Screening from today, Tuesday, 6th Jan 2009
At Avoca Beach Picture Theatre


AUSTRALIA
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, David Wenham
Length: 2 hrs 45 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Before 6pm Adults/Child $10.00
From 6pm Adults $12.50
Child/Student $10.00
All Senior Tickets $8.50
Tuesday, 6th Jan: 5:45pm
Wednesday, 7th Jan: 11:25am 6:15pm
violence & coarse language
"Australia" is an epic and romantic action adventure, set in that country on the explosive brink of World War II. In it, an English aristocrat (Nicole Kidman) travels to the faraway continent, where she meets a rough-hewn local (Hugh Jackman) and reluctantly agrees to join forces with him to save the land she inherited. Together, they embark upon a transforming journey across hundreds of miles of the world's most beautiful yet unforgiving terrain, only to still face the bombing of the city of Darwin by the Japanese forces that attacked Pearl Harbor. With his new film, Luhrmann is painting on a...

THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly, Kathy Bates, Jaden Smith
Length: 1 hr 46 mins
Genre: Drama/Thriller
Before 6pm Adults/Child $10.00
From 6pm Adults $12.50
Child/Student $10.00
All Senior Tickets $8.50
Tuesday, 6th Jan: 10:00am 8:40pm
Wednesday, 7th Jan: 9:30am 9:10pm
violence
"The Day the Earth Stood Still" is 20th Century Fox's contemporary reinvention of its 1951 classic. Keanu Reeves portrays Klaatu, an alien whose arrival on our planet triggers a global upheaval. As governments and scientists race to unravel the mystery behind the visitor's appearance, a woman (Jennifer Connelly) and her young stepson get caught up in his mission and come to understand the ramifications of his being a self-described "friend to the Earth."...

MAMMA MIA!
Starring: Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth
Length: 1 hr 48 mins
Genre: Comedy
Before 6pm Adults/Child $10.00
From 6pm Adults $12.50
Child/Student $10.00
All Senior Tickets $8.50
Tuesday, 6th Jan: 1:50pm
Wednesday, 7th Jan: 2:20pm
mild sexual references and coarse language
Meryl Streep leads an all-star cast in the feature-film adaptation of the beloved musical that has been seen by more than 30 million people in 160 cities and 8 languages around the world. Bringing the timeless lyrics and melodies of iconic super group ABBA to movie audiences, Summer 2008 is the season for "Mamma Mia!"

The three women who created the worldwide smash stage hit--global producer Judy Craymer, writer Catherine Johnson and director Phyllida Lloyd--repeat their roles in bringing this joyful, musical story to the big screen. The Mamma Mia! film is produced by Judy Craym...

WELCOME TO THE STICKS
Starring: Kad Merad Dany Boon Zoe Felix
Length: 1 hr 42 mins
Genre: Comedy/Romance
Before 6pm Adults/Child $10.00
From 6pm Adults $12.50
Child/Student $10.00
All Senior Tickets $8.50
Tuesday, 6th Jan: 11:55am 3:50pm
Wednesday, 7th Jan: 4:20pm
coarse language
Dany Boon's hilarious comedy "Welcome To The Sticks" ("Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis") was released in France in February (2008) to become the biggest success in French history.

Post office manager Philippe Abrams (Merad) and his wife Julie (Felix) love the sunny South of France. But when Philippe gets caught trying to cheat his way into a transfer to a Riviera resort, the punishment could not be worse. Philippe must pay for his sins by spending three years at a post office in the dreaded Nord Pas de Calais, France's northernmost region, reputed for its heavy industry and cool cli...
Movies coming up
At Avoca Beach Picture Theatre


THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
Starring: Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Tilda Swinton
Length: 2 hrs 39 mins
Genre: Drama
COMING: To be advised
sexual references and coarse language
"I was born under unusual circumstances." And so begins "Benjamin Button," adapted from the classic 1920s story by F. Scott Fitzgerald about a man who is born in his eighties and ages backwards. A man, like any of us, unable to stop time. We follow his story set in New Orleans from the end of World War I in 1918, into the twenty-first century, following his journey that is as unusual as any man's life can be. Directed by David Fincher and starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett with Tilda Swinton, Taraji P. Henson, Jason Flemyng, Elias Koteas and Julia Ormond, "Benjamin Button," is a time travel...

I\'VE LOVED YOU SO LONG
Starring: Kristin Scott Thomas, Elsa Zylberstein, Serge Hazanavicius
Length: 1 hr 52 mins
Genre: Drama
COMING: To be advised
mature themes
Lea (Elsa Zylberstein) and Juliette (Kristin Scott Thomas) are sisters. The film begins with Lea, the younger sister by fifteen years, picking Juliette up at the airport. We soon realize that the two sisters are almost complete strangers

SEVEN POUNDS
Starring: Will Smith, Rosario Dawson, Michael Ealy
Length: 2 hrs 3 mins
Genre: Drama

COMING: Thursday, 8th Jan
mature themes
Academy Award nominee Will Smith reunites with the directors and producers of "The Pursuit of Happyness" for the emotional drama "Seven Pounds." In the film, Smith plays Ben Thomas, an IRS agent with a fateful secret who embarks on an extraordinary journey of redemption by forever changing the lives of seven strangers.