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Movie and Film Review: Avatar, James Cameron's latest film since Titanic is a dazzling spectacle of computer-generated photographic imagery and vivid contrasting themes. The film's mesmerising visuals capture a world of...
2010/02/01
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2010/03/15
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Movie and Film Review: The Golden Globe Film Awards are seen as a strong forerunner to who wins at the Oscars each year, which is probably why there’s plenty of buzz around Tinseltown at this time of year. The 67th Golden...
2010/02/01
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2010/03/01
Movie and Film Review:
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In conjunction with ZAGlamour's "CAN YOU BEAT OUT POUT" Competition, IMAX has lent their hand in supplying us with a stack of double tickets to give away as ZAGlamour prizes!
This IMAX Review is to give you some kind of indication of what is in store for you as a WINNER of the "CAN YOU BEAT OR POUT" Competition that ZAGlamour will be running for the 1st Bi-Monthly of March ---> So get pouting, get posing, get flashing and send through those pictures ASAP!!!
(Details for Competition have been posted in the Articles Section) |
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Journey to Mecca
SHOWTIMES:
Fri to Mon @ 11H00,14H00,18H00.(No screening Mon @ 18H00) Sat/Sun @ 14H00,18H00 Please note prayer facilities are available on site.
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Journey to Mecca
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WHAT'S IT ABOUT:
Journey to Mecca tells the story of Ibn Battuta (played by Chems Eddine Zinoun), a young scholar who leaves Tangier in 1325 on an epic and perilous journey, traveling alone from his home in Morocco to reach Mecca, some 3,000 miles to the east.
Ibn Battuta is besieged by countless obstacles as he makes his way across the North African desert to Mecca. Along the route he meets an unlikely stranger, the Highwayman (played by Hassam Ghancy) who becomes his paid protector and eventual friend. During his travels he is attacked by bandits, dehydrated by thirst, rescued by Bedouins, and forced to retrace his route by a war-locked Red Sea.
Ibn Battuta finally joins the legendary Damascus Caravan with thousands of pilgrims bound for Mecca for the final leg of what would become his 5,000 mile, 18 month long journey to Mecca. When he arrives in Mecca, he is a man transformed. We then experience the Hajj as he did over 700 years ago, and, in recognition of its timelessness, we dissolve to the Hajj as it is still performed today, by millions of pilgrims, in some of the most extraordinary and moving IMAX® footage ever presented.
Ibn Battuta would not return home for almost 30 years, reaching over 40 countries and revisiting Mecca five more times to perform the Hajj. He would travel three times farther then Marco Polo. His legacy is one of the greatest travel journals ever recorded. A crater on the moon is named in his honour.
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Avatar
SHOWTIMES:
Fri @ 13H00,18H00,21H00. Sat @ 13H00,17H00,20H00. Sun @ 11H00,15H00,18H00. Tues @ 13H00,17H00,20H00 Mon/Wed @ 13H00,19H00. Thurs @ 13H00.
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Avatar
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WHAT'S IT ABOUT:
The storys protagonist, Jake Sully (Sam Worthington), is a former Marine who was wounded and paralyzed from the waist down in combat on Earth. Jake is selected to participate in the Avatar program, which will enable him to walk. Jake travels to Pandora, a lush jungle-covered extraterrestrial moon filled with incredible life forms, some beautiful, many terrifying.
Pandora is also home to the Navi, a sentient humanoid race that are more physically capable than humans, although considered primitive. Standing three meters tall, with tails and sparkling blue skin, the Navi live in harmony with their unspoiled world. As humans encroach deeper into Pandora's forests in search of valuable minerals, the Navi unleash their formidable warrior abilities to defend their threatened existence. Jake has unwittingly been recruited to become part of this encroachment. Since humans are unable to breathe the air on Pandora, they have created genetically-bred human-Navi hybrids known as Avatars. The Avatars are living, breathing bodies that are controlled by a human "driver" through a technology that links the driver's mind to their Avatar body.
On Pandora, through his Avatar body, Jake can be whole once again. Sent deep into Pandora's jungles as a scout for the soldiers that will follow, Jake encounters many of Pandora's beauties and dangers. There he meets a young Navi female, Neytiri, whose beauty is only matched by her ferocity in battle. Over time, Jake integrates himself into Neytiri's clan, and begins to fall in love with her. As a result, Jake finds himself caught between the military-industrial forces of Earth, and the Navi, forcing him to choose sides in an epic battle that will decide the fate of an entire world.
