Divergent
Genre: Action, Adventure, Romance
Starring: Kate Winslet, Shailene Woodley, Theo James
Set in a futuristic dystopia, where society is divided into five factions that each represent a different virtue, teenagers have to decide if they want to stay in their faction or switch to another – for the rest of their lives.
Tris Prior makes a choice that surprises everyone. Then she and her fellow faction-members have to live through a highly competitive initiation process to live out the choice they have made.
They must undergo extreme physical and intense psychological tests, that transform them all.
But Tris has a secret — she is Divergent, which means she doesn’t fit into any one group. If anyone knew, it would mean certain death.
As she discovers a growing conflict that threatens to unravel her seemingly perfect society, this secret might help her to save the people she loves… or it might destroy her.
Noah
Genre: Drama
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Emma Watson, Jennifer Connelly, Kevin Durant, Logan Lerman, Ray Winstone, Russell Crowe
Requiem for a Dream and Black Swan director Darren Aronofsky returns with this Biblical epic that centres on the title character. Noah is given the divine mission of building an ark to save creation from an impending flood.
Hours
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Starring: Genesis Rodriguez, Nancy Nave, Paul Walker
In New Orleans, just before Hurricane Katrina hits, a pregnant woman gives birth prematurely. She dies, and her baby is in critical condition. The baby has to be kept in a neonatal incubator.
When the hurricane strikes, all the power goes out and everyone in the hospital leaves. But the baby’s father stays, because the baby can’t be moved, so he has to take care of it by making sure the ventilator stays on, while waiting for someone to come for them.
Europa Report
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Starring: Christian Camargo, Michael Nyqvist, Sharlto Copley
Astronauts and doctors travel to the moon of Jupiter, known as Europa, in the spacecraft Europa One. Their assignment is to investigate the existence of life in Europa, based on the discovery of water on the moon.
They experience a communication breakdown and tragedy hits, but when they finally reach Europa, they find that alien life exists on Europa. When they decide to return to Earth with their discovery, they get stranded on the moon, hoping that they can fix their aircraft and survive Europa.
Old Boy
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Starring: Elizabeth Olsen, Josh Brolin, Samuel L Jackson
An advertising executive is kidnapped and held hostage for 20 years in solitary confinement. When he is inexplicably released, he embarks on an obsessive mission to discover who orchestrated his punishment, only to find he is still trapped in a web of conspiracy and torment.
