New Releases At Movie Mix 4th September 2008!

Nine new release this week, including a great selection of horror titles. So if gore is your thing, look no further!

From the executive producers of The Grudge and The Ring comes Shutter a chilling thriller starring Joshua Jackson and Rachel Taylor.A newly married couple discovers disturbing, ghostly images in photographs they develop after a tragic accident. Fearing the manifestations may be connected, they investigate and learn that some mysteries are better left unsolved.

1 copy in store Thursday 4th September!

What Happens In Vegas stars Cameron Diaz and Ashton Kutcher as Joy and Jack, two strangers who wake up together to find that they've gotten married following a night of debauchery in Sin City. To make matters worse one of them has won a huge jackpot after playing the other's quarter! The newlyweds devise ever-escalating schemes to undermine each other and get their hands on the money - only to find themselves falling in love amid the mutual backstabbing.

2 copies in store Thursday 4th September!

Based on real-life serial killer Dennis L Radar who led a seemingly normal life as a husband and father, but whose thirst for blood led him to systematically torture and murder his victims for over 30 years.

1 copy in store Thursday 4th September!

Sydney Wells (Jessica Alba) is an accomplished, independent, Los-Angeles based concert violinist. She is also blind, and has been so since childhood. As our story opens Sydney undergoes a double corneal transplant and her sight is restored.But Sydney's happiness is short lived as unexplained shadowy and frightening images start to haunt her. Are they a passing aftermath of her surgery, Sydney's mind adjusting to sight, a product of her imagination - or something horrifyingly real? As Sydney's family and friends begin to doubt her sanity, Sydney is soon convinced that her anonymous eye donor has somehow opened the door to a terryfying world that only she can now see...

2 copies in store Thursday 4th September!

The year 2000, Cambridge University, Dr Joshua Mathers' state-of-the-art virtual reality suit is being linked to the world's biggest super computer, the Z93. Local programmer, and occult obsessive Victor Neumann has been secretly uploading all of late Edwardian magician Aleister Crowley's black magic ceremonies into the Z93 in binary form, with the intention of fusing science and magic with the help of his accomplice, the stuttering Classics lecturer Dr Oliver Haddo. Haddo enters the suit without realising that Mathers has made it 'intelligent' by adding a random chaos equation into the mix and the result is his transformation into Crowley himself. In order to reinstate his place on Earth he must perform the ultimate occult ritual, the Chemical Wedding within 3 days...

1 copy in store Thursday 4th September!

Ritchie Donovan (Stephen Dorff) is a professional thief whose luck has just run out. The only survivor from a heist that goes terribly wrong, Ritchie is forced to take the rap and is sent to Russia to steal a priceless antique cross, locked in a safe on the penthouse floor of a Moscow skyscraper.Things start badly and go rapidly downhill when, during the robbery, Ritchie and his Russian accomplices are forced to take hostages because they are trapped by the police, on the unused 13th floor.

1 copy in store Thursday 4th September!

Artic Tale is an epic adventure that explores the vast world of the Great North. The film follows the walrus, Seela and the polar bear, Nanu, on their journey from birth to adolescence to maturity and parenthood in the frozen Arctic wilderness. Once a perpetual winter wonderland of snow and ice, the walrus and the polar bear are losing their beautiful icebound world as it melts from underneath them.

1 copy in store Thursday 4th September!

Strippers Vs. Zombies...When a drug experiment goes horribly wrong it's up to a small group of exotic dancers working in a gentleman's club to fight back against the hordes of zombies who are descending on them. They must use their wits and skills to survive the night and not become victims of the flesh-eating zombies!

1 copy in store Thursday 4th September!

21 is the fact based story about six M.I.T students who were trained in the art of card counting. They subsequently took the Vegas casinos for millions! Academy Award Winner Kevin Spacey (The Usual Suspects) and young Hollywood super star Kate Boswoth (Superman Returns) star in this clever & adreniline filled heist film. An MIT math whiz is recruited by a teacher to join a specialized team of card counters. Based on Ben Mezrich's best-selling nonfiction book Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions.

1 copy in store Thursday 4th September!

New Releases At Movie Mix 28th August 2008!

Four great new releases this week, I'm especially looking forward to seeing the thriller "Gone Baby Gone" but the other three all look good too...

