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The Tree Of Life

    Writer/Director Terrence Malick's 5th feature film is a stunning visual masterpiece that explores the loss of innocence in a world where the battle between nature and nurture both shape and destroy the beauty in all things.

    The story follows the life of young Jack from his birth to pre-adolescence as he is raised by his spiritually attuned mother and his hard headed practical father in a small Texas town during the 1950's.  As Jack struggles to find the purity...

Serenity

    Director Joss Whedon's debut feature marks the triumphant return of the entire cast of Firefly for an all out adventure to the edge of space where a horrific discovery unlocks the secret behind the Alliance's pursuit of River and her brother.

    Captain Malcolm Reynolds and crew are back for a final journey to the edge of space to visit a planet that has long since been forgotten that may hold the key to the secrets behind River's amazing gifts, as well...

Crocodile Dundee 2

    Director John Cornell's debut feature and sequel to the popular Crocodile Dundee picks up right where the original left off as Mick attempts to fit in with the New York City lifestyle before a series of events cause him and Sue to flee to the Australian outback where Mick can better protect her from impending danger.
    As Mick slowly acclimatizes to life in New York it becomes apparent that he needs to find something to do in order to keep himself occupied during the...

Crocodile Dundee

    Director Peter Faiman's debut feature is a terrific adventure/comedy about a man from the Australian outback, that has never once set foot in any city, transplanted into the streets of New York in the height of the 1980's in pursuit of adventure and the woman that brought him there.

    When a New York journalist, Sue Charlton, on assignment in Australia decides to pursue a story about a Crocodile Hunter who miraculously survived an attack by dragging himself through th...

The Thin Red Line

    Writer/Director Terrence Malick's 3rd feature film is a haunting, poetic, artistic, soulful, triumphant visual masterpiece of an anti-war film told from the point of view of a collection of soldiers as the chaos of the war around them attempts to destroy that which connects them to the earth and everything that they hold sacred in their hearts.  Based on the novel by James Jones.

    The film begins with two AWOL soldiers living with a tribe of aboriginals in the S...

Taken 2

    Director Olivier Megaton's 5th feature length film is a terrific follow-up to the original thriller that sees Bryan Mills up against the same men that took his daughter seeking revenge upon him and his family for the men that he killed to get her back.

    When a series of events leads to the Mills family being re-united for a vacation in Istanbul, the families of the men that had originally kidnapped Kim seek revenge on the entire family by planning to take all three t...

The Da Vinci Code

    Director Ron Howard's 18th feature film is a tremendous multi-layered film experience full of astonishing visuals, cutting edge special effects, and top notch story telling at its finest all rolled into an action packed mystery thriller that attempts to solve the greatest conspiracy in history.  Based on the novel by Dan Brown.

    The second adventure of Harvard Professor Robert Langdon begins when he is whisked off from a public appearance in Paris to a crime sce...

Die Hard: With A Vengeance

    Director John McTiernan's 7th feature film and 2nd visit to the Die Hard series is an all out action extravaganza full of explosions, shootouts, and a terrific premise that pits Lt. McClane against a playful villain with hidden motives.
    Det. John McClane is back in action once again as he is forced to run around the city of New York as a pawn in the game of a madman with a hidden grudge against him looking to cause all sorts of mayhem with a series of hidden explosi...

Night Shift

    Director Ron Howard's 2nd feature length film behind the camera is an hilarious and touching story about a severely brow beaten man working night shifts at the city morgue that slowly begins to realise his own worth with the help of two unlikely new friends.
    Chuck Lumley is a financial wizard with a knack for finding investment opportunities; the only trouble is the stress of watching other people take credit for his hard work has forced him out of the game and into...

American Reunion

    The writing/directing team of Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg combine their efforts for the 2nd time with this amazing sequel that goes back to where it all began with some new life lessons to be learned for the fourth instalment in the American Pie series in this non-stop laugh riot featuring the entire cast of the original film returning for their 13th high school reunion.

    With their 13th high school reunion fast approaching the entire gang returns to East...