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Now Showing at Dendy George St, Dendy Newtown, Dendy Portside, Opens 10 July 2008 at Dendy Canberra Centre
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OPENING WEEK!
Directed by Anthony Hayes
Starring Daniel Frederiksen, Geoff Morrell, Lucy Bell, Tom Budge, Brendan Cowell, Blazey Best, Jack Thompson.
A decade ago, Elliot Christie ran away from home. In the ten years gone, his father has married his late wife's sister, and his younger brother has fallen silent. This weekend, 29-year-old Elliot is to be godfather to his new half-brother. Over the course of the weekend, emotions run high as family secrets are exposed.
Ten Empty delves behind the barbecues, beer and brick veneer of suburban Australia and takes us on an emotional and uplifting journey. It is a ghost story, a love story, a story about fathers and sons. Above all it is a story about families, communication, and the... (more)
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Now Showing at Dendy Portside
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OPENING WEEK!
Directed by Roger Spottiswoode
Starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Radha Mitchell, Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh.
Based on real events, The Children of The Silk Road is a sweeping but intimate story set against war-torn China in the 1930's. The film centers on a young English journalist (Meyers), an American nurse (Mitchell) and the leader of a Chinese partisan group (Yun Fat) who meet in desperate and unexpected circumstances.
Together they rescue 60 orphaned children, leading them on an extraordinary journey across hundreds of miles of treacherous terrain, through snow-covered mountains and an unforgiving desert. Along the way they discover the true meaning of love, responsibility and... (more)
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Now Showing at Dendy Canberra Centre
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OPENING WEEK!
Directed by Peter Berg
Starring Will Smith, Jason Bateman, Charlize Theron.
With great power comes great responsibility - everyone knows that - everyone, that is, except Hancock. Edgy, conflicted, sarcastic and misunderstood, Hancock's well-intentioned heroics might get the job done and save countless lives, but always seem to leave jaw-dropping damage in their wake. The public has finally had enough - as grateful as they are to have their local hero, the good citizens of Los Angeles are wondering what they ever did to deserve this guy.
Hancock isn't the kind of man who cares what other people think - until the day that he saves the life of PR executive... (more)
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Now Showing at Dendy Opera Quays, Now Showing at Dendy Portside, Opens 7 August 2008 at Dendy Canberra Centre
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Directed by Eran Kolirin
Starring Sasson Gabai, Ronit Elkabetz, Saleh Bakri, Khalifa Natour.
Once, not long ago, a small Egyptian Police band arrived in Israel.
They came to play at an initiation ceremony but, due to bureaucracy, bad luck, or for
whatever reason, they were left stranded at the airport.
They tried to manage on their own, only to find themselves in a desolate, almost forgotten,
small Israeli town, somewhere in the heart of the desert.
A lost band in a lost town.
Winner of over 30 International Film Awards, The Band's Visit has captivated audiences
and critics around the world.
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Now Showing at Dendy Canberra Centre, Dendy Newtown, Dendy Opera Quays, Dendy Portside
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Directed by Mike Leigh
Starring Sally Hawkins, Alexis Zegerman, Eddie Marsan.
Poppy (Hawkins) is an irrepressibly cheerful primary school teacher who won't let anyone or anything get her down. Even when her bicycle, which she so happily rides through the busy streets of London is stolen, her first thought is only: 'I didn't even get a chance to say goodbye.'
Living with her flatmate Zoe (Zegerman), Poppy has a gift for making the most of life. Determined to learn to drive, she finds herself matched with Scott (Marsan), an uptight driving instructor who is everything she is not.
From Director Mike Leigh (Secrets & Lies, Vera Drake) Happy-Go-Lucky is a... (more)
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Now Showing at Dendy Canberra Centre, Dendy Newtown, Dendy Opera Quays, Dendy Portside
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Directed by Sergei Bodrov
Starring Tadanobu Asano, Honglei Sun, Khulan Chuluun, Odnyam Odsuren.
Award-winning Russian filmmaker Sergei Bodrov illuminates the life and legend of Genghis Khan in his stunning historical epic, Mongol. The film delves into the dramatic and harrowing early years of the ruler who was born as Temudgin in 1162. As it follows Temudgin from his perilous childhood to the battle that sealed his destiny, the film paints a multidimensional portrait of the future conqueror, revealing him not as the evil brute of hoary stereotype, but as an inspiring, fearless and visionary leader. Mongol shows us the making of an extraordinary man, and the foundation... (more)
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Opens 10 July 2008 at Dendy Canberra Centre, Dendy Portside
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Directed by Phyllida Lloyd
Starring Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Stellan Skarsgård.
An independent, single mother who owns a small hotel on an idyllic Greek island, Donna (Streep) is about to let go of Sophie (Seyfried), the spirited daughter she's raised alone. For Sophie's wedding, Donna has invited her two lifelong best girlfriends - practical and no-nonsense Rosie (Walters) and wealthy, multi-divorcee Tanya (Baranski) - from her one-time backing band, Donna and the Dynamos. But Sophie has secretly invited three guests of her own.
On a quest to find the identity of her father to walk her down the aisle, she brings back three men from Donna's past to the... (more)
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Opens 16 July 2008 at Dendy Canberra Centre, Dendy Portside
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Directed by Christopher Nolan
Starring Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman, Cillian Murphy
The Dark Knight reunites director Christopher Nolan with star Christian Bale, who returns to continue Batman's war on crime. With the help of Lieutenant Jim Gordon (Gary Oldman) and District Attorney Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart), Batman sets out to destroy organized crime in Gotham for good. The triumvirate proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a rising criminal mastermind known as the Joker (Heath Ledger), who thrusts Gotham into anarchy and forces the Dark Knight ever closer to crossing the fine line between hero and vigilante.
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Opens 17 July 2008 at Dendy Canberra Centre, Dendy Newtown, Dendy Opera Quays
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Directed by Matt Norman
Starring Tommie Smith (Himself), Peter Norman (Himself), John Carlos (Himself).
Salute is a journey back to the 1960's and beyond, to examine what has now become one of the most famous Olympic moments in history.
The 1968 Mexico Olympics was notorious for so many reasons. When The Soviet Union invaded Czechoslovakia prior to the games, as well as the mass killings of Mexican Students during the Student protests, Vietnam, the Assassination of Robert Kennedy Junior and Martin Luther King Jr, sports and politics were destined to meet. The American outcry followed by complaints of unfair high-altitude, proved to be just the beginning. Nevertheless, America... (more)
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Opens 24 July 2008 at Dendy Canberra Centre, Dendy Newtown, Dendy Portside
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Directed by Tamara Jenkins
Starring Laura Linney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Philip Bosco.
The Savages is an irreverent look at family, love and mortality as seen through the lens of one of modern life's most bewildering and challenging experiences: when adult siblings find themselves plucked from their everyday, self-centred lives to care for an estranged elderly parent.
The last thing the two Savage siblings ever wanted to do was look back at their difficult family history. Having wriggled their way out from beneath their father's domineering thumb, they are now firmly cocooned in their own complicated lives. Wendy (Linney) is a struggling East Village playwright, as... (more)
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