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Spiderman 2

Two years have passed, and the mild-mannered Peter Parker faces new challenges as he struggles with 'the gift and the curse', desperately trying to balance his dual identities as the web-slinging superhero Spider-Man and his life as a college student. Tormented by his secrets and facing a deadly new threat in multi-tentacled Doctor Octopus (Molina), Peter finds that his relationships with all those he holds dear are in danger of unraveling. His life-long yearning for M.J. (Kirsten Dunst) becomes even stronger as he fights the impulse to reveal his secret life and declare his love. His friendship with Harry Osborn (James Franco) is complicated by the young Osborn's bitterness over his father's death and his growing vendetta against Spider-Man. Even Peter's beloved Aunt May (Rosemary Harris), who has fallen on hard times after the death of Uncle Ben, begins to have doubts about her nephew.

Love Actually

Follows the lives of eight very different couples in dealing with their love lives in various loosely and interrelated tales all set during a frantic week before Christmas in London, England.

King Arthur

The full-blooded version of Antoine Fuqua's gritty interpretation of the Arthurian legend with 17 minutes of footage not seen at the cinema! Britain, the 6th century: Artorious Castus (Owen), better known among his people as Arthur, is the leader of a select group of Sarmatian knights who, after impressing the occupying Roman forces with their fighting skills and righteous honour, have been incorporated into the elite ranks of the Roman army. However, the occupying forces are withdrawing from Britain to protect Rome from the onslaught of barbarians on the continent and with freedom on the horizon after 15 years of bloody service, Arthhur and his knights must protect the liberty of the country from invading Saxons.

Bowling For Columbine

With his trademark charm and biting wit, award-winning filmmaker Michael Moore sets off on a rollicking journey to the heart of America, hoping to discover why the American pursuit of happiness is so riddled with mass violence. Moore boldly asks a question that post September 11, no other American dare ask: "Are wwe a nation of gun nuts - or are we just nuts?" For Americans, it is a damningly funny indictment of a culture of fear that is armed to the teeth and running amuck. For everyone else, it is a humorous warning about what could happen to any country that chooses the American Way of creating a massive permanent underclass that must be fought off with a constitutionally - protected Uzi.

A Beautiful Mind

Winner of four Academy Awards, A Beautiful Mind is the story of John Nash Ö a man who was living proof of the age old wisdom that there's a fine line between genius and madness. It is a human drama about the struggle of a true genius, inspired by events in the life of John Forbes Nash, Jr. and in part based on the biography by Sylvia Nasar. A mathematical genius, Nash (Russell Crowe) made an astonishing discovery in early life and stood on the brink of international acclaim. But his prodigious career was sidetracked by problems that would have broken many men. Nash, however, fought back. He had always been driven by his quest for one truly original idea and never lost sight of that dream. After many years of struggle, he triumphed over tragedy and literally changed the world.

School Of Rock

In this box-office smash hit comedy from the creators of 'Dazed and Confused' and 'Orange County' hard rock meets education with straight A comedy results. It's always been Dewy Finn's dream to win the 'battle of the bands' but with his best friend Ned quitting rock to make a living as a professional substitute teacher/hen-pecked-boyfriend and his sell-out band mates dropping him from the line up, things don't look too good. Forming a new band of his own seems the only way to go. When Dewy intercepts a call for Ned about a high paying substitute teaching position at a prestigious private school he gets an idea: all he has to do is tell the school that he's Ned, sit in front of a bunch of bored kids, tell them to shut-up at incidental intervals and ask to be paid in cash at the end of the day. But when he finds out how proficient some of the kids are at music he develops a whole new plan... a plan to finally 'stick it to the man'... a plan that ROCKS!

Garfield The Movie

Based on characters created by Jim Davis, this family feature tells the story of Garfield (featuring the voice of Bill Murray) a supremely spoiled pet cat, who wants the affection of everyone around him, but only when he wants it. Trouble arises when, under the influence of the beautiful veterinarian Liz (played by Jennifer Love Hewitt), Garfield's owner Jon (played by Breckin Meyer) decides to introduce a cuddly dog called Odie to the family. Jealous of the attention that Odie is receiving, Garfield locks him out of the house. Odie then runs away but is kidnapped by the evil television personality Happy Chapman (played by Stephen Tobolowsky). Garfield realises that he's made a huge mistake, and embarks on a brave mission to rescue his new housemate. The comic strip comes to life with this live-action family comedy-caper.

Solaris

Aboard a lonely space station orbiting the mysterious planet Solaris, a terrified crew encounters a host of strange phenomena, including eerie visitors who seem all too human.

Minority Report

Based on a story by famed science fiction writer Philip K Dick, Minority Report is an action-detective thriller set in Washington DC in 2054, where police utilise a psychic technology to arrest and convict murderers before they commit their crime. Tom Cruise plays the head of this precrime unit and is himself accused of the future murder of a man he hasn't even met.

The Bourne Identity Special Edition

Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Identity, the first in his trio of international thrillers featuring master spy Jason Bourne, was a sensation when it was published in 1980. Now this potent novel gets an edgy 21st century spin from director Doug Liman, who delivers Ludlum's high-stakes tale with grit, style and nerve.

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