November 2007 - Cinema-List

[Cinema-List] The Winter All Nighter... You've been waiting... it's almost here...
by cinema 30 Nov '07

30 Nov '07

Hi everyone (again today), I know what you've all been waiting for, an event that will keep many of us entertained all...night...long.... I'm of course talking about the Winter All Nighter. This year we've got an amazing line up for you guys. On Tuesday 11th December the iCU Cinema (2nd Floor Union Building) proudly presents 18:00 - Ratatouille (U) 20:20 - Stardust (PG) 23:10 - The Kingdom (15) 01:30 - Michael Clayton (15) 04:00 - Shoot Em Up (18) 06:00 - Eastern Promises (18) (Finish 7:40) As an added bonus, the Union will be running the bar during all intervals after 11pm. Don't forget you can bring your drink back up with you so stock up! Of course the box office will be selling their normal assortment of sweets along with popcorn bags and hopefully ice cream! You'll notice the bar shuts just before The Kingdom starts.... The ticket prices are as follows 1 Film - £3 2 Films - £5 3 Films - £7 4 Films - £9 All Night (5+) - £11 on the night, £10 advance tickets Advanced tickets will be purchasable on Tuesday/Thursday's film nights or in the Union reception on Wednesday. Alternatively you should be able to buy them online next week depending on how long it takes the union to put them up for me (which we'll hope isn't long). The link to our site is http://www.imperialcollegeunion.org/clubs-and-societies/a-to-z/c/cinema/ <https://icex.imperial.ac.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=https://icex.imperial…> and just click on "shop". Also as a treat I'll let the first 20 advanced ticket sales will get a free film poster of your choice from our "bordering on the ridiculous" range of quad sized posters. Examples include any of this term's films including Bourne Ultimatum, and Ocean's Thirteen. Although first come first serve on choice. Email cinema(a)imperial.ac.uk <mailto:cinema@imperial.ac.uk> with your ticket details to claim! Plus, with an all nighter ticket you'll automatically be entered into a prize draw to win 6 posters for the films we'll be showing on the night. If you want to check out what's going on or just chat about the films we have a facebook group at http://imperial.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2215805908 <https://icex.imperial.ac.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://imperial.faceb…> where you can talk about film, discuss ideas for future events and... whatever else facebook is for! The only question left to ask is... can you handle it? Many have failed... Many have slept through films... Can you survive the sheer amount of entertainment that 6 films back to back offers?! Alex -- <squeaky voice> All night long! < / squeaky voice> -- Yong Was that a bit cheddar? Onto the film descriptions... 18:00 - Ratatouille (U) A rat named Remy dreams of becoming a great French chef despite his family's wishes and the obvious problem of being a rat in a decidedly rodent-phobic profession. When fate places Remy in the sewers of Paris, he finds himself ideally situated beneath a restaurant made famous by his culinary hero, Auguste Gusteau. Despite the apparent dangers of being an unlikely - and certainly unwanted - visitor in the kitchen of a fine French restaurant, Remy's passion for cooking soon sets into motion a hilarious and exciting rat race that turns the culinary world of Paris upside down! >From IMDB.com Trailers: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0382932/trailers-screenplay-E27826-314 <https://icex.imperial.ac.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=https://icex.imperial…> (sorry no apple trailer) IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0382932/ <https://icex.imperial.ac.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=https://icex.imperial…> <https://icex.imperial.ac.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=https://icex.imperial…> 20:20 - Stardust (PG) Stardust is a 2007 fantasy film directed by Matthew Vaughn. The film is based on Neil Gaiman's novella of the same name, illustrated by Charles Vess, originally published by DC Comics, and stars an ensemble cast including Robert De Niro, Claire Danes, Nathaniel Parker, Peter O'Toole, David Kelly, Michelle Pfeiffer, Sienna Miller, Mark Heap and Charlie Cox. In addition, it is narrated by Sir Ian McKellen. >From wikipedia.org A charmingly naïve boy from the English village of Wall travels to a magical, mythical world in search of the falling star that will help him win the heart of his true love in this fantasy adventure starring Charlie Cox, Claire Danes, Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Ricky Gervais, and Sienna Miller. For hundreds of years the massive cobblestone barrier that surrounds the sleepy English hamlet of Wall has kept the citizens of the village safe and secure from the malevolent supernatural forces that stir just outside its perimeter. When dashing Tristan Thorne (Cox) promises the fairest girl in the village, Victoria (Miller), that he will prove his love by bestowing her with a genuine falling star, his daring mission sends him on an adventure far outside the comfortable confines of Wall. In order to find the fallen star, Tristan will have to ascend the wall and venture deep into the forbidden heart of the fantastical realm known as Stormhold. Upon discovering that the meteorite he sought was in fact a beautiful girl named Yvaine (Danes), who has stumbled though space and is now being pursued by the King of Stormhold's (Peter O'Toole) sons (who long to use her cosmic powers to lay claim to the throne), Tristan vows to protect the otherworldly visitor at all costs. But the king's sons aren't the only ones in search of the luminous Yvaine; fearsome witch Lamia (Pfeiffer) has become convinced that the young girl's power can help her to achieve eternal youth and beauty. As Tristan makes his way through Stormhold on a mission to bring the star back to Wall, he will encounter a series of spectacular characters and creatures that will lead him to a fate he never imagined. Layer Cake director Matthew Vaughn serves as director and co-screenwriter for this tale of witches and pirates adapted from the novel by fantasy icon Neil Gaiman, who also produces.