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Cinderella Man
What's it about? Russell Crowe plays a boxer who became an unlikely heavyweight contender in 1930s America in Ron Howard's true-life drama.
Cast: Russell Crowe, Renée Zellweger, Connor Price, Paddy Considine, Paul Giamatti
Director: Ron Howard (Parenthood, Ransom, A Beautiful Mind)
Cert 12A | 144 minutes | Buena Vista | General release | USA
Quicktime Trailer | Official site | IMDB Entry | US reviews
Region 1 DVD out December 6th
The Longest Yard
What's it about? The second remake of Robert Aldrich's 1974 prison football movie, following 2001's UK version, Mean Machine. This time Adam Sandler plays the jailed American football star while original star Burt Reynolds has a supporting role.
Cast: Adam Sandler, Burt Reynolds, Chris Rock, James Cromwell, Nelly
Director: Peter Segal (The Naked Gun 33 1/3, Anger Management, 50 First Dates)
Cert 12A | 113 minutes | Sony | General release | USA
Quicktime Trailer | Official site | IMDB Entry | US reviews
Region 1 DVD out September 13th
Green Street
(US title: Hooligans)
What's it about?Drama about British football hooliganism, starring Elijah Wood as a young American who is accepted into a West Ham firm. Before you laugh, this has been winning awards at film festivals.
Cast: Elijah Wood, Charlie Hunnam, Claire Forlani, Marc Warren, Leo Gregory
Director: Lexi Alexander
Cert 18 | 109 minutes | UIP | General release | USA
Official site | IMDB Entry
The Man
What's it about? Comedy starring Eugene Levy as a hapless travelling salesman who stumbles into the middle of federal agent Samuel L Jackson's sting operation.
Cast: Eugene Levy, Samuel L Jackson, Luke Goss, Miguel Ferrer, Anthony Mackie
Director: Les Mayfield (Encino Man, Flubber, Blue Streak)
Cert 12A | 83 minutes | Entertainment | General release | USA
Quicktime Trailer | Official site | IMDB Entry
Asylum
What's it about? Erotic thriller written by Patrick Marber (Closer). The wife of a psychiatrist working at a maximum security mental hospital meets and becomes attracted to one of his most dangerous patients.
Cast: Natasha Richardson, Ian McKellen, Hugh Bonneville, Marton Csokas, Joss Ackland
Director: David Mackenzie (The Last Great Wilderness, Young Adam)
Cert 15 | 99 minutes | Momentum | General release | UK
Quicktime Trailer | Official site | IMDB Entry
The Aristocrats
What's it about? A kind of experiment in comedy. A hundred comedians are asked to tell the same dirty joke, each in their own personal style. The comedians include Robin Williams, Chris Rock, Whoopis Goldberg, Eddie Izzard and Billy Connolly.
Director: Paul Provenza
Cert 18 | 89 minutes | Pathe | Limited release | USA
Quicktime Trailer | Official site | IMDB Entry | US reviews
Rock School
What's it about? Documentary about a real-life school of rock, an unconventional after-school music academy for teenagers in Philadelphia run by rock afficionado Paul Green.
Director: Don Argott
Cert 15 | 94 minutes | Icon | Limited release | USA
Quicktime Trailer | Official site | IMDB Entry | US reviews
Region 1 DVD out September 13th
The Jealous God
What's it about? British drama set in 1960s Yorkshire. A young Catholic man is torn between his mother's desire for him to become a priest and his own feelings for a pretty Protestant librarian.
Cast: Jason Merrells, Denise Welch, Mairead Carty, Andrew Dunn, Pamela Cundell
Director: Steven Woodcock
Cert 12A | 95 minutes | Miracle | Limited release | UK
Official site | IMDB Entry
The Adventures Of Arsène Lupin
(French title: Arsène Lupin)
What's it about? Arsène Lupin is a heroic, swashbuckling thief and a French cultural icon. This new, big-budget adventure movie, set in the early 20th century, aims to compete with Hollywood's efforts.
Cast: Romain Duris, Kristin Scott Thomas, Pascal greggory, Eva Green, Robin Renucci
Director: Jean-Paul Salomé
Cert 15 | 131 minutes | Cinefile | Limited release | France | Subtitled
IMDB Entry
The Night Of Truth
(Burkinabé title: La Nuit De La Vérité)
What's it about? A film about civil war in Africa told by the Africans themselves. Set in a fictitious war-torn state, this follows a possibly doomed attempt to negotiate a peace settlement.
Cast: Moussa Cissé, Adama Ouédraogo, Rasmane Ouedraogo, Georgette Paré, Naky Sy Savane
Director: Fanta Régina Nacro
Cert 18 | 100 minutes | BFI | Limited release | Burkina Faso | Subtitled
IMDB Entry
Vengeance Is Mine
(Japanese title: Fukushû Suruwa Wareniari)
What's it about? Grim, realistic Japanese film, made in 1979, following the exploits of a sociopathic serial killer.
Cast: Ken Ogata, Mayumi Ogawa, Renturo Mikuni, Mitsuko Baisho, Nijiko Kiyokawa, Chocho Miyako.
Director: Shohei Imamura (Ballad Of Narayama, The Pornographer, The Eel)
Cert 18 | 140 minutes | CULT! | Limited release | Japan | Subtitled
IMDB Entry
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