www.list.co.uk/film soon transcends sexual and social boundaries and assumptions. Part of Cine Cuba season. Glasgow Film Theatre. Sunshine Cleaning (15) ●●●●● (Christine Jeffs, US, 2008) Amy Adams, Emily Blunt, Alan Arkin. 91min. Two sisters (Adams and Blunt) set up a business to disinfect crime scenes in this small town tragicomedy. A solid if unexceptional script by first time writer Megan Holley offers fodder for some well-tuned performances but the devil is in the details, with the bile and blood being too icky to generate laughs and a subplot disappointingly underdeveloped. Glasgow Film Theatre. The Taking of Pelham 123 (15) ●●●●● (Tony Scott, UK, 2009) Denzel Washington, John Travolta, Luis Guzmán. 121min. Disappointing remake of 1974’s Joseph Sargent thriller with Washington downplaying as put-upon controller Walter Garber and Travolta at his scuzziest as the vindictive Ryder, who takes a train full of innocent New Yorkers as security for his ransom demands. Not a patch on the original, John Godey’s tightly-wound original novel deserved a better make-over than this. General release. Taxi Driver (18) ●●●●● (Martin Scorsese, US, 1976) Robert De Niro, Cybill Shepherd, Jodie Foster. 114min. An alienated taxi driver in New York is so repelled by the squalor and the moral decay around him that he is driven to terrible violence. One of the key films of the seventies with the Scorsese-De Niro partnership at its peak. Odeon, Edinburgh. The Time Traveler’s Wife (12A) ●●●●● (Robert Schwentke, US, 2009) Eric Bana, Rachel MacAdams, Michelle Nolden. 107min. See preview, page 22 and Also Released, page 23. General release. Toni (PG) ●●●●● (Jean Renoir, France, 1935) Charles Blavette, Celia Motalvan, Edouard Delmont. 83min. Thought to be influential upon the Italian neo-realist style, Renoir’s Toni was shot entirely on location and chronicles a crime of passion committed in the immigrant community of Les Martigues. Part of Renoir season. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. The Toxic Avenger (18) ●●●●● (Michael Herz/Samuel Weill, US, 1984) Andree Maranda, Mitchell Cohen, Jennifer Baptist. 100min. Ultratrash offering from the Troma stable, which also brought you Redneck Zombie, Rabid Grannies and Surf Nazis Must Die. This one has the high school nerd fall into a vat of toxic waste only to emerge as a do-gooding mutant killer. Features a Q&A with Troma’s Lloyd Kaufman. Cameo, Edinburgh. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (12A) (Michael Bay, US, 2009) Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel. 146min. Sam Witwicky (LaBeouf) again joins with the Autobots against their sworn enemies, the Decepticons. Selected release. The Ugly Truth (15) ●●●●● (Robert Luketic, US, 2009) Katherine Heigl, Gerard Butler, Bree Turner. 92min. This by-the- numbers romantic comedy pairs lovelorn TV producer Heigl with alpha male Butler, a public-access agony-uncle with a misogynist streak that hides a vulnerable, equally lovelorn man, for a mindless run through of familiar genre clichés. A disposable time waster for incurable romantics. General release. Up to a Certain Point (18) ●●●●● (Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Cuba, 1983) Óscar Álvarez, Mirta Ibarra, Omar Valdés. 88min. A theatre director falls for Lina (Ibarra), a worker from the Havana docks, and their ensuing romance wittily dissects the nature of the bourgeois intellectual. Part of Cine Cuba season. Glasgow Film Theatre. Vivre Sa Vie (15) ●●●●● (Jean Luc Godard, France, 1973) Anna Karenina, Sady Rebbot, André Labarthe. 85min. In this tale in 12 parts we witness the decline and fall of (Godard’s then wife) Karina’s prostitute Nana as she gains increasing control of her consciousness but eventually loses her life. Godard’s project is based on this mind/body problematic: to live within the limitations of the exploited flesh, or the freedom of the mind. Part of Truffaut/Godard season. Filmhouse, Edinburgh.
Films are listed by city, then alphabetically by cinema. Listings are compiled by Suzanne Black.
Glasgow
Cineworld Parkhead
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); OAPs £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 13 AUG Aliens in the Attic (PG) 10.20am, 12.25, 2.30, 4.35, 6.40. Bandslam (PG) 10.45am, 1.15, 3.30, 6.00, 8.30. G-Force 2D (PG) 11.00am, 1.25, 3.40, 6.00. GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra (12A) 10.30am, 1.10, 3.50, 6.30, 9.10. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (12A) 12.30, 4.00, 7.30. Land of the Lost (12A) 11.10am, 1.30, 3.55. Orphan (15) 6.10, 8.50. The Proposal (12A) 9.15. The Taking of Pelham 123 (15) 9.00. The Ugly Truth (15) noon, 2.20, 4.40, 7.00, 9.20.
