With the help of a talking freeway billboard, a “wacky weatherman” tries to win the heart of an English newspaper reporter, who is struggling to make sense of the strange world of early-90s Los Angeles.
BRITAIN/ENGLAND
LAYER CAKE – R
Sleek, well dressed and polite, our unnamed hero (Daniel Craig) is a consummate professional. Treating cocaine and ecstasy like any other commodity, he has made a fortune for himself by keeping his hands clean and staying under the radar. Having made the decision to retire, his aim is to break free from the world of crime, drugs and violence and live a simple, quiet life with the money he has amassed.
GIRL IN THE CAFE PG 13
Lawrence, an aging, lonely civil servant falls for Gina, an enigmatic young woman. When he takes her to the G8 Summit in Reykjavik, however, their bond is tested by Lawrence’s professional obligations.
EXCALIBUR – R
Merlin the magician helps Arthur Pendragon unite the Britons around the round table of Camelot even as forces conspire to tear it apart
GOSFORD PARK – R
The lives of upstairs guest and downstairs servants at a party in 1932 in a country house in England as they investigate a murder involving one of them.
ELIZABETH THE GOLDEN AGE – R
Trailer introduces the upcoming conflict ready to take place between England and Spain. The Spanish strike fear with their armada. Sir Walter Raleigh (Clive Owen) makes his introduction as an ally to the Queen (Cate Blanchett).
HAPPY GO LUCKY – R
A look at a few chapters in the life of Poppy, a cheery, colorful, North London schoolteacher whose optimism tends to exasperate those around her.
LOOKING FOR ERIC
Eric, a football fanatic postman whose life is descending into crisis, receives some life coaching from the famously philosophical Eric Cantona.