Post by BatFink on Feb 12, 2007 21:12:07 GMT
Good Month at the pictures
Ghost Rider
The Hills have eyes 2
Mr Bean
TMNT
Friday 2nd March
A Guide To Recognizing Your Saints
Shia LeBeouf grows up in Astoria, New York while Robert Downey Jr plays his older self returning to meet his estranged father.
Freedom Writers
Hilary Swank goes back to school to play an inspiring teacher transforming the lives of her "at-risk" pupils.
Ghost Rider
Nicolas Cage finally revs on to the big screen as the comicbook motorbike rider with a flaming skull. Eva Mendes and Peter Fonda are on hand to put out the fire.
Popcorn
Cinema-based Brit com starring ex-soap actors Jack Ryder and Jodi Albert. Looks like it should have gone straight to DVD...
Spice Of Life
Cultures values and beliefs clash in this LA-set drama about the lives of an Indian man, his American wife and their struggles to raise a family.
The Illusionist
Edward Norton, Paul Giamatti and Jessica Biel star in this entertaining drama about a magician in turn-of-the-century Vienna who uses his powers to get the woman he loves.
Friday 9th March
After The Wedding
Another powerful film from Danish director Susanne Bier, about difficult decisions and their emotional fallout. Mads Mickelson (Le Chiffre in Casino Royale) takes the lead.
Becoming Jane
Anne Hathaway plays the young Jane Austen and James McAvoy the young Irishman she fell in love with in this good-looking period pic.
Gone
Two back-packing Brits encounter a mysterious American in the outback of Australia.
Inland Empire
The latest lengthy (it's three hours long) offering from master-of-weird David Lynch, starring Laura Dern and a host of Lynch favourites. Expect the inscrutible.
Norbit
Eddie Murphy plays both a mild-mannered man and the awful fiancee from whom he must escape in another 'comedy' from director of The screwgy Dog.
The Good German
George Clooney is an American journalist returning to Berlin to find his former mistress (Cate Blanchett) in Steven Soderbergh's retro post-war drama.
Friday 16th March
Factory Girl
Sienna Miller, Guy Pearce and Hayden Christiensen star in this story about 60s icon and muse to Andy Warhol, Edie Sedgewick.
Fur
Nicole Kidman and Robert Downey Jr star in this drama about eccentric photographer Diane Arbus, based on Patricia Bosworth's biography.
Premonition
Thriller in which a housewife's intervenes to stop her husband's death after she has a premonition. Sandra Bullock and Nip/Tuck actor Julian McMahon star.
Shut Up & Sing
Documentary following country warblers the Dixie Chicks on the road in the wake of their anti-Bush statements in 2003.
Stomp The Yard
Dance pic about an LA street dancer who enrols in university only to find his hoofing skills desired by two competing fraternities. One only for the dance fans then.
Zodiac
David Fincher's eagerly awaited crime thriller with Jake Gyllenhaal, Robert Downey Jr and Mark Ruffalo on the trail of a real-life serial killer who terrorised San Franciso during the 60s and 70s.
Friday 23rd March
Amazing Grace
Ioan Gruffudd and an array of British talent, including Albert Finney and Michael Gambon, star in this drama about 18th Century politician William Wilberforce and his mission to end slavery in the British empire.
Catch A Fire
Philip Noyce directs a drama about an unwilling terrorist in Apartheid-era South Africa. Tim Robbins and Derek Luke star.
Catch And Release
Jennifer Garner is a widow who discovers secrets her dead husband kept hidden. Juliette Lewis and Kevin Smith (we kid you not) lend much-needed comic support.
Fast Food Nation
Inspired by a bestseller that exposed the dark side of America's fast food industry, Patricia Arquette and Greg Kinner star in Richard Linklater's powerful drama tracing the journey of a burger through a chain of human stories.
I Want Candy
If the tagline 'Two lads from Leatherhead are making a movie' doesn't entice you, we don't know what will... Tom Riley, Mackenzie Crook, and Carmen Electra star in this Brit comedy.
Private Fears In Public Places
Alan Ayckbourne's play gets transported to the big screen and to Paris, where six wistful people all search hopelessly for love.
Shooter
Mark Wahlberg is the wonderfully named Bob Lee Swagger, a retired marksman who's framed for the assassination of the President and must fight to clear his name. Yep, that old one again.
The Hills Have Eyes 2
Wes Craven's franchise continues to get re-made in another helping of blood-thirsty mutant horror.
Friday 30th March
300
Frank Miller's graphic novel about the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC gets the CG treatment care of Dawn Of The Dead helmer Zack Snyder. Very promising.
Days Of Glory
French drama set during WWII, about four North African men who enlist in the French army to liberate that country from Nazi oppression.
Meet The Robinsons
Disney animation about a kid who travels into the future and into the lives of the Robinson family. Tom Selleck and Angela Bassett lend their voices.
Mr Bean's Holiday
That Atkinson man's at it again and this time the rubber-faced goon hits the Cannes Film Festival. Please no.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Raphael and mates return in another NYC-set turtle action fest.
Ten Canoes
Aboriginal comedy adventure inspired by a photograph shown to Director Rolf de Heer of ten native men in their bark canoes on the Arafura swamp.
The Namesake
Mira Nair's drama about the American born son of Indian immigrants torn between the American way of life and his family's unwillingness to let go of their Indian customs.
