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08 the scene Your first look at the biggest movie productions and most an-ticipated releases.

10 toP 10We scan the movie horizon and count down the movies you can’t miss, led by Mel Gibson’s Hacksaw Ridge.

16 gc diary This issue, check out Kuwait’s first 4D theatre, a chat with our Snapchat maestro and the Bruno Tabbal video launch.

22 Best seLLer to Big screenDiscover the book-to-film adap-tations vying for your attention in September and October.

24 X-factorWe celebrate Oscar-winning French talent Marion Cotillard.

26 horror PitWhat keeps you awake at night? Morgan, The Autopsy of Jane Doe and more may do the trick.

28 KicKBoXer: VengeanceWe throw the spotlight on the re-boot of the actioner that launched Jean-Claude Van Damme.

31 trUe storyThey made headlines around the world. We round up the real-life stories making their way to the big screen, featuring the stunning story behind the Deepwater Ho-rizon ecological disaster.

40 now showing & coming soonGet ready to mark your calen-dars. These are the movies now playing and coming soon to a Grand Cinemas near you, and the IMAX releases you'll want to catch at Jordan's City Mall.

50 animayhemAwaken your inner child with the best in animation, featuring the adorable tykes of Storks.

52 home gUideThe music and books you want in your library.

54 Last wordHow do they do it? Celebrities share their fitness and beauty tips.

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The Great Wall feb 16 Among the myriad sequels, adaptations and remakes hitting theatres, it’s a nice change to see an original story, and acclaimed director Yimou Zhang (Hero) has a doozy. He and star Matt Damon ask the question: What if China built the Great Wall not to keep out its human enemies but as a last defence against a supernatural creature? Resident Evil: The Final Chapter jan 26 The sixth and final entry in the most successful video game movie franchise ever sees Alice (Milla Jovovich) returning to The Hive in Raccoon City, where the Umbrella Corporation prepares for a final strike. T2: Trainspotting feb 9 The long-awaited sequel became a reality when director Danny Boyle managed to reunite the original cast, and the first teaser reveals them in all their downtrodden glory. Let’s all welcome back Ewan McGregor (Renton), Ewan Bremner (Spud), Jonny Lee Miller (Sick Boy) and Robert Carlyle (Begbie).

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ß Dec. 22 release date set for comedy drama Demain Tout Commence, starring the phenomenal Omar Sy (Intouchables) as an accidental father

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Hunger Games director Gary Ross has signed up to reboot the Ocean’s Eleven franchise with an all-female cast in Ocean’s Eight, and

there’s a lot to like in the all-star lineup so far. Academy Award win-ner Sandra Bullock is leading the pack of illegally-minded heroines, and she’s joined by three other Oscar darlings: Cate Blanchett (two-time winner), Anne Hathaway (one on the mantelpiece) and Helena Bonham Carter (two-time nominee). Stage wonder Rihanna and comediennes Mindy Kaling (The Office) and Nora “Awkwafina” Lum (Neighbors 2) bring the tally to seven so there's still hope your favourite actress will make the cut.

Antoine Fuqua (Southpaw) is the latest director to be court-ed for the Scarface remake, a project that has been long in development and which would see the action relocated from Miami to LA. The question is, who could possibly step into Al Pacino's shoes?

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The Pokémon Go phenomenon has evidently reawakened our need to get our hands on those cute critters that have been part of our popular cul-ture for 20 years. Now filmmakers are latching on tight to that awakening as they announce plans for a live-action movie focussed on Detective Pikachu, a relatively recent iteration of the Pokémon world introduced earlier this year as a video game. What's more, the production has landed a couple of great writers—Nicole Perlman (Marvel films) and Alex Hirsch (Gravity Falls)—to pen the script.

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Desmond Doss was singular. There are few, if any people, who could or would replicate his actions. The humility he maintained in discussing his heroics is a testament to the mettle of the man. In fact, Desmond was asked permission for years to adapt his story into a film, and repeatedly declined, insisting that the “real heroes” were the ones in the ground. In a cinematic landscape overrun with fictional “superheroes,” I thought it was time to celebrate a real one.

Andrew Garfield truly inhabited the character and captured the essence of Desmond Doss, and the sup-porting cast and crew delivered in spades. I’m grateful for everyone’s contributions. It was a privilege and an honour to tell this story. MEL GIBSON

á A Conscientious Objector whose heroism turned him from a pariah to a hero in the eyes of his fellow soldiers, Desmond T Doss is played by Andrew Garfield in what is being hailed as a stunning performance. The film also stars Sam Worthington, Luke Bracey, Teresa Palmer, Hugo Weaving, Rachel Griffiths and Vince Vaughn.

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“Here was a man who, in the most pure, selfless, and almost unconscious way, repeatedly

risked his own life to save the lives of his brothers.

Desmond was a completely ordinary man who did extraordinary things.”

NOvEMBEr 3 From Oscar-winning director Mel Gibson comes the true World War II tale of the epic battle to take the infamous Japanese stronghold, Hacksaw Ridge. The unlikely hero who turned the tide of the violent and bloody battle was a soldier who refused to bear arms, American Army

Medic Desmond T Doss (Andrew Garfield), whose heroism turned him from a pariah to a hero in the eyes of his fellow soldiers, and led him to become the first Conscientious Objector in American history to win the Congressional Medal of Honor.

DIRECTOR’S STATEMENTWhen I heard the story of Desmond Doss, the first conscientious objector to receive the US Medal of Honor,

I was astounded by the extent of his sacrifice. Here was a man who, in the most pure, selfless, and almost unconscious way, repeatedly risked his own life to save the lives of his brothers. Desmond was a completely ordinary man who did extraordinary things.

When WWII broke out and young men raced to enlist, Desmond faced a predicament—he was as eager to serve as any man, but violence conflicted with his religious and moral beliefs. He refused to even touch a weapon. Desmond underwent intense persecution for his refusal to waver in his conviction, then went on to enter the hell of war armed with nothing more than his faith, and emerge one of the greatest war heroes of all time.

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dEcEMBEr 29 A stellar cast featuring Will Smith, Edward Norton, Kate Winslet, Helen Mirren, Keira Knightley and Naomie Harris tell the story of an advertising executive who goes on a downward spiral following a tragedy.

