Primafila TV Listing

June 26 to July 3

Starring Piper Perabo, Jamie Lee Curtis, Drew Barrymore, Andy Garcia, Cheech Marin, George Lopez, Edward James Olmos, Paul Rodriguez, Loretta Devine and Ali Hillis.
A pampered Beverly Hills Chihuahua named Chloe (voice of Drew Barrymore) finds herself accidentally lost in the mean streets of Mexico without a day spa or Rodeo Drive boutique anywhere in sight. Now alone for the first time in her spoiled life, she must rely on some unexpected new friends--including a street-hardened German Shepherd named Delgado (voice of Andy Garcia) and an amorous pup named Papi (voice of George Lopez) - to lend her a paw and help her to find her inner strength on their incredible journey back home.

Starring John Travolta, Miley Cyrus, Susie Essman, Mark Walton, Malcolm McDowell, James Lipton and Greg Germann.
For super-dog Bolt (voice of John Travolta), every day is filled with adventure, danger and intrigue - at least until the cameras stop rolling. When the star of a hit TV show is accidentally shipped from his Hollywood soundstage to New York City, he begins his biggest adventure yet - a cross-country journey through the real world to get back to his owner and co-star, Penny (voice of Miley Cyrus). Armed only with the delusions that all his amazing feats and powers are real, and the help of two unlikely traveling companions - a jaded, abandoned housecat named Mittens (voice of Susie Essman) and a TV-obsessed hamster named Rhino (voice of Mark Walton) - Bolt discovers he doesn't need superpowers to be a hero.

Starring Vera Farmiga, David Thewlis, Rupert Friend, Asa Butterfield and Sheila Hancock.
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is a fictional story that offers a unique perspective on how prejudice, hatred and violence affect innocent people, particularly children, during wartime. Through the lens of an eight-year-old boy largely shielded from the reality of World War II, we witness a forbidden friendship that forms between Bruno, the son of Nazi commandant, and Schmuel, a Jewish boy held captive in a concentration camp. Though the two are separated physically by a barbed wire fence, their lives become inescapably intertwined. The imagined story of Bruno and Shmuel sheds light on the brutality, senselessness and devastating consequences of war from an unusual point of view. Together, their tragic journey helps recall the millions of innocent victims of the Holocaust.

Starring Charlize Theron, Kim Basinger, Jennifer Lawrence, Joaquim de Almeida and Tessa Ia.
Charlize Theron top-lines the romantic ensemble The Burning Plain, written and directed by Babel screenwriter Guillermo Arriaga. 2929 Production's film tells the tale of a web of interconnecting love stories, with Theron playing Sylvia, a woman with a troubled past who tries to reconcile with her parents.

Starring Hugh Jackman, Ewan McGregor, Michelle Williams, LisaGay Hamilton, Maggie Q, Natasha Henstridge, Lynn Cohen, Danny Burstein, Malcolm Goodwin and Charlotte Rampling.
"Are you free tonight?" A simple enough question, but how Jonathan McQuarry (Ewan McGregor) answers it will change his life forever. A corporate auditor adrift in a sea of New York's power elite, Jonathan's work is his entire life. But a chance meeting with Wyatt Bose (Hugh Jackman), a charismatic corporate lawyer, introduces Jonathan to a decadent playground for Manhattan's executive upper crust. For these power brokers, whose eighteen-hour workdays leave no time for a personal life, there's 'The List' - a sex club, of sorts, where the right cell-phone number and four simple words ("Are you free tonight?") can lead to an evening's sexual fulfillment. It's a world of 'intimacy without intricacy', as Jonathan's first conquest (or vice versa) explains to him, and through The List Jonathan discovers a side of himself that he didn't know existed. But an affair with a ravishing and mysterious stranger known to Jonathan only by her first initial 'S' (Michelle Williams), will expose him to yet another world he never imagined - one of betrayal, treachery and murder.

Starring Owen Wilson, Leslie Mann, Danny McBride, Josh Peck, David Dorfman, Troy Gentile, Nate Hartley, Alex Frost and Andrew Caldwell.
It all begins on the first day of high school, when a trio of anxious freshmen - chubby Ryan (Troy Gentile), freakishly skinny Wade (Nate Hartley) and their shrimpy tagalong, Emmit (David Dorfman) - become the instant target of the school's senior psycho-in-residence, Filkins (Alex Frost), the ultimate school bully. As what they were hoping to be the best years of their lives are suddenly turned into a daily living hell, the boys realize they have only one choice - to hire their own personal bodyguard. Enter Drillbit Taylor (Owen Wilson), not the best but definitely the cheapest of the mercenaries, hit men and bodyguards who answer their online ad. Drillbit is steely, dangerous and skilled in covert black-ops and exotic martial arts. He's also a complete fraud. He bluffs and cajoles the credulous trio through his cockamamie boot camp and, after several hilarious missteps, instills in them new skills and some muchneeded confidence. But when push comes to shove - and more pushing and more shoving - Drillbit seems to be no match for Filkins' reign of terror. Now it's up to Ryan, Wade and Emmit to transform this down-and-out drifter into the savior he originally promised to be.

