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- DirectorBaz LuhrmannStarsNicole KidmanHugh JackmanShea AdamsIn 1939, an Englishwoman inherits a sprawling ranch in northern Australia and reluctantly makes a pact with a stockman to drive 2000 head of cattle over unforgiving landscape.CINEMA: Tyneside - Roxy
LOCATION: Newcastle upon Tyne
RATING: 7-
DATE: 6 January - DirectorStephen DaldryStarsKate WinsletRalph FiennesBruno GanzPost-WWII Germany: Nearly a decade after his affair with an older woman came to a mysterious end, law student Michael Berg re-encounters his former lover as she defends herself in a war-crime trial.CINEMA: Empire 8
LOCATION: Newcastle upon Tyne
RATING: 6
DATE: 13 January - DirectorDanny BoyleLoveleen TandanStarsDev PatelFreida PintoSaurabh ShuklaA teenager from the slums of Mumbai becomes a contestant on the show 'Kaun Banega Crorepati?' When interrogated under suspicion of cheating, he revisits his past, revealing how he had all the answers.CINEMA: Tyneside - Electra
LOCATION: Newcastle upon Tyne
RATING: 8
DATE: 20 January - DirectorRon HowardStarsFrank LangellaMichael SheenKevin BaconA dramatic retelling of the post-Watergate television interviews between British talk-show host David Frost and former president Richard Nixon.CINEMA: Empire 4
LOCATION: Newcastle upon Tyne
RATING: 6+
DATE: 23 January - DirectorSam MendesStarsLeonardo DiCaprioKate WinsletChristopher FitzgeraldA young couple living in a Connecticut suburb during the mid-1950s struggle to come to terms with their personal problems while trying to raise their two children.CINEMA: Tyneside - Classic
LOCATION: Newcastle upon Tyne
RATING: 6+
DATE: 3 February - DirectorJohn Patrick ShanleyStarsMeryl StreepPhilip Seymour HoffmanAmy AdamsA Catholic school principal questions a priest's ambiguous relationship with a troubled young student.CINEMA: Empire 2
LOCATION: Newcastle upon Tyne
RATING: 6
DATE: 6 February - DirectorJonathan DemmeStarsAnne HathawayRosemarie DeWittDebra WingerA young woman who has been in and out of rehab for the past ten years returns home for the weekend for her sister's wedding.CINEMA: Tyneside - Roxy
LOCATION: Newcastle upon Tyne
RATING: 7
DATE: 10 February - DirectorJoseph H. LewisStarsJohn DallPeggy CumminsBerry KroegerTwo disturbed young people release their fascination with guns through a crime spree.CINEMA: NFT 3, South Bank
LOCATION: London
RATING: 6
DATE: 27 February - DirectorChristopher NolanStarsChristian BaleHeath LedgerAaron EckhartWhen the menace known as the Joker wreaks havoc and chaos on the people of Gotham, Batman must accept one of the greatest psychological and physical tests of his ability to fight injustice.CINEMA: BFI IMAX, Waterloo
LOCATION: London
RATING: 7 [IMAX version]
DATE: 1 March - DirectorLaurent CantetStarsFrançois BégaudeauAgame Malembo-EmeneAngélica SancioTeacher and novelist François Bégaudeau plays a version of himself as he negotiates a year with his racially mixed students from a tough Parisian neighborhood.CINEMA: Odeon 3, Covent Garden
LOCATION: London
RATING: 7+
DATE: 2 March - DirectorClint EastwoodStarsClint EastwoodBee VangChristopher CarleyAfter a Hmong teenager tries to steal his prized 1972 Gran Torino, a disgruntled, prejudiced Korean War veteran seeks to redeem both the boy and himself.CINEMA: Empire 5
LOCATION: Newcastle upon Tyne
RATING: 7+
DATE: 13 March - DirectorTom HooperStarsColm MeaneyHenry GoodmanDavid RoperThe story of the controversial Brian Clough's 44-day reign as the coach of the English football club Leeds United.CINEMA: Tyneside - Classic
LOCATION: Newcastle upon Tyne
RATING: 6
DATE: 31 March - DirectorJ.J. AbramsStarsChris PineZachary QuintoSimon PeggThe brash James T. Kirk tries to live up to his father's legacy with Mr. Spock keeping him in check as a vengeful Romulan from the future creates black holes to destroy the Federation one planet at a time.CINEMA: Tyneside - Electra