NOvEMBEr 24 Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard get dapper in the romance thriller from director Robert Zemekis (Forrest Gump). The story follows intelligence officer Max Vatan, who in 1942 North Africa encounters French Resistance fighter Marianne Beausejour on a deadly mission behind enemy lines.

NOvEMBEr 17 With the Harry Potter legacy still holding strong, JK Rowling takes us back to intro-duce Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) and an array of magical creatures that could spell trouble for both the wizarding and Muggle worlds.

NOvEMBEr 3 Tilda Swinton, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Rachel McAdams and Mads Mikkelsen join Benedict Cumberbatch in Marvel’s next wild ride, debuting Doctor Strange in the story of a renowned neurosurgeon who survives a tragic accident only to be submerged in a hidden world of mysticism and dark forces.

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dEcEMBEr 22 Damien Chazelle, the Oscar nomi-nated director and screen-writer of Whiplash brings us another musically inspired movie, this time starring Ryan Gosling as a jazz pianist and Emma Stone as the aspiring actress he falls in love with.

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dEcEMBEr 29 Michael Fassbender is Callum Lynch, a man who discovers he is descended from a mysterious secret society of Assassins, and thanks to a revolutionary technology experiences the adventures of his ancestor, Aguilar, in 15th Century Spain. The film adaptation of the popular video game series also stars Marion Cotillard.

dEcEMBEr 22 Think American Idol but with hilarious animated characters. A show-biz impresario who happens to be a koala attracts a menagerie of musical hopefuls when he holds a singing contest to try and save his theatre in Sing, featuring the voices of Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, Scarlett Johansson and more.

dEcEMBEr 15 Gareth Edwards (Godzilla) directs our next entry. Starring Felicity Jones, Mads Mikkelsen, Alan Tudyk and Forest Whitaker, the Star Wars spinoff-prequel sees a band of reb-els set out to steal the plans for the Death Star.

dEcEMBEr 22 Two of Hollywood’s hottest stars, Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt come together for an adventure-romance. On a routine journey through space to a new home, two passengers, sleeping in suspended animation, are awakened 90 years too early when their ship malfunctions and must race to save the thousands on board.

á A sure sign that their on-screen chemistry has won over audiences, La La Land will be the third time that Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone team up on film after Crazy, Stupid, Love. and Gangster Squad.


Grand Cinemas marketing and sales manager, Isaac Fahed:

“We take pride in introducing the MX4D technology to Kuwait. We promised Kuwaiti moviegoers to keep raising the bar of their cinema experience, and we stood true to our promise.”

Grand al Hamra luxury Centerkuwait

A new era in thrilling cinema

Here's to our future filmmakersAward-winning

short gets a Grand screening

Living up to our promise to support young filmmakers, GC pledged to screen the

award-winning short from Omar Sfeir, which earned the Golden Apple award at this year's Cinemaiyat student film

festival. And on July 14, Grand Cinemas ABC Dbayeh was buzzing with celebration,

creativity and pride during the special screening of Salwa. We wish Omar great

success in his career as a brilliant film-maker and look forward to seeing more of

his movies in the years to come.

á GC welcomes members of the Kuwait media.

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Let the new experience beginGrand Cinemas

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KuwaitOn July 15, under the high patronage

of the chairman of the Kuwait national Council of Culture, Arts and Literature, Ali el yuha, and in the presence of the

country’s vips, executives and key media representatives, Grand Cinemas

inaugurated the very first MX4D theatre in Kuwait, at Al hamra Luxury Center. And

Kuwait's introduction to 4D couldn't have been more action-packed as the theatre came alive with the motion and special effect systems that took their premiere

feature, Independence Day: Resurgence, to a whole new level.

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A 4D motion and special effects system, MX4D brings the cinema alive by allowing movie-goers to experience big Hollywood titles on moving seats augmented with environment special effects.

The multiple EFX, emanating from specially designed theatre seats or from inside the theatre itself, are programmed to both sync with and enhance the action on the screen for a more exciting and realistic movie-going experience.

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Worthy causeSoprano Tania Kassis launches “This Land Is for All” song at GC On June 30, soprano tania Kassis—in col-laboration with the un information Centre in Beirut—launched her new song, “Al Ardou Lil Jami3” (this Land is for All), in a press conference held at Grand Cinemas ABC Achrafieh. present at the event was Mp Serge torsarkissian representing

tourism Minister Michel pharaon, alongside a great number of diplomats, celebrities and media.

uniC Beirut Director Margo helou praised Kassis’s efforts, that “served to uncover the civilised image of Lebanon, which we are seeking to preserve and bequeath to future generations.”

Winning entertainment

Grand gets some Summer

Madnessfor Grand Cinemas, the fun starts the

moment you step through the lobby doors, and our latest campaign has delivered on

the promise. recently concluding with a Grand prize draw, the Summer Madness

campaign ran throughout the month of July and saw over 350 prizes distributed

to cinema patrons in the form of valuable, summer-themed rewards.

for lucky winners raffi farajian and George Karam, a simple movie ticket

purchase earned them the biggest prize of all—each was rewarded with a week-long

luxury cruise for two to the Mediterranean coast, courtesy of Grand Cinemas

partners, Abou Merhi Cruises. Summer Madness winners also took home fantastic beach accessories—including surfboards—

from Maison du Ski, valuable gift cards from virgin Megastore, professional

diving and wakeboard sessions, Mazda car rentals, and motorcycle riding lessons.

á Summer Madness winners smile and say "cheese" with their fabulous prizes, including a luxury cruise.

â Kassis is joined on the GC stage by the schoolchildren who took part in her music video for "This Land is for All". The song promotes humanitarian values and combating violence and war.

à Soprano Tania Kassis takes time for a photo op with Grand GM Randa Ramia (right) and marketing director Carly Ramia (far right)

Grand Cinemas co-owner and marketing director, Carly ramia:“We strive to always surprise our patrons with unique activities, in-house performances and lots of great prizes. the Summer Madness campaign gave us the chance to combine the Lebanese love for the beach-going season with our passion for entertainment. At Grand Cinemas, you know you’re going to be entertained, both inside the theatre and out.”


