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r112 mins An agent provacmcur of 0 Rocky (PG) (John G Avildsen. US. I superman lvan Drago. The usual yo'unf boyhbc',"g brought: up by ms 3 the mid_1'9[h ccmuw is hired by the l 1976) Sylvester Stallone. Burgess : mixture ofunsubtle direction. tight )ccrgsrficc chcfg?;:ztto " British to instigate a'revolutiori on a Mered'th‘ Tana Sh'rc' ‘9.'"”.‘-" ,Cdmng‘ mcamngfu' CIOS?’995‘ ‘ - . y . . r . . Persuasive. multi-Oscar Wmmnu im robablv rotracted listtcuffs 'i l g” ‘m educ‘mon ‘md Speak 0m - Portugese-held Caribbean island . . . 5. p - ‘ p ‘ m against the colonial power that keeps and succeeds in placing a puppet dime novel yarn ofa working class pounding rock beat, hR pc‘oplc in near-slavery Euzhan dictatorm [he he'ldohhc slugger givcna million to one shot at Edinburgh; Odcom Giasgowz P"| ‘ n d_ '_ ‘ , d f '
‘ . . Ihctlllc. Edmhurgh: Odeon Cinema. Strathclvde' LaScala. i . d L) Mm“ .mqnmg C m Cdmye government. Howey er. he has " PG Sfil ‘ St, N n, ; . ' ’ ‘ i is an extraordinarily Vibrant portrait started the process ofrevolution . . . .YROCE‘VL (‘ I ‘S'ff‘fir ‘ “1 ‘ ' “ ‘ ° Romancmgt‘he Stone (Pg) (RObL Ti 0f Martiniquc~s wkmial past which Pontccorvo also madethe excellent L'S‘ I)?” Ifgstuqi'tl‘i' 11‘) ,Zcmcck's‘ps‘ 19“) “WW.” . _ avoids patronising sentimentalityin 8‘1"]? (’f/“Xli’r-V and [hmsanmhcr Bl-lrgcvs? Mtr-quthh‘l d lfdh . ma . l V rum?“ M'Chacummglaf' .105 minis: l favour ofa documentary-style dissection of‘the relationship “in” Icmufs rt.- dillln I Q (.m‘h'md Retmng. “"““"““.“‘W°"”‘ rumgn“ feeling for people and places. between colonial power politics and “"1h 511%??? mil" :.,',uh‘:m ‘1 p‘FCth ""9 N‘le E'gh‘adlvc‘murc '" . Edinburgh: Filmhoust the unquenchable thirst for freedom 2:31.11“ :HIOthlt “ KL - thindPPCttxnges‘cthst fare. H . . Runawaynain ( 18) (Andrei ofthe oppressed. Edinburgh: m ""5 ' ‘ wn' ‘ E‘dmburg ‘Odum' (’F‘l‘stfim‘ Konchalovskv. US. 1986)]on Filmhouse. 0 Rocky III (pg) (Sylvester Stallone. 0r05‘¢“‘”~ Odc‘m‘ R“" i Voight. Eric RobertsJohn P. Ryan. 0 Remo; Unarmed and Dangerous (15) [.78. l982) Sylvester Stallone. Mr I‘. O A Room with ayiew (pg) (James “fining TWO escapees from a (Guy Hamilton US‘ 1985) I:er 9‘) mins. Beginning to believe his Ivory. UK. 1985) Helena Bonham ~I high_sccurityprison in Alaska hitch a ward~ Jud Gray Wilford mimic); own publicny Rock'y suffers a Carter. Maggie Smith. Daniel Day ride to frccdom on a train that is 115mm. Atough cop is recruited as maultng from Mr I butts allowed a LeWis. 117 mins. Elegantly mounted ‘ runningout (“control afterthc the third mcmhcrofa [OPS-cam rematch to regain his dignity and his withanagreeable lightness ottone ‘ engineer has suffered a hum attack. Gmcmmcm agency and is soon title. lightly edited..pacey and one this is a near perfect screen version ol 3 Meanwhile. the railway control involved in a complex case Of 3 ol the best of the series. theForst‘ernovel with some dandy i centre is understandably concerned larccnous industrialiw Oddball Edinburgh; ()deon. Strathclyde: La acting. (..lVlliSCd entertainment at its l and thC enrang prison Governor James Bondflylc adventure Scala. ‘ best. Edinburgh: Dominion [ Summit] pursuit. Pan Symbolism combining martial arts mysticism in {BMW [V (Pg) (SFIVE‘SWT summit ' Rue C353 Negres (PG) (EUZhan I drama probing the question of man‘s the character of a wizened Korean U5~ 1985) 5}""CSWF summit DO'ph Pulci'.Mnrhhiquc'Frfmcc.1983) freedom. part slam-bang actioner Sinanju expert whose swittness l.tindgren. ()1 nuns. East meets west [)iirlliig ch'tlilil‘h- (“WIFYK ildcnai- i which fair” “mics along‘ this is 3 allows him to dodge bullets. In the hOXIng ring as soughpaw “)6 min-V 1“ 193“ Mi‘rt‘mquc 1‘ ' mm ()f\vid;j-fangin y a pea] both to (ilasgow: Salon. slugger Rocky Balboatackles Soviet ‘ é p .
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