New Releases At Movie Mix 12th June 2008

Hello and welcome back to our weekly blog. The sun is shining and all is right in the world... except that England are not playing in the Euro 2008 finals, so console yourself by watching a DVD! How about "Jumper" to get you started or any of our 4 other new releases? See below for details and those all-important trailers to give you a taster.

Sci-fi action blockbuster with Hayden Christensen as a young man able to teleport himself to any place on earth. After discovering he has a genetic anomaly that allows him to teleport wherever he wants, teenager David Rice (Christensen) embarks on a hedonistic lifestyle of girls, money and travel, indulging his every whim, and using his power to fund his desires. It's not long, however, before he discovers that others share his power, and that the underground community of 'Jumpers' are being targetted by 'Paladins', a group dedicated to their destruction. Pursued by a Paladin named Roland (Samuel L. Jackson), Rice and fellow jumper Griffin (Jamie Bell) soon find themselves fighting for their lives as their sworn enemies close in.

2 copies in store Thursday 12th June!

Ryan Reynolds stars as Will Hayes, a 30-something Manhattan dad in the midst of a divorce when his 10-year-old daughter, Maya (Abigail Breslin), starts to question him about his life before marriage. Maya wants to know absolutely everything about how her parents met and fell in love. Will’s story begins in 1992, as a young, starry-eyed aspiring politician who moves to New York from Wisconsin in order to work on the presidential campaign. For Maya, Will relives his past as an idealistic young man learning the ins and outs of big city politics, and recounts the history of his romantic relationships with three very different women. Will hopelessly attempts a “PG” version of his story for his daughter and changes the names so Maya has to guess who is the woman her father finally married. Is her mother Will’s college sweetheart, the dependable girl next-door Emily (Elizabeth Banks)? Is she his longtime best friend and confidante, the apolitical April (Isla Fisher)? Or is she the free-spirited but ambitious journalist Summer (Rachel Weisz)? As Maya puts together the pieces of her dad’s romantic puzzle, she begins to understand that love is not so simple or easy. And as Will tells her his tale, Maya helps him understand that it’s really never too late to go back...and maybe find a happy ending.

1 copy in store Thursday 12th June!

Action-thriller starring Cuba Gooding Jr. as a former hero who plans a bank heist so that he can save the day once more. Life hasn't been too great for Liam Case (Gooding) recently. A hero in a previous life, the down-on-his-luck rubbish collector, desperate to impress a local girl, hatches a plan to rob a bank, so that he can save the day at the last and play the hero once more. Unfortunately, things don't go to plan, and Liam, waking up in the hospital, soon realises that his 'buddies' have left him for dead. With his mind on vengeance, Liam sets out to even the score, hotly pursued by local detective Terry Subcott (Ray Liotta).

1 copy in store Thursday 12th June!

Drama from legendary filmmaker Wong Kar Wai. Norah Jones stars as Elizabeth, a woman who has just been through a tough breakup with her boyfriend (Chad R. Davis). In an attempt to get over her heartbreak, she decides to embark on a road trip across America. On her journey, Elizabeth encounters a host of lost souls whose troubles are even greater than her own, including a troubled cop (David Strathairn), his estranged wife (Rachel Weisz), and an embittered gambler (Natalie Portman). The trio's emotional turmoils ultimately help Elizabeth gain a greater understanding of her own problems.

1 copy in store Thursday 12th June!

"There's no need to fear. Underdog is here!" The superhero canine with a gift for rhyme returns in an all new live-action re-imagination of the classic cartoon, Underdog. After an accident in the mysterious lab of maniacal scientist Dr. Simon Barsinister, an ordinary beagle unexpectedly finds himself with unimaginable powers and the ability to speak. Armed with a fetching superhero costume, Underdog vows to protect the beleaguered citizens of Capitol City and, in particular, one beautiful spaniel named Polly Purebread. When a sinister plot by Barsinister and his overgrown henchman Cad threatens to destroy Capitol City only Underdog can save the day.

1 copy in store Thursday 12th June!

New Releases At Movie Mix 5th June 2008!

I'm very excited this week because Juno is released! I have to say it's one of the best films I've seen in ages and Ellen Page's performance is phenomenal! Also out this week is the ground-breaking Cloverfield, the heart-warming Dan In Real Life, the terrifying Buried Alive and the edgy thriller Cleaner.

