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Kath Alvida Naa Kehna t 12m tKaran Johar. lndia. 2006i Amitabh Bachchan. Shahrukh Khan. Rani MUKth]CC.R()llliinllC drama about two people who realise they lose each other despite the fact that they are married to another, ()ileon At The Qiim. (ilasgow. The Kids are Alright t iii .00.
tJeff Stein. l'K. l‘)7‘)i The Who. Ringo Starr. Keith Richards. [til min. The Who Inc in concert featuring 32 classic tunes and the last performance of Keith Moon. Part of Access All Areas season. I'll/Illiltllu'. Edinburgh.
Lage Raho Munnabhai irhei (Rajkumar Hiram. lndia. 2mm Saniay Dutt. Arshad Warsi. \r'idya Balan. l3tlmin. Another of leading man Dutt's rambling slapstick heayy comedies lll\‘()l\ mg magic men and poor children. For fans of the star only. ()rleort .‘l! The Utah. (iliiygoii'; ()ileoll l-ort Kinnairil. Iii/inhiirgh.
Lindsay Anderson Shorts tl’( it C... (Lindsay Anderson. l'K. l‘)S(lsi lllZinin. Four shorts about eyeryday life in post-war Britain from early in her career: Every Day litre/it (Tirol/nay; () Dream/and; ll'ake/ielil lit/ire“; llilllWi/(H'A ('hililren. One is left in no doubt about this wonderful filmmaker's early promise. Part of Anderson season. I-i/nihoiise. lz'ili'nhiireh.
Little Man i l3:\l . thenan lyory Way'ans. l'S. zoom Marlon Wayans. Shawn Wayans. Tracy Morgan. Kerry Washington. ()tlmin. A Wayans brothers offering that makes lire .llomma‘s Home look as intellectually sprightly as Moliere. In this rude. crude low-brow farce Shawn play s a tiny thief and Marlon the aspiring father who inadvertently adopts him. (ieneral release. Little Miss Sunshine t lSi oooo (Jonathan Dayton. Valerie liaris. l'S. zoom Abigail Breslin. (ireg Kinnear. Paul Dano. Alan Ai‘kin. Toni (‘ollette. ltll min. See review. page 45. Selected I‘r’lt'iiyi'.
Lust for Life (PG) 0000 iViiieciire Minnelli. l'S. tsism Kirk Douglas. Anthony Quinn. l’amela Brown. l22min. Brilliant performance from Douglas as the tortured artist. Van (iogh. Minnelli's account offers a portrait of an artist in despair. struggling to make his family and peers tamong them Quinn's (iauguin) appreciate his art. Part of Van (iogh season to coincide with Van (iogh & Britain exhibition at the Dean (iallery‘ until 3-1 Sep. ll'esion Link. Iii/inhiajeh.
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Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 30 i l i C. tMark ('owen. l'S. 2005 i Tom Hanks inarratori. Brandy Blackledge. (iarrison Hershbcrger. Andrew Husmann. Aaron White 40min. Tom Hanks narrates this homage to the II men who walked on the moon bctw ecn tum and l‘)72 This spectacular documentary re- enacts the landings in an m erbearingly dramatic lttslllttll. [MAX 'I'heatre. (i/asgmi Miami Vice 1 l5i O... tMichael Mann. l'S. loom ('olin liarrell. Jamie l'o\\. l.i (Bong. l32min. Interesting reinyention of the quintessential ls'tl's cop show from acclaimed director Michael Mann. (ione is the glossy glamour. instead replaced w ith an epic Heat sty lc crime-tale and ('ollateral's slick HD digital yisuals, Farrell and loss lack chemistry but they 're carried by the director‘s trademark style and some terrific ttL‘lltHl scenes. St'll't'lt'll I'i'li’ilye.
MI:3: Mission Impossible III t mm .0 ti] Abrams. [8. Zoom Tom ('rtnse. Ving Rhaines. Keri Russell. l25min. Third time out for special agent lithan Hunt t('ruisei and this franchise is really beginning to lose its Itistre. The cod political/oblique story line concerns Hunt‘s dealings with a nasty uber arms dealer tllofltttanl. Tiresome and uninteresting. ()ileon A! The (Jam. (ilaygoii.
