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✽✽ The Secret in their Eyes (El Secreto De Sus Ojos) (18)
●●●●● (Juan José Campanella, Argentina/Spain, 2009) Ricardo Darín, Soledad Villamil, Pablo Rago. 129min. Richly satisfying and unashamedly old- fashioned piece of film noir storytelling. Glasgow Film Theatre; Filmhouse, Edinburgh. Sentiment (15) ●●●●● (Tomas Hejtmanek, Czech Repbublic, 2003) 76min. Hejtmanek’s tribute to seminal Czech director Frantisek Vlácil, with re-enactments of interviews taped shortly before his death intercut with footage of locations where some of his greatest work was shot. Part of Vlácil season. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. Seven Samurai (PG) ●●●●● (Akira Kurosawa, Japan, 1954) Toshiro Mifune, Takahashi Simura. 200min. A group of timid villagers seek protection against the excesses of a brutal warlord by hiring seven heroic samurai. Seminal Japanese action picture, with a slow-building dignity matching the best of John Ford, and in its stylishly aesthetic handling of screen violence, a profound influence on everyone from Peckinpah to Eastwood. Highly recommended. Part of Korosawa season. Glasgow Film Theatre. Shrek Forever After (PG) ●●●●● (Mike Mitchell, US, 2010) Voices: Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz. 93min. A fourth and final instalment, rebooting the flagging franchise with a new alternate-reality twist which sees Shrek escape fatherhood for a one-day return to his bachelor years. A warmed-over sequel that lazily re-configures familiar elements to mildly pleasing effect. Selected release. Some Like it Hot (PG) ●●●●● (Billy Wilder, US, 1959) Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, Marilyn Monroe. 120min. Two impecunious male musicians inadvertently witness the St Valentine’s Day Massacre and take refuge in Florida with Sweet Sue and her Society Syncopators, an all-female band. Brilliant, brittle, crackerjack farce with all concerned at a peak in their careers. Glasgow Film Theatre. The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (PG) ●●●●● (Jon Turteltaub, USA, 2010) Nicolas Cage, Jay Baruchel, Alfred Molina. 111min. From the combination that brought us Pirates of the Caribbean comes a sadly less exciting fantasy, with an uninspired ‘dweeb becomes chosen one’ plot. Too much is made of sappy romance instead of indulging in duels, the acting is dry and dusty and the film lacks the magic it promises. General release. Space Chimps 2 – Zartog Strikes Back 2D (U) ●●●●● (John H Williams, US, 2010) Voices: Laura Bailey, Zack Shada. 75min. Those box office-busting chimps are back for more family fun. Glasgow Film Theatre. Splintered (18) ●●●●● (Simeon Halligan, UK, 2008) David Bowen, Sacha Dhawan, Jace Desay. 146min. See Also Released, page 86. Selected release from Fri 3 Sep. Step Up 3 2D (12A) ●●●●● (Jon Chu, USA, 2010) Alyson Stoner, Sharni Vinson, Rick Malambri. 107min. A group of underground street dancers from New York City team up with freshman Moose (Adam G Sevani) and find themselves pitted against the world’s best hip hop dancers in a life- changing showdown. Selected release. Step Up 3 3D (12A) ●●●●● (Jon Chu, USA, 2010) Alyson Stoner, Sharni Vinson, Rick Malambri. 107min. See above. General release. StreetDance 2D (PG) ●●●●● (Max Giwa/Dania Pasquini, UK, 2010) Nichola Burley, Charlotte Rampling, George Sampson. 98min. Carly (Burley) and her crew attempt to triumph at the UK Street Dance Championships with the unlikely help of some ballet students. Vue Ocean, Edinburgh. The Switch (12A) ●●●●● (Josh Gordon/Will Speck, US, 2010) Jennifer Aniston, Jeff Goldblum, Juliette Lewis. 101min. See Also Released, page 86. Selected release. They Made Me a Fugitive (PG) ●●●●● (Alberto Cavalcanti, UK, 1947) Trevor Howard, Sally Gray, Griffith Jones.
