S&S: April 2011

Introduction for newcomers

Sight & Sound

April 2011

Vol. 21 No. 4

Age of the Dragons

USA/UK - 2010 - 91m - col / scope

Metrodome (12A)

D: Ryan Little
Audio: 5.1

All American Orgy

USA - 2010 - 98m - col

Metrodome (18)

D: Andrew Drazek
Audio: 5.1

Anuvahood

UK - 2011 - 89m - col

Revolver (15)

D: Adam Deacon, Daniel Toland
Audio: 5.1

Arthur and the Great Adventure

France - 2010 - 105m - col / scope

Entertainment (PG)

D: Luc Besson
Combines footage from Arthur et la vengeance du Maltazard (2009) and Arthur 3: La guerre des deux mondes (2010) to create an entirely new narrative for UK release.
See also: Arthur and the Invisibles (2006, Mar/2007).
Audio: 5.1

Ballast

USA - 2007 - 96m - col / scope

Axiom (15)

D: Lance Hammer
Audio: 5.1

Barney’s Version

Canada/Italy - 2010 - 134m - col / scope

Universal (15)

D: Richard J. Lewis
Audio: 5.1

Benda Bilili!

France/Belgium - 2010 - 86m - col

Trinity (PG)

D: Renaud Barret, Florent de la Tullaye
Audio: 5.1

Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son

USA - 2011 - 107m - col / scope

20th Century Fox (PG)

D: John Whitesell
Series: Big Momma's House (2000, Aug/2000).
Audio: 5.1

Cave of Forgotten Dreams

Canada/USA/France/UK - 2010 - 89m - col / 3-D

Picturehouse (U)

D: Werner Herzog
Audio: 5.1

Chalet Girl

UK/Germany/Austria - 2010 - 97m - col

Momentum (12A)

D: Phil Traill
Audio: 5.1

Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer

USA - 2010 - 118m - col

Dogwoof (15)

D: Alex Gibney
Audio: 5.1

The Company Men

USA/UK - 2010 - 104m - col

Universal (15)

D: John Wells
Audio: 5.1

Country Strong

USA - 2010 - 117m - col / scope

Sony (12A)

D: Shana Feste
Audio: 5.1

The Dilemma

USA - 2011 - 112m - col / scope

Universal (12A)

D: Ron Howard
Audio: 5.1

Drive Angry

USA - 2011 - 104m - col / 3-D

Lionsgate (18)

D: Patrick Lussier
Audio: 5.1

The Eagle

USA/UK - 2010 - 114m - col / scope

Universal (12A)

D: Kevin Macdonald
Audio: 5.1

Eleanor's Secret

Kérity: La maison des contes

France/Italy - 2009 - 77m - col

Soda (U)

D: Dominique Monféry
Audio: 5.1

Essential Killing

Poland/Norway/Ireland/Hungary - 2010 - 84m - col

Artificial Eye (15)

D: Jerzy Skolimowski
Audio: 5.1

Faster

USA - 2010 - 98m - col / scope

Sony (15)

D: George Tillman Jr.
Audio: 5.1

Gnomeo & Juliet

USA/UK - 2011 - 84m - col / 3-D

Entertainment One (U)

D: Kelly Asbury
Audio: 7.1

His & Hers

Ireland - 2009 - 83m - col

Element (U)

D: Ken Wardrop
Audio: 5.1

I Am Number Four

USA/India - 2011 - 110m - col

Buena Vista (12A)

D: D.J. Caruso
D-Cinema, 35mm, IMAX and IMAX-D release prints.
Audio: 5.1 / IMAX 6-track

Ironclad

UK/USA/Germany - 2010 - 121m - col / scope

Warner (15)

D: Jonathan English
Followed by: Ironclad 2: Battle for Blood (2013, May/2014).
Audio: 5.1

Just Go With It

USA - 2011 - 116m - col

Sony (12A)

D: Dennis Dugan
Audio: 5.1

Justin Bieber: Never Say Never

USA - 2011 - 105m - col / 3-D

Paramount (U)

D: Jon M. Chu
Audio: 5.1

Killing Bono

UK - 2010 - 114m - col / scope

Paramount (15)

D: Nick Hamm
Audio: 5.1

A Little Bit of Heaven

USA - 2010 - 106m - col / scope

Entertainment (12A)

D: Nicole Kassell
Audio: 5.1

Norwegian Wood

ノルウェイの森

Japan/Hong Kong - 2010 - 134m - col / scope

Soda (15)

D: Tran Anh Hung
Audio: 5.1

No Strings Attached

USA - 2010 - 108m - col / scope

Paramount (15)

D: Ivan Reitman
Audio: 5.1

Oranges and Sunshine

UK/Australia - 2010 - 105m - col / scope

Icon (15)

D: Jim Loach
Audio: 5.1

Patagonia

UK/USA/Switzerland - 2009 - 119m - col

Verve (15)

D: Marc Evans
Audio: 5.1

Paul

USA/UK/Japan - 2011 - 104m - col / scope

Universal (15)

D: Greg Mottola
Audio: 5.1

The Rite

USA - 2011 - 114m - col / scope

Warner (15)

D: Mikael Håfström
Audio: 5.1

Route Irish

UK/France/Italy/Belgium/Spain - 2010 - 109m - col

Artificial Eye (15)

D: Ken Loach
Audio: 5.1

Sanctum

USA/Australia - 2010 - 109m - col / 3-D

Universal (15)

D: Alister Grierson
D-Cinema, 35mm and IMAX-D release prints.
Audio: 5.1 / IMAX 6-track

Submarine

UK - 2010 - 97m - col

Optimum (15)

D: Richard Ayoade
Audio: 5.1

A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures

Le voyage extraordinaire de Samy

(aka: Sammy’s Adventures: The Secret Passage)

Belgium/USA - 2010 - 86m - col / 3-D

Optimum (U)

D: Ben Stassen
Followed by: Sammy's Great Escape (2012, Apr/2013).
Audio: 5.1

Unknown

USA/UK/Germany/France - 2010 - 113m - col / scope

Optimum (12A)

D: Jaume Collet-Serra
Audio: 5.1

The Ward

USA - 2010 - 88m - col / scope

Warner (15)

D: John Carpenter
Audio: 5.1

You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger

USA/Spain/UK - 2010 - 98m - col

Warner (12A)

D: Woody Allen