ll: Sln Clty (18) eeeee (Robert Rodriguez & Frank Miller. special guest director Quentin Tarantino. US. 2005). Bruce Willis. Clive Owen. Mickey Rourke. Jessica Alba. 124 min. See feature. page 24. and review. page 46. General release. Solarla (PG) 0... (Andrei Tarkovsky. USSR. 1972) 165mm. Tarkovsky's epic was intended as a socialist response to Kubrick‘s 200]. but some critics have lambasted it for its cod psychology and tired melodrama. Others believe it to be his most accessible film charged with a genuine poignancy and depth. Critics. eh? Glasgow Film Theatre. Glasgow. Son of the Maek (PG) ee

(Lawrence Guterman. LS. 2005) Jamie Kennedy. Alan Cumming. Bob H0skins. 86min. Sequel to The Mask. folllowing cartoonist Tim Avery (Kennedy) and his struggles to look after a baby with disturbing shape-shifter powers. Selected release. Splrlted Away (PG) eeeee (Hayao Miyazaki. Japan. 2(X)l ) Voices: Daveigh Chase. Rumi Hiragi. Sidonie von Krosigk. Miyu lrino. Jason Marsden. 125min. At more than two hours long. any Japanese animation with a children's certificate can only be a hard sell for Westem audiences. Despite winning the best animated picture Oscar and getting a heavy push from Disney. Spirited Away didn't get the audience it deserved in the States. Which is a shame because Hayao Miyazaki's film is an animated masterpiece and truly takes you by surprise. Chihiro travels through a tunnel into another world. where she happens upon a bathhouse for the spirits. After chowing down greedin on some spiked local produce. Chihiro's parents are transformed into pigs. leaving their suddenly dutiful daughter to seek work in the bathhouse in order to release them. Philosophy. anime and shamanism - this is something really stunning that needs to be seen to be believed. Glasgow Film Theatre. Glasgow.

The SpongeBob Squarepanta Movle (L') 0. (Stephen Hillenburg. US. 2004) Voices ofAlec Baldwin and Scarlett Johansson. 87min. Charmless Nickelodeon

channel spinoff cartoon feature movie. suitable for under fives only. Gmsi'enor: Glasgow.

ll! Stander (15) “O. (Bronwen Hughes. Canada/Germany/South Africa. 2003) Thomas Jane. Ashley Taylor. David O'Hara. 1 16min. See review. page 46. UGC Renfrew Street. Glasgow. Glasgow.

at Star Ware Ipleode Ill: The Revenge of the 81th (12A) eeee (George Lucas. US. 2005) Ewan McGregor. Natalie Portman. Samuel L Jackson. Hayden Christensen. l40min. At last. the series turns to the dark side. Lucas is still without inspiration when it comes to dialogue but about two-thirds in the whole movie starts to get a little grimy. wom and 70s looking. While clunky in places. it has flashes of the earthy charm of A New Hope and the emotive drive of The Empire Strikes Back and proves a worthy conclusion to this most epic of epics. General release.

La Strada (15) O... (Frederico Fellini. Italy. 1954)Gui1ietta Masina. Anthony Quinn. Richard Basehart. 115min. Fellini's wife Masina is unforgettable as a simple-minded girl in love with larger-than-life circus strongman Zampano (Quinn). who dies of a broken heart when he kills the gentle tightrope-walker (Basehart) who had befriended her. Painful story of loneliness and isolation whose vividly seedy small-town backgrounds never allow sentimentality to set in. Glasgow Film Theatre. Glasgow. Stringe (PG) 0”. (Anders Ronnow- Klarlund. Denmark/Sweden/Norway/L'K. 2004) Voices of James McAvoy. Catherine McCormack. Julian Glover. Derek Jacobi. 88min. See review. page 48. Glasgow- Film Theatre. Glasgow: Odeon. Edinburgh.