Focusing on the disappearance of a young girl within a crime-saturated neighbourhood Gone Baby Gone is an urban mystery of failure that mixes high-wire suspense with vivid characters and provocative themes. This dark, hard-bitten, and powerful adaptation of Dennis Lehane's haunting and emotional crime novel Gone Baby Gone sees Ben Affleck, in his debut directorial role, produce an intense crime thriller that is constantly surprising and deeply compelling.Dorchester, a tough district of Boston where the gritty, working class streets are lined with the wreckage of broken families and dreams, is home to private investigator Patrick Kenzie (Casey Affleck). With professional partner and girlfriend Angela (Michelle Monaghan), Patrick investigates minor criminal cases. Their approachable tone and familiarity with the neighbourhood enables them to talk to people the police cannot. When four-year-old Amanda McCready (Madeline O'Brien) is abducted from her bedroom after her drug addicted mother Helene (Amy Ryan) leaves her alone, the local police unit led by Capt. Jack Doyle (Morgan Freeman) and his ace detective Remy Bressant (Ed Harris) use all their resources to try and track the little girl down. With the police making no headway, Patrick and Angela are bought in by Amanda's proud and virtuous aunt Bea to start their own investigation. As Patrick and Angela delve further down a path in to the dark heart of the neighbourhood they uncover an intensifying web of sordid lies and a labyrinthine maze of class, corruption, evil and innocence. With every clue or fact that is revealed, tension mounts and, much like Clint Eastwood's adaptation of Lehane's Mystic River, Gone Baby Gone packs an emotionally powerful punch that keeps you ultimately involved and unaware of what is around the corner. By opting for a cast that consists of established and confident actors like Morgan Freeman and Ed Harris paired with real-life, toughened Bostonians straight out of local pool-halls and clubs, Ben Affleck has managed to portray the tough, real feel of the streets of South Boston with natural grit and charm and has adapted Dennis Lehane's best-selling novel Gone Baby Gone in to a terrifying and intellectually engaging feature.

2 copies in store Thursday 28th August!

When art student Ben Willis is dumped by his girlfriend Suzy, he develops insomnia. To pass the long hours of the night, he starts working the late night shift at the local supermarket. There he meets a colourful array of characters, all of whom have their own 'art' in dealing with the boredom of an eight-hour shift.

1 copy in store Thursday 28th August!

From director Neil Marshall (The Descent, Dog Soldiers) and starring Rhona Mitra (Shooter), Bob Hoskins (Outlaw, Nixon) and Malcom McDowell (Heroes, A Clockwork Orange) Doomsday is an action-packed, science-fiction thriller!In Doomsday, a lethal virus spreads throughout a major country and kills hundreds of thousands. To contain the newly identified Reaper, the authorities brutally quarantine the country as it succumbs to fear and chaos. The literal walling-off works for three decades - until Reaper violently resurfaces in a major city. An elite group of specialists, including Eden Sinclair (Mitra), is urgently dispatched into the still-quarantined country to retrieve a cure by any means necessary. Shut off from the rest of the world, the unit must battle through a landscape that has become a waking nightmare.

2 copies in store Thursday 28th August!

A remake of the Japanese horror film Chakushin Ari, One Missed Call stars Edward burns and Shannyn Sossamon.Beth Raymond (Shannyn Sossamon) is terrified by the deaths of four friends, three of which she personally witnessed, after they received chilling phone calls apparently from themselves in the future, showing the exact time of their deaths. After every death, a small red candy is found in the victim's mouth. Beth reports these strange occurrences to the police; however, they think she is delirious. Detective Jack Andrews (Edward Burns), however, believes her, stating that his sister died in a similar way. Together, they begin to unravel the mystery of the chain of calls, but are unsure if they can figure it out before Beth's phone starts to ring the same eerie tune.

1 copy in store Thursday 28th August!

New Releases at Movie Mix 21st August 2008

After last week's mammoth release schedule, we are back down to three for this week, My Sassy Girl, Awake, and Nim's Island... enjoy!

Yann Samuell's remake of the Korean romantic-comedy stars Jess Bradford as the shy and respectable Charlie, a nice Midwestern boy who has moved to New York to study. His dull, predictable life get turned upside down after a chance meeting with the beautiful but crazy Jordan, played by Elisha Cuthbert, who he saves the life of. His carefully planned out life is jeopardised by her crazy behaviour, and so he must decide what to do... to follow his head or heart?

1 copy in store Thursday 21st August!

