What's in the Cinemas This Week (Fri 21 - Thu 27 Nov)?

Body of Lies (15) starring Leonardo Di Caprio, Russell Crowe. Contains strong language, bloody violence and torture. A dramatic thriller starring Leonardo DiCaprio as a CIA agent who has tracked a suspected terrorist in Jordan. Now he must trust those he feels will deceive him to get the job done. Also starring Russell Crowe and directed by Ridley Scott, 'Body of Lies' is a tense thriller that won't disappoint.

Choke (18) starring Sam Rockwell, Angelica Houston, Kelly McDonald. Contains strong sex and sex references. Dark comedy starring Sam Rockwell as Victor Mancini, an unassuming scam artist who purposefully enters restaurants and chokes on their food in order to be quietly paid off by the patrons. His nights are spent visiting his sick mother who is suffering from dementia while trying to get information from her about his childhood.

Quarantine (18) starring Jennifer Carpenter, Steve Harris
Contains strong bloody violence and sustained terror. TV reporter Angela Vidal is following a fire crew when they respond to a routine call, which turns out to be anything but routine. The group find themselves trapped in the building when it is put under quarantine, and when the quarantine is lifted, the only evidence of what happened is their TV camera.

Hunger (15) starring Liam Cunningham, Michael Fassbender. The debut feature from Turner Prize-winning artist Steve McQueen is a bold and brilliant telling of a controversial subject, the final months of IRA activist Bobby Sands, who protested against his treatment in prison through a hunger strike. When the inmates of the infamous Maze prison refuse to wear uniforms to protest against Britain's rejection of their plea to be recognised as political prisoners, this fails to get results. So one prisoner, Sands (Fassbender), decides to take a different tack and refuses to eat until the British Government acknowledges the IRA as a legitimate political organisation. Directed with astonishing precision and attention to detail, this is a fiercely intelligent work with an astounding and painfully authentic performance from Fassbender at its centre.

Waltz with Bashir (18) starring Ronny Dayag, Ron Ben-Yishai, Dror Harazi. WALTZ WITH BASHIR is an extraordinary animated documentary that offers a potent and necessarily harrowing portrait of the futility of war. An old friend tells director Folman about a recurring nightmare in which he is chased by 26 dogs. The two men conclude that there is a connection between the dream and their mission with the Israeli army in the first Lebanon War of the early Eighties. Ari is surprised that he cannot remember a thing about that period of his life. He decides to interview old friends and comrades to discover the truth about that time and about himself. As he delves deeper, his memory begins to creep back in surreal images. Based on a true story, this is a film of undiluted power.

There will be advanced screenings on Wednesday and Thursday of Changeling (15) starring Angelina Jolie. Contains infrequent strong violence and language. In Los Angeles in 1928, Christine Collins' son went missing. But when he was found, Christine began to question if this child really was her son. This film tells the story of her search for answers as she challenges the authorities to find out what really happened to him

There will be advanced screenings on Wednesday and Thursday of Four Christmases (12A) starring Vince Vaughan, Reese Witherspoon. Contains moderate language and sex references. Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughan star as a couple whose plans for an exotic Christmas are thrown into disarray when the airport becomes fog-bound. Instead, they find themselves forced to attend four separate family celebrations on the same day.

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