New Releases At Movie Mix 17th July 2008!

Thanks to everyone on all your positive feedback about the new look shop, your custom is always appreciated and we aim to get better and better over the coming months!

Lots of new releases this week...

Epic adventure from director Roland Emmerich. In a remote mountain tribe, the young hunter D'Leh (Steven Strait) has met the woman of his dreams, the beautiful Evolet (Camilla Belle). But when a band of mysterious warlords raid his village and kidnap Evolet, D'Leh must lead a small group of hunters to pursue the warlords to the end of the world to save her. As they venture into unknown lands for the first time, the group discovers there are civilisations beyond their own and that mankind's reach is far greater than they ever knew.

2 copies in store Thursday 17th July!

Horror starring Amber Heard as Mandy Lane, a beautiful 16-year-old temptress living in a small town in Texas. When Mandy is invited to a weekend party at a secluded ranch, all the boys begin competing for Mandy's affections. As night falls and drugs and alcohol take over, Mandy suddenly finds herself fighting for survival against one of the boy's she has rejected.

1 copy in store Thursday 17th July!

Chilling ghost story produced by Guillermo del Toro. Laura (Belen Rueda) has fond memories of the orphanage she grew up in. She was well cared for by the staff and she loved her fellow orphans like they were her own flesh and blood. Thirty years later, accompanied by her husband Carlos (Fernando Cayo) and her 7-year-old son Simon (Roger Princep), she returns to her childhood home with a dream of restoring the now abandoned orphanage and reopening it as a home for disabled youngsters. However, it's not long before Simon starts communicating with an invisible new friend and telling strange stories. Carlos is skeptical of his son, believing that he is just seeking attention. Then Simon disappears without trace...

1 copy in store Thursday 17th July!

Director Brian De Palma revisits similar terrain that he covered in his 1989 film, 'Casualties of War', in this 'fictional documentary' loosely based on a real-life gang rape and multiple murder perpetrated by US soldiers in Iraq in 2006. Centred around a small army group stationed at a checkpoint in Iraq, the film alternates points of view, balancing the experiences of these inexperienced young men with those of the western media and local Iraqi people. Utilising an array of different filmic styles, from video diaries and surveillance footage, to produced documentaries and news coverage, De Palma forces the viewer to question how 'truth' is reported and asks difficult questions about the brutalising effects of war on all those involved.

1 copy in store Thursday 17th July!

Comedy starring Owen Wilson. Wade (Nate Hartley), Ryan (Troy Gentile) and Emmit (David Dorfman) are all excited about their first day of high school. However, trouble arises in the form of sadistic school bully, Filkins (Alex Frost). Hoping to employ someone to protect them against Filkins, the boys place an advert in Soldier of Fortune magazine. Their most promising response comes from a down-on-his-luck mercenary called Drillbit Taylor (Owen Wilson). Drillbit begins training the boys physically and mentally to face Filkins. But what they don't know is that Drillbit is actually unemployed and homeless and doesn't know the first thing about being a bodyguard.

1 copy in store Thursday 17th July!

New Releases At Movie Mix 10th July 2008!

Your new Movie Mix Store is COMPLETE! Just look at what we've done!

Pop into the new store for all your rental DVDs s well as an increased range of DVDs, CDs and vinyl to buy. We can also order in any titles you are hunting, as long as they are available we can get them for you!

New rental releases this week... too many to itemise but just look below for details and trailers.

The Game Plan tells the story of rugged superstar quarterback Joe Kingman, whose Boston-based team is chasing a championship. A 'serial bachelor', Kingman is living the ultimate fantasy: he's rich, famous and the life of the party. But this dream is suddenly sacked for a loss when he discovers the 7-year-old daughter he never knew he had - the product of a last fling before parting years ago with his young wife. Now, during the most important time in his career, he must figure out how to juggle his parties, practices and dates with the newfound ballet classes, bedtime stories and dolls that come with his daughter. Equally perplexed is his hard-edged mega-agent, Stella, herself without a parental bone in her body. Despite the often hilarious misadventures that come with being a new father, Joe discovers that's there's more to life than money, endorsements and thousands of adoring fans: the love and care of one very special small fan is the only thing that matters.

