FILM | Index
Films screening in the next four weeks are listed below with certificate, star rating, credits, brief review and venue details. See list.co.uk. for the most up-to-date screening times. Submit details of special screenings at least 10 days before publication by using our ‘Add an Event’ service at list.co.uk Film index is compiled by Murray Robertson. ✽ Indicates Hitlist entry
NEW RELEASES American Sniper (tbc) ●●●●● (Clint Eastwood, US, 2014) Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller, Jake McDorman. 134min. See review, page 83. Release from Fri 16 Jan. Annie (PG) (Will Gluck, US, 2014) Jamie Foxx, Quvenzhané Wallis, Rose Byrne. 118min. A modern retelling of the musical classic. Annie is living with an unkind foster mother (Diaz) in New York when a mayoral candidate (Foxx) is convinced by his campaign advisers to take her in. Release from Fri 26 Dec, incl Showcase Cinema, Glasgow; Showcase Cinema Paisley. Big Eyes (tbc) (Tim Burton, US, 2014) Amy Adams, Christoph Waltz, Danny Huston. Drama about the life of painter Margaret Keane, exploring her phenomenal success in the 1950s, and the subsequent legal difficulties she had with her husband, who claimed credit for her works in the 1960s. Release from Fri 26 Dec.
✽ Big Hero 6 (tbc) ●●●●● (Chris Williams, Don Hall, US, 2014)
Ryan Potter, Scott Adsit, Jamie Chung. 108min. See review, page 83. Release from Fri 30 Jan.
✽ Birdman (15) ●●●●● (Alejandro González Iñárritu, US, 2014)
Michael Keaton, Emma Stone, Edward Norton. 119min. See review, page 83. Release from Thu 1 Jan.
✽ Dumb and Dumber To (15) ●●●●● (Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly, US, 2014) Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels. 109min. See review, page 82. Release from Fri 19 Dec. Enemy (15) ●●●●● (Denis Villeneuve, Canada/Spain, 2013) Jake Gyllenhaal, Mélanie Laurent, Sarah Gadon. 90min. See review, page 82. Release from Fri 2 Jan. Ex Machina (15) (Alex Garland, UK/ US, 2015) Domhnall Gleeson, Oscar Isaac, Alicia Vikander. 108min. A young programmer is selected to participate in a breakthrough experiment in artificial intelligence by evaluating the human qualities of a breathtaking female AI. Release from Fri 23 Jan. Exodus: Gods and Kings (12A) (Ridley Scott, US/UK/Spain, 2014) Christian Bale, Joel Edgerton, John Turturro. 142min. The defiant leader Moses rises up against the Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses, setting 600,000 slaves on a monumental journey of escape from Egypt and its terrifying cycle of deadly plagues. Release from Fri 26 Dec.
✽ Foxcatcher (15) ●●●●● (Bennett Miller, US, 2014) Channing Tatum,
Steve Carell, Mark Ruffalo. 130min. See review, page 81. Release from Fri 9 Jan. The Gambler (15) ●●●●● (Rupert Wyatt, US, 2014) Mark Wahlberg, Jessica Lange, Brie Larson. 111min. See review, page 81. Release from Fri 23 Jan. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (12A) ●●●●● (Peter Jackson, US/New Zealand, 2014) Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage. 144min. See review, page 80. Release from Fri 12 Dec, General release. Hot Tub Time Machine 2 (R) (Steve Pink, US, 2014) Adam Scott, Angela Kerecz, Clark Duke. Follow- up to the 2010 John Cusack flick, this time starring Adam Scott (Parks & Recreation) as Adam. Release from Fri
84 THE LIST 11 Dec 2014–5 Feb 2015
GLASGOW FILM FESTIVAL 2015 PROGRAMME LAUNCH Now one day longer, GFF 2015 screenings and events will take place at more unique city venues than ever before. After last year’s strong lineup – Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel was a spectacular opening night coup – film fans have great expectations for 2015’s programme. A couple of exciting strands already announced include geekfest Nerdvana, an Ingrid Bergman retrospective (pictured above alongside Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca) and a focus on Australian cinema. Keep your eyes peeled: the full programme will be announced on 21 January. (Eszter Simor) ■ Glasgow Film Festival 2015, Wed 18 Feb–Sun 1 Mar; programme launch, Wed 21 Jan.
