S&S: August 2010

Introduction for newcomers

Sight & Sound

August 2010

Vol. 20 No. 8

The A-Team

USA - 2010 - 119m - col / scope

20th Century Fox (12A) (cut)

D: Joe Carnahan
Audio: 5.1

The Ballroom

Chega de Saudade

Brazil/France - 2008 - 98m - col

V: Matchbox (15)

D: Laís Bodanzky
Audio: 5.1

Beautiful Kate

Australia - 2009 - 101m - col / scope

Matchbox (15)

D: Rachel Ward
Audio: 5.1

Bluebeard

Barbe bleue

France - 2009 - 78m - col

New Wave (15)

D: Catherine Breillat
Audio: 5.1

City Island

USA/Poland - 2009 - 104m - col

Anchor Bay (12A)

D: Raymond De Felitta
Audio: 5.1

Le concert

(aka: The Concert)

France/Romania/Belgium/Italy - 2009 - 123m - col / scope

Optimum (15)

D: Radu Mihaileanu
Audio: 5.1

Down Terrace

UK - 2009 - 89m - col / scope

Metrodome (15)

D: Ben Wheatley
Audio: 5.1

Frontier Blues

UK/France - 2009 - 97m - col

Artificial Eye (12A)

D: Babak Jalali
Audio: 5.1

Gainsbourg (Je t'aime... moi non plus)

Gainsbourg (Vie héroïque)

(USA: Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life)

France/UK - 2010 - 135m - col / scope

Optimum (15)

D: Joann Sfar
Audio: 5.1

Gangster's Paradise: Jerusalema
Jerusalema

S.Africa - 2008 - 119m - col / scope
Anchor Bay (15)
D: Ralph Ziman
Audio: 5.1

Get Him to the Greek

USA/Japan - 2010 - 109m - col

Universal (15)

D: Nicholas Stoller
Audio: 5.1

Goemon

Japan - 2009 - 127m - col / scope

Momentum

D: Kazuaki Kiriya
Audio: 6.1

Heartbreaker

L’arnacœur

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

Revolver (15)

D: Pascal Chaumeil
Audio: 5.1

Hierro

Spain/France - 2009 - 89m - col / scope

Optimum (12A)

D: Gabe Ibáñez
Audio: 5.1

H2Oil

Canada - 2009 - 75m - col and bw

Dogwoof (12A)

D: Shannon Walsh
Audio: 5.1

Ivul

France/Switzerland/UK - 2009 - 101m - col

Artificial Eye (15)

D: Andrew Kötting
Audio: 5.1

The Karate Kid

USA/China/Hong Kong - 2010 - 140m - col / scope

Sony (PG)

D: Harald Zwart
Audio: 5.1

Killers

USA - 2010 - 100m - col / scope

Lionsgate (12A)

D: Robert Luketic
Audio: 5.1

Kites

काइट्स

India - 2010 - 122m/92m - col / scope

Reliance (12A) (cut)

D: Anurag Basu
Audio: 5.1

Kites: The Remix

[see: Kites]

Leaving

Partir

France - 2008 - 86m - col

Metrodome (15)

D: Catherine Corsini
Audio: 5.1

London River

France/UK/Algeria - 2009 - 88m - col

Trinity (12A)

D: Rachid Bouchareb
Audio: 5.1

MacGruber

USA - 2010 - 99m - col / scope

Universal (15)

D: Jorma Taccone
Audio: 5.1

Mega Piranha

USA (TV) - 2010 - 91m - col

Metrodome (15)

D: Eric Forsberg
Audio: 5.1

The Rebound

USA - 2009 - 95m - col / scope

Momentum (15)

D: Bart Freundlich
Audio: 5.1

Separado!

UK/Argentina/Brazil - 2010 - 84m - col

Soda

D: Dylan Goch, Gruff Rhys
Audio: Stereo

Sex and the City 2

USA/Australia - 2010 - 146m - col

Warner (15)

D: Michael Patrick King
Series: Sex and the City (2008, Aug/2008).
Audio: 5.1

Shrek Forever After

USA - 2010 - 93m - col / scope / 3-D

Paramount (U)

D: Mike Mitchell
D-Cinema, 35mm, IMAX and IMAX-D release prints.
Series: Shrek (2001, Jul/2001).
Audio: 5.1 / IMAX 6-track

Skeletons

UK - 2009 - 97m - col / scope

Soda

D: Nick Whitfield
Audio: Stereo

Space Chimps 2: Zartog Strikes Back

USA - 2010 - 76m - col / 3-D

Entertainment (U)

D: John H. Williams
Series: Space Chimps (2008, Sep/2008).
Audio: 5.1

Splice

Canada/France - 2010 - 104m - col

Optimum (15)

D: Vincenzo Natali
Audio: 5.1

The Tournament

UK - 2009 - 94m - col

Entertainment

D: Scott Mann
Audio: 5.1

Toy Story 3

USA - 2010 - 102m - col / 3-D

Buena Vista (U)

D: Lee Unkrich
D-Cinema, 35mm, IMAX and IMAX-D release prints.
Series: Toy Story (1995, Mar/1996).
Audio: 7.1 / IMAX 6-track

Villa Amalia

France/Switzerland - 2008 - 94m - col / scope

Peccadillo (PG)

D: Benoît Jacquot
Audio: 5.1

Whatever Works

USA/France - 2009 - 92m - col

Warner (12A)

D: Woody Allen
Audio: 3.0

Wild Target

UK/France - 2009 - 98m - col / scope

Entertainment (12A)

D: Jonathan Lynn
Audio: 5.1