Saturday 28/8
FILM: About Adam Charming young Adam instantly strikes a chord with singer-waitress Alice, and he also sweeps both her sisters, her mother and her brother off their feet just a short while before everyone is expecting the young lovers to get married. Romantic comedy starring Stuart Townsend, Kate Hudson, Frances O’Connor and Charlotte Bradley. (Star-23.00) FILM: Celebrity A burnt-out feature writer with a script he hopes to sell tries to worm his way into the celebrity world while also struggling with an ex-wife who won’t forgive his philanderings and a whole bunch of his own neuroses. Woody Allen comedy with Kenneth Branagh, Judy Davis, Joe Mantegna, Famke Janssen, Winona Ryder, Leonardo Di Caprio and Melanie Griffith. (Alpha-1.15) FILM: Cross of Iron Led by a hardened sergeant, a squad of German soldiers struggles to survive a Russian attack on the Eastern Front in World War II, though the real battle is fought from within, between the sergeant, who wants his men to survive, and a Prussian officer who is in it for the glory. War drama directed by Sam Peckinpah, starring James Coburn, Maximilian Schell and James Mason. (Star-0.45)