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MOVIES TO WATCH
OUT FOR IN
DECEMBER
THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE (Digital) | 21 Nov ‘13
Cast: Jennifer Lawrence, Liam Hemsworth, Josh Hutcherson, Elizabeth Banks
Director: Francis Lawrence
Katniss Everdeen has returned home safe after winning the 74th Annual Hunger
Games along with fellow tribute Peeta Mellark. Winning means that they must
turn around and leave their family and close friends, embarking on a Victor’s Tour
of the districts. Along the way Katniss senses that a rebellion is simmering, but the
Capitol is still very much in control as President Snow prepares the 75th Annual
Hunger Games (The Quarter Quell)—a competition that could change Panem
forever.
PREMIERING
ON HBO &
HBO HD
IN DECEMBER
THE DARK KNIGHT RISES
Premieres Sunday, December29 at 10pm on HBO / HBO HD
THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG | 12 Dec ‘13
PARKLAND | 21 Nov ‘13
Cast: Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Benedict Cumberbatch, Cast: James Badge Dale, Zac Efron, Jackie Earle Haley
Evangeline Lilly, Lee Pace, Luke Evans, Ken Stott, James Nesbitt, Orlando Bloom
Director: Peter Landesman
Director: Peter Jackson
Recounting the chaotic events that occurred in Dallas, Texas on November 22,
The second in a trilogy of films adapting the enduringly popular masterpiece 1963, Parkland weaves together the perspectives of a handful of ordinary indiThe Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug continues the viduals suddenly thrust into extraordinary circumstances: the young doctors and
Secret Service; an unwitting camadventure of the title character Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) as he journeys nurses at Parkland Hospital; Dallas’ chief of thewatched and examined film in hiseraman who captured what became the most
with the Wizard Gandalf (Ian McKellan) and thirteen Dwarves, led by Thorin Oak- tory; the FBI agents who nearly had the gunman within their grasp; the brother of
enshield (Richard Armitage)on an epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom Lee Harvey Oswald, left to deal with his shattered family; and JFK’s security team,
of Erebor.
witnesses to both the President’s death and Vice President Lyndon Johnson’s rise
to power over a nation whose innocence was forever altered.
ARTHUR CHRISTMAS
Eight years after Harvey Dent’s passing, Commissioner Gordon, being filled with
guilt for covering up Dent’s crimes, writes a resignation letter for the police force,
but somehow or rather, fails to submit it. With Batman in recluse, a masked crook
known as Bane torments and terrorises Gotham City till they are at their wit’s end.
This causes Batman to resurface and defend the city that previously deems him
as the enemy.
Premiers Saturday, December 14 at 8pm on HBO / HBO HD
Directed by Academy Award-winning director, Christopher Nolan and starring
Santa Claus’ youngest son, Arthur, is the least capable of all Clauses. Because of an multiple award-winning actor Christian Bale, catch the last instalment of the Batunforeseen circumstance, Santa misses out on one child during his delivery of pre- man trilogy THE DARK KNIGHT RISES, premiering Sunday, December 29 at 10pm
sents on Christmas Eve, leaving Arthur to embark on a hilarious and rougue adven- on HBO (StarHub TV Ch 601) / HBO HD (StarHub TV Ch 655).
ture to help send out this last gift before Christmas morning dawns.
A heartwarming comedy about an unlikely hero, be moved by the premiere of this
animation ARTHUR CHRISTMAS on Saturday, December 14 at 8pm on HBO (StarHub
TV Ch 601) / HBO HD (StarHub TV Ch 655).
THE BOURNE LEGACY
Premiers Sunday 1 Dec ‘13 at 10pm on HBO/HBO HD
THE COUNSELOR | 28 Nov ‘13
Cast: Michael Fassbender, Penelope Cruz, Cameron Diaz, Javier Bardem, Brad P