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Primafila TV Listing
August 29 to September 5

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Starring John Cusack, Samuel L. Jackson, Mary McCormack and Tony Shalhoub.
Renowned horror novelist Mike Enslin (John Cusack) only believes what he can see with his own two eyes. After a string of bestsellers discrediting paranormal events in the most infamous houses and graveyards around the world, he scoffs at the concept of an afterlife. Enslin's phantom-free run of long and lonely nights is about to change forever when he checks into suite 1408 of the notorious Dolphin Hotel for his latest project, "Ten Nights in Haunted Hotel Rooms." Defying the warnings of the hotel manager (Samuel L. Jackson), the author is the first person in years to stay in the reputedly haunted room. Another bestseller may be imminent, but Enslin must go from skeptic to true believer ... and ultimately survive the night.

Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem

Starring Steven Pasquale, Reiko Aylesworth, John Ortiz, Johnny Lewis, Ariel Gade, Kristen Hager, Sam Trammell, Robert Joy, David Paetkau and Ian Whyte.
Visual effects specialists Greg and Colin Strause both make their feature directorial debut with this no-holds-barred monster mash that attempts to set itself apart from the 2004 Paul W.S. Anderson original by serving as a straight-up sci-fi horror scarefest. The aliens (and a predator) have landed on planet Earth, and small-town America is about to become the scene of an epic interstellar showdown. As these two breeds of cosmic killers clash in the small-town streets Gunnison, CO, the locals are sent running for their lives. From the murky sewers to the rain-soaked streets, Gunnison has become a total bloodbath. Nowhere is safe, especially from the unstoppable new hybrid known as the "predalien." Now, as the once-quiet community of Gunnison is overrun by Aliens, the only hope for humankind is a fierce hunter from the deepest reaches of space. But this predator is far from a benevolent savior of the human race, because he'll kill any man, woman, or child who gets in the way of his mission to destroy every last alien under these stormy Colorado skies.

Altered

Starring Adam Kaufman, Catherine Mangan, Brad William Henke and Paul McCarthy-Boyington.
Fifteen years ago, five men were abducted by aliens. Only four returned. Now, these same men have managed to capture one of the creatures that killed their friend and ruined their lives.

Alvin And The Chipmunks (Alvin Superstar)

Starring Jason Lee, David Cross, Cameron Richardson, Jane Lynch, Justin Long, Matthew Gray Gubler and Jesse McCartney.
Three chipmunks, Alvin, Simon and Theodore, watch as their home is chopped down by a Christmas tree company. With the boys still inside, the tree is shipped off to the lobby of the prestigious Jett Records, helmed by a slick and conniving record executive named Ian Hawk (David Cross), in downtown Los Angeles. Ian is a former college roommate of Dave Seville (Jason Lee), a down-on-his-luck musician and songwriter who has never given up hope for making a successful career out of his quirky musical sensibilities. When Dave goes to Jett Records to pitch Ian a new song, he is rudely booted out of the offices. Taking a basket of muffins as consolation, he wanders past the Christmas tree being installed in the lobby. The Chipmunks, smelling the tasty muffins, jump in the basket unbeknownst to Dave, who unwittingly carts them back to his apartment where the Chipmunks secretly install themselves quite comfortably. Before you can say, "Alvinnnnn!!!" the 'Munks run amuck, turning their new digs into a disaster area. The boys' home-wrecking antics include storing toaster waffles under the carpet (put aside for the winter, the 'Munks explain), and leaving some mysterious dark, round objects strewn about (Simon insists they're...raisins). Shocked at what the boys have done to his apartment, Dave is even more astounded when he discovers that not only can these rodents talk, they can sing. Despite his misgivings about his new tenants, Dave seizes the opportunity to put together his songwriting skills with the 'Munks unique talents.

Catacombs

Starring Shannyn Sossamon, Alecia Moore aka Pink, Radu Andrei Micu and Cain.
Hair-raising thriller from the producers of the hit film "Saw", which sees Victoria (Shannyn Sossamon) head to City of Lights to visit her wild sister Carolyn (Alecia Moore aka music superstar Pink). One night, Victoria is swept into the Parisian underground rave scene, literally under ground into the city's Catacombs. It is here - among the bodies of the dead which have rested undisturbed for centuries - that the easily frightened Victoria finds herself lost in the darkness, pursued by someone or something more terrifying than she could have ever imagined...

The Condemned

Starring Steve Austin, Vinnie Jones, Robert Mammone, Victoria Mussett, Madeleine West, Samantha Healy, Christopher Baker, Luke Pegler and Rick Hoffman.
Jack Conrad (Steve Austin) is a death-row prisoner in a corrupt Central American prison who is "purchased" by a wealthy television producer to take part in an illegal reality game show. Brought to a desolate island, Conrad finds himself trapped in a fight to the death against nine other condemned killers from all corners of the world. With no possible escape - and millions of viewers watching the uncensored violence online - Conrad must use all his strength to remain the last man standing and earn his only chance at freedom.

Fracture (Il Caso Thomas Crawford)

Starring Anthony Hopkins, Ryan Gosling, David Strathaim, Xander Berkeley, Rosamund Pike, Embeth Davidtz and Zoe Kazan.
When a meticulous structural engineer (Hopkins) is found innocent of the attempted murder of his wife (Embeth Davidtz), the young district attorney (Gosling) who is prosecuting him becomes a crusader for justice. Fracture is packed with twists and turns that weave in and out of the courtroom as the pair try to outwit each other.

The Golden Compass (La Bussola D'oro)

Starring Nicole Kidman, Dakota Blue Richards, Sam Elliott, Eva Green, Daniel Craig, Christopher Lee, Tom Courtenay, Derek Jacobi, Ian McKellen, Ian McShane, Freddie Highmore, Kathy Bates and Kristin Scott Thomas.
In a parallel world where people each have a personal dæmon, the manifestation of their soul in animal form, young Lyra Belacqua is a precocious orphan growing up at Oxford University. The rambunctious girl enjoys climbing on the roof with Roger the kitchen boy, spitting plum stones on passersby, stealing apples from the market and disrupting tutorials by making animal sounds. But her carefree existence changes when she and her dæmon prevent an assassination attempt against her uncle, the powerful Lord Asriel, then overhear a secret discussion about a mysterious entity known as Dust. She’s then quickly swept up in a dangerous game involving disappearing children, a beautiful woman with a golden monkey dæmon, a trip to the far north, and a set of allies ranging from witches to an armor-clad polar bear. Based on the Carnegie Medal-winning novel by Phillip Pullman.

The Guardian (Sguardo Nel Vuoto)

Starring Kevin Costner, Clancy Brown, Ashton Kutcher, Melissa Sagemiller, Neal Mcdonough and Sela Ward.
Powerful, action-packed drama that takes you inside the never-before-seen world of the elite Coast Guard Rescue Swimmers. Reeling with grief in the wake of a mission gone tragically wrong, legendary Rescue Swimmer Ben Randall (Costner) is given a mission he doesn’t want ... training raw recruits. Once there, he knocks heads with cocky Jake Fischer (Kutcher), a swimming champ driven by a painful secret, who’s more interested in breaking Ben’s records than saving lives. But Ben also sees Jake has what it takes to be the best of the best.

L'Allenatore Nel Pallone 2

Con Lino Banfi, Giuliana Calandra, Biagio Izzo, Stefania Spugnini, Alessandro Bonanni, Anna Falchi, Maurizio Casagrande, Max Parodi.
Oronzo Canà si riaccomoda in panchina per guidare in serie A la Longobarda, ma si troverà costretto a fare i conti con i problemi del calcio moderno...

