Thursday 10 Nov
Trapped In Paradise
It's Christmas Eve, and Bill, Alvin and Dave Firpo have come from New York to the small town of Paradise for the score of the century. But their big city craftiness is no match for the innate goodness of the townsfolk, who may just kill the Firpos with kindness.
3:00 KSA
0:00 GMT
The Hoax
In what would cause a fantastic media frenzy, Clifford Irving sells his bogus biography of Howard Hughes to a premiere publishing house in the early 1970s. Clifford Irving, a struggling writer desperate to be a famous bestselling author. After his novel gets rejected, he concocts a crazy plot in which he convinces McGraw-Hill that he has been contacted by Howard Hughes in order to tell the official life story of the reclusive billionaire. With the help of his friend, nervous writer Dick Suskind, and Irving's artist wife, Edith, he attempts to get away with one of the greatest literary hoaxes of the 20th century. He goes to elaborate lengths to pull the wool over the eyes of his editor, Andrea Tate, as well as his publisher, Shelton Fisher, and the managing editor of Life magazine, Ralph Graves, who is offering big bucks to serialize the book. As Irving gets deeper and deeper into the lies, he begins to embody Hughes, mimicking the way he looks and talks. The film features excellent performances all around, including star turns by Eli Wallach as longtime Hughes employee Noah Dietrich and Julie Delpy as Nina Van Pallandt, a former flame of Irving's whom he can't shake loose. This movie is rated R for language.
4:30 KSA
1:30 GMT
Before Sunset
Jesse, a writer from the US, and Celine, a Frenchwoman working for an environment protection organization, acquainted nine years ago on the train from Budapest to Vienna, meet again when Jesse arrives in Paris for a reading of his new book. As they have only a few hours until his plane leaves, they stroll through Paris, talking about their experiences, views and whether they still love each other, although Jesse is already married with a kid.
6:00 KSA
3:00 GMT
Wild Fire
Wildfire is the story of what happens when Kris Furillo, willful daughter of a lousy mother, who took a bad start in life landing her in jail, gets parole because Pablo Betart, an excellent foreman who also had a juvenile record, gets her a job on the horse ranch of the Ritter family, where she proves her worth working with horses, especially Wildfire, but still wrestles with her past and upsets the social dynamics there, not in the least because of her appeal on the owners' teenage boys, Jean Ritter's son Matt and Ken Davis' son Kenny 'Junior' Davis
7:30 KSA
4:30 GMT
The Last Kiss
Zach Braff plays Michael, a man in his late twenties facing an existential crisis. Michael and Jenna have been together for years and now that Jenna is four months pregnant she is under pressure from her parents to marry Michael. While Jenna is eager to tie the knot, Michael is not so sure. Throughout his life Michael has meticulously planned his actions. Whether it is his schooling, career, or relationship with sweetheart Jenna, Michael has taken a cautious and conservative course. That is to say, Michael has never really addressed what he desires in life, only what is expected of him. With the prospect of marriage in front of him, alongside a soon to arrive child, the father to be feels trapped; the idea that he has not lived his life to the fullest engulfs him and he is secretly reluctant to forfeit his freedom for a traditional lifestyle. Michael treads along despite his reservations, allowing Jenna’s parents and society’s expectations lead him. However, while at a friend’s wedding an attractive college student named Kim senses Michael’s apprehension and attempts to capitalize on it. Kim invites him back to her home where they attend a party; for the first time in years Michael feels emancipated. After an enjoyable first encounter he sneaks away from work to visit Kim again, but is accidentally busted by friend Chris. Jenna demands that Michael explain his actions and fess up to seeing another woman; he does and apologizes, but still secretly lusts for Kim and envisions her as an escape from the monotony and inevitable imprisonment of marriage and fatherhood. Inevitably Michael ends up at the college student’s home again where he is in danger of sleeping with her -- though his deep love of Jenna eventually prevents this from happening. Michael must weigh his options and decide whose happiness and desires are more important, his own or the people around him. “The Last Kiss” was nominated for two Teen Choice Awards. This movie is rated R for sexuality, nudity and language.