Monster House t t ‘i oooo t( ill Kenan. l'S. 300m Voices of Steye Buscemi. Maggie (iy'llenhaal. Mitchel Musso. ‘)lllllll. Trouble-making ty kes inyestigate the creepy house in this film. which is wicked ftiii for all ages. ('(il production in which not only is the titular house a personable \ illaiii. it actually tears itself tip froin its foundations in the climax of Kenan's skilfully realised family film. (ienera/ release.
Monterey Pop tl’(il oooo tl).-\ Pennebaker. l'S. Mom Janis Joplin. Jefferson Airplane. The Who. Jimi Hendrix. Otis Redding. Rayi Shanker. The Mamas and the l’apas. 79min. (ireat performances from the artists; a real sense of the times from the director. A fine example of how a documentary of a rock concert can. in the hands of a master. become a legitimate piece of history. Part of Access All Areas season. I’ilmhoiise. Iii/inhiiljgh.
My Super Err-Girlfriend t IZAi
.0 than Reitman. l'S. Zoom l'ma 'l'hurman. l.uke Wilson. Anna liaris. 05min. Dire superhero rom-com that has neither the
romance. comedy or superhero to make it anything more than ayerage l.uke \Vilsoii finishes with bookish girlfriend l'ma Thurman then regrets it w hen she becomes (i-(iirl and makes his life a misery ()ccasionally entertaining (‘ini'woriil Rr‘It/n'ti .\tl‘r‘r'l. (iliiygiiii
Nacho Libre i llAi 0.. dated llcss. ('5. Doom Jack Black. Ana dc la chueia. Hector .lllllCllC/ 92mm Jack Black yehicle about a Me\ican monk who adopts a secret identity as a masked wrestler. becomes famous and wins enough money to say c the orphanage in which he works But the film. co-w rittcn and directed by Jared Hess. t.\'apoleon Dynaniirei. is lacking a spicy L‘tlgc. Sr'li‘i'lr'il I'i’lr‘iiyi'.
The Night Listener t tSi O.
tl’atrick Stettner. l'S. Zoom Robin Williams. Toni (‘ollcttc. Sandra Oh. Xlnnn. See reyiew. page 4-3. (ieneral release. Nineveh on the Clyde ttbci tMurray (irrgor. l‘K. I‘N‘h 57min. A look at (ilasgow 's other.” great arihrtei'tiiral mastermind .‘lll’ill’ltll’l' '(i‘ri‘ek ' Illutttyott. (irlmorehill(il2. (ilttsgiiw.
Ocean Adventures t ISi iy‘arious. Various. Variousi 85min, Three films about the beautiful and risky ways of haying fun on the water. Step into the I.l(/llltl. Shark .lloiaitain and Iii/ling capture surfing. drying and kayaking. respectiyely. Part or the .Vinaiili xltllt'IllllI't' I'ilm I'eytiial. lire Iii/inlmrgh ()mni. Iii/inhiirgh.
On a Clear Day t IDA i 0.. t( iaby l)el|al. l'K. 2005i l’eter Mullan. Brenda Blethyn. Billy Boyd. Jamie Sixes. ‘JHtlllli. l‘rank tMullani a (ilasgow shipyard worker finds himself without a JUD when the yards sold off to foreign investors. Denied his liyelihood. lirank decides to swim to France to proy e something to himself. Not quite the broad comedy of The I‘ll/l Monty and not as feelgood as Iii/Ii li/liot. ()n a (‘lear Day is a more sombre film. But like those efforts it benefits from its concrete setting and y is id characters. and from its criticism of the sorry state of the nation that's inherent to the story rather than being shoy'ed down our throats. l‘llltlllullst’. Ifililihiirgh.
Over the Hedge it'i 000 (Tim Johnson/Karey Kirkpatrick. [8. Zoom Bruce Willis. (iarry' Shandling. Ay'ril Layigne. 83min. Aboy'e ayerage DreamWorks animation about an audacious raccoon who fools a family of forest
Seijun Tokyo Drifter Suzuki’s truly bonkers period musical about a banished prince who falls in love with Tanukihime (Ziyi Zhang), a princess of a raccoon dog who is
disguised as a human, needs to be seen to be believed. This is truly an operetta with range and ambition, which is the last thing you might expect from an 80-odd-year-old filmmaker, but as he has proved time and again Suzuki is not just any ageing filmmaker, he’s one of the maddest and baddest currently working in Japan.
