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Captain Phillips
White House Down
Release date 11 OctObeR / director Paul Greengrass / starring Tom Hanks, Catherine Keener, Christopher Stadulis / Genre Action, Biography, Drama
Release date 6 septembeR / director Roland Emmerich / starring Channing Tatum, Jamie Foxx, Maggie Gyllenhaal / Genre Action, Drama, Thriller
In his first directorial appearance since his provocative 2010 political thriller ‘Green Zone’, English filmmaker Paul Greengrass announces his return with a dramatisation of the 2009 Maersk Alabama hijacking. Tom Hanks stars in the title role as Captain Richard Phillips, who was at the helm of the cargo ship MV Maersk Alabama when it was boarded by pirates off the coast of Somalia. Phillips’ heroic exploits during the three days the Somali pirates held him hostage landed him a book deal and it’s this autobiographical memoir, A Captain’s Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALs and Dangerous Days at Sea, that provides the basis for this intriguing film.
The White House is under siege in this action thriller from ‘Independence Day’ director Roland Emmerich and ‘The Amazing Spider-Man’s’ writer James Vanderbilt. Capitol Policeman John Cale (Channing Tatum) has just been denied his dream job with the Secret Service of protecting President James Sawyer (Jamie Foxx). Not wanting to let down his little girl with the news, he takes her on a tour of the White House, when the complex is overtaken by a heavily armed paramilitary group. With time running out and the government falling into chaos, it’s up to Cale to save the president, his daughter and the country.
Thor: The Dark World Release date 30 OctObeR / director Alan Taylor / starring Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Anthony Hopkins / Genre Action, Adventure, Fantasy
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thor once again hits the big screen as he battles to save earth and all the Nine Realms from a mysterious enemy older than the universe itself. In the aftermath of marvel’s ‘thor’ and ‘the avengers’, thor fights to restore order across the cosmos...but an ancient race led by the vengeful malekith returns to plunge the universe back into darkness. Faced with an enemy that even Odin and asgard cannot overcome, thor must embark on his most perilous and personal journey yet, one that will reunite him with Jane Foster and force him to sacrifice everything to save us all.
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MEDIEVAL FAMILY ADVENTURE
NERVE-JANGLING THRILLER
Justin And The Knights Of Valour
Gravity
Release date 13 septembeR / director Manuel Sicilia / starring Freddie Highmore, Saoirse Ronan, Charles Dance / Genre Animation, Family
Justin’s dream is to become one of the Knights of Valour, like his grandfather was, but his father Reginald, the chief counsel to the Queen wants his son to follow in his footsteps and become a lawyer. After an inspiring visit to his beloved grandmother and bidding farewell to his supposed lady-love Lara, Justin leaves home and embarks on a quest to become a knight. Along the way he meets the beautiful, feisty Talia, a quirky wizard called Melquiades, the handsome Sir Clorex and is mentored by three monks; Blucher, Legantir and Braulio, who teach and test him in the ancient ways of the Knights of Valour.
Release date 18 OctObeR / director Alfonso Cuarón / starring Sandra Bullock, George Clooney, Basher Savage / Genre Sci-Fi, Thriller
Filmed entirely at Shepperton Studios London, Sandra Bullock plays Dr. Ryan Stone, a brilliant medical engineer on her first shuttle mission, with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalsky (Clooney) in command of his last flight before retiring. But on a seemingly routine spacewalk, disaster strikes. The shuttle is destroyed, leaving Stone and Kowalsky completely alone - tethered to nothing but each other and spiraling out into the blackness. The deafening silence tells them they have lost any link to earth…and any chance for rescue. As fear turns to panic, every gulp of air eats away at what little oxygen is left. But the only way home may be to go further out into the terrifying expanse of space. July / August 2013 21