Cinema listings in Leicester

Showcase Cinema De Lux, Marketing Suite, 3 Shires Lane, Leicester, LE1 4AN

Tel: 0871 220 1000

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

Show times: 12.05 4.00 7.35 8.15 11.00 (Fri/Sat) 11.45 (Fri/Sat)

Director: Baz Luhrmann

Cast: Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, David Wenham, Bryan Brown, Bill Hunter, David Gulpilil, Ben Mendelsohn

Year: 2008

Country: US/Australia

Running time: 165mins

Lady Sarah Ashley leaves behind the finery of the English aristocracy to travel to the Australian outback and confront her husband Lord Ashley on the Faraway Downs cattle station, where he spends most of his time. She finds a huge property in financial disarray, on the brink of takeover by scheming King Carney, who controls most of the local cattle market. With the help of a swarthy drover, Sarah decides to challenge Carney's monopoly by herding 500-strong of prize cattle all the way to port in the face of stiff resistance from her rival's right-hand man and heir apparent, Neil Fletcher.

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Showcase Cinema De Lux, Marketing Suite, 3 Shires Lane, Leicester, LE1 4AN

Tel: 0871 220 1000

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

Show times: 11.20 12.00 2.00 2.40 4.30 5.05 7.30 10.00 12.15 (Fri/Sat)

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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Showcase Cinema De Lux, Marketing Suite, 3 Shires Lane, Leicester, LE1 4AN

Tel: 0871 220 1000

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

Show times: 11.45 2.25 5.00

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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Showcase Cinema De Lux, Marketing Suite, 3 Shires Lane, Leicester, LE1 4AN

Tel: 0871 220 1000

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

Show times: 12.00 2.30 5.00 7.30

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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Showcase Cinema De Lux, Marketing Suite, 3 Shires Lane, Leicester, LE1 4AN

Tel: 0871 220 1000

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

Show times: 8.00 11.30 (Fri/Sat)

Director: Aditya Chopra

Cast: Shahrukh Khan, Anushka Sharma

Year: 2008

Country: India

Running time: 164mins

Surinder Sahni is a simple, kind-hearted and honest man who works for Punjab Power. He is content with his humdrum life and each day, he settles into a routine, treating the people around him with the respect they deserve, expecting nothing from them in return. Out of the blue, Surinder meets sparky, fun loving and vibrant Taani, who refuses to settle for second rate, when she can make her own excitement. These polar opposites collide and thus begins a music- and laughter-filled love story that proves romance blossoms when you're not looking for it and often with the very person you least expect.

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Showcase Cinema De Lux, Marketing Suite, 3 Shires Lane, Leicester, LE1 4AN

Tel: 0871 220 1000

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

Show times: 11.30 2.00 4.35 7.00 9.30 11.55 (Fri/Sat)

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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Showcase Cinema De Lux, Marketing Suite, 3 Shires Lane, Leicester, LE1 4AN

Tel: 0871 220 1000

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

Show times: 1.15 4.05 7.15 10.10

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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Showcase Cinema De Lux, Marketing Suite, 3 Shires Lane, Leicester, LE1 4AN

Tel: 0871 220 1000

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

Show times: 11.55 2.30 5.00 8.00 10.00 10.30

Director: Frank Miller

Cast: Gabriel Macht, Scarlett Johansson, Samuel L Jackson, Eva Mendes, Paz Vega, Jaime King, Eric Balfour

Year: 2008

Country: US

Running time: 102mins

A rookie cop in the crime-riddled metropolis of Central City returns from the dead as the masked avenger The Spirit. In his new guise, The Spirit wages war against arch-nemesis and cold-hearted killer Octopus, who seems determined to destroy the city and its denizens in his pursuit of immortality, with the help of punk secretary Silken Floss (Scarlett Johansson) and his henchmen. Aided and hindered by a bevy of beauties - including girl next door Ellen, jewel thief Sand, young cop Morgenstern, phantom sister Lorelei and nightclub dancer Plaster Of Paris - The Spirit fights the good fight.

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Showcase Cinema De Lux, Marketing Suite, 3 Shires Lane, Leicester, LE1 4AN

Tel: 0871 220 1000

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

Show times: 11.10 1.30 3.40 5.50

Director: Sam Fell, Robert Stevenhagen

Cast: Matthew Broderick, Emma Watson, Dustin Hoffman, Christopher Lloyd, Robbie Coltrane, Kevin Kline, William H Macy, Stanley Tucci, Ciaran Hinds, Sigourney Weaver

Year: 2008

Country: UK/US

Running time: 93mins

In the fairy-tale kingdom of Dor, darkness descends after an accident with the king's favourite food - piping hot soup. Consumed by grief, the morose monarch banishes all of the mice. One tiny creature, Despereaux Tilling, dares to defy the ban by striking up a friendship with the princess, Pea, who is consigned to the castle under her father's orders. When a rat called Roscuro plots to kidnap Pea, the king finds a most unlikely, potential saviour: Despereaux, the one creature small and brave enough to stop the rat before he goes too far.

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Showcase Cinema De Lux, Marketing Suite, 3 Shires Lane, Leicester, LE1 4AN

Tel: 0871 220 1000

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

Show times: 11.00 1.45 4.50 7.00 7.40 9.50 10.30 12.30 (Fri/Sat)

Director: Catherine Hardwicke

Cast: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Billy Burke, Peter Facinelli, Elizabeth Reaser, Nikki Reed

Year: 2008

Country: US

Running time: 121mins

When her mother remarries, teenage misfit Bella Swan leaves behind Phoenix for a new life with her father in the close-knit town of Forks, Washington. Humdrum routine disintegrates when Bella meets the beautiful and alluring Edward Cullen, who seems to be able to see into her very soul. Edward, it transpires, is a vampire - an immortal - but unlike many of his kind, he and the rest of the Cullen clan do not have fangs or drink human blood. Unable to resist his attraction to Bella, Edward embarks on a dangerous romance with the young woman he hopes could be his soul mate, always one bite away from unleashing the animal within.

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