S&S: March 2009

Introduction for newcomers

Sight & Sound

March 2009

Vol. 19 No. 3

American Teen

USA - 2008 - 102m - col

Optimum (15)

D: Nanette Burstein
Audio: 5.1

Anvil! The Story of Anvil

USA - 2008 - 80m - col

The Works (15)

D: Sacha Gervais
Audio: 5.1

Bedtime Stories

USA - 2008 - 99m - col / scope

Buena Vista (PG)

D: Adam Shankman
Audio: 5.1

Bride Wars

USA - 2009 - 89m - col

20th Century Fox (PG) (cut)

D: Gary Winick
Audio: 5.1

A Bunch of Amateurs

UK - 2008 - 97m - col

Entertainment (15)

D: Andy Cadiff
Audio: 5.1

Cadillac Records

USA - 2008 - 108m - col / scope

Sony (15)

D: Darnell Martin
Audio: 5.1

Che

USA/Spain/France - 2008 - 253m - col and bw / scope + 1.85:1

Optimum (15)

D: Steven Soderbergh
Released in two separate parts: Che Part One (scope, reviewed Jan/2009), Che Part Two (1.85:1).
Audio: 5.1

The Class

Entre les murs

France - 2008 - 130m - col / scope

Artificial Eye (15)

D: Laurent Cantet
Audio: 5.1

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

USA - 2008 - 156m - col / scope

Warner (12A)

D: David Fincher
Audio: 5.1

Fermat's Room

La habitación de Fermat

Spain - 2007 - 88m - col

Revolver (12A)

D: Luis Piedrahita, Rodrigo Sopeña
Audio: 5.1

Flame & Citron

Flammen & Citronen

(aka: The Flame and the Lemon)

Denmark/Germany/Norway/France/Sweden/Finland/Czech Republic - 2008 - 136m - col / scope

Metrodome (15)

D: Ole Christian Madsen
Audio: 5.1

Franklyn

UK - 2008 - 98m - col / scope

Contender (15)

D: Gerald McMorrow
Audio: 5.1

Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel

USA/UK - 2008 - 83m - col

Lionsgate (15)

D: Gareth Carrivick
Audio: 5.1

Fuck

USA - 2006 - 93m - col

ICA

D: Steve Anderson

The Good the Bad the Weird

좋은 놈, 나쁜 놈, 이상한 놈

S.Korea - 2008 - 130m - col / scope

Icon (15) (cut)

D: Kim Ji-woon
Audio: 5.1

Gran Torino

USA/Germany/Australia - 2008 - 116m - col / scope

Warner (15)

D: Clint Eastwood
Audio: 5.1

Hamlet 2

USA - 2008 - 92m - col

Momentum (15)

D: Andrew Fleming
Audio: 5.1

The International

USA/UK/Germany - 2009 - 118m - col / scope

Sony (15)

D: Tom Tykwer
Audio: 5.1

JCVD

France/Belgium/Luxembourg - 2008 - 96m - col / scope

V: Revolver (15)

D: Mabrouk El Mechri
Audio: 5.1

Jongh-eun nom, na-bbeun nom, i-sang-han nom

[see: Good, the Bad, the Weird, The]

The Lost City

USA - 2005 - 144m - col

Lionsgate (15)

D: Andy Garcia
Audio: 5.1

Marley & Me

USA - 2008 - 115m - col / scope

20th Century Fox (PG)

D: David Frankel
Followed by: Marley & Me: The Puppy Years (2013).
Audio: 5.1

My Bloody Valentine

USA - 2009 - 101m - col / 3-D

Lionsgate (18)

D: Patrick Lussier
Audio: 5.1

Notorious

USA - 2009 - 132m - col / scope

20th Century Fox (15)

D: George Tillman Jr.
Audio: 5.1

The Pink Panther 2

USA - 2009 - 92m - col

Sony (PG)

D: Harald Zwart
Series: The Pink Panther (2006, Apr/2006).
Audio: 5.1

Punisher: War Zone

USA/Canada/Germany - 2008 - 103m - col / scope

Sony (18)

D: Lexi Alexander
Series: The Punisher (2004, Nov/2004).
Audio: 5.1

Reverb

UK/USA - 2006 - 88m - col

Guerilla (15)

D: Eitan Arrusi
Audio: 5.1

The Secret of Moonacre

UK/Hungary/France/USA/Australia - 2008 - 103m - col / scope

Warner (U)

D: Gabor Csupo
Audio: 5.1

The Spirit

USA - 2008 - 102m - col / scope

Lionsgate (12A) (cut)

D: Frank Miller
Audio: 5.1

Stuck

USA/Canada/UK/Germany - 2008 - 85m - col

High Fliers (15)

D: Stuart Gordon
Audio: 5.1

Three Monkeys

Üç maymun

Turkey/France/Italy - 2008 - 109m - col / scope

New Wave (15)

D: Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Audio: 5.1

The Unborn

USA - 2008 - 87m - col / scope

Universal (15)

D: David S. Goyer
Audio: 5.1

Valkyrie

[see: Walküre Valkyrie]

Walküre Valkyrie

USA/Germany - 2008 - 121m - col

20th Century Fox (12A)

D: Bryan Singer
Audio: 5.1

Yes Man

USA/Australia/UK - 2008 - 104m - col / scope

Warner (12A)

D: Peyton Reed
Audio: 5.1