Daffs
06-11-2005, 04:09 PM
Dec 2nd
Doom
What's it about? Sci-fi action movie based on the popular series of computer games. An experiment on a remote planet goes horribly wrong and a team of marines is sent to investigate.
Cast: Karl Urban, Dhobi Oparei, Ben Daniels, Razaaq Adoti, Richard Brake
Director: Andrzej Bartkowiak (Romeo Must Die, Exit Wounds, Cradle 2 The Grave)
Cert 15 | 105 minutes | UIP | General release | USA
Keeping Mum
What's it about? British comedy starring Rowan Atkinson as a blissfully unobservant vicar who doesn't realise that his wife is cheating on him and his children are delinquents.
Cast: Rowan Atkinson, Kristin Scott Thomas, Maggie Smith, Patrick Swayze, Emilia Fox
Director: Niall Johnson (The Big Swap)
Entertainment | General release | UK
Where The Truth Lies
What's it about? Steamy mystery. A reporter investigates the death of a young woman which is seemingly connected to two showbiz stars.
Cast: Kevin Bacon, Colin Firth, Alison Lohman, Sonja Bennett, Rachel Blanchard
Director: Atom Egoyan (The Adjuster, Exotica, Felicia's Journey)
Cert 18 | 107 minutes | Momentum | Limited release | Canada
Steamboy
What's it about? Japanese anime adventure in the Victorian-era "steam punk" genre last visited The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen. It's the story of a young inventor who becomes involved in the search for the mysterious "steam ball".
Voice cast: Patrick Stewart, Anna Paquin, Alfred Molina, Robin Atkin Downes, Paula J Newman
Director: Katsuhiro Ôtomo (akira)
Cert PG | 104 minutes | Blue Dolphin | Limited release | Japan | Dubbed
Dec 9th
The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe
What's it about? Four children travel to the magical land of Narnia and find out it is their destiny to save it from evil. If this is a hit, it coudl be the first of seven Narnia films.
Cast: Georgie Henley, William Moseley, Skandar Keynes, Anna Popplewell, Tilda Swinton, Rupert Everett
Directors: Andrew Adamson (Shrek, Shrek 2)
Buena Vista | General release | USA
Bee Season
What's it about? As his marriage collapses, husband and father Richard Gere attempts to avoid the problem by dedicating himself to coaching his daughter in a national spelling contest.
Cast: Richard Gere, Juliette Binoche, Flora Cross, Max Minghella, Kate Bosworth
Directors: Scott McGehee & David Siegel (Suture, The Deep End)
Cert 12A | 104 minutes | Fox | General release | USA
Scorched
What's it about? Heist comedy. Four employees of a small town bank each set out to rob it, none of them knowing that their colleagues are planning the same thing.
Cast: Alicia Silverstone, Rachael Leigh Cook, Woody Harrelson, John Cleese, Paulo Costanzo
Director: Gavin Grazer
Feature Film Co | Limited release | USA
Dec 16th
King Kong
What's it about? Arguably the most eagerly awaited film of 2005, Peter Jackson's follow-up to his Lord Of The Rings trilogy is a remake of Hollywood's most famous monster movie, with Naomi Watts stepping into Fay Wray's shoes.
Cast: Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Adrien Brody, Andy Serkis, Jamie Bell
Director: Peter Jackson (Braindead, Heavenly Creatures, The Lord Of The Rings)
UIP | General release | USA
Just Friends
What's it about? Romantic comedy. A womanising man bumps into his childhood crush, whose rejection of him made him cynical about women.
Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Amy Smart, Anna Faris, Chris Klein, Susan Ward, Alanis Morrissette
Director: Roger Kumble (Cruel Intentions, The Sweetest Thing)
Momentum | General release | USA
The Family Stone
What's it about? Comedy. A girl agrees to spend Christmas with her boyfriend's family, who she's never met before, but she's unprepared for the scale of the frosty reception.
Cast: Claire Danes, Diane Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Dermot Mulroney, Sarah Jessica Parker
Director: Thomas Bezucha
Fox | General release | USA
Lassie
What's it about? Yet another attempt to resurrect the cinema's best loved canine (the last was a flop in 1994). This time the faithful mutt loses his family and travels across country to find them.
Cast: Samantha Morton, Peter O'Toole, Kelly Macdonald, Edward Fox, Peter Dinklage
Director: Charles Sturridge (A Handful Of Dust, Where Angels Fear To Tread, FairyTale: A True Story)
Entertainment | General release | UK
Merry Christmas
What's it about? Dramatisation of the famous Christmas truce of 1914 when British, French and German soldiers fighting in World War I called a cease fire and fraternised and played football on the front lines.
