle, the spoiled, shallow and incredibly popular prince of his high school kingdom inadvertently chooses a disguised witch as his latest target for humiliation, she enacts the perfect revenge and transforms Kyle into someone as unattractive on the outside as he is on the inside. A hyper-modern retelling of the classic Beauty and the Beast story. RELEASE DATE: 27 MAY HANNA This adventure thriller is about Hanna (played by Saoirse Ronan), a teenage girl who has been raised by her father, an ex-CIA man, in the wilds of Finland. Her upbringing has been geared to make her the perfect assassin. When she is sent into the world by her father on a mission, Hanna journeys stealthily across Europe while evading agents dispatched by a ruthless intelligence operative (Cate Blanchett) with secrets of her own.
2011
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