1 copy in store Thursday 10th July!

Comedy thriller starring Andy Serkis and Reece Shearsmith as two brothers who kidnap a crime boss's daughter and hold her for ransom in a secluded country cottage. Everything seems to be going to plan, but the brothers hadn't counted on a couple of things - firstly, that their hostage, Tracey (Jennifer Ellison), would put up so much of a fight, and secondly, that their dimwitted accomplice, Andrew (Steve O'Donnel), would be followed to the cottage by a group of bloodthirsty henchmen. To make matters worse, the owner of the seemingly abandoned cottage returns and it turns out he has a murderous temper and a bitter hatred of trespassers.

1 copy in store Thursday 10th July!

Impressionistic biopic of legendary singer/songwriter Bob Dylan, directed by Todd Haynes. The movie features six actors playing different versions of the great artist at various stages of his life. Marcus Carl Franklin plays an 11-year-old who passes himself off as a reincarnated Woody Guthrie; Christian Bale plays Jack Rollins, a young folk singer starting to become affected by political issues; Cate Blanchett plays Jude Quinn, a version of Dylan at the height of his fame in the 1960s; Heath Ledger stars as Robbie Clark, a fictional Hollywood actor, best-known for starring in a film about Jack Rollins (Bale's character); finally, Richard Gere portrays the older Dylan as an aging Billy the Kid in a Wild West town.

1 copy in store Thursday 10th July!

Comedy from Oscar-nominated director, Noah Baumbach. Nicole Kidman stars as Margot Zeller, an intelligent, razor-tongued author who travels with her son, Claude (Zane Pais), to the wedding of her estranged sister, Pauline (Jennifer Jason Leigh). From the moment Margot meets Pauline's husband-to-be, Malcolm (Jack Black), she takes an instant dislike to him. As the couple's union approaches, Margot escalates a dispute between her sister and the neighbours. But as deep family secrets are revealed, everyone is forced to rethink their feelings towards each other.

1 copy in store Thursday 10th July!

Fantasy adventure based on the books by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black. From the moment twin brothers, Jared (Freddie Highmore) and Simon (also Highmore), move with their sister (Sarah Bolger) and mother (Mary-Louise Parker) into their great, great uncle Arthur Spiderwick's (David Strathairn) run-down old house, strange things begin to happen. Unable to explain the unusual disturbances that seem to be occurring on a daily basis, the family blames Jared. Determined to prove his innocence, Jared enlists the help of his siblings in investigating what's truly responsible for the strange goings-on. Pretty soon, they uncover the truth of the Spiderwick estate and the magical creatures that inhabit it.

2 copies in store Thursday 10th July!

Moving tale of a recently bereaved widow (Halle Berry) who takes in her husband's best friend, a recovering heroin addict (Benicio Del Toro). After losing her husband to an act of neighbourhood violence, Audrey Burke (Berry) finds it hard to adapt to life again, unable to move on from the overwhelming grief she feels. Meeting her husband's best friend Jerry (Del Toro), a recovering heroin addict who has lost everything, she realises that he could be the person to help her cope with her grief, and invites him to move in. As he begins to help Audrey turn her life around, Jerry finds that his own life is finally getting back on the rails.

1 copy in store Thursday 10th July!

Thriller starring John Leguizamo as Felix De La Pena, an armoured car driver living in Los Angeles. Felix's life is thrown into turmoil after he miraculously survives being shot during a hijack. Now facing a long and difficult recovery, Felix sets out to track down his attackers before they frame him for the crimes they committed.

1 copy in store Thursday 10th July!

Sequel to the 2006 dance drama 'Step Up'. Andie (Briana Evigan) is a member of an elite inner-city dance crew called the 410. When the 410 pretend to be muggers on a subway car and then stage an impromptu dance show for the somewhat bewildered passengers, Andie's guardian (Sonja Sohn of HBO's 'The Wire') ships her off to the Maryland School of the Arts. Andie's urban street style, of course, goes against the grain of the strait-laced school. Then Tyler Gauge (Channing Tatum), the main character from the original film, challenges Andie to a dance-off. If Andie loses, she agrees to take the school seriously and start attending classes. The film culminates in an underground dance battle with her old crew, the 410.

