bmi Movies – July 2007
From The UK BLADES OF GLORY STARRING: Will Ferell, Jon Heder When rival figure skaters Chazz Michael Michaels (Ferell) and Jimmy MacElroy (Heder) go ballistic in a no-holds-barred fight at the World Championships, they are stripped of their gold medals and banned from the sport for life. Now, three-and-a-half years on, they’ve found a loophole [...]
From The UK
BLADES OF GLORY
STARRING:
Will Ferell, Jon Heder
When rival figure skaters Chazz Michael
Michaels (Ferell) and Jimmy MacElroy (Heder)
go ballistic in a no-holds-barred fight at the
World Championships, they are stripped of
their gold medals and banned from the
sport for life. Now, three-and-a-half years on,
they’ve found a loophole that will allow them
to compete: if they can put their differences
aside and skate together, that is
HOT FUZZ
STARRING:
Simon Pegg, Martin Freeman,
Bill Nighy
Nicholas Angel (Pegg), a top London cop, is
transferred by jealous colleagues to the crime-
free village of Sandford. Once there, he’s paired
with a well-meaning but overeager partner,
Danny Butterman (Freeman). As a series of
grisly accidents shock the usually sleepy
village, it’s time for these small-town cops
to break out some big-city justice.
DISTURBIA
STARRING:
Shia LaBeouf, Carrie-Anne Moss
After his father’s death, Kale (LaBeouf) becomes
withdrawn and troubled, so much so that he
finds himself under house arrest. His mother,
Julie (Moss), works hard to support herself and
her son, only to be met with indifference.
Kale becomes affected by his closed quarters
and begins to suspect that one of his neighbours
is a serial killer. But are his suspicions just
a result of an over-active imagination?
GHOST RIDER
STARRING:
Nicolas Cage, Peter Fonda,
Matt Long
In order to save his dying father, young stunt
cyclist Johnny Blaze (Long) sells his soul to
Mephistopheles, who later offers to save his
soul if he’ll turn into the fabled, fiery Ghost
Rider (Cage). After defeating a young demon
who wanted to create a new Hell, Blaze remains
cursed with the Ghost Rider identity, which
he vows to use to battle Mephistopheles.
THE LAST MIMZY
STARRING:
Chris O’Neil, Joely Richardson,
Timothy Hutton, Rhiannon Leigh Wryn
Based on the acclaimed sci-fishort story by
Lewis Padgett. Two siblings (O’Neil, Leigh Wryn)
discover a box of toys sent from the future and
begin to develop some remarkable talents, some
that are terrifying and others that are wonderful.
As their parents and teacher notice the kids’
changed behaviour, they all find themselves
drawn into a unique world.
THE NUMBER 23
STARRING:
Jim Carey, Virginia Madsen
Walter Sparrow (Carey) is given a novel, The
Number 23, by his wife Agatha (Madsen) as a
birthday present. However, the dark and chilling
tale involving a murder seems to echo Sparrow’s
own history and he becomes obsessed with
it and the hidden power of the number 23.
Haunted by nightmarish fantasies and the
fear he’ll commit a murder, he goes on a quest
to unlock the secrets of the number 23.
BABEL
STARRING:
Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchet
Four stories are artfully interwoven by
their connection to a gun. Through a series
of misunderstandings and unfortunate
circumstances, the lives of a Moroccan, an
American, a Mexican and a Japanese family
converge. Separated by clashing cultures and
sprawling distances, each of these disparate
groups of people is nevertheless hurtling towards
a shared destiny of isolation and grief.
BLOOD DIAMOND
STARRING:
Leonardo DiCaprio, Djimon
Hounsou, Jennifer Connelly
While in prison for smuggling, Danny (DiCaprio)
learns that Solomon (Hounsou) who was
taken from his family and forced to work in
the diamond fields has found and hidden an
incredibly rare, large pink diamond. With the help
of Maddy (Connelly), an American journalist,
the two men trek into rebel territory to find
the gem and change their fortunes forever.
GHAWY HUB
STARRING:
Mohammed Fouad, Hala Sheha
Salah and Malak are each other’s first loves,
but their relationship does not last and they
break up. They meet 20 years later, but Malak
is now married. Salah soon discovers that
Malak’s husband is involved in an illegal
business and realises that he needs to help
her get a divorce. The couple unite together
in this common cause, but will this reunion
bring the two together again
CHARLOTTE’S WEB
STARRING:
Dakota Fanning
STARRING THE VOICES OF:
Julia Roberts,
John Cleese, Oprah Winfrey, Steve Buscemi
Wilbur is a special pig, and only Fern (Fanning)
and Charlotte the spider (Roberts) realise it.
When word gets out that Wilbur may end up
on the dinner table, it seems that only a miracle
will save his life. Wilbur and Charlotte devise a
plan in an effort to convince the farmers that
Wilbur is no ordinary pig and is worth saving.
LA CONFIDENTIAL
STARRING:
Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe,
Guy Pearce, Kim Basinger
1950s Los Angeles is the seedy backdrop for
this intricate and intriguing tale of police
corruption and Hollywood sleaze. A shooting
at an all-night diner is investigated by three
LA policemen (Spacey, Crowe, Pearce) in their
own unique ways. It’s not long before the truth
behind the dark world of the LA crime scene
on both sides of the law becomes apparent.