In the fan zone

How big is Snapchat?Copter: Snapchat currently has more than 150 million daily users and an estimated eight billion photos/videos viewed daily. A shocking number of 9,000 snaps are shared every second! Snapchat has become a number one app in 13 countries and number two or three in 15 others, leading this phenomenal app to currently be worth 20 billion US dollars.

How did you get started on Snapchat?Copter: I started using Snapchat around three years ago. I became an avid user as it intrigued my creative self; limited Snapchat drawing tools meant I had to be very creative! I also enjoyed trans-forming mediocre everyday events into comical cartoons. Soon I, along with the best

worldwide Snapchatters, cre-ated a Snapchat community where we inspired each other to grow as international influencers. What gives me great pride and motivation is that I remain the only Middle Eastern Snapchatter in the international Snapchat community.

How are Middle East users taking advantage of Snapchat? Copter: Users are able to communicate with the rest of the world using this app—watching live stories streaming from all over the globe. This allows users from the Middle East to showcase their culture and view other

users' cultures, too. Users are even able to entertain themselves using Snapchat's filters that are very popular now. Middle Eastern

snappers may also follow other interna-tional snapchat influencers; allowing them to learn tips regarding fitness, beauty and food.

What’s this we hear about a GC Monster invading Snapchat? Copter: What I do is create characters for brands I work with. I created the ‘GC’, a hovering purple monster (named by Grand Cinemas’ followers) that represents Grand Cinemas on Snapchat every time I take over their account. I use it to make interactive stories with Grand's followers, such as games in which people can win many prizes.

Meet Grand

Cinemas' Snapchat Maestro

We talk to Georgio Copter about the new social media

sensation

á GC special guest magician Hadi Akiki has something up his sleeve.

How on earth did he do that?Now You See Me 2 gets a magical launch

Grand Cinemas moviegoers were treated to a spectacle they won’t soon forget when the incred-ible magician hadi Akiki cast his spell during the launch week of Now You See Me 2.

Night after night premieres at GCArtist Bruno Tabbal unveils fun new music video for Bruno tabbal, every night is a party, but the evening of August 17 marked a special celebration as the artist gathered top celebrities and the media to launch his new music video “Layli Wara Layli” (night After night) in collaboration with Cynthia Karam at Grand Cinemas ABC Achrafiieh. tabbal introduced the unveil-ing by paying tribute to his guests and collaborators, adding a special thanks to

Grand Cinemas for host-ing the event. We love you too, Bruno!

Giving back to the community

Sensory-friendly shows continue to

benefit children with autism

Launched in April in collaboration with SeSOBeL,

Grand Cinemas’ sensory-friendly

screenings offer children

with autism the chance to enjoy movies in an environment

that suits their needs. held every third thursday of the month at GC ABC Dbayeh,

the shows feature adequate lighting and reduced volume throughout the screening, and have proved to be greatly appreciated

by families and a source of joy for the GC team. All profits have been pledged to the

autism program at SeSOBeL.

á Autism awareness is vital to children and adults dealing with this misunderstood condition.

á L-R: Grand Cinemas GM Randa Ramia, Cynthia Khalife, Bruno

Tabbal, Aline Lahoud and GC marketing director Carly Ramia

â Bruno celebrates the launch with Cynthia Karam (r) and Cynthia Khalife (l). à Elssy Baddour joins the party.


The Girl on The Train

director TaTe Taylor cast emily BlunT, reBecca Ferguson, Haley BenneTT, JusTin THeroux, luke evans, allison Janney, edgar ramirez, lisa kudrow genre mysTery THriller out oct 13

A film adaptation of Paula Hawkins’ best-selling novel, The Girl on the Train stars Emily Blunt in a suspenseful and unique thriller full of unexpected twists and turns. Rachel (Blunt), who is devastated by her recent divorce, spends her daily commute fantasising about the seemingly perfect couple who

live in a house that her train passes every day, until one morning she sees something shock-ing happen there and becomes entangled in the mystery that unfolds.

Mal de Pierres (froM The land of The Moon)

director nicole garcia cast marion coTillard, louis garrel, alex BrendemüHl, BrigiTTe rouan, vicToire du Bois, aloïse sauvage genre drama romance 120 mins out oct 20i

In a beautiful rendition of the novel-la by Italian writer Milena Agus, Gabrielle (Marion Cotillard) comes from a small village in the south of France, at a time when her dream of true love is considered scandal-ous, and even insane. Against her will, Gabrielle’s parents marry her to José, an honest and loving Spanish

farmer who they think will make a respectable woman of her. When she is sent away to the Alps, André, a dashing injured war veteran, rekindles the passion buried inside of her.

There is a pile of clothing on the side of the train tracks. light–blue cloth – a shirt, perhaps – jumbled up...

Grandmother met the Veteran in the fall of 1950. she had come from Cagliari to the mainland for the first time....

The liGhT beTween oCeans

director derek cianFrance cast micHael FassBender, alicia vikander, racHel weisz genre drama romance 130 mins out sep 22i

The story that captured the hearts of millions follows Tom Sherbourne (Michael Fassbender), a lighthouse keeper living with his loving wife, Isabel (Alicia Vikander). After two miscarriages and one stillbirth, the grieving Isabel hears a baby’s cries on the wind. A boat has washed up onshore carrying a dead man and

a living baby. Against Tom’s judgement, they raise the child as their own. When they return to the mainland, they are reminded that there are other people in the world. Their choice has devastated one of them.

PalM Trees in The snow(PalMeras en la nieVe)

director Fernando gonzález molina cast mario casas, adriana ugarTe, macarena garcía genre advenTure romance 163 mins out sep 22i

Letters from the past transport a young Spanish woman into the mys-terious lives of her father and her uncle during the waning years of colonial rule in Guinea in the adap-tation of the novel by Luz Gabas. Moving back and forth between generations, the story follows broth-ers Jacobo and Kilian, expatriate

cocoa cultivators on the island of Fernando Poo. In the midst of discovering what it means to grow the perfect cocoa beans, they build a strong friendship—and learn the dangers and delights of forbidden love.

on the day of the miracle, isabel was kneeling at the cliff's edge, tending the small, newly made driftwood cross...

Tonight you will love each other with desperation, because you know it is going to be the last night you will spend together...

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Her breakout role in France came in 2003 in Love Me If You Dare, and Hollywood soon came calling. Marion’s

star shone in Tim Burton’s Big Fish and Ridley Scott’s A Good Year, opposite Russell Crowe. In 2004, she won

the Chopard Trophy of Female Revelation at Cannes.