LOCATION: Newcastle upon Tyne
RATING: 7-
DATE: 19 May - DirectorFred CavayéStarsVincent LindonDiane KrugerLancelot RochWith no legal means left to him, a high school teacher devises a daring plan to rescue his wrongfully imprisoned wife from jail.CINEMA: Cineworld 3, Haymarket
LOCATION: London
RATING: 6
DATE: 21 June - DirectorJohn WooStarsTony Leung Chiu-waiTakeshi KaneshiroFengyi ZhangThe first chapter of a two-part story centered on a battle fought in China's Three Kingdoms period (220-280 A.D.).CINEMA: Odeon 1, Covent Garden
LOCATION: London
RATING: 7+
DATE: 22 June - DirectorDuncan JonesStarsSam RockwellKevin SpaceyDominique McElligottAstronaut Sam Bell has a quintessentially personal encounter toward the end of his three-year stint on the Moon, where he, working alongside his computer, GERTY, sends back to Earth parcels of a resource that has helped diminish our planet's power problems.CINEMA: Tyneside - Roxy
LOCATION: Newcastle upon Tyne
RATING: 5
DATE: 21 July - DirectorDavid YatesStarsDaniel RadcliffeEmma WatsonRupert GrintAs Harry Potter begins his sixth year at Hogwarts, he discovers an old book marked as "the property of the Half-Blood Prince" and begins to learn more about Lord Voldemort's dark past.CINEMA: Tyneside - Electra
LOCATION: Newcastle upon Tyne
RATING: 7-
DATE: 28 July - DirectorAnne FontaineStarsAudrey TautouBenoît PoelvoordeAlessandro NivolaThe story of Coco Chanel's rise from obscure beginnings to the heights of the fashion world.CINEMA: Tyneside - Roxy
LOCATION: Newcastle upon Tyne
RATING: 6+
DATE: 11 August - DirectorJean-François RichetStarsVincent CasselCécile de FranceGérard DepardieuThe story of the notorious French gangster Jacques Mesrine, with the focus on his life before the early 1970s and the events that led to him being declared Public Enemy No. 1 in France.CINEMA: Odeon 1, Covent Garden
LOCATION: London
RATING: 7
DATE: 23 August - DirectorCary Joji FukunagaStarsPaulina GaitanMarco Antonio AguirreLeonardo AlonsoA young Honduran girl and a Mexican gangster are united in a journey across the U.S. border.CINEMA: Odeon 3, Covent Garden
LOCATION: London
RATING: 6
DATE: 24 August - DirectorJean-François RichetStarsVincent CasselLudivine SagnierMathieu AmalricThe story of the notorious French gangster Jacques Mesrine, with the focus on his life and death as France's Public Enemy No. 1 in the 1970s.CINEMA: Tyneside - Roxy
LOCATION: Newcastle upon Tyne
RATING: 7-
DATE: 1 September - DirectorPedro AlmodóvarStarsPenélope CruzLluís HomarBlanca PortilloHarry Caine, a blind writer, reaches this moment in time when he has to heal his wounds from 14 years back. He was then still known by his real name, Mateo Blanco, and directing his last movie.CINEMA: Tyneside - Electra
LOCATION: Newcastle upon Tyne
RATING: 7+
DATE: 8 September - DirectorNora EphronStarsAmy AdamsMeryl StreepChris MessinaJulia Child's story of her start in the cooking profession is intertwined with blogger Julie Powell's 2002 challenge to cook all the recipes in Child's first book.CINEMA: Empire 7
LOCATION: Newcastle upon Tyne
RATING: 6
DATE: 11 September - DirectorNeill BlomkampStarsSharlto CopleyDavid JamesJason CopeViolence ensues after an extraterrestrial race forced to live in slum-like conditions on Earth finds a kindred spirit in a government agent exposed to their biotechnology.CINEMA: Empire 3
LOCATION: Newcastle upon Tyne
RATING: 4
DATE: 15 September - DirectorSam MendesStarsJohn KrasinskiMaya RudolphAllison JanneyA couple expecting their first child travels the U.S. seeking the perfect "family home." They have misadventures and find fresh connections with relatives and old friends who help them discover "home" on their own terms for the first time.CINEMA: Tyneside - Classic
LOCATION: Newcastle upon Tyne
RATING: 6
DATE: 22 September - DirectorPete DocterBob PetersonStarsEdward AsnerJordan NagaiJohn Ratzenberger78-year-old Carl Fredricksen travels to Paradise Falls in his house equipped with balloons, inadvertently taking a young stowaway.CINEMA: Odeon 11, Metro Centre