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Paper Clips it rose it-tlioi Berlin. Jo lab. [8. Sim. Mmm ln \\ hitwell. Tennessee. a school protect about the Holocaust grew to uplitt and inspire the whole town as the children aimed to collect si\ million paper clips to represent the dead (iltiseou lilni [he at”. (ilasct 'H
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man‘s Chest: t_‘-\~ oo itioie \erbinski. [8. Boom Johnny Depp. Keita Knightley. Orlando Bloom. Bill \ighy lotlmin The hapless gang are thrown bac k into another adyenttir'e. with Bloom's clean cut Turner and Knightley 's mandatory giil Sw aiin attempting to sa\ e Depp's staggering Sparrow front Dayy Jones Rubbish sequel (it'llr’l'itl Ir'li il\(
Princess Raccoon (Operetta Tanuki Goten) il‘oi ooo is‘eiiuii Sit/uki. Japan. INNS! /iyi /.haiig_ .lo ()dagii’i. lliroko Yakushiitiaiti lllmin The story of a banished prince who falls in lo\ e with art enchanted princess. told through comedy. singing and dancing Bi/aiie and inspired stuff from mad Japanese cinema yeteran Sit/uki (Hadron Ii/ni [heat/e. (iliiygoii
Pulse t |5i C. i.liiii Son/ero. l8. loom Kristen Bell. laii Soiiieihaldci'. ('hrtstina Miliaii. 58min See Also Released. page 45. (ienera/ release
Pusheri lh'i O... t\icolas \\ mdmg Refn. Denmark. I‘Noi Kim Bodnia. l aura Dt'asback. /.|atko Buric I lllllllll “atchmg this Danish thriller is rather like ga/ing into a basin full of piratihas in the midst of a feeding fren/y. Small-time dealer l‘laltk (Bodniai finds himself in hock to a Serbian gang boss after a drug transaction is ruined by a police bust. llts attempts to free himself are balked at cyery turn as it becomes apparent that late has it in for him. The brilliant first part to the lllll'itpt'dil (liltlltll/ll’l' trilogy. I'i/nihoiiye. Iz'ilirihareh
Pusher 2: With Blood on my Hands t lb) 0... i.\'ico|as \demg Refn. l)eninar‘k/l'K. 2004i Mails Mikkelsen. l.eif Sylyestei‘. Anne Sorensen. lllllllllll. Tonny iMikkelseni. a good natured. ll hedonistic. skinhead. has ttist been released from grail. lle returns to his kingpin gangland father's w areliouse. thinking he can pick up where he left tip. but life is ney er that easy A circular ()edipal reyenge tragedy with necessary links to the other two films in the trilogy. l’iiyher 3 is so instinctiyely and energetically structured that the oby ious finale still surprises. An accomplished piece of filmmaking. I'i/iii/ioiise. Iii/inlmrgh. Pusher 3 t Ixi 0000 «Nicolas w‘iiitling Refn. Denmark. 2005i Zlatko Bui‘ic. Marinela l)ektc. llyas Agac. ltlimin. Winding Refn's brilliant finish to a brilliant trilogy follows drug lord Milo t Burici. who appeared as a supporting character in the other two films. as he prepares for his daughter's w edding and a massiye deliyery of heroin. Needless to say the latter goes wrong which has a knock on effect on the former. This third installment is yery different from the other two films in this wonderful series. being an internal realisation of encroaching death which is for the most part all set in one building. Those of a weak disposition do how eyer need to be warned that Father 3 features an absolutely hideous torture scene. I'ilnihoiiye. Edinburgh.
The Queen tl’(ii .0. (Stephen Frears. l'K/lirance/ltaly. Zoom Helen Mirren. Michael Sheen. James ('romwcll ltllmin. See Also Released. page 45. .S'elei'leil I'l’lt'llH’.
RVtPUi .0 (Barry Sonnenfeld. l'S. 2006) Robin Williams. (’heryl Hines. Jeff Daniels. 98min. The title stands for ‘Recreational Vehicle' and that's exactly what Bob Munro iWilliamsi rents to take his dysfunctional family on a road trip to the (‘olorado Rockies. Williams‘ return to the family comedy is a likeable if fairly unsurprising affair. pitched somew here between ('heaper hi the I)o:_en 2 and National Lampoon 'i Titration. ('ineii-orlil Park/read. Glasgow ,‘ ('ineiiorlil Edinburgh. Edinburgh.
Rebecca iPUi oooo tAlfrc-d Hitchcock. L'S. I940) Laurence Olivier.