Friday, 30 June 2017

S&S: April 2009




Sight & Sound
April 2009
Vol. 19 No. 4

20-seiki shōnen
[see: Twentieth Century Boys]

 The Age of Stupid
UK - 2008 - 91m - col
Dogwoof (12A)
D: Franny Armstrong
Audio: 5.1

Bronson
UK - 2008 - 92m - col
Vertigo (18)
D: Nicolas Winding Refn
Audio: 5.1

Chandni Chowk to China
चांदनी चौक टू चाइना
India/USA - 2008 - 153m - col / scope
Warner (12A)
D: Nikhil Advani
Audio: 5.1

 Cherry Blossoms: Hanami
Kirschblüten: Hanami
(USA: Cherry Blossoms)
Germany - 2007 - 127m - col
Dogwoof
D: Doris Dörrie
Audio: 5.1

Confessions of a Shopaholic
USA - 2009 - 104m - col / scope
Buena Vista (PG)
D: P.J. Hogan
Audio: 5.1

 Crossed Tracks
Roman de gare
France - 2007 - 103m - col / scope
Ciné Lumière
D: Claude Lelouch
Audio: 5.1

 Fifty Dead Men Walking
UK/Canada/USA - 2008 - 117m - col / scope
Metrodome (15)
D: Kari Skogland
Audio: 5.1

Flash of Genius
USA - 2008 - 119m - col / scope
Optimum (12A)
D: Marc Abraham
Audio: 5.1

Friday the 13th
USA - 2009 - 97m/106m - col / scope
Paramount (18)
D: Marcus Nispel
Audio: 5.1

Genova
UK - 2008 - 94m - col / scope
Metrodome (15)
D: Michael Winterbottom
Audio: 5.1

He’s Just Not That Into You
USA/Germany - 2008 - 129m - col / scope
Entertainment (12A)
D: Ken Kwapis
Audio: 5.1

Hotel for Dogs
USA/Germany - 2008 - 100m - col
Paramount (U)
D: Thor Freudenthal
Audio: 5.1

Hush
UK - 2008 - 91m - col / scope
Optimum (15)
D: Mark Tonderai
Audio: 5.1

I Can’t Think Straight
UK - 2008 - 82m - col
Enlightenment (12A)
D: Shamim Sarif
Audio: 5.1

In the City of Sylvia
En la ciudad de Sylvia
Spain/France - 2007 - 85m - col
Axiom (PG)
D: José Luis Guerín
Audio: 5.1

Kamyu nante shiranai
[see: Who’s Camus Anyway?]

Katyń
Poland - 2007 - 122m - col / scope
Artificial Eye (15)
D: Andrzej Wajda
Audio: 6.1

 LOL
France - 2008 - 103m - col / scope
Pathé (12A)
D: Lisa Azuelos
Audio: 5.1

LOL (Laughing Out Loud)
[see: LOL]

Modern Life
La vie moderne
(aka: Country Profiles: Modern Life)
France - 2008 - 87m - col / scope
Soda (PG)
D: Raymond Depardon
Series: Profils paysans: L'approche (2001).
Audio: 5.1

New in Town
USA/Canada - 2008 - 97m - col
Entertainment (12A)
D: Jonas Elmer
Audio: 5.1

Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation!
Australia - 2008 - 103m - col
Optimum (18)
D: Mark Hartley
Audio: 5.1

Obscene
USA - 2007 - 97m - col
Revolver
D: Neil Ortenberg, Daniel O’Connor
Audio: Stereo

Paul Blart: Mall Cop
USA - 2009 - 91m - col
Sony (PG)
D: Steve Carr
Followed by: Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 (2015, Jun/2015).
Audio: 5.1

 Peter Beard: "Scrapbooks From Africa and Beyond..."
Peter Beard: Carnets d’Afrique et d’ailleurs
France/USA (TV) - 1998 - 52m - col
Revolver
D: Jean-Claude Luyat, Guillaume Bonn

Push
USA/Canada - 2009 - 111m - col / scope
Icon (12A)
D: Paul McGuigan
Audio: 5.1

