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MOVIES OUT NOW - JUNE 2013
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Bernie
Bernie
What does the classification 12 mean?
Director: Richard Linklater
Stars: Jack Black, Shirley MacLaine, Matthew McConaughey
A true-life, darkly comic tale of an unusual crime. Jack Black stars as Bernie, a mortician hugely popular in a small town. Everybody loves Bernie, including the crotchety widow Marjorie Nugent (MacLaine). When Bernie is arrested, the town's sympathies swing in an unexpected direction…
Django Unchained
Django Unchained
What does the classification 18 mean?
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Stars: Jamie Foxx, Leonardo DiCaprio, Christoph Waltz
Jamie Foxx plays the eponymous slave who comes into the orbit of Christoph Waltz's bounty hunter, and when the two of them join forces to round up bad guys and then go after Leonardo DiCaprio's evil plantation owner, the stage is set for a frankly staggering showdown
Side Effects
Side Effects
What does the classification 15 mean?
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Stars: Rooney Mara, Channing Tatum, Jude Law
When Emily (Mara) attempts suicide, she seeks help from psychiatrist Dr Banks (Law), who prescribes her a new experimental drug. The unfortunate 'side effect', however, involves killing her husband (Tatum) with a knife. Dark and disturbing, you will be gripped until the final frame.
Warm Bodies
Warm Bodies
What does the classification 12 mean?
Director: Jonathan Levine
Stars: Nicholas Hoult, Teresa Palmer
A funny, quirky and unexpectedly touching romantic-comedy (zomromcom) the film revolves around a zombie, 'R' (Hoult) who falls in love with a human, Julie (Palmer) having snacked on her boyfriend's brains. The two go on the run and begin to form a relationship, and R finds long-dead emotions beginning to awake.
A Good Day To Die Hard
A Good Day To Die Hard
What does the classification 12 mean?
Director: John Moore
Stars: Bruce Willis, Jai Courtney, Sebastian Koch
The fifth Die Hard movie finds Willis in Russia to help his son (Courtney) with a bit of mobster bother. With plenty of wisecracks and lots of explosions, this is guaranteed to scratch that action itch.
Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina
What does the classification 12 mean?
Director: Joe Wright
Stars: Keira Knightley, Jude Law, Aaron Taylor-Johnson
From Atonement and director Joe Wright comes a typically sumptuous adaptation of Tolstoy's classic tragedy, starring Knightley in the title role, a socialite and married aristocrat who begins an affair with cavalry officer Count Vronsky (Taylor-Johnson).
Argo
Argo
What does the classification 15 mean?
Director: Ben Affleck
Stars: Alan Arkin, John Goodman
Affleck's third film as director is a nail-biting true story about the rescue of six US diplomats from Iran. To get the Americans out, CIA man Mendez (Affleck) comes up with a plan: create a fake film company - and it is, to say the least, unorthodox…
Beautiful Creatures
Beautiful Creatures
What does the classification 12 mean?
Director: Richard LaGravenese
Stars: Alice Englert, Viola Davis, Emma Thompson
Romance and witchcraft here, as local southern boy Ethan falls for beautiful new girl Lena, only to discover that, firstly, she comes from a long line of witches, or 'casters', and, secondly, that she must make a crucial decision before her 16th Birthday.
Broken City
Broken City
What does the classification 15 mean?
Director: Allen Hughes
Stars: Catherine Zeta-Jones, Mark Wahlberg, Russell Crowe
Hard-boiled film-noir here, starring Crowe as the mayor of New York and Wahlberg as Billy Taggart, a fallen cop-turned-private eye hired to follow his wife, Zeta-Jones. Pretty soon we learn this straightforward job isn't as straightforward as it seems…
Cloud Atlas
Cloud Atlas
What does the classification 15 mean?
