 | | True Blood: Season 4 | | Release date: May 23, 2012 | | HBO’s sexy supernatural series is back with another liberal helping of blood, lust and Southern gothic. True Blood’s fourth season adds witches to its lurid brew, with Harry Potter regular Fiona Shaw in brilliant form as a possessed medium.
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|  | | Hugo | | Release date: May 23, 2012 | | | To say that Martin Scorsese’s latest film is a departure from the gritty milieu of Goodfellas, Taxi Driver and Raging Bull would be an understatement. Hugo is the gentle tale of an orphaned boy (Asa Butterfield) living within the environs of a... more |
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 | | Underworld: Awakening | | Release date: May 30, 2012 | | | Following mediocre prequel Underworld: Rise of the Lycans, Kate Beckinsale makes a welcome return to the franchise in her trademark latex corset. After spending 12 years in suspended animation, Selene (Beckinsale) awakens to discover the existence of vampires and... more |
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|  | | The Descendants | | Release date: May 09, 2012 | | | Acclaimed Hollywood scribe Alexander Payne (Sideways) received his second screenwriting Oscar for The Descendants, adapting the novel by Kaui Hart Hemmings with co-writers Nat Faxon and Jim Rash. In the central role is George Clooney, the trustee of a prized... more |
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 | | Alvin and the Chipmunks 3: Chipwrecked | | Release date: May 23, 2012 | | | This sequel to the Squeakquel finds the Chipmunks and Chipettes marooned on a remote island while en route to an awards extravaganza. As Dave (Jason Lee) desperately searches for them, the ‘munks meet a mysterious castaway, hunt for hidden treasure, escape an erupting... more |
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|  | | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | | Release date: May 23, 2012 | | | You'd be forgiven for thinking a US remake of Stieg Larsson's phenomenal The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo was an unnecessary exercise – the 2009 Swedish adaptation of the best-selling novel was a terrific thriller that both set up the Millennium Trilogy and... more |
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 | | Titanic | | Release date: Apr 26, 2012 | | | Marking the centenary of the infamous event, this multi-million dollar television production depicting the doomed 1912 voyage is scripted by Julian Fellowes, creator of hit TV series Downton Abbey. While comparisons with the James Cameron classic are unavoidable,... more |
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|  | | Young Adult | | Release date: May 16, 2012 | | | Writer Diablo Cody and director Jason Reitman follow up their indie hit Juno with this a biting dramedy. Charlize Theron plays a former small town prom queen. Possessed of beauty and brains, she went to the big city in search of literary fame, but things haven’t quite... more |
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 | | Albert Nobbs | | Release date: May 30, 2012 | | | Glenn Close received an Academy Award nomination for her remarkable cross dressing turn in this period drama from director Rodrigo Garcia. Close had previously played the role in a 1982 stage production Set in 19th century Ireland, when female independence wasn't encouraged,... more |
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|  | | Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows | | Release date: May 10, 2012 | | | Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law reprise their roles as Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson in Guy Ritchie’s bromantic sequel. This time Holmes and Watson are up against the infamous Professor Moriarty (Jared Harris), who was enlisted the help of many (unwilling?) participants... more |
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 | | The Adventures of Tintin | | Release date: Apr 25, 2012 | | | Peter Jackson ranks as a must-see, making The Adventures of Tintin one of the hottest titles this month. Moreover, it’s written by Steven Moffat (Doctor Who and Sherlock), Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead) and Joe Cornish (Attack the Block),... more |
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|  | | Happy Feet 2 | | Release date: Apr 24, 2012 | | | A 3D sequel to the 2006 Australian box office record breaker, Happy Feet Two returns to Antarctica through the use of dazzling computer animation. But it departs in its central theme – this follow-up carries a message of strength through community, as opposed to the... more |
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 | | Puss in Boots | | Release date: Apr 11, 2012 | | | This Shrek spin-off was originally planned as a DTV release, but such was the irresistible force of its flamboyant fairy tale hero, Puss in Boots found itself bounding on to cinema screens. Much of its success has to do with the voice work of Antonio Banderas,... more |
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|  | | The Iron Lady | | Release date: Apr 25, 2012 | | | Meryl Streep collected her third Oscar for her performance as Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady. The film also claimed the Best Makeup award for Streep’s uncanny transformation into the former British Prime Minister. Directed by Phyllida Lloyd, who also collaborated... more |
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 | | Breaking Bad: Season 4 | | Release date: Mar 28, 2012 | | | As season three of this acclaimed American crime drama closed, the transformation of its protagonist Walter White (Bryan Cranston) from meek cancer-stricken chemistry teacher to hardened criminal was almost complete. A lengthy trail of dead bodies and burnt bridges behind... more |
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|  | | Tower Heist | | Release date: Apr 25, 2012 | | | Ben Stiller is at his best when he has capable co-stars to bounce off – like Robert De Niro in Meet the Parents, Robert Downey Jr. in Tropic Thunder or Owen Wilson in Zoolander. For his latest comedy, Tower Heist, Stiller’s wingman is none other... more |
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 | | Attack The Block | | Release date: Apr 04, 2012 | | | Joe Cornish, one of the co-writers of The Adventures of Tintin, makes his directorial debut with this terrific British sci-fi comedy. A South London housing estate comes under attack by a horde of toothy alien invaders, and all that stands in their way is a group... more |
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|  | | Eliminate Archie Cookson | | Release date: Apr 18, 2012 | | | This ambitious indie spy thriller/comedy stars Paul Rhys as the titular MI6 agent, who receives a mysterious package and subsequently becomes an assassination target. Rhys is resigned to his imminent demise, but a chance encounter with an attractive lady fires up his will... more |
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 | | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | | Release date: Apr 19, 2012 | | | The M:I franchise is rebooted under the capable direction of Pixar veteran Brad Bird (The Incredibles), resulting in a runaway success at the local box office in the lead-up to Christmas 2011. It seems that audiences still harbour some goodwill for star Tom Cruise.... more |
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|  | | Moneyball | | Release date: Apr 11, 2012 | | | Based on the best-selling novel by Michael Lewis, Moneyball stars Brad Pitt stars as Billy Beane, a cantankerous and demanding baseball manager who turned his underdog team into serious World Series contenders. Where Lewis’s novel tackled the arcane stats that gave... more |
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 | | Machine Gun Preacher | | Release date: Apr 19, 2012 | | | Machine Gun Preacher might sound like a B-movie buddy for Hobo with a Shotgun, but it's actually a real-life drama based on the experiences of Sam Childers, played by Gerard Butler. Childers, a Pennsylvania biker and ex-crim, finds God, goes to Sudan to do... more |
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|  | | Melancholia | | Release date: Apr 18, 2012 | | | Lars Von Trier is a filmmaker that divides opinion. There's rarely a middle ground – you either love him or hate him. His films are hailed as pure genius or condemned as pretentious rubbish. Von Trier's schtick is to put troubled female characters through the emotional wringer... more |
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 | | The Ides of March | | Release date: Apr 05, 2012 | | | George Clooney directs, produces, co-writes and stars in this cracking political thriller adapted from Beau Willimon’s 2008 off- Broadway play Farragut North. Centre stage, however, is the ubiquitous Ryan Gosling as the idealistic junior campaign manager for Clooney’s... more |
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|  | | Far East | | Release date: Apr 04, 2012 | | | There’s more than a hint of the classic Casablanca in director John Duigan’s 1982 romantic drama. Helen Morse and Jon Bell are a married couple visiting South East Asia where they stumble into the Koala Klub, which is run by Morse’s former lover, Bryan Brown.
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