Cast: Diane Kruger, Benno Fürmann, Guillaume Canet, Gary Lewis, Dany Boon
Director: Christian Carion (The Girl From Paris)
Cert 12A | 116 minutes | Sony | General release | France | Subtitled
Dec 26th
The Producers
What's it about? A film of a stage musical based on a film about a stage musical! Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick play conmen who try to get rich by producing a fast-flopping musical about Hitler.
Cast: Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick, Uma Thurman, Will Ferrell, Roger Bart
Director: Susan Stroman
Sony | General release | USA
Cheaper By The Dozen 2
What's it about? Steve Martin and his large clan return and are drawn into a rivalry with another large family in the neighbourhood.
Cast: Steve Martin, Bonnie Hunt, Piper Perabo, Tom Welling, Hilary Duff
Director: Adam Shankman (A Walk To Remember, Bringing Down The House, The Pacifier)
Fox | General release | USA
The Night We Called It A Day
What's it about? Australian comedy recounting the national controversy that erupted in 1974 when Frank Sinatra toured down under and managed to offend the entire country. Dennis Hopper plays Sinatra.
Cast: Dennis Hopper, Melanie Griffith, Portia de Rossi, Joel Edgerton, Rose Byrne
Director: Paul Goldman
Feature Film Co | Limited release | Australia
Dec 30th
Brokeback Mountain
What's it about? Starry drama from Ang Lee about a relationship between two cowboys which becomes something more than friendship.
Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Heath Ledger, Michelle Williams, Anne Hathaway, Randy Quaid, Linda Cardellini, Anna Faris
Director: Ang Lee (The Ice Storm, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Hulk)
Entertainment | Limited release - opens nationwide on January 6th | USA
Just Like Heaven
What's it about? A man encounters the spirit of a woman haunting his flat and falls in love with her. She is no ghost however, her body is in a coma.
Cast: Reese Wetherspoon, Mark Ruffalo, Donal Logue, Dina Waters, Ben Shenkman
Director: Mark Waters (Head Over Heels, Freaky Friday, Mean Girls)
Cert PG | 95 minutes | UIP | General release | USA
Doom
What's it about? Sci-fi action movie based on the popular series of computer games. An experiment on a remote planet goes horribly wrong and a team of marines is sent to investigate.
Cast: Karl Urban, Dhobi Oparei, Ben Daniels, Razaaq Adoti, Richard Brake
Director: Andrzej Bartkowiak (Romeo Must Die, Exit Wounds, Cradle 2 The Grave)
Cert 15 | 105 minutes | UIP | General release | USA
Keeping Mum
What's it about? British comedy starring Rowan Atkinson as a blissfully unobservant vicar who doesn't realise that his wife is cheating on him and his children are delinquents.
Cast: Rowan Atkinson, Kristin Scott Thomas, Maggie Smith, Patrick Swayze, Emilia Fox
Director: Niall Johnson (The Big Swap)
Entertainment | General release | UK
Where The Truth Lies
What's it about? Steamy mystery. A reporter investigates the death of a young woman which is seemingly connected to two showbiz stars.
Cast: Kevin Bacon, Colin Firth, Alison Lohman, Sonja Bennett, Rachel Blanchard
Director: Atom Egoyan (The Adjuster, Exotica, Felicia's Journey)
Cert 18 | 107 minutes | Momentum | Limited release | Canada
Steamboy
What's it about? Japanese anime adventure in the Victorian-era "steam punk" genre last visited The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen. It's the story of a young inventor who becomes involved in the search for the mysterious "steam ball".
Voice cast: Patrick Stewart, Anna Paquin, Alfred Molina, Robin Atkin Downes, Paula J Newman
Director: Katsuhiro Ôtomo (akira)
Cert PG | 104 minutes | Blue Dolphin | Limited release | Japan | Dubbed
Dec 9th
The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe
What's it about? Four children travel to the magical land of Narnia and find out it is their destiny to save it from evil. If this is a hit, it coudl be the first of seven Narnia films.
Cast: Georgie Henley, William Moseley, Skandar Keynes, Anna Popplewell, Tilda Swinton, Rupert Everett
Directors: Andrew Adamson (Shrek, Shrek 2)
Buena Vista | General release | USA
Bee Season
What's it about? As his marriage collapses, husband and father Richard Gere attempts to avoid the problem by dedicating himself to coaching his daughter in a national spelling contest.
