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FREE Psycho ( IS) 0000. (Alfred Hitchcock. US. 1960) Anthony Perkins. Janet Leigh. Vera Miles. John Gavin. Martin Balsam. John Mclntire. |09min. Hitch's misogynistic masterpiece has a young secretary take off to hicksville with a bagful of her boss‘ money. Unfortunately for her. she chooses to put up at the Bates‘ Motel. run by that nice Norman boy. The ironic dialogue (‘Mother's not quite herself today') make it a joy to catch any time around. We liked it. didn't we mother . . . mother? Part of West lind Festival. Part of West lind Festival. The Salon. Glasgow. The Raven ( 18) 0000 (Roger Corman. US. I963) Vincent Price. Boris Karloff. 86min. Welcome new print of Corman‘s bloody adaptation of Poe's magical and maniacal narrative poem. (ireat camp horror fun. Memorial screening. Eilmhouse. Edinburgh.
The Red Balloon (l’) 0000 (Albert Lamorisse. France. 1955) 34min. A lonely little boy finds a balloon. chases it along the streets. becomes its companion and is eventually lifted off into the skies. A fantastically simple fairy tale. Glasgow Film Theatre. Glasgow.
Roam (PG) (Darcy Wittenberg. Canada. 2005) 105mm. This is the second documentary from director Darcy Wittenberg. His first film ‘The Collective’ won a slew of awards and is concerned mainly with mountain bikes. His second film also contains some of the best free- mountain bikers in the world and is beautifully shot. featuring some awesome action. Part of lidinburgh Bike Week Film Festival. l-‘ilmhouse. Edinburgh.
Sarkar Raaj ( 15) (Ram (iopal Vanna. India. 2008) Aishwarya Rai. Amitabh Bachchan. Abhishek Bachchan. )50min. Sequel to Varma's praised Indian version of Coppola's The Godfather. Selet‘led release. Seasons (PG) (The Collective. Canada. 2007) (35min. Following seven of the world's top mountain bikers through the course of four seasons. this brings an air of
cinematic grandeur to the daring sport. Featuring the L'Cl World Cup Downhill Champion Steve Peat. Part of lidinburgh Bike Week Film Festival. Film/rouse. Edinburgh.
Un Secret ( )5) 0.. (Claude
Miller. France. 2007) Cecile De France. Patrick Bruel. Ludivine Sagnier. l()()llllll. See review. page 53. Film/louse. Edinburgh. Sex and the City: The Movie ( IS) 0.. (Michael Patrick King. US. 2008) Sarah Jessica Parker. Kim Cattrall. Cynthia NiXon. |45min. See review. page 53. General release. FREE Shark Tale (l‘) 000 (Bibo Bergeron/Vicky Jenson/Rob Letterman. US. 2004) Will Smith. Robert De Niro. Jack Black. Martin Scorsese. 90min. ()scar (Smith) is a little fish who lives happily in the oceon. But one day he gets in debt to a vegetarian shark (Black) whose mafiosi father Don Lino (De Niro) rules the reef. what can he do to get himself out of this situation? Lively. silly if occassionally flat C(i animation that is clearly trying to hustle in on Finding Nemo territory. Part of West
lit d Festival The Salon. Glasgow. 3:: Shotgun Stories ( I 2A) oooo (Jeff Nichols. CS. 2008) Michael Shannon. Douglas Ligon. Barlow Jacobs. 90min. Nichol’s slow burn modern Western features three brothers stumbling their way through luckless lives. At their father's funeral they come face to face with their half brothers and a Shakespearean fetid erupts. lissentially a parable about grief and the futility of hostility. Nichol observes that poverty and hope are the main currency traded in this southeastern part of Arkansas. ( 'arneo. Iz'dinburglt. Shrek the Third (l') .0 (Chris Miller. (S. 2007) Voices of Mike Myers. liddie Murphy. Cameron Diaz. Justin Timberlake. liddie Murphy. Antonio Banderas. 92min. The green ogre (voiced by Myers) runs away from parental and royal responsibility to go on a journey with
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loyal companions Donkey (Murphy) and Puss in Boots (Banderas) to seek out another heir to the throne (Timberlake). The third instalment of this blockbuster phenomenon feels a bit formulaic now but there are enough low-brow jokes to keep under educated children entertained. Selected release.