Awake is a surreal psychological thriller about a man whose failed anesthetic leaves him fully conscious during open heart surgery, but unable to alert the surgical team surrounding him. Forced to endure intolerable pain, the man retreats into the dark recesses of his mind, only to find a far greater pain waiting within!

1 copy in store Thursday 21st August!

Anything can happen on Nim's Island, a magical place ruled by a young girl's imagination. It is an existence that mirrors that of her favorite literary character, Alex Rover - the world's greatest adventurer. But Alexandra, the author of the Rover books, leads a reclusive life in the big city. When Nim's father goes missing from their island, a twist of fate brings her together with Alexandra. Now, they must draw courage from their fictional hero, Alex Rover, and find strength in one another to conquer Nim's Island.

2 copies in store Thursday 21st August!

New Releases At Movie Mix 14th August 2008!

A massive blog this week with 14 (!) new releases to thrill you with! Unfortunately I haven't been able to find any details of Bachelor Party 2 but all the other releases are below, most with trailers.; I just couldn't fit all of them on this week! Knock yourself out!




From the creators of Scary Movie and Epic Movie comes Meet The Spartans.The heroic Leonidas, armed with nothing by leather underwear and a cape, leads a ragtag group of 13 - count 'em, 13! Spartans to defend their homeland against the invading Persians (whose ranks include Ghost Rider, Rocky Balboa, the Transformers, and a hunchbacked Paris Hilton).




4 copies in store Thursday 14th August!







Jesse Metcalfe (Desperate Housewives) stars in Insanitarium - a horrifying thriller about a man who cons himself into a mental hospital in order to break out his beloved sister. Once inside, he discovers that a doctor (Peter Stormare Fargo) is mercilessly using his patients as lab rats and is turning them into bloodthirsty killers. Trapped inside an inescapable labyrinth, will they find a way out before the relentless cannibals hunt them down?




2 copies in store Thursday 14th August!






Oscar winners George Clooney and Renée Zellweger match wits in Leatherheads, a quick-witted romantic comedy set against the backdrop of America's nascent pro-football league in 1925.Clooney plays Dodge Connolly, a charming, brash football hero who is determined to guide his team from bar brawls to packed stadiums. But after the players lose their sponsor and the entire league faces certain collapse, Dodge convinces a college football star to join his ragtag ranks. The captain hopes his latest move will help the struggling sport finally capture the country's attention.Welcome to the team Carter Rutherford (John Krasinski), America's favorite son. A golden-boy war hero who single-handedly forced multiple German soldiers to surrender in WWI, Carter has dashing good looks and unparalleled speed on the field. This new champ is almost too good to be true, and Lexie Littleton (Zellweger) aims to prove that's the case.A cub journalist playing in the big leagues, Lexie is a spitfire newswoman who suspects there are holes in Carter's war story. But while she digs, the two teammates start to become serious off-field rivals for her fickle affections.As the new game of pro-football becomes less like the freewheeling sport he knew and loved, Dodge must both fight to keep his guys together and to get the girl of his dreams. Finding that love and football have a surprisingly similar playbook, however, he has one maneuver he will save just for the fourth quarter.




1 copy in store Thursday 14th August!




Flashbacks of A Fool stars Daniel Craig as Joe Scot, an aging Hollywood star, who returns to his English seaside hometown for the funeral of his childhood best friend. He experiences flashbacks of his younger years and a summer that resulted in a tragedy that changed his life forever.




1 copy in store Thursday 14th August!








Ben 'Finn' Finnegan (Matthew McConaughey) is a treasure hunter who is obsessed with finding the legendary 18th century Queens Dowry - 40 chests of exotic treasure that was lost at sea in 1715. In his quest, Finn has sunk everything he has, including his marriage to Tess (Kate Hudson). Just as Tess has begun to rebuild her life, working aboard a mega-yacht owned by billionaire Nigel Honeycutt (Donald Sutherland), Finn discovers a vital clue to the treasures whereabouts. Certain that his luck will change with the newfound information, Finn maneuvers himself aboard Nigels yacht and convinces the tycoon and his Blackberry-wielding, celebutante daughter, Gemma (Alexis Dziena), to join him in the pursuit of the Spanish treasure. Against Tess' better judgment, the search rekindles her love of discovery. But they are not the only ones after the treasure. Finns mentor-turned-nemesis Moe Fitch (Ray Winstone) has also set out to claim the prize!


