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25th Jan 2013

What’s On: Your Guide to the Cinema This Week

Award-winning films, Oscar-nominated stars and Arnie's big return: there's only one place to go this week!

Rebecca McKnight

He might be back but Arnold Schwarzenegger’s latest isn’t the only thing on at the cinema this week…

Lincoln (12A)

Steven Spielberg brings us the story of US President Abraham Lincoln. Starring Daniel Day-Lewis and Sally Field.


Zero Dark Thirty (15A)

This flick, from Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow, chronicles the decade-long hunt for Osama bin Laden.


Movie 43 (16)

Emma Stone, Hugh Jackman and a host of other A-list stars appear in this comedy made up of a series of interconnected short films.


The Last Stand (15A)

The leader of a drug cartel escapes from a courthouse and heads for the Mexican border but Sheriff Ray Owens (Arnold Schwarzenegger) stands in his way.


Django Unchained (18)

Jamie Foxx and Leonardo DiCaprio star in Quentin Tarantino’s western about a freed slave who wants to rescue his wife from a plantation owner.


The Sessions (18)

A man, paralysed from the neck down, decides to hire a sex surrogate so that he can lose his virginity. Starring John Hawkes and Helen Hunt.

Gangster Squad (15A)

A group of police officers take matters into their own hands in order to chase mafia-types out of Los Angeles. Starring Ryan Gosling, Sean Penn, Emma Stone and Josh Brolin.


Les Misérables (12A)

Hugh Jackman, Anne Hathaway and Amanda Seyfried star in this musical epic about a man who takes pity on a poor factory worker and decides to look after her daughter.


Parental Guidance (G)

Artie and Diane (played by Billy Crystal and Bette Midler) agree to look after their grandkids but are soon left regretting it.


 

The Impossible (12A)

This intense film tells the story of a family on holiday in Thailand when the 2004 tsunami strikes. Starring Naomi Watts and Ewan McGregor.


Quartet (12A)

At a home for retired opera singers the annual performance for Verdi’s birthday is disrupted by the arrival of Jean who is a diva. Dame Maggie Smith, Billy Connolly and Michael Gambon are among the cast.


Jack Reacher (15A)

A homicide investigator decides to look deeper into a case involving a trained sniper who shot five random victims. Starring the King of Action Tom Cruise.

Life of Pi (PG)

A young man survives a disaster while at sea and is soon catapulted into a world of adventure. Along the way he develops a strong bond with a tiger.


The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (12A)

This Lord of the Rings prequel goes back 60 years to when Gandalf asks Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) to help a group of dwarves reclaim their home from a dragon. Along the way they encounter quite a few interesting characters including one that keeps mentioning his precious.

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