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Odeon, Birmingham, 139 New Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, B2 4NU

Tel: 0871 224 4007

Dates: 02/01/2009 to 08/01/2009

Show times: 12.00 2.45 5.15 8.00 (not Thu)

Price: £4.50, Mon-Fri before 5pm/concs £3.50, family £14; Senior Screen £2.50

Transport: BR: New Street Station

Director: Adam Shankman

Cast: Adam Sandler, Keri Russell, Guy Pearce, Courteney Cox, Teresa Palmer, Jonathan Pryce, Lucy Lawless, Russell Brand

Year: 2008

Country: US

Running time: 99mins

Hotel handyman Skeeter Bronson may not be the huge success he always hoped to be, but he is devoted to his sister Wendy and her two adorable kids, Patrick and Bobbi. The imaginative uncle agrees to tell the youngsters bedtime stories to help them drift off to sleep, inventing tall tales full of magic, mystery and daring deeds. When elements from these stories, suggested by the tykes, unexpectedly impact on real life, Skeeter realises that his fairy-tales are coming true and he embarks on the adventure of a lifetime with the two excited youngters.

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Odeon, Birmingham, 139 New Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, B2 4NU

Tel: 0871 224 4007

Dates: 02/01/2009 to 08/01/2009

Show times: Fri-Sun mat 10.30

Price: £4.50, Mon-Fri before 5pm/concs £3.50, family £14; Senior Screen £2.50

Transport: BR: New Street Station

Director: Gil Kenan

Cast: Bill Murray, Tim Robbins, Saoirse Ronan, Mackenzie Crook, Martin Landau, Toby Jones, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Mary Kay Place, Harry Treadaway, Liz Smith

Year: 2008

Country: US

Running time: 94mins

Deep beneath the earth's surface lies the city of Ember, a crowded metropolis powered by a massive generator for the past 200 years, which is slowly falling into eternal darkness. Students Lina and Doon discover coded papers that could save Ember and its inhabitants. Thus Lina and Doon embark on the adventure of a lifetime to restore light to their beloved city.

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Odeon, Birmingham, 139 New Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, B2 4NU

Tel: 0871 224 4007

Dates: 02/01/2009 to 08/01/2009

Show times: Fri-Sun mat 11.00

Price: £4.50, Mon-Fri before 5pm/concs £3.50, family £14; Senior Screen £2.50

Transport: BR: New Street Station

Director: Iain Softley

Cast: Brendan Fraser, Eliza Bennett, Andy Serkis, Paul Bettany, Helen Mirren, Jim Broadbent, Sienna Guillory, Rafi Gavron

Year: 2008

Country: Ger/UK/US

Running time: 106mins

Doting father Mo Folchart has kept a terrible secret from his daughter Meggie since she was three-years-old: he is a Silvertongue and inadvertently sent his beloved wife Teresa into the pages of a book called Inkheart. Ever since, Mo has scoured second-hand bookshops for a copy, desperate to undo his misdeeds. Stumbling upon a tatty, old copy of Inkheart, Mo finally believes he could be reunited with Teresa only for the past to catch up with him. Joining forces with a stranger called Dustfinger, Mo risks everything to outwit the villain Capricorn and his goons, and reunite his fractured family.

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Odeon, Birmingham, 139 New Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, B2 4NU

Tel: 0871 224 4007

Dates: 02/01/2009 to 08/01/2009

Show times: 10.15 12.30 3.00 5.15 8.00 (Wed/Thu)

Price: £4.50, Mon-Fri before 5pm/concs £3.50, family £14; Senior Screen £2.50

Transport: BR: New Street Station

Director: Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath

Cast: Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett Smith, Sacha Baron Cohen, Alec Baldwin, Tommy 'Tiny' Lister, Cedric The Entertainer

Year: 2008

Country: US

Running time: 89mins

Alex the lion, Marty the zebra, Melman the hypochondriac giraffe and Gloria the hippopotamus are finally ready to leave the exotic island of Madagascar and return to the plush surroundings of New York's Central Park Zoo. Boarding a rickety plane with ring-tailed lemur King Julien the 13th, his second-in-command Maurice and the penguins - Private, Rico, Skipper and Kowalski - the animals crash-land shy of their destination, ending up on the plains of Africa where Alex comes mane-to-mane with his long lost father Zuba.

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Odeon, Birmingham, 139 New Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, B2 4NU

Tel: 0871 224 4007

Dates: 02/01/2009 to 08/01/2009

Show times: Thu mat 11.00

Price: £4.50, Mon-Fri before 5pm/concs £3.50, family £14; Senior Screen £2.50

Transport: BR: New Street Station

Director: George C Wolfe

Cast: Richard Gere, Diane Lane, Christopher Meloni, Viola Davis, Becky Ann Baker, Scott Glenn

Year: 2008

Country: US

Running time: 97mins

Facing major decisions in her life, Adrienne Willis elects to clear her head by taking care of a friend's inn for the weekend in the tiny North Carolina coastal community of Rodanthe. The promise of peace and quiet is short-lived with news of an impending storm, which could trap Adrienne in town for longer than expected. As she battens down the hatches, Adrienne is stunned to meet the inn's one and only guest, Dr Paul Flanner, whose personal life is also in turmoil. With the storm raging around them, these two lost souls cling to one another for emotional and physical comfort, consequently sparking a passionate dalliance that will change their lives forever.

