The king of disaster movies shows us what the end of the world will look like – and he's even put a date on it.
After blowing up the White House in Independence Day and turning
New York City into a giant freezer in The Day After Tomorrow, Rolan
d Emmerich is back at his apocalyptic best and ready to give you nightmares.
We're three years in the future – December 21, 2012, to be exact – and, just as the ancient Mayan civilisation predicted, the world is in peril.
A series of cataclysmic events is about to hit the planet where it hurts and take out most of its six billion inhabitants. Meteors start falling from the sky, colossal earthquakes wipe out entire cities and gigantic tsunamis clear everything in their path.
With the world's governments woefully underprepared, it's left to a handful of survivors to fight for their lives... and for the future of mankind.
Harry Brown (18)Running time: 103 mins
Director: Daniel Barber
Starring: Michael Caine, Emily Mortimer, David Bradley, Iain Glen,
Charlie Creed-Miles
Screen legend Michael Caine is an OAP-turned-vigilante as he hunts down the killers of his best friend on a rough London housing estate.
Retired Royal Marine and widower Harry Brown (Michael Caine) lives an uneventful life shooting the breeze and playing chess with his mate Leonard (David Bradley) in their local boozer in Elephant and Castle.
The neighbourhood, however, is less than idyllic, having become a hotbed of drug-dealing and violent crime for savage rival gangs.
The local law enforcement, in the form of detectives Frampton (Emily Mortimer) and Hickock (Charlie Creed-Miles), seem to do little more than deliver bad news when a shooting or knife attack claims another young life.
However, when Leonard is murdered by one of the gangs and the police are powerless to prosecute, Harry decides to take the law into his own hands.
Amelia (PG)Running time: 111 mins
Director: Mira Nair
Starring: Richard Gere, Ewan McGregor, Hilary Swank, Christopher Ecclestone
Acclaimed director Mira Nair charts the extraordinary life and mysterious death of legendary pilot Amelia Earhart.
In 1937, adventurer and American icon Amelia Earhart (Hilary Swank) set out on an audacious attempt to fly around the world – a feat that had never before been accomplished.
But Amelia never made it. She disappeared somewhere over the South Pacific in the final leg of her globetrotting quest. Inevitably, her disappearance only added to the immense fascination surrounding her.
Her extraordinary accomplishments in the air – she was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic and the first person to cross the Pacific alone – earned her great fame and fortune.
But it was Amelia's overriding desire to live life to its fullest and
push her talents to the limit that would ultimately cut her time tragically short.
Love The Beast (15)Running time: 88 mins
Director: Eric Bana
Starring: Eric Bana, Jeremy Clarkson, Jay Leno
Film star Eric Bana documents his life-long love affair with
The Beast – a beautiful yet deadly, one-of-a-kind automobile.
The Beast is Eric's Ford GT Falcon Coupe – the infamous Mad Max car – that he's been building and rebuilding since he was 15. His directorial debut, Love The Beast is the story of Eric and his car – a lifetime of ownership and a lifetime of friendship.
US chat show supremo Jay Leno and Top Gear's Jeremy Clarkson make guest appearances in this oil-spattered saga of a man and his car.
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