Lions For Lambs (Leoni Per Agnelli)

Starring Tom Cruise, Robert Redford, Meryl Streep, Derek Luke, Michael Peña and Andrew Garfield.
Two determined students at a West Coast University, Arian (Derek Luke) and Ernest (Michael Peña), follow the inspiration of their idealistic professor, Dr. Malley (Robert Redford), and attempt to do something important with their lives. But when the two make the bold decision to join the battle in Afghanistan, Malley is both moved and distraught. Now, as Arian and Ernest fight for survival in the field, they become the string that binds together two disparate stories on opposite sides of America. In California, an anguished Dr. Malley attempts to reach a privileged but disaffected student (Andrew Garfield) who is the very opposite of Arian and Ernest. Meanwhile, in Washington D.C. the charismatic Presidential hopeful, Senator Jasper Irving (Tom Cruise), is about to give a bombshell story to a probing TV journalist (Meryl Streep) that may affect Arian and Ernest's fates. As arguments, memories and bullets fly, the three stories are woven ever more tightly together, revealing how each of these Americans has a profound impact on each other and the world.

Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium

Starring Natalie Portman, Dustin Hoffman, Zach Mills and Jason Bateman.
Welcome to Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium, the strangest, most fantastic, most wonderful toy store in the world. It's a tantalizing toy haven in which everything inside literally comes to life - including the store itself - and where marvels of every imaginable, possible kind, and beyond, never cease... that is, until now. When Mr. Magorium (Dustin Hoffman), the store's extraordinary 243-year-old proprietor, announces that he will at long last hand over the reigns of his wonder-expanding store to his unconfident young manager, Molly Mahoney (Natalie Portman), the store decides to throw an unusual tantrum. As a skeptical accountant named Henry (Jason Bateman) comes in to audit the Legos and Lincoln Logs, not to mention the Whodathoughts and Whatchamacallits, the once sparkling, color-saturated Emporium is suddenly embattled by mysterious changes. The playful toys are all still there, but they've turned gray and quiet - and only Mahoney and Henry can revive them if, with the help of a superdexterous 9 year-old (Zach Mills), they can find the source of magic inside themselves.

National Treasure: Book of Secrets

Starring Nicolas Cage, Justin Bartha, Diane Kruger, Jon Voight, Helen Mirren, Ed Harris, Harvey Keitel and Bruce Greenwood.
For Ben Gates (Nicolas Cage), history isn't just a dry record of what's occurred in a distant and half-forgotten past... for him, history is alive, vital, and occasionally it offers the possibility of finding extraordinary treasures. After his astonishing discovery of the riches of the Templar Knights, Ben has become the world's most famous treasure hunter... although he prefers the term "treasure protector". Ben and his father, university professor Patrick Gates (Jon Voight), are shaken by the discovery of one of the long-lost pages from the diary of Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth. The diary was found on Booth's body when he was killed; however, several pages had been torn from the diary and have never been found... until now. Surprisingly, the information on this page seems to implicate their ancestor Thomas Gates as a co-conspirator in the assassination of President Lincoln. Ben must work with his now ex-girlfriend, American history archivist Abigail Chase (Diane Kruger), and his tech-wiz partner, Riley Poole (Justin Bartha), in a globe-trotting adventure which dangerously criss-crosses the inner sanctums of Washington, D.C., Paris, London and the American heartland. As Ben, Patrick, Abigail and Riley meticulously unravel clues which threaten to turn history, and their lives, completely upside down, their search for historical truth widens into a hunt for perhaps the most mysterious and highly guarded book on earth and, from that, to a famed mythological treasure. Much to Patrick's consternation, Ben calls upon a secret weapon - his formidable mother and Patrick's ex-wife, linguistics professor Emily Appleton (Helen Mirren), who hasn't spoken to Patrick in 32 years. She is soon caught up in the intrigue, but the team is not alone in its pursuit. The man who brought the lost page to Ben's attention, Mitch Wilkinson (Ed Harris), has his own family history to uncover. But his ambitions are less noble than merely discovering treasure, putting him on a deadly collision course with the others in a desperate effort to uncover the secrets that lie beneath the half-burnt diary page from America's past.

Una Moglie Bellissima

Con Leonardo Pieraccioni, Massimo Ceccherini, Rocco Papaleo, Gabriel Garko, Francesco Guccini, Tony Sperandeo.
Miranda e Mariano conducono una vita tranquilla nel paesino toscano di Anghiari, dove gestiscono un banco di frutta e verdura del mercato locale. Un giorno, però, l'incontro con un affascinante fotografo che propone alla bella Miranda di posare per un calendario, porta scompiglio nella coppia.

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Primafila TV Listing

October 10 to October 17


30 Days Of Night (30 Giorni Di Buio)

Starring Josh Hartnett, Melissa George, Danny Huston, Ben Foster and Mark Boone Jr..
For centuries, vampires have stayed in the dark, forced to hide each morning or else be destroyed by the burning power of the sun. But in Columbia Pictures' 30 Days of Night, based on the groundbreaking graphic novel, that's all about to change. Not your parents' vampires, these are eating machines, built for one purpose - to devour human beings - and only daylight can stop them... which is why they target the remote, isolated town of Barrow, Alaska, which each winter is plunged into a state of complete darkness that lasts 30 days. The cunning, bloodthirsty vampires, relishing in a month of free rein, are set to take advantage, feeding on the helpless residents. It is up to Sheriff Eben (Josh Hartnett), his estranged wife, Stella (Melissa George), and an ever-shrinking group of survivors to do anything and everything they can to last until daylight.

Caos Calmo

Con Nanni Moretti, Valeria Golino, Alessandro Gassman, Isabella Ferrari, Silvio Orlando.
Caos calmo es el que Pietro Paladini tiene en su corazón desde que ha perdido a su mujer, Lara. Un día de verano, Lara muere de improviso, pero él no estaba con ella: en ese momento, estaba en la playa, y salvando la vida de otra mujer, una desconocida. Su hija, Claudia, tiene diez años y está en quinto de primaria. Pietro la acompaña el primer día de curso y, de repente, decide esperarla hasta el final de las clases. También se queda allí el día siguiente y los posteriores. Pietro se refugia en el coche para esperar que llegue el dolor; observa el mundo desde el punto en el que se ha establecido y poco a poco descubre el lado oculto de los demás. Sus jefes, sus compañeros de trabajo, amigos, parientes, todos acuden a él para consolarle, pero, en cambio, le cuentan sus penas y preocupaciones y se rinden ante su incomprensible calma. Pero, después del caos calmo, para Pietro empieza un tiempo para el despertar.

Death Sentence

Starring Kevin Bacon, Garrett Hedlund, Kelly Preston, Aisha Tyler and John Goodman.
Nick Hume (Kevin Bacon) is a mild-mannered executive with a perfect life, until one gruesome night he witnesses something that will change him forever. Transformed by grief, Hume eventually comes to the disturbing conclusion that no length is too great when protecting his family.

Eastern Promises (La Promessa Dell'assassino)

Starring Viggo Mortensen, Naomi Watts, Vincent Cassel, Armin Mueller-Stahl and Sinead Cusack.
The film follows the mysterious and ruthless Nikolai (Viggo Mortensen), who is tied to one of London's most notorious organized crime families. His carefully maintained existence is jarred when he crosses paths with Anna (Naomi Watts), an innocent midwife trying to right a wrong, who accidentally uncovers potential evidence against the family. Now Nikolai must put into motion a harrowing chain of murder, deceit, and retribution.