2 copies in store 14th August!






Happy-Go-Lucky is the new film from acclaimed director Mike Leigh.Poppy (Sally Hawkins) is a 30-year-old Londoner with a bright outlook on life. She loves her job, she loves her friends, she loves her freedom. Mike Leigh's new film follows her over a few weeks one spring as she learns to drive and embarks on a new romance.


1 copy in store Thursday 14th August!

Set against the action-packed world of Mixed Martial Arts, Never Back Down is the story of Jake Tyler, a tough kid who leads with his fists, and, often, with his heart. He has recently moved to Orlando, Florida with his family who have relocated to support his younger brother's shot at a professional tennis career. Jake was a star athlete on the football team at home, but in this new city he is an outsider with a reputation for being a quick tempered brawler. Making an attempt to fit in, and at the invitation of a flirtatious classmate, Baja (Amber Heard), Jake goes to a party where he is unwittingly pulled into a fight with a bully named Ryan McCarthy (Cam Gigandet). While he is defeated and humiliated in the fight, a classmate introduces himself to Jake and tells him about the sport known as Mixed Martial Arts (MMA). He sees a star in Jake and asks that he meet with his mentor, Jean Roqua (Djimon Hounsou). It is immediately apparent to Jake that MMA is not street fighting, but rather an art form he wants to master. Roqua will take Jake under his wing, but it is up to Jake to find the patience, discipline, willingness and reason within him to succeed. For Jake, there is much more at stake than mere victory. His decision will not just settle a score; it will define who he is.

2 copies in store Thursday 14th August!

Danielle, a beautiful psychology student, is not only haunted by a troubled past, but becomes possessed by the sinister soul of a killer. In the fight for her life, Danielle must confront the evil lurking within her, or die trying.

1 copy in store Thursday 14th August!

Lars And The Real Girl stars Ryan Gosling as Lars Lindstrom, a loveable introvert whose emotional baggage has kept him from fully embracing life. After years of lonely solityude, Lars invites Bianca, a friend he met on the internet, to visit him in his home town. His family and friends are not only relieved but also excited to meet the girl who has brought Lars out of his shell! When Lars introduces Bianca to his brother Gus (paul Schneider) and his wife Karen (Emily Mortimer) they are stunned as Bianca turns out to be a life-size doll whom Lars is treating as a real person!After consulting with the family doctor, Lars' family and friends are instructed to along with his delusion - resulting in an emotional journey for Lars and the poeple around him!

1 copy in store Thursday 14th August!

Some secrets should stay buried...Deep in the isolated deserts of New Mexico, a reclusive archaeologist hunts for the truth behind the disappearance of an ancient tribe. Years of research finally uncovers the answer... and once again unleashes its terror. A small town sheriff, only days from being fired, now finds herself trying to save the lives of the locals that want her gone.

1 copy in store Thursday 14th August!

Change Your Outlook. Change Your Life.Nearing the age of 30 with no real accomplishments to show for his years, Jim (Casey Affleck) humbly returns to his small town and moves back in with his eccentric parents (Mary Kay Place and Seymour Cassell) and brother (Kevin Corrigan). As he tries to guide his family through the little dramas of everyday life, Jim stumbles into a romance with a kind, optimistic nurse (Liv Tyler). Directed by Steve Buscemi, Lonesome Jim is a wise, smart comedy about the courage it takes to accept the past, and to embrace the future.

1 copy in store Thursday 14th August!

Decorated Iraq war hero Sgt. Brandon King makes a celebrated return to his small Texas hometown following his tour of duty. Brandon tries to resume the life he left behind with the help and support of his loving family, and his best friend, Steve Shriver, who served with Brandon in Iraq. Alongside their war-time buddies, Brandon and Steve try to make peace with civilian life. Then, against Brandon's will, under a measure called Stop Loss, the Army indefinitely extends Brandon's enlistment and forces him back to Iraq. This upends Brandon's entire world, and sends him to one of the only people he can trust: his childhood friend - and Steve's fiancée - Michele. Michele becomes Brandon's confidante and accomplice as he races across the U.S. - a fugitive from justice in the country he fought to protect - in search of a way out of his predicament.

1 copy in store Thursday 14th August!

Dark Corners stars Thora Birch as a woman who can't escape her nightmares. The line between reality and the horror that lives within her mind begins to blur, making her life unbearable.

1 copy in store Thursday 14th August!