The daughter of a playwright father and drama teacher mother, Marion made her acting debut as a child in

one of her father’s plays, and went on to make a name for herself in French television and cinema—among

her roles a part in the Taxi comedy movie series.

2007 was the year that Cotillard won international acclaim for her unforgettable portrayal of Edith Piaf

in La Vie en Rose. She became only the second actress to win an acting Oscar performing in a language other

than English, the first being Sofia Loren.

Since then, Marion has starred in standout titles including Inception, Contagion and Rust and Bone.

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ouija: origin of evil

director Jon Cassar cast Morris Chestnut, regina hall, theo rossi, Jaz sinClair genre psyChologiCal thriller out sep 15

John and laura taylor (Chestnut, hall) are a young, professional couple who desperately want a baby. after exhausting all other options, they finally hire anna, the perfect woman to be their surrogate. But as she gets further along in her pregnancy, so too does her psychotic and dangerous fixation on John. Caught up in anna’s deadly game, the couple must fight to regain control of their future.

director DaviD F. sanDBerg cast teresa palMer, gaBriel BateMan genre thriller 81 mins out oct 27

inviting audiences again into the lore of the spirit board, Ouija: Origin of Evil tells a terrifying new tale as the follow-up to 2014’s sleeper hit. in 1965 los angeles, a widowed mother and her two daughters add a new stunt to bolster their séance scam business and unwittingly invite authentic evil into their home. When the youngest daugh-ter is overtaken by the merciless spirit, this small family confronts unthinkable fears to save her and send her possessor back to the other side.

director aDaM WingarD cast JaMes allen MCCune, Callie hernanDez, BranDon sCott, valorie Curry genre horror thriller 89 mins out sep 22

a group of students venture into the Black hills Forest to uncover the mysteries surrounding the disappearance of James’ sister, who many believe is connected to the legend of the Blair Witch. at first the group is hopeful, especially when a pair of locals offer to act as guides through the dark and winding woods, but as the night wears on, the group is visited by a menacing presence. they begin to realise the legend is all too real and more sinister than they could have imagined.

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á Kate Mara (The Martian) investigates humanity’s new creation.

morgandirector luke sCott cast kate Mara, anya taylor-Joy, paul giaMatti genre horror sCi-Fi out sep 1

in Morgan, a corporate trouble-shooter is sent to a remote, top-secret location, where she is to investigate and evaluate a terrifying accident. she learns the event was triggered by a seem-ingly innocent “human,” who presents a mystery of both infinite promise and incalculable danger.

snap on the good rubber gloves for

the autopsy of jane doe Emile Hirsch (into the Wild) and Brian Cox (The

Bourne supremacy) play father and son coro-ners who receive a mysterious homicide

victim—a beautiful, young “Jane Doe”. As they attempt to figure out how she died and who she is, they discover increas-ingly bizarre clues, which hold the key to her terrifying secrets.

à An endless trek through dark woods takes its toll on hopeful students in search of answers.

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n the reboot of the martial arts hit movie that spawned three sequels, brothers Eric and Kurt Sloane are the descendants of a family of martial artists. While Eric is eager to make a name for himself in the fighting world, Kurt (Alain Moussi

in the role previously inhabited by The Muscles from Brussels) is reticent, always in Eric’s shadow. Against Kurt’s wishes, Eric accepts an offer and travels to

Thailand to challenge the Muay Thai champion, Tong Po (Dave Bautista)—and fails with dire consequences. To exact revenge, Kurt must train with his brother’s mentor, Durand (Jean-Claude Van Damme), who at first sees it as an impossible task. But through a series of spiritual exercises, Durand discovers that Kurt has a deeper strength that will carry him through his final showdown with Tong Po. <

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detailsi director John Stockwell cast AlAin MouSSi, JeAn-clAude VAn dAMMe, dAVe BAutiStA, GinA cArAno, SAM MedinA, dArren ShAhlAVi genre Action 90 mins

Spotlight

Jean-Claude Van Damme returns to the franchise he helped launch to train the new

generation’s underdog warrior

kICkboxer: VengeanCe in cinemas september 1i

à Rising star Alain Moussi recently made use of his skills as stuntman in X-Men: Apocalypse and Suicide Squad, doubling for Hugh Jackman and Jai Courtney respectively.

à Dave Bautista as you’ve never seen him before.

á Van Damme brings 30 years of experience

to his role as mentor in Kickboxer: Vengeance.

â No pain, no gain for trainee Kurt Sloane (Moussi).

Van Damme legaCy

Born in 1960, “the Muscles from Brussels”

started martial arts at the age of 11 and

went on to become an aggressive competitor. At age 21, he moved to los Angeles with hopes

of making it in the movie business, landing a few small parts before he got his big break in the now cult favourite,

Bloodsport (1988).

But the movie had a rough start, shelved for two years—and deemed

unwatchable. thanks only to Van damme’s persistent urging and his work helping to recut the film was it finally released and became a box-office

hit. the world fell for JcVd. not only was he good-looking and built like a fine instrument, many years of training allowed him to deliver a kick to an opponent’s head during a leaping

360-degree turn.

the doors opened wide to Van damme and his first starring role as a recognised actor came in 1989 with Kickboxer. As the movie’s tagline

declares: if your enemy refuses to be humbled...

destroy him!

á MMA champ Gina Carano joins the cast.

The student becomes the teacher. meet alain moussi, who steps into JCVD’s shoes

in the relaunch of the film series

á Fan favourite Georges St-Pierre as Kavi

True STory- The -

This season brings us a wealth of movies based on real-life

stories that shocked, inspired and grabbed headlines

around the world. Here’s your True Story round-up

First couple celebrate accomplishments

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rescue effortsunderway


On April 20th, 2010, One Of the world’s largest man-made disasters occurred on the Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico. The film follows a vital story that many have not seen: the story of the 126 crew members work-ing aboard the Deepwater Horizon that day, caught in the most harrowing circumstances imagin-able. They were skilled working men and women putting in a grueling shift in the hopes of getting back soon to families and lives ashore. In an instant, they were faced with their darkest hour, pushed to summon the courage to battle an unstop-pable inferno blaze in the middle of the ocean, and when all seemed lost, to save one another.

