Fool's Gold
| Running time: | 113 minutes |
| Certificate: | 12A |
Fools Gold stars Matthew McConaughey as Ben Finn Finnegan, a good-natured, surf bum-turned-treasure hunter who is obsessed with finding the legendary 18th century Queens Dowry -- 40 chests of exotic treasure that was lost at sea in 1715. In his quest, Finn has sunk everything he has, including his marriage to Tess Finnegan (Kate Hudson) and his more-rusty-than-trusty salvage boat, Booty Calls. Just as Tess has begun to rebuild her life, working aboard a mega-yacht owned by billionaire Nigel Honeycutt (Donald Sutherland), Finn discovers a vital clue to the treasure's whereabouts. Certain that his luck will change with the newfound information, Finn maneuvers himself aboard Nigel's yacht and, using his good-natured charm, convinces the tycoon and his Blackberry-wielding, celebutante daughter, Gemma (Alexis Dziena), to join him in the pursuit of the Spanish treasure. Against Tess' better judgment, the search rekindles her love of discovery. But they are not the only ones after the treasure. Finns mentor-turned-nemesis Moe Fitch (Ray Winstone) has also set out to claim the prize.
DVD Extras:
TBC
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Doomsday
| Running time: | 108 minutes |
| Certificate: | 18 |
In an apocalyptic vision of the future, authorities brutally quarantine Scotland as it succumbs to fear and chaos when a virus strikes. The literal walling-off works for three decades - until the dreaded Reaper virus violently resurfaces in London. An elite group of specialists, captained by Eden Sinclair (Rhona Mitra), is urgently dispatched into the still-quarantined country to retrieve a cure by any means necessary. Shut off from the rest of the world, the unit must battle through a landscape that has become a waking nightmare. Now, 27 years after the epidemic, groups of survivors are marauding through the streets of Glasgow and the virus has surfaced outside the wall. The British P.M., John Hatcher (Alexander Siddig), and his ruthless chief advisor, Michael Canaris (David O'Hara), have decided to send a covert team into Scotland to search for a cure. On the recommendation of Chief of Police Bill Nelson (Bob Hoskins), Eden is a no-nonsense cop who was evacuated from Scotland as a child. She is told to seek out a scientist named Kane (Malcolm McDowell), who is the most likely survivor to possess the cure. Once within the containment zone, however, she finds that such a task will not be easily accomplished. There are two barbaric factions at war - one led by Kane and the other by his son, Sol (Craig Conway) - and both want Sinclair and her compatriots dead.
DVD Extras:
Intro from the director
A making of booklet
Production notes
Sketches
Visuals from the film
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The Oxford Murders
| Running time: | 108 minutes |
| Certificate: | 15 |
November 1993. Elijah Wood ("Lord of the Rings") plays Martin, an American student at Oxford University - a big fish out of water in a strange pond. Martin knows one thing for sure though, he wants Arthur Seldom (John Hurt) as his thesis director. Seldom has a brilliant mind and is considered one of the leading lights in logical thinking.
In a public lecture, Seldom quotes Wittgenstein's Tractatus to deny the possibility of truth. Martin contests by asserting his faith in the mathematics under reality. Later, Martin and Seldom coincide and attempt to reconcile their apparent differences. This impromptu meet however leads both men to discover Martin's landlady (also a friend of Seldom's) brutally murdered. Seldom declares to the police that he had received a note with his friend's address marked as "the first of a series". As Seldom is an authority on logical series, he suspects that a serial murderer is defying his intelligence - murdering his friends one-by-one in an apparent attack on the professor. Martin, Seldom and Lorna (Leonor Watling), a Spanish nurse, will try to guess the following terms of the series as the murders continue.