Halloween

Starring Tyler Mane, Malcolm McDowell, Brad Dourif, Scout Taylor-Compton, Sheri Moon Zombie, Danny Trejo, Daeg Faerch, Danielle Harris, Kristina Klebe, Hanna Hall and William Forsythe.
After his fateful Halloween night murder rampage in the quiet town of Haddonfield, Illinois years earlier, Michael Myers was incarcinated at the Smith's Grove Sanitarium maximum-security mental facility where he was treated by noted child behaviorist Dr. Samuel Loomis (Malcolm McDowell) - the only person who truly understood Michael's evil nature. Now, 17 years later, Michael (Tyler Mane) escapes from the mental institution on Halloween day and begins a murderous trek back to Haddonfield to continue his killing streak and seek resolution to events from his past. He begins stalking a high school girl, Laurie Strode (Scout Taylor-Compton), and her friends, Annie (Danielle Harris) and Lynda (Kristina Klebe). When Dr. Loomis, now a successful author for his book on Michael, hears of his escape, he enlists the help of Haddonfield's Sheriff Brackett (Brad Dourif) to find and put and end to Michael's reign of terror.

Irina Palm

Starring Marianne Faithfull, Miki Manojlovic, Kevin Bishop, Jenny Agutter, Flip Webster, Tim Plester, Jules Werner and Ann Queensberry.
When a "Hostess Wanted" sign catches her eye, Maggie naively stumbles into a city sex club. The true job description is quite a surprise for the respectable, middle-class widow, even if she isn‘t a prude. But unskilled Maggie accepts this as her fastest way to urgently needed cash and her very last option, having already sold her own home to pay for little Olly‘s hospital bills. Shy Maggie has a rough start at "Sexy World," more than just a train ride from her conservative suburb. Wisecracking colleague Luisa shows her the ropes and the two women strike a touching friendship. Tough guy owner Miki, a real ladies‘ man, reveals a soft spot for dutiful Maggie, and transforms her into the much-in-demand and lucrative 'Irina Palm'. Maggie courageously proves to herself that she‘s not so old and useless after all.
Maggie's double life quickly attracts the attention of her gossipy neighbors' prying eyes. The headstrong woman remains steadfastly discreet, keeping the money‘s origins secret from even her own suspicious son. But discovery is inevitable and Maggie must confront provincial hypocrisy's ugly face, as well as question her own morals. As she holds her head high, gracious Maggie just might find more than family love.

It's A Boy Girl Thing (Boy Girl - Questione Di... Sesso)

Starring Samaire Armstrong, Kevin Zegers, Sherry Miller, Robert Joy, Sharon Osbourne, Maury Chaykin and Emily Hampshire.
Romantic comedy about next-door neighbours who live worlds apart. Woody Deane (Kevin Zegers) and Nell Bedworth (Samaire Armstrong) are sworn enemies. Woody is the star quarterback of the Westdale Bay High School football team. Woody has it all - good looks, great personality, athletic ability and extreme popularity. With the Homecoming Game just around the corner, Woody is expecting to be drafted to a college team. Either that or he will end up working in his father’s kitchen accessory retail outlet, ‘Spatula World’. Whatever the future brings, Woody has the loving support of his parents Della (Sharon Osbourne) and Stan (Maury Chaykin). Next-door is the pretty (in a bookish way), academically astute and socially inept Nell, who also attends Westdale Bay High School. But she is there strictly for the education, attempting to fulfil a life long ambition of attending her dream Ivy League college, Yale. Her mother Katherine (Sherry Miller) has dedicated her lives to this dream - whilst her father Ted (Robert Joy) looks on exasperated. Though Woody and Nell go to the same high school and live in the same neighbourhood, they stay far away from each other. That is, until the two are thrown together on a school field trip and a heated argument erupts between them. The fight is so strong and the words so bitter it results in a mysterious twist courtesy of a mischievous Aztec God. The next day they wake up in a very strange place: each other’s body.

John Tucker Must Die (Il Mio Ragazzo E Un Bastardo)

Starring Arielle Kebbel, Ashanti Douglas, Brittany Snow, Jenny McCarthy, Jesse Metcalfe and Sophia Bush.
When three gorgeous gals discover they've all been duped by smooth-talking stud John Tucker (Metcalfe), they hatch a devious revenge scheme to turn the tables on him. Now Tucker is going to have to change his ways...or the school jock will soon become the class joke! Can the tantalizing teen trio turn this "serial dater" into a one-woman man?

Mr. Brooks

Starring Kevin Costner, Demi Moore, Dane Cook, William Hurt, Marg Helgenberger, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Danielle Panabaker, Aisha Hinds and Lindsay Crouse.
Consider Mr. Brooks. A successful businessman. A generous philanthropist. A loving father and devoted husband. Seemingly, he's perfect. But Mr. Brooks has a secret - he is an insatiable serial killer, so lethally clever that no one has ever suspected him - until now. Earl Brooks (Kevin Costner) is a man who has managed to keep his two incompatible worlds from intersecting by controlling his cunning, wicked alter ego Marshall (William Hurt). But now, as Mr. Brooks succumbs to one last murderous urge, an amateur photographer (Dane Cook) witnesses the crime. Suddenly Brooks finds himself entangled in the dark agenda of an opportunistic bystander, as well as hunted by the unorthodox and tenacious detective Tracy Atwood (Demi Moore). Can Mr. Brooks outsmart his adversaries and conceal his shocking double life from his wife (Marg Helgenberger) and daughter (Danielle Panabaker) or will someone expose his crimes and his identity once and for all?

Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium

Starring Natalie Portman, Dustin Hoffman, Zach Mills and Jason Bateman.
Welcome to Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium, the strangest, most fantastic, most wonderful toy store in the world. It's a tantalizing toy haven in which everything inside literally comes to life - including the store itself - and where marvels of every imaginable, possible kind, and beyond, never cease... that is, until now. When Mr. Magorium (Dustin Hoffman), the store's extraordinary 243-year-old proprietor, announces that he will at long last hand over the reigns of his wonder-expanding store to his unconfident young manager, Molly Mahoney (Natalie Portman), the store decides to throw an unusual tantrum. As a skeptical accountant named Henry (Jason Bateman) comes in to audit the Legos and Lincoln Logs, not to mention the Whodathoughts and Whatchamacallits, the once sparkling, color-saturated Emporium is suddenly embattled by mysterious changes. The playful toys are all still there, but they've turned gray and quiet - and only Mahoney and Henry can revive them if, with the help of a superdexterous 9 year-old (Zach Mills), they can find the source of magic inside themselves.

No Country For Old Men (Non E Un Paese Per Vecchi)

Starring Javier Bardem, Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin, Woody Harrelson, Kelly MacDonald, Garret Dillahunt, Tess Harper and Barry Corbin.
The time is our own, when rustlers have given way to drug-runners and small towns have become free-fire zones. The story begins when Llewelyn Moss (Josh Brolin) finds a pickup truck surrounded by a sentry of dead men. A load of heroin and two million dollars in cash are still in the back. When Moss takes the money, he sets off a chain reaction of catastrophic violence that not even the law - in the person of aging, disillusioned Sheriff Bell (Tommy Lee Jones) - can contain. As Moss tries to evade his pursuers - in particular a mysterious mastermind who flips coins for human lives (Javier Bardem) - the film simultaneously strips down the American crime drama and broadens its concerns to encompass themes as ancient as the Bible and as bloodily contemporary as this morning's headlines.

