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CHICAGO - Certificate 12A – release date Monday 4th August
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A peek at murder and the criminal justice system in 1920s Chicago, filled with music and dance numbers? Chicago is the story of two female murderesses, Velma Kelly (Catherine Zeta-Jones) and Roxie Hart (Renee Zellweger), and their struggles for the attention of a manipulative ace lawyer, Billy Flynn (Richard Gere), media attention, and ultimately their release from prison. It takes an unflinchingly cynical view of the criminal justice system, how lawyers and criminals manipulate the truth, and the role of the media.
Unhappily married Roxie Hart succumbs easily to the promises of show-business connections fed to her by furniture salesman Fred Casely (Dominic West). When Roxie learns Fred has been lying to her, she shoots him in a rage. All too soon she joins notorious murderess and stage star Velma Kelly in prison, to await trial.
Chicago is one of the year’s most entertaining films and is a representation of how the musical can again fit in modern cinema.
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JOHNNY ENGLISH - Certificate PG – release date Monday 11th August
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On the face of it, Johnny English is a James Bond spoof, although it originated as a series of TV commercials Rowan Atkinson did for Barclaycard. The clumsy secret agent who makes disastrous decisions, breaks into the wrong buildings, carries a gun that falls apart when fired and climbs up a sewage pipe at the busiest time of the morning cannot fail to amuse.
Johnny English is not a complete moron. He’s accident prone. He’s a fool, rather than a friend, which makes a difference in the spy game.
There are two surprise pleasures. Australian pop singer Natalie Imbruglia plays the English version of a Bond babe. She’s very good at it. In fact, she has personality to burn and rides a mean motor bike, not to mention displaying kick boxing skills that should encourage Jackie Chan to take down her number. She’s a looker, too, and, like Kylie, an Old Neighbourian. |
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THE RECRUIT - Certificate 12A – release date Monday 18st August
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A Thriller starring Colin Farrell who is smooth-talked into signing up for the CIA training program by grizzled veteran Al Pacino. But is everything as it seems? Rising star Farrell plays James Clayton, a cocky computer whiz given to slagging off the - post 9/11 - CIA in bars as “a bunch of old white men who let us down in our country’s hour of need”. He’s overheard by Shouty CIA veteran Walter Burke (Pacino), who swiftly smooth-talks him into signing up for the CIA training program.
Once installed in “the Farm” (the training facility), Farrell discovers that “everything is a test” and endures all manner of humiliation and mind-games as part of the training. Along the way he falls for fellow student Layla (Bridget Moynahan). But can she be trusted? And just what is Shouty Al really up to?
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THE TWO TOWERS - Certificate PG – release date Monday 25th August
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Officially the fifth highest grossing film of all time. The second part of Peter Jackson’s big screen adaptation of Tolkien’s trilogy recently passed the £573m mark in worldwide ticket sales.
At the end of part one, the Fellowship was forced to divide. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers traces the journey of Frodo (Elijah Wood) and Sam (Sean Astin) as they venture deeper into the land of the enemy - with the mysterious Gollum (Andy Serkis) serving as their guide - while their companions in the Fellowship, Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen), Legolas (Orlando Bloom) and Gimli (John-Rhys Davies), struggle to rescue the captured Hobbits Merry (Dominic Monaghan) and Pippin (Billy Boyd).
Their destinies now lie at the Two Towers - Orthanc Tower in Isengard, where the corrupted wizard Saruman (Christopher Lee) waits, and Sauron’s fortress at Barad-dur, deep within the dark lands of Mordor. In addition to Gollum, The Two Towers also introduces the people of Rohan, led by King Theoden (Bernard Hill), his niece Eowyn (Miranda Otto) and her brother Eomer (Karl Urban); Faramir (David Wenham), brother of Boromir; Wormtongue (Brad Dourif); and the Ent, Treebeard.
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RELEASE DATES
Monday 4th August
Monday 11th August
Monday 18st August
Monday 25th August
Monday 1st September
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Chicago - Musical, Blue Crush - Teen Action
Johnny English - Comedy, Phone Booth - Thriller
The Recruit - Thriller, Out for a Kill - Action
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - Fantasy Wild Ride
Two Weeks Notice - Romantic Comedy
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