Herewith your latest movie lineup, showing at Nu Metro The Glen from the 13th to the 19th of December 2013:
Homefront:
How far would you go to protect your home?
Former drug enforcement agent Phil Broker is a family man who moves off the grid with his daughter, to a seemingly quiet bayou backwater, to escape his troubled past. However, Broker’s world soon becomes anything but quiet once he discovers that an underbelly of drugs and violence riddles the small town. Soon, a sociopathic methamphetamine kingpin, Gator Bodine, puts Broker and his daughter in harm’s way—forcing Broker back into action to save the town and his family.
Cast: Jason Statham, James Franco, Winona Ryder, Kate Bosworth
Ender’s Game:
This is not a game.
In the near future, a hostile alien race called the Formics have attacked Earth. If not for the legendary heroics of International Fleet Commander Mazer Rackham, all would have been lost. In preparation for the next attack, the highly esteemed Colonel Hyrum Graff and the International Military are training only the best young minds to find the future Mazer.
Ender Wiggin, a shy but strategically brilliant boy, is recruited to join the elite. Arriving at Battle School, Ender quickly and easily masters increasingly difficult challenges and simulations, distinguishing himself and winning respect amongst his peers. Ender is soon ordained by Graff as the military’s next great hope, resulting in his promotion to Command School. Once there, he’s trained by Mazer Rackham himself to lead his fellow soldiers into an epic battle that will determine the future of Earth and save the human race.
Cast: Harrison Ford, Asa Butterfield , Hailee Steinfeld, Viola Davis, Abigail Breslin, Ben Kingsley
Black Nativity:
The musical event of the holiday season.
Langston is a street-wise teen from Baltimore raised by a single mother, who journeys to New York City to spend the Christmas holiday with his estranged relatives, Reverend Cornell and Aretha Cobbs. Unwilling to live by the imposing Reverend Cobbs’ rules, a frustrated Langston is determined to return home to his mother, Naima. He embarks on a surprising and inspirational journey and, along with new friends and a little divine intervention, he discovers the true meaning of faith, healing, and family.
Cast: Forest Whitaker, Angela Bassett, Tyrese Gibson, Jacob Latimore, Mary J. Blige, Nasir Jones, Jennifer Hudson
Hunger Games: Catching Fire:
Remember who the enemy is.
Katniss Everdeen has returned home safe after winning the 74th Annual Hunger Games along with fellow tribute Peeta Mellark. Winning means that they must turn around and leave their family and close friends, embarking on a “Victor’s Tour” of the districts. Along the way, Katniss senses that a rebellion is simmering, but the Capitol is still very much in control as President Snow prepares the 75th Annual Hunger Games (The Quarter Quell)—a competition that could change Panem forever.
Cast: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Lenny Kravitz, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jeffrey Wright, Stanley Tucci, Donald Sutherland
A Madea Christmas:
Ho no she didn’t.
Madea gets coaxed into helping a friend pay the friend’s daughter a surprise visit in the country for Christmas, but the biggest surprise is what they’ll find when they arrive. As the small, rural town prepares for its annual Christmas Jubilee, new secrets are revealed and old relationships are tested while Madea dishes her own brand of Christmas Spirit to all.
Cast: Tyler Perry, Kathy Najimy, Chad Michael Murray, Anna Maria Horsford, Tika Sumpter, Eric Lively, JR Lemon, Alicia Witt, Lisa Whelchel, Larry the Cable Guy
Free Birds 3D:
The greatest turkey movie of all time.
In this hilarious, adventurous buddy comedy for audiences of all ages, two turkeys from opposite sides of the tracks must put aside their differences and team up to travel back in time to change the course of history—and get turkey off the Thanksgiving menu for go.
Cast: Owen Wilson, Woody Harrelson, Amy Poehler
Schuks!: Your country needs you:
Schuster at his candid best!
SA’s candid camera king is back! Leon Schuster returns to prank unsuspecting South Africans. Helping him rile up everyday victims, and some famous faces, are long-time collaborator Alfred Ntombela, rubber-faced comic star of stage and screen Rob van Vuuren, and gorgeous newcomer Laré Birk.
Together, the awesome foursome wreak havoc across South Africa, testing people’s patience in traffic, swindling them at shops and scaring them at the side of the road – all for a good cause: laughter! Transformed by elaborate costumes and special effects makeup, Schuks and his team tackle some of the country’s biggest names–will they take the bait?
Join Schuks, Shorty, Wayne and Sammy in Schuks! Your Country Needs You as they negotiate a love triangle, tangle with sports fans and get frisky with one of South Africa’s leading sports personality’s – all for a laugh!
Cast: Leon Schuster , Alfred Ntombela, Rob Van Vuuren, Laré Birk
Hobbit 3D: The Desolation of Smaug:
The adventure of Bilbo Baggins continues, as he journeys with the Wizard Gandalf, and thirteen Dwarves, led by Thorin Oakenshield, on an epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor.
Cast: Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Benedict Cumberbatch, Evangeline Lilly, Lee Pace, Luke Evans, Ken Stott, James Nesbitt, Orlando Bloom
Thor 3D:
Thor, the Mighty Avenger, battles to save Earth and all of the Nine Realms from a shadowy enemy that predates the universe itself. In the aftermath of the previous adventures, Thor fights to restore order across the cosmos, but an ancient race led by the vengeful Malekith returns to plunge the universe back into darkness. Faced with an enemy that even Odin and Asgard cannot withstand, Thor must embark on his most perilous and personal journey yet—one that will reunite him with Jane Foster and force him to sacrifice everything to save us all.
Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Anthony Hopkins , Stellan Skarsgård, Idris Elba, Christopher Eccleston, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Kat Dennings, Ray Stevenson, Zachary Levi, Tadanobu Asano, Jaimie Alexander, Rene Russo
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom:
Let freedom reign.
Based on South African President Nelson Mandela’s autobiography, Long Walk to Freedom, the film chronicles his early life, coming of age, education and 27 years in prison before becoming President and working to rebuild the country’s once segregated society.
Cast: Idris Elba, Naomie Harris, Tony Kgoroge, Riaad Moosa, Lindiwe Matshikiza, Jame Bartlett, Terry Pheto, Deon Lotz
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