Some Came Running (PG) om (Vincente Minelli. US. 1958) Frank Sinatra. Dean Martin. Shirley Macl.aine. 136mm. Sinatra goes on a voyage of discovery through the bars and gambling dens of small-town America. In doing so he becomes torn between two women and his dream of becoming a writer. New print of marvellous overlooked melodrama that‘s populated by ‘types' rather than characters. New print. Part of Sinatra season. l-‘ilrnhous'e. Edinburgh.
Speed Racer (PG) “0 (Andy Wachowski/Larry Wachowski. US. 2008) Emile Hirsch. Nicholas Elia. Susan Sarandon. l3-lmin. A live action though C(i-heavy adaptation of a l960s Japanese
television anime about a futuristic family of
racecar designer-drivers who are pitted against a corporate fat cat. The film's message is: business bad. family good. winning best of all. Not that this matters in a film with migraine-inducing race sequences and stomach-churning thrill- rides. Selected release. LWAX Theatre. Glasgow.
FREE The SpongeBob Squarepants Movie (U) 0.
(Stephen llillenburg. US. 2004) Voices of Alec Baldwin and Scarlett Johansson. 87min. Charmless Nickelodeon channel spinoff cartoon feature movie. suitable for under lives only. Part of West [ind Festival The Salon. Glasgow.
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(Craig Mazin. CS. 2008) Drake Bell. Sara Paxton. Christopher McDonald. 85min. See review. page 54. General release.
Tarka The Otter (PU) (David Cobham. CK. 1978) Peter Bennett. Iidward Underdown. Brenda Cavendish. John Leeson. 9lmin. lipisodic adaptation of Henry Williamson's famous novel describing the adventures of an otter whose parents are killed by hunters. but survives to establish a family of his own. A little too twee for twee‘s sake. ('ineworld l’arkhead. Glasgow:
Terror’s Advocate ( I2A) 0... (Bath Schroeder. France. 2007) l37min. Schroeder's engrossing documentary displays an incredible fascination for the lawyer Jacques Verges who went to the Sorbonne with Pol Pot and defended demonised international figures such as Klaus Barbie and Magdalena Kopp of the Baader-Meinhoff gang. This is a history lesson on modem insurgency and terrorism paranoia. l‘llttthottxe. Edinburgh.
Tibet: Cry of The Snow Lion (15) (Tom Peosay. US. 2003) 104mm. A moving and disturbing documentary about the
reality of life for Tibetans. who. since I950.
have lived under the oppressiver violent shadow of Beijing. Tom Peosay emphasises how their plight was made worse by their betrayal at the hands of Washington under the Nixon Administration. Part of Tibetan film season. Film/louse. Edinburgh.
Tony Rome ( 15) 0.. (Gordon Douglas. lfS. 1967) Frank Sinatra. Jill St John. Richard Conte. 109mm. Sinatra plays tough Miami private eye Tony Rome in this enjoyable. if slight. throwback to the Chandler-esque thrillers of the I940s. Ilired to track down a rich girl‘s diamond pin. Rome encounters a fine array of sleazy blackmailers and local hoods. Part of Sinatra season. l-‘ilmhouse. Edinburgh. 24-50“) (PG) (Jason Berry. CS. 2007) 75min. Rare insight into the life of champion mountain bike racer Chris Flatough. This screening will be followed by the short (‘ielovias Bogotti. Colombia. Part of lidinburgh Bike Week Film Festival. Eilrrthouse. Edinburgh.