Cast: Richard Gere, Juliette Binoche, Flora Cross, Max Minghella, Kate Bosworth
Directors: Scott McGehee & David Siegel (Suture, The Deep End)
Cert 12A | 104 minutes | Fox | General release | USA
Scorched
What's it about? Heist comedy. Four employees of a small town bank each set out to rob it, none of them knowing that their colleagues are planning the same thing.
Cast: Alicia Silverstone, Rachael Leigh Cook, Woody Harrelson, John Cleese, Paulo Costanzo
Director: Gavin Grazer
Feature Film Co | Limited release | USA
Dec 16th
King Kong
What's it about? Arguably the most eagerly awaited film of 2005, Peter Jackson's follow-up to his Lord Of The Rings trilogy is a remake of Hollywood's most famous monster movie, with Naomi Watts stepping into Fay Wray's shoes.
Cast: Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Adrien Brody, Andy Serkis, Jamie Bell
Director: Peter Jackson (Braindead, Heavenly Creatures, The Lord Of The Rings)
UIP | General release | USA
Just Friends
What's it about? Romantic comedy. A womanising man bumps into his childhood crush, whose rejection of him made him cynical about women.
Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Amy Smart, Anna Faris, Chris Klein, Susan Ward, Alanis Morrissette
Director: Roger Kumble (Cruel Intentions, The Sweetest Thing)
Momentum | General release | USA
The Family Stone
What's it about? Comedy. A girl agrees to spend Christmas with her boyfriend's family, who she's never met before, but she's unprepared for the scale of the frosty reception.
Cast: Claire Danes, Diane Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Dermot Mulroney, Sarah Jessica Parker
Director: Thomas Bezucha
Fox | General release | USA
Lassie
What's it about? Yet another attempt to resurrect the cinema's best loved canine (the last was a flop in 1994). This time the faithful mutt loses his family and travels across country to find them.
Cast: Samantha Morton, Peter O'Toole, Kelly Macdonald, Edward Fox, Peter Dinklage
Director: Charles Sturridge (A Handful Of Dust, Where Angels Fear To Tread, FairyTale: A True Story)
Entertainment | General release | UK
Merry Christmas
What's it about? Dramatisation of the famous Christmas truce of 1914 when British, French and German soldiers fighting in World War I called a cease fire and fraternised and played football on the front lines.
Cast: Diane Kruger, Benno Fürmann, Guillaume Canet, Gary Lewis, Dany Boon
Director: Christian Carion (The Girl From Paris)
Cert 12A | 116 minutes | Sony | General release | France | Subtitled
Dec 26th
The Producers
What's it about? A film of a stage musical based on a film about a stage musical! Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick play conmen who try to get rich by producing a fast-flopping musical about Hitler.
Cast: Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick, Uma Thurman, Will Ferrell, Roger Bart
Director: Susan Stroman
Sony | General release | USA
Cheaper By The Dozen 2
What's it about? Steve Martin and his large clan return and are drawn into a rivalry with another large family in the neighbourhood.
Cast: Steve Martin, Bonnie Hunt, Piper Perabo, Tom Welling, Hilary Duff
Director: Adam Shankman (A Walk To Remember, Bringing Down The House, The Pacifier)
Fox | General release | USA
The Night We Called It A Day
What's it about? Australian comedy recounting the national controversy that erupted in 1974 when Frank Sinatra toured down under and managed to offend the entire country. Dennis Hopper plays Sinatra.
Cast: Dennis Hopper, Melanie Griffith, Portia de Rossi, Joel Edgerton, Rose Byrne
Director: Paul Goldman
Feature Film Co | Limited release | Australia
Dec 30th
Brokeback Mountain
What's it about? Starry drama from Ang Lee about a relationship between two cowboys which becomes something more than friendship.
Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Heath Ledger, Michelle Williams, Anne Hathaway, Randy Quaid, Linda Cardellini, Anna Faris
Director: Ang Lee (The Ice Storm, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Hulk)
Entertainment | Limited release - opens nationwide on January 6th | USA
Just Like Heaven
What's it about? A man encounters the spirit of a woman haunting his flat and falls in love with her. She is no ghost however, her body is in a coma.
Cast: Reese Wetherspoon, Mark Ruffalo, Donal Logue, Dina Waters, Ben Shenkman
Director: Mark Waters (Head Over Heels, Freaky Friday, Mean Girls)
Cert PG | 95 minutes | UIP | General release | USA