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Double bill of film fantasies. 'Stardust' (2007) is an adventure based on the bestselling graphic novel by Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess. When a young man, Tristan (Charlie Cox), tries to win the heart of his beautiful but cold object of his desire Victoria (Sienna Miller) by going on a quest to retrieve a fallen star, his journey takes him to a mysterious and forbidden land beyond the walls of his village. On his odyssey, Tristan finds the star, which has transformed into a striking girl called Yvaine (Claire Danes). However, Tristan is not the only one seeking the star. A king (Peter O'Toole)'s four sons - not to mention the ghosts of their three dead brothers - all need the star as they vie for the throne. Tristan must also overcome the evil witch, Lamia (Michelle Pfeiffer), who needs the star to make her young again. As Tristan battles to survive these threats, encountering a pirate named Captain Shakespeare (Robert De Niro) and a shady trader named Ferdy the Fence (Ricky Gervais) along the way, his quest changes. He must now win the heart of the star for himself as he discovers the meaning of true love. Neil Jordan directs the Irish drama 'Ondine' (2009). Syracuse (Colin Farrell) is a poor fisherman whose life is changed forever when he fishes a beautiful live woman (Alicja Bachleda) out of the sea. His young daughter, Annie (Alison Barry), is convinced that the mysterious beauty must be a mermaid. Theories abound about the girl's origins as she transforms the lives of Syracuse, Annie and the local townsfolk. Stephen Rea and Dervla Kirwan co-star.
Bradley Cooper stars in this drama directed by John Wells as chef Adam Jones. The film follows Adam as he attempts to rebuild his life and career after a period of erratic, drug-fuelled, behaviour led to him losing his restaurant. Adam moves to London from New Orleans where his former maitre d' Tony (Daniel Brühl) reluctantly employs him as head chef at his fine-dining establishment. But to Adam this is only a stepping stone to his real dream - to open a restaurant of his own and achieve a three Michelin star rating.
Vera, a famous New York actress, has let her reckless, petty-criminal ex-boyfriend into her apartment. After he attacks her and a struggle leaves him dead, Vera panicks and hides his body in a trunk. When a policeman visits the apartment he gets the feeling not everything is as it seems, and Vera's sanity is called into question. An Imperfect Murder is a cat and mouse thriller which will leave you guessing until the very end.
Romantic comedy starring Justin Long and Evan Rachel Wood. Shy writer Sam (Long) meets Birdie (Wood) at a coffee shop and, in an attempt to make a good impression, uses her Facebook profile so he can pretend he has similar interests. When she falls in love with him, Sam finds it difficult to keep up the persona he has created but also worries that the real him won't be enough for Birdie... The film features cameos from Peter Dinklage, Sam Rockwell, Brendan Fraser, Vince Vaughn and Sienna Miller, among others.
James Gray writes and directs this true-life adventure tale, adapted from the bestselling book by David Grann. Charlie Hunnam stars as British Colonel Percy Fawcett, an explorer who ventures deep into the Amazon jungle in search of a lost city thought to be the home of an ancient civilization. Accompanied by his close friend and fellow army officer Henry Costin, Fawcett leaves behind his wife Nina and embarks on an ambitious expedition to an uncharted area of the Brazilian jungle. After his first trip ends in disappointment and the outbreak of World War One holds up further plans to explore, an ageing Fawcett finally returns to the jungle in the early 1920s with his 20-year-old son Jack to continue his search. However, despite being warned that the area they are entering is inhabited by hostile warring tribes, the pair put their lives on the line and press on into the wilderness in one final bid to find the mysterious settlement.
As deeply cool and urbane as its unnamed hero, LAYER CAKE follows the precise, articulate XXXX (Daniel Craig) as he maneuvers through what he intends to be his last business deal in modern-day London. His business? Drugs. On the cusp of turning 30, XXXX has amassed a personal fortune, deftly avoiding the violence and ugliness so many others in his trade fall prey to by following a strict personal code defined by discretion and clean detachment from the products he sells. Just as XXXX is poised to cash in and get out, Jimmy Price (Kenneth Cranham), the top layer of this particular underworld cake, hands down two tasks: find Eddie Temple's (Michael Gambon) drug-addicted daughter, and unload a mass of ecstasy stolen in Amsterdam by the sloppy, loud Duke (Jamie Foreman), who is exactly the type of wannabe gangster that XXXX has spent his career avoiding. Further complicating matters is Tammy (Sienna Miller), a sexy young blond who XXXX meets in a club and can't get off his mind. First-time director Michael Vaughn (producer on SNATCH and LOCK, STOCK, AND TWO SMOKING BARRELS) brings a practiced eye to the film, creating a slick, highly entertaining visual style which perfectly complements the twisting storyline. The London drug world comes to vibrant life in screenwriter J.J. Connolly's adaptation of his first novel, which retains its keen ear for slang and its eye for detail, giving LAYER CAKE a thrilling ring of authenticity. In the role of XXXX, Daniel Craig has a commanding presence, portraying a man who is so good at his job that he may never be permitted to leave it, regardless of how smart he is or how well he's planned. Like the best in the crime-thriller genre, LAYER CAKE is unpredictable, unsettling, and unforgettable.
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