Keira Knightley double bill!

Aug 26th   
Bend It Like Beckham*

(GB/Ger 2002)

A promising Indian footballer defies her family's wishes when hired for the local girls' team.
Zestfully made romantic comedy with women's football for its backdrop, of fairly easy stereotypes, but appealing enough to teenagers to become big cross-cultural hit.

Written by: Paul Mageda Berges, Guljit Bindra, Gurinder Chadha.
Producers: Gurinder Chadha, Deepak Nayare.
Director: Gurinder Chadha.
Starring: Parminder Nagra, Keira Knightley, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Shaznay Lewis, Anupam Kher, Juliet Stevenson.
Photography: Jong Lin.
Music: Craig Pruess.

BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM. The success of Parminder Nagra's cross-culture comedy owed a good deal to the teenage girls' appeal of the poster, mostly avoiding references to football, besides the title.

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit*  

(US 2013)

A former combat intelligence officer goes undercover for the CIA to thwart a Russian terrorist plot.
Initially intriguing paranoia thriller re-boot of the Jack Ryan character from Tom Clancy's novels, but despite an impressive cast it gets lost in high-speed chases and a tedious plot.

Written by: Adam Cozad, David Koepp.
Producers: Mace Neufeld, Lorenzo di Bonaventura, David Barron, Mark Vahradian.
Director: Kenneth Branagh.
Starring: Chris Pine, Keira Knightley, Kenneth Branagh, Kevin Costner, Colm Feore, Gemma Chan.
Photography: Haris Zambarloukos.
Music: Patrick Doyle.
Editing: Martin Walsh.
Production Design: Andrew Laws.