Parlami D'amore

Con Silvio Muccino, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Carolina Crescentini, Andrea Renzi, Flavio Parenti, Max Mazzotta, Geraldine Chaplin, Giorgio Colangeli.
Sasha è nato sotto una cattiva stella. I genitori tossici lo hanno isolato crescendolo in una comunità di recupero e, alla loro morte, lo hanno lasciato in un limbo di dolore. Costretto ad abbandonare il centro dopo la dipartita del direttore - l'unica persona nella quale riponeva la sua fiducia - Sasha fatica a trovare il suo posto nel mondo. Non deve essere facile chiamarsi Muccino, né scegliere di sedersi dietro la macchina da presa per seguire le orme del più celebre fratello maggiore. Silvio affronta la sua prima volta da regista adattando il romanzo scritto a due mani insieme a Carla Vangelista - un successo letterario con le sue 300mila copie vendute - destinato al grande schermo sin dalla gestazione. Per ottenere credibilità si circonda di professionisti capaci (Arnaldo Catinari, Tonino Zera, Patrizio Marone, Maurizio Millenotti) ai quali sussurra tutte le suggestioni del cinema alto (così alto da essere irraggiungibile) per rimpolpare la sua opera prima di sequenze e location fissate nell'immaginario collettivo. Parlami d'amore è un'accozzaglia di citazioni, un presuntuoso esercizio di stile - di un cinefilo che ha la fortuna, al contrario del suo personaggio, di essere nato sotto una buona stella - che manca di personalità e di punti di riferimento con il reale (e il sociale). Non è chiaro come questo film sia riuscito a ottenere un riconoscimento "di interesse culturale". Non è sufficiente parlare di dipendenza (dalle droghe, dall'alcol, dal gioco), di comunità di recupero e di giovani allo sbando se l'argomento viene affrontato con qualunquismo. Silvio punta sul dolore per provocare emozioni, ma per poter parlare di dolore e abbandono bisogna conoscere a fondo la materia o per lo meno saperla trattare con empatia. I personaggi, tutti maledettamente tormentati, che si muovono nella dimensione dark di una Roma notturna in sfacelo, sono stereotipati e per questo inverosimili. Come inverosimili e alquanto irritanti appaiono i dialoghi tra i giovani borghesi spudorati (che aspirano a diventare i nuovi Dreamers di Bertolucci) e il ragazzo interrotto di Silvio Muccino. Ma ciò che irrita maggiormente è il modo in cui il Silvio regista e sceneggiatore sfrutta la sofferenza e il tema della dipendenza come mero pretesto per parlare d'amore.

Scusa Ma Ti Chiamo Amore

Con Raoul Bova, Michela Quattrociocche, Veronica Logan, Luca Angeletti, Ignazio Oliva, Francesco Apolloni, Davide Rossi, Luca Ward, Pino Quartullo, Cecilia Dazzi, Sergio Petrella.
Alex non si dà pace da quando è stato lasciato dalla fidanzata. L'incontro con Niki, però, gli cambierà la vita. Peccato che lei sia più giovane di lui di vent'anni, frequenti l'ultimo anno di liceo e viva ancora con i genitori.
Federico Moccia sa come arrivare ai cuori delle sue lettrici. Merito di una penna agile con la quale esplora il loro universo regalando sogni che nella vita reale, probabilmente, non vedranno avverarsi mai. Forte di uno zoccolo duro di fedelissime fan, lo scrittore giovanilistico più produttivo d'Italia (c'è chi afferma che scriva anche nei momenti più intimi della quotidianità casalinga) decide di passare dietro la macchina da presa per dare vita ai personaggi letterari di Scusa ma ti chiamo amore. Una mossa furba e azzeccata, fosse anche solo per la scelta del protagonista maschile che sa come far vibrare le corde emotive delle donne di tutte le età.
Se a Scamarcio, nelle prime due trasposizioni dei suoi bestseller, era toccato il ruolo del ragazzo ribelle da salvare, Raul Bova rappresenta il sogno proibito di molte giovani: l'uomo adulto da sedurre. Nell'offrire alle sue lettrici una nuova favola rosa Moccia prende spunto dai suoi precedenti scritti (citandosi, nemmeno fosse Quentin Tarantino) per inventarsi una città che è vera solo in parte. Questa è la Roma rimasta orfana delle ragazze di "Non è la Rai", dei lucchetti di Ponte Milvio sigillati da una promessa d'amore, dei «tre metri sopra il cielo» scritti sui muri. È la Roma bene dei quartieri alti, di chi fa jogging a Villa Borghese, vive in attici e superattici, pranza a champagne e paga investigatori privati 1500 euro (solo di acconto). In questa città fantastica, dove apparentemente nessuno lavora ma tutti sono impaccati di soldi, gli adulti hanno relazioni noiose, tradiscono le proprie mogli, lasciano i fidanzati cornuti. In un contesto così avvilente non è strano che Moccia abbia deciso di volgere il suo sguardo sulla condizione sentimentale delle ragazzine trovando la via più facile per far rimare «cuore» e «amore». E di fatto l'amore del titolo ricorre lungo tutto il film. Estrapolato dalla letteratura alta (Neruda, de Musset, Shakespeare, de Balzac, persino Walt Whitman è stato scomodato) è reso banale quanto i versi incartati nei cioccolatini. Banale è la sceneggiatura, banale la regia, banale la scelta della voce narrante - per quanto sia di Luca Ward, una delle migliori voci del cinema doppiato. Con Scusa ma ti chiamo amore Federico Moccia si riconfermerà padrino di una generazione di giovanissime che coroneranno i loro sogni (proibiti) almeno fino a quando non si affacceranno sulla vita reale, quella che scorre fuori dagli schermi e dalle pagine dei romanzi.

The Spiderwick Chronicles

Starring Freddie Highmore, Mary-Louise Parker, Nick Nolte, Joan Plowright, David Strathairn, Seth Rogen, Martin Short and Sarah Bolger.
Fantasy adventure that reveals the rest of the world around us. Peculiar things start to happen the moment the Grace family (Jared, his twin brother Simon, sister Mallory and their mom) leave New York and move into the secluded old house owned by their great-great-uncle, Arthur Spiderwick. Unable to explain the strange disappearances and accidents that seem to be happening on a daily basis, the siblings investigate what's really going on and uncover the extraordinary truth of the Spiderwick estate and the creatures that inhabit it.

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Primafila TV Listing

October 17 to October 24

30 Days Of Night (30 Giorni Di Buio)

Starring Josh Hartnett, Melissa George, Danny Huston, Ben Foster and Mark Boone Jr..
For centuries, vampires have stayed in the dark, forced to hide each morning or else be destroyed by the burning power of the sun. But in Columbia Pictures' 30 Days of Night, based on the groundbreaking graphic novel, that's all about to change. Not your parents' vampires, these are eating machines, built for one purpose - to devour human beings - and only daylight can stop them... which is why they target the remote, isolated town of Barrow, Alaska, which each winter is plunged into a state of complete darkness that lasts 30 days. The cunning, bloodthirsty vampires, relishing in a month of free rein, are set to take advantage, feeding on the helpless residents. It is up to Sheriff Eben (Josh Hartnett), his estranged wife, Stella (Melissa George), and an ever-shrinking group of survivors to do anything and everything they can to last until daylight.

