New Flicks

Happy Feet
WARNING: May Cause Toe-Tapping.
Genres: Family / Musical / Animation
Director: George Miller
Distributors: Warner Bros.
Starring: Elijah Wood, Robin Williams, Brittany Murphy, Hugh Jackman, Nicole Kidman

In the cold land of Antarctica, the Emperor Penguins each express their true love with a special heartsong of their own that expresses their very being. However, the misfit Mumble cannot sing, but instead has an extraordinary talent to tap dance with almost magical energy and expression. Nevertheless, the deeply conformist leadership of the colony fearfully blames the young penguin's unorthodox ways for the lean fishing that threatens them all. Defiant in the face of unjust rejection, Mumble and his friends set out to find the true cause of the famine. Through the motley crew's trials and perils, Mumble learns many things about his frozen world, not the least of which being that his toe tapping talent may be what he needs to save his people.

Deja Vu
If you thought it was just a trick of the mind, prepare yourself for the truth.
Genres: Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Tony Scott
Distributors: Buena Vista Pictures
Starring: Denzel Washington, Val Kilmer, Paula Patton, Adam Goldberg

Everyone has experienced the unsettling mystery of déjà vu -- that flash of memory when you meet someone new you feel you've known all your life or recognise a place even though you've never been there before. But what if the feelings were actually warnings sent from the past or clues to the future? It is déjà vu that unexpectedly guides ATF agent Doug Carlin through an investigation into a shattering crime. Called in to recover evidence after a bomb sets off a cataclysmic explosion on a New Orleans Ferry, Carlin is about to discover that what most people believe "is only in their heads" is actually something far more powerful--and will lead him on a mind-bending race to save hundreds of innocent people.

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