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Venue 72 Until Sat 27 August I000 pm Thu l8 — Sat 20 August Assembly Theatre l |.30 pm and Marshall Cordell Thu 25 — Sat 27 August presents | |.30 pm The Ennlo Morrioone Experience Assembly Theatre and Marshall Cordell presents Until Sat 27 August 5.30 pm jerry Sadowitz
The Culture Project.
Assembly Theatre Fri l9 — Sun 2| August 7.30 pm and Marshall Cordell Pamushana Productions present presents Sing! Zimbabwe
The Exonerated Sun 2| August I |.30 pm PCL presents Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy and Matt Sweeney
Wed l7 August 7.30 pm Serious presents RichardThompson
qh: the hq of live music in edinburgh
thequeenshall. clerk street. edinburgh eh8 9jg ticket hotline: O|3| 668 20|9 online booking: www.thequeenshall.net
22 THE LIST 18—25 Aug 2005
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (PG) 0.. (Alfonso (‘uaron. US. 2004) Daniel Radcliffe. Richard Griffiths. Pam Ferris. Fiona Shaw. (iary ()ldman. Hlmin. It is the summer before Harry’s third year at Hogwarts. and he has heard that it is Sirius Black ((iary ()ldman). a renegade wizard. is the Prisoner of Azkaban. What Harry doesn't suspect is that Black has escaped and is coming after him. Expectations are riding high for Harry Potter 3. with a new director in (‘uaron ( Y 'Iii Mania 'lambien). and a darker. more complex book to adapt. There is enough dark humour. spectacular effects and appealing performances to keep you trapped in the franchise. But Harry‘s new adventure is also ponderous and overlong. regular Putter screenwriter Steven Kloves‘ confusing. rambling. structurally incoherent script. in which characters appear and disappear and plot turns are never realised. keeps the door firme closed on this private club. (' eleelrie. Ifdinbmgh.
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(Angela Robinson. USA. 2005) Lindsay l.ohan. Michael Keaton. Matt Dillon. 100mm. This very literal Lindsay I.ohan vehicle sees dad Michael Keaton give his daughter a car on graduation. In the traditions of the franchise. the Beetle has a mind of its own. and l.ohan is soon learning lessons in life and entering the Daytona 500. General release.
Hitch ( 12A) 0. (Andy Tennent. US. 2004) Will Smith. Kevin James. Amber Valletta. Iiva Mendes. 1 15min. Smith plays Alex ‘Hitch' Hitchens. a New York ‘date doctor' whose job it is to school the city's guileless men in the ways of covert wooing. His latest challenge is Albert ( James). a rotund accountant who wants nothing more than an evening out with his client. party girl Allegra (Valletta). Albert's tutelage ensues. as does llitch‘s. who does his best to overcome his own fear of commitment. Fatuous comedy about the mores of dating in an implausibly picture postcard New York. ()denn. Ifdinlmrgh.
Ice Age ([3) O. ((‘hris Wedge 8.: (‘arlos Saldanha. [78. 2002) Voices ofJohn Leguizamo. (ioran Visnjic. Jack Black. 81min. There's a faint air of cynicism in this story of a morose mammoth. a bumbling sloth and a wily tiger whojoin forces. despite all their better instincts. to return a human baby to his father. As the planet gets colder. they head in the opposite direction of the animal migration. to battle snowdrifts. volcanoes. ice caves and predators. eventually delivering their charge. The animators try desperately to make you fall in love with this unlikely band of creatures. to make you see the good hearts beneath the frosty exteriors. but they don't deliver that all important charm. wit. flair and imagination. (' eleeirie. Edinburgh.
The Incredibles (PG) 0000 (Brad Bird. ISA. 2004) Voices of Craig T Nelson. Holly Hunter. Samuel l. Jackson. Jason Lee. 120mm. Bob Parr (AKA Mr Incredible) is an overweight insurance clerk living in suburbia. but this wasn’t always the case. ()nce upon a time he was a popular do
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gooder superhero. as was his wife Helen (AKA lilastigirl). But one night something went wrong and all superheroes had to be reassimilated into society through a kind of witness protection scheme. The l’arrs now have an average family life with some very unaverage kids. but someone is about to test this family's unity to the max. Astounding. witty and funny l’ixar animated adventure film that pushes all the right buttons and references all the best films and classic TV series. Let‘s face it. this may just be too i good for mere kids. (‘ e/eelrie. Edinburgh. Indiana Jones and the Last
Crusade (PG) .00 (Steven
Spielberg. 1989) Harrison Ford. Sean Connery. Alison l)oody. Denholm lilliot. i 127mm. The third and supposedly final instalment of Spielberg’s blockbuster series.
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through the Middle liast in search of the Hon (irail. hotly pursued (as ever) by the Nazis. A rather dodgy quasi-Christian morality and a more-of-the-same-ish plot are offset by strong performances from Ford and (‘onnery and technical bravura. (’ elet‘lrit‘. lirlinlmrgh.
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (PG) 0... (Steven Spielberg. US. 1984) Harrison Ford. Kate (‘apshawg Ke Huy Quan. Amrish Puri. 1 18min. Again the foreigners find it hard going keeping up with the Jones. as master entertainer Spielberg piles on the action sequences. This time. however. the frantic pace has even less credibility than Raiders had. (' eleeIrie. Edinburgh.
The Island ( 12A) .0 (Michael Bay. US. 2005) liwan Mc(iregor. Scarlett Johansson. [)jimon Hounsou. Sean Bean. 3 Steve Buscemi. Homin. Woeful big budget action adventure sci-ti. a kind of lngan 's Run for the (EM foods generation. from bang and whistle man Bay. A huge flunk despite the impressive cast. General release. ITV50: Harold Pinter ( 15) (W. 2005) Various. 120mm. This themes on two shows written by Pinter: The Lover and lxllll't’llt‘t’ ()livier Presents: The ('u/leeliun Both shows highlight the dark side of love and sex. The (’nlleelinn boasts a star studded cast that includes Malcolm McDowell and Helen Mirrcn. Part of the I'IT’SU series Glasgow l'ilm Theatre. (ilasgrm’.
Kicking and Screaming (PG)
0 (Jesse Dylan. VS. 2005) Will Ferrell. Robert [)Uvall. Mike l)itka. Kate Walsh. 94min. Dreadful. hysterical family sporting comedy which is clearly just a bland spoiler designed to take the wind out of Richard l.inklater’s forthcoming The Bad News Bears remake. ()denn .‘II The Quay. (ilasgnn; Glasgow.
The Last Samurai ( 15)..
(Edward Zwick. L'SA. 2003) Ken Watanabe. Tom ('ruise. William Atherton. (‘had Lindberg. Ray (iodshall Sr. 159mm. Rubbish Shogun-style (‘ruise vehicle. (‘ eler‘Irie. lidinlnu'gh.
The Little Polar Bear (l') 0..
('l'hilo Rothkirch and I’iet de Rycker. (iermany. 2003) 78min. Lars is a sweet little polar bear who wants to be friends with
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