Now Showing – April 8th 2010

Date Night

In New York City, a case of mistaken identity turns a bored married couple’s attempt at a glamorous and romantic evening into something more thrilling and dangerous.

Runtime: 1h 28m

IMDB Rating: No rating

Repo Men

Set in the near future when artificial organs can be bought on credit, it revolves around a man who struggles to make the payments on a heart he has purchased. He must therefore go on the run before said ticker is repossessed.

Runtime: 1h 51m

IMDB Rating: 6.3/10

The Hurt Locker

Iraq. Forced to play a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse in the chaos of war, an elite Army bomb squad unit must come together in a city where everyone is a potential enemy and every object could be a deadly bomb.

Runtime: 2h 11m

IMDB Rating:7.9/10

Now Showing: March 25th 2010

Men Who Stare at Goats

A reporter in Iraq might just have the story of a lifetime when he meets Lyn Cassady, a guy who claims to be a former member of the U.S. Army’s New Earth Army, a unit that employs paranormal powers in their missions

IMDB Rating: 6.5/10

Runtime: 1h 35m

How To Train Your Dragon

A Viking teenager named Hiccup lives on the island of Berk, where fighting dragons is a way of life. The teen’s smarts and offbeat sense of humor don’t sit too well with his tribe or its chief… who just happens to be Hiccup’s father. However, when Hiccup is included in Dragon Training with the other Viking teens, he sees his chance to prove he has what it takes to be a fighter. But when he encounters (and ultimately befriends) an injured dragon, his world is flipped upside down, and what started out as Hiccup’s one shot to prove himself turns into an opportunity to set a new course for the future of the entire tribe.

IMDB Rating: 8/10

Runtime: 1h 38m

The Bounty Hunter

A bounty hunter learns that his next target is his ex-wife, a reporter working on a murder cover-up. Soon after their reunion, the always-at-odds duo find themselves on a run-for-their-lives adventure.

IMDB Rating: 4.8/10

Runtime: 1h 50m

Now Showing: March 18th 2010

Green Zone

During the U.S.-led occupation of Baghdad in 2003, Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller and his team of Army inspectors were dispatched to find weapons of mass destruction believed to be stockpiled in the Iraqi desert. Rocketing from one bobby-trapped and treacherous site to the next, the men search for deadly chemical agents but stumble instead upon an elaborate cover-up that inverts the purpose of their mission. Spun by operatives with intersection agendas, Miller must hunt through covert and faulty intelligence hidden on foreign soil for answers that will either clear a rogue regime or escalate a war in an unstable region. And at this blistering time and in this combustible place, he will find the most elusive weapon of all is the truth.

Runtime: 1hr 55mins

IMDB Rating: 7.7/10

The Blind Side

Michael Oher, a homeless African-American youngster from a broken home, is taken in by the Touhys, a well-to-do white family who help him fulfill his potential. At the same time, Oher’s presence in the Touhys’ lives leads them to some insightful self-discoveries of their own. Living in his new environment, the teen faces a completely different set of challenges to overcome. As a football player and student, Oher works hard and, with the help of his coaches and adopted family, becomes an All-American offensive left tackle.

Runtime: 2hr 9mins

IMDB Rating: 7.7/10

Boogeyman 3

No longer content with preying only on the fearful minds of mental-health-facility residents and adults who return to their traumatizing childhood homes, the boogeyman ventures into the angst-ridden halls of a college dormitory in this hair-raising second sequel to the original 2005 chiller. A series of odd occurrences leads Sarah Morris to believe her roommateÂ’s apparent suicide was actually the result of insidious supernatural forces. But before she can convince her friends and neighbors, they too begin to meet their ends, one by one.

Runtime: 1hr 34mins

IMDB Rating: 4.7/10

Now Showing: March 4th

So what’s new at the cinemas this week?

Alice in Wonderland

Edge of Darkness

Universal Soldier: Regeneration