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Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (PU ) 0.
(Chris Columbus. llS/UK. 2001) Daniel Radcliffe. Robbie Coltrane. .Maggie Smith. John ('leese. Richard Harris. Julie Walters. l52min. l’eeble. hideous big screen version of a JK Rowling yawn-inspiring debut children‘s fantasy about a public school wizard and his repellent friends. (' eleetrit‘. Edinburgh.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (PG) .0. (Alfonso (‘uaron. US. 2004) Daniel Radcliffe. Richard Griffiths. Pam Ferris. Fiona Shaw. (iary ()ldman. l4lmin. It is the summer before Harry's third year at Hogwarts. and he has heard that it is Sirius Black ((iary ()ldman). a renegade wizard. is the Prisoner of Alkitbilll. What Harry doesn‘t suspect is that Black has escaped and is coming after him. Expectations are riding high for Harry Potter 3. with a new director in (‘uaron ( Y Tu Marna’ 'Iirmbien). and a darker. more complex book to adapt. There is enough dark humour. spectacular effects and appealing performances to keep you trapped in the franchise. But Harry's new adventure is also ponderous and overlong. regular Puller screenwriter Steven Kloves‘ confusing. rambling. structurally incoherent script. in which characters appear and disappear and plot turns are never realised. keeps the door firmly closed on this private club. (' electric. Edinburgh.
Herbie: Fully Loaded (t') 0. (Angela Robinson. USA. 2005) Lindsay Lohan. Michael Keaton. Matt Dillon. l00min. This very literal Lindsay l.ohan vehicle sees dad Michael Keaton give his daughter a car on graduation. In the traditions of the franchise. the Beetle has a mind of its own. and l.ohan is soon learning lessons in life and entering the Daytona 500. General release.
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(Will Finn. John Sanford. 200-1) Steve Buscemi. Judi l)ench. (EW Bailey. Roseanne Barr. 76min. Rutnoured to be Disney‘s final hand-drawn cartoon. Home (in the Range is a traditional tale of the old West that follows the adventures of three mismatched ‘bovine bounty hunters'. Maggie (Barr). Mrs 'I‘alloway (l)ench) and (irace (Jennifer Tilly). who set out to track down a cattle rustlcr. collect some reward money and save their farm from foreclosure. Likeable. if desperately dull. animation. A fairly meagre send off to a classic genre. (ir‘ust'eruir‘, Glasgow.
* The Honeymooners (PG) 00 (John Schultz. IS. 2005) (‘edric the lintertaincr. Mike lipps. (iabrielle l'nion. Regina Hall 89min. See review, page 2« . (ieneral release.
Hotel Rwanda ( 12A) .00. (Terry (ieorgc. (‘anada/lTK/ltaly/South Africa . 2005) Don (‘headle. Sophie ()konedo, Joaquin Phoenix. Nick Nolte. l2lmin. Powerful drama based on the true story of a hotel manager who housed over a thousand Tutsi refugees during their struggle against the Hutu militia in Rwanda. ('headle gives the performance of his career. the Edinburgh Ocean. Edinburgh.
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The Housemaid (Hanyo) ( 12A) .0. (Ki-young Kim. South Korea. 1960) liun-shim Lee. Jeung-nyeo Ju. Jin Kyu kim. 90min. (iritty domestic drama from one of Korea's most distinguished filmmakers about a maid who has an affair with the master of the house. Part of Korean Film Season. (ilasgmi' Iii/m 'l‘healre. (ilasgmv.
ITVSO: Bloody Sunday ( IS) oooo (Paul (ireengrass. l‘K. 2002) James Nesbitt. Allan (iildea. Tom Piggott-Smith. (ierard (‘rossan. 1 10min. (ireengrass' excellent docudrama recreating the terrible events which took place in Derry. Northern Ireland on 30 January 1972. Glasgow [Vi/m Theatre. (ilasgmv.
Ice Age (l') O. ((‘hris Wedge & ('arlos Saldanha. (TS. 2002) Voices (if John l.cgui/.ztmo. (ioran \"isnjic. Jack Black. lein. There's a faint air of cynicism in this story of a niorose mammoth. a bumbling sloth and a wily tiger whojoin forces. despite all their better instincts. to return a
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human baby to his father. As the planet gets colder. they head in the opposite direction of the animal migration. to battle snowdrifts. volcanoes. ice caves and predators. eventually delivering their charge. The animators try desperately to make you fall in love with this unlikely band of creatures. to make you see the good hearts beneath the frosty exteriors. but they don't deliver that all important charm. wit. flair and imagination. (' e/eelrie. Edinburgh. The Incredibles (PG) 0... Bird. l'SA. 200-1) Voices of (‘raig T Nelson. Holly Hunter. Samuel 1. Jackson. Jason Lee. l20min. Bob Parr (AKA Mr Incredible) is an overweight insurance clerk living in suburbia. but this wasn't always the case. ()nce upon a time he was a popular do gooder superhero. as was his wife Helen (AKA Iilastigirl). But one night something went wrong and all superheroes had to be rcassimilated into society through a kind of witness protection scheme. The Parrs now have an
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Welcome chance to catch Mario Van Peebles’ bizarre homage to his own father’s classic E 1971 blaxploitation movie. Mixing real footage with dramatisation, this is a perverse but fascinating slice of familial therapy.
average family life with some very unavcrage kids. but someone is about to test this family's unity to the max. Astounding. witty and funny Pixar animated adventure film that pushes all the right buttons and references all the best films and classic TV series. Let's face it. this may just be too good for mere kids. (‘ eleelr‘ie. Edinburgh.
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (P( i) 000 (Steven Spielberg. IS. 1989) Harrison Ford. Sean Connery. Alison l)oody. [)enholm lilliot. l27min. The third and supposedly final instalment of Spielberg‘s blockbuster series. in which the archaeological adventurer is joined by his father (Connery) fora romp through the Middle liast in search of the Holy (lrail. hotly pursued (as ever) by the Nazis. A rather dodgy quasi- (‘hristian morality and a more-of-the-same- ish plot are offset by strong performances from Ford and (‘onnery and technical bravura. (' eleelru'. Edinburgh.
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