Bite Autumn 2012

Great Expectations Continuing the recent Hollywood trend for reworking iconic films for a modern audience One Day’s David Nicholls shows that, while innovation can be inspirational you simply cannot beat a great classic. Helena Bonham Carter is excellently eccentric as the jilted yet ever waiting Miss Havisham, while Jeremy Irvine ( War Horse ) is the optimistic Pip in pursuit of Holliday Grainger’s Estella.With a big name cast, this latest remake is somewhat different to the Gwyneth Paltrow/Ethan Hawke 1998 version. Before this new cast was confirmed, Rooney Mara ( Girl With the Dragon Tattoo ) was a potential Estella,

with Meryl Streep apparently unable to take the role of Miss Havisham due to conflicting schedules. However, the Harry Potter actress Helena Bonham Carter would seem like the perfect choice to play the ever waiting bride to be; in a film that will no doubt have both Dickens enthusiasts and cinema goers with great expectations of their own. The combination of Nicholls together with a cast that can only be described as featuring the best of British, the classic novel is brought right up to date in this latest adaptation;‘Great British’ indeed. Release Date: 30 th November 2012 Red Dawn Following in the footsteps of the late Patrick Swayze is no easy task but Thor’s Chris Hemsworth takes on the role of the hero in this remake of the 1984 original. Sadly this time around there’s no Charlie Sheen among the cast, but Josh Hutcherson ( The Hunger Games ) and Isabel Lucas ( Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen ) prove more than a match for a North Korean military invasion. Alongside them is Tom Cruise’s adopted son Connor, proving that it’s not only his dad who can save the world (ok, small town America) when they’re outnumbered and outgunned. With an estimated budget of £75 million, this time round the ColdWar enemy of the Soviet Union is replaced by North Korea; director Dan Bradley looks set to demonstrate just why it is never a good idea to invade America. With action sequences, guns, missing family

members and the reminder that it is not always the size of the fight but the amount of fight in the person that counts, Red Dawn is one remake that was definitely worth waiting for. Release Date: 21 st November 2012 http://reddawnfilm.com

iter James Patterson, then make sure Alex Cross is on umn. Loosely based on the novel ‘Cross’, this intense se throughout. Originally Idris Elba ( The Wire ) was set e eventually went to Tyler Perry, who stars alongside Ginley ( Scrubs ) as well as Hollywood heavyweights Jean ned detective Cross to find out exactly what happened twists and turns throughout, leaving neither the viewer e murderer before a killing spree continues unchecked. . www.alexcrossmovie.com