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'Secretary'
at the New Olympia The film depicts the poignant feelings of a human being and Maggie Gyllenhaal gives a successful performance as Lee Holloway. Earning nominations and winning several awards as best actress in many international festivals Maggie Gyllenhaal earned the Golden Globe nomination-2003 from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for Best Actress-Comedy or Musical for her daring performance in "Secretary." Playing opposite James Spader she also won Best Actress (Runner-up) at National Society of Film Critics- 2002 and was nominated as the Best Actress at IFP Independent Spirit Award for her performance. The director, Steven Shainberg's first feature film was 'Hit Me' and his second got him the winner of a Special jury Prize for originality at 2002 Sundance International Film Festival and was nominated at IFP Independent Spirit Award 2002. The director worked as an independent producer before entering the American Film Institute, where he directed three short films. The last of these, The Prom, won the Grand Prize at the Houston International Film Festival and the Critic's Award at the Breckenridge Festival of Film in Colorado. Lee Holloway is a smart, quirky woman in her twenties who returns to her hometown in New Jersey after a brief stay in a mental hospital. In search of relief from herself and her oppressive childhood environment, she starts to date a nerdy friend from high school and takes a job as a secretary in a local law firm. She soon develops an obsessive crush on her older boss, Mr. Grey. Through their increasingly bizarre relationship, Lee follows her deepest longings to the heights of masochism and finally to a place of self-affirmation. 'Secretary' stars James Spader, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jeremy Davis, Patrick Bauchau and Lesley Ann Warren. Produced by Andrew Fierberg, Newcinema Films presentation was released here by Cinema Entertainment Limited (CEL). Find
a 'Italian Job' in Colombo
Zipping through tunnels, careening down sidewalks and going where no car and human have gone before. "The Italian Job" gives the popular 'Mini' car a new meaning to "run for the money" in one of the best chase scenes ever captured on film. To coincide with the release of the film on Friday, December 6 'Mini Car' Parade was also organised in the city of Colombo. Mark Wahlberg, Charline Theron, Donald Sutherland, Edward Norton, Seth Green, Mos Def and Jason Statham, star in this new "The Italian Job" directed by Gary Gray. The story revolves around a billion dollar gold heist from Italy. Their plan was flawless - the job was executed perfectly... the escape was clean. The only threat mastermind thief Charlie Croker (Mark Wahlberg) never saw coming from a member of his own crew. After pulling off an amazing gold bullion heist from a heavily guarded palazzo in Venice, Italy, Charlie and his gang inside man Steve (Edward Norton), computer genius Lyle (Seth Green), wheelman Handsome Rob (Jason Statham), explosives expert Left-Ear (Mos Def) and veteran safecracker John Bridger (Donald Sutherland) - can't believe it when one of them turns out to be a double-crosser. Now the job isn't about the payoff, it's about payback! Stella, the daughter of John Bridger (Charlize Theron), a beautiful nerves-of-steel safecracker, who joins Charlie and his former gang when they follow the backstabber to California, where they plan to re-steal the gold by tapping into Los Angeles' traffic control system, manipulating signals and creating one of the biggest traffic jams in L.A. history! "The Italian Job" features the ever popular MINI in state-of-the-art chase scenes down Hollywood's Walk of Fame, through the Metro Rail tunnels and down narrow escape routes only MINI can go. Full of twists, turns and exciting stunts with armoured cars, motorcycles and helicopters, this action-packed thrill-ride takes audiences on wild curves they'll never see coming. 'Prema
Parami': Story of prince & princess
'Prema Parami' brings Channa Perera and Sangeetha Weeraratne to star opposite each other for the first time and others in the cast are Kamal Addararachchi, Cletus Mendis, Anjula Rajapakse, Manike Attanayake, Ananda Wickremage, Manel Wanaguru, Nadee Chandrasekara, Nilanthi Wijesinghe, Dilani Nikahatiya and Bandula Suriyabandara. Anuradha's father sends her away from village with the hope of stopping her love affair with Banuka. Anuradha comes to Neranjala's home in Colombo, Windya, Neranjala's daughter is happy about the presence of her new friend. Windya is a model. Neranjala is a shareholder in a hotel in Colombo. Windya sings at the hotel and is madly in love with Kolitha. She confides about her love to Anuradha. Windya helps Anuradha to get a job at the hotel. Meanwhile, Banuka leaves the village and comes to town. There he meets a learned gentleman and this helps him to be successful in his career. When a murder takes place at the hotel Kolitha is determined to find the murderer. Kolitha and Anuradha fall in love and this makes Windya sad. Later when Anuradha meets Banuka her affair with Kolitha had gone a long way. What will happen to her affair with Kolitha? Whom will she choose Kolitha or Banuka? The mini play has a number of songs sung by Nelu Adikari, Kasun Kalhara and Kamal Addararachchi to the lyrics of Ajantha Ranasinghe and Nilar N. Kasim. Music director is Sarath Wickrema. Scripted by K. B. Herath, edited by Dilupa Sriyantha Perera and art director in the teledrama is Banura Manage. Assisted by Sampath Sri Roshan and Ranahansi Wijethunge 'Prema Parami' is directed by Bermin Lylie Fernando. |
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