S&S: September 2006

Introduction for newcomers

Sight & Sound

September 2006

Vol. 16 No. 9

11:14

USA - 2003 - 86m - col

Lionsgate (15)

D: Greg Marcks
Audio: 5.1

Adrift
Open Water 2: Adrift

Germany/USA - 2006 - 95m - col / scope
Pathé (15)
D: Hans Horn
Series: Open Water (2004, Oct/2004).
Audio: 5.1

Akeelah and the Bee

USA - 2005 - 110m - col / scope

Lionsgate (12A)

D: Doug Atchison
Audio: 5.1

Alpha Male

UK/USA - 2005 - 100m - col

Verve (15)

D: Dan Wilde
Dolby Stereo SR

Angel-A

France - 2005 - 91m - bw / scope

Optimum (15)

D: Luc Besson
Audio: 6.1

The Ant Bully

USA - 2006 - 89m - col / 3-D

Warner (U)

D: John A. Davis
35mm, D-Cinema and IMAX release prints. Only the LF version was released in 3-D (reframed at 1.44:1 aspect ratio), all other prints were 2-D.
Audio: 5.1 / IMAX 6-track

Be With Me

Singapore - 2005 - 93m - col

Peccadillo (12A)

D: Eric Khoo
Dolby Stereo SR

C.S.A. The Confederate States of America

USA - 2004 - 89m - col

Tartan (12A)

D: Kevin Willmott
Dolby Stereo SR

Garfield 2

USA/UK - 2005 - 78m - col

20th Century Fox (U)

D: Tim Hill
Series: Garfield (2004, Sep/2004).
Audio: 5.1

Harsh Times

USA - 2005 - 115m - col

Pathé (15)

D: David Ayer
Audio: 5.1

An Inconvenient Truth

USA - 2006 - 97m - col

UIP (U)

D: Davis Guggenheim
Followed by: An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power (2017, Oct/2017).
Audio: 5.1

Krrish

क्रिश

(aka: There’s No One Like You)

India - 2006 - 175m - col / scope

Adlabs (12A)

D: Rakesh Roshan
Series: Koi... Mil Gaya (2003).
Audio: 5.1

A Lion in the House

USA - 2006 - 225m - col

ICA

D: Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert

Look Both Ways

Australia - 2005 - 101m - col

Tartan (12A)

D: Sarah Watt
Audio: 5.1

Marilyn Hotchkiss’ Ballroom Dancing & Charm School

USA - 2006 - 105m - col / scope

Anchor Bay (12A)

D: Randall Miller
Audio: 5.1

Monster House

USA - 2006 - 91m - col / scope / 3-D

Sony (PG)

D: Gil Kenan
Audio: 5.1

Nacho Libre

USA/Germany - 2006 - 92m - col

UIP (12A)

D: Jared Hess
Audio: 5.1

Paper Clips

USA - 2004 - 84m - col

Lionsgate (U)

D: Elliot Berlin
Dolby Stereo SR

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest

USA - 2006 - 150m - col / scope

Buena Vista (PG)

D: Gore Verbinski
Series: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003, Sep/2003).
Audio: 5.1

Qinghong

[see: Shanghai Dreams]

A Scanner Darkly

USA - 2006 - 100m - col

Warner (15)

D: Richard Linklater
Audio: 5.1

The Sentinel

USA - 2006 - 108m - col / scope

20th Century Fox (12A)

D: Clark Johnson
Audio: 5.1

Severance

UK/Germany - 2006 - 96m - col

Pathé (15)

D: Christopher Smith
Audio: 6.1

Shanghai Dreams

青紅

China/Hong Kong - 2005 - 121m - col

Artificial Eye (15)

D: Wang Xiaoshuai
Dolby Stereo SR

Sisters in Law

UK - 2005 - 104m - col

ICA (12A)

D: Florence Ayisi, Kim Longinotto
Dolby Stereo SR

Stormbreaker

(USA: Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker)

UK/Germany - 2006 - 93m - col / scope

Entertainment (PG)

D: Geoffrey Sax
Audio: 5.1

Superman Returns

USA/Australia - 2006 - 154m/169m - col / scope / 3-D seqs

Warner (12A)

D: Bryan Singer
35mm, D-Cinema and IMAX release prints. Only the LF version contained 3-D footage, all other prints were 2-D throughout.
Audio: 5.1 / IMAX 6-track

Terkel in Trouble

Terkel i knibe

Denmark/UK - 2004 - 81m - col

Eureka (15)

D: Stefan Fjeldmark, Kresten Vestbjerg Andersen, Thorbjørn Christofferson
Dolby Stereo SR

This Film is Not Yet Rated

USA - 2006 - 98m - col

ICA (18)

D: Kirby Dick
Audio: 5.1

Tideland

UK/Canada - 2006 - 120m - col / scope

Revolver (15)

D: Terry Gilliam
Audio: 5.1

To Die in San Hilario

Morir en San Hilario

Spain - 2004 - 95m - col

Dogwoof (12A)

D: Laura Mañá
Audio: 5.1

Volver

Spain - 2005 - 121m - col / scope

Pathé (15)

D: Pedro Almodóvar
Audio: 5.1

Warrior King
Tom-yum-goong
ต้มยำกุ้ง
(USA: The Protector)
Thai - 2005 - 110m/81m - col
Contender (18)
D: Prachya Pinkaew
Followed by: Tom yum goong 2 (ต้มยำกุ้ง 2, 2013).
Audio: 6.1

Wilderness

UK - 2006 - 94m - col

Momentum (15)

D: Michael J. Bassett
Audio: 5.1