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sheila I news MOVIES Must see flicks In the epic action-adventure Snow White and the Huntsman, Kristen Stewart plays the only person in the land fairer than the evil queen who is out to destroy her. But what the wicked ruler never imagined is that the young woman threatening her reign has been training in the art of war with a huntsman who was dispatched to kill her. Sam Claflin SNOW WHITE & THE HUNTSMAN June 21 Snow White's beauty and power. The breathtaking new vision of the legendary tale is from Joe Roth, the producer of Alice in Wonderland and producer Sam Mercer (The Sixth Sense). BEL AMI May 24 Robert Pattinson stars in this adaptation of the classic French novel Bel Ami by Guy de Maupassant, a literary powder-keg of its time. This is a a story full of sexual intrigue, scandal and manipulation. Paris, 1880s. Exceptionally handsome, smart, charismatic and resourceful, George Duroy (Pattinson), known to his friends as Bel Ami, is offered a job as a journalist on scandal newspaper La Vie Francaise and soon makes a great success of his new career, ascending the ranks from lowly reporter to chief editor. But he also comes face to face with the realities of the corrupt Parisian high society in which he lives: the sleazy colleagues, the wily financiers, and manipulative mistresses. He learns to become an arch seducer and 24 SHEILA MAY 2012 joins the cast as the prince long enchanted by blackmailer, in a world where love is only a means to an end. He will stop at nothing to move into the high echelons of Paris society. Duroy will seduce, manipulate and charm the most powerful and beautiful women of Paris in order to increase his power base. But at what cost to those around him? CHILDREN June 28 Directed by Perth born and raised, Peter Templeman this film sees Ryan Kwanten in the role of a a young playboy who learns he has one month until he becomes infertile sets out to procreate as much as possible. Templeman, is an academy award nominee and there is much excitement on a local level to see how he handles this award winning cast. NOT SUITABLE FOR must read BOOKS CLUB Timeri N. Muari THE TALIBAN CRICKET A hugely satisfying and heart- warming story of resilience, hope and courage, The Taliban Cricket Club reveals how love can overcome, and outwit, even the power of tyrants. Rukhsana, a spirited young journalist in Kabul, is summoned to the infamous Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice to face its terrifying minister, Zorak Wahidi. Susan Johnson An extraordinarily beautiful and MY HUNDRED LOVERS shocking novel from one of Australia's premier writers. Lyrical and exquisite, My Hundred Lovers captures the sheer wonder of life, desire and love. A woman, on the eve of her fiftieth birthday, reflects on her days with one hundred scenes from a life adding up to a simple human truth. Character and sexual identity entwine and after all the emotion, the love, the hatred and the despair is done with, the great and trivial acts of her bodily life reveal an imperfect, yet whole self. LADIES' SWMMING SOCIETY Barbara J. Zitwer Take a refreshing dive into a fabulous cast of warm, funny and feisty characters. Joey Rubin, an overworked New York architect, THE J.M. BARRIE has come to the Cotswolds to oversee the restoration of Stanway House, the stately home that inspired J.M. Barrie to write Peter Pan. It's not been an easy project—the local residents aren't exactly welcoming and the brooding caretaker seems to take every opportunity to undermine her plans. DISGRACE The private diary of a Victorian MRS ROBINSON'S lady - Kate Summerscale The vivid recreation of how one woman brought about, and lovingly documented, her own disgrace. In 1858, a month after the first Divorce Court in England opened its doors to the public, Henry Robinson petitioned for the dissolution of his marriage on the grounds that his wife, Isabella, had committed adultery. As evidence, he produced a five-year diary in Isabella's handwriting. The secret words of the journal were read out to the court and printed in countless newspapers. S

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