Cinema New Releases THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E RELEASE DATE: 14th August 2015 CAST: Henry Cavill, Armie Hammer, Alicia Vikander, Elizabeth Debicki, Jared Harris, Hugh Grant, Luca Calvani Director Guy Ritchie’s “The Man from U.N.C.L.E.,” is a fresh take on the hugely popular 1960s television series. Set against the backdrop of the early 1960s, at the height of the Cold War, “The Man from U.N.C.L.E.” centers on CIA agent Solo and KGB agent Kuryakin. Forced to put aside longstanding hostilities, the two team up on a joint mission to stop a mysterious international criminal organization, which is bent on destabilizing the fragile balance of power through the proliferation of nuclear weapons and technology. The duo’s only lead is the daughter of a vanished German scientist, who is the key to infiltrating the criminal organization, and they must race against time to find him and prevent a worldwide catastrophe.
ABSOLUTLY ANYTHING RELEASE DATE: 14th August 2015 CAST: Simon Pegg, Kate Beckinsale, Eddie Izzard, Joanna Lumley, Meera Syal and Rob RIggle. A voice cast line up of: John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, Eric Idle, Michael Palin and Robin Williams
STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON RELEASE DATE: 28th August 2015 CAST: O’Shea Jackson Jr., Corey Hawkins, Jason Mitchell, Aldis Hodge, Neil Brown Jr. In the mid-1980’s, the streets of Compton, California, were some of the most dangerous in the country. When five young men translated their experiences of growing up into brutally honest music that rebelled against abusive authority, they gave an explosive voice to a silenced generation. Following the meteoric rise and fall of N.W.A., Straight Outta Compton tells the astonishing story of how these youngsters revolutionized music and pop culture forever the moment they told the world about life in the hood and ignited a cultural war.
Absolutely Anything follows a disillusioned school teacher, Neil Clarke (Pegg) who suddenly finds he has the ability to do anything he wishes, a challenge bestowed upon him by a group of power-crazed aliens (voiced by Cleese, Gillam, Jones, Palin and Idle), watching him from space. As he struggles to deal with these new found powers and the events that subsequently arise, he calls upon his loyal canine companion Dennis (voiced by Robin Williams) to help him along the way. Mishap after mishap finally leads him to the ultimate conundrum that all men dread and at which many have failed...should he choose the girl... or the dog...?
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