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 | In Darkness-Friday, February 10, 2012 | | Stars: Robert Wieckiewicz, Benno Furmann, Agnieszka Grochowska, Maria Schrader, Herbert Knaup, Marcin Bosak, Krzysztof Skonieczny, Milla Bankowicz, OIiwer Stanczak, Kinga Preis, Alexandre Levit | | Leopold Socha, a sewer worker and petty thief in Lvov, a Nazi occupied city in Poland, one day encounters a group of Jews trying to escape the liquidation of the ghetto. He hides them for money in the labyrinth of the town's sewers beneath the bustling activity of the city above. What starts out as a straightforward and cynical business arrangement turns into something very unexpected, the unlikely alliance between Socha and the Jews as the enterprise seeps deeper into Socha's conscience. | | |  | Journey 2: The Mysterious Island-Friday, February 10, 2012 | | Stars: Josh Hutcherson, Dwayne Johnson, Vanessa Hudgens, Luis Guzman, Michael Caine, Kristin Davis, Anna Colwell, Michael Beasley | | JOURNEY 2: THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND begins when young Sean Anderson receives a coded distress signal from a mysterious island where no island should exist. It's a place of strange life forms, mountains of gold, deadly volcanoes, and more than one astonishing secret. Unable to stop him from going, Sean's new stepfather, Hank, joins the quest. Together with a helicopter pilot and his beautiful, strong-willed daughter, they set out to find the island, rescue its lone inhabitant and escape before seismic shockwaves force the island under the sea and bury its treasures forever. | | |  | On the Ice-Friday, February 10, 2012 | | Stars: Frank Qutuq Irelan, Josiah Patkotak, Adamina Kerr, John Miller, Rosabelle Kunnanna Rexford, Sierra Sampson, Teddy Kyle Smith, Allison Warden | | Two teenage boys, who have grown up likebrothers go about their lives in the comfortable claustrophobia of an isolated Alaskan town until they go on a seal hunt with another teenager. An argument between the three boys quickly escalates into a tragic accident. Bonded by their dark secret, the two best friends are forced to create one fabrication after another in order to survive. The shocked boys stumble through guilt-fueled days, avoiding the suspicions of their community as they weave a web of deceit. With their future in the balance, they are forced to explore the limits of friendship and honour. | | |  | Rampart-Friday, February 10, 2012 | | Stars: Woody Harrelson, Steve Buscemi, Robin Wright, Sigourney Weaver, Ben Foster, Jon Bernthal, Brie Larson, Anne Heche, Ned Beatty, Cynthia Nixon | | Los Angeles, 1999 - Officer Dave Brown is a Vietnam vet and a Rampart Precinct cop, dedicated to doing “the people’s dirty work” and asserting his own code of justice, often blurring the lines between right and wrong to maintain his action-hero state of mind. When he gets caught on tape beating a suspect, he finds himself in a personal and emotional downward spiral as the consequences of his past sins and his refusal to change his ways in light of a department-wide corruption scandal seal his fate. | | |  | Return-Friday, February 10, 2012 | | Stars: Linda Cardellini, Michael Shannon, John Slattery, Talia Balsam, Emma Rayne Lyle, Paul Sparks, Louisa Krause, Rosie Benton, James Murtaugh, Rutanya Alda | | Back from a tour of duty, Kelli can't wait to rejoin her old life in the Rust Belt town in which she's always lived. She's ready to experience the old feelings of everyday life-the carpet under her bare feet, a cold beer in front of the television, the smell of her baby's head. But slowly, her world comes to feel unfamiliar. Her friends love her but seem preoccupied with trifles. Her children need more focused attention than she can give, and as much as he tries, her husband Mike doesn't understand what she's been through. As Kelli's dislocation ripples through her world, she risks becoming an outsider. When she's thrown back on her own resources Kelli has to struggle to find a new way forward. | | |  | Safe House-Friday, February 10, 2012 | | Stars: Denzel Washington, Ryan Reynolds, Vera