Before The Devil Knows You're Dead (Onora Il Padre E La Madre)

Starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, Albert Finney, Marisa Tomei, Aleksa Palladino, Michael Shannon, Amy Ryan, Sarah Livingston and Rosemary Harris.
A family faces the worst enemy of all - itself. Andy (Philip Seymour Hoffman) is an overextended broker who lures his younger brother, Hank (Ethan Hawke) into a larcenous scheme: the pair will rob a suburban mom-and-pop jewelry store that appears to be the quintessential easy target. The problem is, the store owners are Andy and Hank’s actual mom and pop and, when the seemingly perfect crime goes awry, the damage lands right at their doorstep.

Caos Calmo

Con Nanni Moretti, Valeria Golino, Alessandro Gassman, Isabella Ferrari, Silvio Orlando.
Caos calmo es el que Pietro Paladini tiene en su corazón desde que ha perdido a su mujer, Lara. Un día de verano, Lara muere de improviso, pero él no estaba con ella: en ese momento, estaba en la playa, y salvando la vida de otra mujer, una desconocida. Su hija, Claudia, tiene diez años y está en quinto de primaria. Pietro la acompaña el primer día de curso y, de repente, decide esperarla hasta el final de las clases. También se queda allí el día siguiente y los posteriores. Pietro se refugia en el coche para esperar que llegue el dolor; observa el mundo desde el punto en el que se ha establecido y poco a poco descubre el lado oculto de los demás. Sus jefes, sus compañeros de trabajo, amigos, parientes, todos acuden a él para consolarle, pero, en cambio, le cuentan sus penas y preocupaciones y se rinden ante su incomprensible calma. Pero, después del caos calmo, para Pietro empieza un tiempo para el despertar.

Eastern Promises (La Promessa Dell'assassino)

Starring Viggo Mortensen, Naomi Watts, Vincent Cassel, Armin Mueller-Stahl and Sinead Cusack.
The film follows the mysterious and ruthless Nikolai (Viggo Mortensen), who is tied to one of London's most notorious organized crime families. His carefully maintained existence is jarred when he crosses paths with Anna (Naomi Watts), an innocent midwife trying to right a wrong, who accidentally uncovers potential evidence against the family. Now Nikolai must put into motion a harrowing chain of murder, deceit, and retribution.

Halloween

Starring Tyler Mane, Malcolm McDowell, Brad Dourif, Scout Taylor-Compton, Sheri Moon Zombie, Danny Trejo, Daeg Faerch, Danielle Harris, Kristina Klebe, Hanna Hall and William Forsythe.
After his fateful Halloween night murder rampage in the quiet town of Haddonfield, Illinois years earlier, Michael Myers was incarcinated at the Smith's Grove Sanitarium maximum-security mental facility where he was treated by noted child behaviorist Dr. Samuel Loomis (Malcolm McDowell) - the only person who truly understood Michael's evil nature. Now, 17 years later, Michael (Tyler Mane) escapes from the mental institution on Halloween day and begins a murderous trek back to Haddonfield to continue his killing streak and seek resolution to events from his past. He begins stalking a high school girl, Laurie Strode (Scout Taylor-Compton), and her friends, Annie (Danielle Harris) and Lynda (Kristina Klebe). When Dr. Loomis, now a successful author for his book on Michael, hears of his escape, he enlists the help of Haddonfield's Sheriff Brackett (Brad Dourif) to find and put and end to Michael's reign of terror.

I Could Never Be Your Woman (2 Young 4 Me)

Starring Paul Rudd, Michelle Pfeiffer, Stacey Dash, Tracey Ullman, Job Lovitz, Sarah Alexander and Fred Willard.
Romantic comedy contrasting the age disparity romance of an older divorcée with the spring butterflies that her daughter experiences upon falling in love for the very first time. An aging professional (Michelle Pfeiffer) with little luck in love has finally found a fitting companion in the form of a much younger man (Paul Rudd). As her relationship threatens to move beyond something simply physical, her adolescent daughter (Saoirse Ronan) begins to wonder if the strange tingling sensation that she feels when she's in the company of a handsome local boy could possibly be the thing grown-ups refer to as "love." Of course anything is possible when Mother Nature (Tracey Ullman) is up to her old mischief, and with higher powers at play there's no telling what will come of the relationships experienced by these two love-starved souls.

Irina Palm

Starring Marianne Faithfull, Miki Manojlovic, Kevin Bishop, Jenny Agutter, Flip Webster, Tim Plester, Jules Werner and Ann Queensberry.
When a "Hostess Wanted" sign catches her eye, Maggie naively stumbles into a city sex club. The true job description is quite a surprise for the respectable, middle-class widow, even if she isn‘t a prude. But unskilled Maggie accepts this as her fastest way to urgently needed cash and her very last option, having already sold her own home to pay for little Olly‘s hospital bills. Shy Maggie has a rough start at "Sexy World," more than just a train ride from her conservative suburb. Wisecracking colleague Luisa shows her the ropes and the two women strike a touching friendship. Tough guy owner Miki, a real ladies‘ man, reveals a soft spot for dutiful Maggie, and transforms her into the much-in-demand and lucrative 'Irina Palm'. Maggie courageously proves to herself that she‘s not so old and useless after all.
Maggie's double life quickly attracts the attention of her gossipy neighbors' prying eyes. The headstrong woman remains steadfastly discreet, keeping the money‘s origins secret from even her own suspicious son. But discovery is inevitable and Maggie must confront provincial hypocrisy's ugly face, as well as question her own morals. As she holds her head high, gracious Maggie just might find more than family love.

Mr. Brooks

Starring Kevin Costner, Demi Moore, Dane Cook, William Hurt, Marg Helgenberger, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Danielle Panabaker, Aisha Hinds and Lindsay Crouse.
Consider Mr. Brooks. A successful businessman. A generous philanthropist. A loving father and devoted husband. Seemingly, he's perfect. But Mr. Brooks has a secret - he is an insatiable serial killer, so lethally clever that no one has ever suspected him - until now. Earl Brooks (Kevin Costner) is a man who has managed to keep his two incompatible worlds from intersecting by controlling his cunning, wicked alter ego Marshall (William Hurt). But now, as Mr. Brooks succumbs to one last murderous urge, an amateur photographer (Dane Cook) witnesses the crime. Suddenly Brooks finds himself entangled in the dark agenda of an opportunistic bystander, as well as hunted by the unorthodox and tenacious detective Tracy Atwood (Demi Moore). Can Mr. Brooks outsmart his adversaries and conceal his shocking double life from his wife (Marg Helgenberger) and daughter (Danielle Panabaker) or will someone expose his crimes and his identity once and for all?

No Country For Old Men (Non E Un Paese Per Vecchi)

Starring Javier Bardem, Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin, Woody Harrelson, Kelly MacDonald, Garret Dillahunt, Tess Harper and Barry Corbin.
The time is our own, when rustlers have given way to drug-runners and small towns have become free-fire zones. The story begins when Llewelyn Moss (Josh Brolin) finds a pickup truck surrounded by a sentry of dead men. A load of heroin and two million dollars in cash are still in the back. When Moss takes the money, he sets off a chain reaction of catastrophic violence that not even the law - in the person of aging, disillusioned Sheriff Bell (Tommy Lee Jones) - can contain. As Moss tries to evade his pursuers - in particular a mysterious mastermind who flips coins for human lives (Javier Bardem) - the film simultaneously strips down the American crime drama and broadens its concerns to encompass themes as ancient as the Bible and as bloodily contemporary as this morning's headlines.