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Odeon, Birmingham, 139 New Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, B2 4NU

Tel: 0871 224 4007

Dates: 02/01/2009 to 08/01/2009

Show times: Fri-Tue 1.00 3.30 6.00 8.30; Wed/Thu 8.30

Price: £4.50, Mon-Fri before 5pm/concs £3.50, family £14; Senior Screen £2.50

Transport: BR: New Street Station

Director: Marc Forster

Cast: Daniel Craig, Olga Kurylenko, Mathieu Amalric, Judi Dench, Gemma Arterton, Jeffrey Wright, Stana Katic, Giancarlo Giannini, Jesper Christensen

Year: 2008

Country: UK/US

Running time: 106mins

Consumed with rage, Bond joins M to interrogate Mr White, who sheds light on a secret organization responsible for blackmailing Vesper Lynd. The trail of evidence leads to Haiti, where Bond meets the alluring Camille, a woman pursing a secret vendetta. She, in turn, introduces Bond to ruthless businessman Dominic Greene, a member of the organization, who is planning to help exiled General Medrano regain power in exchange for a piece of land. As Bond edges closer to discovering those responsible for Vesper's death, he takes justice into his own bloody hands.

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Odeon, Birmingham, 139 New Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, B2 4NU

Tel: 0871 224 4007

Dates: 02/01/2009 to 08/01/2009

Show times: Wed/Thu 1.00 1.30 6.00 8.30

Price: £4.50, Mon-Fri before 5pm/concs £3.50, family £14; Senior Screen £2.50

Transport: BR: New Street Station

Director: David Wain

Cast: Paul Rudd, Seann William Scott, Elizabeth Banks, Bobb'e J Thompson, Christopher Mintz-Plasse

Year: 2008

Country: US

Running time: 98mins

Danny Donahue and his best buddy Wheeler work for the same energy drink company, touting a noxious, fizzy brew called Minotaur to bored, impressionable schoolchildren. After an unfortunate altercation at one school, the two men are sentenced to 150 hours community service and reluctantly take part in a mentoring program run by reformed addict Sweeny. She assigns Danny and Wheeler a troubled kid apiece - teen Augie and foul-mouthed 10-year-old Ronnie - and instructs the men to use their community service time to get to know the boys and bring them out of their shells.

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Odeon, Birmingham, 139 New Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, B2 4NU

Tel: 0871 224 4007

Dates: 02/01/2009 to 08/01/2009

Show times: Tue 8.30

Price: £4.50, Mon-Fri before 5pm/concs £3.50, family £14; Senior Screen £2.50

Transport: BR: New Street Station

Director: Danny Boyle, Loveleen Tandan

Cast: Dev Patel, Amil Kapoor, Irrfan Khan, Azharudin Mohammed Ismail, Rubina Ali

Year: 2008

Country: UK

Running time: 120mins

Eighteen-year-old Jamal Malik has been raised by older brother Salim in the slums of Mumbai, after losing their mother in the violence of a religious uprising. Falling into the clutches of child slave traders and other nefarious characters, the boys use their guile to survive on the streets, encountering a pretty orphan girl called Latika who will change their lives forever. As months and then years pass, Salim gains a position as lackey to a brutal gang lord who forcibly takes Latika as his wife, beating her when she dares to challenge him. Unable to rescue the woman he loves from her horrific predicament, Jamal searches for a miracle.

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Odeon, Birmingham, 139 New Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, B2 4NU

Tel: 0871 224 4007

Dates: 02/01/2009 to 08/01/2009

Show times: 12.00 2.30 5.00 (Fri-Mon) 8.45 (not Tue)

Price: £4.50, Mon-Fri before 5pm/concs £3.50, family £14; Senior Screen £2.50

Transport: BR: New Street Station

Director: Scott Derrickson

Cast: Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly, John Hamm, John Cleese, Kathy Bates

Year: 2008

Country: US

Running time: 103mins

A spacecraft arrives on Earth, bringing with it Klaatu, a messenger from another world, who has been sent to observe the strange race known as mankind. At first, scientists are curious about the invader and question him thoroughly. He warns of impending doom. While under surveillance, Klaatu meets Helen Benson and her son Jacob who allow the alien into their lives, planting a tiny seed of hope for humanity's survival. However, suspicion and paranoia run rampant and eventually the US military uses force against Klaatu, initiating a countdown to the complete destruction of Earth at the hands of the visitor's robot protector.

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Odeon, Birmingham, 139 New Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, B2 4NU

Tel: 0871 224 4007

Dates: 02/01/2009 to 08/01/2009

Show times: 11.30 (Mon-Wed) 2.30 5.30 8.15

Price: £4.50, Mon-Fri before 5pm/concs £3.50, family £14; Senior Screen £2.50

Transport: BR: New Street Station

Director: Stephen Daldry

Cast: Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes, David Kross, Jeanette Hain, Susanne Lothar

Year: 2008

Country: US/Ger

Running time: 123mins

Barrister Michael Berg struggles with memories of his troubled past as he attempts to reconnect with his estranged daughter Hanna. He thinks back to the years after World War II when, as a young man, he fell dangerously ill and was aided in his hour of need by a passing stranger, Hanna Schmidt. Fully recovered and back on his feet, Michael returns to thank Hanna and the pair embark on a passionate affair, with the older woman offering expert tutorials in sex in exchange for Michael reading her extracts from some of the greatest works of fiction.

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