It’s time to go to the movies. Producer and former director of film classification is here to tell us about the big new releases this week as well as a classic to keep you entertained without having to leave the house. We’re starting off with something for our younger listeners this morning, and with the mid term break coming up, what better way to spend some quality time with the kids in the cinema. John, what do you have for us?
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Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
Director:
Cody Cameron & Kris Pearn
Cast:
Neil Patrick Harris, Anna Faris, Bill Hader
Release date:
25/10/2013
SYNOPSIS:
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 picks up where Sony Pictures Animation's 2009 hit comedy left off. Inventor Flint Lockwood's genius is finally being recognized as he's invited by his idol Chester V to join The Live Corp Company, where the best and brightest inventors in the world create technologies for the betterment of mankind. Chester's right-hand-gal - and one of his greatest inventions - is Barb, a highly evolved orangutan with a human brain. It's always been Flint's dream to be recognized as a great inventor, but everything changes when he discovers that his most infamous machine (which turns water into food) is still operating and is now creating food-animal hybrids - 'foodimals!' With the fate of humanity in his hands, Chester sends Flint and his friends on a dangerously delicious mission - to battle hungry tacodiles, shrimpanzees, hippotatomuses, cheespiders and other food creatures to save the world again!
Closed Circuit
Director: John Crowley
Cast:
Eric Bana, Rebecca Hall, Jim Broadbent Ciarán Hinds, Julia Styles, Anne Marie Duff
SYNOPSIS
A high-profile terrorism case unexpectedly binds together two ex-lovers on the defense team - testing the limits of their loyalties and placing their lives in jeopardy. It was a typical morning in London when a powerful bomb exploded in the heart of the city. After the smoke cleared, sole surviving terrorist cell member Farroukh Erdogan (Denis Moschitto) was quickly taken into custody. As preparations for his trial begin, however, the government's plan to use classified evidence to prosecute the suspect leads the Attorney General (Jim Broadbent) to appoint Special Advocate Claudia Simmons-Howe (Hall) to the case
CLASSIC CHOICE:
The Runway 9.35p.m. RTE 1
Director and writer: Ian Power
Cast:
Demian Bichir, Kerry Condon, James Cosmo
SYNOPSIS:
‘The Runway’ is inspired by the true story of a South American pilot who had a bumpy landing near Mallow, Co. Cork in 1983. Against all odds, the people of the town came together to build a runway to get him home and briefly caught the imagination of the nation. It is the story of Paco, a young boy without a father who adopts the pilot and convinces the town to build a runway to get him home.
