In Cinema - 27th Auust 2008

Written by Staff Reporter

Wednesday, 27 August 2008

Step Brothers

Rating: 16
Genre: Comedy
Cast: Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, Mary Steenburgen, Richard Jenkins
Director: Adam McKay
Duration: 1h 50mins
Eye Cinema Release: 29/8/08

Brennan Huff (Will Ferrell) is a 39-year-old who has never left home and lives with his divorced mother, Nancy Huff (Mary Steenburgen). Dale Doback (John C. Reilly) is a 40 year old who also has never left home and lives with his widower father, Dr Robert Doback (Richard Jenkins). Both of them are unemployed and have been living off the goodness of their parents their whole lives. Then Nancy meets Robert; they fall in love, marry and move into Robert's home. The two sons are forced to live together in the same room as step brothers. Brennan and Dale initially hate each other, but find out that they are not too different. They are like 12 year olds trapped in adult bodies who haven't grown up and live in their own little worlds.

'They grow up so fast!'

Babylon AD

Rating: 12A
Genre: Sci-Fi
Cast: Vin Diesel, Michelle Yeoh, Gerard Depardieu, Melanie Thierry
Director: Mathieu Kassevitz
Duration: 1h 40mins
Eye Cinema Release: 29/8/08

Veteran-turned-mercenary Thoorop takes the high-risk job of escorting a woman away from Russia. Little does he know that she is host to an organism that a cult wants to harvest in order to produce a genetically modified Messiah.

'Save the planet. What for? Life's simple. Kill or be killed.'

The Strangers

Rating: 16
Genre: Horror/Thriller
Cast: Liv Tyler, Scott Speedman, Gemma Ward, Kip Weeks, Laura Margolis
Director: Bryan Bertino
Duration: 1h 35mins
Eye Cinema Release: 29/8/08

Kristen (Liv Tyler) and James (Scott Speedman) have arrived at a secluded vacation home in the woods after attending a friend's wedding. It's four in the morning and they're both tearful and emotionally exhausted after a disagreement about their relationship.

As they awkwardly try to navigate the long night together, they are distracted by the sound of a heavy knock at the door. They open it to find a dazed young woman hidden in the shadows. Assuming she is lost, James sends her away, but Kristen is disturbed by the late-night visit. When James leaves to go on a drive and pick up some cigarettes, Kristen is left alone, and we watch her move through the huge house in a painfully eerie silence, all the while knowing that she is being watched. By the time James returns, Kristen is in hysterics, and together they must face the terrifying fact that they are indeed in grave danger.

'Lock the door. Pretend you're safe.'

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