9:00 KSA
6:00 GMT
The Holiday
American Amanda Woods (Cameron Diaz) and English native Iris Simpkins (Kate Winslet) are two women from two different continents who share one common problem: men. For years Iris and coworker Jasper (Rufus Sewell) have had intermittent affairs, and while neither acknowledged any kind of formal relationship, Iris harbored romantic feelings for Jasper – and assumed the feeling was mutual. So when Jasper announced his engagement to another woman Iris was understandably heartbroken and felt betrayed. Meanwhile in the United States Amanda learns that her boyfriend, Ethan Ebbers (Edward Burns) has been unfaithful and so their relationship comes to an abrupt end. Not long afterward Iris posts a somewhat unorthodox advertisement on the Internet proposing a house swap with another professional woman, in any part of the world. Amanda, a big shot movie trailer editor, encounters the journalist's ad and decides to exchange her sunny Los Angeles mansion for a quiet and quaint home in Surrey, England. At first the relocation is a shock, but eventually she cozies up with Graham (Jude Law), Iris' brother. What was initiated as a simple one-night stand quickly transforms into romance; consequently, Amanda's upcoming return to America seems to arrive much too soon. Similarly, in California, Iris is soaking up the sun and indulging in everything LA has to offer. She eventually meets Miles (Jack Black), an associate of Ethan's still reeling over his girlfriend's infidelity. Miles' gruff and carefree attitude meshes well with Iris' personality and a romance begins to spark. Both women seem to have found what they are looking for. Unfortunately, it seems they must eventually leave their dreams behind – but must they really? The Holiday won a Teen Choice Award for Choice Chick Flick, in addition to an MTV Movie Award nomination. At the box office the picture was a knockout success, earning over $205 million around the world, easily recuperating its seemingly steep $85 million budget. The soundtrack features a number of great and recognizable tunes by the likes of Wham!, James Taylor, Al Green, Kylie Minogue, and many more.
10:30 KSA
7:30 GMT
Bring It On
12:00 KSA
9:00 GMT
The Nines
A troubled actor, a television show runner, and an acclaimed videogame designer find their lives intertwining in mysterious and unsettling ways. The Nines is a clever, mind-bending thrill ride through the mind of an actor, a writer, and a videogame designer who arguably controls them all. The story is a complex, thought-provoking work divided into three sections and featuring the same actors playing different roles, with the number nine always lurking in the background. Gary, an actor who plays a cop on television, uses too much lighter fluid when he burns his ex-girlfriend's things, then he drinks and drives, uses crack, and crashes his car. He sobers up in jail and is placed under house arrest and the watchful eye of a publicist, the cheery and tough-minded Margaret. She moves him into the empty house of a writer who's away in Canada on a shoot. Gary meets Sarah, an attractive and seemingly-willing neighbor. His friendship with Margaret blooms and strange things happen: he finds notes he doesn't remember writing, he hears noises, and he seems to bump into himself in the kitchen. Two remaining chapters reveal what's going on. Certain minute elements repeat in each part, giving clues as to what it's all really about as fantasy and reality intertwine. This movie is rated R for language, some drug content and sexuality.
13:30 KSA
10:30 GMT
Pipe Dream
15:00 KSA
12:00 GMT
Agent Cody Banks
Cody Banks is a teen CIA super-agent who is on a mission to get friendly with his classmate Natalie so that he can uncover her father's vicious scheme to create deadly robots.