LOCATION: Gateshead
RATING: 7+
DATE: 14 October - DirectorKore-eda HirokazuStarsBae DoonaArata IuraItsuji ItaoA life-size blow-up doll develops a soul and falls in love with a video store clerk.LONDON FILM FESTIVAL
RATING: 7
DATE: 24 October - DirectorWarwick ThorntonStarsRowan McNamaraMarissa GibsonMitjili Napanangka GibsonA glue-sniffing boy and his girlfriend escape the government-controlled no-hope Aboriginal community they live in and go to the city, Alice Springs, looking for a better life.LONDON FILM FESTIVAL
RATING: 7-
DATE: 24 October - DirectorMichael MooreStarsMichael MooreWilliam BlackJimmy CarterAn examination of the social costs of corporate interests pursuing profits at the expense of the public good.LONDON FILM FESTIVAL (Surprise Film)
RATING: 6-
DATE: 25 October - DirectorRiad SattoufStarsVincent LacosteAnthony SonigoAlice TrémolièresComing-of-age tale about an adolescent boy and his efforts to fit in among a varied cast of characters.LONDON FILM FESTIVAL
RATING: 5
DATE: 25 October - DirectorBenoît JacquotStarsIsabelle HuppertJean-Hugues AngladeXavier BeauvoisVilla Amalia is the story of Ann, a musician, whose life is turned upside down by a kiss. When she sees Thomas kissing another woman, Ann makes a clean break, leaving him and everything else far behind her. Suddenly unsure of everything that seemed so certain, Ann knows only that she must change her life and become someone else to find herself. With her music and the friendship of Georges, who pops out of her distant past, she sets off on a journey that will take her to an island where the Villa Amalia stands.LONDON FILM FESTIVAL
RATING: 6
DATE: 25 October - DirectorJacques AudiardStarsTahar RahimNiels ArestrupAdel BencherifA delinquent Muslim man struggles to get by in prison until he is taken under the wing of a powerful mob boss. But his gradual rise through the mob's ranks brings him in conflict with his mentor.LONDON FILM FESTIVAL
RATING: 7
DATE: 26 October - DirectorAng LeeStarsDemetri MartinHenry GoodmanEdward HibbertA man working at his parents' motel in the Catskills inadvertently sets in motion the generation-defining concert in the summer of 1969.LONDON FILM FESTIVAL
RATING: 6
DATE: 27 October - DirectorMar CollStarsNausicaa BonnínEduard FernándezPhilippine Leroy-BeaulieuWhen Léa comes back to her family for the burial of her grandfather, she's get to know the actual nature of their members' relationship.LONDON FILM FESTIVAL
RATING: 5
DATE: 27 October - DirectorGrant HeslovStarsEwan McGregorGeorge ClooneyKevin SpaceyA reporter in Iraq might just have the story of a lifetime when he meets Lyn Cassady, a guy who claims to be a former member of the U.S. Army's New Earth Army, a unit that employs paranormal powers in their missions.CINEMA: Tyneside - Electra
LOCATION: Newcastle upon Tyne
RATING: 5
DATE: 17 November - DirectorEthan CoenJoel CoenStarsMichael StuhlbargRichard KindSari LennickLarry Gopnik, a Midwestern physics teacher, watches his life unravel over multiple sudden incidents. Though seeking meaning and answers amidst his turmoils, he seems to keep sinking.CINEMA: Tyneside - Classic
LOCATION: Newcastle upon Tyne
RATING: 7
DATE: 1 December - DirectorLone ScherfigStarsCarey MulliganPeter SarsgaardAlfred MolinaA coming-of-age story about a teenage girl in 1960s suburban London, and how her life changes with the arrival of a playboy nearly twice her age.CINEMA: Apollo 2, West End
LOCATION: London
RATING: 7
DATE: 20 December - DirectorRob MarshallStarsDaniel Day-LewisMarion CotillardPenélope CruzFamous film director Guido Contini struggles to find harmony in his professional and personal lives, as he engages in dramatic relationships with his wife, his mistress, his muse, his agent, and his mother.CINEMA: Odeon West End 1
LOCATION: London
RATING: 7
DATE: 21 December