 The Spectacular Life of Giulio Andreotti
Il divo: La spettacolare vita di Giulio Andreotti
Italy/France - 2008 - 118m - col / scope
Artificial Eye (15)
D: Paolo Sorrentino
Audio: 5.1

Timecrimes
Los cronocrímenes
Spain - 2007 - 92m - col
Optimum (15)
D: Nacho Vigalondo
Audio: 5.1

Traitor
USA/Canada - 2008 - 114m - col / scope
Momentum (12A)
D: Jeffrey Nachmanoff
Audio: 5.1
Twentieth Century Boys
20th Century Boys
20世紀少年
Japan - 2008 - 142m - col
4Digital Asia (15)
D: Yukihiko Tsutsumi
Followed by: 20th Century Boys Chapter 2: The Last Hope (20世紀少年　第2章 最後の希望, 2009), 20th Century Boys Final Chapter: Our Flag (20世紀少年 -最終章- ぼくらの旗, 2009).
Audio: 5.1

 Two Lovers
USA/France - 2008 - 110m - col / scope
Lionsgate (15)
D: James Gray
Audio: 5.1

Tyson
USA - 2008 - 88m - col
Revolver (15)
D: James Toback
Audio: 5.1

Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
USA - 2009 - 93m - col / scope
Entertainment (18)
D: Patrick Tatopoulos
Series: Underworld (2003, Dec/2003).
Audio: 5.1

The Universe of Keith Haring
L’universo di Keith Haring
Italy/France - 2007 - 82m - col and bw
Revolver
D: Christina Clausen
Audio: Stereo

 Waveriders
Ireland/UK - 2008 - 78m - col
Element (PG)
D: Joel Conroy
Audio: 5.1

Who’s Camus Anyway?
カミュなんて知らない
Japan - 2005 - 115m - col
ICA
D: Mitsuo Yanagimachi
Audio: 5.1

Wonderful Town
วันเดอร์ฟูลทาวน์
Thailand/Netherlands/Switzerland/USA/S.Korea - 2007 - 92m - col
Soda
D: Aditya Assarat
Audio: 5.1

The Young Victoria
UK/USA - 2008 - 105m - col / scope
Momentum (PG)
D: Jean-Marc Vallée
Audio: 5.1

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S&S: March 2009




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

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Thursday, 29 June 2017

S&S: February 2009



Hansel and Gretel

Sight & Sound
February 2009
Vol. 19 No. 2

Australia
USA/Australia/UK - 2008 - 165m - col / scope
20th Century Fox (12A)
D: Baz Luhrmann
Audio: 5.1

Better Things
UK/Germany - 2007 - 93m - col / scope
Soda (15)
D: Duane Hopkins
Audio: 5.1

Bevery Hills Chihuahua
USA - 2008 - 91m - col / scope
Buena Vista (U)
D: Raja Gosnell
Followed by: Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 (2011), Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3: Viva La Fiesta! (2012).
Audio: 5.1

La Bohème
Germany/Austria - 2008 - 114m - col
Axiom (PG)
D: Robert Dornhelm
Audio: 5.1

Bolt
USA - 2008 - 103m - col / 3-D
Buena Vista (PG)
D: Chris Williams, Byron Howard
Audio: 6.1

Boogie
(USA: Summer Holiday)
Romania - 2007 - 102m - col
Dogwoof (15)
D: Radu Muntean
Audio: 5.1

The Brøken
UK/France - 2007 - 88m - col / scope
The Works (15)
D: Sean Ellis
Audio: 5.1

The Children
UK - 2008 - 84m - col
Vertigo (15)
D: Tom Shankland
Audio: 5.1

A Christmas Tale
Un conte de Noël: Roubaix!
France - 2008 - 153m - col / scope
New Wave (15)
D: Arnaud Desplechin
Audio: 5.1

Clubbed
UK - 2008 - 95m - col
Route One (18)
D: Neil Thompson
Audio: 5.1



The Day the Earth Stood Still
USA - 2008 - 103m - col / scope
20th Century Fox (12A)
D: Scott Derrickson
35mm and IMAX release prints.
Audio: 5.1 / IMAX 6-track

Doubt
USA - 2008 - 104m - col
Buena Vista (15)
D: John Patrick Shanley
Audio: 5.1