On that day, the Deepwater Horizon, an ultra-deep-water oil rig, was drilling deep in a well named Macondo about 40 miles off the Louisiana coast. Suddenly, the crew faced the greatest fear of all ocean rig workers: a ferocious blowout, caused

by pockets of unstable methane shooting up the pipes with deadly force. For 87 days mil-lions watched, hearts in mouths, as more than 50,000 barrels of oil a day gushed from the sea floor into the Gulf of Mexico. It would become the largest accidental ocean oil spill in human history. The impact to marine life and the questions of what went wrong are ongoing.

Deepwater Horizon brings that story to the screen with a gripping glimpse into the unseen world behind the global

Mike Williams, a family man who was overseeing the rig’s computers and electrical systems on April 20th, when everything he imagined could go wrong did. Oil rig workers are a notoriously tough and gritty breed. The work is physically punishing and ultra high-pressure—as workers grapple with complex equipment 60-feet above remote seas. Yet even for Williams, what happened that day was unprecedented. Williams knew the work was desperately

behind schedule, but he also knew the rig had sophisticated defenses said to be able to prevent even the worst blowouts. Nevertheless at 10pm that night, volatile methane shot up into the rig, and all the rig’s defenses failed. The result was a sudden, deadly explosion and a series of fireballs, as the shattered rig and its crew were shaken,

hurtled and drenched in combustible gas.

From that moment on, Williams was in a race to save his own life and those of his crewmates—each driven by the hope of making it home—in

an escape that seemed to defy all the odds.

For Berg, the story’s themes were vivid, stir-ring and a chance to shed light on an event most often talked about in terms of the environmen-tal, rather than human, impact. “I’m drawn to tales of human courage and of the human spirit trying to triumph over real adversity—and those elements are the heart of this story,” says Berg. “The men and women aboard the Deepwater Horizon were extremely intelligent and capable and they tried everything they could to prevent the blowout. It’s important to remember

Deepwater Horizon

in cinemas september 29

detailsi director Peter Berg cast Mark WahlBerg, kurt russell, John Malkovich, Dylan o’Brien, gina roDriguez, kate huDson genre action DraMa Bio 99 mins

The Deepwater Horizon oil rig, owned by the Swiss company Transocean and leased by British Petroleum, sinks in flames.

SHAKEN TO THE COREOil rig worker Mike Williams recounts the bravery of the Deepwater Horizon crew and the horrific

explosion he survived by leaping 10 stories from a burning rig into an oil slick in the waters below. The spill caused devastating damage to marine and wildlife habitats and fishing and tourism industries.

11 missing Amid biggest Oil spill in u.s. histOryIN-DEPTH FEATURE

THe True STOrY ripped frOm the heAdlines

disaster that took the lives of 11 workers. Filmmaker Peter Berg once again collaborates with Mark Wahlberg sharing an untold story of men and women—real life heroes—who faced extraordinary conse-quences with extreme bravery. The pair previ-ously teamed up for the Oscar-nominated Lone Survivor, and are current-ly filming Patriot’s Day, the story of the Boston Marathon bombing.

Wahlberg takes on the role of real-life chief electronics technician

“It’s important to remember that 11 people lost their lives... In the middle of all the deserved attention for the oil spill, that heroism has almost been lost.”

â kurt russell plays Jimmy harrell, the offshore installation manager of the Deepwater horizon —essentially in charge of the entire crew.

ß gina rodriguez (Jane The Virgin) plays 23 year-old rig worker andrea Fleytas. “the true life andrea is a real character and gina brings great energy and an essential goodness to who she is as a person,” says producer lorenzo di Bonaventura. “she also captures what it’s like to be a 23 year-old woman in the middle of a crazy, ultimately catastrophic situation.”


The True STory ripped from the headlines

that 11 people lost their lives on the rig, and more were injured. In the middle of all the deserved attention for the oil spill, that heroism has almost been lost. This film is a chance to tell that story.”

The foundation for the screenplay, by Matthew Michael Carnahan and Matthew Sand, was a seminal New york Times article: “Deepwater horizon’s Final hours,” which was in turn the result of probing interviews with 21 survivors, as well as sworn testimony and written statements from others, creating the most detailed insiders’ account of what they saw happen-ing, second-by-second, on the rig. Carnahan then went further, conducting and distilling his own interviews, focusing in on the emotions and love of life that drive a person to find the heights of skill, bravery and compassion in the midst of disaster. The result became a mov-ing exploration of how ordinary people commit extraordinary acts when it matters most.

When real-life survivor Mike Williams—whom Wahlberg portrays in the film—came aboard

as a consultant it was a litmus test. Williams admits he had his doubts that a movie could do any justice to what he saw and felt that night. “once Pete told me ‘this is a story about survivors,’ I agreed to come on board. The oil field is not very well understood by outsiders,”

Williams points out. “It’s a very close-knit communi-ty, so I think this is a great opportunity to show the world what these men and women do out there.”

Wahlberg and Williams bonded before the film started shoot-ing and spent a lot of time during production

on and off set together. Says producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura: “What Mark brings is honesty and a real sense of blue-collar integrity. he brings out that American ethic of doing hard work, even when you’re working amid forces you can’t necessarily control.”

“We know very little about how we get our fuels. This movie is a chance to bring audiences inside.”

á Joining the ensemble cast is Dylan o’Brien (The Maze Runner) as the young floorhand caleb holloway.

TIME magazine cover

126 crew members were working aboard the Deepwater Horizon, the deep-water drilling

rig located off the Louisiana coast, when it exploded in a ball of flames on April 20, 2010.

for 87 days, millions watched as more than 50,000 bArrels of oil a day

gushed from the sea floor into the Gulf of Mexico. It would become the worst environmental disaster in US history and the largest accidental ocean oil spill in human history.

after 2 days of searing flames, the remains of the rig sank 5,000 feet to the

ocean floor, leaving the well gushing beyond control, ultimately releasing 200 million gAllons of oil. The spill is surpassed in size only by the disaster in January 1991—during the Gulf War—when Iraqi forces intentionally released 250-300 million gallons of oil into the Persian Gulf.

