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The country and its people star in the romantic epic of the year.

Set in the 1930s, English aristocrat Lady Sarah Ashley (Nicole Kidman) travels to the faraway continent of Australia where she has inherited a sprawling cattle ranch. But when her new property is threatened, she's forced to make a pact with a local cattle drover (Hugh Jackman) to save the land. Together they embark on an epic journey, driving cattle across hundreds of miles of unforgiving, inhospitable terrain to the city of Darwin. When they arrive, they're caught up in the bombing of the city by the same Japanese forces that devastated Pearl Harbor. Director Baz Luhrmann - the man who gave us Romeo + Juliet (1996) and Moulin Rouge (2001) - spent two years creating this film about his native land. The result is an epic story that brings together romance, drama and adventure against a big, breathtaking backdrop.

When hotel handyman Skeeter Bronson (Adam Sandler) tells bedtime stories, they really come to life.

It all begins when his sister Wendy (Courteney Cox) needs to travel to Arizona to attend a job interview, so she asks Skeeter to take care of her kids. As they're settling down for the night, they ask their uncle to tell them a bedtime story, which they quickly start to embellish. The following day, Skeeter starts experiencing some of the incidents of the previous night's tale. It soon occurs to him - with the help of his friend Mickey (Russell Brand) - that whatever story he tells the kids will come true. Only problem is, he's not the one in control - the kids are. Much hilarity ensues as Skeeter tries to solve his family's problems through his ever more fanciful yarns while the kids keep putting (sometimes rather dangerous) obstacles in the way.

If you've ever had your Christmas plans wrecked by family obligations, then this is the comedy for you.

When affluent and 'happily unmarried' San Francisco couple Kate (Reese Witherspoon) and Brad (Vince Vaughn) find their Christmas plans scuppered by fog, they are forced to scrap the exotic vacation they've been looking forward to and instead embark upon precisely the kind of 'family obligation' holiday they've always avoided. Unable to escape, they make their way to no less than four different relative-choked festivities, increasingly mortified to find childhood fears raised, adolescent wounds reopened - and even their very future together rendered uncertain. As Brad counts the hours to when he can get away from parents, step-parents, siblings and assorted nieces and nephews, Kate is starting to hear the ticking of a different kind of clock. By the end of the day, she is beginning to wonder if their crazy families' choices are really quite so crazy after allâ?¦

The story really comes to life in this fantasy adventure for the family. Meggie (Eliza Bennett) and her father Mo (Brendan Fraser) have a gift: whenever they read aloud, they bring the characters from the book to life.

But when Mo hears voices from a book he hasn't heard for years, it sends shivers up his spine. The voices are from Inkheart, a story of medieval castles, fairs and strange creatures - and it's the book he believes Meggie's mother Resa (Sienna Guillory) is trapped inside.

When the evil villain Capricorn (Andy Serkis) emerges from the pages of Inkheart, he takes Mo, Meggie and her great aunt Elinor (Helen Mirren) to a remote mountain lair and destroys his copy of the book. While there, they discover that Resa is out of the book and trapped inside the castle. It's now up to Meggie to use her powers to stop Capricorn's reign of terror, save Resa and reunite the family for good.

The much-anticipated sequel to mega-popular family comedy Madagascar is here.

The motley assortment of escaped New York City Zoo animals - Alex (Ben Stiller), Marty (Chris Rock), Melman (David Schwimmer), Gloria (Jada Pinkett Smith), King Julien (Sacha Baron Cohen), Maurice (Cedric the Entertainer), the penguins (Tom McGrath, Christopher Knights, Chris Miller) and the chimps (Conrad Vernon) - are marooned on the distant shores of Madagascar. With military precision, the ever-resourceful penguins repair an old crashed plane. Once the first flight of Air Penguin is aloft, its unlikely crew stays airborne just long enough to make it to the wildest place of all - the vast plains of continental Africa. Here, for the very first time, our intrepid zoo crew encounter species of their own kind. Africa seems like a truly great place - but is it better than their Central Park home? And how on earth will they ever get back?

Humanity faces its greatest test with the unexpected arrival on Earth of an enigmatic alien named Klaatu (Keanu Reeves).

The stranger triggers an unprecedented global upheaval as governments and scientists race to unravel the mystery behind his appearance. In the midst of it all, Helen (Jennifer Connelly) and her young stepson Jacob (Jaden Smith) get caught up in the alien's mission. Klaatu describes himself as a "friend to the Earth" - a seemingly simple statement, but one which the humans slowly realise has cataclysmic implications. A contemporary reinvention of the 1951 science fiction classic - updated with cutting-edge special effects - The Day the Earth Stood Still is directed by Scott Derrickson and written for the screen by David Scarpa. Along with Keanu Reeves (perfectly cast as the unsettlingly superior alien in a human body), Jennifer Connelly and Jaden Smith, the film's top-notch cast includes Kathy Bates, Jon Hamm and John Cleese.