100min. An ex-RAF officer turned petty crook (Howard) is framed by a malicious spiv in this British noir classic. Reissue. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. This is England ‘86 (15) (Shane Meadows/Tom Harper, UK, 2010) Thomas Turgoose, Joseph Gilgun, Vicky McClure. 48min. First episode of a new TV drama from filmmaker Shane Meadows and Tom Harper, all about being young in a summer of unemployment, the World Cup in Mexico, and Europe at No 1. Part of Big Screen TV season. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. The Thomas Crown Affair (PG) ●●●●● (Norman Jewison, USA, 1968) Steve McQueen, Faye Dunaway, Paul Burke. 97min. McQueen goes upmarket, playing a playboy billionaire who orchestrates a bank heist just for the fun of it and meets his match in the beautiful young investigator sent to catch him. Part of McQueen season. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. Toy Story 3 (U) ●●●●● (Lee Unkrich, USA, 2010) Voices of Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack. 108min. Andy has grown up and is on the way to college, so everyone’s favourite toys are packed off to Sunnyside day-care centre. After a whirlwind of close-cut situations, the film manages to retain its good humour and pathos long enough to bring all the characters safely to a satisfying resolution. General release. Trainspotting (18) ●●●●● (Danny Boyle, UK, 1995) Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Robert Carlyle, Jonny Lee Miller. 93min. John Hodge’s screenplay perfectly captures the desperate humour of Irvine Welsh’s novel, keeping the episodic structure of junkie scenes for the first half before concentrating on Renton in London in the later stages. Fast and stylish direction, with a creative soundtrack and acting that’s off-the- rails excellent this cinematic blast from beginning to end shows a complex – and true – understanding of the lure and fatal consequences of drug-taking. Part of Great Scots. Glasgow Film Theatre. 22 Bullets (L’Immortel) (18) ●●●●● (Richard Berry, France, 2010) Jean Reno, Kad Merad, Gabriella Wright. 117min. See review, page 85. Selected release from Fri 3 Sep. The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (12A) ●●●●● (David Slade, US, 2010) Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner. 123min. The epic relationship between Bella (Stewart) and undead Edward (Pattinson) falters when her new lupine friend Jacob (Lautner) is added to the mix. Selected release. Villa Amalia (PG) ●●●●● (Benoit Jacquot, France, 2009) Isabelle Huppert, Maya Sansa, Xavier Beauvois. 94min. On discovering her husband’s infidelity, a concert pianist (Huppert) systematically destroys all traces of her past life and sets of with only a weekend bag for the Neapolitan coast. Glasgow Film Theatre. Whisky Galore (PG) ●●●●● (Alexander Mackendrick, UK, 1949) Basil Radford, Joan Greenwood, Jean Cadell. 82min. Much-loved Ealing comedy by the late Sandy Mackendrick. A ship carrying a cargo of whisky is shipwrecked off a Scottish island during wartime, so the locals decide it’s time to quench their thirst. Full of wit and charm that others can only hope to emulate. CCA, Glasgow. The White Dove (15) ●●●●● (Frantisek Vlácil, Czechoslovakia, 1960) Karel Smyczek, Anna Pitasová, Katerina Irmanovová. 76min. A strikingly shot story of a dove blown off course from the Baltic Sea to Prague, where it is injured and then nursed back to health by a young boy. Part of Vlácil season. Glasgow Film Theatre; Filmhouse, Edinburgh. Women without Men (15) ●●●●● (Shirin Neshat, Germany/Austria/France, 2009) Navid Akhavan, Mina Azarian, Essa Zahir. 100min. The first feature from visual artist Shirin Neshat is based on a magical realist novel by Shahrnush Parsipur. Telling the stories of four resilient women living in Tehran during the 1953 Iranian coup, this is a painstakingly constructed and insightful social and political commentary on the Iran of today as much as it is that of an Iran of the past. Filmhouse, Edinburgh.
Films are listed by city, then alphabetically by cinema. Listings are compiled by Laura Ennor.
Glasgow CCA
350 Sauchiehall Street. Bookings: 0141 352 4900. Prices vary. THURSDAY 26 AUG Mother Joan of the Angels (PG) 7.00.
THURSDAY 2 SEP Cryptic Nights: Anna Meredith and Oliver Coates (E) 8.00.
FRIDAY 3 SEP Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute and Screen Academy Scotland (E) 6.00.
WEDNESDAY 8 SEP Akenfield (PG) 7.00. THURSDAY 9 SEP Whisky Galore (PG) 7.00.
Cineworld Parkhead
Forge Shopping Centre, 1221 Gallowgate. 0871 200 2000. Adults £6.30 (£5.70 Mon–Thu before 5pm). Children & Students £4.60 (£4.20 Mon–Thu). Seniors £4.60. Family ticket £18. Early bird (before noon): £4.20. Movies for Juniors (selected films Sat am): £1. THURSDAY 26 AUG Diary of a Wimpy Kid (PG) 4.15. The Expendables (15) 6.00, 8.30. Grown Ups (12A) 8.45. Knight and Day (12A) 11.00am, 1.35, 6.30, 9.10. The Last Airbender 3D (PG) 11.40am, 2.10. Marmaduke (U) 11.15am, 1.40, 3.50. Piranha 3D (18) 4.30, 6.50, 9.05. Salt (12A) 11.20am, 1.45, 4.20, 6.35, 9.00. Scott Pilgrim vs The World (12A) noon, 2.20, 7.00, 9.15. The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (PG) 10.30am, 1.15, 3.40, 6.15. Step Up 3 3D (12A) 8.50. Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue (U) 11.30am, 4.40. Toy Story 3 3D (U) 11.05am, 1.30, 3.55, 6.20.
