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Teen Wolf
1985 91mins USA (PG) Comedy / Sport
Directed by Rod Daniel Starring Michael J. Fox, James Hampton, Jerry Levine, Susan Ursitti, Lorie Griffin

* ON SALE 23rd SEPT * 

When a shy teenager’s newfound powers help him score at basketball - and with the popular girls - he has some pretty hairy decisions to make.

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
1956 80mins USA (PG) Sci-Fi / Horror
Directed by Don Siegel Starring Dana Wynter, Kevin McCarthy, Carolyn Jones, King Donovan, Larry Gates, Virginia Christine

* ON SALE 23rd SEPT *

In the sleepy Californian town of Santa Mira, strange happenings are afoot. Dr. Miles Bennell finds residents experiencing an epidemic of mass hysteria, imagining their relatives replaced by detached, emotionless copies. As Bennell gets closer to the horrifying truth - that the substitutions are part of an extraterrestrial invasion scheme and the copies are emerging from giant seed pods - the 'pod people' begin to close in.

Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
1948 83mins USA (PG) Horror / Comedy
Directed by Charles Barton Starring Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Lon Chaney Jr., Bela Lugosi, Glenn Strange, Lenore Aubert

* ON SALE 23rd SEP *

The popular comedy team of the 1940s and 1950s, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, goes up against Universal Studios’s monsters in this zany spoof. Dracula (Bela Lugosi), the Wolf Man (Lon Chaney Jr.), and Frankenstein’s Monster (Glenn Strange) all make memorable appearances in this horror comedy mashup, which manages to do justice to both genres―a feat frequently attempted but rarely achieved.

The Cable Guy
1996 96mins USA (12A) Comedy
Directed by Ben Stiller Starring Jack Black, Jim Carrey, Matthew Broderick, Leslie Mann

* ON SALE 23rd SEP *

Oddball cable installer Chip Douglas (Jim Carrey) attempts to strike up a friendship with customer Steven Kovacs (Matthew Broderick) by offering him premium channels at no cost. When Steven rebuffs Chip's frequent need for companionship, Chip goes from a mildly eccentric acquaintance to a full-fledged psycho stalker. Though it's increasingly apparent to Steven that the cable guy is dangerous, convincing his friends, family and the authorities of that is another matter entirely.

What Ever Happened To Baby Jane?
1962 134mins USA (12A) Horror / Drama
Directed by Robert Aldrich Starring Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Victor Buono

*ON SALE 23rd OCT *

Jane Hudson (Bette Davis) is an aging child star left to care for her wheelchair-bound sister Blanche (Joan Crawford), also a former child actress. Stuck living together in a mansion in old Hollywood, Blanche plots to get even with Jane for the car crash that left her crippled years earlier. But Jane is desperate to keep Blanche imprisoned as she plans a new rise to fame, and tries to hide Blanche's existence from doctors, visitors and neighbors while she devises a way to get rid of her sister.

Idiocracy
2006 84mins USA (15) Comedy
Directed by Mike Judge Starring Luke Wilson, Maya Rudolph, Dax Shepard

**ON SALE 23rd OCT**

In 2005, average in every way private Joe Bowers (Luke Wilson) is selected to take part in a secret military experiment to put him in hibernation for a year along with a woman named Rita (Maya Rudolph). The slumbering duo is forgotten when the base they are stored on is closed down and are left in stasis until 2505. When they finally wake up, they discover the average intelligence of humans has decreased so much that Joe is now the smartest man in the world.

The Squid & The Whale
2005 81mins USA (15) Comedy / Drama
Directed by Noah Baumbach Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Jeff Daniels, Laura Linney, Owen Kline

* ON SALE 23rd OCT *

With excruciating honesty, The Squid and the Whale chronicles the experiences of two young brothers growing up in 1980s Park Slope, Brooklyn, as they navigate the jagged contours of the divorce of their parents, both writers. The acclaimed third feature by Noah Baumbach marked a critical development for the filmmaker as he turned toward an increasingly personal style—a move that garnered him an Academy Award nomination for best original screenplay. Shot in Super 16 mm and featuring a quartet of nuanced, understated performances from Jeff Daniels, Laura Linney, Jesse Eisenberg, and Owen Kline, this comic and poignant drama, peppered with autobiographical elements, deftly captures the heartache and confusion of a fracturing family.

Brute Force
1947 98mins USA (12A) Film Noir
Directed by Jules Dassin Starring Burt Lancaster, Hume Cronyn, Charles Bickford

* ON SALE 23rd OCT *

Timeworn Joe Collins and his fellow inmates live under the heavy thumb of the sadistic, power-tripping guard Captain Munsey. Only Collins' dreams of escape keep him going, but how can he possibly bust out of Munsey's chains?

Go
1999 102mins USA (18) Crime/Comedy
Directed by Doug Liman Starring Sarah Polley, Katie Holmes, Jay Mohr, Scott Wolf

* ON SALE 23rd NOV *

A supermarket clerk decides to step in for an absent drug dealer, setting off an explosive, comedic chain of events.

The Night Before
2015 101mins USA (15) Comedy
Directed by Jonathan Levine Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Anthony Mackie, Seth Rogen, Michael Shannon, Mindy Kaling, Lizzy Caplan, Jillian Bell, Ilana Glazer

Ethan, Isaac and Chris are best friends who have celebrated every Christmas Eve together. Things take a turn when Isaac and Chris decide to end their decade-long tradition.

A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas
2011 90mins USA (18) Comedy
Directed by Todd Strauss-Schulson Starring Kal Penn, John Cho, Neil Patrick Harris

Six years after their Guantanamo Bay adventure, stoner buds Harold Lee and Kumar Patel cause a holiday fracas by inadvertently burning down Harold's father-in-law's prize Christmas tree.

The Ox-Bow Incident
1943 76mins USA (PG) Western
Directed by William A. Wellman Starring Henry Fonda, Dana Andrews, Mary Beth Hughes

* ON SALE 23rd NOV *

A posse discovers a trio of men they suspect of murder and cow theft and are split between handing them over to the law or lynching them on the spot.

Sunshine
2007 107mins UK, USA (15) Sci-Fi / Thriller
Directed by Danny Boyle Starring Chris Evans, Cillian Murphy, Rose Byrne

* ON SALE 23rd NOV *

Fifty years into the future, the sun is dying, and Earth is threatened by arctic temperatures. A team of astronauts is sent to revive the Sun — but the mission fails. Seven years later, a new team is sent to finish the mission as mankind’s last hope.