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Breaking Dawn

Starring Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 will be released in cinemas on 18 November 2011.

Stephanie Meyer's dark fantasy saga concludes as Bella Swan must face an imminent choice between joining the dark but seductive world of immortals or pursuing a fully human life - a choice which has become a thread from which the fates of two tribes hang. Now that Bella has made her decision, a startling chain of unprecedented events is about to unfold with potentially devastating, and unfathomable, consequences.

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The Hunger Games Trilogy

Set in a dark vision of the near future, a terrifying reality TV show is taking place. Twelve boys and twelve girls are forced to appear in a live event called The Hunger Games. There is only one rule: kill or be killed. When sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdee takes her younger sister's place in the games, she sees it as a death sentence.

The Hunger Games is now a major film starring Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson, due for release in UK cinemas March 2012.

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Horrid Henry: The Movie in 3D

The first ever British kids' movie to be filmed in 3D, Horrid Henry: The Movie stars Anjelica Huston as Miss Battle-Axe, Rebecca Front as Ms Oddbod, Richard E Grant as Vic Van Wrinkle, Parminder Nagra as Miss Lovely, Noel Fielding as Killer Boy Rats' frontman Ed Banger, Jo Brand as the Demon Dinner Lady, Matthew Horne as Henry's Dad and Prunella Scales as Great Aunt Greta. Plus new young stars, Scarlett Stitt as Moody Margaret, Ross Marron as Perfect Peter and Theo Stevenson in the title role as Horrid Henry.

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Rodrick Rules

It's a brand-new year and a brand-new journal and Greg is keen to put the humiliating (and secret!) events of last summer firmly behind him. But someone knows everything - someone whose job it is to most definitely not keep anything embarrassing of Greg's private - his big brother, Rodrick. How can Greg make it through this new school year with his cool(ish) reputation intact?

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More about the book

John Smith is not your average teenager. He regularly moves from small town to small town. He changes his name and identity. He cannot tell anyone who or what he really is. If he stops moving those who hunt him will find and kill him. But you can't run forever. So when he stops in Paradise, Ohio, John decides to try and settle down. To fit in. And for the first time he makes some real friends. Never in John's short life has there been space for friendship, or even love. He was once one of nine. Three of them have been killed. John is Number Four. He knows that he is next ...

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The Eagle

The Ninth Legion marched into the mists of northern Britain-and they were never seen again. Four thousand men disappeared and their eagle standard was lost. It's a mystery that's never been solved, until now... Marcus has to find out what happened to his father, who led the legion. So he sets out into the unknown, on a quest so dangerous that nobody expects him to return. This gripping epic set against the backdrop of Roman Britain has been a firm favourite with children and adults alike for over fifty years and is now the subject of a major film.

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Read the book first

Harry Potter is preparing to leave the Dursleys and Privet Drive for the last time. The future that awaits him is full of danger, not only for him, but for anyone close to him - and Harry has already lost so much. Only by destroying Voldemort's remaining Horcruxes can Harry free himself and overcome the Dark Lord's forces of evil. In this dramatic conclusion to his adventures, Harry must leave his most loyal friends behind, and in a final perilous journey find the strength and the will to face his terrifying destiny: a deadly confrontation that is his alone to fight. In this thrilling climax to the phenomenally bestselling series, J.K. Rowling reveals all to her eagerly waiting readers.

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Eclipse

The third film in the Twilight saga based on Stephenie Meyer's blockbuster book series, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse is packed with passion, action and suspense as Bella once again finds herself surrounded by danger as Seattle is ravaged by a string of mysterious killings and a malicious vampire continues her quest for revenge. In the midst of it all, she is forced to choose between her love for Edward and her friendship with Jacob knowing that her decision has the potential to ignite the ageless struggle between vampire and werewolf.

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The Big Bang

Nanny McPhee embarks on a brand new adventure in this brilliant, funny and captivating novel based on the new Nanny McPhee film. The Green family are trying to survive the war in their house in the country, but unfortunately they are not out of harms way. A wicked uncle is intent on getting his hands on the family fortune and the children miss their father who is away fighting who knows where, and then the horrible cousins arrive! Life is not easy in the Green household... Thank heavens for Nanny McPhee!

Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang is out in cinemas March 2010. Watch the trailer now to catch a glimpse of this funny and feel good film.

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The Lightning Thief

Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson series, which is being widely marked as a successor to the Harry Potter franchise, is coming to the cinema in February 2010 in Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief.

"Look, I didn't want to be a half-blood. I never asked to be the son of a Greek god. I was just a normal kid, going to school, playing basketball, skateboarding. The usual. Until I accidentally vaporized my maths teacher. That's when things started really going wrong..."

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What's it all about?

Before The Gruffalo won the hearts of millions of children in 1999, there was another picturebook, published in 1963, that captured the hearts of children everywhere - Where the Wild Things are. About a boy called Max with an imaginary forest in his room, this delightful tale has finally been adapted for the big screen and we're sure that a new generation of children will fall in love with this wonderful story, just like the generations before them. We personally can't wait to see it and relive those happy childhood memories wishing we had our own forest in our room.

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Wes Anderson / Roald Dahl

The latest Roald Dahl classic to be made into a film is Fantastic Mr Fox. The story is centred on Mr Fox, his family and three angry farmers who are tired of sharing their chickens with such a sly fox. The three mean and greedy farmers (Boris, Bunch and Bean) hatch a plan to put an end to his fantastic trickery - but he has other plans! Fantastic Mr Fox is sure to live up to the high standards of the previous Roald Dahl adaptations and bring glee to the hearts of children with a host of adorable (and fantastic) furry friends throughout the film.

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