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Carrie Bradshaw, successful author and everyone's favourite fashion icon next door is back with her friends to manage men, motherhood and Manhattan real estate... more

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8/10

A successful talk show host leaves Los Angeles to reunite with his family in the Deep South... more

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This summer marks the return of everyone's favourite tomb-raiding, fedora-wearing, treasure hunter -- one Indiana Jones... more

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9/10

"Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo" marks the triumphant return of two hilarious, slacker anti-heroes... more

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Po the Panda is the laziest animal in all of the Valley of Peace, but unwittingly becomes the chosen one when enemies threaten their way of life... more

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9/10

From writer/director Tom McCarthy of "The Station Agent" comes this soulful indie drama... more

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8/10

Eclectic filmmaker Guy Maddin delivers a surreal blend of documentary methods and fantastical storytelling in "My Winnipeg"... more

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"Wanted" tells the tale of one apathetic nobody's transformation into an unparalleled enforcer of justice. In 2008, the world will be introduced to a hero for a new generation: Wesley Gibson (James McAvoy)... more

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9/10

One year after the incredible events of "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe," the Kings and Queens of Narnia find themselves back in that faraway wondrous realm, only to discover that more than 1300 years have passed in Narnian time... more

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8/10

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A revealing documentary following independent filmmaker Chris Waitt as he interviews his ex-girlfriends in an attempt to find out why they dumped him... more

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Two complete strangers, Anna and Stephen are brought together by chance by an elderly man who waits for his wife on a station platform... more

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This epic story recounts the early life of Genghis Khan who was a slave before going on to conquer half the world, including Russia, in 1206... more

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6/10

In a blood 'n' guts homage to the 70's slasher flick, "Prom Night" sees one girl's high school right of passage quickly descend in to a nightmarish game... more

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Based on the Dennis Lehane novel about two Boston area detectives investigating a little girl's kidnapping, which ultimately turns into a crisis both professionally and personally... more

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9/10

The Zucker clan return with another outrageous spoof, this time taking aim at the glut of comic book films that have taken cinema by storm... more

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7/10

A rollicking comic journey through love, sex, and modern romance in Los Angeles on New Year's Eve... more

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3/10

A fantastically stylish comedy/drama featuring "Amelie" star Audrey Tautou and Gad Elmaleh as two warring con-artists who find themselves drawn to each other despite their strange games... more

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In this new beginning, scientist Bruce Banner (Edward Norton) desperately hunts for a cure to the gamma radiation that poisoned his cells and unleashes the unbridled force of rage within him: The Hulk... more

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9/10

Middle-aged Maggie must find a way to get enough money for her grandson's lifesaving medical treatment. With all financial resources exhausted, Maggie tries her best to lift the dwindling hopes of her only son Tom and his wife Sarah... more

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A couple (Mark Wahlberg and Zooey Deschanel) go on the run from a mysterious environmental phenomenon that threatens their way of life... more

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9/10

The story of one man's dare to dream big whilst his ambitions act as the glue that holds his family together... more

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"Teeth" is a story of sexual awakening like you've never seen before... more

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5/10

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A group of friends find their leisurely Mexican holiday takes a turn for the worse when they, along with a fellow tourist, embark on a remote archaeological dig in the jungle, where something evil lives among the ruins... more

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8/10

"The Escapist" is a twisty thriller which focuses on one man's struggle to break free of his own personal hell!.. more

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Two feisty, free-spirited women are connected by the brilliant and charismatic poet Dylan Thomas who loves them both. Released Nationwide on Friday 27th June... more

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Powerful, disturbing and moving in equal measure, 2006's acclaimed "Kidulthood" took us deep into London's unseen underbelly - now it's time to grow up... more

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9/10

Set in 1944, "Female Agents" follows a five strong all-female commando unit that parachutes into occupied France on a dangerous mission... more

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7/10

"Savage Grace" tells the incredible true story of Barbara Daly, who married above her class to Brooks Baekeland, the dashing heir to the Bakelite plastics fortune... more

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Eddie Murphy stars inside Eddie Murphy in this fish-out-of-water tale about a team of miniature-sized aliens trying to save their world... more

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9/10

Jaime Winstone, Nichola Burley and Sian Breckin, star in this feature debut from Brit director Olly Blackburn and a no-holds-barred horror/thriller that pushes the genre to its limits and dares to ask the question: Do you know what a Donkey Punch is?….. more

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The year is 2700. WALL*E, the last remaining robot on Earth, spends every day doing what he was built for. But soon, he will discover what he was meant for... more

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7/10

Turning 18 is a highly charged moment for anyone but when you've grown up in the slum of Pool Hall Hill crammed into Rio de Janeiro's hillside where life is cheap and prospects are minimal, coming of age has its added tribulations... more

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"The human whose name is written in this note shall die." In "Death Note", Light Yagami is an elite university student and a genius who stumbles upon a shinigami's (God of Death) dropped 'Death Note'... more

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A freak storm unleashes a species of blood-thirsty creatures on a small town, where a small band of citizens hole-up in a supermarket and fight for their lives... more

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8/10

On a quest to find out what happened to his missing brother, a scientist, his nephew and their mountain guide discover a fantastic and dangerous lost world in the centre of the earth... more

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8/10

A 21st Century American teenager takes a spellbinding, dangerous journey into martial arts legend in the new action/adventure epic "The Forbidden Kingdom"... more

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8/10

Meryl Streep leads an all-star cast in the feature-film adaptation of the beloved musical bringing the timeless lyrics and melodies of iconic super group ABBA to audiences everywhere... more

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9/10

A hard-living superhero who has fallen out of favor with the public enters into a questionable relationship with the wife of the public relations professional who's trying to repair his image... more

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10/10

Three estranged siblings must each come to terms with the death of their mother in this touching drama by Olivier Assayas... more

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Adapted from the 1980 Fay Weldon novel about a young architect who happens upon some witchery in the Irish countryside... more

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The war in Iraq is the backdrop as the Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young 'Freedom of Speech Tour' crisscrosses North America... more

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