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113min. Summer superhero blockbuster as Reynolds is bestowed the power of the Green Lantern in this sci-fi action romp. Selected release. The Hangover Part II (15) ●●●●● (Todd Phillips, US, 2011) Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifianakis, Jamie Chung. 101min. Hair of the dog anyone? Those bad boys from The Hangover head to Thailand for more rum, sodomy and the lash. General release. Hanna (12A) ●●●●● (Joe Wright, US, 2011) Saoirse Ronan, Eric Bana, Cate Blanchett. 111min. The story of the eponymous 16-year-old (Ronan), trained in the arts of combat and survival by her ex-CIA father (Bana). It mutates into a chase movie, but really this is a coming- of-age story, and one of the strangest you’re ever likely to see. Cameo, Edinburgh. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 2D (12A) ●●●●● (David Yates, UK/US, 2011) Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint. 130min. The end has arrived for Harry and co and Voldemort’s onslaught on Hogwarts is a force to be reckoned with. Reviewed at list.co.uk/film General release. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 3D (12A) ●●●●● (David Yates, UK/US, 2011) Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint. 130min. See above. General release. His Girl Friday (U) ●●●●● (Howard Hawks, US, 1940) Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Bellamy. 92min. Hawks’ dynamic comedy is one of the best Hollywood ever made. Grant and Russell are fantastic as the sparring newspaper editor and top reporter drawing battlelines in their professional and personal lives. Hecht and MacArthur’s script from their original play The Front Page, spits out a series of rapid-fire quips and cross-cutting gags, but allows the supporting characters to have their scene-stealing moments too. The Hippodrome, Bo’ness. Hobo with a Shotgun (18) ●●●●● (Jason Eisener, Canada/US, 2011) Rutger Hauer, Pasha Ebrahimi, Robb Wells. 86min. In this second film expanded from a Grindhouse trailer, Hauer’s nameless drifter becomes a force for good by single- handedly taking down an evil kingpin and corrupt cops. It’s gleefully gruesome and knowingly funny as well as being shamelessly inept. Cameo, Edinburgh.
✽✽ Horrible Bosses (15) ●●●●● (Seth Gordon, US, 2011) Jennifer Anniston, Jason Bateman, Colin Farrell, Jamie Foxx. 97min. See review, page 53. General release. Horrid Henry: The Movie 3D (U) (Nick Moore, UK, 2011) Theo Stevenson, Anjelica Huston, Richard E Grant. tbcmin. Big screen off-shoot of popular British children’s television show about a naughty boy and some pretty scary adults. The first British children’s film to be filmed in 3D. Selected release. Howl (15) ●●●●● (Rob Epstein & Jeffrey Friedman, US, 2010) James Franco, Jon Hamm, Mary-Louise Parker. 84min. James Franco’s passionate and intelligent reading of Allen Ginsberg’s Howl is placed alongside a recreation of the obscenity trial of its publisher Lawrence Ferlinghetti. The animated translation of the poem is overly literal, but kudos to the filmmakers for bringing Ginsberg’s work to a new generation. Macrobert, Stirling. Huge (15) ●●●●● (Ben Miller, UK, 2010) Noel Clarke, Johnny Harris, Oliver Chris. 78min. Mildly diverting comedy- drama about a feuding comedy double act, directed and co-written by comedian and panel show regular Miller. The Hippodrome, Bo’ness. It Happened One Night (PG) ●●●●● (Frank Capra, US, 1934) Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Rosscoe Karns. 105min. Pursued across the States by a roving reporter, a runaway heiress eventually falls for his charms. The first film to use buses and motel rooms as a backdrop and still come up trumps, it remains a classy piece of work. The Hippodrome, Bo’ness.
Whisky Galore!
Alexander Mackendrick’s evergreen comedy about a band of Scottish highlanders’ attempts to salvage (and hang on to) thousands of cases of whisky grounded by a shipwreck is no stranger to Scottish cinemas, but this newly restored print should make it fresher than ever. ■ Filmhouse, Edinburgh, Fri 29 Jul–Thu 4 Aug.
