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Peter Cattaneo ('The Full Monty') directs this British comedy starring James Nesbitt as Jimmy Hands, a raffish robber assigned to a grim correctional facility. When the prison's governor (Christopher Plummer) is persuaded to stage a production of a misguided musical based on the story of Admiral Nelson and Lady Emma Hamilton, Jimmy and his buddies seize the opportunity to plan a jailbreak. However, complicating matters is a lovely therapist (Olivia Williams), who, cast as Jimmy's costar, steals his heart. Timothy Spall and Lennie James costar. <!-- exceptions -->

NBC's Chuck Todd reports the latest polls show Gingrich gaining ground on frontrunner, Mitt Romney, with former Gov. Howard Dean, (D-VT); James Pethokoukis, American Enterprise Institute; and Tony Fratto, Hamilton Place Strategies, and discussing the 'Palin Factor', with J.C. Watts, J.C. Watts Companies. Also, Romney's response to Gingrich's surge, with fmr. Sen. Jim Talent, (R-MO).

James Ravilious, 1939-1999, created one of the strongest and most revealing collections of English documentary photographs. He moved to North Devon and for 20 years, in a small area, connected to the local rural people and their work. He lived among the people and respected them. Here are some of the last examples of traditional English country life, in timeless landscapes. to discover more about James Ravilious http://www.jamesravilious.com/ Visit the Exhibition: Coningsby Gallery, 30 Tottenham Street, Fitzrovia, London W1T 4RJ Monday 7 January ? Saturday 12 January 2008, 10am to 5 pm Read An English Eye : Photographs of James Ravilious by Alan Bennett (forward) and Peter Hamilton Google_amazon ravilious

FANTASTIC MR. FOX is visionary director Wes Anderson's first animated film, utilizing classic handmade stop motion techniques to tell the story of the best selling children's book by Roald Dahl (author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and James and the Giant Peach). The film features the voices of George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray, Wally Wolodarsky, Eric Anderson, Michael Gambon, Willem Dafoe, Owen Wilson, Jarvis Cocker. Mr and Mrs Fox (Clooney and Streep) live an idyllic home life with their son Ash (Schwartzman) and visiting young nephew Kristopherson (Eric Anderson). But after 12 years, the bucolic existence proves too much for Mr Fox's wild animal instincts. Soon he slips back into his old ways as a sneaky chicken thief and in doing so, endangers not only his beloved family, but the whole animal community. Trapped underground and with not enough food to go around, the animals band together to fight against the evil Farmers - Boggis, Bunce and Bean - who are determined to capture the audacious, fantastic Mr. Fox at any cost.