Hannah Montana - The Movie (t‘) 0 (Peter (Thelsom. LS. 2009) Miley Cyrus. Billy Ray Cyrus. limily ()sment. l02min. This new adventure comedy shows how the rising starlet deals with fame. Why. by hanging out with a bunch of rednecks in Tennessee and realising what matters most. of course. Absolute crud. Selected release. Hiroshima Mon Amour (PG) 0000 (Alain Resnais. France. 1959) limmanuelle Riva. Eiji ()kada. 100mm. The romantic liaison between a French actress working in Hiroshima and a Japanese architect awakens the ghosts of her wartime relationship with a Gemian soldier. First major work by a director who has altered the perception of cinematic time. here moving effortlessly through the flashbacks and flashforwards of Marguerite Duras' emotive script. (ilasgmv Film Theatre.
The Holynood Files (PU) (Stuart (ireig. UK. 2005) 87min. Filmmaker Stuart (ireig documents the contentious construction of the Scottish Parliament. £200m over-budget and two-and-a-half years over schedule. the undeniably impressive structure put a fairly large architectural cat amongst the political pigeons. Film/muse. Edinburgh.
The House By The Cemetery ( (8) mo (Lucio l-‘ulci. ltaly. l9Xl)(‘atriona MacColl. Paolo .Vlalco. (iiovanni FTC/lit. 89min. A maggot-stuffed undead turn-of- the-Century surgeon named l)r l‘reudstein terrorises a doctor posted in a New lingland mansion on a research assignment. Notable Italian slasher in which lopped off limbs
London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival on Tour
and spurting arteries feature prominently. Recommended for retro gorehounds. Part of short Italian Horror season. (ilasgnn I'ilnr Theatre.
Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (l') .0. ((‘arlos Saldanha/ Mike 'l‘hurmeier. (S. 2009) Voices of Simon Pegg. Seann William Scott. John l.egui/amo. 93min. See Also Released. page 45. General release.
Ice Age 3 3D: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (l') 00. ((‘arlns Saldanha/ Mike 'l'hurmeier. IS. 2009) Voices of Simon Pegg. Seann William Scott. John I.egui/amo. 93min. See above. Selected release.
In the Loop ( IS) I... (Armando lannucci. l'ls'. 2009) Steve ('oogan. James (iandolphini. Anna ('hulmsky. 105mm. When the IS president and l'ls' prime minister (out the desire for more war to quell insurrection their undcr'lings and civ il servants go into overdrive on aggression. appeasement and foggy communication in this hilarioUs addition to that much neglected genre of apocalyptic satire. l‘oul- mouthed to the point of 'l‘ourelte's. In the 1.00]? is a celebration of irreverence and a very absurd and peculiar t} pe of tomfoolery. ('ameu. [cilia/Hugh.
Inkheart (PG) 0 (Iain Sol'lle}. (iermany/l'K/l'S. 2008) Brendan l-‘raser. lili/a Bennett. Paul Bettany. 10(nnin. lain Sol'tlc) 's long-shelv ed adaptation of ('ornelia liunke's children's novel sees liraser plays _\lo l‘lockart. aka Silvertongue.
blessed with the magical ability to bring stories to life by reading them aloud. With daughter Meggie (Bennett) in tow. .\lo traverses liurope in search of Ink/rearl. an ultra-rare book. An illiterate and exhausting experience for all ages. Empire (fit/(ffllllk. (Yule/rank: (imsvenm: (i/aremi: Inside I’m Dancing ( IS) .0. (Damien ()‘l)onnell. l'ls'. 200-1) James .\chvo_v. Steven Robertson. Romola (iarai. Brenda l‘ricker. l0-lmin. [fast is [fast director ()'l)onnell's new film is a heartwarming and cheeky riff on (Me Flew Over [he (-llt‘kUUIX .Vr'sl. in which lWo wheelchair likely lads (Robertson and McAvoy ) make a bid for freedom from an institution only to both fall in love with the same young lady ((iarai). Worthwhile if all a little obvious. (hm-rem": (ilasgrm: Kambakkht Ishq ( IZA) (Sabir Khan. lndia. 2009) Akshay Kumar. Sylvester Stallone. 125mm. Action comedy about an Indian stunt man in Hollywood. Se/eeleil I'l'lf'lle'.
Katyn ( I8) .00.
Poland. 2007) Artur Zmijewski. Maja ()stas/ewska. Andr/ej ('hy rat. I lein. See review. page 4-1. Film/muse. I'ft/in/im'gli. La Scala Opera: La Traviata (t') (Liliana ('avani. Italy. 2008) Angela (lheorghiu. Ramon Vargas. Roberto l‘r'ontali. 140mm. Verdi‘s sumptuous tale of courtesan \‘ioletta Valery ((iheorghiu) and her noble love for Alfredo (iermont (Vargas) is here transported live from stage to screen. ('u/neu. [film/Hugh.
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Highlights of the 23rd festival of LGBT friendly cinema includes new print of Ron Peck’s seminal 1978 Nighthawks, French comedy Baby Love (pictured) and light-
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Last Chance Harvey ( IZA) O. l (Joel Hopkins. US. 2008) Dustin Hoffman. limma 'l'hompson. 91min. A lounge bar meeting between crumpled Harvey Shine (Hoffman). a [S businessman arriving at l Heathrow on a trip to his daughter's 3 wedding. with lovelorn but mother- 3 dominated Kate Walker (Thompson). i triggers some drab rom-com shenanigans i that surely only the most out-of-touch could find palatable. This supposed comedy ' romance raises few laughs and offers a truly bizarre serial-killer subplot. which doesn‘t fit the feyness of the project. 'I‘wee and sanitised stuff. (ieneral release.
The Last House on the Left ( 18) 0.. (Dennis lliadis. UK. 2009) (iarret l)illahunt. Michael Bowen. Sara Paxton. l09min. This glossy remake of Wes (‘raven‘s scuzzy I972 rape and revenge shocker thankfully strays from the original‘s sleazy path. When teenage girl Mari (Paxton) heads off to score some drugs whilst holidaying remotely with her parents. she falls foul of a family of homicidal maniacs. As before. there's a painfully
drawn out build-up to an extremely nasty
rape sequence. and in the aftermath. Mari’s parents turn vengeful. Part of short Italian llorror season. (ieneral release.
A Little Princess (PG) 000
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97min. Young Sara is forced to leave her privileged life in India for a New York girls' boarding school when WW1 breaks out.
hearted Czech coming of age drama Dolls. There’s also the semi-improvised rent boy drama Greek Pete and possibly the first film based on the life of a reality TV star Pedro, about Pedro Zamora who was a contestant in MTV’s The Real World in 1994 and thought to be the first international television personality to admit to being HIV positive. Ticket deals available.
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