Cineplex Magazine November 2012

november 21
From left: Bradley Cooper,
Jacki Weaver and Chris Tucker
in Silver Linings Playbook
Rise of the Guardians
riSe of the
guardianS
Based on William Joyce’s
The Guardians of Childhood
book series, this animated
tale asserts that not only do
the Tooth Fairy (Isla Fisher),
Easter Bunny (Hugh Jackman)
and Santa Claus (Alec Baldwin)
have their regular gigs, they
are also the protectors of all
children. So, when the evil
Pitch (Jude Law) plans to take
over the world, the Guardians
join forces with Jack Frost
(Chris Pine) to stop him.
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life of Pi
The glory of 3D is front and
centre in director Ang Lee’s
adaptation of Canadian author
Yann Martel’s imaginative novel
about Pi Patel (Suraj Sharma),
a teenager who survives a
ship’s sinking to find himself
stranded on a lifeboat with
zoo animals, including an
orangutan, hyena, zebra and
tiger. Lee auditioned 3,000
actors for the role of Pi, and
chose newcomer Sharma, a
17-year-old from Delhi, India,
for the coveted part.
Silver liningS
Playbook
Oscar-buzz is building for
director David O. Russell’s
dramedy that picked up
the People’s Choice Award
at the recent Toronto
International Film Festival.
In the best performance of
his career, Bradley Cooper
plays a mentally unstable
man who asks his equally
unstable neighbour (Jennifer
Lawrence) to help him win
back his wife. In return, she
wants him to be her partner in
a dance contest. See Bradley
Cooper interview, page 26.
red dawn
This remake of the 1984 Patrick Swayze pic about
teenagers defending their Midwestern town from
invading Soviet soldiers relocates the action to
Washington State, and has North Koreans attacking
the U.S. Chris Hemsworth leads the pack of plucky
rebels played by Josh Hutcherson, Josh Peck,
Isabel Lucas and Tom’s son, Connor Cruise.