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✽✽ Submarine (15) ●●●●● (Richard Ayoade, UK, 2010) Craig Roberts,
Yasmin Paige, Noah Taylor. 94min. A witty, poignant and hugely accomplished British comedy about a 15-year-old schoolboy (Roberts) struggling with a rich fantasy life in a Welsh village in the late 20th century. Debut director Ayoade (star of The IT Crowd) looks set for a glowing career. General release. Sucker Punch (12A) (Zack Snyder, US/Canada, 2011) Emily Browning, Abbie Cornish, Jena Malone. 109min. See Also Released, page 66. General release. Tangled 2D (PG) ●●●●● (Nathan Greno, US, 2010) Voices of Mandy Moore, Zachary Levi, Donna Murphy. 96min. Disney/Pixar funk-up of the classic tale of Rapunzel that is nonetheless traditional to the core, blessed with catchy musical numbers and a plethora of scenes ripped off directly from the studio’s own back catalogue (see Aladdin, Little Mermaid et al). Funny and impressive, but lacking charm. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. Tell No One (Ne Le Dis a Personne) (15) ●●●●● (Guillaume Canet, France, 2006) Francois Cluzet, Mari-Josee Croze, Nathalie Baye. 125min. Superb Parisian-set thriller adapted from Harlan Coben’s novel. Alexandre Beck (Cluzet) receives a video email of his supposedly dead wife and uncovers a hot bed of danger from cops and killers alike. Cameo, Edinburgh. The Tempest (PG) ●●●●● (Julie Taymor, UK, 2011) Helen Mirren, Alan Cumming, Felicity Jones. 109min. With an all-star cast, stunning Oscar-nominated costumes by Sandy Powell and lashings of CGI, Taymor’s gender-bending adaptation (starring Mirren as ‘Prospera’) sounds lively enough, but it flounders in ugly visuals and pretension. Filmhouse, Edinburgh; Macrobert, Stirling. Term of Trial (15) (Peter Glenville, UK, 1962) Laurence Olivier, Simone Signoret, Sarah Miles. 130min. A sensitive, idealistic teacher is unable to deal with the ne’er-do- wells at his school. Then his fatherly interest in a female student leads to accusations of abuse and chaos ensues. Part of Projecting the Archive. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. Thinking Through Cinema Various artists, including Corin Sworn and Torsten Lauschmann, explore the differences between film (as a medium) and cinema (as a cultural, architectural and social space), by means of performances, projections and discussions throughout the afternoon. Tramway, Glasgow. Thor 3D (tbc) (Kenneth Branagh, US, 2011) Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Anthony Hopkins. tbcmin. See Also Released, page 66. General release. The Tin Drum (Die Blechtrommel) (15) ●●●●● (Volker Schlondorff, West Germany/France/Poland/Yugoslavia , 1979) David Bennent, Mario Adorf, Charles Aznavour. 142min. Fantastic, witty, clever and deeply memorable version of Gunther Grass’ analgous drama about an intellectual boy who refuses to grow in protest at the world around him (it’s actually an attack of those who stayed passive in Nazi Germany). Buñuel favourite Jean-Claude Carrière adapted Grass’ monster of a book. Recommended. Glasgow Film Theatre. Tomorrow, When the War Began (12A) ●●●●● (Stuart Beattie, Australia/US, 2010) Caitlin Stasey, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Lincloln Lewis. 103min. See Also Released, page 66. Selected release. Tracker (12A) (Ian Sharp, UK/New Zealand, 2010) Ray Winstone, Temuera Morrison. 101min. See Also Released, page 66. Cameo, Edinburgh. Tron: Legacy 2D (PG) ●●●●● (Joseph Kosinski, US, 2010) Jeff Bridges, Garrett Hedlund, Michael Sheen. 127min. Long- awaited sequel to the 1982 cult fave starring Hedlund as Sam, the son of missing games designer Kevin (Bridges) who follows his father into a virtual world. Konsinski’s remake will appeal to original fans but is otherwise a gaudy, nonsensical confection with cringeworthy dialogue (if good soundtrack). Macrobert, Stirling. True Grit (15) ●●●●● (Joel Cohen/Ethan Cohen, US, 2010) Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon,