When a cop (Gabriel Macht) meets a premature demise on the streets of Central City, he returns from the dead, reborn as 'the Spirit' and resolving to fight crime from the shadows.

His arch-enemy is criminal mastermind the Octopus (Samuel L Jackson) - who aims to devastate the Spirit's beloved city as he pursues his own version of immortality. The Spirit hunts this cold-hearted killer from Central City's rundown warehouses, through its damp catacombs and across its windswept waterfront. All the while, our masked crusader faces a legion of beautiful women who either want to seduce him, fall in love with him - or kill him.

Written and directed by Frank Miller (creator of Sin City and 300), The Spirit is a stylish slice of action-adventure-romance adapted from Will Eisner's legendary film noir-esque comic strip. Its stellar supporting cast features a bevy of screen goddesses including Scarlett Johansson, Eva Mendes, Jaime King and Paz Vega.

A teenage girl falls for a handsome vampire in this adaptation of the best-selling series.

When her mother remarries, quirky teen Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) is sent to live with her father in the dreary little town of Forks, Washington. She doesn't expect much to happen, but then she meets the enigmatic and handsome Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson) and they embark on a passionate, forbidden romance. However, Edward is no ordinary boy. He is, in fact, a vampire (although he doesn't have fangs and he and his family choose not to drink human blood). He's been waiting 90 years to meet a girl like Bella but their budding affair is soon to be disrupted when James (Cam Gigandet) and his clan of bloodthirsty vampires come to the town. They quickly realise there's a human among them, and it's up to Edward to do all he can to protect his soulmate...

For Carl Allen (Jim Carrey), life is going nowhere until he learns to say 'Yes!'.

Based on the book by Danny Wallace (and bearing a passing resemblance to classic '70s novel The Dice Man), director Peyton Reed's comedy follows the cantankerously negative Carl, who has always refused every opportunity put in from of him. All this changes when he decides to sign up for a self-help programme based on a single premise - say 'yes' to anything and everything. It's not long before Carl discovers that using this tiny little word opens up a whole new world of opportunity for him. From all-night parties and taking Korean language lessons to bungee jumping and learning to fly, Carl's existence turns into one big adrenalin rush. It's also working wonders on his career and personal life. But could his new and relentlessly upbeat approach to living actually be too much of a good thing?

Two salesmen are forced to wise up and behave like true role models to a bunch of young delinquents.

Paul Rudd and Seann William Scott star as Danny and Wheeler, two energy drinks reps that visit schools promoting their merchandise as a safe alternative to drugs. But when the duo trashes a company truck after a lunchtime binge on their own product, they are forced by court to face jail or enter Sturdy Wings, a mentorship program for kids. Choosing the latter, the pair soon realise they may have landed the tougher option when they come face to face with super geek Augie (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) and teen gangster Ronnie (Bobb'e J. Thompson). And with an ex-con centre director (Jane Lynch) also on their case, the guys are forced to adapt their immature 'wisdom' and teach their charges the real lessons of life in this quirky mix of teensploitation comedy and buddy movie.

In 1920s Paris the wealthy Rambaldo and his mistress Magda are entertaining friends.

The poet Prunier predicts that Magda will go south in pursuit of love, like 'la rondine', the swallow. Rambaldo introduces a visitor, Ruggero, who is new to Paris. At Bullier's restaurant, a disguised Magda introduces herself to Ruggero and a spark ignites between them. When Rambaldo appears, Magda announces that she has found true love, and leaves with Ruggero to start a new life. Magda and Ruggero live together in a villa on the Riviera, but their money begins to run out out. Heartbroken, Magda tells Ruggero she will not ruin his future. Leaving her devastated lover behind, she returns to her old life. Angela Gheorghiu plays Magda and Roberto Alagna is Ruggero in this ravishing romance from the world's most popular opera composer. Nicolas Joel directs the new production of this gorgeously melodic look at love.

When the veil goes on the gloves come off in this fun and feisty girly comedy.

Emma (Anne Hathaway) and Liv (Kate Hudson) have been best friends since childhood. When they're both proposed to by their respective boyfriends within hours of each other, they couldn't be happier. It all starts out swimmingly: the girls book the same venue (New York's exclusive Plaza Hotel) in the same month, promise to be maid of honour at each other's special days and spend their days leafing through bridal magazines and searching for the perfect gowns. But then they get a call that changes everything. A clerical error means that their weddings have been booked for the same day, so one must now move date or move venue. Problem is, neither girl is willing to budge. Their friendship soon deteriorates into all-out war as Emma and Liv resort to dirty tricks to sabotage the other's day.

