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| 4/12/2009 NATIVITY This Christmas, primary school teacher Paul Maddens is being charged with the biggest challenge of his life - mounting the school's musical version of the Nativity. Competing against the posh local school for the honor of best reviewed show in town, the stakes are raised when Paul idly boasts that his ex-girlfriend Jennifer, a Hollywood Producer, is coming to see his show with a view to turning it into a film. The only trouble is - they haven't spoken in years. With eccentric assistant Mr Poppy fulling his 'little white lie', Maddens suddenly finds himself a local celebrity and at the center of quarreling parents and over-excited children desperate in their bid for fame and fortune. Now Maddens' only hope is to get back in touch with Jennifer and lure Hollywood to town so that everybody's Christmas wishes come true. |
| 18/12/2009 AVATAR A return to the action adventure sci-fi genre that made James Cameron famous, "AVATAR" is also an emotional journey of redemption and revolution. It is the story of a wounded ex-marine, thrust unwillingly into an effort to settle and exploit an exotic planet rich in bio-diversity, who eventually crosses over . |
| 18/12/2009 ST. TRINIAN'S 2 T "ST. TRINIAN'S: THE LEGEND OF FRITTON'S GOLD" sees the scantily clad schoolgirls from the original hit film "ST. TRINIAN'S" on the hunt for buried treasure after discovering headmistress Miss Fritton (played in drag by Rupert Everett) is related to pirates |
| 25/12/2009 ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS II Sequel to the live action/computer animated film "ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS" (USA/2007 |
| 26/12/2009 SHERLOCK HOLMES A darker, more sophisticated version of Sherlock Holmes and his trusted number two, Dr. Watson. Based on the forthcoming comic book created by Lionel Wigram. |
| .04/12/2009 THE BOX Norma and Arthur Lewis, a suburban couple with a young child, receive a simple wooden box as a gift, which bears fatal and irrevocable consequences. A mysterious stranger, delivers the message that the box promises to bestow upon its owner $1 million with the press of a button. But, pressing this button will simultaneously cause the death of another human being somewhere in the world; someone they don't know. With just 24 hours to have the box in their possession, Norma and Arthur find themselves in the cross-hairs of a startling moral dilemma and must face the true nature of their humanity. Based on the short story by Richard Matheson that was originally filmed as an episode of "THE TWILIGHT ZONE" in 1986 |
| 4/12/2009 44 INCH CHEST A jealous husband and his friends plot the kidnapping of his wife's lover with the intention of restoring his wounded ego. The film is a British gangster drama film starring Ray Winstone, John Hurt, Tom Wilkinson and Ian McShane. The script was written by Louis Mellis and David Scinto, who wrote another British gangster drama "SEXY BEAST", and produced by Richard Brown and Steve Golin. |
| 4/12/2009 PLANET 51 The inhabitants of Planet 51 live in fear of alien invasion. Their paranoia is realized when an astronaut arrives from Earth. Befriended by a young resident, he has to avoid capture in order to recover his spaceship and try to return home. |
| 11/12/2009 WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE WB This is based on the classic children's book by Maurice Sendak. Published in 1963, it's the story about a mischievous boy who is sent to bed without supper. In his room, Max uses his imagination to conjure up a forest populated by the wild things, exotic monsters who embrace Max as their ruler. Catherine Keener plays the mom. The film will combine voice performances, live-action puppetry and computer animation to dramatize the adventures of Max. Directed by Spike ("ADAPTATION") Jonze. |
| 10/12/2009 CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TRADER Lucy and Edmund Pevensie return to Narnia with their cousin Eustace where they meet up with Prince Caspian for a trip across the sea aboard the royal ship The Dawn Treader. Along the way they encounter dragons, dwarves, merfolk, and a band of lost warriors before reaching the edge of the world. |