Memento
SHOWN
In association with the St John's College Medical Society
Genre: Drama, Mystery and Thriller
Running Length: 113
Director: Christopher Nolan
BBFC Consumer Advice: Passed '15' for strong language and violence
Plot: Psychological thriller. Leonard (Guy Pearce) suffers from anterograde amnesia and is completely unable to store any new memories. Using only Polaroid pictures and tattoos as clues he has left for himself, he tracks down the man who brutally murdered his wife. The story is told cleverly in a non chronological order interspersed with flashbacks to reflect the nature of his fractured mind.
Starring: Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss and Joe Pantoliano.
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The Artist
SHOWN
Genre: Romance, Comedy and Drama
Running Length: 100
Director: Michel Hazanavicius
BBFC Consumer Advice: Contains scene of mild threat
Plot: Oscar winning black and white silent movie. George Valentin (Jean Dujardin), the hero of the silent movie era, meets a young fan and film extra called Peppy Miller (Bérénice Bejo), an aspiring Hollywood actress. Whilst her career is on the rise, her idol is struggling with the advent of talking pictures which is threatening to turn his world upside down.
Starring: Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo and John Goodman.
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Arrietty
SHOWN
In association with the Cambridge Union
Genre: Animation, Adventure and Family
Running Length: 94
Director: Hiromasa Yonebayashi
BBFC Consumer Advice: Contains no material likely to offend or harm
Plot: Japanese animation based on Mary Norton’s classic story The Borrowers. The Clock family are four-inch-tall people who live anonymously in another family's residence, borrowing simple items to make their home. Life changes for the Clocks when their daughter, Arrietty, is discovered.
Starring: Bridgit Mendler, Amy Poehler and Will Arnett.
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The Hunger Games
SHOWN
Genre: Action, Drama and Sci-Fi
Running Length: 142
Director: Gary Ross
BBFC Consumer Advice: Contains intense threat, moderate violence and occasional gory moments
Plot: Action scifi. Set in a dystopian future where the Capitol randomly selects a boy and girl from each of the twelve districts to fight to the death on live television. Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) volunteers to take her younger sister's place for the latest games. The male tribute Peeta confesses his love for her however, there is only one winner of the games. Based on the best-selling novel by Suzanne Collins, this is the thrilling first part of the trilogy.
Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth.
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The Lion King
SHOWN
Genre: Animation, Adventure and Comedy
Running Length: 89
Director: Roger Allers/rob Minkoff
BBFC Consumer Advice: Contains no material likely to offend or harm
Plot: This critically acclaimed Disney animation is billed for children, but with the superb voice acting of Matthew Broderick,Jeremy Irons, Rowan Atkinson, and Whoopi Goldberg along with an unforgettable musical score from Elton John and Hans Zimmer that won the film two Oscars, it’s no surprise it became the most commercially successful hand drawn film ever, you know you should see it again.
Starring: Matthew Broderick, Jeremy Irons and James Earl Jones.
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The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists!
SHOWN
Genre: Animation, Adventure and Family
Running Length: 88
Director: Peter Lord
BBFC Consumer Advice: Contains very mild language, violence, threat and innuendo
Plot: The latest animation from Aardman animations, the team that brought you Wallace & Gromit and Chicken Run. Pirates tells the story of the Pirate Captain (Hugh Grant) who sets out on a mission to defeat his rivals Black Bellamy and Cutlass Liz for the coveted Pirate of the year Award. Featuring the voices of Brian Blessed, Lenny Henry, Martin Freeman, David Tennant, Imelda Staunton and many more famous names.
Starring: Hugh Grant, Salma Hayek and Jeremy Piven.