Avatar is set during the 22nd century on a small moon called Pandora, which orbits a gas giant, and is inhabited by the tribal Na'vi, ten foot blue humanoids that are peaceful unless attacked. Humans cannot breathe Pandoran air, so they genetically engineer human/Na'vi hybrids known as Avatars that can be controlled via a mental link. A paralyzed Marine named Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) volunteers to exist as an Avatar on Pandora, falling in love with a Na'vi princess and becoming caught up in the conflict between her people and the human military that is consuming their world.
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Bugs!
SHOWTIMES:
Mon to Thurs @ 10H00,13H00.
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Bugs! (Interesting...?!?)
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WHAT'S IT ABOUT:
Bugs! A Rainforest adventure is a live-action nature drama filmed in awe inspiring, totally immersive large format. Shot on location in Borneo and in a purpose-built studio in Oxford, England, Bugs! Explores the dramatic and savage lives of an Old World praying mantis and a beautiful butterfly, known by their Latin names, Hierodula and Papilio.
This 40-minute feature combines incredible footage with cutting-edge IMAX® technology to deliver a fantastically entertaining and enlightening experience about the little guys in life.
The stars of Bugs!, Hierodula, the mantis, and Papilio, the butterfly, are born in the same part of the exotic Borneo rainforest. Their home is the foliage around an abandoned and dilapidated shack on the edge of the river. Here, we witness Hierodula and Papilio mature and grow. Hierodula develops by incomplete metamorphosis; emerging from his egg as a mini-mantis and shedding his skin regularly on the way to gaining his adult wings. Papilio goes through a complete metamorphosis, from caterpillar to butterfly via the pupal stage.
As they develop we meet a fascinating array of creatures who share their habitat. After many near misses, the hunter, Hierodula, acting on instinct, catches Papilio. In an uplifting ending we discover that Papilio had managed to lay her eggs before being caught, and the film ends with her offspring emerging from her tiny egg to continue the circle of life.
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Under the Sea - 3D
SHOWTIMES:
Fri @ 12H00, 19H00. Sat @ 19H00. Mon to Thurs @ 12H00.
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Under the Sea - 3D
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WHAT'S IT ABOUT:
Award-winning documentary filmmaker Howard Hall and the production team
behind IMAX® film favorites “Deep Sea 3D” and “Into the Deep 3D” return for a dynamic new underwater adventure, “Under the Sea 3D.” Filmed entirely with IMAX® 3D cameras for a vivid, immersive viewing experience unlike any other, this new film will transport audiences to some of the most exotic and isolated undersea locations on Earth, including Southern Australia and the Great Barrier Reef, as well as Papua New Guinea and Indonesia in the famed Coral Triangle, for face-to-face encounters with some of the most mysterious and stunning creatures of the sea.
Discover the habits and habitats of Great White Sharks, Flamboyant Cuttlefish, Leafy Sea Dragons, Giant Stingrays, Jellyfish, Green Sea Turtles, playful Australian Sea Lions, six-foot Garden Eels and a multitude of brilliantly colorful fish and sea life as they play out the daily dramas of their lives amidst vast coral formations that rise from the ocean floor.
Narrated by Jim Carrey, “Under the Sea 3D” offers an inspirational and
entertaining way to explore the unique beauty of this rarely seen realm, and an awareness of the impact that global climate change is having on the oceanic wilderness.
Warner Bros. Pictures and IMAX Corporation present “Under the Sea 3D,” an
underwater documentary adventure narrated by Jim Carrey. “Under the Sea 3D” is directed by Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Howard Hall, produced by Toni Myers and producer for Howard Hall Productions Michele Hall. Graeme Ferguson serves as executive producer, with Judy Carroll as line producer. The film’s narration is written by Howard Hall and Toni Myers & Graeme Ferguson. Howard Hall also serves as director of photography and Toni Myers as editor. Music is by Micky Erbe and Maribeth Solomon. Rated G for General Audiences.
“Under the Sea 3D” will be released exclusively in IMAX Theaters nationwide.
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