Parlami D'amore

Con Silvio Muccino, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Carolina Crescentini, Andrea Renzi, Flavio Parenti, Max Mazzotta, Geraldine Chaplin, Giorgio Colangeli.
Sasha è nato sotto una cattiva stella. I genitori tossici lo hanno isolato crescendolo in una comunità di recupero e, alla loro morte, lo hanno lasciato in un limbo di dolore. Costretto ad abbandonare il centro dopo la dipartita del direttore - l'unica persona nella quale riponeva la sua fiducia - Sasha fatica a trovare il suo posto nel mondo. Non deve essere facile chiamarsi Muccino, né scegliere di sedersi dietro la macchina da presa per seguire le orme del più celebre fratello maggiore. Silvio affronta la sua prima volta da regista adattando il romanzo scritto a due mani insieme a Carla Vangelista - un successo letterario con le sue 300mila copie vendute - destinato al grande schermo sin dalla gestazione. Per ottenere credibilità si circonda di professionisti capaci (Arnaldo Catinari, Tonino Zera, Patrizio Marone, Maurizio Millenotti) ai quali sussurra tutte le suggestioni del cinema alto (così alto da essere irraggiungibile) per rimpolpare la sua opera prima di sequenze e location fissate nell'immaginario collettivo. Parlami d'amore è un'accozzaglia di citazioni, un presuntuoso esercizio di stile - di un cinefilo che ha la fortuna, al contrario del suo personaggio, di essere nato sotto una buona stella - che manca di personalità e di punti di riferimento con il reale (e il sociale). Non è chiaro come questo film sia riuscito a ottenere un riconoscimento "di interesse culturale". Non è sufficiente parlare di dipendenza (dalle droghe, dall'alcol, dal gioco), di comunità di recupero e di giovani allo sbando se l'argomento viene affrontato con qualunquismo. Silvio punta sul dolore per provocare emozioni, ma per poter parlare di dolore e abbandono bisogna conoscere a fondo la materia o per lo meno saperla trattare con empatia. I personaggi, tutti maledettamente tormentati, che si muovono nella dimensione dark di una Roma notturna in sfacelo, sono stereotipati e per questo inverosimili. Come inverosimili e alquanto irritanti appaiono i dialoghi tra i giovani borghesi spudorati (che aspirano a diventare i nuovi Dreamers di Bertolucci) e il ragazzo interrotto di Silvio Muccino. Ma ciò che irrita maggiormente è il modo in cui il Silvio regista e sceneggiatore sfrutta la sofferenza e il tema della dipendenza come mero pretesto per parlare d'amore.

The Return

Starring Sam Shepard, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Peter O'Brien and Adam Scott.
Sarah Michelle Gellarand Sam Shepard star in this shocking, non-stop supernatural thriller. Joanna Mills (Gellar) is haunted by increasingly terrifying visions where she can see and feel the brutal murder of a woman she's never met. With her life spiraling out-of-control, she follows the relentless nightmares to an eerie small town in Texas - a place where secrets can't be buried, a spirit seeks vengeance, and the horrific murder from Joanna's visions may just be her own.

Scusa Ma Ti Chiamo Amore

Con Raoul Bova, Michela Quattrociocche, Veronica Logan, Luca Angeletti, Ignazio Oliva, Francesco Apolloni, Davide Rossi, Luca Ward, Pino Quartullo, Cecilia Dazzi, Sergio Petrella.
Alex non si dà pace da quando è stato lasciato dalla fidanzata. L'incontro con Niki, però, gli cambierà la vita. Peccato che lei sia più giovane di lui di vent'anni, frequenti l'ultimo anno di liceo e viva ancora con i genitori.
Federico Moccia sa come arrivare ai cuori delle sue lettrici. Merito di una penna agile con la quale esplora il loro universo regalando sogni che nella vita reale, probabilmente, non vedranno avverarsi mai. Forte di uno zoccolo duro di fedelissime fan, lo scrittore giovanilistico più produttivo d'Italia (c'è chi afferma che scriva anche nei momenti più intimi della quotidianità casalinga) decide di passare dietro la macchina da presa per dare vita ai personaggi letterari di Scusa ma ti chiamo amore. Una mossa furba e azzeccata, fosse anche solo per la scelta del protagonista maschile che sa come far vibrare le corde emotive delle donne di tutte le età.
Se a Scamarcio, nelle prime due trasposizioni dei suoi bestseller, era toccato il ruolo del ragazzo ribelle da salvare, Raul Bova rappresenta il sogno proibito di molte giovani: l'uomo adulto da sedurre. Nell'offrire alle sue lettrici una nuova favola rosa Moccia prende spunto dai suoi precedenti scritti (citandosi, nemmeno fosse Quentin Tarantino) per inventarsi una città che è vera solo in parte. Questa è la Roma rimasta orfana delle ragazze di "Non è la Rai", dei lucchetti di Ponte Milvio sigillati da una promessa d'amore, dei «tre metri sopra il cielo» scritti sui muri. È la Roma bene dei quartieri alti, di chi fa jogging a Villa Borghese, vive in attici e superattici, pranza a champagne e paga investigatori privati 1500 euro (solo di acconto). In questa città fantastica, dove apparentemente nessuno lavora ma tutti sono impaccati di soldi, gli adulti hanno relazioni noiose, tradiscono le proprie mogli, lasciano i fidanzati cornuti. In un contesto così avvilente non è strano che Moccia abbia deciso di volgere il suo sguardo sulla condizione sentimentale delle ragazzine trovando la via più facile per far rimare «cuore» e «amore». E di fatto l'amore del titolo ricorre lungo tutto il film. Estrapolato dalla letteratura alta (Neruda, de Musset, Shakespeare, de Balzac, persino Walt Whitman è stato scomodato) è reso banale quanto i versi incartati nei cioccolatini. Banale è la sceneggiatura, banale la regia, banale la scelta della voce narrante - per quanto sia di Luca Ward, una delle migliori voci del cinema doppiato. Con Scusa ma ti chiamo amore Federico Moccia si riconfermerà padrino di una generazione di giovanissime che coroneranno i loro sogni (proibiti) almeno fino a quando non si affacceranno sulla vita reale, quella che scorre fuori dagli schermi e dalle pagine dei romanzi.

The Spiderwick Chronicles

Starring Freddie Highmore, Mary-Louise Parker, Nick Nolte, Joan Plowright, David Strathairn, Seth Rogen, Martin Short and Sarah Bolger.
Fantasy adventure that reveals the rest of the world around us. Peculiar things start to happen the moment the Grace family (Jared, his twin brother Simon, sister Mallory and their mom) leave New York and move into the secluded old house owned by their great-great-uncle, Arthur Spiderwick. Unable to explain the strange disappearances and accidents that seem to be happening on a daily basis, the siblings investigate what's really going on and uncover the extraordinary truth of the Spiderwick estate and the creatures that inhabit it.