17:00 KSA
14:00 GMT
Nacho Libre
Funnyman Jack Black stars in this comedic tale of an orphaned man wavering between a life of religious solitude and a career in professional wrestling. Black plays Ignacio, nicknamed Nacho, who is a man raised in a monastery after his Scandinavian mother and Mexican father passed away during his childhood. Like the monks and nuns who served as Ignacio’s caretakers, he lives a simple, impoverished life. As he grew into adulthood he remained at the monastery and serves as its cook. While Nacho is not well liked by the religious men at the center, the orphans adore him – and as a former orphan himself, the feeling is mutual. Each day Ignacio forages the streets of his small village for cooking materials, usually consisting of tortillas and bread. Since the monastery cannot afford sufficient food supplies, Nacho’s meals tend to disappoint. But Ignacio lives a conflicting existence. For all of his life Nacho has dreamed of becoming a professional wrestler, though he has postponed his dreams due to a perceived religious conflict. Nacho is also deeply inlove with Encarnación (Ana de la Reguera), a sister at the monastery who like him, is bound to a life of celibacy and when Nacho tells Encarnación of his dream she reaffirms the church’s stance on wrestling, remarking that it is a form of idol worship. Ignacio suppresses his wrestling dream until he is assaulted by a homeless man while attempting to gather food for the orphans; the assailant steals Ignacio’s tortilla chips leaving him in shame and unable to feed the children that day. Ignacio then decides to pursue his dream in secret. Wearing sweat pants, a blouse and a raggedly mask Nacho (Ignacio’s stage name) assembles a makeshift costume and prepares for his first match. His tag team partner is coincidently Steven (Héctor Jiménez), the man who previously robbed and assaulted him. Upon losing their first battle Steven and Nacho contemplate throwing in the towel, but when the fight’s promoters reveal that they will be paid even for loses, the team continues fighting. In order to justify his profession with his religion, Nacho uses all of his earnings to buy food for the children. Not content with merely losing and collecting 100 pesos, Steven and Nacho attempt to prepare themselves for bigger fights in hopes that they can become genuine wrestling stars. When his superiors at the monastery discover his pastime, Ignacio is ejected in shame and opts for a life of solitude in the wilderness, retiring from wrestling for good. However with Steven’s encouragement, Nacho takes part in a fight that may just change his life and the lives of the orphans he loves.
19:00 KSA
16:00 GMT
The Other Boleyn Girl
A sumptuous and sensual tale of intrigue, romance and betrayal set against the backdrop of a defining moment in European history: two beautiful sisters, Anne and Mary Boleyn, driven by their family's blind ambition, compete for the love of the handsome and passionate King Henry VIII. Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson star as Anne and Mary Boleyn in this adaptation of the bestselling novel by Philippa Gregory. While their story is perhaps one of history's most well known, The Other Boleyn Girl has fun with the facts, creating a lusty, dramatic tale of deception and betrayal. The film begins with the girls' power-hungry uncle, discovering that King Henry VIII's marriage to Catherine of Aragon is falling apart. Their uncle suggests to their father that he tempt the King into taking Anne as his mistress, thus putting the family in the King's favor. But the King has no time for the strong-willed Anne, and instead turns his attentions to her already married, soft-spoken sister Mary. With her eye on the Queen's crown, Anne renews her attempts to seduce the king, driving a wedge between her and her sister. Eric Bana is a brooding, sexy Henry, and Portman and Johansson both give strong performances as the beautiful and bewitching sisters. While some might quibble over the historical inaccuracies of the film (of which there are quite a few), most will let themselves get lost in the sea of beautiful bodices, and the anticipation of when those bodices might be ripped off.
21:00 KSA
18:00 GMT
The Curse Of The Jade Scorpion
"The Curse of the Jade Scorpion" concerns an insurance investigator and an efficiency expert that are both hypnotized by a crooked hypnotist into stealing jewels. CW Briggs (Woody Allen) is the top insurance investigator in 1940s New York, with many successes. Briggs prides himself on being able to crack any insurance caper by getting into the mind of the thief. Betty Ann Fitzgerald (Helen Hunt) is a new employee in the company he works for, with the task of reorganizing the office. Both Briggs and Fitzgerald don't like each other - or at least that's what they think. During a night out with the rest of the office employees, they go to watch Voltan, a magician who secretly hypnotizes both of them, in order to use them for his dirty schemes. The hypnotic powers of the Jade Scorpion get the mind of the thief into Briggs. The next evening already, Briggs makes his first robbery, and when he wakes up in the morning he has no memory of it. The situation is quickly exacerbated when a rash of thefts-- involving millions of dollars worth of jewelry and goods-- begins to occur among clients for whom the company has installed security systems. An inside job is suspected, and to Briggs' chagrin, more outside help is brought in. Things get really complicated when he starts investigating the case. Will he be able to uncover "himself"? The film received a "rotten" rating from film-review website Rotten Tomatoes and fared poorly in American theaters with ticket sales of less than seven million dollars. With its production budget of $26 million dollars, it is Allen's most expensive film. According to boxofficemojo, its worldwide gross was $18. 9 million but it won Gran Angular Award for the Best Film by Woody Allen.
23:00 KSA
20:00 GMT
Bring It On
1:00 KSA
22:00 GMT
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