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The Orphanage at The Phoenix

11:06am Friday 2nd January 2009

ONE of the most beautiful and moving horror movies of recent times hits the screen again on January 7.

The Reader (15)

The Reader (15)

11:11am Friday 2nd January 2009

THE COLLECTIVE guilt of Germany’s ‘second generation’, struggling to come to terms with their parents’ role in the Holocaust, underscores every elegant frame of The Reader.

The sisterhood of traveling pants (12A)

The sisterhood of traveling pants (12A)

11:08am Friday 2nd January 2009

Aimed at teenage girls, this is a sequal to the popular movie that charted the upheavals and roller-coaster romantic travails of four friends, united by the discovery of a pair of jeans, which magically fitted them all. The original cast, including Ugly Betty star America Ferrara, all feature, but sadly the magic just isn't the same. Despite the flimsy material at their disposal, the four leads give an impressive performance.

Twilight (12A)

Twilight (12A)

2:31pm Friday 19th December 2008

STEPHENIE Meyer’sTwilight novels, a series of teen fantasies in which vampires and mortals live side by side, have become one of the biggest publishing phenomena since Harry Potter.

The Tale of the Desperaux (U)

The Tale of the Desperaux (U)

3:01pm Friday 19th December 2008

A visually colourful yet emotionally hollow fable based on the award-winning book by Kate DiCamillo. Every year a new soup is unveiled by royal chef Andre (Kevin Kline), but disaster strikes when an inquisitive rat called Roscuro (Dustin Hoffman) falls into the soup, causing the Queen to die.

The Day the Earth Stood Still (12A)

The Day the Earth Stood Still (12A)

12:17pm Friday 12th December 2008

PLANET Earth is on the brink of catastrophe and mankind is to blame.

Dean Spanley (U)

Dean Spanley (U)

12:13pm Friday 12th December 2008

Adapted by Alan Sharp from Baron Dunsany’s 1936 novella My Talks With Dean Spanley, this quixotic shaggy dog story, set in Edwardian England, will warm the cockles of your heart on the most bitterly cold, winter’s day. Henslowe Fisk (Jeremy Northam) takes his cantankerous father Horatio (Peter O’Toole) to a lecture on the transmigration of souls. Sitting in the audience, the two men spy Dean Spanley (Sam Neill), who later reveals a connection to Horatio’s beloved dog, Wag.

Bienvenue Chez les Ch’tis at The Phoenix

12:09pm Friday 12th December 2008

SOUTHAMPTON’s independent film society The Phoenix is showing a French box-office smash on Wednesday.

Robot Chicken Star Wars spoof coup for city

Robot Chicken Star Wars

12:07pm Monday 1st December 2008

THERE will be lightsabres aplenty, the most evil Jedi in the galaxy and even the odd Wookie.

Mother’s worst nightmare

Mother’s worst nightmare

2:12pm Friday 28th November 2008

ANGELINA Jolie makes a strong bid for an Oscar nomination with her tour de force portrayal of a crusading mother in Clint Eastwood’s harrowing drama.

FOUR CHRISTMASES (12A)

FOUR CHRISTMASES (12A)

2:07pm Friday 28th November 2008

Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn fail to impress in this lifeless romantic comedy. Happily unmarried San Francisco couple Brad (Vaughn) and Kate (Witherspoon) have been together for years but have no plans to walk down the aisle.

The Guernica Children

2:05pm Friday 28th November 2008

THE Phoenix Film Society brings The Guernica Children to the big screen on Wednesday.

Max Payne (15)

Max Payne (15)

2:29pm Friday 14th November 2008

“I DON’T believe in heaven. I believe in pain, I believe in fear, I believe in death,” growls the titular, gun-toting hero in voiceover at the beginning of John Moore’s tiresome video game-to-movie adaptation.

Zack and Miri make a porno (18)

Zack and Miri make a porno (18)

2:27pm Friday 14th November 2008

Childhood pals Zack (Seth Rogen) and Miri (Elizabeth Banks) can't afford any of their utility bills and are months in arrears with the rent. With few alternatives remaining, they hit upon the novel money-making idea of shooting a porno movie. As the film unravels, it becomes obvious Zack and Miri will eventually find true love – with a few sexual mishaps and gross-out moments along the way. Writer-director Kevin Smith (Clerks, Chasing Amy) is back on sparkling form with this spunky and salacious romantic comedy.

Showing at Harbour Lights Picturehouse

2:24pm Friday 14th November 2008

FOLLOWING his father’s funeral in the Polish port of Gdansk, Adam sets off to trace his older brother Jan, last heard of in England after leaving Poland when injury cut short a promising football career.

Pride And Glory (15)

Pride And Glory (15)

11:39am Friday 7th November 2008

Are there any good cops in New York City?

Easy Virtue (U)

Easy Virtue (U)

11:36am Friday 7th November 2008

Writer-director Stephan Elliott revives Noel Coward's comedy across the class divide with this handsome jaunt into the British countryside. Set at the end of the 1920s in a rarefied world of stiff upper lips and lavish stately homes, where the appearance of wealth is paramount to a family’s standing. Chaos erupts when an American outsider (Jessica Biel) strays into this uptight environment and dares to challenge the status quo.

Doctor Atomic

11:32am Friday 7th November 2008

MET Opera’s Doctor Atomic makes a special appearance at Harbour Lights Picturehouse tomorrow.

Quantum Of Solace (12A)

Quantum Of Solace (12A)

11:45am Friday 31st October 2008

AGENT 007 returns, all guns blazing, in the action-packed follow-up to Casino Royale, set in the immediate aftermath of the blockbusting 2006 film.

Horror at Harbour Lights

11:39am Friday 31st October 2008

HORROR film fans are in for a treat at Harbour Lights Picturehouse tonight.

Hunger (15)

Hunger (15)

11:40am Friday 31st October 2008

TURNER Prize-winning artist Steve McQueen makes his narrative feature-film debut with a harrowing recreation of the hunger strikes of the early 80s in the Maze Prison near Belfast. An immersive and disorienting piece of cinema, awash with haunting images, Hunger is distinguished by McQueen’s meticulous eye for detail and his steadfast refusal to paint characters as heroes, villains or martyrs. Film of the year.

High School Musical 3 (U)

High School Musical 3 (U)

2:32pm Monday 27th October 2008

BRACE yourself for a full-on, foot-stomping Zac attack.


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