FRIDAY 14–THURSDAY 20 Aliens in the Attic (PG) Daily: 11.20am, 1.30, 3.40, 6.05. Also Fri, Mon & Tue: 8.20. Bandslam (PG) Daily: 10.30am, 1.00, 3.30, 6.00, 8.30. G-Force 2D (PG) Daily: 11.00am (not Sat), 1.25, 3.50, 5.55. Genevieve (U) Sat: 11.30am. GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra (12A) Daily: 11.30am (not Sat & Sun), 2.20, 5.10, 8.00. Hannah Montana – The Movie (U) Sat: 10.00am. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (12A) Daily: 11.15am (not Sat), 2.25, 5.35. Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (U) Daily: 11.50am, 2.00 & 4.15 (not Sat & Sun). Inglourious Basterds (18) Sat, Sun, Wed & Thu: 8.45. Monsters vs Aliens 2D (PG) Sat: 10.00am. Orphan (15) Daily: 8.50. The Proposal (12A) Daily: 8.15. Shorts (PG) Sat & Sun: 12.30, 2.30, 4.30. The Time Traveler’s Wife (12A) Daily: 11.10am, 1.40, 4.10, 6.40, 9.10. The Ugly Truth (15) Daily: 6.35, 9.00.
Cineworld Renfrew Street
7 Renfrew Street. 24hr bookings & info: 0871 200 2000. Bar. Adults £6.40 (£5.50 Mon–Fri before 5pm); Concs £4.40. Family ticket £17 (£15.60 Sun–Thu). Early bird (all tickets before 1pm): £4. Yearly pass (unlimited movies): £10.99 per month. THURSDAY 13 AUG Adam (12A) 10.50am, 1.15, 3.50, 6.20, 8.50. Aliens in the Attic (PG) 10.20am, 12.20, 2.20, 4.20. Bandslam (PG) 10.30am, 1.10, 3.50, 6.30, 9.10. Brüno (18) 9.25. Coco Before Chanel (12A) 12.45, 3.10, 5.50, 8.30. G-Force 2D (PG) 10.30am, 12.45.
G-Force 3D (PG) 11.00am, 1.30, 4.00, 6.30, 9.10. GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra (12A) 11.00am, 2.00, 3.00, 5.15, 6.00, 8.30, 9.10. The Hangover (15) 6.15, 8.50. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (12A) 10.20am, 12.30, 1.50, 4.00, 5.10, 7.30, 9.00. Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (U) 11.30am, 2.00. Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs 3D (U) 10.50am, 1.00, 3.00, 5.00, 7.00. Land of the Lost (12A) 10.20am, 12.50, 3.30, 5.50. Mesrine: Killer Instinct (15) 11.00am, 1.40, 4.20, 7.00, 9.40. Orphan (15) 11.30am, 2.20, 5.30, 8.45. A Perfect Getaway (15) 4.30, 6.50, 9.20. The Proposal (12A) 11.50am, 2.30, 5.30, 8.10, 8.50. The Taking of Pelham 123 (15) 10.30am, 1.10, 3.50, 6.45, 9.40. The Ugly Truth (15) 11.00am, 12.10, 1.30, 2.45, 4.10, 5.30, 6.40, 8.20, 9.20. FRIDAY 14–THURSDAY 20 Adam (12A) Fri & Mon: 7.00. Sat & Sun: 12.30. Wed & Thu: 3.10. Aliens in the Attic (PG) Daily: 10.20am, 12.10, 2.10, 4.20, 6.30. Antichrist (18) Late Fri & Sat: 11.20. Bandslam (PG) Fri & Sat: noon, 3.00, 6.10, 9.00, 11.50. Sun–Thu: 10.15am, 1.00, 3.45, 6.40, 9.30. Brüno (18) Daily (not Mon): 9.40. Also late Fri & Sat: 11.50. Coco Before Chanel (12A) Daily: 3.30, 6.00, 8.40. Also late Fri & Sat: 11.30. Dr No (PG) Mon: 3.30, 9.15. G-Force 2D (PG) Daily: 10.30am, 12.30, 2.30, 4.40 (not Wed & Thu). G-Force 3D (PG) Daily: 11.00am, 1.30, 4.00, 6.30. Also Fri, Mon & Tue: 9.00. GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra (12A) Daily: 11.00am, 12.45 (not Sat & Sun), 2.00, 3.10 (not Sat, Sun, Wed & Thu), 5.15, 8.20. Also Sat & Sun: 10.10am. Also late Fri & Sat: 11.30. The Hangover (15) Daily: 5.30, 8.10. Also late Fri & Sat: 10.40. