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2010

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Screening: June 03
Running Time: 2hrs 8mins
Genre: Action
Director/s: Joe Carnahan
Actor/s: Liam Neeson, Bradley Cooper, Jessica Biel

Follow the daring exploits of this colourful team of former Special Forces soldiers who were set up for a crime they did not commit. Going 'rogue,' they utilise their unique talents to... read more

Airport 1975

1974

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Running Time: 1hr 41mins
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Director/s: Jack Smight
Actor/s: Charlton Heston, George Kennedy, Karen Black

When a midair collision with a small plane leaves a 747 without its pilot, the ground crew must struggle to somehow get a pilot on board! Featuring Karen Black, Charlton Heston, Linda ... read more

Alien Nation

1988

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Screening: May 28
Running Time: 1hr 26mins
Genre: Science Fiction
Director/s: Graham Baker
Actor/s: James Caan, Mandy Patinkin, Terence Stamp

Set in an LA of the future - 1993! - a nation of alien newcomers are absorbed into LA society and pose no threat. Or do they? Combining science fiction, suspense and comedy, James Caa... read more

Alien Vs. Predator

2004

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Screening: May 24
Running Time: 1hr 36mins
Genre: Science Fiction
Director/s: Paul W S Anderson
Actor/s: Lance Henriksen, Sanaa Lathan, Raoul Bova

An expedition of archaeologists on Earth discover an Aztec temple hidden under the Antarctic circle, housing a host of Alien creatures. A group of five coming-of-age Predators have als... read more

Alive

1993

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Screening: May 30
Running Time: 2hrs 1mins
Genre: Adventure
Director/s: Frank Marshall
Actor/s: Ethan Hawke, Vincent Spano, Joshua Hamilton

Oscar-nominee Ethan Hawke stars in this harrowing true story, directed by Oscar-nominee Frank Marshall (Indiana Jones IV) of the Uruguayan Rugby team who survived the impossible by doi... read more

Along Came A Spider

2001

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Screening: June 04
Running Time: 1hr 38mins
Genre: Crime, Suspense, Thriller
Director/s: Lee Tamahori
Actor/s: Morgan Freeman, Monica Potter

In this thriller based on the novel by James Patterson, whose work also formed the basis of Kiss the Girls, Lee Tamahori (Once Were Warriors) directs Morgan Freeman as forensic psychol... read more

Amazons and Gladiators

2001

vn showtime action

Screening: May 30
Running Time: 1hr 29mins
Genre: Adventure
Director/s: Zachary Weintraub
Actor/s: Patrick Bergin, Jennifer Rubin, Richard Norton

During the Roman Empire, General Crassius (Patrick Bergin) ruled a small province with an iron fist. Serena (Jennifer Rubin), a young girl in a village, watches Crassius kill her paren... read more

An American Werewolf in London

1981

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Running Time: 1hr 33mins
Genre: Horror
Director/s: John Landis
Actor/s: David Naughton, Jenny Agutter, Griffin Dunne

David (David Naughton) and Jack (Griffin Dunne) are two American college boys travelling around Europe. Whilst they are walking one night, under a full moon on a moor in northern Engla... read more

An American Werewolf In Paris

1997

va showtime action

Screening: June 25
Running Time: 1hr 38mins
Genre: Black Comedy, Horror
Director/s: Anthony Waller
Actor/s: Tom Everett Scott, Julie Delpy, Vince Vieluf

Things get hairy for an American tourist in Paris when he falls for a she-werewolf and takes on the pack leader who wants to rule the world. read more

The Andromeda Strain

1971

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Screening: May 25
Running Time: 2hrs 5mins
Genre: Science Fiction
Director/s: Robert Wise
Actor/s: Arthur Hill, David Wayne, James Olson

From Michael Crichton, creator of Jurassic Park, comes the story of three scientists racing against time to save the world from a deadly strain of alien bacteria. read more

Angel

1984

vln showtime action

Screening: June 13
Running Time: 1hr 28mins
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Director/s: Robert Vincent O'Neil
Actor/s: Donna Wilkes, Cliff Gorman, Rory Calhoun

Orphaned, 15-year-old Molly (Donna Wilkes) is a sweet looking honour student at a private girl's school by day but by night, she works the streets of Hollywood as a prostitute. When de... read more

Arctic Predator

2010

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Screening: June 04
Running Time: 1hr 23mins
Genre: Horror
Director/s: Victor Garcia
Actor/s: Dean Cain, Lucy Brown, Erbi Ago

A dedicated explorer and his team search for a 19th century shipwreck off the coast of Antarctica. After the team digs up an alien ice creature that has been buried in the ice for over... read more

Assault On Precinct 13

2005

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Screening: June 02
Running Time: 1hr 44mins
Genre: Action
Director/s: Jean-Francois Richet
Actor/s: Ethan Hawke, Laurence Fishburne, Maria Bello

Ethan Hawke and Laurence Fishburne star in this re-telling of the John Carpenter's 70s classic. A police captain (Hawke) must put together a force of cops and criminals to defend the s... read more

Attack Force

2006

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Screening: June 15
Running Time: 1hr 30mins
Genre: Action
Director/s: Michael Keusch
Actor/s: Lisa Lovbrand, David Kennedy

Steven Seagal stars as Special Agent Marshall Lawson, assigned to destroy an alien race who under the guise of a secret accord on trade with the United States, proceed on their true mi... read more

Avenging Angel

1985

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Screening: June 14
Running Time: 1hr 29mins
Genre: Action
Director/s: Robert Vincent O'Neil
Actor/s: Betsy Russell, Rory Calhoun, Susan Tyrell

When former teen prostitute Molly Stuart (Betsy Russell), learns that Lieutenant Andrews (Robert F. Lyons), the cop who got her off the streets, has been gunned down, she leaves her ne... read more

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