Julia’s Eyes (Los Ojos de Julia) (15) ●●●●● (Guillem Morales, Spain, 2010) Belén Rueda, Lluís Homar, Pablo Derqui. 112min. A woman investigates the death of her twin sister while slowly losing her sight. Does the ‘invisible man’ she senses really exist and is he responsible? Mediocre horror produced by Guillermo del Toro. Macrobert, Stirling. Kung Fu Panda 2 2D (PG) ●●●●● (Jennifer Yuh, US, 2011) Voices of Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Jackie Chan. 90min. Sequel to the popular animated comedy about the martial arts master in a chubby panda body (Black). General release. Kung Fu Panda 2 3D (PG) ●●●●● (Jennifer Yuh, US, 2011) Voices of Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Jackie Chan. 90min. See above. General release. Labyrinth (U) ●●●●● (Jim Henson, US, 1986) David Bowie, Jennifer Connelly, Shelley Thompson. 101min. A teenage girl has her baby brother kidnapped by the King Of The Goblins, and so has to enter the fiendish labyrinth to get him back. Not bad family feature, with plenty of furry creatures to keep the kids happy. Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee. Larry Crowne (12A) ●●●●● (Tom Hanks, US, 2011) Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Bryan Cranston. 98min. Hanks and Roberts team up for post economic crash rom-com about a recently unemployed company man who forms a crush on a teacher at the adult college he starts to attend. General release. Last Year in Marienbad (12A) ●●●●● (Alain Resnais, France/Italy, 1961) Delphine Seyrig, Giorgio Albertazzi, Sacha Pitoeff. 94min. Resnais’ seminal abstract 1961 love story gets a new lease of life on cleaned up print in this evocative and enigmatic tale of a man who meets a woman in a rambling hotel, and believes he had an affair with her the previous year. Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee. Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’hoole 2D (PG) ●●●●● (Zack Snyder, USA/Australia, 2010) Jim Sturgess, Joel Edgerton, Ryan Kwanten. 90min. Off-kilter and inept owlimation from 300 director Snyder featuring Sturgess and Kwanten as young owlets
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kidnapped and pressed into service as soldiers, who attempt to seek out the mythic guardians of Ga’hoole and defeat the nefarious Metalbeak. Selected release. LIDF @ MCF (E) (Various) 90min. Screening of two films selected for the London International Documentary Festival, both evoking a specific time and place. The first is California is a Place, which follows four unusual inhabitants of the golden state, and the second is Cabaret Berlin, The Wild Scene, which offers an insider view of life in the Weimar Republic. Part of the Merchant City Festival. GMAC, Glasgow. Life in a Day (12A) ●●●●● (Kevin Macdonald, US, 2011) 95min. This YouTube project, directed by Kevin Macdonald, asked people around the world to make a film of their life on a specific day, 24 July 2010. From the 80,000 videos submitted, Macdonald and his army of editors have meticulously crafted this overwhelmingly positive, indeed joyful mix of disparate lives. Filmhouse, Edinburgh; Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow. The Light Thief (tbc) (Aktan Arym Kubat, France/Kyrgyzstan/ Germany/Netherlands, 2010) Aktan Arym Kubat, Taalaikan Abazova, Askat Sulaimanov. 80min. Comedy drama about electricity and minor and major corruption in a small village in Kyrgyzstan. See Also Released, page 55. Selected release. Little Rose (Rózyczka) (15) (Jan Kidawa-Blonski, Poland, 2010) Andrzej Seweryn, Magdalena Boczarska, Robert Wieckiewicz. 118min. A beautiful informant is set the task of betraying a Jewish writer in vehemently anti-Semitic 1960s Poland, only to find her loyalties pulled in more than one direction as time goes on. Part of the Play Poland Film Festival. Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow. London International Animation Festival Screening (U) (Various) 66min. A programme of short animation for all the family. Filmhouse, Edinburgh. Louise-Michel (15) ●●●●● (Benoît Delépine, France, 2008) Yolande Moreau, Bouli Lanners, Mathieu Kassovitz. 94min. The iconic Moreau plays Louise, the leader of a group of workers maddened by the sudden shutdown of their company. After the hitman they hire fails, Louise must take charge. Cameo, Edinburgh. Love Like Poison (Un poison violent) (15) ●●●●● (Katell Quillévéré, France, 2010) Clara Augarde, Lio, Michel Galabru. 92min. Anna (Augarde) has come home from boarding school for the holidays to find that her home life in a small town in Brittany has been turned on its head. A confident depiction of the conflicting emotions of a young teenager. Cameo, Edinburgh. Meat the Truth (E) (Karen Soeters/Gertjan Zwanikken, Netherlands, 2008) 74min. Documentary on the environmental impact of the intensive livestock rearing required to satisfy global demand for meat. Animal Rights Film Series. ACE, Edinburgh. The Messenger (15) ●●●●● (Oren Moverman, US, 2009) Ben Foster, Jena Malone, Eamonn Walker. 113min. Injured US Army Staff Sergeant Will Montgomery (Foster) is reassigned to inform relatives that their loved one has been killed on duty. The film falls apart dramatically in the second half and this meditation on ethics and grief never really fulfils its early promise. Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow; Macrobert, Stirling. Metropolitan Opera: Tosca (E) (US, 2010) 140min. The Met Opera’s powerful version of Puccini’s dramatic three-way love story between a doomed heroine, a persecuted artist and a ruthless villain. Part of the Screen Arts Festival. Cameo, Edinburgh. The Mill and the Cross (tbc) (Lech Majewski, Sweden/Poland, 2011) Rutger Hauer, Charlotte Rampling, Michael York. 92min. A haunting, impressionistic film about the construction of Renaissance painter Peter Breugel’s 1564 painting ‘The Road to Calvary’. Part of the Screen Arts Festival. Cameo, Edinburgh. 21 Jul–4 Aug 2011 THE LIST 59