\ >From AllMovie.com Trailers: http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/stardust/ <https://icex.imperial.ac.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=https://icex.imperial…> <https://icex.imperial.ac.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=https://icex.imperial…> IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0486655/ <https://icex.imperial.ac.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=https://icex.imperial…> <https://icex.imperial.ac.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=https://icex.imperial…> 23:10 - The Kingdom (15) When a terrorist bomb detonates inside a Western housing compound in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, an international incident is ignited. While diplomats slowly debate equations of territorialism, FBI Special Agent Ronald Fleury quickly assembles an elite team and negotiates a secret five-day trip into Saudi Arabia to locate the madman behind the bombing. Upon landing in the desert kingdom, however, Fleury and his team discover Saudi authorities suspicious and unwelcoming of American interlopers into what they consider a local matter. Hamstrung by protocol-and with the clock ticking on their five days-the FBI agents find their expertise worthless without the trust of their Saudi counterparts, who want to locate the terrorist in their homeland on their own terms. Fleury's crew finds a like-minded partner in Saudi Colonel Al-Ghazi, who helps them navigate royal politics and unlock the secrets of the crime scene and the workings of an extremist cell bent on further destruction. With these unlikely allies sharing a propulsive commitment to crack the case, the team is led to the killer's front door in a blistering do-or-die confrontation. Now in a fight for their own lives, strangers united by one mission won't stop until justice is found in The Kingdom. >From IMDB.com Trailers: http://www.apple.com/trailers/universal/thekingdom/ <https://icex.imperial.ac.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=https://icex.imperial…> IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0431197/ <https://icex.imperial.ac.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=https://icex.imperial…> 01:30 - Michael Clayton (15) Michael Clayton is an in-house "fixer" at one of the largest corporate law firms in New York. A former criminal prosecutor, Clayton takes care of Kenner, Bach & Ledeen's dirtiest work at the behest of the firm's co-founder Marty Bach. Though burned out and hardly content with his job as a fixer, his divorce, a failed business venture and mounting debt have left Clayton inextricably tied to the firm. At U/North, meanwhile, the career of litigator Karen Crowder rests on the multi-million dollar settlement of a class action suit that Clayton's firm is leading to a seemingly successful conclusion. But when Kenner Bach's brilliant and guilt-ridden attorney Arthur Edens sabotages the U/North case, Clayton faces the biggest challenge of his career and his life. >From IMDB.com Trailers: http://www.apple.com/trailers/wb/michaelclayton/ <https://icex.imperial.ac.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=https://icex.imperial…> <https://icex.imperial.ac.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=https://icex.imperial…> IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0465538/ <https://icex.imperial.ac.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=https://icex.imperial…> <https://icex.imperial.ac.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=https://icex.imperial…> 04:00 - Shoot Em Up (18) The film follows Smith (Clive Owen), a down-and-out squatter with both an extensive military background and a fondness for carrots, who wants nothing more than to be left alone. Smith finds himself embroiled in a complex political conspiracy once he aids a pregnant woman who is being chased by a hitman. He takes the baby and goes on the run with a prostitute (Monica Bellucci). The unlikely family is trailed by the intelligent and ruthless Hertz (played by Paul Giamatti) and his army of thugs. >From wikipedia.org Trailers: http://www.apple.com/trailers/newline/shootemup/ <https://icex.imperial.ac.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=https://icex.imperial…> IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0465602/ <https://icex.imperial.ac.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=https://icex.imperial…> 06:00 - Eastern Promises (18) The mysterious and charismatic Russian-born Nikolai Luzhin is a driver for one of London's most notorious organized crime families of Eastern European origin. The family itself is part of the Vory V Zakone criminal brotherhood. Headed by Semyon, whose courtly charm as the welcoming proprietor of the plush Trans-Siberian restaurant impeccably masks a cold and brutal core, the family's fortunes are tested by Semyon's volatile son and enforcer, Kirill, who is more tightly bound to Nikolai than to his own father. But Nikolai's carefully maintained existence is jarred once he crosses paths at Christmastime with Anna Khitrova, a midwife at a North London hospital. Anna is deeply affected by the desperate situation of a young teenager who dies while giving birth to a baby. Anna resolves to try to trace the baby's lineage and relatives. The girl's personal diary also survives her; it is written in Russian, and Anna seeks answers in it. Anna's mother Helen does not discourage her, but Anna's irascible Russian-born uncle Stepan urges caution. He is right to do so; by delving into the diary, Anna has accidentally unleashed the full fury of the Vory. With Semyon and Kirill closing ranks and Anna pressing her inquiries, Nikolai unexpectedly finds his loyalties divided. The family tightens its grip on him; who can, or should, he trust? Several lives - including his own - hang in the balance as a harrowing chain of murder, deceit, and retribution reverberates through the darkest corners of both the family and London itself. >From IMDB.com Trailer: http://www.apple.com/trailers/focus_features/easternpromises/trailer/ <https://icex.imperial.ac.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=https://icex.imperial…> IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0765443/ <https://icex.imperial.ac.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=https://icex.imperial…>

