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Chronicle

Our Review:

Max Landis sci-fi thriller in which three high school friends gain superpowers after making an incredible discovery. They soon find their lives spinning out of control as they embrace their darker sides (12A)
Starring: Dane DeHaan ~ Michael B. Jordan ~ Alex Russell ~ Michael Kelly
Manchester BARS

The Artist

Our Review:

This year's Oscar favourite, the silent movie set in 1927 Hollywood about a movie star who wonders if the arrival of talking pictures will mark the end of his career. Meanwhile stardom awaits for a young dancer. (PG)
Starring: Jean Dujardin ~ Berenice Bejo ~ John Goodman ~ James Cromwell
Manchester BARS

Hugo 3D

Our Review:

Martin Scorsese's 3D masterpiece, set in 1930s Paris, in which an orphan who lives in the walls of a train station is wrapped up in a mystery involving his late father and an automaton. (PG)
Starring: Ben Kingsley ~ Sacha Baron Cohen ~ Asa Butterfield ~ Chloe Moretz ~ Jude Law
Manchester BARS

The Descendants

Our Review:

Oscar-winning director Alexander Payne (Sideways & About Schmidt) delivers a powerful dark comedy, set in Hawaii, about a man's relationship with his daughters after his wife suffers a jet ski accident. (15)
Starring: George Clooney ~ Shailene Woodley ~ Beau Bridges ~ Judy Greer
Manchester BARS

Shame

Our Review:

Award-winning drama in which a man's carefully cultivated private life, which allows him to indulge his sexual addiction, is disrupted when his messed-up sister arrives unannounced for an indefinite stay. (18)
Starring: Michael Fassbender ~ Carey Mulligan ~ James Badge Dale ~ Nicole Beharie
Manchester BARS

Coriolanus

Our Review:

Ralph Fiennes' makes his directing debut with this modern day adaptation of one of Shakespeare's lesser known plays in which a banished hero of Rome allies with a sworn enemy to take his revenge on the city. (15)
Starring: Ralph Fiennes ~ Gerard Butler ~ Vanessa Redgrave ~ Brian Cox
Manchester BARS

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

Our Review:

David Fincher's take on the first novel in Stieg Larsson's blockbuster trilogy in which a Swedish journalist is aided in his search for a woman who has been missing for forty years by a young computer hacker. (18)
Starring: Daniel Craig ~ Rooney Mara ~ Stellan Skarsgard ~ Christopher Plummer
Manchester BARS

Margin Call

Our Review:

A thought-provoking drama inspired by real events (Lehman Brothers anyone?), that revolves around the key people at an investment bank over a 24-hour period during the start of the financial crisis. (15)
Starring: Kevin Spacey ~ Paul Bettany ~ Jeremy Irons ~ Zachary Quinto ~ Demi Moore
Manchester BARS

War Horse

Our Review:

Steven Spielberg's spectacular take on Michael Morpurgo's children novel in which the First World War is experienced through the journey of a horse forcefully parted from its trainer and sold to the English army. (12A)
Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch ~ David Thewlis ~ Tom Hiddleston ~ Emily Watson
Manchester BARS

Like Crazy

Our Review:

Sundance 'Best Picture' winning romantic drama in which a British college student falls for an American student, only to be separated from him when she's banned from the U.S. after overstaying her visa (12A)
Starring: Anton Yelchin ~ Felicity Jones ~ Jennifer Lawrence
Manchester BARS

The Grey

Our Review:

Thriller set in Alaska where an oil drilling team struggle to survive after a plane crash strands them in the wild. Battling mortal injuries, icy weather and a vicious pack of wolves they have only days to escape (15)
Starring: Liam Neeson ~ Dermot Mulroney ~ Frank Grillo ~ Dallas Roberts
Manchester BARS

Mission Impossible ~ Ghost Protocol

Our Review:

Tom Cruise is back (and at the IMAX) as the IMF is shut down when it's implicated in the bombing of the Kremlin, causing Ethan Hunt and his new team to go rogue to clear their organization's name. (12A)
Starring: Tom Cruise ~ Paula Patton ~ Simon Pegg ~ Jeremy Renner ~ Josh Holloway
Manchester BARS

Patience (After Sebald)

Our Review:

The award-winning director of "Joy Division", Grant Gee's arty documentary about influential German author WG Sebald, which features readings from his classic walking tome "The Rings Of Saturn" alongside academic reviews of his work
Starring: Jonathan Pryce ~ Robert McFarlane ~ Rick Moody ~ Adam Phillips ~ Tacita Dean
Manchester BARS

Sherlock Holmes ~ A Game Of Shadows

Our Review:

Holmes and Watson join forces again to outwit and bring down Moriarty in Guy Ritchie's European based sequel to the hugely popular Manchester-filmed take on the classic Arthur Conan Doyle books. (12A)
Starring: Robert Downey Jr ~ Jude Law ~ Noomi Rapace ~ Jared Harris ~ Stephen Fry
Manchester BARS

Haywire

Our Review:

Steven Soderbergh's action-thriller with a very talented cast in which a highly trained undercover soldier (played by MMA superstar Gina Carano) seeks payback after she is betrayed during a mission (15)
Starring: Gina Carano ~ Michael Fassbender ~ Ewan McGregor ~ Antonio Banderas
Manchester BARS

J. Edgar

Our Review:

Clint Eastwood's biopic of J. Edgar Hoover, the legendary head of the FBI who created private dossiers on anyone and everyone, yet held held secrets behind closed doors that would have destroyed his own life. (15)
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio ~ Naomi Wats ~ Armie Hammer ~ Josh Lucas ~ Judie Dench
Manchester BARS

