Ant lxland. w here the colony ix being opprexxed by a gang of menacing graxxliopperx. When my ciitive but clumxy worker ant l‘lik iiicurx the w ratli of gang leader Hopper. he headx off to litid help heavyweight help in the battle agaiiixt hix opprexxorx. ('e/ei'trii‘. lz’i/iiilriirgli.
Bugsy Malone ( t‘ ) .000 (Alan Parker. t'K. W70) Scott Baio. Jodie laixtei'. Martin l.ev. 93min. Muxical xpoof of Prohibition-era gangxter filiiix. with an all— child caxt. l-aiiiily entertainment pure and ximple. and a true original w ith it. (‘ (’lei‘lt‘ft‘. [‘.-t/fII/’!ll"\’/l.
Chariots of Fire (t’( i) 0.0 lludxon. l'lx'. WSI ) Ben ('roxx. lan (’harlcxoii. Nigel Haverx. 123mm. Worry'iiigly _|iltgoixtic v ixion of the 1024 l’arix ()ly iiipicx and the exploitx of runnerx Harold Abrahaiiix and liric l.iddell that. in itx nuineroux xlow “motion racex. ix to blame for Vangelix xoundtrackx becoming
xynony iiioux with atlilcticx. Nev erthelexx. it won a fair few ()xcarx. although writer ('olin Welland‘x legendary ‘The Britixli are coming' warning to Hollywood prov ed about ax prophetic ax .‘ylaiichexter‘x bid for the 2000 ()ly mpicx. Sentvniim Screening Room. lit/ltl/HII'Q/t.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (l’(i) .... (Tim Burton. l'S/l‘lx'. 2005) Johnny Depp. l‘reddie llighiiiore. David Kelly. Helena Bonham (‘arteiy Noah Taylor. I l5niin. l-'.\cellent and faithful adaptation of Roald Dahl'x claxxic 1‘)th book. Bi/arre and beautiful to look at. thix ix Burton at the top of liix game. (ieiieru/ releuve.
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (t'i
.... (lx'eii Hughex. t'lx'. 1008) Sally Anne How ex. Dick Van Dy ke. l.ionel Jeffi'iex. l-lfimiii. Lengthy. effectx-filled childreii'x adventure conceived in the wake of .lliiri I’o/i/ii'iiv' huge commercial xuccex but w ith a charm (and great xongx) all of itx ow n. Dick Van Dy ke ix the mad inventor
w lioxe liy iiig car propelx liix children and roiiianlic iiiterext How ex to a far-off land of adventure. (’e/eetrii‘. Iz'iliIi/iiire/i.
A Cinderella Story ( t’( i) 0
(Mark Roxman. t'S/(‘anada. 2004) Hilary Duff. Jennifer ('oolidge. (’had Michael Murray. Dan Byrd. 95min. ('inderella (Duff) ix a dowdy xchoolgirl. forced to work all liourx of the day in a diner by her wicked xtep mum ((‘oolidgei. Her l’riiice (‘harining (Murray l ix the captain of the high xchool football team and they communicate over the internet and by text tixiiig pen namex. Then the movie xtartx to go downhill. If you can believe that. (‘e/eitrii‘. l‘.i/iIt/iiii‘gli. Clifford’s Really Big Movie it“)
.. (Robert (‘ Ramirel. 1S. 2004) \oiccx of John Rittcr. Wayne Brady. (irey Delixle. Jenna lilfiiian. 74min. (‘lifford ix an eiioi'iiiotix big red dog; w lio’x well known to under-fiv ex every w here through the
teley ixion xliow x, Here he eiiibai'kx on an ad\enttlre that even the xiiiallext child will find blunt and obv ioux. low grade kiddie cartoon big xcreen adaptation. featuring xecond- rate voice artixtx. (‘( ~I ('lvi/eliuiik. (Yule/Hulk; ( '( ‘/ I'fi/i'ii/rtil‘uli. Ift/fll/Hll'g’ll.
