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Zissou ( l5) 0... (Wes Anderson. 1S. 2005) Bill Murray. Aniclica lluston. Owen Wilson. ('atc Blanchctt l lein Anderson's fourth film is part high seas adventure. part liliii industry satirc. part existential meditation on the meaning of relationships It is consistently clever and hilarioUs. shitting lrom the light-hearted to the surreal. to scenes of real depth with the kind of case w c'vc come to expect lrom thc 'lcxan dircctoi Bill Murray heads an eccentric. oltcn brilliant cast. as ageing oceanographcr and liliiimakcr Slcsc Xissou No one likes his films any more and his lilc is falling apart around him So he iallics a crew around him that includes his estranged wife (llustoii). a iournalist (Blaiiclictt ). and a man who may or may not be his son (Wilson) and takes one last latcd rcvcngc expedition in scai‘cli lor the mythical Jaguar Shark (ilityuoti I'ilm Illi'itll'i‘. (iltlyg'ott.
=i= Life is a Miracle (Zivot je cudo) (15) O... li'.lllll' Kusturico. Serbia/ l-rancc. 200-1) Slay ko Stimac. Natasa Solak. \'csiia 'l‘rivalic. \‘uk Kostic. l55min. Sec
rcv Icw. page 48. l’llIIl/IHHH‘. lit/inlno'eli, Look for Me in the Whirlwind: The Marcus Garvey Story (ihc) (Stanley Nelson. l'S. 2000) 82mm. The life and very contradictory timcs of Marctis (iarv cy are investigated in this engrossing documentary. l‘rom people‘s movements to tile misiiianagciiiciit of his Jamaica's economy. this tells tltc whole story from his birth in St Ann‘s Bay in 1887 to his death in London in I‘Mll. Part of ’l‘riptych. (ilaveoii l‘ilm 'I'lii'atre. (ilavgoiv; l’ilni/iouse. Iii/inlnojeli, The Lost Boys ( IS) 00. (Joel Schumachcr. l'S. WW) Jason Patrick. (‘orey llaim. Barnard Hughes, 97min. Anacmic comic horror as a Santa Monica teen falls into bad company in the shape of a mad. bad and dangerous-to-know gang of vampires. (‘onslant MTV visuals make this an altogether resistible affair. Ster ( 'i-ntiirv (inertia. lit/inlno‘eli.
Lucky (tbc) (Radhika Rao/Viiia) Sapru. India. 2005) Salman Khan. Snclia l'llal. Milhun ('hakraborty. 180mm. Adilya (Khan) is the son of an Indian ambassador based in an eastern European country. He meets Lucky (l'llal). a l7-year-old local girl. who is smitten by his charm. But their relationship is not accepted by both families because of the age difference. Big budget romantic musical . ()ileon At The Quay. (ilaveoii; Glasgow; ('(‘I lz‘tlinlnirgli. lz‘ilirilmreli.
The Machinist ( IS )0... (Brad Anderson. Spain. 200-1) ('hristian Bale. Jennifer Jason-Leigh. Ailana Saiicth-(iijon. l02min. Trevor Rc/nik (Bale) is a lathe operator in a ha/ardous factory. The danger is intensified by the fact that he has lost the ability to sleep. This creepy tale of insomnia and paranoia. comparable to Kubrick's 'I'lie .S'liining. boasts a stunning ix‘rformance by Balc. l'(i(' Rerilri'w Street. (ilaxgoii; (ilaxgoii‘; ('(i(‘ (int-mas Edinburgh. It'iliiiltureli.
Magnifico (P(i) (MaryoJ Del l.os Reyes. Philippines. 2003) Jiro Manio. Lorna ’l‘olentino. Albert Martiiicl. l23min.
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Magnitico is nine years old and lives in a poor part of town. He is the only light in the struggle against poverty. selling juice to give money to his sister. and building a casket for his dying grandmother to case the family's budget. Eventually. his endeavours lead to a miraculous upturn in fortune for his family and friends to cope with the traumas of life and death. (ilasgow I'll/ll 'Ilieatre. Glasgow; Man of the House ( 12A) 0
(Stephen llcrck. l‘S. 2005) "Tommy Lee Jones. ('cdric the Entertainer. (‘liristina Miliaii. Paula (iarces. U‘hnin. Jones is the supposed selling point for this dour-Texas Rangcr-protects-bubbly ~cheerleaders farrago. dircctcd with considerable uncertainty by Herek (Rock Star). Playing off his tough guy image. Jones grimly determined to show us his softer side. which means Jones on rollcrskates. dancing to Abba‘s ‘l)ancing Queen‘. having a facial with cucumbers over his eyes. buying tampons. and. most demeaning of all. hamming his way through a series of mtisicaI/comedy numbers with the ill-named ('edric thc Entenainer. Dire and embarrassing. Selected release.