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A Dangerous Method
SHOWN
Genre: Biography, Drama and Thriller
Running Length: 100
Director: David Cronenberg
BBFC Consumer Advice: Contains strong sex
Plot: Seduced by the challenge of an impossible case, the driven Dr. Carl Jung (Michael Fassbender) takes the unbalanced yet beautiful Sabina Spielrein (Keira Knightley) as his patient. Jung's weapon is the method of his master, the renowned Sigmund Freud (Viggo Mortensen), the father of psychoanalysis. Between word association and dream interpretation, both men fall under Sabina's spell.
Starring: Michael Fassbender, Keira Knightley and Viggo Mortensen.
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The Vow
Showing Sunday 20th May 2012, 7pm & 10pm (Week 4)
Genre: Drama and Romance
Running Length: 104
Director: Michael Sucsy
BBFC Consumer Advice: Contains an accident scene and moderate injury detail
Plot: Romantic drama about a recently married couple. A car accident puts Paige (Rachel McAdams) in a coma, and when she wakes up with severe memory loss, she doesn’t recognise her husband Leo (Channing Tatum) so she goes to live with her parents. Leo must work to win her heart all over again. Based on a true story. Think Notebook and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
Starring: Rachel McAdams, Channing Tatum and Sam Neill.
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The Descendants
Showing Thursday 24th May 2012, 9pm (Week 5)
Genre: Comedy and Drama
Running Length: 115
Director: Alexander Payne
BBFC Consumer Advice: Contains strong language
Plot: Black comedy drama. Wealthy land baron Matt King (George Clooney) lives in sunny Hawaii, but his life is far from perfect. After his wife (Shailene Woodley) is seriously injured in a boating accident, Matt is forced to re-examine his past. He tries to reconnect with his two daughters and get his life back together again whilst wrestling with a deicision to sell the family’s land.
Starring: George Clooney, Shailene Woodley and Amara Miller.
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War Horse
Showing Sunday 27th May 2012, 7pm & 10pm (Week 5)
Genre: Drama, History and War
Running Length: 146
Director: Steven Spielberg
BBFC Consumer Advice: Contains infrequent moderate battle violence
Plot: Set against a sweeping canvas of rural England and Europe during the First World War, War Horse begins with the remarkable friendship between a horse named Joey and a young man called Albert, who tames and trains him. When they are forcefully parted, the film follows the extraordinary journey of the horse as he moves through the war, changing and inspiring the lives of all those he meets, before the story reaches its emotional climax in the heart of No Man's Land.
Starring: Jeremy Irvine, Emily Watson and David Thewlis.
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The Muppets
Showing Sunday 3rd June 2012, 7pm & 10pm (Week 6)
Genre: Comedy, Drama and Family
Running Length: 110
Director: James Bobin
BBFC Consumer Advice: Contains mild comic violence, brief rude humour & one use of mild language
Plot: On vacation in Los Angeles, Walter, the world's biggest Muppet fan, and his friends Gary (Jason Segel) and Mary (Amy Adams) from Smalltown, USA, discover the nefarious plan of oilman Tex Richman (Chris Cooper) to raze the Muppet Theater and drill for the oil recently discovered beneath the Muppets' former stomping grounds. To stage The Greatest Muppet Telethon Ever and raise the $10 million needed to save the theater, Walter, Mary and Gary help Kermit reunite the Muppets.
Starring: Amy Adams, Jason Segel and Chris Cooper.
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21 Jump Street
Showing Sunday 10th June 2012, 7pm & 10pm (Week 7)
Genre: Action and Comedy
Running Length: 109
Director: Phill Lord and Chris Miller
BBFC Consumer Advice: Contains strong language, sex references, violence and drug use
Plot: Action comedy based on an 80s TV show. In high school, Schmidt (Jonah Hill) was a dork and Jenko (Channing Tatum)was a popular jock. Both are now working as partners in the polic force. Thanks to their youthful looks they’ve been placed in a special unit undercover in a high school to try and break up a drug ring. They find that school is nothing like how they left it and have to face the insecurities of being teenagers again.
Starring: Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum and Ice Cube.
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