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hearty adventure franchise is awash with bad CGl effects. infantile humour and sloppy perfonnances. This is pure cheeseball. Unless you've had a lobotomy avoid. General release.
My Brother’s Wedding (12A) 0... (Charles Burnett. US. 1983) Everett Silas. Jessie Holmes. Gaye Shannon-Bumett. 77min. Silas plays a young man torn between his parents‘ middle-class aspirations. recently heightened by his Brother’s pending marriage to a hot shot lawyer. and his loyalty to his best friend. recently released from prison. A low-budget drama that tackles some largely universal dilemmas. Eilrnhouse. Edinburgh.
My China Now: Programme Three (15) (China. 2008) 60min. A series of short and experimental films from the moving image project My China Now. which aims to redefine conceptions of modem-day China. Designed to coincide with the exhibition China: A Photographic Portrait at The City Art Centre. Eilmhouse. Edinburgh. My Winnipeg (IS) 0.. (Guy Maddin. Canada. 2008) Darcy Fehr. Ann Savage. Amy Stewart. 80min. Recreating his Winnipeg childhood with various actors playing the roles of siblings and veteran actress Savage as his demanding mum. acquired-taste director and postmodernist auteur Maddin gets the balance between acerbic nostalgia and indulgent self-centredness just right. Filrnhouse. Edinburgh.
Mystic River (15) 0.. (Clint Eastwood. US. 2003) Sean Penn. Tim Robbins. Kevin Bacon. Laurence Fishburne. l37min. Three boys from a small suburb in Boston see things in their childhood they probably shouldn't. Years later the past comes back to bite them on the arse. Seamless slightly worthy version of Dennis Lehane‘s bestseller. but as usual Eastwood delivers something that is both timeless and issue led. Cameo. Edinburgh. Nim’s Island (U) 0. (Jennifer Flackett. US. 2008) Abigail Breslin. Jodie Foster. Gerard Butler. 95min. Adapted from Wendy Orr‘s popular book about what happens when agoraphobic authoress Alexandra Ryder (Foster) is contacted by winsome brat Nim (Breslin). whose scientist father Jack (Butler) has gone missing. Breslin and Butler adapt well to the frothy postmodern adventure but Foster‘s attempts at slapstick are embarrassingly crude and obvious. lessening any emotional impact. (‘ineworld Park/read. Glasgoii'; Cineii'orld Edinburgh”
Paris (15) O. (Cedric Klapisch. France. 2008) Romain Duris. Juliette Binoche. Fabrice Luchini. 130mm. Duris plays Pierre. a young dancer whose future is suddenly left hanging in the balance by a medical diagnosis; Binoche is his unfulfilled sister. taking a career break to care for him. A warm human drama from the director of Pot Luek and Russian Dolls. Cameo, Edinburgh.
A Passage to India (PG) 0.. (David Lean. UK. 1984) Peggy Ashcroft. Judy Davis. Victor Bannerjee. James Fox. Alec Guinness. 163mm. Meticulous adaptation of BM. Forster has Australian Judy Davis cast as the young woman travelling through the sub-continent with her fiance‘s stuffy mother (Ashcroft). Overlong and over-rated. for all its attention to detail. this numbineg slow latter-day Lean seriously fudges the crucial scene in the Malabar Caves. A disappointment. Part of Lean season. Film/rouse. Edinburgh.
Phase IV (PG) 0... (Saul Bass. US. 1973) Nigel Davenport. Michael Murphy. Lynne Frederick. Alan Gifford. 103min. Intelligent desert ants wage war on the local inhabitants. Two scientists (Murphy and Davenport) and mysterious stray girl Kendra (Frederick) is all that
stands between them and victory. Title sequence designer legend Bass' feature debut. Thrilling. slow burning. overlooked 70s sci-ti horror. Bass relies on his visual skill to elevate this sci-ti above the rest. Part of ()uter Limits! season. Glasgow I’ilrn Theatre. Glasgow. Pineapple Express (IS) 0... (David Gordon Green. US. 2008) Seth Rogen. James Franco. Bill Hader. l l lmin. See review. page 49. General release. Plzzicata ( 15) .C. (Iidoardo Winspeare. ltaly. I996) (‘osimo (‘inieri. Chiara Torelli. Fabio l‘rascaro. 93min. Set in a small village in Southern Italy during World War II. I’izsieata chronicles a fated romance between shot-down US airman Toni (Frascaro). and the eldest daughter of a struggling peasant family. (ilasgmi‘ I’ilm Theatre. (ilasgoii‘. The Pope’s Toilet ( 15) O... ((‘esar (‘harlone/linrique Fernandez. Uruguay/Branl/l’rance. 2007) César Troncoso. Virginia Mendez. Mario Silva. 98min. See review. page 48. Glasgow Film Theatre. (Ilasgoti'; I’ilrnhouse. Edinburgh.
