FRIDAY 16 AUGUST
Asterix and Obelix: Mission Cleopatra 6:40PM
PG
France, Germany, 2002
Genre: Family, Adventure
Language: French
Director: Alain Chabat
Starring: Gerard Depardieu, Alain Chabat, Monica Bellucci
What's it about?
Cleopatra (Bellucci), Queen of Egypt, decides to prove to Caesar that Egypt is the greatest civilisation by ordering the construction of a palace in the middle of the desert in only three months. Architect Numerobis, in charge of the daunting project, worries about the deadline and decides to call on the help of his friends Asterix (Depardieu) and Obelix (Chabat), druid Getafix, who thanks to his magic potion, might be able to save him from the crocodile pit.
Tschick [aka Goodbye Berlin] 8:45PM
M
Germany, 2016
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Language: German
Director: Fatih Akin
Starring: Anand Batbileg, Tristan Göbel, Nicole Mercedes Müller, Uwe Bohm
What's it about?
Mike (Göbel) is a loner: no friends, no hobbies, no girlfriend. That is until he meets Tschick (Batbileg), who's new in school, looks like he's been in a lot of fights and has a tendency to be drunk. At the beginning of the summer break, Tschick shows up at Mike's door with a stolen car and together they start the adventure of their lifetime: no parents, no maps, no plan - but definitely a lot of fun. From Fatih Akin, writer-director of Head-On, The Edge of Heaven and In the Fade.
SATURDAY 17 AUGUST
Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa 7:30PM
M
UK, 2013
Genre: Comedy
Language: English
Director: Declan Lowney
Starring: Steve Coogan, Colm Meaney, Darren Boyd, Sean Pertwee
What's it about?
To save his own job, Alan Partridge (Coogan) gets radio colleague Pat (Meaney) laid off, but when the man returns to the station with a shotgun and a siege ensues, Alan is given the high-profile role of go-between, trying to appease both the hostage taker and armed police. The first big-screen outing for Coogan's beloved Alan Partridge character.
Leon: The Professional 9:10PM, SBS
MA15+
France, 1994
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Language: English
Director: Luc Besson
Starring: Jean Reno, Natalie Portman, Gary Oldman, Danny Aiello
What's it about?
Léon (Reno) lives a lonely life in New York, working as a professional hitman for the mob. Near-silent and utterly ruthless, Léon doesn't seem to possess an ounce of humanity. But when his 12-year-old neighbour, Mathilda (Portman), arrives home to find her entire family massacred by a drug dealer (Oldman), Léon takes her in and, as per her request, teaches her the tools of his trade so that she can exact her revenge on her family's killer. From cult director Luc Besson (The Fifth Element, Nikita).
SUNDAY 18 AUGUST
Gandhi 7:30PM
PG
UK, India, 1982
Genre: Drama, History
Language: English, Hindi
Director: Richard Attenborough
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Rohini Hattangadi, Candice Bergen, Edward Fox, John Gielgud, Trevor Howard, Martin Sheen, John Mills
What's it about?
In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi (Kingsley), a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all worldly possessions to take up the cause of Indian independence. Faced with armed resistance from the British government, Gandhi adopts a policy of 'passive resistance', endeavouring to win freedom for his people without resorting to bloodshed. Winner of the 1982 Academy Award for Best Picture.
Mahatma Gandhi Source: Movie still