Hailee Steinfeld. 110min. The Coen brothers’ version of Charles Portis’ novel takes an expansive, detailed view of a corrupt, bygone society, seen through the eyes of 14-year-old Mattie Ross (Steinfeld). Eliciting the help of drunken veteran Cogburn (Bridges), she seeks the gang who murdered her father. General release. The Truman Show (PG) ●●●●● (Peter Weir, US, 1998) Jim Carrey, Laura Linney, Ed Harris. 103min. Truman Burbank leads a life of sublime banality in the picture perfect island community of Seahaven, but is the unwitting star of the world’s longest-running documentary soap opera. The Truman Show (the movie) is flawlessly put together, with script and direction perfectly judged. Carrey, still a schmuck, but less ingratiating than usual, surprisingly gives the movie its heart. St Bride’s Centre, Edinburgh. A Turtle’s Tale: Sammy’s Adventures 2D (U) ●●●●● (Ben Stassen, Belgium, 2010) Voices of Melanie Griffith, Isabelle Fuhrman, Yuri Lowenthal. 85min. Likeable animation with an environmental message. General release. A Turtle’s Tale: Sammy’s Adventures 3D (U) ●●●●● (Ben Stassen, Belgium, 2010) Voices of Melanie Griffith, Isabelle Fuhrman, Yuri Lowenthal. 85min. See above. General release. Twelve Angry Men (PG) ●●●●● (Sydney Lumet, US, 1957) Henry Fonda, Lee J Cobb, Ed Begley, Jack Klugman. 95min. One man stands out against his fellow jurors’ somewhat prejudiced view of the murder case they are trying. The battle is consistently tense and sweaty as Fonda struggles to convince the other 11 that the accused is innocent until proven guilty. Sloans, Glasgow. 20,000 Leagues under the Sea (PG) ●●●●● (Richard Fleischer, US, 1954) Kirk Douglas, James Mason, Paul Lukas. 126min. Jules Verne goes Disney in this lavish and exciting underwater adventure. Mason is great as the anguished Captain Nemo, but Douglas is a bit too American goodie-goodie. Part of Edinburgh International Science Festival. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. Two in The Wave (Deux De La Vague) (12A) ●●●●● (Emmanuel Laurent, France, 2010) 91min. A richly detailed account of the friendship and shared history of two of the leading lights of the French New Wave, Francois Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard. Glasgow Film Theatre. Twosome (15) (Jaroslav Fuit, Czech Republic, 2009) Kristyna Fuitova-Novakova, Jakub Wagner. 89min. Part of New Europe Film Festival. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. Under the Sea 3D (U) (Howard Hall, UK, 2009) Jim Carrey. 65min. Carrey narrates an underwater 3D look at the impact of global warming upon the diverse coastal regions of Southern Australia, New Guinea and the Indo-Pacific areas. IMAX Theatre, Glasgow. Unknown (12A) ●●●●● (Jaume Collet- Serra, UK/Germany/France/Canda/Japan/ US, 2011) Liam Neeson, January Jones, Diane Kruger. 113min. Neeson plays a biotech scientist, in Berlin to attend a conference, but things go awry when the good doctor leaves his briefcase at the airport. One car crash later and he’s in a coma, his identity stolen and no one believes that he is the man he purports to be. Director Collet-Serra makes the best out of the preposterous, while plenty of suspension of belief is required. General release. Varieté (12A) (EA Dupont, Germany, 1925) Emil Jannings, Maly Delschaft, Lya De Putti. 72min. A melodrama – told in a series of flashbacks – about a cuckolded trapeze artist out for revenge. Part of Realism in Weimar Cinema season. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. Venice (15) (Jan Jakub Kolski, Poland, 2010) Magdalena Cielecka, Agnieszka Grochowska, Marcin Walewski. 114min. An adaptation of three short stories by Wlodzimierz Odojewski about a young Polish boy who goes on a trip Venice in 1939 just as the Germans make their advances on Poland, and ends up staying in Italy much longer than planned. Part of Kinoteka Polish Film Festival. Glasgow Film Theatre. The Veteran (tbc) (Matthew Hope, UK, 2011) Toby Kebbell, Brian Cox, Tony
