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Arrival See it from 10 November

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The fate of the world
is in Amy Adams’
hands in Arrival...

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prepare for a
close encounter
of an Oscar-worthy kind,
as Amy Adams attempts
to communicate with
aliens in Denis Villeneuve’s
spectacular and moving
science-fiction drama Arrival.
Adams plays Dr. Louise
Banks, a world-renowned
linguistics professor teaching
at a university in the northeast
United States. While lecturing
one day, Banks is interrupted
by the repeated ‘pinging’ of
her students’ mobile phones.
In due course she learns that
12 mysterious spacecraft have
touched down at 12 different
points across the globe. Hired
by the American government
to communicate with these
extra-terrestrial visitors –
known in Ufology as a close
encounter of the fifth kind
– Banks must find out why
they are here... and fast.
Mankind’s future
depends on it!

Hooked?
You’re not
alone. Arrival
received its world
premiere at the Venice
Film Festival in
September, where
it garnered rave reviews.
Time Out praised “its
smart ideas and bravura
visuals” and The Hollywood
Reporter heralded “its
brains and originality”, while
describing Adams’ performance
as “rich in emotional depth”.
So how did this brilliant and
clever sci-fi blockbuster come
about? Well, as it turns out,
the wheels were set in motion
several years ago, following
a conversation between movie
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