Friday February 28 to Thursday March 6, 2014

OSCAR NOMINATED  - This decades-spanning epic from maestro Hayao Miyazaki is his most unique film to date.

4 OSCAR NOMINATIONS INCLUDING BEST PICTURE & ACTRESS

The title character of Stephen Frears' Philomena is played by Judi Dench. She is an elderly Irish woman who, as a teenager, gave birth while she was working at a convent. The Catholic Church had the child adopted, and now, decades later, Philomena is introduced to Martin Sixsmith (Steve Coogan), onetime government spokesperson who is now working as a freelance journalist.

The image of Nelson Mandela — sweet eyes and smile belying the power within him, the pain endured and the conflict he witnessed — is so much a part of our world. The most elemental, but not the only, crucial element to director Justin Chadwick’s vibrant, engaging film adapted from Mandela’s 2000 autobiography is to enlighten audiences about what makes the man tick.

Dutch teenager Laura Dekker made headlines in 2009 when she announced her plan to circumnavigate the globe in a 38-foot sailboat named Guppy. She was 13 at the time, and a legal battle with child-welfare officials ensued that delayed her expedition for a year.