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The Hill (IS) 0000 (Sidney Lumet. UK. 1965) Sean Connery. Harry Andrews. Michael Redgrave. lan Bannen. ()ssie Davis. Roy Kinnear. 122mm. Gritty British melodrama. set in a military detention centre in North Africa during World War Two. Connery is excellent as one of the prisoners who rebel against the harsh regime inflicted by Andrews’ ruthless sergeant-major. Part of Sean Connery season. Film/rouse. Edinburgh.
Robson’s Choice (U) 0000 (David Lean. UK. I954) Charles Laughton. Brenda De Banzie. John Mills. l()7min. This working-class comedy charts the descent into alcoholism of Henry Hobson (Laughton). a boot maker in l9th century Salford. Delightful screen version of Harold Brighouse's popular play. Pan of David Lean retrospective. Film/rouse. Edinburgh. Horton Hears a Who! (U) .00 (Jimmy Hayward. Steve Martino. US. 2008) Voices of Jim Carrey. Steve Carell. 86min. Animators Blue Sky take a break from their ongoing lee Age franchise to colourfully realise the universe of Dr Seuss' text. Both Carrey and Carrell are allowed full rein for their brand of vocal mugging as co-directors Hayward and Martino skilfully guide Horton towards a comforting moral about size not being all that important. ('ineimrld Parkhead. Glasgow: ('ineworld Iz‘dinlntrgh. Edinburgh.
I Live in Fear (PG) “00 (Akira Kurosawa. Japan. I955) Toshiru Mifune. Takashi Shimura. l04min. Very fine early Kurosawa movie. made between Seven Samurai and Throne Of Blood. I Live in Fear tells the intimate story of at Tokyo family facing the threat of nuclear war. The father (Mifune. uncomfortably playing a character twice his age) wants to emigrate to a farm in Brazil. his family don't want to and try to have him incarcerated. This is a little nugget of a movie. a time capsule from the Atomic Age. Part of Akira Kurosawa retrospective. Film/rouse. Edinburgh.
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Takasha Shimura. .‘s'obuo Kaneko. Ky'oko Seki. l40min. (ientle comedy about a terminally ill bureaucrat who seeks to give his dreary life vibrancy and meaning. Part of Akira Kurosawa retrospective. Filtnhttuse. Edinburgh. Impressionism: Revenge of the Nice (l5) ((‘hris Rodley. LR 2004) l05min. Written and presented by art critic Matthew (‘ollings. this acclaimed ('hannel Four documentary reappraises the work of the Impressionists with a renewed focus on the work of (‘ourbet. Manet. Monet and ('czanne. ll'eslon Link. Edinburgh. Journey to The Center of The Earth (PG) .0. (lir‘ic Br‘evig. LS. 2008) Brendan Fraser. Josh llutcherson. Anita Briem. 92min. linjoy'ably silly adventure based on the classic Jules Verne novel starring l-‘raser (The .llummy) as a science professor whose renegade theories are held in contempt by the academic community. On an expedition in Iceland. he stumbles upon a discovery that is to be the beginning of his journey deep beneath the liarth's surface. (‘ineworld Rettft‘eu' Street. Glasgow; ('ineworld Edinburgh. Izdinlmrgh. Killer of Sheep ( 12A) 0000. ((‘harles Burnett. LS. 1077) Henry (iayle Sanders. Kaycee .\loore. ('harles Bracy. 80min. (’harles Burnett’s seminal 1977 ultra naturalistic portrayal of urban African-American life gets a very welcome re-releasc. See where latter day auteur David (iordon (ireenc ((ieot‘ge llitshingtun. All the Real (iirls. the forthcoming Pineapple lit/tress) stole all his ideas from. Film/rouse. Edinburgh. Kung Fu Panda (PG) 0.. (Mark ()sbome. John Stevenson. l'SA. 2008) Voices of Jack Black. Jackie (‘haiL Angelina Jolie. Ulmin. ()verweight panda Po (Black) joins his heroes. the fierce Live. in a butt-kicking adventure when the valley of peace is threatened with the return of bad kung fu master. Tai Lung (McShane). This is [)reamworks-does-manga animation. overlaid with an liastern version of the fated
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place-in-the-universe style philosophy originally trademarked in The Lion King. Seleeletl release. Kuselan tl’(i) (l’ \'asu. India. 2008) Rajnikanth. Nayantara. Meena. 158mm. The powerful bond of friendship formed in childhood is endangered when one of them becomes a local media star. Bi-lingual Tamil and Telugu remake of very popular Malayalam movie. lv'adha I’arayutnlml. (‘ineworld Ifdinlmrgh. Edinburgh. Lawrence of Arabia (PG) 00... (David Lean. l'K. 1062) Peter O'Toole. Alec (iuinness. Jack llaw kins. ()mar Sharif. 222mm. Lean's mammoth desert epic. restored to its director's original cut and the big screen. where filmmaking on this scale belongs. ()"l‘oole's debut as the enigmatic adventurer still impresses. but apart from the majestic action sequences. it's the disturbing sense of clinical and cold- blooded violence hanging over the highly literate characterisation that today seems especially striking. Part of David Lean retrospective. l‘lllll/ltlll.\'t’. Edinburgh. The Love Guru ( 12A) 0. (Marco Schnabel. LS. 2008) Mike Myers. Jessica Alba. Jttstin 'l‘imbcrlake. Somiii. Myers presents another ‘furmy foreigner" persona vs ith (iuru l’itka portrayed as a vainglorious figure obsessed with bestng real life rival Deepak (’hopra in the popularity stakes. (‘hallcngcd to calm the turbulent love life of ice hockey star I)arren t.\laldo). (iuru's antics present a patchy selection of playground double entcndres unlikely to kick-start another franchise. Shun-ease (inertia. Footbridge. (ilasgmv; Shoti't'ase (THU/Nil. l’ais/ev. Paisley:
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The Man who Would Be King (PG) 0... (John Huston. US. l975) Sean Connery. Michael (‘aine. Saeed Jaffrcy. (‘hristopher l’lummer. 129mm. Rudyard Kipling‘s moral fable on the pursuit of power becomes a rumbustious minor epic in the hands of HUston. (‘onnery and Came. all at the peak of their powers. Set in India. it tells the uncomfortable but entertaining story of a pair of conmen who find themselves elevated by the locals to a rank far above their natural station. but falling
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