Film
27 Dresses (12A) 0 (Anne Fletcher. US. 2008) Katherine Heigl. James Marsdcn. Malin Akennan. 110mm. Wedding obsessed Jane (Heigl) Juggles gigs as bridesmaids with a rocky love life while the conundrum of how you should behave when your sister is marrying the man you love is given shon shrift. as Heigl attempts to send feminism back to the dark ages. 27 Dresses is as bland as century old wedding cake. General release.
We Days in Paris (15) eeee (Julie Delpy. France/Germany. 2006) Julie Delpy. Adam Goldberg. Daniel Bruhl. 96min. Transatlantic screwball showdown. in which a high maintenance French photographer (Delpy) and her American boyfriend (Goldberg) find their strained relationship further challenged by culture clash. Despite its ambiguous ending this is mUst for all fans of Delpy and Richard Linklater's existential comedies. Matinees only. Cameo. Edinburgh.
No Lane Blacktop ( 18) eeeee (Monte Hellman. 1971) James Taylor. Warren ()ates. Laurie Bird. Dennis Wilson. 101 min. Two young hippy hot-rodders (musicians Taylor and Wilson) travel across the States. picking up race bets on the side and setting up an ongoing dual with the owner of a Pontiac. As the road goes on. this challenge becomes an obsession. A riveting. iconic film from the brilliant creative team of independent filmmaker Hellman and screenwriter Rudy Wurlitzer. A Monorail Film Club presentation. Glasgow Film Theatre.
U, Me Aur Hum (12A) ee (Ajay Devgan. India. 2008) 125min. See Also Released. page 46. Selected release.
'l’he Ugly Duckling and Me! (U) .0. (Michael Hegner/Karsten Kiilerich.
France/U K/Denmark/lreland/Germany. 2007) Kim Lamey. Paul Tylack. Anna ()Ison. 88min. Quirky Danish animated adaptation of the popular Hans Christian Andersen story. Fun but visually disappointing and lacking the humour and innovation of the comparable Ratatouille. Vue Edinburgh ()t'ean. Edinburgh. Vantage Point (12A) ee (Pete Travis. US. 2008) Dennis Quaid. Sigoumey Weaver. William Hurt. 89min. F.iglit strangers — including Secret Service agents Thomas Bames (Quaid) and Kent Taylor (Mathew Fox). tourist Howard Lewis (Forest Whitaker) and American TV neWs producer Rex Brooks (Weaver) — try to unlock the truth behind an assassination attempt on the US President Ashton (Hurt). Cotnpetently made but ridiculously silly and badly acted thriller which attempts to pollinate Oliver Stone‘s JFK with Groundhog Day. General release.
WAZ (18) .0 (Tom Shankland. UK/US. 2006) Stellan Skarsgard. Selma Blair. Melissa George. 104min. Detective Eddie Argo (Skarsgard) is jaded. His partner Helen (George) is wide-eyed. Their newest case is an intellectual puzzle wrapped inside a sadist's head-trip. So far so Se7en. but WAZ quickly succumbs to the de rigueur torture pom currently being practised by Eli Hostel Roth et al sacrificing a decent thriller for gore points. The result feels like a low- budget cop show with hardcore violence spliced in - distractingly raw-edged and incongruous. Cameo. Edinburgh.
Water Horse: Legend of the Deep (PG) 0.”: (Jay Russell. US/UK. 2007) Emily Watson. Brian Cox. Joel Tobeck.
11 1min. Blending monster thrills with a thoughtful pacifist message. this adaptation of Dick King-Smith‘s well-loved book tells of the friendship between Angus and the legendary creature Nessie. who he rears from an egg into a full-blown beastie. Although mainly shot in New Zealand to facilitate the involvement of the Weta Digital special-effects house. the film is firmly set in WWll-era Scotland. An old- school altemative to the frantic nature of most children‘s films. Water Horse finally provides our be10ved monster with the film it deserves. Selected release. Wavelength (15) eeeee (Michael Snow. Canada/US. 1967) Hollis Frampton. Lyne Gmssman. Naoto Nakazawa. 70min. Shot in one continuous shot. save some
54 TH! LIST 10-24 Apr 2008
subtle cuts. experimental filmmaker Michael Snow‘s seminal work pioneered the structural film movement. With its form shifting into the realm of purpose. Snow ‘s hypnotic piece. which pans from the end of an urban room to a photograph of a wave. is often considered a meditation on the tendencies of cinematic practice itself. A masterpiece of its kind. Pan of History of Transgression season. (jlusgois~ Film Theatre.
