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Rekindling delight in the Muppets
THE MUPPETS: Starring Jason Segel, Amy Addams, Chris Cooper, Alan Arkin, Jack Black and Kermit, Miss Piggy and the Muppets. Dirceted by James Bobin. Rated G. (05/02/2012)
A stand-out film of the year
THE DESCENDANTS. Starring George Clooney, Shailene Woodley, Amara Miller, Judy Greer, Matthew Lillard, Robert Forster, and Patricia Hastie. Directed by Alexander Payne. Rated M (Mature themes and coarse language). 115 min. (29/01/2012)
Harshness of the human experience
WAR Horse has been a very successful theatre drama (with actors using masks for the horses). It has been adapted by Lee (Billy Elliot) and Richard Curtis (Four Weddings, Love Actually) and directed with his usual fine craft by Steven Spielberg. (22/01/2012)
A morally-complex espionage drama
FILMED in London, Budapest and Istanbul, this movie is based on the 1974 book of the same name by John le Carre. (15/01/2012)
Gamut of human emotions on show
NEW YEAR'S EVE: Starring ensemble cast, including Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Hilary Swank, Halle Berry, Katherine Heigl, Sarah Jessica Parker, Zac Efron, Josh Duhamel, and Abigail Breslin. Directed by Garry Marshall. Rated M (Infrequent coarse language). 118 min. (25/12/2011)
Portrait of of vulnerable man
WE HAVE A POPE (HABEMUS PAPAM): (Italian with English subtitles). Starring Michel Piccoli, Nanni Moretti and Jerzy Stuhr. Directed by Nanni Moretti. Rated M (infrequent coarse language). 102 mins. (18/12/2011)
Chilling drama shows the seedy side of politics
THE IDES OF MARCH: Starring Ryan Gosling, George Clooney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Paul Giamatti. Marisa Tomei, Jeffrey Wright, Evan Rachel Wood. Directed and co-written by: George Clooney. Rated M. 101 minutes. Rated m (Frequent coarse language, mature themes and sex scene). (11/12/2011)
Exploring the question of evil
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN: Starring Tilda Swinton, John C Reilly, Ezra Miller, Jasper Newell, Rock Duer, Ashley Gerasimovich, Siobhan Fallon. Directed by Lynne Ramsay. MA 15+ (Infrequent strong coarse language and themes). 112 minutes. (04/12/2011)
Film raises weighty moral issues
THE DEBT: Starring Helen Mirren, Jessica Chastain, Sam Worthington, Marton Csokas, Tom Wilkinson, Ciaran Hinds, and Jesper Christensen. Directed by John Madden. Rated M (Mature themes and violence). 93 min. (27/11/2011)
Not all families are happy ones
OUR IDIOT BROTHER: Starring Paul Rudd, Elizabeth Banks, Zooey Deschanel and Emily Mortimer. Directed by Jesse Peretz. 90 minutes. Rated M (Coarse language, sexual references, nudity and drug references). (20/11/2011)
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