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Chronicle. Fox UK FilmChronicle (12A)
Drama (2012) - 83mins UK/US
Director: Josh Trank
Starring: Dane DeHaan, Michael B Jordan, Michael Kelly, Anna Wood, Ashley Hinshaw, Alex Russell
School friends Andrew, Steve and Matt discover a strange artefact in a crater. Soon after, they are blessed with powers of flight, telekinesis and invulnerability, which they can put to good use to improve and enrich the lives of the people around them...
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Comedy of the Week

Kate Winslet as Nancy Cowan in CARNAGE. Studio Canal

Carnage (15)
Comedy (2011) - 79mins Fr/Ger/Pol
Director: Roman Polanski
Starring: Kate Winslet, Jodie Foster, Christoph Waltz, John C Reilly
Alan Cowan and his wife Nancy visit the Brooklyn apartment of Michael and Penelope Longstreet to apologise for their son Zachary, who has hit the Longstreets' son Ethan in the face with a stick, resulting in two broken incisors, nerve damage and swelling to the boy's upper lip...

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Critics' Choice of the Week

Young Adult (15)

Young Adult (15)
Comedy (2011) - 93mins US
Director: Jason Retiman, Jason Reitman
Starring: Patrick Wilson, Patton Oswalt, Charlize Theron, Jill Eikenberry, Elizabeth Reaser, Collette Wolfe, Mary Beth Hurt
Mavis Gary is a struggling writer who lives in Minneapolis and has seen the popularity of her Waverly prep novels wane. Desperate for creative inspiration for the final book in the series, Mavis is distracted by an email from old boyfriend Buddy Slade...
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Also released this week

Best Laid Plans (15)
Thriller (2012) - 107mins UK
Director: David Blair
Starring: Lee Ingleby, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, David O'Hara, Stephen Graham, Maxine Peake
Low-level criminal Danny is in debt to a powerful crime boss and has no way to pay off his arrears. So he manipulates Joseph, a hulking man with the mentality of a seven-year-old boy, into taking part in a series of underground cage fights to raise the overdue cash...
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Bombay Beach
Documentary (2011) - 80mins US/Israel
Director: Alma Har'el
Situated on the San Andreas Fault in the middle of the Colorado Desert, the Salton Sea became a draw for tourists in the 1920s. A number of resorts sprung up on the shore including Bombay Beach. However, the American dream became a nightmare and the resorts were reduced to ghost towns...
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Jack And Jill (PG)
Comedy (2011) - 90mins US
Director: Dennis Dugan
Starring: Katie Holmes, Santiago Segura, Dana Carvey, Al Pacino, Shaquille O'Neal, Adam Sandler, David Spade, Nick Swardson
Ad man Jack Sadelstein lives with wife Erin, their daughter Sofia and adopted son Gary in Los Angeles. Every Thanksgiving, Jack braces himself for the arrival of twin sister Jill, who has a complete lack of social graces...
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Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (PG)
Action (2012) - 94mins US
Director: Brad Peyton
Starring: Kristin Davis, Vanessa Hudgens, Michael Caine, Dwayne Johnson, Josh Hutcherson, Luis Guzman
Sean Anderson hopes to break a coded distress signal emanating from the South Pacific. His stepfather, Navy vet Hank, breaks the cipher, which confirms the existence of the mysterious island from Jules Verne's 1874 book...
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Man On A Ledge (12A)
Thriller (2012) - 102mins US
Director: Asger Leth
Starring: Jamie Bell, Sam Worthington, Kyra Sedgwick, Ed Harris, Elizabeth Banks, Edward Burns, Anthony Mackie, Genesis Rodriguez
Ex-cop Nick Cassidy is sentenced to time behind bars for stealing a priceless diamond belonging to billionaire David Englander. His pleas of innocence fall on deaf ears so when Nick is granted temporary leave to attend his father's funeral...
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Martha Marcy May Marlene (15)
Drama (2011) - 101mins US
Director: Sean Durkin
Starring: Elizabeth Olsen, Hugh Dancy, Brady Corbet, John Hawkes, Sarah Paulson
Martha is an emotionally damaged young woman, who thought she had found sanctuary with Patrick and his flock in the Catskills Mountains. Instead, she is indoctrinated into a cult that sexually abuses the female members and breaks into homes, stealing food and money from the unsuspecting owners...
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opens Thursday 9 February

Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (U)
SciFi (1999) - 132mins US
Director: George Lucas
Starring: Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Jake Lloyd
The peace-loving planet of Naboo is under threat from a greedy Trade Federation. The planet's ruler, Queen Amidala, naively believes that words and diplomacy can solve this tricky situation...
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