Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Flawless


A crime/drama set in 1960 London, where a soon to retire janitor (Caine) convinces a glass-ceiling constrained American executive (Moore) to help him steal a handful of diamonds from their employer, the London Diamond Corporation.
With Joss Ackland, Jonathan Aris and Michael Caine.

The ruins


A group of friends whose leisurely Mexican holiday takes a turn for the worse when they, along with a fellow tourist embark on a remote archaeological dig in the jungle, where something evil lives among the ruins.
With Jena Malone, Jonathan Tucker, Laura Ramsey and Shawn Ashmore.

The Ugly Duckling and me


Ratso (voiced by Morgan C Jones) is a wheeler-dealing rat who scrapes a living as theatrical agent to Wesley, the Longest Worm In The World (Paul Tylack). However, when fate lands Ratso slap bang in the middle of a duck farm, he ends up becoming the de facto father to a newly-hatched, extremely ugly duckling named Ugly (Kim Larney, then Justin Gregg, as Ugly grows up fast).

Ratso's first thought is to head for his cousin Ernie's carnival, hoping to make some money by exploiting Ugly's unconventional appearance. But first they have to escape from the duck yard.

Sunday, March 9, 2008

The Bucket List


Two terminally ill men escape from a cancer ward and head off on a road trip with a wish list of to-dos before they die.

With Jack Nicholson, Morgan Freeman and Sean Hayes.

Monday, March 3, 2008

Juno


Juno is an Academy Award-winning 2007 drama film directed by Jason Reitman and written by Diablo Cody. Ellen Page stars as the title character, a sharp-tongued teenager confronting an unplanned pregnancy. Michael Cera, Jennifer Garner and Jason Bateman also star. The film won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.

The film has earned overwhelmingly positive reviews, making many critics' top ten lists for 2007, as well as receiving four Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture and Best Actress for Ellen Page. Additionally, Juno made back its budget of $6.5 million in only 20 days, 19 of which the film was in limited release,[1] and it has gone on to make more than 20 times that amount in North America alone.

No Country for Old Men


No Country for Old Men is a 2005 novel by American author Cormac McCarthy. Set along the United States–Mexico border in 1980, the story concerns an illicit drug deal gone wrong in a remote desert location. The title comes from the poem "Sailing to Byzantium" by William Butler Yeats. In 2007 a film adaptation was released, which won four Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
With Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Kelly Macdonald, Tommy Lee Jones and Woody Harrelson.

Run Fatboy Run


A chunky, clueless guy leaves his pregnant fiancée on their wedding day only to discover, 5 years later, that she is his one true love. But in order to win back her heart, he looks to finish his first marathon while making her realize her new man is the wrong guy for her.
With Dylan Moran, Hank Azaria, Simon Pegg and Thandie Newton.