UNDATED MOVIES IN AUSTRALIA
Acacia Walk (PG) 88 mins. Japan Culture Centre. D: George Matsuoka. Japan.
The Actors (TBA): Selected. Icon. Comedy. Ireland. Michael Caine, Dylan Moran, Michael Gambon, Miranda Richardson, Lena Headey, Alison Doody. D: Conor McPherson (Saltwater). In this classic comic caper, struggling actors O'Malley (Michael Caine) and Tom (Dylan Moran) are looking for an escape from the nightly humiliation of repertory theatre. One befriends a local gangster and hatches an apparently foolproof plan to make some easy cash. In order to pull off the scam they take on various disguises and characters and discover a talent for crime, that they never had for acting.
After Image (M): National. Buena Vista. Thriller. John Mellencamp, Terrylene, Louise Fletcher, Billy Burke. D: Robert Maganelli. Someone's murdering young girls, and the killer, who documents his crimes in a video diary (seemingly offering a trail to his eventual apprehension), has become obsessed with the fact that Joe has observed him from afar. The story deepens when Joe, shaken by the images of death that have been his life, seeks a respite from his work. He meets Lora and they connect, partly because he is somewhat adept with American Sign Language.
Against The Ropes (M): National. UIP. 111mins. Drama. Meg Ryan, Omar Epps, Joe Cortese, Tim Daly, Tony Shalhoub, Kerry Washington, Skye McCole Bartusiak. D: Charles Dutton (TV's The Corner). This is the true story of Jackie Kallen (Ryan), a Jewish woman from Detroit who became a boxing manager, guiding several major careers.. Kallen eventually left her husband of 30 years, and moved to Los Angeles, becoming the commissioner of the International Female Boxers Association.
Aladdin (G, 1992): Selected, Imax. Animated. V: Robin Williams. D: Roy Clements, John Musker. Disney brings a whole new world vividly to life once again in this musical story from the Arabian Nights. Aladdin, an eager genie (with the voice of Robin Williams) and a sultan's daughter take a magic carpet ride through a fireworks display of incredible animation.
All About Our House (PG) 115 mins. Japan Cultural Center.
Artemis Fowl (TBA): National. Buena Vista. Family. D: Lawrence Guterman (Cats and Dogs, Antz). Based on the best-selling novel by writer Eoin Colfer, Artemis Fowl is a twelve-year-old boy who hails from a criminal family. Artemis’ father disappears under mysterious circumstances and Artemis wants to raise funds to finance a search for him. He hatches an ingenious plan to kidnap a fairy and hold her for ransom in the hope of getting the famous fairy gold. The underworld will stop at nothing to get the fairy back safely.
Around The World In 80 Days (TBA): National. Roadshow. Adventure. Jackie Chan, Hugh Grant. D: Frank Coraci (The Waterboy). The 2003 version of the much remade classic tale of world travel and general zaniness. The design is that Jackie is actually a Chinese man and a Robin-Hood type, yet, you know, to help the poor people etc etc. The movie opens with Jackie robbing the Bank of London and he has to hide out. For a big part of the movie, he's undercover pretending to be French, so a lot of humour is mined out of the fact that Jackie plays a Chinese French man.
Assassination Tango (TBA): Selected. Palace. USA.
Asylum (TBA): National. UIP. D: Jonathan Demme. Adaption of a novel written by Patrick McGrath.
Avalon (M): Selected. Madman Entertainment. 106 mins. Japan.