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[Cinema-List] A Mighty Heart led a Fatboy to Run....and Run....
by cinema 29 Nov '07

29 Nov '07

Hi everybody! Sorry about the quiet couple of weeks as DramaSoc have been putting on a pretty good production called "Translations". Check it out! Inter-club PR out of the way, we'll lay the way for what's coming up next week and the week after which is the famed All Nighter. It's on the 11th of December, and I'll be sending another email out today with proper PR p-zaz that is worthy of this event. First of all though, next week we'll be showing A Mighty Heart and Run FatBoy Run. Tuesday Tue, 04 Dec 18:00 - Run Fat Boy Run Tue, 04 Dec 20:10 - A Mighty Heart Thursday Thu, 06 Dec 18:00 - A Mighty Heart Thu, 06 Dec 20:15 - Run Fat Boy Run As always, the charge is £3 to see one film, and £5 for two. A little more about the films... A Mighty Heart A Mighty Heart is a detailed account of the search for kidnapped Wall Street Journal reporter[4] Daniel Pearl in 2002. Pearl was kidnapped in Karachi by supporters of Omar Sheikh, who claimed responsibility (and was later captured and convicted but is appealing the ruling) for kidnapping and beheading Pearl in 2002. The movie also covers efforts by Department of Justice and Diplomatic Security Service special agents to track the kidnappers and bring them to justice. Taken from en.wikipedia.org Trailer: http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount_vantage/amightyheart/ IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0829459/ Run, Fat Boy, Run Run, Fat Boy, Run is a romantic comedy directed by Friends star David Schwimmer, written by Michael Ian Black and Simon Pegg, and starring Pegg, Dylan Moran, Thandie Newton and Hank Azaria, it was released on 7 September 2007. A chunky, clueless guy leaves his pregnant fiancée on their wedding day only to discover -- 5 years later -- that she is his one true love. But in order to win back her heart, he looks to finish his first marathon while making her realize her new man is the wrong guy for her. Taken from www.imdb.com <http://www.imdb.com> and en.wikipedia.org Trailer: http://www.runfatboyrunmovie.co.uk/ (through the website, sorry no apple trailer.) IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0425413/ (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0425413/trailers for trailer links) Also, check out our facebook group on http://imperial.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2215805908 where we'll try to listen to what you think of our films. Alex - Why can't SAC be next to the projection booth? - Yong