DVD Extras:
UK theatrical trailer
UK TV Spot
"Behind The Murders"
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Vexille
| Running time: | 109 minutes |
| Certificate: | 12A |
Set in the middle of the 21st century, "Vexile" shows that the world has become like that in Isaac Asimov novels, with robots having the intelligence to assist mankind in various tasks, which doesn't discount the fact that they'll be used in warfare too, with creations resembling those seen in Clone Wars. Coming from the largest factory in the world, Japan, for their technological genius, the world soon frowns upon their quest to fuse robots and humans so Japan decides to shut itself off from the rest of the world.
The U.S. send their crack paramilitary unit called SWORD to infiltrate Japan. They are afraid of the potential threat the robots give to humankind, and more so are suspicious of the largest conglomerate and robot producer Daiwa Heavy Industries, who are dabbling into questionable robotic research. Led by Leon (voiced by Shosuke Tanihara),titular character Vexille (Meisa Kuroki) will do what she can to save the day.
DVD Extras:
TBC
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Barbie And The Diamond Castle
| Running time: | 78 minutes |
| Certificate: | U |
Barbie and Teresa tell us the fairy tale story of Liana and Alexa, best friends who shared everything including their love of music. One day their simple lives change when they are given an enchanted mirror and befriend the girl trapped inside! To save their new friend, Liana and Alexa embark on a dangerous journey to the hidden Diamond Castle that will put their friendship to the test. But through the power of song and with the companionship of two adorable puppies, the girls face their challenges together and learn that friendship is the true treasure.
DVD Extras:
Outtakes
Magical Music Video featuring Suzanne Shaw
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Protege
| Running time: | 106 minutes |
| Certificate: | 18 |
The film tells of a well-intentioned narcotics agent, Nick (Daniel Wu) deep undercover in the heart of Hong Kong's lucrative heroin trade. He is forced to deal
with the hypocrisy and despair in a life of drugs and crime, as he plays protégé to one of the key players of the game, "Banker" (Andy Lau). In the eight years he has been infiltrating the heroin industry Nick has amassed enough evidence to indict Banker, but has just received orders to remain undercover in an attempt to expose the identity of the man behind Banker in order to bring down the entire organisation.
However as Nick becomes more embroiled with Banker's craft and is increasingly entrusted with his confidences, he finds himself corrupted by the easy money and new found power. Unable to separate himself from his undercover persona, he immerses himself into his role as a drug trafficker.
Nick meets Jane (Zhang Jing Chu), a single mother living in poverty who has fallen prey to the dangerous narcotics that has also claimed her estranged husband (Louis Koo). Her brief affair with Nick, gives her a new hope for life, an escape from the past, but the re-emergence of her husband brings with it dire consequences.
In the seedy underbelly of heroin culture, where every redemption comes at a price and the borders of justice, loyalties and truth are permeable; Nick will have to grapple
with some dangerous choices and may find himself flirting with more than the devil.
DVD Extras:
Theatrical trailer
Star interviews
Making of "Protégé"
"About Drugs" featurette.
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What Happens in Vegas
| Running time: | 98 minutes |
| Certificate: | 12A |
Two strangers (Cameron Diaz and Ashton Kutcher) journey to Las Vegas at the same to time forget their troubles and have some fun. The two of them take the "fun" part a little bit too far and meet in the midst of big night out when they have both had a few too many drinks and get caught up in the moment. The next morning they wake up together to discover they've gotten married following their night of debauchery in Sin City, and one of them has won a huge jackpot after playing the other's quarter. After a judge passes a ruling, sentencing them to "six months hard marriage" and putting a freeze on their winnings for that time, the newlyweds devise ever-escalating schemes to undermine each other and get their hands on the money - only to find themselves falling in love amid the mutual backstabbing. In the beginning each sees the other as an obstacle to the money that is rightfully theirs and amidst the headaches and dollar signs can't for the life of them remember what they must have seen in each other. One thing is for sure, the only hope they'll ever have of getting together is if they forget all about the money.
