S&S: January 2010

Introduction for newcomers

Censor certificates

Glossary

Sight & Sound

January 2010

Vol. 20 No. 1

2012

USA - 2009 - 158m - col / scope

Sony (12A)

D: Roland Emmerich
Audio: 5.1

Amelia

USA/Canada - 2009 - 111m - col / scope

20th Century Fox (PG)

D: Mira Nair
Audio: 5.1

The Box

USA - 2009 - 116m - col / scope

Icon (12A)

D: Richard Kelly
Audio: 5.1

Carriers

USA - 2008 - 84m - col / scope

Paramount (15)

D: Àlex Pastor, David Pastor
Audio: 5.1

A Christmas Carol

USA - 2009 - 96m - col / scope / 3-D

Buena Vista (PG)

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

Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant

USA/Japan - 2009 - 109m - col / scope

Universal (12A)

D: Paul Weitz
Audio: 5.1

Departures

おくりびと

Japan - 2008 - 130m - col

Arrow (12A)

D: Yōjirō Takita
Audio: 5.1

Disney’s A Christmas Carol

[see: Christmas Carol, A]

Exam

UK - 2009 - 101m - col / scope

Hazeldine (15)

D: Stuart Hazeldine
Audio: 5.1

A Christmas Carol (left)

Harry Brown

UK - 2009 - 103m - col / scope

Lionsgate (18)

D: Daniel Barber
Audio: 5.1

Hofshat keits

[see: My Father My Lord]

Law Abiding Citizen

USA/UK - 2009 - 109m - col / scope

Momentum (18)

D: F. Gary Gray
Audio: 5.1

The Limits of Control

USA/Japan - 2008 - 116m - col

Revolver (15)

D: Jim Jarmusch
Audio: 5.1

Love Happens

USA/UK/Canada - 2008 - 109m - col

eOne (12A)

D: Brandon Camp
Audio: 5.1

Love the Beast

Australia - 2009 - 88m - col

Metrodome (15)

D: Eric Bana
Audio: 5.1

Machan

Italy/Germany/Sri Lanka/UK - 2008 - 108m - col

Yume (15)

D: Uberto Pasolini
Audio: 5.1

The Magic Hour

UK - 2009 - 60m - col

104 Films (15)

D: John Williams, William Mager, Andrew Gibbs, The Void Mediabox Group, Katherine Araniello
Comprised of five short films: Paraphernalia, Hands Solo, Butter Mouth, The Hunger House and Follow Me on My Journey to Die.
Audio: 5.1

Me and Orson Welles

USA/UK - 2009 - 114m - col / scope

CinemaNX (12A)

D: Richard Linklater
Audio: 5.1

The Men Who Stare at Goats

USA/UK - 2009 - 93m - col / scope

Momentum (15)

D: Grant Heslov
Audio: 5.1

Michael Jackson’s This is It

[see: This is It]

Micmacs

Mic macs a tire-larigot

France - 2009 - 104m - col / scope

eOne (12A)

D: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Audio: 5.1

Mr. Right

UK - 2009 - 95m - col

Verve (15)

D: David Morris, Jacqui Roberts
Audio: 5.1

My Father My Lord

חופשת קיץ

Israel - 2007 - 77m - col

Artificial Eye (PG)

D: David Volach
Audio: 5.1

Nativity!

UK - 2009 - 106m - col

eOne (U)

D: Debbie Isitt
Followed by: Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger! (2012, Dec/2012), Nativity 3: Dude, Where's My Donkey?! (2014, Jan/2015).
Audio: 5.1

Nowhere Boy

UK - 2009 - 98m - col / scope

Icon (15)

D: Sam Taylor-Wood
Audio: 5.1

Okuribito

[see: Departures]

Paranormal Activity

USA - 2009 - 86m/97m - col

Icon (15)

D: Oren Peli
Originally screened on the US festival circuit in 2007. A revised version, with a different ending, was released worldwide in 2009.
Followed by: Paranormal Activity 2 (2010, Jan/2011), Paranormal Activity 3 (2011, Jan/2012), Paranormal Activity 4 (2012, Dec/2012), Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones (2013, Mar/2014), Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension (2015, Jan/2016).
Audio: 5.1

Planet 51

Spain/UK/USA - 2009 - 90m - col / scope

Entertainment (U)

D: Jorge Blanco
Audio: 5.1

Post Grad

USA - 2009 - 88m - col

20th Century Fox (12A)

D: Vicky Jenson
Audio: 5.1

Saw VI

USA/Canada - 2009 - 90m - col

Lionsgate (18)

D: Kevin Greutert
Series: Saw (2004, Dec/2004).
Audio: 5.1

Starsuckers

UK - 2009 - 103m - col

S2S (12A)

D: Chris Atkins
Audio: 5.1

The Stepfather

USA - 2009 - 101m - col / scope

Sony (15)

D: Nelson McCormick
Audio: 5.1

This Is It

USA - 2009 - 110m - col / 3-D seqs

Sony (PG)

D: Kenny Ortega
35mm, D-Cinema and IMAX-D release prints.
Though parts of the film were shot in 3-D, the film was released theatrically in 2-D only. The stereoscopic inserts were included in subsequent home video editions.
Audio: 5.1 / IMAX 6-track

Unmade Beds

UK/France - 2009 - 97m - col

Soda (15)

D: Alexis Dos Santos
Audio: 5.1

Where the Wild Things Are

USA/Germany/Australia - 2009 - 101m - col / scope

Warner (PG)

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