Smart People

Rating: 15A
Running Time: 1h 55
Cast: Dennis Quaid, Thomas Haden Church, Sarah Jessica Parker, Ellen Page, Camille Mana
Director: Naom Murro
Genre: Drama/Comedy
Eye Cinema Release: 16/05/08

Professor Lawrence Wetherhold (Dennis Quaid) might be imperiously brilliant, monumentally self-possessed and an intellectual giant - but when it comes to solving the conundrums of love and family, he's as downright flummoxed as the next guy.

Charlie Bartlett.

His teenaged daughter (Ellen Page) is an acid-tongued overachiever who follows all too closely in dad's misery-loving footsteps, and his adopted, preposterously ne'er-do-well brother (Thomas Haden Church) has perfected the art of freeloading.

A widower who can't seem to find passion in anything anymore, not even the Victorian Literature in which he's an expert, it seems Lawrence is sleepwalking through a very stunted middle age.

When his brother shows up unexpectedly for an extended stay at just about the same time as he accidentally encounters his former student Janet (Sarah Jessica Parker), the circumstances cause him to stir from his deep, deep freeze, with often comical, sometimes heartbreaking, consequences for himself and everyone around him.

'Sometimes the smartest people have the most to learn....'

Charlie Bartlett

Rating: 16
Running Time: 1h 50
Cast: Anton Yelchin, Robert Downey Jr, Hope Davis, Kat Dennings, Tyler Hilton, Mark Rendall, Dylan Taylor, Megan Park, Jake Epstein, Jonathan Malen
Director: Jon Poll
Genre: Comedy/Drama
Eye Cinema Release: 16/05/08

Wealthy teenager Charlie Bartlett is failing miserably at fitting in at a new public high school run by the world-weary Principal Gardner.

As he begins to better understand the social hierarchy, Charlie's honest charm and likeability positions him as the resident "psychiatrist" dishing out advice, and the occasional prescription with his partner and fellow student, Murphy Bivens, to other students in need.

Along the way, he decides to take some of his own advice, find romance, and learn to accept who he is, thus wielding a witty dark comedy about the angst-filled years before college.

'Popularity is a state of mind.'

Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull

Rating: 12A
Running Time: 2h 20
Cast: Harrison Ford, Cate Blanchett, Karen Allen, Ray Winstone, Jim Broadbent John Hurt, Shia Labeouf
Director: Steven Spielberg
Genre: Action/Adventure
Eye Cinema Release: 22/05/08 (Advanced Bookings now taken)

On May 22, Indiana Jones is back in a new globe-trotting adventure, "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull". Directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Harrison Ford as Indy, "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" features an outstanding cast, including Oscar winner Cate Blanchett, Karen Allen, Ray Winstone, John Hurt, Oscar winner Jim Broadbent and Shia LaBeouf. New characters in this new "Indy" story include Cate Blanchett's Irina Spalko, a Soviet agent who dogs Indy's skull quest across locations from New Mexico to Peru and even the ark weilding warehouse from "Raiders of the Lost Ark". New sidekicks Mac and Mutt, Mac being played by Ray Winstone as an old WWII friend.

Sidekick number 2 is played by Shia LaBeouf and speculation over his identity is rife. Is he Indy's son with "Raiders of the Lost Ark" leading lady Marion (Karen Allen)? Son of Indy? Or is the rebellious teenager the son of both? Whatever the case this is set to be one big adventure.

'A classic hero returns.'

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