THE NUMBER 23
thriller
The psychological thriller stars Jim Carrey as a man whose life unravels after he comes into contact with an obscure book titled The Number 23. As he reads the book, he becomes increasingly convinced that it is based on his own life. His obsession with the number 23 starts to consume him, and he begins to realise the book forecasts far graver consequences for his life than he could have ever imagined.
Directed by Joel Schumacher, the film co-stars Virginia Madsen, Danny Huston, Logan Lerman and Rhona Mitra.
MISS POTTER
drama
Beatrix Potter has delighted generations of children with her books. But she kept her own private life locked carefully away. Oscar-winning star Renee Zellweger is now bringing her secret story to the screen.
The film is set in the high summer days of late Victorian and Edwardian England, during which Beatrix develops her natural skills as artist and storyteller. When she finally publishes her debut book, The Tale of Peter Rabbit, she becomes a writing celebrity. It also leads to courtship and her first love with publisher Norman Warne, played by Ewan McGregor. Their relationship and his marriage proposal in July, 1905, was to change Beatrix's life for ever.
It was a love which she could not announce - or even talk about. In high-society London, her parents had insisted she keep it from friends and neighbours. They considered her proposed wedding a mismatch. Warne, they said, was from "trade" and demanded that she carefully reconsider their life together. Beatrix allowed herself to be persuaded to leave her fiancé and London. It was supposed to be a time for reflection and calm. But, instead, she faced tragedy and loneliness and returned, with a different outlook.
SCHOOL FOR SCOUNDRELS
comical
Dr P (Billy Bob Thornton) runs a school for scoundrels at which luckless men are given a crash course in the ways of the alpha male. Dishing out trite but, to the men involved, revelatory advice about how to "initiate confrontation" and "lie, lie, and lie some more," Dr P turns his students into virile studs who hide their still-lingering insecurities behind sunglasses and absurd bluster.
When one student, the kindhearted but painfully awkward Roger (Jon Heder), has too easy of a time capturing the girl of his dreams, Dr P's competitive streak goes off the charts and a battle between teacher and student ensues. After an exchange of several pranks, each with increased maliciousness and consequence, one of the two men lands the girl.
DREAMGIRLS
musical
Effie White, Deena Jones, and Lorrell Robinson - three friends from Chicago - are a promising singing trio called The Dreamettes.
Accompanied by their songwriter C.C. White (Effie's brother), they travel to New York to compete in a talent show at the Apollo Theatre. Although the girls lose this first bid for fame, their talent attracts an ambitious manager by the name of Curtis Taylor, Jr, who uses unscrupulous tactics to move the girls from back-up singers of superstar James "Thunder" Early to superstars of their own. Curtis reshapes the group to "crossover" from R&B to the lucrative pop music scene.
Lead singer Effie gets replaced by the more attractive Deena and is eventually dropped from the trio. The group evolves into a more sophisticated group, The Dreams, with a lighter sound and chic look. They successfully attract a "whiter" audience and The Dreams rise to international stardom. The money, fame, and adulation, however, doesn't bring them happiness.
The flashy musical stars Jamie Foxx, Beyonce, Eddie Murphy and Jennifer Hudson, who has just received an Academy Award for her role of Effie White.
thrillerThe psychological thriller stars Jim Carrey as a man whose life unravels after he comes into contact with an obscure book titled The Number 23. As he reads the book, he becomes increasingly convinced that it is based on his own life. His obsession with the number 23 starts to consume him, and he begins to realise the book forecasts far graver consequences for his life than he could have ever imagined.
Directed by Joel Schumacher, the film co-stars Virginia Madsen, Danny Huston, Logan Lerman and Rhona Mitra.
MISS POTTER
dramaBeatrix Potter has delighted generations of children with her books. But she kept her own private life locked carefully away. Oscar-winning star Renee Zellweger is now bringing her secret story to the screen.
The film is set in the high summer days of late Victorian and Edwardian England, during which Beatrix develops her natural skills as artist and storyteller. When she finally publishes her debut book, The Tale of Peter Rabbit, she becomes a writing celebrity. It also leads to courtship and her first love with publisher Norman Warne, played by Ewan McGregor. Their relationship and his marriage proposal in July, 1905, was to change Beatrix's life for ever.
It was a love which she could not announce - or even talk about. In high-society London, her parents had insisted she keep it from friends and neighbours. They considered her proposed wedding a mismatch. Warne, they said, was from "trade" and demanded that she carefully reconsider their life together. Beatrix allowed herself to be persuaded to leave her fiancé and London. It was supposed to be a time for reflection and calm. But, instead, she faced tragedy and loneliness and returned, with a different outlook.
SCHOOL FOR SCOUNDRELS
comicalDr P (Billy Bob Thornton) runs a school for scoundrels at which luckless men are given a crash course in the ways of the alpha male. Dishing out trite but, to the men involved, revelatory advice about how to "initiate confrontation" and "lie, lie, and lie some more," Dr P turns his students into virile studs who hide their still-lingering insecurities behind sunglasses and absurd bluster.
When one student, the kindhearted but painfully awkward Roger (Jon Heder), has too easy of a time capturing the girl of his dreams, Dr P's competitive streak goes off the charts and a battle between teacher and student ensues. After an exchange of several pranks, each with increased maliciousness and consequence, one of the two men lands the girl.
DREAMGIRLS
musicalEffie White, Deena Jones, and Lorrell Robinson - three friends from Chicago - are a promising singing trio called The Dreamettes.
Accompanied by their songwriter C.C. White (Effie's brother), they travel to New York to compete in a talent show at the Apollo Theatre. Although the girls lose this first bid for fame, their talent attracts an ambitious manager by the name of Curtis Taylor, Jr, who uses unscrupulous tactics to move the girls from back-up singers of superstar James "Thunder" Early to superstars of their own. Curtis reshapes the group to "crossover" from R&B to the lucrative pop music scene.
Lead singer Effie gets replaced by the more attractive Deena and is eventually dropped from the trio. The group evolves into a more sophisticated group, The Dreams, with a lighter sound and chic look. They successfully attract a "whiter" audience and The Dreams rise to international stardom. The money, fame, and adulation, however, doesn't bring them happiness.
The flashy musical stars Jamie Foxx, Beyonce, Eddie Murphy and Jennifer Hudson, who has just received an Academy Award for her role of Effie White.