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=3: Scott Walker: 30th Century Man (12A) 0... (Stephen Kijak. UK. 2006) 95min. One third of the Walker Brothers. recluse and progressive musical innovator Scott Walker. and his celebrity fans. speak candidly about his life and works in this simply put together but fascinating documentary. An edifying piece of closure for his fanatical followers and a good starting point for those wishing to learn more. Recommended. See review. page 39. Glasgow l-‘ilrn Theatre. (ilasgtm:
Shoot First ( I5) (Various) 75min. Edinburgh‘s montth short film slot aims to unearth new talent by making it easier for filmmakers to have their work shown. Email shootlirst(a)Iilmhousecinema.com for more infonnation. l‘ilrnltause. Edinburgh. Shooter ( I5) .0. (Antoine l-‘uqua. US. 2007) Mark Wahlberg. Danny (ilover. Ned Beatty. l25min. In a First Blood-like scenario Bob Lee Swagger (Wahlberg) is set up by (‘olonel Isaac Johnson (Glover) and flawed American foreign policy. When he goes on the run the film begins to unravel. with Fuqua's excellent direction and a subversive sense of humour making it far better than expected. Selected release. Spider-Man 3 (12A) .0. (Satn Raitni. US. 2007) Tobey Maguire. Kirsten Dunst. James Franco. I39min. The third and (alleged) final film outing for Raimi‘s Spidey is a hit and miss affair. Peter Parker (Maguire) is loved up with Mary Jane (Dunst) but has to cope with a super-sized ego. an overabundance of villains and overdone visual effects in an engaging if
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Spirit: Stallion of Cimarron (U) 0” (Kelly Asbury/l.orna (‘ook. l'S. 2002) Matt Damon. James Cromwell. Daniel Studi. 84min. The wild mustang Spirit struggles with manifest destiny when the US cavalry captures him. A touching animal fable using narration by Damon and songs by Bryan Adams to convey the equine hero’s feelings and thoughts. while the animation seamlessly integrates traditional hand-drawn and ('(i images. l-‘ilmlmuse. lz'dinburgh.
The SpongeBob Squarepants Movie (U) 0. (Stephen llillenburg. US. 2004) Voices ofAlec Baldwin and Scarlett Johansson. 87min. (‘harmless Nickelodeon channel spinoff cartoon feature movie. suitable for under fives only. ()demt Wester Ilailes. lz'dinburgh. Straightheads ( IX) 0 (Dan Reed. UK. 2007) (iillian Anderson. Danny Dyer. Ralph Brown. 79min. Dire vigilante antics as a middle class couple (Dyer and Anderson) embark on a violent killing spree after surviving a gang attack. It‘s about as profound as the collected writings of Michael Winner: avoid at all costs. Shmi‘i'ase ( ‘inema. (.‘mttbridge. (ilasgmc; .S'hmvt'ase ( 'irtema. l’ais/ev. Paisley. Summer Holiday ((7) (Peter Yates. UK. l‘)(i3) ('liff Richard. Lauri Peters. 107min. ('liff and his mates embark on a road trip across liurope in a converted double decker bus. picking up a girl masquerading as a boy along the way. for a whirlwind trip of cheesy musical numbers and a choregraphed love affair. (ii/rttarehillG/Z. (ilasgtm:
Sunshine ( 15) 0... (Danny Boyle. UK. 2007) lliroyuki Sanada. (‘illian Murphy. Rose Byrne. 102mm. A tiny crew aboard the Icarus ll spaceship attempt to save the frozen liarth and its inhabitants from extinction by blowing up the sun. A retina-ravishing. mind-bending sci—Ii epic. scripted by Alex (iarland. with a mythic
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Lovely digitally remastered new 35mm print of Gillo Pontecorvo’s super
influential 1965 political thriller, which focuses on a specific phase of the insurgent Algerian guerrilla struggle against the French colonial forces between 1954 and 1957. This really is vital, thought-provoking cinema at its best. A DVD reissue of this film has also just hit the shops featuring previously unseen footage and a new interview with director
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T-Rex 30 (U) (Brett Leonard. US. 1998) 40min. Amazing looking lMAX movie about a father and daughter in danger from a vicious carnivorous dinosaur. (ireat fun. IMAX Theatre. (ilasgrm:
TMNT (P(i) 0.. 2007) Voices of James Arnold Taylor. Mikey Kelley. Nolan North. 86min. Those 'Ieenage Mutant Ninja 'I‘urtles are back. souped up with 3D animation and looking pretty fearsome. (iood design and excellent light sequences have replaced a lot of the humour of the original and make this worth catching. surprisingly. Selected release.