* Crash l )5) oooo tl’aul Haggix. t‘S/( iermaiiy. 2004) Sandra Bullock. Don
(Hugh
('headle. Matt Dillon. Jennifer iixpoxito.
l l3iiiin. A car accident bringx together a group of xtraiigerx in l.ox Angelcx. liiiprexxive polemical drama iiivextigatiiig racixm in modern day I.A. An iiixightful and occaxxionally brilliant treatixe .xupported by ,xome very fine acting. (ieiieru/ releuve. Danny the Champion of the World (l') ... ((iav iti Millar. t‘K. I‘JS‘J) Jeremy lronx. Robbie Coltrane. ('yril (‘uxack. Samuel Iroiix. ‘)7min. Roald Dahl'x tale of a corrupt property baron and pheaxant-xlay er (Coltrane) given hi.x come- uppance by rexourceful nine-year-old Danny becomex a family movie in more wayx than otte. Millar. whoxe paxt \vork includcx Deniiix l’otter'x dixturbing l.ew ix (’arroll piece [)It'tllflt’llfltl. hax gone for w holexoiiie entertainment thix time. and caxt lather and .oni ax father and mu iii the central rolex. with young Sam'x grandpa ('uxack ax the avuncular Doc Spencer. (‘harming and wariiihearied. with enough xubtlety to keep the grown-upx amuxed. (‘eleetri'ix Izili'ii/mre/i.
Dark Water ( IS) ... (Walter Sallex. l'S. 2005) Jennifer ('oiinclly. Ariel (lade. l’ete l’oxtlethwaite. Tim Roth. Dougray Scott. l05miii. l'S verxion of llideo Nakata‘x Japaiiexe original. liveiitx may have been moved to Rooxevelt lxland in New York. but the baxic preiiiixe ix the xame: a .xiiigle woman. Dahlia ((‘oiinellyi. young daughter in tow. niovex into a wet apartment building with a dingy lift. ln Sallex' xearch to add xoiiie meat to the wafer thin plot he giv ex Dahlia a beefed up baekxtory. She ix going though a iiiexxy divorce and employx the xerv icex of an agitated law yer (Roth). She alxo hax an uiitruxtworthy landlord and unreliable building xuperv ixor. Although tliexe xecondary characterx have xome interext. the movie xtill largely .xhai'ex a fatal fiaw with the original. namely. the bext part ix in the initial plot-revealing 20 minutex. It ‘I I-kli'iiltiirgli. Iftliii/iiiijeli.
alt Dear Wendy ( 15) oooo (Thomax Vinterberg. l)eiiiiiark/l"rance/( iennany/t 'K . 2005) Jamie Bell. Bill Pullman. Michael .-\iigarano. Daiixo (iordon. Novella Nelxoii. l05min. Lonely boy Dick (Bell) fiiidx a xiiiall antique handgun and xtartx tip a xecret xociety ofjuiiior fopx culled from the dyxfunctional and dixpoxed loxerx who live in a timelcxx .‘ylidwextern l'S mining town. Their allegiance to their gunx and the rulex of the group are initially encouraged by the genial local cop lx'rugxby (l’ulliiian) until tliiiigx get out of hand. Thix hyper-real poxt- Dogme work ix a kind of pervcrxe low budget follow -up to von 'l'rier'x xiiperb exxay on [S xettler morex Dogi'ille. l)eiir li'emlv i.x part l'S pioneer .xpirit parody and part archly \‘oiccd-ov er Western. Think The (inolttev iiieetx "Ute/l ('uyvitlv um] t/ie Stun/(Hire Kit! choi'eographed by Turner l’ri/e-w inner Jeremy Deller and you are xoiiiewhere cloxe. (i/uvemi' I'i/Iii 'Iilieutre. (iluvgmv: (ii/Hen. lz'iliIi/iiirigli.
