Role Models - November 2008

Role Models - November 2008

Paul Rudd and Seann William Scott star in Role Models as Danny and Wheeler, two salesmen who trash a company truck on an energy drink-fueled bender. Upon their arrest, the court gives them a choice: do hard time or spend 150 service hours with a mentorship program. After one day with the kids, however, jail doesn’t look half bad.

Surrounded by annoying do-gooders, Danny struggles with his every neurotic impulse to guide Augie (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) through the trials of becoming a man. Unfortunately, the guy just dumped by his girlfriend (Elizabeth Banks) has only sarcasm to offer a bashful 16-year-old obsessed with medieval role play.

Meanwhile, charming Wheeler tries to trade in an addiction to partying and women to assist a fifth-grader named Ronnie (Bobb'e J. Thompson) redirect his foul-mouthed ways. It would probably help if Ronnie’s new mentor wasn’t an overgrown adolescent whose idea of quality time includes keggers in Venice Beach.

Once the center’s ex-con director (Jane Lynch) gives them an ultimatum, Danny and Wheeler are forced to tailor their brand of immature wisdom to their charges. And if they can just make it through probation without getting thrown in jail, the world’s worst role models will prove that, sometimes, it takes a village idiot to raise a child.

Directed by David Wain
Produced by Luke Greenfield
Mary Parent
Written by Timothy Dowling, Paul Rudd, Ken Marino, David Wain
Genre:Comedy
Release Date: November 14, 2008

Cast:

• Paul Rudd as Danny
• Seann William Scott as Wheeler
• Christopher Mintz-Plasse as Augie
• Jane Lynch as Gail Sweeney
• Elizabeth Banks as Beth
• Kerri Kenney as Lynette
• Nicole Randall Johnson as Karen
• Bobb'e J. Thompson as Ronnie
• Nate Hartley
• Vincent Martella
• Ken Jeong

Transporter 3 - November 2008

Transporter 3 - November 2008

This film will continue the story of Frank Martin, a professional "transporter" who has relocated to Paris to continue his low-key business of delivering packages without questions.

Both Jason Statham and Francois Berleand will reprise their roles, as Frank Martin and Tarconi, respectively. The chrome-domed Brit will yet again play Frank, the mercenary delivery driver who will transport any package, anywhere, no questions asked.

Directed by: Olivier Megaton
Produced by: Luc Besson and Steve Chasman
Written by: Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen
Studio: Lionsgate
Release date: November 26, 2008
Genre: Action

Casts:

• Jason Statham as Frank Martin
• Francois Berleand as Tarconi
• Justin Rodgers Hall as Horatio
• Eriq Ebouaney as Ice
• Robert Knepper

Plot Summary: Transporter 3 is a 2008 action film, and is the third installment in the Transporter series. Jason Statham returns as Frank Martin, the ex-Special Forces operative who specializes in high-risk deliveries.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - November 2008

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - November 2008

The war against Voldemort is not going well; even Muggle governments are noticing. Ron scans the obituary pages of the Daily Prophet, looking for familiar names. Dumbledore is absent from Hogwarts for long stretches of time, and the Order of the Phoenix has already suffered losses.

And yet...

As in all wars, life goes on. Sixth-year students learn to Apparate - and lose a few eyebrows in the process. The Weasley twins expand their business. Teenagers flirt and fight and fall in love. Classes are never straightforward, though Harry receives some extraordinary help from the mysterious Half-Blood Prince.

So it's the home front that takes center stage in the multilayered sixth installment of the story of Harry Potter. Here at Hogwarts, Harry will search for the full and complex story of the boy who became Lord Voldemort - and thereby find what may be his only vulnerability.

Directed by David Yates
Produced by David Heyman and David Barron
Written by J. K. Rowling (Novel) and Steve Kloves (Screenplay)
Release date: November 21, 2008
Genre: Adventure / Drama / Fantasy / Mystery / Romance

Casts:

• Daniel Radcliffe stil reprises as Harry Potter
• Rupert Grint as Ron Weasley
• Emma Watson as Hermione Granger
• Michael Gambon as Albus Dumbledore
• Jim Broadbent as Horace Slughorn
• Alan Rickman as Severus Snape
• Tom Felton as Draco Malfoy
• Bonnie Wright as Ginny Weasley
• Matthew Lewis as Neville Longbottom
• Evanna Lynch as Luna Lovegood
• Robbie Coltrane as Rubeus Hagrid
• Maggie Smith as Minerva McGonagall
• David Thewlis as Remus Lupin
• Natalia Tena as Nymphadora Tonks
• Mark Williams and Julie Walters as Arthur
• Helen McCrory as Narcissa Malfoy, Draco's mother
• Helena Bonham Carter as Bellatrix Lestrange
• Timothy Spall as Peter Pettigrew
• Hero Fiennes Tiffin and Frank Dillane will each play Tom Riddle
• Jessie Cave as Lavender Brown
• Georgina Leonidas as Katie Bell
• Anna Shaffer as Romilda Vane

Voldemort is tightening his grip on both the Muggle and wizarding worlds and Hogwarts is no longer the safe haven it once was. Harry suspects that dangers may even lie within the castle, but Dumbledore is more intent upon preparing him for the final battle that he knows is fast approaching. Together they work to find the key to unlock Voldemort's defenses and, to this end, Dumbledore recruits his old friend and colleague, the well-connected and unsuspecting bon vivant Professor Horace Slughorn, whom he believes holds crucial information. Meanwhile, the students are under attack from a very different adversary as teenage hormones rage across the ramparts. Harry finds himself more and more drawn to Ginny, but so is Dean Thomas. And Lavender Brown has decided that Ron is the one for her, only she hadn't counted on Romilda Vane's chocolates! And then there's Hermione, simpering (sic) with jealousy but determined not to show her feelings. As romance blossoms, one student remains aloof. He is determined to make his mark, albeit a dark one. Love is in the air, but tragedy lies ahead and Hogwarts may never be the same again.

The Duchess - November 2008

The scandalous rise and fall of the Georgina, Duchess of Devonshire. Like Princess Diana, her direct descendent, she was beautiful, glamorous and adored by the public.

Directed by Saul Dibb
Produced by Gabrielle Tana, Carolyn Marks Blackwood and Michael Kuhn
Written by Jeffrey Hatcher and Amanda Foreman
Genre: Drama / History
Release date: November 19 2008

Cast

• Keira Knightley as Georgiana
• Hayley Atwell as Bess Foster
• Dominic Cooper as Grey
• Ralph Fiennes as William Cavendish
• Aidan McArdle as Richard Brinsley Sheridan
• Emily Jewell as Nanny
• Charlotte Rampling as Lady Spencer
• Calvin Dean as Devonshire House Servant
• Simon McBurney as Fox
• Hannah Stokely as Maid
• Richard Syms as Dr Neville
• Richard McCabe as Sir James Hare
• Andy Armour as Burleigh the Butler
• Emily Cohen as Harryo
• Poppy Wigglesworth as Charlotte (aged 10)
• Mercy Fiennes Tiffin as Little G
• Sebastian Applewhite as Augustus
• Eva Hrela as Charlotte (aged 3)
• Bruce Mackinnon as Sir Peter Teazle actor
• Georgia King as Lady Teazle actress

A chronicle of the life of 18th century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, who reviled for her extravagant political and personal lives.