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RENTAL Lost In Space (PG) 103 mins
One of several hrg hudqet turkeys that ('ame to roost rn our (:nernas thrs srrrrvrrtv', Lost In Space hoasts ahout the tatt it has more spet ra’ e“e< ts snots than any otne' rnoyre out forgets to trll the st 'eer‘ \'.rth (harat te's \.'r.e 'nrn rt (are ahotrt Unl'ke tnezr‘ (ounterparts .n. the old TV serres, the Rohrnson tarrrrly l‘ere hetorne dysltrnt trorra: ()dhK t'( (asta‘.'.ays, rrrrtatrnd the let! out o" exeryor‘e, espe< rally parrtorn'rne had duy (rary Oldrrran Lr‘rtertannre'fl
The Daytrippers
(15) 84 mins
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Touch
(15) 93 mins
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Mad City
(12) 110 mins
Events sprral out o" (or‘t'o: '\.'.l2er‘ reorrridart set urnty traard Jo‘rn l"a‘.olta
Bigger, not better: all the special effects in the world can't save Godzilla (Columbia Tristar, PG, 134 mins, it) from being infuriatingly dull. Available to rent from Mon 11 Jan
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Saviour (18) 100 mins
One of the strongest (rrrenra
rnd't tr'ter‘ts yet of the '\.'.a" rr: ‘orr're' Yuoosra'xa "as m:exne< ted (redentra s Oir'.er Stone's "anre is on the
t).'()(l..‘( ers' (redrts, r.‘."-r|e Denr‘rs Quard taxes the read rn a truy hrutal and (r‘a'rt'xnt; "drt trrient o‘ \.'.ar in den-eral and Bos" a's etr'Ht nioodsheo r1 partr< ula' \.'.’hetl:er o' not (lrt(‘( tor Pete" Arton I(‘\.( rs nu ‘ty of Serorarr hras is dehatah e, hut Quard trues hrs all r". a 'esol..te y rrrrs‘~,«rr‘pathet1( pertorr'rar‘te '( olur"t)ra lrtsta' Washington Square (PG) 111 mins
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Good Will Hunting (15) 120 mins
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o" a" ()star ‘o' Best
Matt [Damon and fie" , it et L. out the sarrte to' fies: 0' o "ar St :eenp ay It \.'.as a hox otfrte “it and [rst readers ia‘.().r’(*(t t hrdhly r‘. our e"d o‘ year porl And yet tl‘e'e's sor"ethrn<; ahout Good '/.”r// Hunt/no t"at rriakes .t feel
RETAIL High Noon (U) 82 mins
The solitary hero set against the wide expanses of the American frontier: the Western is the perfect cinema format to test the resolve of the individual. High Noon is a classic example. 0n the day that Will Kane (Gary Cooper) retires as marshall of a small town and marries his Quaker bride (Grace Kelly), he learns that a man he sent to prison is coming back with three accomplices and the intent to kill him. Kane tries to rally the townfolk for support; cowards one and all, they turn their backs on him. And so the hero sets out on a lonely road towards a climactic gunfight, armed only with his integrity and a trusty six-shooter. Fred Zinneman’s film gains tension and excitement as the ghosts of Kane's past and his hopes for the future are distilled into a tight 85 minutes of screen action, edited to give the impression that the story plays out in ’real time’. Screenwriter Carl Foreman, blacklisted after McCarthyism hit Hollywood, uses the plot to criticise those who failed their friends during the Communist
witch-hunts; but the film's power isn't limited to any one period. As a bonus,
Do not forsake me, oh my darling: Grace Kelly and Gary Cooper in High Noon
this video edition contains the original theatrical trailer and a ’Making Of'
documentary. (Alan Morrison)
Avar/ah/e to buy on 4 Front Video Golden Classics from Mon 78 Ian, prrced
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Alien Resurrection
(18) 104 mins
In her t'th" oatrrrt; as Rrpéey,
S (journey \."."ea‘.'er dryes her hest r)e"orrr‘an( e lhere realty .s a l()tl( h ot' r‘ohre tragedy ahout the ( ha'at ter's reafrsat'or‘. that she has he<on:e, rr‘. part, her man worst enemy a (‘oned herntr that has alre'r DNA r" ar'rondst the nurran prts The rest of the trlrr‘. ()r‘.'(‘8 p’enty ot' opportun'tres tor shot k tat t'ts In long, dark (0" (tors hut trrrfo'tanatery too many (oth lrnes unoer'rrr'te the tensron rlox {1‘1 ()9 itrhm 'een/f l 5 9‘) ‘.‘.'r(l(‘8( r'een:
The Jackal
(18) 119 mins
St ott:sl‘ d ."e( tor l.l'< hael ( aton Jones does "rrnsell no ‘ayours \.'.'rth ths dud "enrake of fire Day Of Me Jat ka/
B"..( e \‘frfizs plays the hrtrnan, \'.h() (an only he rtlerttr‘;e(l hy rrtprrsoned IRA man R'( had here \‘V'tht unkrntr
d alodue, so many lot atrons ( rammed 'n that rt feels lrke a holday proora'rrrne and a serres of dodgy drstrtrrses for \"y’rilrs, rt doesn't (rarr‘. enoudn respett to he tawn senous y lhe addrtror‘. of Bfat k Grape and l/lnssxe Attat k on the soundt'at k doesrz't h' or; rt up to date :t only shouts hot'. outdated the rest ot the rr:ate'tal rs 'C'ICr
Chained Heat (18) 95 mins
Anyone (autyrt s':o\.'..n(; a lrkrnt; for the '\'.'omen .n prrson' serres of mowes should perhaps he a 'rttle shame-fated hut, as rrr any expiortatror‘. genre, there rs (rood among the had There's frequently also a reason or two for some trarnspottr'x; (urros.ty here rt's worth notrnt; that the t'rrrr‘. (r'ves some rndrtatron of the sansequent (areer of [xort rst sta,r ltt‘.(l(i Blarr She's an rnnotent naturally enouotv sent to a (orrupt [arl yep, mom of the sarner \‘.t‘.("'(‘ she's Eusted after ny other female :nmates so far, so ( M ."ed
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Mr Smith Goes To Washington
(U) 124 mins
Non, rf rt \'~.as Jrrnrny Ste\.'\.ar‘t who \.'.as voting on \‘.'.'retner or not to :rnpeat h Presrdent C lrnton, mayhe the out<orne would have heerr rather (:r‘t'ere"t ()7 rrrayhe not, hetause t?‘ s F'ar‘k (apra < -assr( he pays a young .dea :st \‘.hose patnotrsrr‘ nexe.’ waters, (“.0" when. hrs our: reputatro". s (arled rlllO (ruestron Other releases In the same series ..".( rude the t.rr'rrrssal)le It Happened One .N/ght, Amer/(an Madness and You (an: [axe /.' 2".)tn You \( It rne'naC lut) {-199r
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