2 copies in store Thursday 10th July!

New Releases At Movie Mix Saturday 5th July 2008!

We will be closed from 4pm on Sunday 29th June - Friday 4th July for a much needed refit. Join us on Saturday 5th July from 10am for the Grand Opening (details above).

As well as the champagne, strawberries and balloons, enjoy this week's new releases: There Will Be Blood, Funny Games, September Dawn, Frontiers, Reservation Road and The Bucket List.

Academy Award-winning drama starring Daniel Day-Lewis. Daniel Plainview (Day-Lewis) is a down-and-out silver miner who transforms himself into a rich oil tycoon. When he learns of a small oil-rich town in California, he moves there with his adopted son, H.W. (Dillon Freasier). Using his son to project the image of a caring family man, Plainview gains the co-operation of almost all the locals in the town, with promises to build schools and cultivate the land to make their community flourish. However, over time, Plainview's gradual accumulation of wealth and power causes his true self to surface, and he begins to slowly alienate himself from everyone in his life, including his son.

3 copies in store Saturday 5th July 2008!

In this remake of his 1997 film 'Funny Games', director Michael Haneke delivers a savage critique on the way violence is portrayed in the media. Arriving at their remote holiday cabin in the Hamptons for a quiet vacation, George (Tim Roth), his wife Ann (Naomi Watts), and their young son Georgie (Devon Gearheart), find themselves subjected to a harrowing ordeal involving mental and physical torture, when two young, psychotic killers come calling.

1 copy in store Saturday 5th July 2008!

On September 11, 1857 in an unspoiled valley of the Utah Territory 120 men, women and children were savagely murdered.Who ordered the massacre, and why, has been hidden in a cloak of secrecy and conspiracy. And the reputation of one of the nation's mightiest religious figures has been preserved and protected.Until now...Based on actual historical events, September Dawn is a feature length drama that depicts the tragic encounter between a party of innocent settlers and a fanatic Mormon militia. The religious terrorism depicted in the film happened 150 years ago and resonates in many ways with acts of mindless violence occurring across the world today.

1 copy in store Saturday 5th July 2008!

Graphically violent gorefest from 'Hitman' director Xavier Gens. With the 2002 riots raging in Paris, a group of young, small-time crooks use the distraction to pull off a heist. With the cops on their trail, four members of the gang hole up in a remote motel. Unfortunately for the robbers, the motel is run by a family of neo-Nazi cannibals headed by uniformed patriarch Le Von Geisler (Jean-Pierre Jorris). Gang member Yasmine (Karina Testa) is pregnant and the people-munching Geislers see her unborn baby as a fantastic opportunity to reverse the effects of decades of inbreeding...

1 copy in store Saturday 5th July 2008!

Emotional drama starring Joaquin Phoenix and Mark Ruffalo as two fathers whose lives are changed forever by a terrible accident. Law associate Dwight Arno (Ruffalo) and his son Lucas (Eddie Alderson) are driving back to Lucas' mother's (Mira Sorvino) house after attending a baseball game. When Dwight swerves to avoid an oncoming car he hits 10-year-old Josh Learner (Sean Curley), killing him instantly. Panicked, Dwight speeds off. The only witness to the hit and run is Josh's father Ethan (Phoenix). The police are called in, and an investigation begins. Haunted by the tragedy, both fathers react in unexpected ways, as do Ethan's wife Grace (Jennifer Connelly) and his daughter Emma (Elle Fanning). As the investigation falters, Ethan loses patience with the police and begins his own search for truth and justice...

1 copy in store Saturday 5th July 2008!

Adventure comedy starring Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman. Billionaire Edward Cole (Nicholson) and working class mechanic Carter Chambers (Freeman) are worlds apart. At a crossroads in their lives, they share a hospital room and discover they have two things in common: a desire to spend the time they have left doing everything they ever wanted to do before they 'kick the bucket' and an unrealised need to come to terms with who they are. Together they embark on the road trip of a lifetime, becoming friends along the way and learning to live life to the fullest.




