We’re back with the next installment of Stellar goes to the movies. Each week we’ll give you a quick run down of what’s hitting the big screen across the UK, and recommend our pick of the week. Where possible we’ll also track down interviews and clips and the best of the critical debate on the film to help educate your cinema going. Enjoy!
PICK OF THE WEEK:
The Multiplex – Well another weak week, welcome to the Summer tent pole releases people. So, either go and catch up on the blockbusters you’ve missed (like the studios would like) or check out the best of a bad bunch and see Adam Sandler as an ex-Israli Special Forces turned hairdresser!
And here’s the man himself:
The Independent – Miss Pettigrew Lives for a day, and Who can resist Frances McDormand and Amy Adams? Filmed in the Theatre Royal Dury Lane, Whitehall Court, Westminster and Ealing studios and made by London based Kudos, why not head out and support your British colleagues by enjoying a good old fashioned movie-romp?
Here’s a very American interview with Amy Adams:
Friday 15th August 2008
The Banishment (Izgnanie) (12A) Artificial Eye Curzon Soho, The Gate, Renoir, Richmond F/House & Key Cities
Directed by Andrei Zvyagintsev. A trip to the pastoral countryside reveals a dark, sinister reality for a family from the city.
Black White & Gray Revolver Entertainment ICA Cinema
Directed by James Crump. A documentary on the relationship between curator Sam Wagstaff, photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, and musician/poet Patti Smith.
God Tussi Great Ho Eros C’Worlds Feltham, Ilford & Shaftesbury Ave, Vue 02 & Key Cities
Directed by Rumi Jaffery. Arun Prajapati has been trying to be a successful TV anchor but success has always eluded him. Circumstances go out of hand for Arun and he gets thrown out of the channel. He has nobody to blame but God Himself. And very soon he has an encounter with the Almighty. An argument ensues between the two. God then decides to give Arun the power to run earth for seven days as Arun claims that he can do a better job
Jimmy Carter Man From Plains BFI Southbank BFI Southbank
Directed by Jonathan Demme. A chronicle of the former president’s tour recent for his book “Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid.”
Little Box Of Sweets Oceansonic Pictures ICA Cinema & selected Key Cities (Sheffield Showroom fm 5th September)
Directed by Meneka Das. A story of a young woman who fights for her dreams and the love of the man who inspired her to dream… an Indian Scarlet O’Hara!
Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day (PG) Momentum Pictures Screens Baker St & On The Hill, Odeon Covent Gdn &
Directed by Bharat Nalluri. Guinevere Pettigrew, a middle-aged London governess, finds herself unfairly dismissed from her job. An attempt to gain new employment catapults her into the glamorous world and dizzying social whirl of an American actress and singer, Delysia Lafosse.
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (PG) Warner Bros. London & Nationwide
Directed by Dave Filoni. As the Clone Wars sweep through the galaxy, the heroic Jedi Knights struggle to maintain order and restore peace…
Wild Child (12A) Universal Vue West End & Nationwide
Directed by Nick Moore. A rebellious Malibu princess is shipped off to a strict English boarding school by her father.
You Don’t Mess With The Zohan (12A) Sony Pictures Vue West End & Nationwide
Directed by Dennis Dugan. An Israeli Special Forces Soldier fakes his death so he can re-emerge in New York City as a hair stylist.