Farmiga, Brendan Gleeson, Joel Kinnaman, Robert Patrick, Sam Shepard, Liam Cunningham, Nora Arnezeder, Tanit Phoenix, Sebastian Roche | | The most dangerous renegade from the CIA comes back onto the grid after a decade on the run. When the South African safe house he's remanded to is attacked by mercenaries, a rookie operative escapes with him. Now, the unlikely allies must stay alive long enough to uncover who wants them dead. | | |  | Vow, The-Friday, February 10, 2012 | | Stars: Rachel McAdams, Channing Tatum, Jessica Lange, Scott Speedman, Sam Neill, Wendy Crewson, Dillon Casey, Lucas Bryant, Kristina Pesic, Jeananne Goossen | | A newlywed couple recovers from a car accident that puts the wife in a coma. Waking up with severe memory loss, her husband endeavours to win her heart again. | | |  | Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance-Friday, February 17, 2012 | | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Idris Elba, Ciarán Hinds, Anthony Stewart Head, Christopher Lambert, Violante Placido, Johnny Whitworth, Fergus Riordan, Alin Panc, Sorin Tofan | | Johnny Blaze, still haunted by his curse as the Devil’s bounty hunter, is hiding out in Eastern Europe when he is recruited by a secret sect of the Church to save a young boy from the Devil. Reluctant at first, Johnny must once again resume his role as Ghost Rider to foil the Devil’s plot and possibly rid himself of his curse. | | |  | Lady, The-Friday, February 17, 2012 | | Stars: Michelle Yeoh, David Thewlis, Jonathan Raggett, Susan Wooldridge, Benedict Wong, Flint Bangkok, Sahajak Boonthanakit, William Hope, Agga Poechit, Victoria Sanvalli, Nay Myo Thant | | THE LADY is an epic love story about how an extraordinary couple and family sacrifice their happiness at great human cost for a higher cause. This is the story of Aung San Suu Kyi and her husband, Michael Aris. Despite distance, long separations, and a dangerously hostile regime, their love endures until the very end. A story of devotion and human understanding set against a background of political turmoil which continues today. THE LADY also is the story of the peaceful quest of the woman who is at the core of Burma's democracy movement. | | |  | Secret World of Arrietty, The-Friday, February 17, 2012 | | Stars: Bridgit Mendler, Amy Poehler, Will Arnett, Carol Burnett, Olivia Colman, David Henrie, Peter Jason | | Arrietty, a tiny, but tenacious 14-year-old, lives with her parents in the recesses of a suburban garden home, unbeknownst to the homeowner and her housekeeper. Like all little people, Arrietty (AIR-ee-ett-ee) remains hidden from view, except during occasional covert ventures beyond the floorboards to "borrow" scrap supplies like sugar cubes from her human hosts. But when 12-year-old Shawn, a human boy who comes to stay in the home, discovers his mysterious housemate one evening, a secret friendship blossoms. If discovered, their relationship could drive Arrietty's family from the home and straight into danger. | | |  | Thin Ice-Friday, February 17, 2012 | | Stars: Greg Kinnear, Alan Arkin, Billy Crudup, Lea Thompson, David Harbour, Bob Balaban, Michelle Arthur, James Michael Detmar, Chris Carlson, Jennifer Edwards-Hughes, Alec George | | Mickey Prohaska is a small-time insurance agent looking for a way to jump-start his business, reunite with his estranged wife and escape the frigid Wisconsin weather. This self-proclaimed master of spin believes that salesmanship is about selling a story - all he needs is a sucker willing to buy it. He hits pay dirt with a lonely retired farmer who is sitting on something much bigger than an insurance commission. But Mickey's attempt to con the old man spins out of control when a nosy, unstable locksmith with a volatile temper dramatically ups the stakes, trapping him in a madcap spiral of danger, deceit and double-crossing. | | |  | This Means War-Friday, February 17, 2012 | | Stars: Reese Witherspoon, Chris Pine, Tom Hardy, Til Schweiger, Laura Vandervoort, Abigail Spencer, Chelsea Handler, Warren Christie, Angela Bassett, Jenny Slate | | The world's deadliest CIA operatives are