Film Diary 2008 March

Friday 7th March

Diary Of The Dead

Knowing horror film about a group of film students shooting a zombie movie, until they bump into the real thing. Featuring cameos from Wes Craven, Stephen King and Simon Pegg.

The Other Boleyn Girl

Based on Philippa Gregory's novel, The Other Boleyn Girl spins a sensual tale about scandalous relations between King Henry VIII, his second wife Anne (Natalie Portman), and her sister Mary (Scarlett Johansson).

Vantage Point

Matthew Fox, Forest Whitaker and Sigourney Weaver lead the way in this drama about the assassination attempt on the president as told from five different perspectives.

Friday 14th March

10,000 B.C.

Roland Emmerich, director of The Day after Tomorrow and Godzilla, is back with another action-adventure, this time set in a prehistoric age, where a mammoth-hunter has to travel through uncharted territory to save his tribe from extinction.

The Cottage

Gory Brit slasher-comedy starring Andy Serkis and Reece Shearsmith as bickering brothers who plot to kidnap a young woman, played by Jennifer Ellison, for a quick buck.

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Friday 21st March

Dr Seuss' Horton Hears A Who

Jim Carey and Steve Carell star in this animated family film about an elephant who decides to defend the microscopic community of Who-ville against the evil Sour Kangaroo. Based on the 1954 book by Dr. Seuss.

Lars And The Real Girl

Ryan Gosling plays an introverted young man who invites a female friend he meets on the internet to come and stay. But Bianca isn't quite what his family are expecting - she's a life-size doll.

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Love In The Time Of Cholera

Mike Newell directs Javier 'No Country For Old Men' Bardem in the story of a spurned young man who spends his life trying to forget his true love.

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Meet The Spartans

Scary Movie meets 300 in this comedy spoof starring ex-Grange Hill actor Sean Maguire and of course, Carmen Electra.

Step Up 2 The Streets

The follow-up to 2006 dance film Step Up, about a misfit streetdancer at an elite dance school, who competes in an underground dance battle to win acceptance.

The Spiderwick Chronicles

When twins Jared and Simon and their sister Mallory move into run-down Spiderwick Estate with their mother, they encounter a magical world of faeries and fantastic creatures.

Thursday 27th March

27 Dresses

Knocked Up's Katherine Heigl stars as a woman who's been a bridesmaid 27 times, but never a bride. Will she make it 28 as her sister prepares to marry the man she's secretly in love with?

Friday 28th March

Drillbit Taylor

Comedy from John Hughes about two students who hire low-budget body-guard Drillbit Taylor (Owen Wilson) to protect them from a high-school bully.

First Sunday

Ice Cube stars in this crime comedy about two bumbling criminals who plot to rob their neighbourhood church to end their debt woes.

All film dates are subject to change. Last updated 10th March 2008.

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