S&S: July 2011

Introduction for newcomers

Sight & Sound

July 2011

Vol. 21 No. 7

After the Apocalypse

UK - 2010 - 64m - col

Dartmouth (12A)

D: Antony Butts

The Beaver

USA/United Arab Emirates - 2011 - 91m - col / scope

Icon (12A)

D: Jodie Foster
Audio: 5.1

The Big Picture

L’homme qui voulait vivre sa vie

France - 2010 - 115m - col / scope

Artificial Eye (15)

D: Eric Lartigau
Audio: 5.1

Bridesmaids

USA/Japan - 2011 - 125m - col / scope

Universal (15)

D: Paul Feig
Audio: 5.1

Check Point
Territories

Canada/France - 2010 - 94m - col
Arrow
D: Olivier Abbou
Audio: 5.1

The Conspirator

USA - 2011 - 123m - col / scope

Universal (12A)

D: Robert Redford
Audio: 5.1

Countdown to Zero

USA - 2010 - 89m - col

Dogwoof (PG)

D: Lucy Walker
Audio: 5.1

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules

USA - 2011 - 99m - col / scope

20th Century Fox (U)

D: David Bowers
Series: Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2010, Sep/2010).
Audio: 5.1

Donor Unknown

USA/Norway/Netherlands/UK/Belgium - 2010 - 80m - col

Redbird (12A)

D: Jerry Rothwell
Audio: Stereo

Dum Maaro Dum

दम मारो दम

India - 2011 - 130m - col / scope

Fox Star (15)

D: Rohan Sippy
Audio: 7.1

Fast Five

USA/Japan - 2011 - 130m - col / scope

Universal (12A)

D: Justin Lin
D-Cinema, 35mm, IMAX and IMAX-D release prints.
Series: The Fast and the Furious (2001, Nov/2001).
Audio: 5.1 / IMAX 6-track

The First Grader

UK/S.Africa/France - 2010 - 103m - col / scope

Soda (12A)

D: Justin Chadwick
Audio: 5.1

Gekijo-ban Yu Gi-Oh!: Cho-yugo! Jiku o koeta kizuna

[see: Yu-Gi-Oh! 3D: Bonds Beyond Time]

The Hangover Part II

USA - 2011 - 102m - col / scope

Warner (15)

D: Todd Phillips
Series: The Hangover (2009, Aug/2009).
Audio: 5.1

Hatchet II

USA - 2010 - 85m - col

Arrow (18)

D: Adam Green
Series: Hatchet (2007, Nov/2007).
Audio: 5.1

Honey 2

USA/UK - 2011 - 110m - col

Universal (12A)

D: Bille Woodruff
Series: Honey (2003, Apr/2004).
Audio: 5.1

Incendies

Canada/France - 2010 - 131m - col

Trinity (15)

D: Denis Villeneuve
Audio: 5.1

Jodaeiye Nader az Simin

[see: Separation, A]

Kaboom

USA/France - 2010 - 86m - col / scope

Artificial Eye (15)

D: Gregg Araki
Audio: 5.1

Life in a Day

UK/USA/S.Korea - 2011 - 95m - col

Scott Free (12A)

D: Kevin Macdonald
Audio: Stereo

Mammuth

France - 2010 - 91m - col

Axiom (15)

D: Benoît Delépine, Gustave Kervern
Audio: 5.1

Mother’s Day

USA/Canada - 2010 - 112m - col / scope

Optimum (18)

D: Darren Lynn Bousman
Audio: 5.1

Nader and Simin: A Separation
جدایی نادر از سیمین
(aka: A Separation)
Iran - 2011 - 123m - col
Artificial Eye (PG)
D: Asghar Farhadi
Dolby Stereo SR

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

USA - 2011 - 136m - col / scope / 3-D

Buena Vista (12A)

D: Rob Marshall
D-Cinema, 35mm, IMAX and IMAX-D release prints.
Series: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003, Sep/2003).
Audio: 7.1 / IMAX 6-track

Planeat

UK - 2011 - 87m - col

Studio at 58

D: Shelley Lee Davies, Or Shlomi
Audio: 5.1

Point Blank

A bout pourtant

France/Spain - 2010 - 84m - col / scope

Vertigo (15)

D: Fred Cavayé
Audio: 5.1

Priest

USA - 2011 - 87m - col / scope / 3-D

Sony (12A)

D: Scott Stewart
Audio: 5.1

Prom

USA - 2011 - 104m - col

Buena Vista (U)

D: Joe Nussbaum
Audio: 5.1

Putty Hill

USA - 2010 - 85m - col

ICA

D: Matt Porterfield
Audio: Stereo

Scre4m

USA - 2011 - 111m - col / scope

Entertainment (15)

D: Wes Craven
Series: Scream (1996, May/1997).
Audio: 5.1

Senna

USA/UK/France - 2010 - 106m - col

Universal (12A)

D: Asif Kapadia
Audio: 5.1

Something Borrowed

USA - 2011 - 113m - col

Entertainment (12A)

D: Luke Greenfield
Audio: 5.1

Stake Land

USA - 2010 - 98m - col / scope

Metrodome (15)

D: Jim Mickle
Followed by: The Stakelander (2016).
Audio: 5.1

Take Me Home Tonight

USA/Germany - 2011 - 98m - col / scope

Universal (15)

D: Michael Dowse
Audio: 5.1

Thor

USA - 2011 - 114m - col / scope / 3-D

Paramount (12A)

D: Kenneth Branagh
D-Cinema, 35mm and IMAX-D release prints.
Followed by: Thor: The Dark World (2013, Jan/2014), Thor: Ragnarok (2017).
Audio: 7.1 / IMAX 6-track

Trophy Wives
Potiche

France/Belgium - 2010 - 103m - col
Optimum (15)
D: François Ozon
Audio: 5.1

TT3D: Closer to the Edge

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

CinemaNX (15)

D: Richard De Aragues
Audio: 5.1

Upside Down: The Creation Records Story

UK - 2010 - 101m - col

Revolver (15)

D: Danny O’Connor
Audio: 5.1

Yu-Gi-Oh! 3D: Bonds Beyond Time

劇場版 遊戯王 ～超融合！時空を越えた絆

Japan - 2010 - 49m/61m - col / 3-D

Manga (PG)

D: Kenichi Takeshita
Series: Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light (2004, Oct/2004).
Audio: 5.1