inseparable partners and best friends until they fall for the same woman. Having once helped bring down entire enemy nations, they are now employing their incomparable skills and an endless array of high-tech gadgetry against their greatest nemesis ever - each other. | | |  | Act of Valor-Friday, February 24, 2012 | | Stars: | | ACT OF VALOR takes audiences deep into the secretive world of the most elite warriors in the modern world—the Navy SEALs. When the rescue of a kidnapped CIA operative leads to the discovery of a deadly terrorist plot against the U.S., a team is dispatched on a worldwide manhunt. As the valiant men of Bandito Platoon race to stop a co-ordinated attack that could kill thousands of American civilians, they must balance their commitment to country, team and their families back home. | | |  | Footnote-Friday, February 24, 2012 | | Stars: Lior Ashkenazi, Shlomo Bar-Aba, Yuval Scharf, Aliza Rosen, Alma Zack, Neli Tagar, Nevo Kimchi, Shmuel Shiloh, Idit Teperson, Micah Lewensohn | | Eliezer and Uriel Shkolnik are both eccentric professors, who have dedicated their lives to their work in Talmudic Studies. The father, Eliezer, is a stubborn purist who fears the establishment and has never been recognized for his work. While his son, Uriel, is an up-and-coming star in the field, who appears to feed on accolades, endlessly seeking recognition. Then one day, the tables turn. When Eliezer learns that he is to be awarded the Israel Prize, the most valuable honour for scholarship in the country, his vanity and desperate need for validation are exposed. His son Uriel, meanwhile, is thrilled to see his father's achievements finally recognized but, in a darkly funny twist, is forced to choose between the advancement of his own career and his father's. | | |  | Gone-Friday, February 24, 2012 | | Stars: Amanda Seyfried, Jennifer Carpenter, Daniel Sunjata, Wes Bentley, Sebastian Stan, Joel David Moore, Katherine Moennig, Michael Pare, Emily Wickersham, Ted Rooney, Robert Blanche | | Jill Parrish comes home from a night shift to discover her sister Molly has been abducted. Jill, who had escaped from a kidnapper a year before, is convinced that the same serial killer has come back for her sister. Afraid that Molly will be dead by sundown, Jill embarks on a heart-pounding chase to find the killer, expose his secrets and save her sister. | | |  | Good Deeds-Friday, February 24, 2012 | | Stars: Tyler Perry, Gabrielle Union, Thandie Newton, Rebecca Romijn, Eddie Cibrian, Jamie Kennedy, Ne-Yo, Phylicia Rashad, Brian White, Beverly Johnson | | A successful, wealthy businessman, Wesley Deeds has always done what's expected of him, whether it's assuming the helm of his father's company, tolerating his brother's misbehaviour at the office or planning to marry his beautiful but restless fiancée, Natalie. But Wesley is jolted out of his predictable routine when he meets Lindsey, a down-on-her-luck single mother who works on the cleaning crew in his office building. When he offers to help her get back on her feet, the chance encounter with someone so far outside his usual circle ignites something in Wesley. This one good deed may finally spark his courage to exchange the life that's expected of him for the life he's always really wanted. | | |  | Wanderlust-Friday, February 24, 2012 | | Stars: Jennifer Aniston, Justin Theroux, Paul Rudd, Malin Akerman, Lauren Ambrose, Ray Liotta, Kathryn Hahn, Alan Alda, Joe Lo Truglio, Kerri Kenney, Linda Lavin | | George and Linda are an overextended, stressed out Manhattan couple. After George is downsized out of his job, they find themselves with only one option: to move in with George's awful brother in Atlanta. On the way there, George and Linda stumble upon Elysium, an idyllic community populated by colourful characters who embrace a different way of looking at things. Money? It can't buy happiness. Careers? Who needs them? Clothes? Only if you want them. Is Elysium the fresh start George and Linda need? Or will the change of perspective cause more problems than it solves? | | |
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