Rock On!! ( 12A) (Abhishek Kapoor. India. 2008) liarhan Akhtar. Arjun Rampal. l-Hmin. Bollywood rock movie about the intrepid members of a nineties Indian grunge band called Magik. ('ineli'orld Rertfren' Street. Glasgow. Rocknfiolla ( IS) 0.. (Guy Ritchie. CK. 2008) Gerard Butler. Thandie Newton. Gemma Arterton.
l Hmin. See review. page 47. General release.
Royal Opera House: Don Giovanni (Ii) (US. 2008) Join the Royal ()pera House for Mozart‘s Don Giovanni screened live and in high definition. (‘arneo, Edinburgh. Somers Town ( 12A) 0..
(Shane Meadows. L'K. 2008) Piotr Jagiello. Thomas Turgoose. lrencus/ Crop. 77min. ()riginally financed by [iurostar as a short film to promote the service’s new terminus at St Pancras. Meadows‘ has expanded his brief to tell a vividly drawn story of childhood friendship and to paint a vibrant portrait of a part of the big smoke that's in all likelihood soon to gentrilied out of existence. Seleeled release.
wm rnoréci on two
Derek Yee's exciting. multi award-winning Hong Kong based thriller about the travails of a narcotics agent deep undercover in the local heroin trade is released on Monday 8 September by Liberation Entertainment. The List has five copies to give away. To be in with a chance of winning a copy. simply visit www.list.co.uk/ofters and follow the links.
Space Chimps (t3) 0. (Kirk De Micco. US. 2008) Voices ofAndy Samber. Cheryl Hines. Jeff Daniels. 80min. ()n the whim of a sinister senator (Tucci). llam lll (Samberg) - the circus performer grandson of one of the first chimpanzees in space is sent into orbit to retrieve a missing satellite. With endless monkey and banana puns and bog- standard animation. Space (‘hirnps is strictly for easily pleased little monkeys. Se/eeted release.
Star Wars: Clone Wars (PG)
0. (Dave l-‘iloni. LS. 2008) Voices of Matt Lanter. Samuel L. Jackson. (‘hristopher Lee. 98min. limperor Palpatine. (‘ount Dooku and General Grievous are poised to rule the galaxy. The universe rests in the hands of the daring Jedi Knights. led by Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi. along with brand-new heroes such as Anakin's padawan learner. Ahsoka. Like the more recent Star Wars films. this is fairly tedious stuff. but it is nicely animated and fans will probably love it. General release.
Stardust (PG) 0. (Matthew Vaughn. L'K. 2007) (‘harlie Cox. (‘laire Danes. Robert De Niro. Sir lan McKellen. l30min. In a countryside town bordering a magical land. a young man makes a promise to his beloved that he’ll retrieve a fallen star by venturing into the magical realm in this star- studded fantasy epic adapted from the novel by .\'eil Gaiman. ('ox lacks pix/all. as the adventurer Tristan. which Vaughn only emphasises by pitching him against one big-name star after another and while Stardust has some entertaining moments. it looks fated to join Eragon and The Dark is Rising on the box office scrapyard of fantasy pilot efforts. .S'r'otsrnan .S'r‘reening Room. Edinburgh.
Falkirlt Council
Falkirk Town Hall
In Search of a Midnight Kiss (15) + animation short Wed 70th September 1:30pm & 7:30pm
The Peace Tree (ages 4 +) + family workshop
Sun 14th September 2pm
The Edge of Love (15)
Mon 15th September 11:00am & 7:30pm Wed 17th September 1:30pm & 7:30pm
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