Popular Sitcoms (PG) (Various. L'Ki Peggy Mount. Day-id Kossof. Hy'lda Baker. Jimmy Jewel. 105mm. A compedium of fotir of lTV's most beloved sitcoms from the last 50 years. including The Ixtl'kins‘. Nearest and Dearest and Man About the House. Part of IT\'5() seaso. Film/muse. Edinburgh.
Prey for Rock and Roll t 15) (Alex Steyermark. LS. 2003) Gina Gershon. Lori Petty. Drea de Matteo. Shelly Cole. l0-imin. A biographical film about Cheri Loyedog, the LA singer/songwriter and tattoo artist. and her rise to near fame with (‘lamdandy. a hand she sang with for two decades. An insight into the world of female rockstars and their exploits and desperation for fame. Part of the London Lesbian and (Say Film Festival on Tour. See (iay section. page ()4. Glasgow Film Theatre. (i/asgmi'; Film/muse. Edinburgh.
Property is No Longer Theft (La Proprieta non e Piu un Porto) ( 1m 0... tEilo Petri. ltaly. l973) Flayio Bucci. L'go TognaI/i. 90min. The neurotic and ironically named Total (Bucci) liyes with his elderly father and works in a bank. He is physically and tnentally allergic to tnoney and despises those who harbour it. A butcher who makes a lot of cash becomes the object of Total‘s hatred and he gradually steals the man's possessions. eventually moying on to his mistress. He eyen goes so far as to join tip with a professional thief to make the butcher's life more miserable. leaving his yictim left with no choice but to retaliate. Part of Petri season. I'i/Hdlnllyt’. Edinbiajgh.
Revelations: Paradise Lost 2118) 0... (Joe Berlinger/Bruce Sititil'sky'. ['S. 2000) l30min. The second in a series of two documentaries from the acclaimed directors of .llela/liea: Some Kind of .llonsier about the infamous child murders at Robin Hood Hills for which three teenagers were conyicted. l‘i/Hihflllit’. Edinburgh.
Robots (l't 0. (Chris Wedge. (’arlos Saldhana. IS. 2005) Voices of Robin Williams. llalle Berry. (‘ireg Kinnear. iiwan Mc(iregor. ()lmin. New animated adyenture from the makers of lee Age. Rodney ('opperbottoni tMcUregorl is a working class robot whose dreams of becoming an inyentor are dashed when he discovers that Bigwelt. the largest corporation in the city. has been oyertaken by Ratchet tKinnearl. a ruthless capitalist who makes Rupert Murdoch look like Karl Mars. ()n this showing the CU! formula is desperately in need of an upgrade. MIAX 'I'heaire. (i/asgan‘.
Roman Holiday tt'i .00 (William Wyler. LS. 1953) Audrey Hepburn. (iregory Peck. Eddie Albert. 1 IXmin. ()yeratted btit easy to watch fairytale romance about a fleeing princess (Hepburn) and her relationship with a journalist in 50s Italy. Seaimtan Sereening Roam. Edinburgh. Sahara tl2At O. (Breck Eisner. 1S. 2005) Matthew Mc(‘onaughey. Penelope ('rul. Stcye Zahn. l25min. Functional action-adventure thriller. based on the novel by (The Under. which tries and fails to res be the spirit of Indiana Jones. While director liisner ensures that the story moves along at a decent clip. the film doesn't even manage to match the 200-1 modern-day scayenger hunt .Valiana/ ’I‘reas'ure for excitement. ()dean ll'esier Hui/es, Edinburgh. Edinburgh.
Sin City ( 1 8| C... (Robert Rodriguez/ Frank .Miller tspecial guest director Quentin 'I‘arantinoi. l'S. 2005) Bruce Willis. (‘liye ()wen. Mickey Rourke. Jessica Alba. l24min. Bleak. hardboiled comic book adaptation from fan Rodrigue/ (co-directing with creator Milleri trtter to its source than anything to date. Despite being rendered mostly in black and w bite. this isn't a film for the squeamish. Alongside the super stylisation. Sin ('in boasts deft storytelling, ballsy performances (from a to- die-for ensemble cast) and a line in bruising humour that'll leaye you black and blue. Brutal and brilliant. (ienera/ release. Space Station 30 it» (Tom Myers. (‘anada/l7S. 2003‘ 47min. Narrated by Tom ('ruise. this big screen [MAX presentation follows real astronauts into the big blue.
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linpressiye. but not as awesome as it should haye been. [WAX ’I‘heaire. (i/asgnn'. Spanglish ( 12A» 000 (James 1. Brooks. [‘S. 2005) Adam Sandler. Tea Leoni. Paz Vega. 130mm. Successful chef (Sandleri re-eyaluates his life and relationship after his wife (Leonil hires a new Mexican maid (Vegai. Awkward. compromised but endearing attempt by Sim/ruins creator Brooks to address the [S immigration issue in a humorous way. l'ue Edinburgh ()eean. Edinburgh.
Stander l 15) 0... (Bron en Hughes. (‘anada/(iermany/South Africa. 2003) Thomas Jane. Ashley Taylor. Day id ()‘Hara. l lomin. Swaggering true-life crime caper that might be all oy er the place in terms of tone. theme and plotting. but it's a real blast. Set in 1076 Johannesburg. Jane giying a terrific turn as a cop who bucks the corrupt system by becoming a bank-robber. A freewheeling. feelgood heist/road moin with a racial. political backdrop. l'ue Edinburgh ()eean. Edinburgh.
Star Wars Episode III: The Revenge of the Sith (12A) 0000 (George Lucas. 1S. 2005) iiwan McGregor. Natalie Pomnan. Samuel 1. Jackson. Hayden Christensen. 140mm. At last. the series turns to the dark side. Lucas is still without inspiration when it comes to dialogue bttt about two-thirds in the whole tnoy ie starts to get a little grimy. worti and 70s looking. While clunky in places. it has flashes of the earthy charm of A .Vett‘ Hope and the eniotiye driye of The Empire Strikes Baek and proy es a worthy conclusion to this most epic of epics. (ieneral release. Strings (PU) .... (Anders Rottnow- Klarlund. l)cnmark/Sweden/Norway/l 'K. 2004) Voices of James McAyoy. (‘athcrine Mc(‘ormack. Julian (iloyer. Derek Jacobi. 88min. lintirely shot with marionette puppets. this is a children's film that adults will admire. The plot is a standard quest and coming-of—age saga. a bit of Tolkien. a dash of Hamlet. and this l'K-Scanditiayian production really staiitls otit for the striking use of characters' strings as being integral to the nat‘l'atiye. I'ilHi/imise. Edinburgh.
David Gordon Green’s dreamy, ethereal chase thriller is definitely one of the more interesting independent US features you will see this year. Jamie Bell‘s star is certainly rising Stateside. I GFf. Glasgow and se/ected Cinemas /from Fr: 7 Jab.
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