amous

ON SCREEN
INTHEATRES
2 July
Brick Lane
Based on Monica Ali’s acclaimed
novel, this British drama focuses on
Nazneen (Tannishtha Chatterjee),
who leaves her family in Bangladesh
to move to East London and marry
an older man. For 20 years she’s
raised a family and put her own
desires and dreams aside,
but that all changes when she
meets the charismatic Karim
(Christopher Simpson).
18 FAMOUS JULY 2008
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Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
While other 12-year-old girls are playing Lucy in Grade Eight productions of You’re a Good Man
Charlie Brown, Abigail Breslin is appearing in her third film of the year (she already has
Definitely, Maybe and Nim’s Island under her belt). Set during the Great Depression, and based on
the line of American Girls dolls and books, this family drama finds Kit Kittredge (Breslin) trying to
become a newspaper reporter to help her financially strapped family. This is Canadian director
Patricia Rozema’s first feature film since 1999’s Mansfield Park.
Hancock
Will Smith is Hancock, a bitter, alcoholic
superhero who leaves a trail of destruction
every time he gets off his lazy butt to save
the day. Enter a PR guy (Jason Bateman)
who sets out to retool Hancock’s image.
See Will Smith interview, page 34.
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