S&S: June 2011

Introduction for newcomers

Sight & Sound

June 2011

Vol. 21 No. 6

13 Assassins

十三人の刺客

Japan/UK - 2010 - 141m/125m - col / scope

Artificial Eye (15)

D: Takashi Miike
Audio: 5.1

Age of Heroes

UK/India/Norway - 2011 - 90m - col / scope

Metrodome (15)

D: Adrian Vitoria
Audio: 5.1

Amreeka

Canada/Kuwait/Egypt/United Arab Emirates/USA - 2009 - 96m - col / scope

Dogwoof

D: Cherien Dabis
Audio: 5.1

Angels of Evil

Vallanzasca: Gli angeli del male

(USA: Angel of Evil)

(aka: Vallanzasca: Angels of Evil)

Italy/France/USA - 2010 - 128m - col / scope

Artificial Eye (15)

D: Michele Placido
Audio: 5.1

Armadillo

Denmark/Norway/Sweden/Netherlands/UK/Finland/Germany/Canada - 2010 - 105m - col

Soda (15)

D: Janus Metz Pedersen
Audio: 5.1

Arthur

USA - 2011 - 110m - col

Warner (12A)

D: Jason Winer
Audio: 5.1

Attack the Block

UK/France - 2011 - 88m - col / scope

Optimum (15)

D: Joe Cornish
Audio: 5.1

Blitz

UK/France/USA - 2010 - 97m - col / scope

Lionsgate (18)

D: Elliott Lester
Audio: 5.1

Cedar Rapids

USA - 2011 - 87m - col

20th Century Fox (15)

D: Miguel Arteta
Audio: 5.1

Cooking With Stella

Canada/UK/India/USA - 2009 - 104m - col

Mara

D: Dilip Mehta
Audio: 5.1

Everywhere + Nowhere

UK - 2011 - 96m - col / scope

Momentum (15)

D: Menhaj Huda
Audio: 5.1

Forget Me Not

UK - 2009 - 93m - col / scope

Kaleidoscope (15)

D: Alexander Holt, Lance Roehrig
Audio: 5.1

Hanna

USA/UK/Germany - 2011 - 111m - col / scope

Universal (12A)

D: Joe Wright
Audio: 5.1

Heartbeats

Les amours imaginaires

Canada/France - 2010 - 101m - col

Network (15)

D: Xavier Dolan
Audio: 5.1

Hop

USA/Japan - 2011 - 95m - col

Universal (U)

D: Tim Hill
Audio: 5.1

Insidious

USA/Canada/UK - 2010 - 102m - col / scope

Momentum (15)

D: James Wan
Followed by: Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013, Oct/2013), Insidious: Chapter 3 (2015, Aug/2015), Insidious: The Last Key (2017).
Audio: 5.1

Island

UK - 2010 - 99m - col

Soda (15)

D: Brek Taylor, Elizabeth Mitchell
Audio: 5.1

Jig

UK - 2010 - 97m - col

Arrow (PG)

D: Sue Bourne
Audio: 5.1

Julia's Eyes

Los ojos de Julia

Spain/UK/France - 2009 - 117m - col / scope

Optimum (15)

D: Guillem Morales
Audio: 5.1

Jūsan-nin no shikaku

[see: 13 Assassins]

Life, Above All

Geliebtes Lieben

Germany/S.Africa/Canada/France - 2010 - 106m - col / scope

Peccadillo (12A)

D: Oliver Schmitz
Audio: 5.1

Love Like Poison

Un poison violent

France - 2010 - 85m - col

Artificial Eye (15)

D: Katell Quillévéré
Audio: 5.1

The Messenger

USA/Australia/British Virgin Islands - 2009 - 113m - col / scope

The Works (15)

D: Oren Moverman
Audio: 5.1

My Dog Tulip

USA - 2009 - 82m - col

Axiom (12A)

D: Paul Fierlinger
Audio: 5.1

Los ojos de Julia

(see: Julia's Eyes)

Outside the Law

Hors-la-loi

France/Algeria/Belgium/Tunisia/Italy - 2010 - 139m - col / scope

ICO / Optimum (15)

D: Rachid Bouchareb
Audio: 5.1

Le quattro volte

Italy/Germany/Switzerland - 2010 - 88m - col

New Wave (U)

D: Michelangelo Frammartino
Audio: 5.1

Rio

USA - 2011 - 96m - col / scope / 3-D

20th Century Fox (U)

D: Carlos Saldanha
Followed by: Rio 2 (2014, Jun/2014).
Audio: 5.1

Rio Breaks

USA/Italy - 2009 - 85m - col

Mr. Bongo (12A)

D: Justin Mitchell
Audio: 5.1

The Roommate

USA - 2011 - 91m - col / scope

Sony (15)

D: Christian E. Christiansen
Audio: 5.1

A Screaming Man

Un homme qui crie

France/Chad/Belgium/Cameroon/Burkina Faso/Netherlands - 2010 - 91m - col

Soda (PG)

D: Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
Audio: 5.1

Shadow

Italy - 2009 - 77m - col / scope

Bluelight (18)

D: Federico Zampaglione
Audio: 5.1

Source Code

USA/France - 2010 - 93m - col

Optimum (12A)

D: Duncan Jones
Audio: 5.1

Sucker Punch

USA - 2011 - 110m/128m - col / scope

Warner (12A)

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

Third Star

UK - 2010 - 92m - col

Independent (15)

D: Hattie Dalton
Audio: 5.1

The Veteran

UK - 2010 - 98m - col

Revolver (15)

D: Matthew Hope
Audio: 5.1

Vidal Sassoon: How One Man Changed the World With a Pair of Scissors

USA - 2010 - 93m - col and bw

Verve (PG)

D: Craig Teper
Audio: 5.1

Water for Elephants

USA/UK/Australia - 2011 - 120m - col / scope

20th Century Fox (12A)

D: Francis Lawrence
Audio: 5.1

Winnie the Pooh

USA - 2011 - 73m - col

Buena Vista (U)

D: Stephen Anderson, Don Hall
Audio: 5.1

Win Win

USA - 2011 - 106m - col

20th Century Fox (15)

D: Tom McCarthy
Audio: 5.1

Zombie Undead

UK - 2009 - 79m - col / scope

Metrodome (15)

D: Rhys Davies
Audio: Stereo