Ghost Rider
The Hills have eyes 2
Mr Bean
TMNT
Friday 2nd March
A Guide To Recognizing Your Saints
Shia LeBeouf grows up in Astoria, New York while Robert Downey Jr plays his older self returning to meet his estranged father.
Freedom Writers
Hilary Swank goes back to school to play an inspiring teacher transforming the lives of her "at-risk" pupils.
Ghost Rider
Nicolas Cage finally revs on to the big screen as the comicbook motorbike rider with a flaming skull. Eva Mendes and Peter Fonda are on hand to put out the fire.
Popcorn
Cinema-based Brit com starring ex-soap actors Jack Ryder and Jodi Albert. Looks like it should have gone straight to DVD...
Spice Of Life
Cultures values and beliefs clash in this LA-set drama about the lives of an Indian man, his American wife and their struggles to raise a family.
The Illusionist
Edward Norton, Paul Giamatti and Jessica Biel star in this entertaining drama about a magician in turn-of-the-century Vienna who uses his powers to get the woman he loves.
Friday 9th March
After The Wedding
Another powerful film from Danish director Susanne Bier, about difficult decisions and their emotional fallout. Mads Mickelson (Le Chiffre in Casino Royale) takes the lead.
Becoming Jane
Anne Hathaway plays the young Jane Austen and James McAvoy the young Irishman she fell in love with in this good-looking period pic.
Gone
Two back-packing Brits encounter a mysterious American in the outback of Australia.
Inland Empire
The latest lengthy (it's three hours long) offering from master-of-weird David Lynch, starring Laura Dern and a host of Lynch favourites. Expect the inscrutible.
Norbit
Eddie Murphy plays both a mild-mannered man and the awful fiancee from whom he must escape in another 'comedy' from director of The screwgy Dog.
The Good German
George Clooney is an American journalist returning to Berlin to find his former mistress (Cate Blanchett) in Steven Soderbergh's retro post-war drama.
Friday 16th March
Factory Girl
Sienna Miller, Guy Pearce and Hayden Christiensen star in this story about 60s icon and muse to Andy Warhol, Edie Sedgewick.
Fur
Nicole Kidman and Robert Downey Jr star in this drama about eccentric photographer Diane Arbus, based on Patricia Bosworth's biography.
Premonition
Thriller in which a housewife's intervenes to stop her husband's death after she has a premonition. Sandra Bullock and Nip/Tuck actor Julian McMahon star.
Shut Up & Sing
Documentary following country warblers the Dixie Chicks on the road in the wake of their anti-Bush statements in 2003.
Stomp The Yard
Dance pic about an LA street dancer who enrols in university only to find his hoofing skills desired by two competing fraternities. One only for the dance fans then.
Zodiac
David Fincher's eagerly awaited crime thriller with Jake Gyllenhaal, Robert Downey Jr and Mark Ruffalo on the trail of a real-life serial killer who terrorised San Franciso during the 60s and 70s.
Friday 23rd March
Amazing Grace
Ioan Gruffudd and an array of British talent, including Albert Finney and Michael Gambon, star in this drama about 18th Century politician William Wilberforce and his mission to end slavery in the British empire.
Catch A Fire
Philip Noyce directs a drama about an unwilling terrorist in Apartheid-era South Africa. Tim Robbins and Derek Luke star.
Catch And Release
Jennifer Garner is a widow who discovers secrets her dead husband kept hidden. Juliette Lewis and Kevin Smith (we kid you not) lend much-needed comic support.
Fast Food Nation
Inspired by a bestseller that exposed the dark side of America's fast food industry, Patricia Arquette and Greg Kinner star in Richard Linklater's powerful drama tracing the journey of a burger through a chain of human stories.
I Want Candy
If the tagline 'Two lads from Leatherhead are making a movie' doesn't entice you, we don't know what will... Tom Riley, Mackenzie Crook, and Carmen Electra star in this Brit comedy.
Private Fears In Public Places
Alan Ayckbourne's play gets transported to the big screen and to Paris, where six wistful people all search hopelessly for love.
Shooter
Mark Wahlberg is the wonderfully named Bob Lee Swagger, a retired marksman who's framed for the assassination of the President and must fight to clear his name. Yep, that old one again.
The Hills Have Eyes 2
Wes Craven's franchise continues to get re-made in another helping of blood-thirsty mutant horror.
Friday 30th March
300
Frank Miller's graphic novel about the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC gets the CG treatment care of Dawn Of The Dead helmer Zack Snyder. Very promising.
Days Of Glory
French drama set during WWII, about four North African men who enlist in the French army to liberate that country from Nazi oppression.
Meet The Robinsons
Disney animation about a kid who travels into the future and into the lives of the Robinson family. Tom Selleck and Angela Bassett lend their voices.
Mr Bean's Holiday
That Atkinson man's at it again and this time the rubber-faced goon hits the Cannes Film Festival. Please no.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Raphael and mates return in another NYC-set turtle action fest.
Ten Canoes
Aboriginal comedy adventure inspired by a photograph shown to Director Rolf de Heer of ten native men in their bark canoes on the Arafura swamp.
The Namesake
Mira Nair's drama about the American born son of Indian immigrants torn between the American way of life and his family's unwillingness to let go of their Indian customs.
