S&S: September 2005

Introduction for newcomers

The Descent

Sight & Sound

September 2005

Vol. 15 No. 9

Ab-normal Beauty

死亡寫真

Hong Kong - 2004 - 97m - col

Tartan (18)

D: Oxide Pang Shut
Audio: 5.1

The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl

USA - 2005 - 93m - col / 3-D seq

Columbia TriStar (U)

D: Robert Rodriguez
Audio: 5.1

Appleseed

アップルシード

Japan/S.Korea - 2004 - 107m - col

Optimum (12A)

D: Shinji Aramaki
Followed by: Appleseed: Ex Machina (エクスマキナ, 2007), Appleseed: Alpha (アップルシード アルファ, 2014).
Audio: 5.1

Arakimentari

USA - 2004 - 78m - col

V: Tartan (18)

D: Travis Klose

Arsène Lupin

(aka: Adventures of Arsene Lupin)

France/UK/Spain/Italy - 2004 - 125m - col

Cinefile World (15)

D: Jean-Paul Salomé
Audio: 5.1

Asylum

USA/Ireland - 2004 - 96m - col / scope

Momentum (15)

D: David Mackenzie
Audio: 5.1

Bad News Bears

USA - 2005 - 109m - col

UIP (12A)

D: Richard Linklater
Audio: 5.1

Because of Winn-Dixie

USA - 2004 - 106m - col

20th Century Fox (U)

D: Wayne Wang
Audio: 5.1

The Business

UK/Spain - 2005 - 92m - col / scope

Pathé (18)

D: Nick Love
Audio: 5.1

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

USA/UK/Australia - 2005 - 115m - col

Warner (PG)

D: Tim Burton
35mm and IMAX release prints.
Audio: 6.1 / IMAX 6-track

Cinderella Man

USA - 2005 - 144m - col / scope

Buena Vista (12A)

D: Ron Howard
Audio: 5.1

The Descent

UK - 2005 - 99m - col / scope

Pathé (18)

D: Neil Marshall
Followed by: The Descent: Part 2 (2009, Dec/2009).
Audio: 6.1

Fantastic Four

USA/Germany - 2005 - 105m - col / scope

20th Century Fox (PG)

D: Tim Story
Followed by: 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007, Aug/2007).
Audio: 5.1

Herbie: Fully Loaded

USA - 2005 - 101m - col

Buena Vista (U)

D: Angela Robinson
Series: The Love Bug (1968, Jun/1969).
Audio: 5.1

The Intruder

L’intrus

France/S.Korea - 2004 - 130m - col / scope

Tartan (15)

D: Claire Denis
Audio: 5.1

Last Days

USA - 2004 - 97m - col

Optimum (15)

D: Gus Van Sant
Audio: 5.1

The Longest Yard

USA - 2005 - 113m - col / scope

Columbia TriStar (12A)

D: Peter Segal
Audio: 5.1

Me and You and Everyone We Know

USA/UK/Japan - 2005 - 91m - col

Optimum (15)

D: Miranda July
Audio: 5.1

The Mighty Celt

Ireland/UK - 2005 - 82m - col

Metrodome (12A)

D: Pearse Elliott
Audio: 5.1

The Night of Truth

La nuit de la vérité

France/Burkina Faso - 2004 - 100m - col

BFI (18)

D: Fanta Régina Nacro
Audio: 5.1

No Rest for the Brave

Pas de repos pour les braves

France/Austria - 2003 - 104m - col

Tartan

D: Alain Guiraudie
Audio: 5.1

On a Clear Day

UK - 2004 - 98m - col

Icon (12A)

D: Gaby Dellal
Audio: 5.1

One Nite in Mongkok

旺角黑夜

Hong Kong - 2004 - 110m - col and bw / scope

Tartan (15)

D: Derek Yee Tung-sing
Audio: 5.1

Pleasant Days

Szép napok

Hungary/Germany - 2002 - 99m - col

Tartan

D: Kornél Mundruczó
DTS Stereo

Primer

USA - 2004 - 77m - col

Tartan (12A)

D: Shane Carruth
Dolby Stereo SR

Pusher II: With Blood on My Hands
Pusher II

Denmark - 2005 - 100m - col

Vertigo (18)

D: Nicolas Winding Refn
Series: Pusher (1996, Oct/1997).
Audio: 5.1

The Secret Lives of Dentists

USA - 2003 - 104m - col

Tartan (15)

D: Alan Rudolph
Audio: 5.1

Si wang xie zhen

[see: Ab-normal Beauty]

Solnze

[see: Sun, The]

Spirit Trap

UK - 2004 - 91m - col

Revolver (15)

D: David Smith
Audio: 5.1

Summer Storm

Sommersturm

Germany/Hungary - 2004 - 98m - col

Peccadillo (15)

D: Marco Kreuzpaintner
Audio: 5.1

The Sun

Солнце

Russia/Italy/France//Switzerland - 2005 - 110m - col

Artificial Eye (PG)

D: Aleksandr Sokurov
Audio: 5.1

Wang jiao hei ye

[see: One Nite in Mongkok]

War of the Worlds

USA - 2005 - 116m - col

UIP (12A)

D: Steven Spielberg
Audio: 5.1

With Blood on My Hands

[see: Pusher II: With Blood on My Hands]