Director: Lana Wachowski
Stars: Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Hugo Grant
Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Hugo Weaving and Hugh Grant each play multiple characters in six inter-related stories set in different timelines, and one thing is for sure: whether you're dazzled or baffled, you won't have seen anything like it before.
Flight
Flight
What does the classification 15 mean?
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Stars: Denzel Washington, Don Cheadle, Nadine Velazquez
Washington plays an airline pilot hailed as a hero when he saves the lives of most of his passengers. But things are not quite as they seem - in fact he is an addict and was drunk at the time. Washington's brave performance - rightly Oscar-nominated -will remain with you long after the film is over.
For A Good Time, Call...
For A Good Time, Call...
What does the classification 18 mean?
Director: Jamie Travis
Stars: Seth Rogen, Justin Long, Ari Graynor
Two old school friends - no, school enemies - reconnect and end up living together in New York. At first it seems that the reserved Lauren (Miller) and the party loving Katie (Graynor) have nothing in common. Until, that is, Lauren discovers her roommate running a phone sex business on the side.
Fun Size
Fun Size
What does the classification 12 mean?
Director: Josh Schwartz
Stars: Victoria Justice, Johnny Knoxville, Chelsea Handler
Teen comedy here, as Wren (Justice) is invited to a party by the school hunk. She's overjoyed her younger brother Albert goes missing in a haunted house, and must find him before mom discovers he's missing.
What's On Vera
What's On Vera
Check out What’s on Vera, the show that guides you through some of the hidden gems amongst Virgin Atlantic’s fabulous world of entertainment. Our resident film buff, Jason Solomons, unearths some of the most compelling films, documentaries and TV choices to look out for whilst zooming through the skies.
Gambit
Gambit
What does the classification 12 mean?
Director: Michael Hoffman
Stars: Cameron Diaz, Colin Firth, Alan Rickman
This remake of the riotous 1960s heist caper boasts plenty of star wattage thanks to Firth, Rickman and Diaz, with the latter on sparkly form as a feisty blonde who finds herself mixed up in a plot to fake a lost Monet.
Gangster Squad
Gangster Squad
What does the classification 15 mean?
Director: Ruben Fleischer
Stars: Sean Penn, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone
A violent, colourful mob movie, with Penn in a stunning, can't-take-your-eyes-off-him performance as mobster Mickey Cohen. The film follows a team of honest cops determined to take Cohen down. No, it's nothing new, but rarely has it been done with quite so much style.
The Guilt Trip
The Guilt Trip
What does the classification 12 mean?
Director: Anne Fletcher
Stars: Barbra Streisand, Seth Rogen
Rogen and Streisand star in this road-trip movie about an inventor who takes his mother along on a business trip. Not the usual Seth Rogen fare, this is much more gentle comedy that makes the most of a genuine chemistry between its two leads.
Hansel And Gretel: Witch Hunters
Hansel And Gretel: Witch Hunters
What does the classification 15 mean?
Director: Tommy Wirkola
Stars: Gemma Arterton, Jeremy Renner, Famke Janssen
Hansel and Gretel as you've never seen them before in this fairy-tale mash-up that finds the siblings (Renner and Arterton) tooling up and killing witches. They share the traditional backstory. Except in this version they grew up to continue a career of witch-hunting, only to come up against their biggest challenge yet in the Great Witch.
Here Comes The Boom
Here Comes The Boom
What does the classification 12 mean?
Director: Frank Coraci
Stars: Kevin James, Salma Hayek, Henry Winkler
A bruising comedy with heart, Here Comes the Boom stars James as disillusioned teacher Scott, who takes up mixed martial arts. Everyone thinks he's crazy, but he wins them round as he becomes a wrestling sensation.
Hitchcock
Hitchcock
What does the classification 12 mean?
Director: Sacha Gervasi
Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren, Scarlett Johansson
Hopkins gives a superb performance as Alfred Hitchcock in this wonderfully detailed account of the making of his masterpiece, Psycho and his relationship with his beloved wife and artistic collaborator, Alma. A stellar supporting cast includes Johansson as Janet Leigh who was, famously, the object of Hitchcock's attentions.
