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HWD Hospital Radio: Moviewatch Online: February 2008

Quotation Quiz:

"I was just going to have some iced tea and split the atom."

From which film does that interesting take on a to do list come? The answer is at the bottom of the page.

Our feature presentation: 21

Out on Friday April 4th we have 21. It’s a slick caper starring Kevin Spacey as an MIT teacher who trains up a bunch of numerically-gifted students in card counting to fleece Vegas casinos. Kate Bosworth and Laurence Fishburne also star.

Also out on the April 4th there’s ‘Strange Wilderness’. It stars Steve Zahn and Allen Covert in this comedy about a pair of animal enthusiasts who head to the Andes in search of Bigfoot in a bid to boost the ratings of their failing wildlife show.

Forthcoming attractions:

Leatherheads is released later in the month, and stars George Clooney with Renee Zellweger who come together for this romantic comedy set in the world of 1920s pro-American football.

Friday April 18th sees the release of Fool's Gold. Kate Hudson, Matthew McConaughey and Donald Sutherland star in this adventure about an estranged couple on the hunt for lost treasure.

While on Friday April 25th, Stop-Loss comes out. This is a War drama starring Ryan Phillippe as a Texan soldier who refuses to return to battle after coming back from Iraq and becomes a fugitive in the very country he fought for.

Moviewatch grapevine

Dominic Monaghan has signed up to play Barnell in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, a mysterious figure from Wolverine’s past who can manipulate electricity at will. Newcomer Daniel Henney has landed a role too. He's playing Agent Zero of the Weapon X program, an expert tracker and marksman. Monaghan and Henney join Hugh Jackman along with recent recruits Liev Schreiber, Danny Huston and Ryan Reynolds. Gavin Hood is currently directing in Australia.

Talking of wolves, Hugo Weaving has signed up for The Wolfman. He'll feature as a relentless detective opposite Benicio Del Toro as the titular mutant struggling to come to terms with what he is. Anthony Hopkins and Emily Blunt have also been cast and Joe Johnston calls action next month.

John Hurt is flying to Madrid for a role in Jim Jarmusch's latest project The Limits Of Control. He joins Bill Murray, Tilda Swinton and Gael Garcia Bernal in this story of a loner who travels to Spain to undertake a criminal job.

Harrison Ford will be with Steven Spielberg, Shia LaBeouf and Cate Blanchett at the world premiere of the long-awaited Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull on May 18th, four days before it opens around the world.

Freddie Highmore will lend his voice to 3-D animated caper Astro Boy. English animator David Bowers (Flushed Away) is directing this $50m adaptation of the classic Japanese comic book. It sounds like a futuristic take on the Pinocchio story with a grieving scientist building a robot in the image of the son he lost. The robot also has special powers which come in handy for an epic face-off with an alien race.

There Will Be Blood star Paul Dano has landed the lead role in indie romantic comedy Gigantic for first-time director Matt Aselton... he’ll co-star and romance Zooey Deschanel.

Yet another comic book adaptation is being planned. This one is called The Megas, it's a graphic novel only recently published by Virgin Comics and based on an idea from Jonathan "Terminator 3" Mostow, who will also direct the movie. Apparently, the story concerns class warfare in an alternative America ruled by an elite set known as the Megas.

Quotation quiz answer:

And the quote came from Meryl Streep in The Bridges of Madison County

 

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