The Devil’s Rejects ( Ix) oooo
(Rob Zombie. l'S/(ieriiiaiiy. 2005) Sid llaig. Bill Moxeley. Sheri Moon. William l‘orxythe. Ken l‘oree. 100mm. Zombie‘x bi/arre bolting together of a patchwork of
70.x horror filmx with the butt-end-of-the- hippy-era road movie producex a hell— bouiid offxpriiig. The xkimpy plot hax the ('harlex Manxon-like l‘irefiy family (named. huiiiorouxly. alter one of Zombie's favourite (irotlcho Marx characterx) fleeing a xhoot- out with the equally bloodthirxty law and hit the two-lane blacktop in xearch of freedom and p.xycho.xexual violent thrillx. A work of pleaxing amorality and counterculture proclivitiex. (ienel'u/ release.
Dig! ( 15) .... (()ndi 'liiiioiier. IS. 2004) 1 10min. ()verloiig but interextiiig documentary about the rixe of the rock band the Dandy Warhon and the fall of their bext friendx the Brian Joiiextowii Maxxacre. ()ne of the fundamental rockuiiieiitariex of the laxt few yearx. (irmi‘eiim; (iluygnii;
The Dukes of Hauard ( l2..\) 0. (Jay (‘liandraxekhar. 1S. 2005) Johnny Knoxville. Seaiin William Scott. Jexxica Siiiipxoii. Burt Reynoldx. Willie Nelxoii. l()(iiiiin. See review. page 18 (ieiierul re/euye.
Duma ll') ... ((‘arroll Ballard. IS. 2005) Alex Micliaeletox. ('ampbell Scott. Mary Makliatlio. 100mm. ].(l.\.\f(' recaxt ax a ax a South African cheetah .xpeediiig acroxx the veldt in thix decent. (K‘caxionally thrilling family film. ('(‘I ('lvile/iunk. (Yule/unit: ('( ‘1 Edinburgh. [attribute/i. ET (l') .... (Steven Spielberg. [’SA. 1082) Henry Thomax. Dee Wallace-Stone. Robert .‘ylacNaughtoii. Drew Barrymore. I’eter ('oyote. l20min. Steven Spielberg'x claxxic about a group of liarth children who
help a xtranded alien botanixt return home. ('
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* L’Eclisse (The Eclipse) ( IS) .... (Michaelangelo Aiitoiiioiii. ltaly/ l-‘raiice. l‘)(i2) Monica Vitti. Alain Delon. l-raiicixco Rabal. 125mm. Vittoria (\'itti) leavex her long term lover fora xtockbroker. but ix increaxingly draw it to .xolitude. The final part of Antonioiii‘x unofficial trilogy of mov iex on doomed relatioiixhipx (after l.'.rii'i'eiitum and Lu Nutte). thix again capturex a rextlexx feeling of human alienation and xetx it agaiiixt aii unforgiving backdrop here the decaying beauty of Rome. A joy. (i/uvguii‘ I'i/m 'I’lieutre. (i/ityeim.
Fantastic Four(l’(;i 00 (Tim Story. l'S/(iermaiiy. 2005) loan (iriiffud. chxica Alba. ('hrix livaiix. Michael ('hiklix. Julian McMahon. l0(imin. Braxh. empty. tirexome and alarmingly dull verxion of a claxxic comic book xeriex. (ietiel‘u/ releuye. Festival ( 18) oooo (Annie (il’fliill. l‘lx’. 2005) Daniela Nardiiii. Stephen Maiigaii. Amelia Buliiiore. Billy ('arter. l.yndxey Marxhal. 107mm. lidinburgh iii Auguxt ix hell for xome but nirvana for otherx. Annie (iriffiii'x darkl)‘ funny. filth." eiixeiiible drama about the l’ringe l-‘extival may iuxt be the vaccine you need agaiiixt the Auguxt iiiadiiexx. (iinieo. Iz'ili'ii/iurg/i.