Wriatcuttera: A Love Story ( 15) (Goran Dukic. L75. 2007) Patrick Fugit. Shea Whigham. Shannyn Sossainon. 90min. An absurdist purgatorial romantic comedy (yes. another one of them) following a depressed youngster (Fugit) through a post-suicide limbo-land of soulless retail parks and pizza places. He takes off on a road trip with a mortise Russian rocker (Whighain) and a sassy Goth girl (Sossamon). pitching up at a
weird trailer park community run by
benevolent old codger Kncller (a perfectly cast Tom Waits). It‘s at) inspired. clever and offbeat spin on The Wigard of 0:. of course. with Waits standing in for the Wiz. Film/rouse. Edinburgh.
You, the Living (15) eee Andersson. Sweden/Germany/lirance/l)enmark/Norway. 2007) Jessika 1.undbcrg. lilisabeth Helander. Bjorn linglund. 9311111). The bizarre 50 or so vignettes that constitute Andersson's first feature since 2000‘s apocalyptic Songs from the Second Floor drop a traditional narrative for a series of precisely framed tableaux where the boundaries between dreams and reality are freely blurred. Described as ‘a farce about the human condition’. it's darkly comic with fleeting moments of hopefulness in its absurdist vision. Glasgow Film Theatre: Cameo. Edinburgh.
The Zone (15) (Rodrigo Pla. Mexico. 2007) Daniel Gimenel. Cache. Maribel Verdi]. Daniel Tovar. 97min. Commenting on the dramatic polarisation between those with money and those without. Pla‘s film is set in a wealthy guarded and gated estate in Mexico City. Three youngsters manage to break in and learn of the hard truth of the interdependency between money and power. Pan of Viva! Spanish and Latin American Film Festival. Glasgow Film Theatre: Filnihous‘e. Iftliiibitfiglt.
(Roy
‘5
The .
Films are listed by city, then alphabetically by cinema. Listings are compiled by Suzanne Black.
Glasgow
253 Argyle Street. ()141 565 1000.
SUNDAY 20 APR Future Shorts (ii) 6.30.
350 Sauchiehall Street. Bookings: ()141 352 4900. Prices vary.
THURSDAY 24 APR Dance on Screen (ii) 7.00.
Cinede Parldread
The Forge. Parkhead. 24hr bookings &
info: 0871 200 2000. Adults £5.70 (£5 Mon—Thu before 5pm); Children £4 (£3.70 Mon—Thu): Students £4 (£3.50 Mon—Thu); ()APs £4. Family ticket £16. Early bird (all performances before noon): £3.70. Movies for Juniors (Sat
am): £1. Yearly pass (unlimited movies): £10.99 per month.
THURSDAY 10 APR
llorton HearsaWhol (U)
onllblt'l’aylor112A) 3.50. 6.20. 8.45. Theoarne Plan (U) 10.50am. 1.20.
l 1.50am. 2.00. 4.10.
Never Back Down(15) 4.00. 6.35. 9.10.
One Missed Call (15) 6.50. 9.00. Sonofllanibow(l2A) 11.15am. 1.35. 3.50. 6.10. 8.30.
the Spiderwch Chronicles (PG) 11.00am. 1.15. 3.35. 5.50. 8.40. Step tip 2 the Streets (PG) 11.30am. 1.50. 4.15. 6.40. 9.10.
21 Dresses ( 12A) 10.50am. 6.35. 9.05.
FRIDAY 11—THURSDAY 17 Dl‘lllblt Taylor ( 12A)
l0.50am. 1.25.
1.25. 3.55.
Last chance to check out the lovely new digital print of Bernardo Bertolucci’s remarkable 1970
thriller. Based on a novel by Alberto Moravia, The Conformist stars Jean Louis Trintignant as the young man with a highly adaptable sense of ideology, a trait that is to lead him to fascinating experiences and moral bankruptcy. if you have not seen this before these screenings of one of the great films of the 19703 are unmissable.