Upbeat coming-of-age story about a smart teenage girl who has to face life full on when she falls pregnant. When Juno (Ellen Page), a teenager with all the answers, finds out she's pregnant by her classmate Bleeker (Michael Cera), she soon realises she has to ask for help from family and friends. Luckily, she enlists the help of her best friend Leah (Olivia Thirlby) in trying to find a couple to adopt her unborn child, while her understanding parents (J.K. Simmons and Allison Janney) provide the support she needs to help her through some tough times. When Leah finally uncovers a young, affluent couple, Mark and Vanessa (Jason Bateman and Jennifer Garner), desperate to adopt, it seems the perfect solution, until Juno finds herself having to face some serious adult decisions while trying to figure out her place in the world.




3 copies in store Thursday 5th May!

Visually explosive sci-fi tale of the night a monstrous creature attacks the city of New York. When five young friends get together to hold a going-away party for one of their number, their celebrations are violently curtailed by a series of huge tremors felt throughout the city. As panic begins to spread, it soon becomes apparent that New York is under attack from some huge malevolent force intent on destroying the city. Told in a jerky, documentary style, from the perspective of a hand-held camera, the film chronicles the attempts by the group to make their way, with chaos raining down, towards the destruction in order to rescue another friend.

3 copies in store Thursday 5th May!

Comedy starring Steve Carell as advice columnist Dan Burns. In his column, Dan appears to be an expert on relationships, but in real life he struggles to succeed as a brother, son and single parent to three precocious daughters, Jane (Alison Pill), Cara (Brittany Robertson) and Lilly (Marlene Lawston). Things get even more complicated for Dan when he discovers the woman he has recently fallen in love with is already in a relationship with his brother, Mitch (Dane Cook).

1 copy in store Thursday 5th May!

Supernatural horror starring Tobin Bell ('Saw'). The story revolves around a group of college students who learn that the demonic spirit of a woman, murdered and buried alive in their vacation house, is out for blood.

1 copy in store Thursday 5th May!

Thriller starring Samuel L. Jackson as ex-cop Tom Cutler. After leaving the police force, Tom now earns his living cleaning up crime scenes in New Jersey. Tom's latest job requires him to go to an upper class neighbourhood to clean up after a murder. When he returns to the house the next day to return the key, he encounters the house's owner Ann Norcut (Eva Mendes), who has no idea what has happened. When Tom discovers that Ann's husband, a key prosecution witness about to testify about corruption in the police force, has disappeared, he suspects a setup and looks to his old partner, Eddie (Ed Harris) for assistance.

1 copy in store Thursday 5th May!

New Releases At Movie Mix 29th May 2008!

4 new releases this week, including Nicholas Cage in National Treasure Book Of Secrets, and the Coen Brothers' award winning No Country For Old Men.

Heart-pounding adventure sequel starring Nicolas Cage as artefact hunter and archaeologist, Ben Franklin Gates. When a missing page from the diary of Abraham Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth, surfaces, one of Ben's ancestors is implicated as a conspirator in the murder. In an attempt to clear their family's name, Ben and his father, Mitch (Jon Voight), travel the globe in search of the other missing pages from Booth's diary. The journey leads Ben and his crew not only to surprising revelations, but to the trail of the world's most treasured secrets.

3 copies in store Thursday 29th May!

The Coen brothers' stripped down and gritty chase thriller has a Vietnam vet desperately trying to give the slip to a relentless killer. While out hunting in the barren wilds of Texas, Llewelyn Moss (Josh Brolin) discovers the aftermath of a drugs deal gone wrong, with dead bodies, heroin and a case filled with $2million in cash. Deciding to take the money, Moss says goodbye to his wife (Kelly MacDonald) and takes off to plan his next move. It's not long before he discovers he's being followed by psychopathic ex-special forces hitman, Chigurh (Javier Bardem), who decides his victim's fate, guilty or not, on the toss of a coin. As Chigurh raises the bodycount, gaining ever nearer to Moss, he in turn is hunted by local Sheriff Ed Bell (Tommy Lee Jones), a seen-it-all-before cop, who could do without the excitement.

3 copies in store Thursday 29th May!

Director Marc Forster's adaptation of Khaled Hosseini's bestseller about one man's search for redemption from a childhood betrayal in his native Afghanistan. Childhood friends Amir (Zekeriah Ebrahimi) and Hassan (Ahmad Khan Mahmidzada) spend their days on the streets of Kabul getting up to mischief and eagerly awaiting the spectacular kite-fighting contests. But the joyous excitement of the day is ruined by a shocking act that changes the two boys' relationship forever, with Amir leaving soon after to live in America, just as the threat of war becomes a grim reality. 20 years later, and still haunted by the past, Amir (played as an adult by Khalid Abdalla) returns to Afghanistan, now in the grip of the Taliban, determined to finally redeem himself.