Una Moglie Bellissima

Con Laura Torrisi, Gabriel Garko, Massimo Ceccherini, Rocco Papaleo, Francesco Guccini, Tony Sperandeo, Chiara Francini.
Mariano e Miranda si amano da dieci anni e vivono una vita perfetta nella provincia toscana. Gestori di un banco di frutta e verdura, sognano di acquistare un giorno una bottega dove trasferire la loro attività. La bellezza morbida e sensuale di Miranda "esposta" come primizia al mercato non sfugge a un fotografo di moda, che le offre soldi e successo in cambio di dodici scatti. Allettata dalla cifra e dalla possibilità di realizzare il loro progetto, la coppia accetta la proposta e Miranda posa per un calendario. Fama e fiumi di champagne finiranno per confonderla e per spingerla tra le braccia del seducente e sedicente fotografo. Mariano, intanto, perde l'amore ma non la speranza. Perché sparare sulla croce rossa? Leonardo Pieraccioni anche quest'anno ha fatto il compitino: un filmetto dalla trama annacquata e dal tono sentimentale che uscirà a pochi giorni dal Natale in centinaia di sale e regalerà alla Medusa incassi miliardari. Gli spettatori svagati e prenatalizi lo andranno a vedere e i critici abbozzeranno indulgenti: guai a parlare male di un film italiano che gode di un consenso così generalizzato. La storia è nota ed è ambientata nella provincia toscana ancora una volta travolta dall'arrivo di un agente esterno che ne sconvolgerà gli equilibri. Sostituite le cinque ballerine di flamenco col fotografo farabutto di Gabriel Garko, saranno proprio il suo fascino e la sua proposta indecente a far capitolare la bella moglie dell'ortolano. Accumulando pretese irritanti (la critica alla società dello spettacolo, alla politica e ai costumi italiani) accanto a scelte marchiane (ridere sull'obesità e dell'obesità di un bambino), il cinema di Pieraccioni non sembra in grado di rivitalizzare le forme della commedia all'italiana e tra vent'anni non lo vedremo (spero) con la nostalgia complice che oggi si riserva alle riscoperte trash. Il brutto non è più quello di una volta e francamente non fa più neanche ridere.

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Primafila TV Listing

October 31 to November 7

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Before The Devil Knows You're Dead (Onora Il Padre E La Madre)

Starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, Albert Finney, Marisa Tomei, Aleksa Palladino, Michael Shannon, Amy Ryan, Sarah Livingston and Rosemary Harris.
A family faces the worst enemy of all - itself. Andy (Philip Seymour Hoffman) is an overextended broker who lures his younger brother, Hank (Ethan Hawke) into a larcenous scheme: the pair will rob a suburban mom-and-pop jewelry store that appears to be the quintessential easy target. The problem is, the store owners are Andy and Hank’s actual mom and pop and, when the seemingly perfect crime goes awry, the damage lands right at their doorstep.

Captivity

Starring Elisha Cuthbert, Daniel Gillies, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Laz Alonso and Michael Harney.
From acclaimed director Roland Joffé, Captivity centres around top fashion model, Jennifer Tree (Elisha Cuthbert) who has it all - beauty, fame, money and power. Her face appears on the cover of hundreds of magazines. At the top of her game, Jennifer is America’s sweetheart. She is loved and adored and sought after. Everyone wants her... But someone out there has been watching and waiting. Someone wants her in the worst way. Out alone at a charity event in New York, Jennifer is drugged and taken. Held captive in a cell, Jennifer is subjected to a series of terrifying, life-threatening tortures that could only be conceived by a twisted, sadistic mind.

Colpo D'occhio

Con Riccardo Scamarcio, Vittoria Puccini, Sergio Rubini, Paola Barale, Emanuele Salce, Giancarlo Ratti, Giorgio Colangeli, Alexandra Prusa, Flavio Parenti.
Adrian è un giovane scultore di provincia desideroso di affermare il suo talento nel mondo dell'arte. Fin dalla sua prima esposizione nella Capitale, all'interno di una collettiva di esordienti, la sua personalità balza agli occhi di Gloria, una giovane studiosa d'arte alla ricerca del "suo" artista. Tra i due nasce subito un'intesa e ben presto Gloria diventa per Adrian compagna, musa ispiratrice delle sue opere nonché agente. Ma un altro critico s'innamora del lavoro di Adrian: Lulli, un intellettuale di fama internazionale. L'uomo conosce molto bene Gloria, essendone stato prima il tutore e poi l'amante fino all'arrivo di Adrian.

Day Watch aka Dnevnoy Dozor (I Guardiani Del Giorno)

Starring Konstantin Khabensky, Vladimir Menshov, Maria Poroshina and Galina Tyunina.
on the byzantine tale of a world where, centuries ago, the powers of light (representing goodness) and the powers of darkness (representing evil) called a truce. Each side set up a law enforcement team to guard and monitor the other's activities - the powers of darkness established and controlled the Day Watch, while the powers of light established and controlled the Night Watch. Day Watch opens in the 14th Century, where Tamerlan, a Mongol warrior, acquires an implement called "The Chalk of Destiny," that can be used to guide the course of history. Eons later (in the present day), the Day Watch and the Night Watch are ongoing. Two Warriors of Light, Anton Gorodensky (Konstantin Khabensky) and his protégé/partner-in-training, Svetlana (Maria Poroshina) quietly develop feelings for one another as they patrol the Night Watch together. As the story progresses, the pair must respond to a distress call from an octogenarian victim of a vampiric attack - an attack committed (as it turns out) by Anton's 12-year-old son Egor (Dima Martinov) - now a Warrior of Darkness.Anton must suddenly wrestle with two conflicting desires - the need to protect his offspring by destroying incriminating evidence, and his own desire to remain loyal to the Night Watch. Several additional subplots then unfold concurrently, including that of Egor learning to practice evil from his mentor, Zavulon (Viktor Verzhbitsky), that of Anton "body swapping" with associate Olga (Galina Tyunina), and that of the relationship between a vampiric child, Kostya (Aleksei Chadov) and his dad (Valery Zolotukhin), who works as a butcher.

Halloween

Starring Tyler Mane, Malcolm McDowell, Brad Dourif, Scout Taylor-Compton, Sheri Moon Zombie, Danny Trejo, Daeg Faerch, Danielle Harris, Kristina Klebe, Hanna Hall and William Forsythe.
After his fateful Halloween night murder rampage in the quiet town of Haddonfield, Illinois years earlier, Michael Myers was incarcinated at the Smith's Grove Sanitarium maximum-security mental facility where he was treated by noted child behaviorist Dr. Samuel Loomis (Malcolm McDowell) - the only person who truly understood Michael's evil nature. Now, 17 years later, Michael (Tyler Mane) escapes from the mental institution on Halloween day and begins a murderous trek back to Haddonfield to continue his killing streak and seek resolution to events from his past. He begins stalking a high school girl, Laurie Strode (Scout Taylor-Compton), and her friends, Annie (Danielle Harris) and Lynda (Kristina Klebe). When Dr. Loomis, now a successful author for his book on Michael, hears of his escape, he enlists the help of Haddonfield's Sheriff Brackett (Brad Dourif) to find and put and end to Michael's reign of terror.

La Fille Coupée En Deux (L'innocenza Del Peccato)

France, 2007. Avec Ludivine Sagnier, François Berléand, Benoît Magimel, Mathilda May, Caroline Sihol, Etienne Chicot, Marie Bunel et Valeria Cavalli.
Une jeune femme qui veut réussir dans la vie et dont le rayonnement séduit ceux qui l'entourent, s'éprend d'un écrivain prestigieux et pervers, et épouse un jeune milliardaire déséquilibré.