I Cameo, Edinburgh (matinees only), Fri 11 —Thu 77 Apr; GFF, Glasgow, Sun
7 3-Tue 15 Apr.
Enchanted (PG)
Sat: 1000.111)
FM Claus (PG)
Sat: 10.00am.
The Game Plan (1')
Daily: 12.30. 3.20,
‘l'heColden Compass ( 12:\)
Sat: 1 1.30am.
llorton Hears a Who! (1')
Daily: noon. 2.00.
Leatherheads (PG)
Daily: 10.45am. 1.20. 4.00. 6 40. 9.15.
Never Back Down 1 15)
Daily: 6.00. 8.40,
One Missed Call ( 15)
Daily: 9,10.
Son of Bambow 1 128)
Daily: 11.10am. 1.30. 3.50. 6_ l()_ 8.30.
The Splderwtclt Chronicles (Po) Daily: 11.30am (not Sat). 1.50, 4.10. 6.55.
Step Up 2theStreets (1’(1)
Daily: 11.50am. 2.10. 4,30. 6.50. 21 (12.-\)
Daily: 12.40. 3.30. 6.20. 9.05, 27 Dresses ( 12.-\)
Daily: 4.00. 6.30. 9.00.
Cinede Renirew Sheet
7 Renfrcw Street. 24111: bookings ts into:
0871 200 2000. Bar. Adults £6.40 (£5.50 Mon Fri before 5pm); ('oncs £4.40. Family ticket £17 (£15.60 Sun 1110) liarly bird (all tickets before 1pm): £4, Yearly pass (unlimited movies): £10.99
per month.
THURSDAY 10 APR
Awaite(15) noon. 2.15. 4.30. 7.00. 9.20.
Be Kind Rewind ( 12A) 930. ‘lhe Contomtist (II Centennista) ( 15)
6.50.
Drillblt Taylor ( 12A) 10.30.1111. 1.00. 3.50. 6.30. 9.15.
Funny Games 118118) 1.15. 4.00. 6.40. 9.20.
TheCarne Plantt') 10.50am. 1.20. llannah Montana 8. Mlley Cyrus: Best of
:BothWorldsConcertln 30(1')
llow She Move ( 12A)
11.30am. 1.30.
Horton Hears a Who! (17) l0.50am. 11.30am. 12.30. 1.10. 2.00. 2.40. 3.40. 4.30. 5.00.
the llottle and the Nottie (12A) 7.00. 11.40am. 2.00. 4.15. 6.40. 9.00.
Lars and the Real Girl (12A) 6.00.
8.40.
Meetthe Spartans(12A) 3.30. 5.50. 8.40.
Never Backoown(15) 11.30am. 2.30. 5.30. 8.30.
One Missed Call(15) 11.20am. 1.40. 3.50. 6.10. 8.40.
TheOrphanageHSi 12.20. 3.00. 5.50. 8.40.
TheOtherBoleyn Clrl(12A) 9.20. Son of Rambow ( 12A) 11.00am. 4.10. 6.50. 9.30. TheSplderwlcit Chronicles (PG) 10.40am. noon. 1.20. 2.40. 3.50. 5.20. 6.20. 7.50.
Step Up 2 the Streets (PG) 10.30am. 12.50. 3.30. 6.20. 9.00. 10,WOBC(12A) 11.30am. 2.30. 5.30. 8.20.
ThereWillBeBloodHS) 8.50.
27 Brannon) 11.00am. 2.00. 5.00.
1.40.
8.00. Vantage Polnt(12A) 4.00. 6.40. 9.25.
FRIDAY il—THURSDAY 17
Awaite(15)
Daily: noon. 2.15. 4.30. 6.50. 9.05. Also late Fri & Sat: 1 1.30.
Dl‘lllblt Taylor (12A)
Daily: 1.00. 3.50. 6.30lnot Tue). 9.15.
Funny Carries US(|8)
Daily: 4.00. 6.40(not Tue). 9.30. Happy-Co-LuckyoS)
Wed: 6.30. HortonilearsaVlhottL’)
Daily: 11.40am. 12.30. 2.00. 2.40. 5.00.
iliowSheMoveHZA)
Daily: 11.40am. 1.50.