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cocky 17-year-old from a rural ('olumbian backwater who wrestles with a predictable life of low wage factory work. family responsibilities and an underwhelming boyfriend. When she accidentally becomes pregnant. she falls in the eye sight of local Bogota biker boy Juan (Tom) who lures her into his den with promises of high earnings and international travel. Impressive l.oachian drama from first timer Marston. (,'(i(‘ Ren/rew Street. Glasgow. Glasgow: ('anieo. [filinhurglt
Meet the Fockers ( IZA) 000 (Jay Roach. LS. 2004) Bert Stiller. Robert De Niro. [)ustin Hoffman. Barbra Streisand. Blythe Danner. Teri Polo. 1 15min. Stiller reprises his role as (iaylord Focker. male nurse in Meet the Parent.) 2. This time it's he who is taking his fiancee Pam (Polo) and her parents (De Niro and [)anner). for a first visit to his own parents. sex therapist mum Ro/ (Streisand) and liberal activist dad Bernie (Hoffman). Naturally. embarrassing events follow. HilarioUsly scatological comedy. if you like that kind of thing. Selected release.
Melinda and Melinda ( 12A) .0 (Woody Allen. L'S. 200-4) Will Ferrell. Jonny tee Miller. Wallace Shawn. Radha Mitchell. 99min. Shawn listens to more after-dinner stories as two writers relay to him the tale of two Melindas (both played by Mitchell). Ferrell follows in the faltering footsteps of Branagh (Celebrity) and Jason Biggs (Anything Else) in the always undignified task of playing Allen's idea of himself on screen. Yet again. Allen is repeating himself obviously and annoyingly in this mediocre offering. Selected release. Million Dollar Baby ( 12A) 00.
(Clint Eastwood. ['S. 2004) Clint Eastwood. Hilary Swank. Morgan Freeman. Jay Baruchel. 100mm. Frankie Dunn (Eastwood) is an ageing boxing trainer who takes on 31-year-old Maggie Fitzgerald (Swank) despite believing female boxing is just “the latest freak show". Told from the perspective of Dunn‘s panner — Eddie Scrap-Iron [)upris (Freeman ) — at a crumbling gym. like the best sports movies. this is not really about sports but human relationships. Indeed the film is at its worst when it operates as a boxing movie. A mild return to form for Eastwood. Selected release.
The Miracle ( 12A) (Edoardo Winspeare. ltaly. 2003) (‘arlo Bruni. Stefania Casciaro.
Sébastien Lifshitz’s tale of love and perversion in small town France is a stark hymn to the disenfranchised and disempowered. Comparable to the Dardenne Brothers’ The Son, this is
(‘laudio D'Agostino. 92min. Tonio is the victim of a hit-and-run driver. Rushed to the hospital in a coma. he gradually recovers. Then one night he chances upon a patient in the midst of a serious heart attack who iic touches and suddenly revives. This encounter leads to Tomo realising he may be a saviour. and embarks on a new career as a miracle worker. Part of the ltaliaii Film Festival. I'ilrnlioase. lz‘ilinlnirgli.
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous ( 12A) 0 (John Pasquin. L’S. 200-1) Sandra Bullock. Regina King. Enrique Murciano. William Shatner.
l ISniin. Tepid sequel to 2000‘s cutc comedy thriller vehicle which temporarily stemmed Bullock's declining career. General release.
Mrs Brown (PG) 000 (John Madden. UK. 1997) Judi Dench. Billy ('onnolly. Antony Sher. l03min. Queen Victoria's obsessive mourning for Prince Albert is casting gloom over the entire country. so Highland ghillie John Brown is called down from Balmoral to shake up the stuffy English court. Madden's film can't match the comic brio and visual panache of The Madness of King George. but his understated direction undeniably suits the story. The performances are uniformly splendid. With [)ench and ('onnolly (both perfectly cast) giving the film a surprising emotional depth. Pan (if ()ur Highland Home exhibition. Weston Link. Iz'tliriliiirgli. MughaI-E-mm (PG) 0000 (K A/if. India. 1960) Prithviraj Kapoor. Madhubala. [)urga Khote. Nigar Sultana. 173mm. Set in the lbth century AD. this classic movie details the mythological tale of the doomed love affair between the Mughal (‘rown Prince Saleem and the beautiful. ill-fated court dancer. It is an obsession which is to end in war between the prince and his father. the great Mughal Emperor Akbar. and threatens to bring an empire to its knees. This is benchmark Bollywood from the genre's golden age. .S'ter ('entury Cinema. Edinburgh.
My Bustier ( 18) 00” (Andy Warhol. Chuck Wein. US. 1965) Ed Weiner. Joseph Campbell. Paul America. 67min. Filmed on Fire island. this two-reel documentary follows the activities of the ‘Dial a Hustler' service. as an older man seeks a young hustler for company. Warhol's gayest statement of intent. Part of the Warhol exhibition. Weston Link. Edinburgh.