Thursday, November 06, 2008

What's in the Cinemas This Week (Fri 07 - Thu 13 Nov)?

WW (15) starring Josh Brolin, Thandie Newton, Richard Dreyfus. Contains brief strong reality footage of war. How one of history's most controversial figures came to power is told for the first time in Oliver Stone's ground breaking biopic, 'W.' Looking at seminal points in George W. Bush's life from university to state senate and then presidency, Oliver stone reconstructs a powerful drama of America's 43rd president.

Easy VirtueEasy Virtue (PG) starring Jessica Biel, Colin Firth, Kristen Scott Thomas. Contains mild sex references and innuendo. An aristocratic English family are set for a culture shock when their beloved son returns home married after a whirlwind romance in the south of France. Staring Jessica Biel as the newly married bride, and Kristen Scott Thomas as the unsuspecting mother in law, 'Easy Virtue' is a glamorous yet witty comedy set in the 1920's.

Let's Talk About the Rain Let's Talk About the Rain (Parlez-moi de la pluie) (12A) starring Jean-Pierre Bacri, Agnes Jaoui, Jamel Debbouze. Contains strong language and soft drugs use. The third film from Agnès Jaoui and Jean-Pierre Bacri (LOOK AT ME), LET'S TALK ABOUT THE RAIN turns a humorous spotlight on the feelings of guilt, unfulfilled ambition and preconceived ideas that destabilise relationships. Agathe (Jaoui) is a rising politician. While on vacation with her partner at her family home, she is approached by Karim (Debbouze), the son of her sister's housekeeper, and Michel (Bacri), her sister's lover, to feature in a documentary about successful women. Agathe, who left the region as soon as she could and is partly back there for political reasons, finds herself forced to confront the consequences of her own ambitions. Meanwhile the filmmakers' comic amateurism crystallises tensions in the relationships of all those around them.

Pride and GloryPride and Glory (15) starring Edward Norton, Colin Farrell, Jennifer Ehle, Noah Emmerich, Lake Bell, Frank Grillo, Shea Whigham, John Ortiz, Jon Voight, Manny Perez. Four New York City cops are dead, killed in an ambush that has the entire police department on alert and on edge. With a cop killer on the loose and so much riding on the case, Chief of Manhattan Detectives Francis Tierney Sr. asks his son, Detective Ray Tierney, to lead the investigation. Reluctantly Ray takes over the case knowing the cops who were lost had served under his brother, Francis Tierney Jr., and alongside his brother-in-law, Jimmy Egan. On the surface, it looked like a routine drug bust gone terribly, tragically wrong. But as Ray delves deeper into the case, he realizes someone had to have tipped off the drug dealers that the cops were coming. Someone on the inside. Worse, the evidence starts to point in an unthinkable direction: to his own brother and brother-in-law. As the questions mount, the case forces the family to choose between their loyaltie

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