Con Kad Merad, Dany Boon, Michel Galabru, Line Renaud, Zoé Félix, Philippe Duquesne.
Il film racconta la storia di un funzionario delle Poste trasferito in un piccolo villaggio del nord che viene a contatto con gli strani costumi della popolazione locale, ovvero gli Ch'tis, la loro lingua e la loro calda ospitalità.

Con Massimo Boldi, Simona Ventura, Natalia Bush, Elisabetta Canalis, Enzo Salvi, Biagio Izzo, Nino Frassica, Loredana De Nardis, Martina Pinto, I Fichi d'India, Teresa Mannino. Una donna in carriera (Simona Ventura), che fa la manager di professione, farà girare la testa ad un uomo (Massimo Boldi) che vive a Miami con il figlio.

Starring Alfred Molina, Hope Davis, Simon Baker, Shane West, Phillip Baker Hall, Rebecca Pidgeon, Rachel Leigh Cook and Mel Harris.
Grizzled detective Chandler Manning is on the trail of a ruthless killer intent on slaughtering prostitutes along West Hollywood's Sunset Strip. Meanwhile, a mysterious stranger called Malcolm Slaight rents a guesthouse from Joe (Donal Logue) and Ellen Bunting, a married couple struggling to preserve their fragile union after their plans to start a family have ended in tragedy. Manning, shunned both by his daughter Amanda and his suicidal wife Margaret as a result of his single-minded dedication to police work, teams up with unlikely rookie partner Street Wilkenson, only to make a startling discovery. It appears that the murderer's grisly methods are identical to that of London's infamous 19th century psychopath Jack the Ripper - a relentless serial killer who was never caught by police. To make matters worse, Manning soon notices the parallels between the crimes committed by the West Hollywood stalker and those of a serial murderer Manning incarcerated years ago.

Con Pierfrancesco Favino, Ksenia Rappoport, Monica Bellucci, Piera Degli Esposti, Marisa Paredes.
Cosa prova un uomo quando viene lasciato dalla donna che ama? E cosa invece quando capisce di non amare più, e sceglie di mettere la parola fine ad una storia d'amore? L'amore che racconta il film, l'amore di Roberto, é un amore assoluto. Quello che spezza le gambe o ti riempie la vita. Una pellicola adulta sull'amore, un film che racconta la passione dal punto di vista maschile. L'uomo abbandona e viene abbandonato, diventa carnefice e poi vittima.

Starring Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett Smith, Sacha Baron Cohen, Cedric the Entertainer, Andy Richter, Bernie Mac, Sherri Shepherd and Alec Baldwin.
In the highly-anticipated sequel to Madagascar, Alex (Ben Stiller), Marty (Chris Rock), Melman (David Schwimmer), Gloria (Jada Pinkett Smith), King Julien (Sacha Baron Cohen), Maurice (Cedric the Entertainer) and the penguins (Tom McGrath, Christopher Knights, Chris Miller) and the chimps (Conrad Vernon) find themselves marooned on the distant shores of Madagascar. In the face of this obstacle, the New Yorkers have hatched a plan so crazy it just might work. With military precision, the penguins have repaired an old crashed plane - sort of. Once the first flight of Air Penguin is aloft, this unlikely crew stays airborne just long enough to make it to the wildest place of all - the vast plains of Africa, where the members of our New York City zoo-raised crew encounter species of their own kind for the very first time. Africa seems like a great place ... but is it better than their Central Park home?

Starring Belén Rueda, Fernando Caya, Roger Princep, Mabel Rivera, Montserrat Carulla and Geraldine Chaplin.
Laura spent the happiest years of her childhood growing up in an orphanage by the seaside, cared for by the staff and fellow orphans whom she loved as brothers and sisters. Now, thirty years later, she returns with her husband Carlos and Simon, their 7-year-old son, with a dream of restoring and reopening the long-abandoned orphanage as a home for disabled children. The new home and mysterious surroundings awaken Simon’s imagination and the boy starts to spin a web of fantastic tales and not-so-innocent games... A troubling web that begins to disturb Laura, drawing her into the child’s strange universe which resonates with echoes of long-forgotten, deeply unsettling memories of her own childhood. As the opening day draws near, tension builds within the family. Carlos remains sceptical, believing that Simon is making everything up in a desperate bid for attention. But Laura slowly becomes convinced that something long-hidden and terrible is lurking in the old house, something waiting to emerge and inflict appalling damage on her family.