Puss In Boots 3D

Our Review:

Dreamworks 3D animation tells the story about the events leading up to the sword fighting cat's meeting with Shrek as he takes an adventure with Kitty Softpaws and Humpty Dumpty to save his town. (U)
Starring voices of: Antonio Banderas ~ Salma Hayek ~ Zach Galifianakis ~ Billy Bob Thornton
Manchester BARS

The Iron Lady

Our Review:

Oscar-tipped biopic of Margaret Thatcher, former British Prime Minister and arguably one of the most hated figures in British politics, especially in Manchester, with a focus on the price she paid for power. (12A)
Starring: Meryl Streep ~ Jim Broadbent ~ Richard E Grant ~ Anthony Head
Manchester BARS

The Woman In Black

Our Review:

Film adaptation of Susan Hill's 1983 horror novel turned West End play, in which a young lawyer travels to a remote village where he discovers the vengeful ghost of a scorned woman is terrorising the locals (12A)
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe ~ Ciaran Hinds ~ Janet McTeer ~ Shaun Dooley
Manchester BARS

All's Well Ends Well

Our Review:

Celebrate Chinese New Year with "Ji Keung Hei Si", a Cantonese slapstick comedy shown with English subtitles that follows the lives of four men on a heroic mission to help four female protagonists . (12A)
Starring: Donnie Yen ~ Louis Koo ~ Cecilia Cheung ~ Chapman To ~ Raymond Wong
Manchester BARS

Goon

Our Review:

Comedy from the writer of Superbad and Pineapple Express in which a bouncer overcomes the odds to lead a team of misfits to ice hockey glory by punching everybody that stands in his way. (15)
Starring: Sean William Scott ~ Jay Baruchell ~
Liev Schreiber ~ Alison Pill ~ Kim Coates
Manchester BARS

Intruders

Our Review:

Horror movie which tells parallel stories of a mother in Spain trying to protect her son from a faceless stranger while, in Britain, a young girl has terrifying dreams of a demon who becomes a real danger. (15)
Starring: Clive Owen ~ Carice Van Houten ~ Daniel Bruhl ~ Pilar Lopez De Ayala ~ Kerry Fox
Manchester BARS

A Monster In Paris 3D

Our Review:

3D-animated comedy set in Paris during 1910 in which a scientist attempts an experiment in a greenhouse that sees a results in a 7 foot tall escape and fall in love with a pretty nightclub performer. (U)
Starring voices of: Adam Goldberg ~ Vanessa Paradis ~ Jay Harrington ~ Catherine O'Hara
Manchester BARS

Happy Feet Two 3D

Our Review:

Children's 3D animation in which Mumble's tiny son is reluctant to dance, so runs away and encounters, a penguin who can fly. Things get worse when the world is shaken by powerful forces. (U)
Starring voices of: Elijah Wood ~ Pink ~ Robin Williams ~ Hank Azaria ~ Brad Pitt
Manchester BARS

Underworld ~ Awakening 3D

Our Review:

3D fantasy movie and fourth in the Underworld series in which a vampire warrioress leads the battle against humankind, who are trying to erradicate the Vampire and Lycan clans forever (18)
Starring: Kate Beckinsale ~ Michael Ealy ~ India Eisley ~ Theo James ~ Stephen Rea
Manchester BARS

W.E.

Our Review:

Madonna's two-tiered romantic drama focusing on the affair between King Edward VIII and American divorcée Wallis Simpson alongside that of a married woman and a Russian security guard (15)
Starring: Abbie Cornish ~ Andrea Riseborough ~ James D'Arcy ~ Oscar Isaac ~ Richard Coyle
Manchester BARS

The Sitter

Our Review:

Comedy from the director of Pineapple Express about a college student on suspension who is coaxed into babysitting the kids next door. He's fully unprepared for the wild night ahead of him. (15)
Starring: Jonah Hill ~ Sam Rockwell ~ Ari Graynor ~ Max Records ~ JB Smooth
Manchester BARS

Alvin & The Chipmunks ~ Chipwrecked

Our Review:

Kids animation film in which the Chipmunks accidentally go overboard from a cruise ship and end up marooned in a tropical paradise. They discover their new turf is not as deserted as it seem. (U)
Starring: Jason Lee ~ David Cross ~ Jenny Slate ~ Justin Long ~ Matthew Gray Gubler
Manchester BARS

The Darkest Hour 3D

Our Review:

3D sci-fi thriller with fantastic special effects in which five American tourists in Moscow get caught up in a huge alien attack as creatures descend to steal Earth's energy and kill the human race (12A)
Starring voices of: Emile Hirsch ~ Olivia Thirlby ~ Rachael Taylor ~ Max Minghella
Manchester BARS

Agneepath

Our Review:

Bollywood remake in which a 12 year old boy from the small village of Mandwa is taught by his father about the path of fire. When his father is murdered by a drug dealer he leaves for Bombay, only to seek revenge.
Starring: Rishi Kapoor ~ Sanjay Dutt ~ Hrithik Roshan ~ Priyanka Chopra
Manchester BARS

Players

Our Review:

Set in Eastern Europe, the official Bollywood remake of classic "The Italian Job" is an all action extravaganza from Abbas and Mastan Alibhai Burmawalla as a criminal team attempt the heist of the century. Shown in Hindi. (12A)
Starring: Abhishek Bachchan ~ Sonam Kapoor ~ Bipasha Basu ~ Bobby Deol
Manchester BARS

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