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Will Smith (left) and Tommy Lee Jones star in Columbia Pictures' MEN IN BLACK 3. Sony Pictures ReleasingMen In Black III
SciFi (2012) - US
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Emma Thompson, RJ Smith-Tillman, Alice Eve, Rip Torn, Kevin Covais, Jemaine Clement, Nicole Scherzinger, Josh Brolin
Jay and Kay return as the funkiest secret agents on the planet, protecting Earth from its hordes of extra-terrestrial inhabitants. When a sexy alien called Serleena arrives on the planet with mischief in mind, Kay and new partner Tee are charged with bringing her to justice...
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Comedy of the Week

Cameron Diaz in What to Expect When You're Expecting. Photo: Melissa Moseley. Lionsgate Films

What To Expect When You're Expecting (12A)
Comedy (2012) - 109mins US
Starring: Anna Kendrick, Chris Rock, Jennifer Lopez, Chace Crawford, Cameron Diaz, Elizabeth Banks, Genesis Rodriguez, Dennis Quaid, Matthew Morrison, Brooklyn Decker, Rodrigo Santoro, Ben Falcone
Director: Kirk Jones
Five couples who live in and around Atlanta feeling the strain of impending parenthood. Among the terrified throng are keep fit guru Jules and her dancer beau Evan...
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Critics' Choice of the Week

Moonrise Kingdom. Universal Pictures

Moonrise Kingdom (12A)
Comedy (2012) - 94mins US
Director: Wes Anderson
Starring: Frances McDormand, Jared Gilman, Kara Hayward, Bruce Willis, Harvey Keitel, Bill Murray, Edward Norton, Tilda Swinton, Jason Schwartzman, Bob Balaban
Resourceful orphan Sam is the least popular member of his Khaki Scout troop, which is run with military precision by Scout Master Ward. He elopes with pen pal Suzy, who shares her lighthouse home with parents Walt and Laura and three brothers...
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Also released this week

Barbaric Genius
Documentary (2010) - 72mins Ire/US/UK
Director: Paul Duane
Born into a London-Irish family during the Second World War, John Healy spent much of the 1960s in the streets indulging in drink and petty crime, which eventually landed him in prison...
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Free Men (Les Hommes Libres) (12A)
Drama (2011) - 99mins Fr
Director: Ismael Ferroukhi
Starring: Tahar Rahim, Michael Lonsdale, Mahmud Shalaby, Lubna Azabal
While the Nazis take control of Paris, Algerian immigrant Younes is among the black marketeers, who take advantage of a horrific situation. The French police recruit him to act as a spy and gather evidence against Si Kaddour Ben Ghabrit...
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Iron Sky (15)
Note: Opened Wednesday May 23 at selected UK cinemas.
Action (2012) - 92mins Fin/Ger/Australia
Director: Timo Vuorensola
Starring: Kym Jackson, Udo Kier, Julia Dietze, Christopher Kirby, Peta Sergeant, Gotz Otto, Stephanie Paul
The President of the United States hangs her re-election campaign on a new mission to the Moon fronted by astronaut James Washington. On the surface, Washington discovers a gargantuan base controlled by Nazis, who escaped Earth in 1945 and have been gathering in strength and numbers ever since...
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Personal Best (12A)
Documentary (2012) - 89mins UK
Director: Sam Blair
Documentary which puts four talented British athletes through their paces in the build up to the London 2012 Olympic Games. Granted full access to 200m sprinter James Ellington, 100m sprinter Jeanette Kwakye, hurdler Richard Alleyne and 17-year-old rising star Omardo Anson...
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Tales Of The Night (Les Contes De La Nuit)
Drama (2011) - 84mins Fr
Director: Michel Ocelot
Starring: Julien Beramis, Michel Elias, Marine Griset, Yves Barsacq
Six animated fables in which a hero must overcome his fears to win the heart of a princess. Loosely linked by a framing device, the stories include a groom-to-be whose dark secret...
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Opens Wednesday 30 May

Snow White And The Huntsman (12A)
Action (2012) - 127mins US
Director: Rupert Sanders
Starring: Vincent Regan, Lily Cole, Ray Winstone, Ian McShane, Chris Hemsworth, Charlize Theron, Bob Hoskins, Toby Jones, Kristen Stewart, Sam Claflin, Sam Spruell, Nick Frost, Johnny Harris, Eddie Marsan
Scheming sorceress Ravenna seizes the throne by killing her husband King Magnus and then plans to attain eternal youth by ripping out the beating heart of her stepdaughter, Snow White...
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Special previews at selected cinemas at or after 12 midnight on Thursday 31 May

Prometheus (15)
SciFi (2012) - 123mins US
Director: Ridley Scott
Starring: Idris Elba, Michael Fassbender, Logan Marshall-Green, Charlize Theron, Sean Harris, Noomi Rapace, Benedict Wong, Rafe Spall, Guy Pearce, Kate Dickie
In the late 21st century, the Weyland-Yutani Corporation finances an archaeological dig led by Meredith Vickers to uncover the secrets of an alien race known as the Engineers
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