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[Cinema-List] Time to Atone for the sins of Ocean's 12....
by cinema 09 Nov '07

09 Nov '07

Hi All! We're back in action properly for next week! We'll be showing the much acclaimed Atonement and Ocean's Thirteen. Tuesday 13th November 18:00 Ocean's Thirteen. 21:00 Atonement. Thursday 15th November 18:00 Atonement. 21:00 Ocean's Thirteen. As always, pricing is £3 and £5 for one or both movies. Note that after next week there will be a two week break for DramaSoc and MedDramaSoc's (I don't know why they are separate...) to put on various shows. After that there will be showings on 4th/6th December and then the All Nighter on the 11th of December. It's going to be a good one. More details next week though. Now for a little more about the films. Atonement (15) In the summer of 1935, 13-year-old Briony Tallis observes a flirtation between a servant's son, Robbie, and her older sister, Cecilia, that she childishly misconstrues. Briony's misunderstanding leads to a terrible crime whose consequences follow them through World War II. Taken from imdb.com Atonement is a 2007 British film directed by Joe Wright. It is adapted from Ian McEwan's novel of the same name. It stars James McAvoy and Keira Knightley in the lead roles. The film was produced by Working Title Films and will be distributed worldwide by Universal Studios, with the US release through the Focus Features division. The film was released in the United Kingdom and Ireland on 7 September 2007. The film will be released in North America on 7 December 2007. The film opened the 2007 Venice Film Festival, making director Joe Wright, at the age of 35, the youngest director ever to open the prestigious festival. The film has also opened the 2007 Vancouver International Film Festival. It has already been tipped to be a big Oscar contender. The film has been rated R by the MPAA for disturbing war images, sexuality and nudity and has received a 15 rating from the BBFC. Taken from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0783233/plotsummary Trailers: http://www.apple.com/trailers/focus_features/atonement/ Ocean's 13 The last time we saw Danny Ocean's crew, they were paying back ruthless casino mogul Terry Benedict after stealing millions from him. However, it's been a while since they've come back together, which is all about to change. When one of their own, Reuben Tishkoff builds a hotel with known casino owner Willy Banks, the last thing he ever wanted was to get cut out of the deal personally by the loathsome Banks. Banks' attitude even goes so far as to finding the amusement in Tishkoff's misfortune when the double crossing lands Reuben in the hospital because of a heart attack. However, Danny and his crew won't stand for Banks and what he's done to a friend. Uniting with their old enemy Benedict, who himself has a vendetta against Banks, the crew is out to pull off a major plan. One that will unfold on the night Banks' newest hot spot opens up, when the crew is out to bankrupt one of the city's most despised businessmen. But they're not in this for the money, but for the revenge Taken from imdb.com Ocean's Thirteen is a 2007 film directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring an ensemble cast. It is the third (and reportedly final) in the Soderbergh series following the 2004 sequel Ocean's Twelve and the 2001 film Ocean's Eleven, which itself was a remake of the 1960 Rat Pack film Ocean's Eleven. All of the cast members reprised their roles from the previous installments except for Julia Roberts and Catherine Zeta-Jones. Al Pacino and Ellen Barkin joined the cast as their new targets. Taken from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0496806/plotsummary Trailers: http://www.apple.com/trailers/wb/oceans13/ As always the information is available on our website at www.imperialcollegeunion.org/arts/cinema Also, if any of you are involved in other clubs and or societies not that the cinema can do bulk discounts for clubs that want to come and see a particular movie. Bare this in mind for the end of this and next term. Also, as we've done with the CGCU we can do nights for clubs specially. Just email at cinema(a)imperial.ac.uk to discuss this further. Also, we're still looking out for volunteers to help out with projection/PR. If anybody is interested, again email us above. That's all for now, hopefully see you all next week! Alex - very tired as always - Yong

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