Con Bar Belfer, Yonatan Bar Or, Yuval Mendelson, Rinat Matatov, Tzahi Grad.
Assaf, un adolescente impiegato temporaneamente alla Protezione animali, ha una (com)missione da compiere: restituire un cane alla sua padrona e recapitare alla stessa una multa di centocinquanta shekel per la negligenza mostrata nella cura dell’animale. Sarà proprio Dinka, un magnifico Labrador color miele a guidare Assaf per le strade di Gerusalemme alla ricerca di Tamar, una ragazzina fuggita da casa con un cane e una chitarra nel tentativo disperato di trovare il fratello tossicodipendente. I loro destini si incroceranno presto e sarà l’ostinata volontà di Assaf a salvare i due fratelli da Pesach, un protettore criminale che sfrutta il talento artistico dei ragazzi di strada, nascondendo sotto le note loschi traffici di droga. Tratto dall’omonimo libro di David Grossman, Qualcuno con cui correre è un romanzo di formazione dal sapore dickensiano, ambientato in uno spazio cittadino che grava sui protagonisti, imprigionandoli nell’infelicità di un’adolescenza maltrattata. I ragazzini allo sbando non sono un’invenzione neppure a Gerusalemme e tutta la storia si concentra nella sfida di Assaf alla paura, all’assenza e al disorientamento per l’eclissarsi e il disfacimento della figura genitoriale. Il protagonista, correndo con un cane e una speranza mai sopita, prova a cambiare la vita di una sua coetanea. La sua è una lotta eroica normale che vorrebbe riconsegnare Tamar al tempo di un’innocenza ancora possibile, una lotta sulla capacità e necessità di sopravvivere in un contesto di inarrestabile decadenza. Eppure lo sguardo di Oded Davidoff non appare mai sinceramente integrato nella prospettiva dei giovani protagonisti, mostrandosi piuttosto incline alla retorica del mondo salvato dai ragazzini. Ciò che risulta totalmente assente è l’ineliminabile componente sociale, da intendere non tanto come ricognizione delle problematiche contemporanee, quanto come immersione in quella realtà dalla cui esperienza scaturisce la presa di consapevolezza dei protagonisti. Personaggi che oscillano fra la costipazione e la deflagrazione: l’impossibilità di sopportare oltre e di esprimere appieno. Ma è il film stesso a coltivare questa indecisione al punto che la rabbia e il disagio rimangono in superficie, assunti senza essere indagati, ogni gesto è fine a se stesso, non facendosi rivelatore di nulla. Tamar mortifica se stessa in un continuo gioco di allontanamento da sé e dalla resa dei conti che sembra non arrivare mai. Certo, trattandosi di un film di formazione con incluso apologo morale, i cattivi vanno puniti a prescindere, anche se tardivamente, e così il film, che voleva stupire con una narrazione diluita a base di analessi e prolessi, si riconsegna ad una prevedibilità più generale. Qualcuno con cui correre paga lo scotto di una regia senza lampi (di genio) e, in Italia, di un doppiaggio che vanifica l’espressività dei personaggi.

Starring Thomas Lennon, Ben Garant, Carlos Alazraqui, Mary Birdsong and Wendi McLendon-Covey.
Lt. Jim Dangle (Thomas Lennon) and the rest of the gang from the Washoe County Sheriff's Department are transported from landlocked Reno to the sunny shores of Miami in this big-screen version of Comedy Central's cop spoof. While attending a police convention at the height of spring break, the Reno cops prove their crime-fighting abilities are as sharp as ever (meaning not very!) after a biological attack occurs and they race to save the day.

Starring Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr., Steve Coogan, Jay Baruchel, Danny McBride, Brandon T. Jackson, Bill Hader, Nick Nolte and Tom Cruise.
Pampered action superstar Tugg Speedman (Ben Stiller) is cast in the biggest, most expensive war movie ever produced. He sets out to Southeast Asia with a "Who's Who" of celebrity co-stars. They include Kirk Lazarus (Robert Downey Jr.), an intense, three-time Oscar-winning actor; Jeff Portnoy (Jack Black), star of the popular gross-out comedy franchise "The Fatties"; multi-platinum hip-hop-star-turned-entrepreneur-turned-actor Alpa Chino (Brandon T. Jackson); and first-timer Kevin Sandusky (Jay Baruchel). Soon after the production begins the actors are thrown into a real-life situation and are forced to become the fighting unit they're portraying, in order to find a way out of the jungle in one piece.

Starring Scarlett Johansson, Rebecca Hall, Javier Bardem, Penélope Cruz, Patricia Clarkson and Kevin Dunn.
Two young American women, Vicky (Rebecca Hall) and Cristina (Scarlett Johansson) come to Barcelona for a summer holiday. Vicky is sensible and engaged to be married; Cristina is emotionally and sexually adventurous. In Barcelona, they're drawn into a series of unconventional romantic entanglements with Juan Antonio (Javier Bardem), a charismatic painter, who is still involved with his tempestuous ex-wife Maria Elena (Penélope Cruz). Set against the luscious Mediterranean sensuality of Barcelona, Vicky Cristina Barcelona is Woody Allen's funny and open-minded celebration of love in all its configurations.