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VI This Week maltatoday, Sunday, 28 december 2014 St James Cavalier Valletta tel. 21 223200 Nt Live presents Of Mice and Men on Broadway 18:30 Embassy Cinemas Valletta tel. 21 227436, 21 245818 the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 (12a) 16:00, 20:50 Paddington (U) 10:00, 12:10, 16:30, 18:30 Imitation Game (12a) 21:00 Penguins of Madagascar 3d (U) 14:20, 18:50 the Hobbit: Battle of the Five armies (12a) 10:00, 13:00, 18:15, 21:15 Night at the Museum: Secret of the tomb (PG) 10:00, 12:15, 14:30, 16:45, 19:00, 21:15 Get Santa (U) 16:00 Exodus: Gods and Kings 3d (PG) 10:05, 14:00, 17:30, 20:50 annie (U) 10:10, 13:15, 15:55, 18:35, 21:10 Eden Cinemas St Julian's tel. 23 710400 the Hobbit: the Battle of the Five armies 3d (12a) 11:10, 13:25 (2D).14:30, 16:30, 18:00, 20:00 (2D), 21:15, 23:15 Get Santa (U) 11:15, 14:00, 16:15, 18:30, 20:50, 23:10 Penguins of Madagascar 3d (U) 11:40, 14:05, 16:15, 18:30, 20:45, 23:00 the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1(12a) 20:55, 23:35 the Imitation Game (12a) 11:30, 14:00, 16:20, 18:40, 21:05, 23:35 Paddington (U) 11:30, 14:20, 16:30, 18:40, 20:50, 23:05 Horrible Bosses 2 (15) 11:15, 14:05, 16:25, 18:40, 21:00, 23:25 tinkerbell: Legend of the Never- Beast (U) 11:20, 14:15, 16:20, 18:30 Night at the Museum: Secret of the tomb (PG) 11:30, 14:10, 16:25, 18:45, 21:00, 23:20 annie (U) 11:00, 14:00, 16:25, 18:50, 21:15, 23:40 Jimi: all is by my side (15) 11:25, 14:00, 16:25, 18:50, 21:15, 23:40 Exodus: Gods and Kings 3d (PG) 11:15, 14:30, 17:40, 20:45, 23:50 dumb and dumberto (15) 11:35, 14:05, 16:30, 18:50, 21:10, 23:35 Empire Cinemas Bugibba tel. 21 581787, 21 581909 dumb and dumber to (15) 10:20, 12:40, 14:55, 17:05, 19:15, 21:25 Exodus: Gods and Kings (PG) 10:35, 13:30, 17:50, 20:40 Night at the Museum: Secret of the tomb (PG) 10:35, 12:40, 14:50, 17:00, 19:00, 21:05 Penguins of Madagascar (U) 12:30, 14:30, 18:45 the Hobbit: the Battle of the Five armies 3d (12a) 10:55, 14:00, 17:45, 20:40 Paddington (U) 10:30, 1630, 20:45 tinkerbell: Legend of the Never- Beast (U) 10:45, 12:30, 14:10, 15:50, 17:35, 19:20 Horrible Bosses 2 (15) 21:05 annie (U) 10:35, 13:00, 15:25, 18:00, 20:40 IN CINEMAS TODAY The best and worst This cinematic year was in fact a pretty good one, on balance. but that doesn't mean resident film critic TeOdOr reLJIc will be letting the real stinking duds off the hook. Here's a best and worst top five of the films we've reviewed over the past year THE WORST we've reviewed over the past year 5 4 Pompeii (dir. Paul Thomas Anderson) Kit Harrington takes a lunch break from Jon Snow duties at Game of Thrones without apparently bothering to change this costume. It's a joyless Gladiator- meets-Titanic mashup that's as dull at ditchwater. In a world where Marvel Studios have succeeded in giving us blockbusters with verve and humour, and in which historical drama is well served on television, Anderson's film is the runt of the pack – an evolutionary failure. American Hustle (dir. David O. Russell) All-star cast, a director on the rise and a deliciously decadent 1980s milieu. What could go wrong? Everything, apparently, since American Hustle's foundation isn't sound at all. A caper story with no suspense, Russell's film coasts on attitude and sketchy set pieces. Not to mention cleavage. Lots and lots of cleavage. A loud, messy waste of talent, and your time. Nymphomaniac Vol. II (dir. Lars von Trier) The fact that its original segment was one of the prickliest and inspired films of the year makes the terminal descent of its latter half hurt so much harder. Gone is the subversive humour that marked its first chapter, in favour of a slack approach to story and an indulgence of juvenile nihilism for its own sake. It might work as a subtle take-down of what we've come to expect from mainstream cinema (i.e., the story is so deliberately un-subtle that it matches the likes of Transformers, and so mocks them by proxy), but as a standalone film it's a hollow experience. Nymphomaniac Vol. II (dir. Lars von Trier) The fact that its original segment 3