1 copy in store Saturday 5th July 2008!

New Releases At Movie Mix 26th June 2008!

There's something for everyone this week... thriller, horror, comedy, kids, drama - it's all here! Check out the trailers to help you choose.

Don't forget we will be closed from Monday 30th June - Friday 4th July for a major refit! Drop in on Saturday 5th July for the grand opening of your brand new store, offering you a whole lot more!

Thriller based on the true story of a 1971 London bank robbery that baffled the authorities and captivated the public. Jason Statham stars as Terry Leather, a former crooked car salesman who wants to put his shady past behind him and start a family. But when Terry's old neighbour, Martine Love (Saffron Burrows), proposes a foolproof plan to rob a Baker Street bank, Terry reluctantly agrees to come on board. As the operation gets underway, the resourceful group of thieves tunnel their way into a safe-deposit vault at the Lloyds Bank in Marylebone where they discover millions of pounds worth of cash and priceless gems. However, Terry and his crew don't realise the boxes also contain a treasure trove of dirty secrets that will thrust them into a deadly web of corruption and illicit scandal that spans London's criminal underworld, the British government, and even the Royal Family.

2 copies in store Thursday 26th June!

Zombie horror movie directed by George A. Romero. Film student Jason (Joshua Close) and his crew are shooting a mummy movie in the Pennsylvania woods when news reports begin pouring in about the dead rising from their graves. Cast member Ridley (Phillip Riccio) reacts to the news by abandoning the group and retreating to his family's fortified mansion halfway across the state, while the remaining cast and crew are forced to fight for their lives despite having no weapons and only an old Winnebago in which to seek shelter. The group soon realise that there is no escape from the plague of the living dead.

1 copy in store Thursday 26th June!

Big budget Hollywood adaptation of the historical novel by Philippa Gregory. The story is a fictionalised account of the life of Mary Boleyn (Scarlett Johansson) who was mistress to King Henry VIII (Eric Bana) before he married her sister, Anne (Natalie Portman). Set during one of the most dramatic periods in British regal history, the narrative focuses on the relationship and rivalry between the two Boleyn girls and the power game being played by their family in which the sisters are mere pawns. When Mary is ousted in favour of Anne, she leaves the King's Court to marry a commoner, but is compelled to return when her sister embarks on a reckless plan to try and save herself from ruin.

1 copy in store Thursday 26th June!

A young boy is left with a growing problem when he finds a mysterious egg on the shores of Loch Ness, in this big screen adaptation of Dick King-Smith's children's favourite. One day, while beachcombing beside his home on Loch Ness, Angus MacMorrow (Alex Etel) finds an egg that he's never seen before. After taking it home, the egg hatches, and Angus is amazed to find he is the proud owner of a 'Water-Horse', the loch's most famous, fabled inhabitant, which Angus decides to christen 'Crusoe'. But with his new friend growing ten times its own size every day, and some not too friendly locals to contend with, Angus soon has his hands full trying to keep Crusoe under wraps.

1 copy in store Thursday 26th June!

Feelgood comedy-of-errors starring Jack Black as a man who accidentally erases all the videos in his friend's store, then has to re-make them to keep the business going. Junkyard worker Jerry (Black) thinks the power plant directly opposite is threatening his health. Taking matters into his own hands, he opts for a pre-emptive strike, but in the process manages to magnetise his brain. Turning up at 'Be Kind Rewind', the video store where his friend Mike (Mos Def) works, Jerry's electro-brain succeeds in erasing all the tapes in the store. Desperate to keep the business from going under, Mike and Jerry hit on a plan to remake every film in the store in their own inimitable way. Unfortunately for them, their scheme is soon scuppered when news of their plan escapes, prompting legal threats of copyright infringement, and the closure of the store. But just when all seems lost, the friends' belief in human nature is finally restored in the most unexpected way.

1 copy in store Thursday 26th June!