11 crew members lost their lives and 27 were injured

at the time of the explosion, the rig was 6 weeks behind schedule, and costing a hAlf

million dollArs a day – pushing management to complete the well as fast as possible.

after several failed containment attempts,

5 months lAter— on September 21, 2010—the well was finally declared dead. Today, court cases are ongoing, coastal businesses are recovering, environmentalists are still studying damage to marine life, and 11 families are still mourning their loss.

to recreate the events of that day on film, the production team, including 85

welders, took 8 months to build the Deepwater Horizon set–in three separate parts, to 85% scale of the actual rig. The main set weighed in at 1,500 tons and utilised 1,600 tons of steel.

the shocking facts of the oil spill

For Berg, giving audi-ences a look at the human side of the deep-sea oil rigs we all rely on in the contemporary world was essential. Berg summaris-es: “We all use fossil fuels and petroleum. even if we drive a hybrid, we use fos-sil fuels. yet we know very little about how we get our fuels. This movie is a chance to bring audiences inside these gigantic rigs that are so technologically amazing, to show the men and women working on them who are so highly skilled and dedicated, and to reveal that even though we never see these men and women, they really are closely connected to our lives.” <


InspIred by barack and Michelle Obama’s first date, Southside With You recounts the eventful summer day in 1989 when a young law firm associate—and future US president—named Barack Obama (Parker Sawyers) tried to woo lawyer—and future first lady—Michelle Robinson (Tika Sumpter) during a day-long date that took them from the Art Institute of Chicago to a screening of Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing to the site of their first kiss outside of an ice cream parlour.

FeaturIng robert de nIro as coach Ray Arcel, Hands of Stone follows the life of Roberto Duran (Edgar Ramirez), the Panamanian fighter who made his professional debut in 1968 as a 16 year-old and retired in 2002 at the age of 50. In June 1980, he defeated Sugar Ray Leonard (Usher Raymond) to capture the WBC welterweight title, but shocked the boxing world by returning to his corner in their November rematch, famously saying the words “no mas” (no more).

Southside With You

Hands of Stone

in cinemas this fall


detailsi director RichaRd Tanne cast Tika SumpTeR, paRkeR SawyeRS, VaneSSa Bell calloway genre Romance Bio 81 mins

detailsi director JonaThan JakuBowicz cast edgaR RamiRez, RoBeRT de niRo, uSheR, RuBen BladeS, ellen BaRkin, John TuRTuRRo, oScaR Jaenada, ana de aRmaS genre acTion SpoRT Bio 105 mins

Love shines in candid White House shots of First Couple

barack and mIchelle: the untold story

Roberto Duran and trainer Ray Arcel confer during the stunning rematch with Sugar Ray Leonard.

no más! roberto duran shocks boxIng world

ThE TRUE STORy


The True STory ripped from the headlines

director ron howard’s authorised and highly anticipated documen-tary feature film is based on the first part of The Beatles’ career (1962-1966)—the period in which they toured and captured the world’s acclaim. The film explores how John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George harrison and ringo Starr came together to become this extraordinary phe-nomenon. It will explore their inner workings—how they made decisions, created their music and built their collective career together—all the while, exploring The Beatles’ extraordinary and unique musical gifts and their remarkable, complementary per-sonalities. The film will focus on the time period from the early Beatles’ journey in the days of The Cavern Club in Liverpool to their last concert at Candlestick Park in San Francisco in 1966.

on January 15, 2009, the world witnessed the “Miracle on the hudson” when Captain “Sully” Sullenberger (Tom hanks) glided his disabled plane onto the frigid waters of the hudson river, saving the lives of all 155 aboard. however, even as Sully was being heralded by the public and the media for his unprecedented feat of aviation skill, an investi-gation was unfolding that threatened to destroy his reputation and his career in this thrilling feature from Clint eastwood.

based on the international best selling book, the film follows the true feel-good story of how James Bowen (played by rising British actor Luke Treadaway), a busker and recovering drug addict, had his life transformed when he met a stray ginger cat. The number one book has sold over 250,000 copies to date and continues to win over readers moved by James’s incredible story.

Sully

A Street Cat Named Bob



in cinemas noVember 3

detailsi director ron hoWarD cast Paul Mccartney, John lennon, george harrison, ringo starr genre Music DocuMentary

detailsi director clint eastWooD cast toM hanks, aaron eckhart, laura linney, anna gunn, saM huntington genre DraMa Bio

detailsi director roger sPottisWooDe cast luke treaDaWay, BoB, ruta geDMintas genre DraMa 103 mins

never before seen footage revealed

Film reveals

new footage

from The Beatles’

formative years.

Bob: A busker’s best friend.

the furry fella that saved my life

The Beatles: Eight Days A Week–The Touring Years

Captain Chesley Sullenberger and First Officer Jeffrey Skiles, the angels of flight 1549

pilot makes incredible emergency landing in hudson river

Passengers survive river landing

â the band freestyles in sweden, 1963.

á Though several cats were cast for his role, the real Bob—pictured above with James Bowen—played himself in most of the film.

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go homedirector Jihane Chouaib cast Golshifteh farahani, Julia Kassar, MaxiMilien seweryn genre draMa 98 mins out sep 29

nada is going home. when she comes back to lebanon, she realises she’s a foreigner in her own country. but there’s still a place she calls home: an abandoned house, haunted by the presence of her grandfa-ther who disappeared mysteri-ously during the civil war. a young woman searching for the truth discovers herself.

behind the

scenes

from heston to huston remaking an epic

British actor Jack Huston (American Hustle, TV’s

Boardwalk Empire) braves a tough crowd of traditionalist fans in the re-imagining of the

Charlton Heston 1959 clas-sic that earned 11 Oscars. According to Huston, step-ping into Heston’s shoes

was “initially quite a scary prospect”. But some per-spective won the day: “I

loved the original but when reading the script I realised we were making something very different and it gave

me a chance to develop the character completely from

within. I always say it’s sort of like a painting. Painting the same landscape, dif-

ferent painters will paint a very different image.”

hunter’s prayerdirector Jonathan Mostow cast saM worthinGton, odeya rush, allen leeCh genre aCtion thriller out sep 29i

lucas, a solitary assassin, is hired to kill a young woman, ella, but when he can’t bring himself to pull the trigger, it sets in motion a twisted and deadly game. their only hope for survival is to expose those responsible for brutally murdering her family.

director tiMur beKMaMbetov cast JaCK huston, toby Kebbell, toby Kebbell, MorGan freeMan, rodriGo santoro, nazanin boniadi, sofia blaCK-d’elia genre adventure draMa 123 mins out sep 8i

evisiting one of the most memorable movie events of all time, Ben-Hur is the epic story of Judah Ben-Hur (Jack Huston), a prince falsely accused of treason by

his adopted brother Messala (Toby Kebbell), an officer in the Roman army. Stripped of his title, separated from his family and the woman he loves (Nazanin Boniadi), Judah is forced into slavery. After years at sea, Judah returns to his homeland to seek revenge, but finds redemption. Based on Lew Wallace’s timeless novel, the new adventure tells a powerful story of faith, will and strength in the face of adversity.