The Ugly Duckling and Me! (l') 0.. (Michael llegner/Karsten Kiilerich. France/l7K/Denmark/ Ireland/Germany. 2007) Kim Larney. Patil Tylack. Anna ()lson. 88min. Quirky Danish animated adaptation of the popular llans
Christian Andersen story. Fun but visually disappointing and lacking the humour and innovation of the comparable Ratatouille. Empire ('lydebank.
Underdog (U) C. (Frederik Du Chau. US. 2007) Jason Lee. Peter Dinklage. James Belushi. 81min. This live- action film from Disney that features a crime-fighting dog with super-powers. although a seemingly attractive proposition for fans of both the talking-animal and superhero genres. is merely a wayward affair with none of the humble charms of the I960s cartoon series. Grosvenor, Glasgow:
FREE The Untouchables (PG) (Brian De Palma. US. I987) Kevin Costner. Sean Connery. Robert De Niro. Charles Martin Smith. Patricia Clarkson. l 19min. David Mamet's highly entertaining update of the old TV series. F.liot Ness leams the hard way how to deal with underworld crime and police corruption in Chicago during the Prohibition years. An Oscar-winning performance from Connery as the seasoned Irish Cop with a Scots accent. and De Niro turns in a grandiose Capone. Part of West [ind Festival. The Salon. Glasgow. Vexville ( 12A) .0. (Fumihiko Sori. Japan. 2007) Voices of Meisa Kuroki. Shosuke Tanihara. l09min. The year is 2077 and female agent Vexville has been sent to Tokyo to investigate the development of illegal robot technology. Interesting anime thriller from the director of 2002 hit Japanese comedy Ping Pong. Based on a popular comic strip by Taiyo Matsumoto. ('arneo. Edinburgh.
La Vie En Rose (La Marne) (12A) .0. (Olivier Dahan. France/L'K/Czech Republic. 2007) Marion Cotillard. Sylvie Testud. Pascal Cireggory. l-i()min. This highly stylised film ricochets between different time periods of French singer Edith Piaf‘s (Cottilard) turbulent life. The brief and often overwrought scenes are sometimes hard to grasp without prior knowledge of Piaf. but Cotillard's central lip-synching performance is magnificent. Eilrnhouse. Edinburgh.
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (DA) 0 (Malcolm l) Lee. US. 2008) Martin Lawrence. James liarl Jones. Margaret Avery. 1 18min. RJ Stevens (Lawrence) is a llollywmxl self-help sensation who returns home after a nine- year absence to less than a hero‘s welcome. Another year another non-stellar Lawrence vehicle in this uneven. unfunny and mean spirited family comedy. Selected release. Welcome to the Sticks ( IZA)
O. (Dany Boon. France. 2008) Kad Merad. Dany Boon. Philippe Duquesne. l06min. Philippe Abrams (Merad) is sent to the town of Bergues. in the far. far north where apparently it's cold. the people are basic and they talk in an incomprehensible dialect (Ch'ti). Predictably. Bergues is not so bad. Surprisingly this middle-of—the-road farce is the most successful French movie of all time. Cameo. Edinburgh.
What Happens in Vegas . . . ( IZA) 0. (Tom Vaughan. (TS. 2008) Cameron Diaz. Ashton Kutcher. Queen Latifah. 98min. This underwhelming romantic comedy details the love trajectory of Vegas gamblers Joy (Diaz) and Jack (Kutcher). who wake up one morning to find they are married and have also hit the jackpot on the tables. Cue farcical attempts to cheat each other out of the money while falling in love. It's watchable enough. but ultimately a bit of a waste of time. General release.
White Mane (PG) 00. (Albert
Lamorisse. France. I953) Alan limery. Pierre Bestieux. Denys (‘olomb Daunant. 40min. Lamorisse‘s short tells a tale of friendship between a young fisherman and a hunted wild horse. Glasgow Eilrn 'l'heatre.