FRIDAY 27–THURSDAY 2 Avatar 3D: Special Edition (12A) Daily: 4.00, 7.30. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (PG) Daily: 11.40am. Dinner for Schmucks (12A) Sat–Mon: 6.10, 8.30. The Expendables (15) Daily: 6.40, 9.00. Grown Ups (12A) Daily: 11.20am (not Sat), 2.00 (not Sun), 4.30, 6.50 (not Mon), 9.10. Grown Ups (Subtitled) (12A) Sun: 2.00. Mon: 6.50. Inception (12A) Fri & Tue–Thu: 8.00. The Last Airbender 3D (PG) Daily: 11.10am. Marmaduke (U) Daily: 11.00am (not Sat), 1.20, 3.40, 5.50 (not Sat–Mon). Piranha 3D (18) Daily: 6.45, 9.00. Planet 51 (U) Sat: 10.00am. Ponyo (U) Sat: 10.00am. Salt (12A) Daily: 1.50, 4.10, 6.25, 8.40. Scott Pilgrim vs The World (12A) Daily: 12.20, 3.10, 6.00, 8.50. Shrek Forever After 2D (PG) Sat: 11.30am. The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (PG) Daily: 11.15am (not Sat), 1.45, 4.15. Step Up 3 3D (12A) Daily: 1.30.
Index Film
Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue (U) Sat & Sun: 10.30am. Toy Story 3 3D (U) Daily: 11.30am, 1.55 (not Sun), 4.20. Toy Story 3 3D (Subtitled) (U) Sun: 1.55.
Cineworld Renfrew Street
7 Renfrew Street. 0871 200 2000. Adults £7 (£6 Mon–Thu before 5pm). Children 14 and under / Seniors / Students £4.90. Family ticket £20 (£18.60 Mon–Thu). Early bird (before 1pm): £4.70. 3D Supplement: Adult £1.90; Children / Students / Seniors / Unlimited £1.30; Family Ticket £5; Glasses 80p per pair. THURSDAY 26 AUG The A-Team (12A) 2.20, 8.00. Black Dynamite (15) 9.10. Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore 2D (U) 11.20am. Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore 3D (U) 12.20. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (PG) 5.30. The Expendables (15) 10.50am, 12.30, 1.20, 3.10, 3.50, 6.20, 8.40, 9.00. Grown Ups (12A) 11.50am, 2.10, 4.30, 6.50, 9.10. The Illusionist (12A) 1.30, 3.30, 6.00, 8.30. Inception (12A) 1.20, 4.50, 8.15. The Karate Kid (PG) 11.00am, 2.20, 8.50. Knight and Day (12A) 11.00am, 2.00, 5.00, 8.00. The Last Airbender 2D (PG) 11.20am. The Last Airbender 3D (PG) 12.40, 3.40, 6.20, 9.00. Marmaduke (U) 4.00. Piranha 3D (18) 11.00am, 1.20, 4.00, 6.40, 7.10, 9.30, 9.50. Salt (12A) 11.30am, 12.30, 2.30, 3.00, 5.30, 6.00, 8.25, 9.20. Scott Pilgrim vs The World (12A) 11.00am, 1.30, 4.10, 6.40, 9.30. Shrek Forever After 3D (PG) 11.30am. The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (PG) 12.40, 3.20, 5.50, 8.45. Step Up 3 3D (12A) 2.30, 5.30, 8.30. Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue (U) 5.15, 7.00. Toy Story 3 2D (U) 5.50. Toy Story 3 3D (U) 11.00am, 1.30, 2.00, 4.15, 5.00, 8.10. The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (12A) 1.10, 6.10.
FRIDAY 27–THURSDAY 2 The A-Team (12A) Fri–Mon, Wed & Thu: 8.40. Aashayein (12A) Daily: 11.30am, 2.30, 5.30, 8.30. Also late Fri & Sat: 11.50. Avatar 3D: Special Edition (12A) Daily: 12.40, 4.30, 8.20. Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore 3D (U) Sat–Mon: 10.30am. Chak Jawana (12A) Daily: 6.00, 9.10. Also Sat–Mon: 12.50. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (PG) Daily: 4.40. Also Sat–Mon: 11.00am. Dinner for Schmucks (12A) Sat–Mon: 11.30am, 2.30, 5.30, 8.45, 11.20 (not Sun & Mon). Dog Pound (18) Daily: 1.10, 3.40, 6.00, 8.20. Also late Fri & Sat: 10.50. The Expendables (15) Daily: 12.30, 3.10, 3.45, 5.50, 6.20, 8.40, 9.00. Also late Fri & Sat: 11.30. The Girl who Played with Fire (15) Daily: 11.00am, 2.10, 5.20, 8.30. Also late Fri & Sat: 11.40. Grown Ups (12A) Daily: 11.10am, 1.50, 4.30, 6.50, 9.20. Also late Fri & Sat: 11.50. The Illusionist (12A) Daily: 11.20am. Inception (12A) Daily: 1.20, 4.50, 8.15. Also late Fri & Sat: 11.40.
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