S&S: February 2012

Introduction for newcomers

Sight & Sound

February 2012

Vol. 22 No. 2

Acts of Godfrey

UK - 2011 - 85m - col

Guerilla (15)

D: Johnny Daukes
Audio: 5.1

Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked

USA - 2011 - 87m - col

20th Century Fox (U)

D: Mike Mitchell
Series: Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007, Mar/2008).
Audio: 5.1

L’Apollonide: Souvenirs de la maison close

[see: House of Tolerance]

The Big Year

USA - 2011 - 100m - col / scope

20th Century Fox (PG)

D: David Frankel
Audio: 5.1

Bombay Beach

USA - 2011 - 80m - col

Dogwoof

D: Alma Ha’rel
Audio: 5.1

Breaking Dawn Part 1

USA - 2011 - 117m - col / scope

eOne (12A)

D: Bill Condon
Series: Twilight (2008, Feb/2009).
Audio: 7.1

Carnage

France/Germany/Poland/Spain - 2011 - 80m - col

Studio Canal (15)

D: Roman Polanski
Audio: 5.1

Coriolanus

UK/USA/Serbia - 2010 - 123m - col / scope

Lionsgate (15)

D: Ralph Fiennes
Audio: 5.1

The Descendants

USA/UK - 2011 - 115m - col / scope

20th Century Fox (15)

D: Alexander Payne
Audio: 5.1

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

USA/Sweden - 2011 - 158m - col / scope

Sony (18)

D: David Fincher
Audio: 5.1

Happy Feet Two

USA/Australia - 2011 - 103m - col / scope / 3-D

Warner (U)

D: George Miller
D-Cinema, 35mm, IMAX and IMAX-D release prints.
Series: Happy Feet (2006, Feb/2007).
Audio: 5.1 / IMAX 6-track

Haywire

USA/Ireland - 2011 - 93m - col / scope

Momentum (15)

D: Steven Soderbergh
Audio: 5.1

House of Tolerance

Souvenirs de la maison close

(aka: House of Pleasures)

France - 2010 - 126m - col

The Works (18)

D: Bertrand Bonello
Audio: 5.1

Hugo

USA - 2011 - 126m - col / 3-D

Entertainment (U)

D: Martin Scorsese
Audio: 7.1

The Iron Lady

UK/France - 2011 - 105m - col / scope

Pathé (12A)

D: Phyllida Lloyd
Audio: 5.1

Jack and Jill

USA - 2011 - 91m - col

Sony (PG)

D: Dennis Dugan
Audio: 5.1

J. Edgar

USA - 2011 - 137m - col / scope

Warner (15)

D: Clint Eastwood
Audio: 5.1

The Lady

France/UK - 2011 - 132m - col / scope

Entertainment (12A)

D: Luc Besson
Audio: 5.1

Like Crazy

USA - 2011 - 90m - col

Paramount (12A)

D: Drake Doremus
Audio: 5.1

Man on a Ledge

USA - 2011 - 102m - col / scope

eOne (12A)

D: Asger Leth
Audio: 5.1

Margaret

USA - 2008 - 150m/186m - col

20th Century Fox (15)

D: Kenneth Lonergan
Audio: 5.1

Margin Call

USA - 2011 - 106m - col

Stealth (15)

D: J.C. Chandor
Audio: 5.1

Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol

USA - 2011 - 133m - col / scope + IMAX

Paramount (12A)

D: Brad Bird
IMAX, IMAX-D, 35mm and D-Cinema release prints.
Series: Mission Impossible (1996, Jul/96).
Audio: 7.1 / IMAX 6-track

Mother and Child

USA - 2009 - 126m - col / scope

Verve (15)

D: Rodrigo García
Audio: 5.1

New Year’s Eve

USA - 2011 - 118m - col

Warner (12A)

D: Garry Marshall
Audio: 5.1

The Nine Muses

UK/Ghana - 2011 - 96m - col

New Wave (PG)

D: John Akomfrah
Audio: 5.1

Patience (After Sebald)

UK - 2011 - 86m - col and bw

Soda (12A)

D: Grant Gee
Dolby Stereo SR

Red Light Revolution

Australia - 2010 - 90m - col

Terracotta

D: Sam Voutas
Audio: 5.1

Shame

UK/Canada - 2011 - 101m - col / scope

Momentum (18)

D: Steve McQueen
Audio: 5.1

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

USA/Australia - 2011 - 129m - col / scope

Warner (12A)

D: Guy Ritchie
Series: Sherlock Holmes (2009, Feb/2010).
Audio: 5.1

The Sitter

USA - 2011 - 81m - col

20th Century Fox (15)

D: David Gordon Green
Audio: 5.1

Tatsumi

Singapore/Japan - 2011 - 96m - col and bw

Soda (15)

D: Erik Khoo
Audio: 5.1

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1

[see: Breaking Dawn Part 1]

A Useful Life

La vida útil

Uruguay/Spain/Netherlands - 2010 - 66m - bw

Dogwoof

D: Federico Veiroj
Audio: 5.1

War Horse

USA/India - 2011 - 146m - col / scope

Buena Vista (12A)

D: Steven Spielberg
Audio: 7.1

W.E.

UK - 2011 - 119m - col / scope

Studio Canal (15)

D: Madonna
Audio: 5.1