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Moana

2016 | PG | 1h 47m | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Director: Ron Clements, John Musker, Don Hall

Stars: Auli'i Cravalho, Dwayne Johnson, Rachel House

In ancient Polynesia, when a terrible curse incurred by the demigod Maui reaches Moana's island, she answers the Ocean's call to seek out Maui to set things right.

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Home Alone 3

1997 | PG | 1h 42m | Action, Comedy

Director: Raja Gosnell

Stars: Alex D. Linz, Olek Krupa, Rya Kihlstedt

Alex Pruitt, an 8-year-old boy living in Chicago, must fend off international spies who seek a top-secret computer chip in his toy car.

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The Feeling of Going by Ben Wright, music by Jónsi (Sigur Rós)

2018 | PG | 1h 19m

Director: Jeff Tudor

Stars: Oscar Humlebo

The Feeling of Going is a magical, large-scale pop-opera-dance-theatre production by an acclaimed creative team, headed by multi-talented choreographer / director Ben Wright. Captured and adapted for the screen by Jeff Tudor.

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QUARTET

1981 | R | 1h 41m | Drama | Romance

Director: James Ivory

Stars: Isabelle Adjani, Maggie Smith, Alan Bates

Finding herself penniless after her art-dealer husband Stephan is convicted of theft, Marya Zelli accepts the hospitality of a strange couple, H.J. and Lois Heidler, who let her live in their home.

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Sea of Shadows

2019 | PG-13 | 1h 45m | Documentary, Crime, History

Director: Richard Ladkani, Sean Bogle, Matthew Podolsky

Stars: Romel Eduardo Ledezma Abaroa, Rafael Pacchiano Alamán, Hector Capetillo

The vaquita, the world's smallest whale, is near extinction as its habitat is destroyed by Mexican cartels and Chinese mafia, who harvest the swim bladder of the totoaba fish, the "cocaine of the sea." Environmental activists, Mexican navy and undercover investigators are fighting back against this illegal multi-million-dollar business.

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Superstar

Picked by Armand

1999 | PG-13 | 1h 21m | Comedy, Romance

Director: Bruce McCulloch

Stars: Molly Shannon, Will Ferrell, Elaine Hendrix

A nerdy Catholic schoolgirl, Mary Katherine Gallagher, dreams of superstardom.

The Dark Knight

Picked by Sean

2008 | PG-13 | 2h 32m | Action,

Crime, Drama

Director: Christopher Nolan

Stars: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart

When the menace known as the Joker wreaks havoc and chaos on the people of Gotham, Batman must accept one of the greatest psychological and physical tests of his ability to fight injustice.

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Mr & Mrs Smith

Picked by Pulp Film Society

2005 | PG-13 | 2h | Action, Comedy, Crime

Director: Doug Liman

Stars: Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Adam Brody

A bored married couple is surprised to learn that they are both assassins hired by competing agencies to kill each other.

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Op my eish!

2024 | PG13 | 1H | Realiteit

Vanaf Donderdag 11 Januarie 2024 om 20:00 gaan 16 dames die reis saam met die gewilde sanger Brendan Peyper in die derde seisoen van “Op my eish!” aanpak in die hoop om sy hart te wen.

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The Living Heroes

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1959 | Fiction

Director: Arūnas Žebriūnas, Balys Bratkauskas, Vytautas Žalakevičius, Marijonas Giedrys

Country: Lithuania

Four novels, portraying kids in different Lithuania’s epochs: before the war, during the war, after the war and the 50s. The chapter We Need No Longer (Mums nebereikia) transports the viewer into the interwar Lithuanian village. Nine-year-old Juozukas is taken out of class by his brother since a wealthy farmer came to “buy” a shepherd.

Gopo Classic Animated Shorts

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1957-1984 | Animation

Director: Ion Popescu Gopo

Country: Romania

This collection of short animated films presents seven short films made during 1957-1985 by Ion Popescu Gopo: A Brief History – 1957 (Cannes Film Festival winner), Seven Arts – 1958, Homo sapiens – 1960, Intermezzo for an eternal love (1974), Energica (1980), Anima… Magic… Animagic (1980), Cadru cu cadru (1981), Pride (1982), You (1983), The Sorcerer's apprentice (1985).

Man With a Movie Camera

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1929 | Documentary

Director: Dziga Vertov

Country: Ukraine

One of the major manifestos of the world cinema avant-garde. According to the aesthetic principles of Vertov, the film was not based on a script. In Man with a Movie Camera, Vertov implemented experiments that he carried out for many years and theoretical developments in cinematography and editing, turning the film into a film-making methodological guide for subsequent generations of directors.

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Thank you for soaring with us on this cinematic adventure around the world. Until our next destination, stay reel and keep the popcorn popping!

The Neelsie Cinema Team 🎬🍿