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30th Nov 2012

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

The Boogeyman, cops, zoo animals and Miss Havisham: it's an unusual but irresistible mix at the cinema this week.

Rebecca McKnight

From a pair of officers fighting crime in LA to a bunch of vampires fighting other vampires in the forest… it’s all go on the big screen!

End of Watch (16)

Brian (Jake Gyllenhaal) and Mike (Michael Pena) are friends and partners policing one of LA’s toughest districts. The film is told from two perspectives, the cops and a Mexican gang, but it’s not long until their paths cross.

Great Expectations (12A)

Jeremy Irvine and Helena Bonham Carter lead a stellar in this big screen adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic novel about an orphan who suddenly finds himself rich.

Silver Linings Playbook (15A)

In this touching tale a man (Bradley Cooper) who is diagnosed with bi-polar disorder meets a woman (Jennifer Lawrence) who has lost her husband but can they help each other find happiness?


Rise of the Guardians (G)

The Boogeyman wants to steal the power of the Guardians (Santa, the Easter Bunny, the Sandman and the Tooth Fairy) to fill the world with fear. They call on Jack Frost to help them in their fight against evil.


Argo (15A)

Ben Affleck stars in and directs this dramatization of an operation to get six American diplomats out of revolutionary Iran.

Gambit (12A)

An art curator (Colin Firth) decides to get his revenge on his boss by getting him to buy a fake Monet painting but he needs the help of an eccentric cowgirl (Cameron Diaz).

Madagascar 3 (G)

The gang are back and trying to find their way home to New York but they have to join a circus to do so. Voiced by David Schwimmer, Ben Stiller, Chris Rock and Jada Pinkett Smith.

Skyfall (12A)

James Bond (Daniel Craig) faces the unhinged Raoul Silva (Javier Bardem) in this latest instalment of the franchise but can he save MI6? More importantly, can he save M (Dame Judi Dench)?

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 (12A)

It’s the final part of the vampire series and sees Edward (Robert Pattinson) and Bella (Kristen Stewart), along with other vampire clans and the werewolves, trying to protect their daughter Renesmee.

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