Curran. 90min. See Also Released, page 66. Selected release. WALL-E (U) ●●●●● (Andrew Stanton, US, 2008) Voices of Fred Willard, Jeff Garlin, Ben Burtt. 103min. Inspired by sci-fi classics from the 1960s and 70s, Pixar have created a post-apocalyptic story set in a future in which the Earth has been abandoned by humankind, where a solitary robot named WALL-E executes his now pointless trash collecting programme. At its heart this is a very sweet romantic comedy, and that’s what provides the emotional clout. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. Walk Me Home (15) (Timothy Neat, UK, 1993) Angela Winkler, John Berger, Norman Maclean. 87min. A few hours spent together give a young woman and an older man a new perspective on life. Glasgow Film Theatre. Walkabout (15) ●●●●● (Nicholas Roeg, Australia, 1970) Jenny Agutter, Lucien John, David Gumpilil. 100min. Two English kids have to fend for themselves in the Australian outback when their father commits suicide. Sexual and cultural tensions are captured by magnificent photography by the former cinematographer, here on his second film as director. Part of Roeg season. Macrobert, Stirling. Wallander: Kuriren (15) (Leif Magnusson, Sweden, 2009) Krister Henriksson, Lena Endre, Stina Ekblad. 90min. Scottish Swedish Society screening of an episode of the popular crime thriller series. In this installment, a motorcyclist is murdered and every clue points to the local motorbike courier gang. Sofi’s, Edinburgh. The War you Don’t See (E) ●●●●● (John Pilger/Andy Lowery, UK, 2010) 90min. Powerful investigation into the relationship between the media and war, including the history of ‘embedded’ versus independent reporting. Cameo, Edinburgh. Water Horse: Legend of the Deep (PG) ●●●●● (Jay Russell, US/UK, 2007) Emily Watson, Brian Cox, Joel Tobeck. 111min. Blending monster thrills with a thoughtful pacifist message, this adaptation of Dick King-Smith’s well-loved book tells of the friendship between Angus and the legendary creature Nessie, who he rears from an egg into a full-blown beastie. The Hippodrome, Bo’ness. We Can Do That (Si Può Fare) (15) (Giulio Manfredonia, Italy, 2008) Claudio Bisio, Anita Caprioli, Giuseppe Battiston. 111min. Nello looks after a group of former mental patients released into the community. Two of them have a great talent for installing parquet floors so Nello establishes a cooperative flooring company for rich clients. Part of Italian Film Festival. Filmhouse, Edinburgh; Glasgow Film Theatre. West is West (15) ●●●●● (Andy DeEmmony, UK, 2010) Aqib Khan, Om Puri, Linda Bassett. 103min. Featuring none of the anarchically inventive comedy or keen social observation of East is East, this long- belated sequel follows Salford chip-shop owner George Khan (Puri) as he takes his unruly son on a character-building trip to Pakistan. A few nice moments, but for the most part this is an uninspired and unrewarding sequel. Selected release. What a Beautiful Day (Che Bella Giornata) (15) (Gennaro Nunziante, Italy, 2009) Checco Zalone, Nabiha Akkari, Mehdi Mahdloo. 97min. A pair of Islamic terrorists – planning to bomb a cathedral – dupes a security guard, who has delusions of grandeur. Part of Italian Film Festival. Filmhouse, Edinburgh; Glasgow Film Theatre. The Wildest Dream (PG) (Anthony Geffen, USA, 2010) Voices of Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Natasha Richardson. 93min. The story of Conrad Anker’s 1999 discovery of the body of George Mallory, a British explorer who died in his attempt to summit Everest 75 years earlier. Told through