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (12A) Weekdays: 10.20am, 11.30am, 1.50, 2.40, 5.10, 8.45. Sat & Sun: 10.20am, 11.00am, 1.50, 5.10, 8.45. Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (U) Daily: 11.00am, 1.30 (not Sun & Mon). Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (Subtitled) (U) Sun & Mon: 1.30. Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs 3D (U) Daily: 10.50am, 1.00, 3.00, 5.00, 7.00. Imagine That (PG) Daily: 10.30am, 1.10. Inglourious Basterds (18) Sat, Sun, Wed & Thu: 11.00am, 2.10, 5.20, 8.30, 9.00. Also late Sat: 11.40. Kaminey (15) Daily: 2.00, 5.20, 8.30. Also late Fri & Sat: 11.30. Land of the Lost (12A) Daily: 11.50am. Life Partner (12A) Daily: 11.30am & 2.30 (not Wed & Thu), 5.40, 8.40. Also late Fri & Sat: 11.40. Mesrine: Killer Instinct (15) Weekdays: 6.00 (not Mon), 8.45. Sat & Sun: 6.30, 9.00.
Index Film
Moon (15) Weekdays: 9.25. Sat & Sun: 3.00. Also late Fri: 11.50. Orphan (15) Daily: 11.45am (not Sat & Sun), 2.45, 5.45, 8.50. Also late Fri & Sat: 11.45. A Perfect Getaway (15) Daily: 11.30am (not Sat & Sun), 2.00, 4.30, 6.50, 9.20. Also late Fri & Sat: 11.40. The Proposal (12A) Daily: 11.50am, 2.30, 5.30, 8.10. Also late Fri & Sat: 10.45. Shorts (PG) Sat & Sun: 10.40am, 1.00, 3.00. The Taking of Pelham 123 (15) Daily: 3.50 (not Mon), 6.45 (not Mon & Tue), 9.40. The Time Traveler’s Wife (12A) Daily: 11.30am, 2.30, 5.30, 8.30. Also late Fri & Sat: 11.30. The Ugly Truth (15) Daily: 11.00am, 1.30, 4.10, 6.40, 8.30 (not Wed & Thu), 9.20. Also late Fri & Sat: 11.00.
Empire Clydebank
Clyde Regional Centre, Clydebank. 24hr bookings & info: 08714 714 714. Adults £6 (£5 Mon–Fri before 5pm); Students £5.50 (£4.50 Mon–Fri before 5pm ); Children £4.50; OAPs £4.30. Family ticket £16.60 (£14.60 before 5pm Mon–Fri). Empire juniors (specific films Sat & Sun): £1. THURSDAY 13 AUG Aliens in the Attic (PG) 11.40am, 1.40. Bandslam (PG) 11.45am, 2.15, 5.00. G-Force 2D (PG) 11.30am, 1.45, 4.15, 6.30. GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra (12A) 11.15am, 12.15, 2.00, 3.00, 4.45, 5.45, 7.30, 8.30. The Hangover (15) 9.10. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (12A) 12.45, 4.00, 7.15, 8.15. Land of the Lost (12A) 1.50, 4.20. Orphan (15) 12.10, 3.10, 5.50, 8.50. A Perfect Getaway (15) 6.40, 9.00. The Proposal (12A) 12.20, 2.50, 5.40, 8.10. The Taking of Pelham 123 (15) 3.40, 6.10, 8.40. The Ugly Truth (15) 1.00, 3.30, 6.00, 8.20.
FRIDAY 14–THURSDAY 20 Aliens in the Attic (PG) Daily: noon, 2.00, 4.00, 6.15. Bandslam (PG) Daily: 11.45am, 2.30, 5.15, 8.00. G-Force 2D (PG) Daily: 11.20am, 1.20, 3.20, 5.20 (not Wed & Thu). GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra (12A) Daily: 2.15, 5.00, 7.15 (not Wed & Thu), 8.15. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (12A) Daily: 1.30, 4.50, 8.10.
Mark Of An Angel (12A) Mon 17th Aug 7:30pm Wed 19th Aug 7:30pm 13–20 Aug 2009 THE LIST 27