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
What does the classification 12 mean?
Director: Peter Jackson
Stars: Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage
As McKellen's Gandalf persuades Freeman's Bilbo Baggins to embark on a treacherous trip to slay a dragon, the stage is set for a sumptuous, detailed feast for the eyes - a treat for fans of the earlier films or a superb intro for newcomers.
Hotel Transylvania
Hotel Transylvania
What does the classification U mean?
Director: Genndy Tartakovsky
Stars: Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Steve Buscemi
Animated kids' comedy with Sandler as the voice of Count Dracula, owner of the hotel, where the world's monsters can stay safe from humans. An over-protective dad, he also uses the hotel to host elaborate schemes designed to scare his daughter away from humans. However, things go awry when an ordinary human stumbles into the hotel and takes a shine to Mavis.
Hyde Park On Hudson
Hyde Park On Hudson
What does the classification 12 mean?
Director: Roger Michell
Stars: Bill Murray, Laura Linney, Samuel West
Murray and Linney star as Franklin D Roosevelt and his mistress in this comedy-drama set in June 1939. The president is to host the first-ever visit of a reigning English monarch to America and things must run smoothly.
Identity Thief
Identity Thief
What does the classification 15 mean?
Director: Seth Gordon
Stars: Jason Bateman, Melissa McCarthy, Amanda Peet
Comedy featuring a screamingly funny performance from Melissa 'Bridesmaids' McCarthy as the eponymous thief. When she goes on a spending spree after stealing Bateman's identity, he takes a trip to attempt a citizen's arrest…
Jack Reacher
Jack Reacher
What does the classification 12 mean?
Director: Christopher McQuarrie
Stars: Rosamund Pike, Tom Cruise, Richard Jenkins
Action-packed thriller in the Bourne vein as military cop Jack Reacher (Cruise) is called to a shooting. As his investigations begin the stakes start to increase exponentially - and so does the body count.
Jack the Giant Slayer
Jack the Giant Slayer
What does the classification 12 mean?
Director: Nathan Juran
Stars: Nicholas Hoult, Stanley Tucci, Ewan McGregor
Singer's take on the journey by a certain young man up a certain overgrown plant is packed with spectacular action. Hoult is the slayer in question and there's fun support from McGregor as well as a touching romantic element.
The Last Stand
The Last Stand
What does the classification 15 mean?
Director: Jee-woon Kim
Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Eduardo Noriega, Genesis Rodriguez
Schwarzenegger is back in action as a sheriff whose tiny border town is the escape route for a jail-breaking drug baron - or not, if Arnie can help it. Daring prison escapes, staggering high-octane car chases and superbly staged gun battles - if you like action you'll love this.
Les Miserables
Les Miserables
What does the classification 12 mean?
Director: Tom Hooper
Stars: Anne Hathaway, Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe
This all-star, Oscar-nominated adaptation of the musical stars Jackman as Jean Valjean, struggling to survive during the French Revolution. Live singing throughout adds to the drama and in Anne Hathaway's case produces what is surely the definitive reading of the beloved I Dreamed a Dream.
Life of Pi
Life of Pi
What does the classification PG mean?
Director: Ang Lee
Stars: Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan, Adil Hussain
Yann Martell's bestselling novel about a boy and a tiger cast away on a raft has been turned into a stunning, redemptive masterpiece by Oscar-winning director Ang Lee. It's a beautiful spectacle that as well as being a superbly wrought adventure story also touches upon deeper notions of truth and faith.
Lincoln
Lincoln
What does the classification 12 mean?
Director: Steven Spielberg
Stars: Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Lincoln may be long, its subject matter undeniably heavyweight, but don't let that put you off. This is Spielberg's best film in decades and Day-Lewis has a performance that is not only a strong contender for the upcoming Oscars, but will be talked about for years to come.