Nativity Rocks! returns to St Bernadette's Primary School as the staff and students work together to win the coveted prize of Christmas Town of the Year' by performing a spectacular rock music-themed nativity. Celia Imrie reprises her role as headmistress Mrs Keen, starring alongside a host of British talent including Simon Lipkin, Daniel Boys, Helen George, Hugh Dennis, Anna Chancellor, Ruth Jones, Meera Syal, Bradley Walsh and Craig Revel Horwood.
Safe House is a sophisticated event crime drama. Beautifully realised and suspenseful with a compelling plot that twists and turns, driven out of complex characters. Compulsive viewing, with internationally renowned British actor Stephen Moyer leading a stellar cast, as charismatic but headstrong ex-police officer Tom Brook. With his police career cut short Tom runs a safe house with his partner Sam (Zoë Tapper), which stands on the wild and magnificent coastline of North Wales. Their world is turned upside down when Tom hears news of an abduction and decides to go to the crime scene. Tom attempts to convince DCI Jane Burr (Sunetra Sarker) that The Crow, a notorious killer, is back and that the partner of the abducted woman is in danger. Jane is dismissive The Crow is in prison and Tom put him there. But Tom believes that the man behind bars was actually a disciple, a follower and that the real killer is still free. For Tom this is unfinished business.
The premise of Love Potion No. 9--that a magic potion makes the user irresistible to the opposite sex--could be the setup for the crassest sex farce imaginable. Instead, this film is a surprisingly subtle romantic comedy. Nebbishy scientist Paul (Tate Donovan) goes to a Gypsy fortune teller (Anne Bancroft), who tells him she sees no women in his entire life. To make up for this depressing news, she gives him a few drops of a love potion--number 8. Paul, a biochemist, scoffs; but when his pet cat accidentally gets a taste and attracts every female cat in the neighborhood, he enlists fellow dweeby scientist Diane (Sandra Bullock) to analyse it. After experimenting on monkeys, they decide to test it on themselves; soon Diane is being pursued by handsome Italians in the street and comes close to marrying the Prince of England (sic), while Paul gets a little revenge on a woman who previously rejected him, then embarks on his own love spree. Shortly they discover that they really want each other; but before they can get married, an old boyfriend of Diane returns with his own dose of love potion number 8. Paul's only hope is to get something even more powerful. Love Potion No. 9 is genuinely clever and sweet, and both Donovan and Bullock work well with the low-key but effective humour of the movie's well-written script. It's a tribute to her talent and her girl-next-door looks that Bullock, unlike most pretty stars dressing down, is effective as both a lovelorn loser and the confident glamour-girl she becomes. Altogether, a charming and enjoyable film.--Bret Fetzer, Amazon.com
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