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Written by Staff Reporter   
Wednesday, 07 May 2008
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Doomsday.

Speed Racer

Rating: PG
Running Time: 2hrs 30mins
Cast: Emile Hirsch, Christina Ricci, John Goodman, Matthew Fox, Susan Sarandon
Director: Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski
Genre: Action/Family/Sport
Eye Cinema Release: 9/05/08

The story begins with Speed Racer, a young man with natural racing instincts whose goal is to win The Crucible, a cross-country car racing rally that took the life of his older brother, Rex Racer. Speed is loyal to the family business, run by his parents, Pops and Mom. Pops designed Speed's car, the Mach 5. The owner of Royalton Industries makes Speed a lucrative offer, Speed rejects the offer, angering the owner.

Speed also uncovers a secret that top corporate interests, including Royalton, are fixing races and cheating to gain profit.

With the offer to Speed denied, Royalton wants to ensure that Speed will not win races. Speed finds support from his parents and his girlfriend, Trixie and enters The Crucible in a partnership with his one-time rival, Racer X, seeking to rescue his family's business and the racing sport itself.

'From the creators of 'The Matrix' trilogy comes a world built for speed.'

What Happens in Vegas

Rating: 15A
Running Time: 1h 55mins
Cast: Cameron Diaz, Ashton Kutcher, Lake Bell, Queen Latifah
Director: Tom Vaughan
Genre: Romance/Comedy
Eye Cinema Release: 09/05/08

Set in Sin City, this story revolves around two people who discover they've gotten married following a night of debauchery, with one of them winning a huge jackpot after playing the other's quarter. The unhappy pair try to undermine each other and get their hands on the money, falling in love along the way.

'Get Lucky.'

Doomsday

Rating: 18
Running Time: 2hrs
Cast: Rhona Mitra, Bob Hoskins, Alexander Siddig, Adrian Lester, Sean Pertwee
Director: Neil Marshall
Genre: Action/Horror
Eye Cinema Release: 09/05/08

A lethal virus spreads throughout the British isles, infecting millions and killing hundreds of thousands. To contain the threat, acting authorities brutally quarantine the country as it succumbs to fear and chaos. The quarantine is successful. Three decades later, the Reaper virus violently resurfaces in a major city. An elite group of specialists, including Eden Sinclair, is urgently dispatched into the still-quarantined country to retrieve a cure by any means necessary. Shut off from the rest of the world, the unit must battle through a landscape that has become a waking nightmare.

Censor's Note: Contains strong scenes of gore and death/dry violence and virus. Strong language throughout.

'The End Is Nigh.'


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