3‘ Football Days ( 13A) oooo (David Serrano. Spain. 2004) liriiexto Alterio. Alberto San Juan. Natalia Verbeke. l 13min. A feelgood comedy about the lives of a group of tiiifit friendx who .xtart a football team and call themxclv ex Bra/il. A huge hit in Spain. where it wax the fifth biggext film
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Four Weddings and a Funeral ( l5) ... (Mike Newell. l'K. NOR) Hugh (irant. Andie MacDowell. Krixtin Scott Thomax. 1 17min. Sweet but .xtuffy litiglithaii (’harlie ((iraiit) i.x convinced that he i.x not the marrying .xort. but when he keeps meeting the alluring American ('arrie (MacDowell) at an axxortmeiit of church cereinoniex. he beginx to doubt liix rexolve. The .xort of charming Britixh comedy that wax dextined to .xtorm America. but which addx a little grit to the glamour of the pretty .xettingx thanks to Richard (BIurkm/r/erh (’urti'i '.veript. ('e/eetrie. Edinburgh. Garden State ( 15) ... (Zach Braff. IS. 2004) Zach Braff. l’eter Sarxgaard. Natalie l’ortman. laii llolm. l02min. Andrew Largeiiian (Braff) returnx to lii.x hometown in New Jersey following the unexpected death of hi.x mother. Suffering from drug withdrawal xy'mptomx. he hax to face liix old friendx and hi.x weird. domineering quack of a father (llolm). But the poxsibility of romance with kooky free .xpirit Sam (l’ortiiian) perxuadex him that maybe there i.x life beyond prescription pillx. Likeablc. fiawed. (wcaxxionally brilliant character drama that givex away itx conxiderable gaiiix in it.x final third. A crying .xhame. (' e/eetri'e. lzili'liliiirg/i.
A Good Woman (PG) 000 (Mike Barker. Spain/ltaly/l'K/l'S. 2005) Helen Hunt. Scarlett Johanxxon. Mark t‘nbcrs. Stephen (‘ampbell Moore. 93min. A reworking of Oscar Wilde'x [xii/i" Hitlt/t’t'nll't'e '.\ l‘ttll. which transpoxex the action from late 19th century London to the Amalfi (‘oaxt in 1930. Howard Himiiielxtein'x liberal xcrecii adaptation allow-x many of Wildc'x characterx to now become Italian and American. It all workx very well: Hiiiuiielxteiii borrow x freely from Wilde‘s other play .x to highlight Wilde'x original anthropological inclination to detail the doomed day'x of the arixtiwracy. (iood. xolid. iiiiiiiveiitive entertainment. ('(‘l ('Ivilelnnik. ('lytlelutiik: ('('I lz‘iliriliiuje/i. Ifr/i'iilmrgli. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (l’( i) ... ((‘hrix ('oluiiibux. l'S/l'K. 2002) Daniel Radcliffe. Kenneth Branagh. Robbie ('oltrane. lb0min. lt'x the boy-wi/ard‘x .xecoiid year at Hogwartx School of Witchcraft and Wi/ardry where cv il forcex have releaxed a vicioux .xerpent into the corridorx. In line with JK Rowliiig‘x book. the .xecond liltit ix darker than the first. lt'x perhapx Stilllerlttt over-long. btit the coiiibitiatioii of old-fashioned kidx' .xtory'telliiig and blockbuxter budget xpecial effech make for .xomethiiig more pleaxing than .xtandard Hollywood eye candy. (‘ e/eetrte. Iz‘i/iiiliiire/i.
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((‘brix ('oluiiibux. l'S/t'K. 200i ) Daniel Radcliffe. Robbie (‘oltraiie. Maggie Smith. John ('leexe. Richard liarrix. Jttlic Walterx. l52min. l‘eeble. hideoux big .xcreen verxioii of a JK Rowling yawn-iiixpiring debut childreii'x fantaxy about a public .xcliool
w Hard and his repellent frieiidx. (‘e/ectrie. [ti/i'ii/iurg/i.
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