Alfie

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NATIONAL TREASURE
WHO’S IN IT? Nicolas Cage, Diane Kruger
WHO DIRECTED? Jon Turteltaub (The Kid)
WHAT’S IT ABOUT? Benjamin Franklin
Gates (Cage), descended from a long line
of treasure hunters, finds a map that’ll
lead him to a war chest hidden by
America’s founding fathers. Too bad it’s
on the back of the Declaration of
Independence, which, of course, he’ll
have to steal to find the treasure.
• HITS THEATRES NOVEMBER 19
BRIDGET JONES:
THE EDGE OF REASON
WHO’S IN IT? Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth
WHO DIRECTED? Beeban Kidron (Swept
from the Sea)
WHAT’S IT ABOUT? Fans have been waiting
three years to see whether Bridget and
Mark Darcy will make a go of it, or if our
gal’s heart really belongs to that cad
Daniel Cleaver.
• HITS THEATRES NOVEMBER 19
(Allen and Curtis) are all set to take
a Christmas vacation, but when their
daughter opts to come home for the holidays,
they have just 12 hours to prepare.
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NOVEMBER 26
FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX
WHO’S IN IT? Dennis Quaid,
Giovanni Ribisi
WHO DIRECTED? John Moore (Behind
Enemy Lines)
WHAT’S IT ABOUT? When their plane
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crashes in the Gobi desert, the survivors
attempt to build a new plane from the
wreckage. A “reinvention” of the 1965
drama starring Jimmy Stewart.
DECEMBER 3
CLOSER
WHO’S IN IT? Jude Law, Julia Roberts
WHO DIRECTED? Mike Nichols
(Primary Colors)
WHAT’S IT ABOUT? Talky and sexy in a
Dubonnet-with-a-twist kinda way, this
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