Celeb Hut: October 2009

Endgame
Director: Pete Travis
Cast: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Mark Strong, William Hurt, Jonny Lee Miller, Derek Jacobi, Clarke Peters
Genre: Drama

Storyline:South Africa, 1985. While the country is under siege, sanctions are biting, Mandela’s imprisonment is an international cause celebré, and the ANC guerrilla terrorist attacks are escalating. Working for P.W. Botha as a somewhat Machiavellian Head of Intelligence, Dr. Neil Barnard opens furtive talks with imprisoned Nelson Mandela. But lesser known are the secret talks that take place in the unlikely setting of a rural English manor house, arranged by a British businessman and sponsored by a mining company. The stakes are immense, the secrecy imperative. Botha learns of the UK talks and if the demise of apartheid is inevitable he intends to control the endgame by employing the tactics of divide and rule. Against all the odds, through volatile discussion, intrigue and breakthroughs, the unimaginable is achieved - a precious arena of frail trust between the two warring parties.

Stan Helsing

Director: Bo Zenga
Cast: Leslie Nielsen, Diora Baird, Steve Howey, Kenan Thompson, Ben Cotton, Holly Eglington, Ildiko Ferenczi, Jeff Gulka, Desi Lydic, Tara Wilson
Genre: Comedy | Horror

Storyline:In this insane spoof, every horror movie ever made comes hilariously to life as slacker Stan and his stoner pals try to deliver videos to a deserted California town on Halloween night. After being stalked by realistic replicas of horror characters Freddy Kruger, Pinhead, and The Creeper, our gang arrives in the small burg, which formerly contained a horror movie studio—hence the throngs of freaky, familiar characters literally crawling the streets. Our crew of two mischievous guys and two sexy girls outwit and outslash every cinematic horror character—or, in the case of Michael Jackson, merely horrific—to uncover the town’s shocking secret: the studio’s still at it, making movies of a very, ahem, different kind. When the creatures won’t let our heroes leave, Stan decides to live up to his monster-slaying namesake’s destiny. But first, he must endure a “Survivor”-style competition: gobbling down body parts! Risqué, righteous, revolting, and ridiculous, Stan Helsing is more than a slayer—it’s totally killer.