DVD Extras:
Commentary by Director
Three Featurettes
Six Deleted Scenes
Gag reel
Easter egg
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21
| Running time: | 122 minutes |
| Certificate: | 12A |
"21" is a fact based story about six M.I.T. students who were trained to become experts in card counting and subsequently took Las Vegas casinos for millions in winnings. Ben Campbell (Jim Sturgess) is a shy, brilliant M.I.T. student who - needing to pay school tuition - finds the answers in the cards. He is recruited to join a group of the school's most gifted students that heads to Vegas every weekend armed with fake identities and the know-how to turn the odds at blackjack in their favor. With unorthodox math professor and stats genius Micky Rosa (Kevin Spacey) leading the way, they've cracked the code. By counting cards and employing an intricate system of signals, the team can beat the casinos big time. Seduced by the money, the Vegas lifestyle, and by his smart and sexy teammate, Jill Taylor (Kate Bosworth), Ben begins to push the limits. Though counting cards isn't illegal, the stakes are high, and the challenge becomes not only keeping the numbers straight, but staying one step ahead of the casinos' menacing enforcer: Cole Williams (Laurence Fishburne). The script of "21," written by Peter Steinfeld("Be Cool") and Allan Loeb("Things We Lost in the Fire"), is adapted from Ben Mezrich's book, "Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas For Millions."
DVD Extras:
21 - The Advantage Player - Featurette
Basic Strategy: A Complete Film Journal - Featurette
Money Plays: A Tour of the Good Life - Featurette
Filmmaker's Commentary - Commentary
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Arctic Tale
| Running time: | 86 minutes |
| Certificate: | U |
"Artic Tale" is an epic adventure that explores the vast permafrost world at the top of the earth. It is the nursery, the classroom, the playground, the hunting range, and the mating arena for two hardy denizens of the Great North: the endearingly burly walrus and the massively sleek polar bear. This follows the walrus and the polar bear on their journey from birth to adolescence to maturity and parenthood in the frozen Arctic wilderness. Both the walrus and the polar bear discover nature's daily events and encounter the eternal mysteries around them as they grow up in a place that is quickly changing. Ice and water had until recently existed unspoiled for many, many thousands of years and the freezing snowy landscape of their Arctic home has always been expansive and big enough for both to thrive. It was a perpetual winter wonderland of snow and ice, perfect for wrestling and games of tag. Now these two giants of the North Pole are losing their beautiful icebound world as it melts from underneath them.
DVD Extras:
MAKING OF ARCTIC TALE
ARE WE THERE YET? WORLD ADVENTURE: POLAR BEAR SPOTTING
THEATRICAL TRAILER
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Caramel
| Running time: | 95 minutes |
| Certificate: | PG |
Most of the action takes place in and around a Beirut beauty parlor where three of the five principal characters work. Layale (writer/director Labaki) is a young woman who's carrying on an affair with a married man. She dreams of romantic getaways with him; he tries to balance his quick assignations with her and his devotion to his wife and daughter. Nisrine (Yasmine Elmasri) is engaged to be married to her stubborn, old-fashioned beau. But a problem looms as the wedding approaches - she's not a virgin, and that will not go over well with her alpha-male husband-to-be. Rima (Joanna Moukarzel) shows no interest in men but is infatuated with a female customer (Fatmed Safa). Their "courtship" consists of washings and cuttings and nothing more. Rose (Sihame Haddad), the aunt of one of the salon workers (although this title may be an honorarium rather than the result of a blood relationship), owns a small sewing/tailor's business. She must juggle caring for the senile Lily (Aziza Semaan) and pursuing a romance with a dapper customer. Finally, Jamale (Gisele Aouad), a beauty shop regular, is a would-be actress who spends her life pursuing the next screen test. Labaki lightly addresses problems of hypocrisy in both Christian and Muslim communities, with humour and humanity, emphasizing a common female bond beyond beauty treatments and the characters are often bathed in a golden light in keeping with the film's title.
DVD Extras:
A Conversation with Nadine Labaki
A Conversation with Khlaed Mouzanar
At the Festivals
Trailer
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