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Moviewatch: February 2009
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Quotation Quiz:
"You know, you really should watch your blood pressure.
My nephew Izzy just keeled over mid-mango. Stress, it's a killer,
sir. And he was a fruit bat. No meat. No blood even."
From which film does that take on stress come? The answer is
at the bottom of the page.
Our feature presentation: The International
Released on 27th February there’s "The International".
When a fellow agent is murdered, Euro-cop Louis Salinger (Clive
Owen) and New York assistant district attorney Eleanor Whitman
(Naomi Watts) join forces to entrap one of the world’s
largest banks. Crossing the globe, they learn the full extent
of its corruption, where it will stop at nothing to continue
financing its projects.
Also out that day is "Hamlet 2". Dana Marschz (Steve
Coogan) is a failed actor-turned-high school drama teacher.
When his department threatens to become a victim of budget cuts
he creates a musical sequel to Hamlet that soon has the community
and the school board on his back…Also stars Catherine
Keener and David Arquette.
Forthcoming attractions:
"Marley and Me" is released on 13th March and
stars Owen Wilson and Jennifer Aniston. Unsure of his preparedness
for raising children, John (Wilson) confesses his fears to
his friend who comes up with the perfect solution: John should
get Jenny (Aniston) a puppy. “There’s nothing
to it. You walk ‘em. You feed ‘em, you let ‘em
out now and then.” Then came Marley.
And "The Box" is released on 20th March. A small
wooden box appears on the doorstep of a married couple. They
open it and find instant wealth, but little do they realise
that every time they open it someone dies as a result. Stars
James Marsden, Cameron Diaz, Frank Langella, James Rebhorn.
Moviewatch grapevine
Amanda Seyfried, who appeared in "Mamma Mia" is to
star in in "A Woman of No Importance". She will play
the love interest to the womanizing Lord Illingworth played
by Sean Bean, at a posh party at the family's pile in the English
countryside - until his mother, played by Annette Bening reveals
a secret, which threatens to scupper his plans. Bruce Beresford
will direct, and Oscar Wilde’s words have been adapted
by Howard Himelstein.
Jennifer Beals has signed up for "The Book of Eli"
also starring Denzel Washington with whom she appeared in 1995’s
"Devil in a Blue Dress". It’s a sci-fi actioner
with Washington as the titular Eli, a lone hero charged with
protecting a sacred tome and securing the fate of all of mankind.
Beals will play the blind mother of Milan Kunis' Sonara, fighting
to protect her daughter from the unwelcome advances of Gary
Oldman's small-town despot. Shooting starts in New Mexico next
month, with a US release date scheduled for 15 January 2010.
Minnie Driver will join Hilary Swank for the legal drama "Betty
Anne Waters". It’s based on the life of a single
mother who spent a decade training to become a lawyer in order
to free her imprisoned brother. Driver, will step into the role
of Abra, an ex wild-child and law school friend of Betty Anne
who helped challenge her brother's life sentence with DNA evidence.
Actor-turned-director Tony Goldwyn will direct the movie and
it begins shooting in February.
And finally, Keira Knightley and Colin Farrell have signed up
for "London Boulevard". It’s the directorial
debut from screenwriter William Monahan. He's the man behind
"Kingdom of Heaven", "The Departed" and
"Body of Lies". The story sees a South London criminal
called Mitchell (Farrell) released from prison after serving
three years for an assault he doesn't remember committing. He
gets set up as a live-in handyman to a young actress, but after
tangling with a loan shark finds that he's annoying half the
people he meets and the rest are turning up dead. It's based
on the book by Ken Bruen, with Monahan adapting the script.
The film will shoot this summer in London, after Farrell finishes
work on "The Way Back" and Knightley makes "Last
Night" and "The Beautiful And Damned".
Quotation quiz answer:
And the quote came from Hank Azaria as Bartok in "Anastasia".
Until next month...
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