2 copies in store Thursday 29th May!

Comedy about a father and daughter on a hunt for buried treasure. After spending several years in a mental institution, Charlie (Michael Douglas) is sent home to his 16-year old daughter Miranda (Evan Rachel Wood). Since being abandoned by her mother, Miranda has managed to survive by quitting school and taking a job in a burger bar. When her father is released and sent back to their home, Miranda finds her relatively calm world turned upside down. Charlie is convinced that the long-lost treasure of Spanish explorer Father Juan Florismarte Garces is buried somewhere beneath the local Costco store, and encourages the initially skeptical Miranda to get a job there so that they can devise a way to do some after-hours excavation work. Miranda goes along with the questionable plan in the hope of helping her dad realise his outlandish dream.

1 copy in store Thursday 29th May!

New Releases At Movie Mix 22nd May 2008!

7 new releases this week, Death Toll, Over Her Dead Body, He Was A Quiet Man, Suburban Girl, Penelope, In The Vally Of Elah and Cellar Door. Enjoy...

The crime lords of New Orleans meet their match in this action thriller starring Lou Diamond Phillips. With the city still recovering from the devastating hurricane Katrina, drugs and violence now control the streets. Federal agent Mayor Padial (Phillips) decides to tackle the problem by assembling a team of agents to go head to head with the city's crime lords, led by 'The Dog' (DMX).

1 copy in store 22nd May 2008!

Heavenly rom-com with Eva Longoria Parker's recently departed ghost desperately trying to scupper her ex-husband's attempts to move on with psychic Ashley (Lake Bell). Everything was going so well on Kate (Longoria Parker) and Henry's (Paul Rudd) wedding day, that is until a carved-ice angel crushed poor Kate and sent her into the next world. Distraught Henry accepts his sister's advice and decides to get some help from local psychic Ashley, even though he's openly sceptical. As the meetings develop, Henry can't help himself falling in love with Ashley, which doesn't go down too well with Kate's newly aware ghost. With the relationship continuing to grow, Kate's desperate attempts to disrupt proceedings sees her using every tool at her disposal to sabotage their future.

1 copy in store 22nd May 2008!

Black comedy starring Christian Slater and Elisha Cuthbert. Bob Maconel (Slater) is about to have a bad day. Another eight hours of sitting in a dull grey cubicle, ignored by his co-workers, existing in a world where he feels completely out of sync. On this particularly bad day Bob crosses the line from potential killer to inadvertent hero and in the process saves Vanessa's (Cuthbert) life. This invisible nobody saves the object of his desire only to have her ask him to end her life.

1 copy in store 22nd May 2008!

Coming-of-age romantic comedy loosely based on the series of short stories by Melissa Banks. Brett Eisenberg (Sarah Michelle Gellar) is a young woman attempting to work her way up New York City's publishing ladder. Brett attends a book signing, hoping to meet influential publishing giant Archie Knox (Alec Baldwin). No sooner do they trade glances than Archie is wooing Brett with extravagant dates, expensive gifts, and career assistance. The relationship is a storybook romance from the start, but slowly becomes complicated due to the couple's age difference and Archie's drink problem.

1 copy in store 22nd May 2008!

Fantasy adventure starring Christina Ricci, James McAvoy and Reese Witherspoon. The tale of a young woman overcoming seemingly insurmountable odds to win her Prince Charming has long been a staple of fairy tales but here, the classic tale is given a contemporary spin. What if, for instance, the rich and handsome Prince Charming actually turned out to be a total cad, and true love for the heroine rested in the hands of an initially duplicitous card shark? And what if, more importantly, the story was less about a young woman finding true love and more about her learning to love and value herself?

2 copies in store 22nd May 2008!

Thriller starring Tommy Lee Jones and Charlize Theron. After being informed that his son, Mike (Jonathan Tucker), has gone missing after his return from a tour of duty in Iraq, Mike's father Hank (Jones) travels to his son's military base to see if he can make any sense of his disappearance. Hank soon becomes frustrated by the lack of interest shown in the case by the military and the police, and with the help of Detective Emily Sanders (Theron), takes matters into his own hands. The pair begin to piece together the events that led to Mike's disappearance, making some interesting discoveries in the process.

2 copies in store 22nd May 2008!

Independent horror movie in which a young woman, Rudy (Michelle Tomlinson), awakens to find herself imprisoned in a serial killer's basement. Refusing to play along with her captors twisted game, Rudy has only her wits to use against his savage and murderous insanity.

1 copy in store 22nd May 2008!