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archival photos and footage, new dramatisation and the letters between Mallory and his wife. Macrobert, Stirling. Winnie the Pooh (U) ●●●●● (Stephen J Anderson/Don Hall, US, 2011) Voices: Jim Cummings, Craig Ferguson, John Cleese. 73min. See Also Released, page 66. General release. The Witches (PG) ●●●●● (Nicholas Roeg, US, 1990) Anjelica Huston, Mai Zetterling, Rowan Atkinson. 92min. Nine- year-old Luke is warned by his Norwegian granny about the ever present threat posed by witches, which isn’t much help because within the next half hour he stumbles on their annual convention in a small English hotel and gets himself changed into a mouse. A pleasing adaption of Roald Dahl’s children’s story has director Roeg (in unusually straightforward manner) creating a superior kids’ movie that has you rooting for the mice all the way. Part of Roeg season. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. The Wizard of Oz (U) ●●●●● (Victor Fleming, US, 1939) Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Jack Haley, Margaret Hamilton, Toto. 102min. Miserable Dorothy runs away from home but is soon whisked up into a magical land where her adventures teach her that happiness is to be found in her own back yard. Scotsman Screening Room, Edinburgh. Wombling Free (U) ●●●●● (Lionel Jeffries, UK, 1977) 96min. The film version of the popular kids’ TV show about the furry recyclers who live on Wimbledon Common. Tobermory, Great Uncle Bulgaria, Madam Cholet and Orinoko are all there, singing and dancing away as they try to save the environment. Glasgow Film Theatre. The Wonders of the Universe (12A) (UK, 2011) 60min. A screening from the series presented by Prof Brian Cox. Featuring an introduction and post-screening Q&A. Part of Edinburgh International Science Festival. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. Yogi Bear 2D (U) ●●●●● (Eric Brevig, US/New Zealand, 2010) Dan Aykroyd, Justin Timberlake, Anna Faris. 80min. Yogi Bear (Aykroyd) sets about saving Jellystone Park from corrupt politico Mayor Brown (Daly) with the help of a documentary maker (Faris) and pal BooBoo (Timberlake). Good films for children are hard to get right but Yogi Bear makes it look almost impossible. Selected release. You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (12A) ●●●●● (Woody Allen, UK, 2011) Antonio Banderas, Josh Brolin, Anthony Hopkins, Gemma Jones. 98min. Allen returns to London with an amusing if slight comedy about failed ambitions and illicit passions. There’s pleasure to be found in Allen’s ability to expertly weave storylines together but despite its impressive cast, the characters and relationships feel like tired parodies. Selected release. Young Hearts Run Free (12A) (Andy Mark Simpson, UK, 2011) Fran Biggs, Andy Black, Matthew Brown. 93min. See Also Released, page 66. CCA, Glasgow; Macrobert, Stirling. Your Highness (15) (David Gordon Greene, US, 2011) Danny McBride, Zooey Deschanel, James Franco. 102min. See Also Released, page 66. General release. A Zed and Two Noughts (15) (Peter Greenaway, UK/Netherlands, 1985) Brian Deacon, Eric Deacon, Andrea Ferreol. 115min. Wracked with grief following the deaths of their wives in a freak accident, a pair of twin brothers become obsessed with the cycle of of birth, death, decay and putrefaction. An early indication of Greenaway’s extraordinary visual qualities, and his unwholesome interest in decay . . . Filmhouse, Edinburgh. Zombie Undead (tbc) (Rhys Davies, UK, 2010) Ruth King, Kris Tearse, Barry Thomas. 79min. See Also Released, page 66. General release.
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