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A double bill of films set in India. Comedy-drama 'The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel' (2011) follows the experiences of a group of elderly Brits who arrive to take up residence in a newly-opened retirement home in Bangalore, India. Despite its glossy publicity campaign, the Marigold turns out to be rather different from the refurbished luxury hotel advertised in the brochures.
However, it soon begins to reveal some unexpected charms of its own. Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, Dev Patel, Tom Wilkinson and Maggie Smith star.
'Slumdog Millionaire' (2008), the rags-to-possible riches tale, was the winner of eight Oscars at the 2009 Academy Awards, including Best Film and Best Director.
Jamal Malik (Patel) is an 18-year-old street kid from the slums of Mumbai. So what is he doing appearing on the Indian version of 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire'? How can a young man from his background of poverty have acquired the knowledge to be only one correct answer away from winning 20 million rupees? With only one more question to be asked, however, the dream turns to nightmare. As the hooter sounds to signal the end of the show, Jamal is arrested and accused of cheating.
No one can believe that he could really know all of the answers he has given. As Jamal tells the story of his life to the police, the reasons for his success begin to appear. Will Jamal be freed to hear the final question and, if so, will he know the answer?
Double bill of films set in India. In 'The Best Exotic Marigold
Hotel (2011), John Madden directs an all-star cast of Judi Dench,
Maggie Smith, Bill Nighy, Celia Imrie, Penelope Wilton, Ronald
Pickup and Tom Wilkinson as a group of mature Brits who travel to
India looking for a sunnier climate in which to retire. Despite its
glossy publicity campaign, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel for the
Elderly and Beautiful turns out to be rather different from the
refurbished luxury hotel advertised in the brochures. However, as
the previously lonely people grow closer, the hotel soon begins to
reveal some unexpected charms of its own. 'Life of Pi' (2012) is an
Academy Award-winning fantasy adventure based on Yann Martel's
Booker Prize-winning novel. Suraj Sharma stars as Pi Patel, a
16-year-old zookeeper's son from Pondicherry who finds himself
stranded on a small boat in the Pacific Ocean in the company of a
hyena, a zebra, an orangutan and a Bengal tiger following the
shipwreck of the freighter on which he and his family were sailing
for Canada. Over the course of several months Pi manages to survive
on the meagre supplies of food and water he finds on the boat, and
also takes up fishing, while in his half-delirious state he muses
on various aspects of animal behaviour, religion and the meaning of
life.
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John Hurt, Ian McShane, Dave Legeno, Ray Winstone, Tom Wilkinson, …
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British gangster drama penned by the writers of 'Sexy Beast',
featuring an ensemble cast that includes Ray Winstone, John Hurt,
Ian McShane, Joanne Whalley and Tom Wilkinson. Ray Winstone stars
as Colin Diamond, a London gangster who enlists the help of his
friends to kidnap his wife's young French lover (Melvil Poupaud) in
the hope of restoring his damaged ego.
Michel Gondry directs this mega-budget superhero action film
starring Seth Rogen and Cameron Diaz, based on the 1960s television
series starring Bruce Lee. Britt Reid (Rogen), son and heir to the
biggest newspaper fortune in Los Angeles, is a spoiled playboy who
has hitherto led a charmed but directionless existence. But after
the death of his father (Tom Wilkinson), Britt joins forces with
company employee and martial arts expert Kato (Jay Chou) to fight
crime across the city as masked superhero The Green Hornet. Armed
with their super-powered automobile The Black Beauty, the pair set
out to take down the dastardly Chudnofsky (Christoph Waltz), a
kingpin of the criminal underworld who plans to unite the various
gangs of the city in an attempt to eliminate The Green Hornet.
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Double bill of films from the hugely popular 'Batman' franchise. In
'Batman Begins' (2005), in the wake of his parents' murder,
disillusioned industrial heir Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) travels
the world seeking the means to fight injustice and turn fear
against those who prey on the fearful. He returns to Gotham and
unveils his alter-ego: Batman, a masked crusader who uses his
strength, intellect and an array of high-tech deceptions to fight
the sinister forces that threaten the city. 'The Dark Knight'
(2008) sees Gotham's avenging angel squaring up to a new kid on the
block - psychotic prankster, the Joker (Heath Ledger). In the space
of a year, Batman (Bale), aided by Commissioner Gordon (Gary
Oldman) and new District Attorney Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart), has
managed to rid Gotham's streets of the organised crime gangs that
once ravaged the city. Things seem to be looking up, although on
the personal front, Bruce Wayne discovers he has a rival in his
affections for main squeeze Rachel Dawes (Maggie Gyllenhaal) in the
shape of the new DA who, as a political climber, likes to keep his
cards close to his chest. But just when the authorities think
they're finally making progress in their fight against crime, the
appearance on the streets of a sinister new figure, with a demented
grin and a passion for chaos, causes panic among the good people of
Gotham, and leads to a battle of wits between Batman and the Joker
which threatens to get extremely personal.
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