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when reading the script i realised we were making

something very

different.”JACK HUSTON

á Morgan Freeman co-stars alongside Jack Huston in the new Ben-Hur.

collidedirector eran Creevy cast niCholas hoult, anthony hopKins, ben KinGsley, feliCity Jones genre aCtion thriller out sep 8i

a young american couple, Casey (hoult) and Juliette (Jones), are plunged into a vicious game of cat and mouse across Germany when they find themselves caught between two ruthless feuding criminals, mob boss hagen (hopkins) and drug smuggler Geran (Kingsley).

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à The Harry Potter world casts a spell on us once again in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. Imagine it in IMAX.

now showing

“i think ‘magic’ is a wonderful word... it’s part of film vocabulary.

i think it should be kept alive.” robert redford

pete’s dragondirector DaviD Lowery cast Bryce DaLLas HowarD, roBert reDforD, oakes fegLey, wes BentLey genre Live action aDventure 103 mins out sep 8i

for years, old wood carver Mr Meacham (redford) has delighted local children with his tales of the fierce dragon that resides deep in the woods. to his daughter, forest ranger grace (Dallas Howard), these stories are little more than tall tales…until she meets Pete, a mysterious 10-year-old with no family and no home who claims to live in the woods with a giant, green dragon named elliott. grace sets out to determine where Pete came from, and the truth about this dragon.

ß A reimagining of Disney’s cherished family film, Pete’s Dragon is the adventure of an orphaned boy named Pete and his best friend Elliot, who just so happens to be a dragon.

miss peregrine’s home for peculiar children

director tiM Burton cast eva green, asa ButterfieLD, cHris o’DowD, JuDi DencH,

saMueL L Jackson genre fantasy aDventure out sep 29

in the new adventure from tim Burton, when Jake discovers clues to a mystery that spans alternate realities, he uncovers a secret

refuge to children with unusual abilities. Learning that danger lurks in the form of powerful enemies, Jake must figure out who can be trusted and who he really is.

bridget Jones’s babydirector sHaron Maguire cast renée ZeLLweger, coLin firtH, Patrick DeMPsey genre coMeDy roMance 99 mins out sep 15i

after breaking up with Mark Darcy (firth), Bridget Jones (Zellweger) is fortysomething and single again, and decides to focus on her job as top news producer. then her love life takes a turn and Bridget meets a dashing american named Jack (Dempsey), the suitor who is everything Mr Darcy is not. in an unlikely twist she finds herself pregnant, but with one hitch…she can only be so sure of the identity of her baby’s father.

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middle school: the worst years of my lifedirector Steve Carr cast Lauren Graham, adam PaLLy, ISabeLa moner genre Comedy out oct 6

a quiet teenage artist, rafe Katchadorian has a wild imagination and is sick of middle school rules. rafe and his best friend Leo have come up with a plan: break every rule in the school hand book. as you expect, trouble follows.

all i see is youdirector marC ForSter cast bLaKe LIveLy, JaSon CLarKe, yvonne StrahovSKI genre drama thrILLer 110 mins out oct

Set in exotic locations, this unique and visually-driven psychological drama tells the story of a blind woman (blake Lively) and her husband (Jason Clarke), who upon res-toration of her sight, begins to discover previously unseen and disturbing details about themselves, their marriage, and their lives.

uss indianapolisdirector marIo van PeebLeS cast nICoLaS CaGe, tom SIzemore, thomaS Jane genre war out octi

a story of courage centres on the crew of the uSS Indianapolis who were strand-ed in the Philippine Sea for five days after delivering the atomic weapons that would end wwII. Sunk by Japanese torpedoes, the crew fends against starvation, hypother-mia and shark attacks.

director ron howard cast tom hanKS, FeLICIty JoneS, omar Sy, ben FoSter, IrrFan Khan, SIdSe babett KnudSen genre myStery thrILLer 121 mins out oct 13

an Brown fans have had to wait seven years for a new movie entry and this fall it’s finally hitting the big screen. Academy Award winner Ron Howard returns

to direct the latest bestseller in Brown’s (The Da Vinci Code) billion-dollar Robert Langdon series, Inferno, which finds the famous symbologist, again played by Tom Hanks, on a trail of clues tied to the great Dante himself. When Langdon wakes up in an Italian hospital with amnesia, he teams up with Sienna Brooks (Felicity Jones), a doctor he hopes will help him recover his memories. Together, they race across Europe and against the clock to foil a deadly global plot.

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“he takes these questions of faith and theology and blows them up in this macro-focus so that we all have to address how we feel about what these places are.”Tom HAnkS

film ameriki taweeldirector zIad rahbanI cast zIad rahbanI, JoSePh SaKer genre Comedy drama out oct 13

earlier this year, when the rescued video recording of ziad rahbani’s Bennesbeh Laboukra Shou? was released in cinemas, it was a triumphant smash hit. the next rahbani play to come to us in movie format, Film Ameriki Tawil will surely receive the same prestigious welcome. Set in a mental asylum, the story unfolds the back-grounds of its troubled patients as they come to terms with their war-entrenched times.

top book adaptations

a survey of uK fans found these the biggest book-to-

big-screen successes.