The director of Blood Diamond and Glory gives us this powerful tale of brotherly bravery in World War 2. It's the summer of 1941 and Hitler's army is making its way through Europe, leaving a death toll of millions in its wake.

But three Jewish brothers, Tuvia (Daniel Craig), Zus (Liev Schreiber) and Asael (Jamie Bell), decide that now is the time to fight back. Escaping from Nazi-occupied Poland into the Belarussian forest, they resolve to save the lives of all those in danger. They join forces with Russian resistance fighters and together build a village-like settlement. Ambushing Germans and emancipating Jewish refugees, they train their band of followers to defend themselves from Hitler's malevolent forces. As the brothers' village grows in number, the 1200 men, women and children under their care must fight to stay alive. Based on a true story, Defiance is a remarkable tale of courage and heroism.

Before a hushed audience, 18-year-old Mumbai slum kid Jamal (Dev Patel) faces the final question on India's 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?' - his chance to win 20 million rupees.

The show's host Prem (Anil Kapoor) has little sympathy for the contestant. Having clawed his own way up from the streets, Prem doesn't like the prospect of sharing the Millionaire limelight, and refuses to believe that a kid from the slums could know all the answers. When the show breaks for the night, Prem has the police waiting to arrest Jamal, who he is sure must be cheating. Interrogating the contestant through the night, the Inspector (Irrfan Khan) finds that Jamal is as confused as anyone else by how far he has come in the contest. Revisiting the questions one by one, Jamal explains how he came to know each answer. As he does so, his extraordinary story begins to emerge.

Based on the award-winning novel by Bernhard Schlink, The Reader follows a man as he tries to come to terms with the Holocaust.

We first meet Michael Berg as a sickly 15-year-old schoolboy suffering from hepatitis. On his way back from school, he becomes ill and is taken in by a mysterious older woman, Hanna Schmitz (Kate Winslet), who cleans him up before returning him to his parents. Michael returns to Hanna's apartment to thank her for her help and the two begin an illicit, destructive affair before Hanna suddenly disappears without a trace. Eight years later, Michael is a law student observing a war crimes trial in which a group of women are being tried for allowing Jewish women to die in a fire at a church. He's shocked to find that Hanna is a defendant and is thrown into emotional turmoil when he discovers a further secret she's been harbouring.

The city of Ember was built to save the human race, but was only ever meant to last 200 years, and has now reached Year 241.

The huge and labyrinthine underground city is completely surrounded by darkness, with its light and heat coming from an aging power plant driven by a massive underground river. Now, as the city's infrastructure begins to break down, it is repeatedly thrown into utter blackness. However, Ember's unlikely saviours may very well be two teenagers - Doon (Harry Treadaway) and Lina (Saoirse Ronan) - who find clues which may show them a way to escape from the encoaching darkness. But the youngsters are up against forces outside their control, including corrupt officials and a power-hungry mayor (Bill Murray). Adapted from Jeanne DuPrau's acclaimed award-winning novel, this ambitious film version of City of Ember also features British actors Mackenzie Crook, Marianne Jean-Baptiste and Toby Jones in suppporting roles.

A fairy tale comes to New York in Walt Disney's tale of a beautiful princess, a handsome prince and a wicked queen...

The beautiful princess Giselle (Amy Adams) is banished from her kingdom and sent to the real world - modern-day Manhattan - where she soon realises that things are not quite as sweet and lovely as she's used to. Giselle is stunned and upset by her cruel and chaotic new surroundings until she meets Robert (Patrick Dempsey), a handsome divorce lawyer, and soon they begin to fall for each other. Life is like a fairy tale once more, but problems arise when the perfect Prince Edward (James Marsden) arrives, looking for the girl who had been promised to him - and the evil queen isn't finished with Giselle either. With an all-star cast (even the narrator is played by a certain Julie Andrews), Enchanted proves that sometimes, life can be like a fairy tale.

An all-star cast voices this animated fairytale of unlikely heroes.

Once upon a time, in the faraway kingdom of Dor, an accident broke the heart of the king and left his once magical land drained of colour and sunlight. In this dark town lives a mouse called Despereaux Tilling (Matthew Broderick). A big-eared, brave little mouse, Despereaux befriends and falls in love with a princess named Pea (Emma Watson) and learns to read books about chivalrous knights, terrifying dragons and fair maidens. But Despereaux has broken the rules by speaking to a human and is banished to the dungeon. He's joined by Roscuro (Dustin Hoffman), a kind-hearted, soup-loving rat who's also been exiled, but the rat is rejected by Princess Pea so he plots his revenge with servant girl Mig (Tracey Ullman). After Pea is kidnapped, it's up to the little mouse to rescue her and prove himself as brave as any knight.