October 13, 2006

The History Boys (15)
Director: Nicholas Hytner
Screenwriter: Alan Bennett
Starring: Richard Griffiths, Frances de la Tour, Stephen Campbell Moore, Samuel Barnett, Dominic Cooper
Running time: 112 mins
Synopsis: Based on the play by Alan Bennett, the film centres on eight history students in 1980s northern England whose headmaster is obsessed with the idea of breaking into the ranks of schools whose students are destined for Oxford and Cambridge.

Idlewild (15)
Director: Bryan Barber
Screenwriter: Bryan Barber
Starring: Antwan A. Patton (Big Boi), Andre Benjamin, Ving Rhames, Paula Patton
Running time: TBC mins
Synopsis: Prohibition-era musical about the owner (Patton) of a club and the venue's shy piano player (Benjamin).
Trailer: WMP Medium / WMP High / Realplayer Medium / Realplayer High / Quicktime Medium / Quicktime High

Open Season (PG)
Director: Jill Culton, Roger Allers
Screenwriter: Steve Bencich, Ron J. Friedman
Starring: Billy Connolly, Jon Favreau, Debra Messing, Ashton Kutcher
Running time: 99 mins
Synopsis: Boog the bear, disgraced a wildlife show, is sent into the wild where he and his new friends face problems as hunting season begins.

The Guardian (12A)
Director: Andrew Davis
Screenwriter: Ron L. Brinkerhoff
Starring: Ashton Kutcher, Kevin Costner
Running time: 136 mins
Synopsis: Lacking direction, a young man (Kutcher) joins the Coast Guard and his taken under the wing of a legendary rescue swimmer (Costner) with a troubled past.

Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (12A)
Director: Jonathan Liebesman
Screenwriter: Sheldon Turner
Starring: Jordana Brewster, Taylor Handley, Diora Baird, Matt Bomer, R Lee Ermey
Running time: 92 mins
Synopsis: A young Leatherface takes the lead in a prequel to the 2003 remake of the classic horror.