The Tenth Vlctlm (La Declma vlttlma) (15) (Mauro Bolognini. Italy/France. 1965) Ursula Andress. Elsa Martinelli. 92min. ‘The Big Hunt' is the name of the game in this science fiction fantasy adventure. Contestants are running the government-endorsed gauntlet by aiming to kill as many targets as they can. Will Caroline Meredith (Andress) succeed in her quest to

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Tlgerland (18) 0.. (Joel Schumacher. US. 2001) Colin Farrell. Matthew Davis. Shea Whigham. IOOmin. Although Tigerland takes

place entirely in Louisiana in the early 70$.

. the spectre of the Vietnam War permeates ? every frame. Young American army recruits

are being put through the rigours of training. before being shipped off to South East Asia. On parade here are a predictable collection of war-movie types: idealistic volunteer. sadistic sergeant. bloodthirsty psychopath. free- spirited rebel. Despite unremarkable storytelling. Irish actor Farrell. with a flawless Texan accent. still produces an enjoyany charismatic. star-making turn as the anti-hero who challenges military authority. Filmhouse. Edinburgh.

Totally Married (15) (Dimitris Indares. Greece. 2004) Fanis Mouratidis. Natalia Stylianou. 80min. When their housekeeper leaves. Thomas and Lily's already difficult marriage is shaken up in unexpected ways. Part of Greece on Screen. Filmhouse. Edinburgh.

Vallant (L') (Gary Chapman. UK. 2005) Ewan McGregor. Ricky Gervais. Hugh Laurie. Tim Curry. 109min. Animated comedy which tells the story of a lowly wood pidgeon Valiant (McGregor). who overcomes his small size to become a hero in Great Britain's Royal Air Force Homing Pigeon Service during WWII. Selected release.

its Vlrldlana ( 18) eeeee (Luis Bur'tuel. Spain/Mexico. 1961) Silvia Pinal. Francisco Rabal. Fernando Rey. Margarita Lozano. Teresa Rabal. 91min. A masterpiece of darkly comic brutality from the Spanish master of the surreal. Pinal stars as a Viridiana. a golden- hearted nun who offers succour to a community of beggars. but is ridiculed and cheated. With superb visual elan. Buhuel satirises the ingratitude and barbarity of humanity. often verging on blasphemy. The film was immediately banned in his home country. Part of Luis Bur'iuel Season. Film/rouse. Edinburgh.

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Wall (Mar) (12A) 0... (Simone Bitton. France/Israel. 2004) 100min. Excellent. timely pro-Palestininian documentary about the “security fence' incorporated onto the Israeli- occupied territory in the West Bank. Director Bitton. a French and Israeli citizen who defines herself as an ‘Arab Jew‘. was so shocked by these developments that she decided to make a documentary about how the wall impacted upon lives in Palestine and Israel. Filmhouse. Edinburgh.

Way to the Weet (O Dromoe proe tl dleel) (15) (Kyn'akos Katzourakis. Greece. 2003) 61min. Combination of documentary and fiction that follows Irina. a woman from the former Soviet Republic. around Athens. While searching for a better life and a lost friend. she is sucked into Greece's sex trade. Part of Greece on Screen. Filmhouse. Edinburgh.

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(Clare Kilner. US. 2005) Debra Messing. Dermot Mulroney. Amy Adams. Jack Davenport. 88min. Kat Ellis (Messing) is a New York-based singleton who can't bear to tell the truth about her not being married. As she prepares to travel to the UK for her sister's wedding. crazy chick Kat hires a handsome male escort Nick (Mulroney) to pose as her new beau. Pale. tepid Working Title auldy English-style farce. General release.

What the Bleep Do we Know? (12A) 0 (William Antz. Betsy Chasse. US. 2004) Marlee Matlin. Elaine Hendrix. 108min. See review. page 47. Glasgow Film Theatre. Glasgow; Dominion. Edinburgh. xxxz: The Next Level (12A) ee

(Lee Tamahouri. US. 2005) Ice Cube. Willem Defoe. Samuel L Jackson. 101min. There's a new agent in the XXX secret programme and his name is Darius Stone (Cube). When the Secretary of Defence (Defoe) sets in motion plans to overthrow the president by orchestrating a military coup. Gibbons asks Fatso to save the day. This dreary second film in this alleged L'S James Bond franchise is marginally worse than the first film with Vin Diesel. General release.

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