26 Dec. Inherent Vice (tbc) ●●●●● (Paul Thomas Anderson, US, 2014) Joaquin Phoenix, Josh Brolin, Owen Wilson. 148min. See review, page 80. Release from Fri 30 Jan. Into the Woods (PG) (Rob Marshall, US, 2014) Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt, James Corden. 124min. A witch conspires to teach important lessons to various characters of popular children’s stories including Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, Jack and the Beanstalk and Rapunzel. Release from Fri 9 Jan, incl Showcase Cinema, Glasgow; Showcase Cinema Paisley. Kingsman: The Secret Service (tbc) (Matthew Vaughn, UK, 2015) Colin Firth, Samuel L Jackson, Mark Strong. A veteran secret agent takes a young upstart under his wing. Release from Thu 29 Jan. Kon-Tiki (tbc) (Joachim Rønning, Espen Sandberg, Norway, 2012) Pål Sverre Hagen, Anders Baasmo Christiansen, Odd-Magnus Williamson. 118min. The story of legendary explorer Thor Heyerdal’s epic 4300 mile crossing of the Pacific on a balsawood raft in 1947, in an effort prove that it was possible for South Americans to settle in Polynesia in pre-Columbian times. Release from Fri 19 Dec, incl Glasgow Film Theatre; Filmhouse, Edinburgh. A Most Violent Year (15) ●●●●● (JC Chandor, US, 2014) Oscar Isaac, Jessica Chastain, David Oyelowo. 125min. See review, page 83. Release from Fri 23 Jan. Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (tbc) (Shawn Levy, US, 2014) Ben Stiller, Robin Williams, Dan Stevens. Another night-time adventure in which historical exhibits come to life. Release from Fri 19 Dec. Son of a Gun (15) ●●●●● (Julius Avery, Australia, 2014) Brenton Thwaites, Ewan McGregor, Alicia Vikander. 108min. See review, page 82. Release from Fri 30 Jan. Taken 3 (tbc) (Olivier Megaton, US, 2015) Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Forest Whitaker. The third in the Taken trilogy. Release from Thu 8 Jan. Testament of Youth (12A) ●●●●● (James Kent, UK, 2015) Alicia Vikander, Kit Harington, Taron Egerton. 129min. See review, page 80. Release from Fri 16 Jan. The Theory of Everything (PG) ●●●●● (James Marsh, US/UK, 2014) Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, Tom Prior. 123min. See review, page 81. Release from Thu 1 Jan. The Turning (tbc) (The Turning Ensemble, Australia, 2013) Rose Byrne, Cate Blanchett, Hugo Weaving. 180min. A collection of short films based on stories by Australian writer Tim Winton. Release from Fri 30 Jan.
Unbroken (tbc) (Angelina Jolie, US, 2014) Jack O’Connell, Garrett Hedlund, Domhnall Gleeson. 137min. The story of Louis Zamperini, an Olympic runner who was a Japanese POW in WWII. Release from Fri 26 Dec. We Still Kill the Old Way (18) (Sacha Bennett, UK, 2014) Ian Ogilvy, Alison Doody, Chris Ellison. 94min. A group of ageing London gangsters go on a vigilante killing spree when one of their number is murdered by a street gang. Release from Fri 12 Dec.
✽ Whiplash (15) ●●●●● (Damien Chazelle, US, 2014) Miles Teller,
JK Simmons, Melissa Benoist. 106min. See review, page 82. Release from Fri 16 Jan. The Woman in Black: Angel of Death (15) ●●●●● (Tom Harper, UK, 2015) Helen McCrory, Jeremy Irvine, Adrian Rawlins. 98min. See review, page 81. Release from Thu 1 Jan.
STILL SHOWING Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (PG) ●●●●● (Miguel Arteta, US, 2014) Steve Carell, Jennifer Garner, Ed Oxenbould. 81min. After an especially bad day, 11-year-old Alexander (Oxenbould) wishes that the rest of his family would have one: the next day, they do. Loosely based on a 1972 kid’s book, this highly