THE BLUES BROTHERS
STARRING:
Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi
Jake Blues (Belushi) is released from prison only
to discover that the Catholic home in which
he and his brother (Aykroyd) grew up is about
to be taken over unless he can raise $5,000 in
a few days. The brothers embark on a hilarious
adventure to save their home filled with
fantastic musical numbers and crazy car chases
which managed to set a world record at the
time for the number of car crashes in a film.
To The UK
300
STARRING: Gerard Butler, Lena Headey, Dominic West, Rodrigo Santor
This is a ferocious retelling of the ancient Battle of Thermopylae, in which King Leonidas (Butler) and 300 Spartans fought to the death against Xerxes (Santoro) and his massive Persian army. Facing insurmountable odds, their strength, courage and sacrifice inspire all of Greece to unite against their Persian enemy, drawing a line in the sand for democracy
SHOOTER
STARRING: Mark Wahlberg, Danny Glover
Ace marksman (Wahlberg) is persuaded by former associates to return from his self- imposed exile in the Arkansas wilderness to help prevent an assassination. However he’s double-crossed and framed for the presidential assassination that he was supposedly enlisted to prevent. Forced to go on the run, he attempts to track down the real killer and discover who betrayed him.
LONELY HEARTS
STARRING: John Travolta, James Gandolfini, Jared Leto, Salma Hayek
In the late 1940s, Martha Beck (Hayek) and Raymond Fernandez (Leto) were America’s notorious Lonely Hearts Killers. They lured war widows with personal ads, swindled and then murdered them. New York detectives Elmer C Robinson (Travolta) and Charles Hildebrandt (Gandolfini) set out to stop the killings and capture the sociopathic couple.
IN THE LAND OF WOMEN
STARRING: Adam Brody, Elena Anaya, Olympia Dukakis, Meg Ryan
Carter Webb (Brody) leaves Los Angeles after being dumped by his true love, Sophia (Anaya). He goes to care for his ailing grandmother (Dukakis) in suburban Michigan, where he meets the family over the road: Sarah Hardwicke (Ryan) and her two daughters. Through his relationships with these four women, he finds a new meaning to his life.
SMOKIN’ ACES
A dying mob boss takes out a $1m contract on the life of his former protege, Aces (Priven), who has agreed to testify against the mob. The FBI, sensing a chance to use this small-time con to bring down the mobster, puts Aces into protective custody near Lake Tahoe. However, an array of hit men and women descend on the lake to take him out and claim the money.
SOMEONE ELSE
STARRING: Stephen Mangan, Lara Belmont, Susan Lynch, Chris Coghill
Thirtysomething photographer David (Mangan) has a serious choice to make between his long-term girlfriend Lisa (Lynch) and the free-spirited Nina (Belmont), who seems to represent everything that his loving, stable girlfriend does not. However, he gets it all wrong, loses them both and has to start rebuilding his love life from scratch.
THE LOOKOUT
STARRING: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jeff Daniels, Matthew Goode, Isla Fisher
Chris (Gordon-Levitt), a high-school hockey star, has his life turned upside down after a tragic accident. He tries to get back to normal by taking a job as a janitor in a bank, where he is befriended by the leader of a gang (Goode) and a young woman (Fisher) who are planning to rob it. He initially helps them, but then realises he’s being used and tries to stop them.
LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA
STARRING: Ken Watanabe
Clint Eastwood directs this tale of courage and bravery. General Tadamichi Kuribayashi (Watanabe) leads the Japanese resistance to the massive American onslaught of the island of Iwo Jima. Kuribayashi’s unexpected strategies led his soldiers to an arduous fight for their lives, and transformed what was projected to be a quick and straightforward defeat into nearly 40 days of heroic combat.
HAMADA YELAB
STARRING: Salah Abdallah, Ghada Adel, Ahmed Rizk, Shams
Hamada (Rizk) has one dream: to become rich. To fulfill this dream he participates in TV contests, which he sees as the only way to make money fast. His true love, Laila (Adel), helps him to win the contests, but Hamada begins to realise that his get-rich-quick plans are not what life’s about. To find success, he discovers that the rewards lie in hard work.
HAPPY FEET
STARRING VOICES OF: Robin Williams, Elijah Wood, Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman
Emperor penguins find their soulmates through song, so problems arise when Memphis (Jackman) and Norma-Jean (Kidman) have a son, Mumble (Wood), who is the worst singer in the world. However, as it turns out, he’s a brilliant tap dancer. When famine faces the penguins, it is Mumble’s courage and feet that could save the colony.
UNFORGIVEN
STARRING: Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, Richard Harris
It has been 11 years since William Munny (Eastwood) put down his gun and ended his reputation as a killer. Widowed and desperate for money, he offers to help kill a couple of sinister cowboys for a bounty. Reunited with his old partner Ned Logan (Freeman), the two ride into town, but find Sheriff Daggett (Hackman) standing in their way.
CHINATOWN
STARRING: Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway
Private-eye Jake Gittes (Nicholson) lives off the murky underbelly of pre-war Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite (Dunaway) to investigate her husband’s extramarital affair, he is swept into a maelstrom of double dealings and deadly deceits, uncovering a web of personal and political scandals that come crashing together on one unforgettable night in Chinatown