 Four Christmases
USA/Germany - 2008 - 88m - col
Entertainment (12A)
D: Seth Gordon
Audio: 5.1

Frost/Nixon
USA/UK/France - 2008 - 122m - col / scope
Universal (15)
D: Ron Howard
Audio: 5.1

Hannah Takes the Stairs
USA - 2006 - 83m - col
ICA
D: Joe Swanberg

Hansel and Gretel
헨젤과 그레텔
S.Korea - 2007 - 117m - col
Terracotta (15)
D: Lim Pil-seong
Audio: 5.1

Hanselgwa Gretel
[see: Hansel and Gretel]

Inkheart
USA/Germany - 2007 - 106m - col / scope
Entertainment (PG)
D: Iain Softley
Audio: 5.1

Milk
USA - 2008 - 128m - col
Momentum (15)
D: Gus Van Sant
Audio: 5.1

Moscow, Belgium
Aanrijding in Moscou
Belgium - 2007 - 102m - col
Unanimous (15)
D: Christophe Van Rompaey
Audio: 5.1

My Best Friend’s Girl
USA - 2008 - 100m - col
Lionsgate (15) (cut)
D: Howard Deutch
Audio: 5.1

Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist
USA - 2008 - 89m - col
Sony (12A)
D: Peter Sollett
Audio: 5.1

Paris 36
Faubourg 36
France/Germany/Czech Republic - 2008 - 120m - col / scope
Pathé
D: Christophe Barratier
35mm and 70mm release prints.
Audio: 5.1

Rachel Getting Married
USA - 2008 - 113m - col
Sony (15)
D: Jonathan Demme
Audio: 5.1

The Reader
USA/Germany - 2008 - 124m - col
Entertainment (15)
D: Stephen Daldry
Audio: 5.1


Revolutionary Road
USA/UK - 2008 - 119m - col / scope
Paramount (15)
D: Sam Mendes
Audio: 5.1

Role Models
USA/Germany - 2008 - 99m - col
Universal (15)
D: David Wain
Audio: 5.1

Seven Pounds
USA - 2008 - 123m - col / scope
Sony (12A)
D: Gabriele Muccino
Audio: 5.1

Sex Drive
USA - 2008 - 109m - col
Contender (15)
D: Sean Anders
Audio: 5.1

Shoot on Sight
UK/USA - 2008 - 109m - col / scope
Cine Boutique / Tip Top (15)
D: Jag Mundhra
Audio: 5.1

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
USA - 2008 - 120m - col
Warner (12A)
D: Sanaa Hamri
Series: The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005, Jul/2005).
Audio: 5.1

Slumdog Millionaire
UK - 2008 - 120m - col / scope
Pathé (15)
D: Danny Boyle
Audio: 5.1

 The Tale of Despereaux
USA/UK - 2008 - 93m - col / scope
Universal (U)
D: Sam Fell, Rob Stevenhagen
Audio: 5.1

Tokyo Sonata
トウキョウソナタ
Japan/Hong Kong/Netherlands - 2008 - 120m - col
Eureka (12A)
D: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Audio: 5.1

Transporter 3
Le transporteur 3
France/USA - 2008 - 104m - col / scope
Icon (15)
D: Olivier Mégaton
Series: The Transporter (2002, Jan/2003).
Audio: 5.1

 Twilight
USA - 2008 - 122m - col / scope
Contender (12A)
D: Catherine Hardwicke
Followed by: New Moon (2009, Feb/2010), Eclipse (2010, Sep/2010), Breaking Dawn Part 1 (2011, Feb/2012), Breaking Dawn Part Two (2012, Jan/2013).
Audio: 5.1

Vicky Cristina Barcelona
USA/Spain - 2008 - 96m - col
Optimum (12A)
D: Woody Allen
Audio: 3.0

Wendy and Lucy
USA - 2008 - 80m - col
Soda (15)
D: Kelly Reichardt
Audio: 5.1

Who Killed Nancy? The True Story...
UK - 2009 - 100m - col
Soda
D: Alan G. Parker
Audio: 5.1

The Wrestler
USA - 2008 - 109m - col / scope
Optimum (15)
D: Darren Aronofsky
Audio: 5.1

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