Ta Ra Rum Pum (Pm (Siddhath Anand. India. 2007) SaifAli Khan. Rani Mukherjee. Racing driver and father dad. Avi (Saif Ali). has an accident and tnust switch lanes to become a taxi driver. Selected release.
The Third Part of the Night ( l8) (Andr/cj Zulawski. Poland. l‘)7l ) Malgor/ata Bratmek. Les/ck 'l'eles/ynski. Jan Nowicki. l05min. The brilliant surreal debut feature by the controversial Polish filmmaker. Set during the Nazi occupation of Poland. the disaffected lead character suffers like no man should suffer on his road to schizophrenia and death. This is apocalyptic in scope and needs to be seen to be believed. Film/tartse. Edinburgh.
=11 This is England ( l8) oooo (Shane Meadows. UK. 2006) Thomas Turgoose. Stephen (iraham. Jo Hartley. 102mm. Lonely Shaun ('l‘urgoose). a 12- year-old boy growing up in the era of 'I‘hatcherism. race riots and The Falklands War. falls in with skinheads. This is a beautifully characterised and realised morality tale about what happens when fundamentally decent belief systems get reinterpreted by morons but it begins to run out of steam in its final third. Selected release.
The Tiger’s Tail (18).” (Johtt Boorman. Ireland. 2007) Brendan (ilecson. Kim (‘attraIL (‘iaran Hinds. l0(nnin. Liam ()‘l.eary ((ileeson) loses his identity to his identical twin in a self indulgent moral
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fable about the Irish economic boom and how its benefits have been distribute. The camerawork. score and many of the performances are terrific but much of the dialogue and action is drab and unconvincing: another flawed but arresting foible frotn Boorman. See Also Released. page 40. General release/mm Fri [8 Mav. =31 28 Weeks Later . . . ( 18) 00. (Juan (‘arlos lircsnadillo. l'K. 2007) Rose Byrne. Harold Perrineau. Robert ('arlyle. 99min. Mainland Britain. decimated by a rage virus in Danny Boyle’s 2003 sleeper hit 28 Days later is being repopulaled under the control of the US military (and a new director). ()f course the quarantine is broken. by lily-livercd Don ((‘arlylel. and zombie madness ensues. It‘s a pacy. dirty. bloody B-movie but surely no one needs another helping 28 months later. See review. page 38. (irmi'ennr: (ilttvqrm';
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The Upside of Angeri IS) 0000 (Mike Binder. lTS/(iermany/l 'K. 2005) Joan Allen. Kevin ('ostner. lirika (’hristensen. l Itimin. Abandoned wile Terry Aim Wolfmeyer (Allen. excellent in her first bonalide comedy) hits the bottle when her husband uncxrwctedly disappears leaving her with four headstrong daughters. A dark comedy about domestic dysfunction with an unusual take on maternity. Selected release.
Watson’s Wind-up Weekly topical comedy fun at the recording of BB(' Scotland‘s popular sketch show. starring Jonathan Watson. (ilasgmv l-ilrn 'I'lreatr'e. Glasgow.
Wild Hogs ( IZA) 0 (Walt Becker. US. 2007) Tim Allen. John 'l'ravolta. Martin Lawrence. William ll Macy. ‘)‘)initi. Pour middleaged men (Allen. 'l'ravolta. Lawrence. Macy) indulge a mid-life crisis by taking their ‘hogs' (motorcycles) on a trip to the Pacific coast only to become entangled with a mean biker gang in a comic adventure with not a few similarities to ( 'itv Slieker‘s. (ierter'al release.
:1: Zodiac ( l5) oooo (omit liincher. US. 2007) Jake (iyllenhaal. Mark Ruffalo. Robert Downey Jr. l57min. Inspector David 'l‘oschi (Ruffalo) and alcoholic
journalist Paul Avery (Downey Jr) try and
fail to uncover a serial killer. based on the real life Zodiac killer. until a cartoonist
(( iyllenhaal) begins to unravel the cryptic ntcssagcs. This police procedural movie is the Se7ert director‘s tnost mature. rather than his most entertaining. work. See review. page 40. General release [mm l’r'i
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