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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.

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.

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.

Open Water

15 miles from land. One million square miles of ocean. No one knows they're missing... Accidentally left behind by their dive boat, when Susan and Daniel emerge from the deep with no boat in sight, all they can do is wait and hope. Cold and alone they're miles from land, adrift in shark-infested waters... This intense and terrifying thriller is inspired by the disappearance of Tom and Eileen Lanorgan who went missing off the Great Barrier Reef in 1998, having been left behind by their diving boat. What makes this film particularly spine-tingling is that everything is real: no stuntmen, no digital trickery, just two scared actors and 50 real sharks!

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.

Austin Powers: Goldmember

It's been three years since Austin Powers, that swinging international man of mystery, has faced his arch-nemesis, Dr. Evil. But after Dr. Evil and his accomplice Mini Me escape from a maximum-security prison, Austin is called to action once more in this third installment of the highly successful "Austin Powers" movie franchise. Teaming up with the mysterious Goldmember, Dr. Evil hatches a time-traveling scheme to take over the world, one that involves the kidnapping of Nigel Powers, Austin's beloved father and England's most renowned spy. As he chases the villains through time, Austin visits 1975 and joins forces with his old flame, Foxxy Cleopatra, a streetwise and stylish detective. Together Austin and Foxxy must find a way to save Nigel and stop Dr. Evil and Goldmember from their mischievous mayhem.

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.

Underworld

Vampires and lycans, an ancient form of werewolf, are at war. While the vampires inhabit a gigantic castle that houses their ancestor's tombs, the lycans live underground in a dilapidated sewer cave. Both teams are equipped with big guns, and they are constantly innovating deadlier bullets to gain advantage over each other. On the vampire side, the leather-clad death agent Selene (Kate Beckinsale) delegates teams of vamps to attack the lycans. But when she discovers that the lycans have kidnapped a human medical student, Michael Corvin (Scott Speedman), she knows the worst is on its way. Against the orders of her superior, Kraven (Shane Brolly), who is obsessively in love with Selene, she awakens the most powerful vampire of all time, Viktor (Bill Nighy) and prepares for a massive feud against lycan leader Lucian (Michael Sheen).

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.

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