Friday, December 5, 2008

New to the Store: Week of 2 December 2008

NEW MOVIES

The Book of Revelation - Australian. A man is abducted by women who sexually torture him. Upon release, he becomes obsessed with them. It can only end well. Stars Greta Scacchi.



Chronicles of Narnia 2: Prince Caspian - The second in a series of blockbusters based on C.S. Lewis' family favourites.



Fly Me to the Moon - 3-D family animation.



How About You - Ellie (Hayley Atwell), a free-spirited and headstrong young woman, is left in charge of a retirement home over the Christmas holidays. With Vanessa Redgrave, Brenda Fricker, Joss Ackland, Imelda Staunton.



Mad Detective - Johnnie To has been making some of the most delightfully quirky action pictures to come out of Hong Kong for 20+ years. The cultists would have been wise to hitch their carts to his train than say... oh, we won't name names. Anyway, it's not too late.



My Father My Lord - A respected rabbi is forced to come to terms with the demands of his faith and the welfare of his own family.



Peter and the Wolf - Oscar-nominated animation set to Prokofiev's brilliant music.



Rise of the Footsoldier - Follows the inexorable rise of Carlton Leach from one of the most feared generals of the football terraces to becoming a member of a notorious gang of criminals who rampaged their way through London and Essex in the late eighties and early nineties.



Step Brothers - Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly are stepbrothers, grown up in body, emotionally stunted in mind. Spazzy hijinks ensue.



The X-Files: I Want to Believe - It's another X-Files movie. With Billy Connolly.



OLDER STUFF AND TV:

24: Redemption
Arabesque
Captain Newman, M.D.
Dante's Cove: Season 2
Man with the Gun
Memphis Belle
Mirage
Mists of Avalon, The
Perfect World, A
Prizzi's Honor
Reversal of Fortune
Villa Rides!
Wanted
White Dog
World in His Arms, The

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