1 Harry Potter saga

2 James Bond films

3 The Green Mile

4 The Lord of the

Rings saga5

The Bourne trilogy6

The Da Vinci Code7

The Shawshank Redemption

8 Jurassic Park

9 Bridget Jones: The

Edge of Reason10

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the accountantdirector GavIn o’Connor cast ben aFFLeCK, anna KendrICK, JK SImmonS, Jon bernthaL genre thrILLer 128 mins out oct 27i

Christian wolff (ben affleck) is a math savant with more affinity for numbers than people. under a cloak, he works as a freelance accountant for some of the world’s most dangerous criminal organisations. with the treasury department’s Crime enforcement division closing in, Christian takes on a legitimate client: a robotics company where an accounting clerk has discovered a discrepancy involving millions. but as Christian uncooks the books and gets closer to the truth, it is the body count that starts to rise.

jack reacher: never go backdirector edward zwICK cast tom CruISe, CoLbIe SmuLderS, aLdIS hodGe, hoLt mCCaLLany genre aCtIon CrIme out oct 20i

Jack Reacher: Never Go Back follows Lee Child’s infa-mous character (played once again by tom Cruise) as he returns to virginia to meet the head of his former unit. but she’s missing, he’s being charged with a crime committed nearly 20 years ago, and he may even have a daughter. making things right will lead him on a cross-country chase to uncover the truth —and maybe even a family.

keeping up with the jonesesdirector GreG mottoLa cast zaCh GaLIFIanaKIS, Jon hamm, ISLa FISher, GaL Gadot genre aCtIon Comedy out oct 27

In the new, whacky comedy, an ordinary suburban couple (the always hilarious zach Galifianakis, Isla Fisher) finds it’s not easy keeping up with the Joneses (Jon hamm, Gal Gadot) —their impossibly gorgeous and ultra-sophisticated new neigh-bours—especially when they discover that mr and mrs “Jones” are covert operatives.

listendirector PhILIPPe araCtInGI cast hady bou ayaSh, rouba zaarour, yara bou naSSar, JoSePh bou naSSar genre romanCe out oct 27i

Joud, a handsome, introverted sound engineer, is passion-ately immersed in his work. one day, he meets rana on one of his movie sets. his complete opposite, the electrifying young woman captures Joud’s heart with her strong, vivacious and free spirit. but when she begins to slip away, Joud dedicates himself to bringing her back through his universe of sound.

“great script, great director... really great story. it’s kind of like a bourne sort of thing but very character-based.” Jon BERnTHAL

“it’s a pretty boring job to be tom’s stunt double. he did all of his own stunts. he does every bit of it himself.” DIREcToR EDWARD zWIck

director aLeJandro monteverde cast JaKob SaLvatI, emILy watSon, KevIn JameS, mIChaeL raPaPort, tom wILKInSon genre drama war 106 mins out sooni

Little Boy is a powerful and moving film about the young Pepper Flynt Busbee. Though small for his age, and teased about it relentlessly, Pepper finds his inner strength and is willing to do whatever it takes to bring his dad home from World War II alive. The heartwarming story will steal your heart and lift your spirits as it reveals the indescribable love a little boy has for his father and the love a father has for his son. An instant cinematic classic that captures the wonder of life through the eyes of a seven-year-old boy, the film high-lights themes of faith, hope and love in the face of adversity.

little boy

ß Unbelievably cute boy fights to bring back his dad—how can you possibly say no?

“The new gold sTandard in

family movies.” glenn Beck

“a Touchingly BeauTiful

movie, propelled By

The power of The human

hearT To Believe.”

peTer roff, us news & world reporT

“liTTle Boy is a winner; a movie you

musT noT miss! iT sTirs your emoTions.” edwin l carpenTer,

The dove foundaTion

“This fanciful, enTerTaining and earnesT liTTle film

ponders The quesTion of

whaT iT really means To have

The faiTh of a child.”

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family movie must a heartwarming story of strength and faith, Little

Boy is getting rave reviews from family-aware critics.

approved

“i was drawn to the father/son relationship in the story... jakob’s performance is going to be considered one of the great performances by a child actor.” mIcHAEL RAPAPoRT

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coming soon

a monster callsdirector Juan antonIo bayona cast LewIS maCdouGaLL, FeLICIty JoneS, toby KebbeLL, LIam neeSon, SIGourney weaver, GeraLdIne ChaPLIn genre drama FantaSy out oct 27i

In a visually spectacu-lar drama based on the award-winning children’s fantasy novel, 12-year-old Conor attempts to deal with his mother’s illness and the bullying of his classmates by escaping into a fantastical world of monsters and fairy tales that explore courage, loss and faith. the moving adaptation of A Monster Calls features Liam neeson as the voice of ‘the monster’.

á Based on the beloved children’s story by Patrick Ness, the film is a reminder that children find wondrous ways to deal with the world around them.

#liTTleBoy desiertodirector JonáS Cuarón cast GaeL GarCía bernaL, JeFFrey dean morGan, aLondra hIdaLGo genre thrILLer 99 mins out oct 13i

From Jonás Cuarón and alfonso Cuarón, the acclaimed filmmakers of Gravity, comes a unique, modern vision of terror. Desierto is a visceral, heart-pounding suspense-thriller packed with tension from start to finish, starring Gael Garcia bernal. what begins as a hopeful journey to seek a better life becomes a harrowing and primal fight for survival when a deranged, rifle-toting vigilante chases a group of unarmed men and women through the treacher-ous uS-mexican border. In the harsh, unforgiving desert terrain, the odds are stacked firmly against them as they continuously discover there’s nowhere to hide from the unrelenting, merciless killer.

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Storks deliver babies…or at least they used to. Now they deliver packages for a global retail giant. Junior, the com-pany’s top delivery stork, is about to be promoted when he accidentally activates the Baby Making Machine, producing an adorable and wholly unauthorised baby girl. Desperate to deliver this bundle of trouble before the boss gets wise, Junior and his friend Tulip, the only human on Stork Mountain, race to make their first-ever baby drop – in a wild and revealing journey that could make more than one family whole and restore the storks’ true mission in the world.

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Kubo lives a quiet life in a village until a spirit from the past re-ignites an age-old vendetta. Now chased by phantoms, Kubo must locate a magical suit of armour once worn by his late father, a legendary samurai warrior.

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“When I eat breakfast, I’ll have an egg-white omelette and fruit, or cottage cheese and a peach. For lunch, a salad. Dinner is usually vegetables and chicken or fish. During the day I’ll have some dried fruit, or a frozen

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