Manuale d'Amore 2 - Capitoli Successivi

Con Carlo Verdone, Monica Bellucci, Riccardo Scamarcio, Antonio Albanese, Sergio Rubini, Fabio Volo, Barbora Bobulova, Claudio Bisio, Elsa Pataky, Dario Bandiera.
Dopo il grande successo di Manuale d'Amore, Giovanni Veronesi torna alla regia per presentarci quattro nuovi episodi interpretati da un cast d'eccezione: Eros ha per protagonista un giovane paraplegico (Riccardo Scamarcio) sopraffatto da amour fou per la sua fisioterapista (Monica Bellucci); La Maternita è la tragicomica odissea di Franco (Fabio Volo) e Manuela (Barbara Bobulova), una giovane coppia costretta a ricorrere alla fecondazione assistita per avere un figlio; Il Matrimonio racconta di Fosco (Sergio Rubini) e Filippo (Antonio Albanese), una coppia gay che decide di andare in Spagna per sposarsi; in Amore Estremo il cinquantenne Ernesto (Carlo Verdone), stanco della routine matrimoniale, viene travolto dalla passione per una donna molto più giovane di lui, Cecilia (Elsa Pataky).
A fare da fil rouge tra i quattro "capitoli" è una trasmissione radiofonica condotta dal deejay Fulvio (Claudio Bisio) e incentrata proprio sul tema dell'amore.

Natale a New York

Con Christian De Sica, Sabrina Ferilli, Massimo Ghini, Elisabetta Canalis, Claudio Bisio, Fabio De Luigi, Francesco Mandelli, Paolo Ruffini, Alessandro Siani, Fiorenza Marchegiani.
Un pianista di piano bar ha sposato una ricca americana, accettando un contratto matrimoniale che prededeva che avrebbe perso tutti i beni acquisiti con l'unione se si fosse innamorato di un'altra donna. E naturalmente, all'orizzonte appare proprio un nuovo amore, nelle vesti di una procace bruna, anche lei sposata con un ricco imprenditore...

Natale In Crociera

Con Christian De Sica, Fabio De Luigi, Michelle Hunziker, Aida Yespica, Alessandro Siani, Nancy Brilli.
Paolo (Christian De Sica) vuole trascorrere del tempo con Magda, la propria amante (Aida Yespica), e con uno stratagemma spedisce la moglie Francesca (Nancy Brilli) e il figlio in montagna. Il tentato suicidio del cognato Felice, cambia i piani di Paolo che lo accompagnerà in crociera ai caraibi per distrarlo, senza perdere la possibilità di invitare di nascosto anche la giovane Magda. Sulla stessa nave anche Michela (Michelle Hunziker), animalista convinta, e Luigi (Fabio De Luigi), autore del libro "Single è bello", si incontrano, ignari di cosa li aspetterà durante un matrimonio che si celebrerà proprio in crociera. Ogni anno ci si pone sempre la stessa domanda: "È corretto giudicare un film che è entrato nelle tradizioni degli italiani?". Sarebbe come criticare il cappone del pranzo di Natale. Può piacere o non piacere, un anno può essere più buono, l'altro meno. Però è sempre il cappone di Natale. Ogni critica non conta. Neri Parenti ha infatti sufficiente esperienza, maestria e conoscenza del pubblico italiano e riesce ad alternare ovvietà richieste a qualche trovata più interessante (come il personaggio di Fabio De Luigi), lasciando il film all'inerzia nel finale, necessario per avere una chiusa. In effetti, si potrebbe quasi dire che i film di Vacanze di Natale sono rappresentati da un solo lungometraggio della durata di 25 anni. Natale in crociera che è rappresentato in un ambiente delimitato (la nave), così come lo erano gli hotel, i villaggi e i paesaggi di mondi vicini (le nostre spiagge e le nostre piste da sci) e lontani (l'India e l'Egitto), si avvale di attori che sono degli ottimi professionisti e che qualche risata la riesco a strappare. A tutti. Da Christian De Sica a Fabio De Luigi (il migliore), a Michelle Hunziker. Il cappone è servito. Buon Natale.

The Shepherd

Starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Scott Adkins, Stephen Lord, Gary McDonald, Natalie J. Robb and Bashar Rahal.
Action icon Jean-Claude VanDamme stars in this explosive thriller following a former New Orleans homicide detective who leaves his post at the local police force in order to combat murderous drug smugglers as a U.S. Border Patrol agent. Jack Robideaux (VanDamme) is a former cop with a secret agenda. Robideaux is right at home observing freshly killed corpses and grisly crime scenes, so when he's assigned to patrol a dangerous stretch between Columbus and Las Palomas, Mexico, he readily adapts to his new surroundings. When Robideaux learns that a renegade American Special Forces unit has hatched a plan to smuggle $35 million worth of heroin into the United Stated he sets out to single-handedly take down the cartel while contending with suicide bombers, merciless torturers, and traitorous double agents who would have him killed in order to protect their dirty little secret.

The Spiderwick Chronicles

Starring Freddie Highmore, Mary-Louise Parker, Nick Nolte, Joan Plowright, David Strathairn, Seth Rogen, Martin Short and Sarah Bolger.
Fantasy adventure that reveals the rest of the world around us. Peculiar things start to happen the moment the Grace family (Jared, his twin brother Simon, sister Mallory and their mom) leave New York and move into the secluded old house owned by their great-great-uncle, Arthur Spiderwick. Unable to explain the strange disappearances and accidents that seem to be happening on a daily basis, the siblings investigate what's really going on and uncover the extraordinary truth of the Spiderwick estate and the creatures that inhabit it.

There Will Be Blood (Il Petroliere)

Starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Dano, Ciarán Hinds, Kevin J. O'Connor and Dillon Freasier.
A sprawling epic of family, faith, power and oil, There Will be Blood is set on the incendiary frontier of California's turn-of-the-century petroleum boom. The story chronicles the life and times of one Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day-Lewis), who transforms himself from a down-and-out silver miner raising a son on his own into a self-made oil tycoon. When Plainview gets a mysterious tip-off that there's a little town out West where an ocean of oil is oozing out of the ground, he heads with his son, H.W. (Dillon Freasier), to take their chances in dust-worn Little Boston. In this hardscrabble town, where the main excitement centers around the holy roller church of charismatic preacher Eli Sunday (Paul Dano), Plainview and H.W. make their lucky strike. But even as the well raises all of their fortunes, nothing will remain the same as conflicts escalate and every human value - love, hope, community, belief, ambition and even the bond between father and son - is imperiled by corruption, deception and the flow of oil.

Tutta La Vita Davanti

Con Sabrina Ferilli, Isabella Ragonese, Elio Germano, Massimo Ghini, Valerio Mastandrea, Micaela Ramazzotti, Claudio Fragasso, Elena Arvigo.
Marta é una giovane neolaureata speranzosa e vogliosa di iniziare il suo inserimento nel mondo del lavoro. Trova così un posto presso un call center, pieno di giovani come lei ed anche se tutto é così lontano da quell'ambiente accademico che, con tanta fatica e perseveranza, ha invano rincorso, riesce persino a trarne un iniziale giovamento. Tutto sembra andare secondo i suoi piani, ma ben presto si renderà conto che i suoi progetti e le sue speranze saranno disilluse dalla cruda realtà che si cela dietro un apparente ambiente dinamico che nasconde invece i lati oscuri del lavoro precario...