FILM Issue 29 / Issue 30 / August 2011 REVIEW
COWBOYS & ALIENS AUGUST 17TH
Before the Indians came: the aliens. Cue dusty battles on horseback and a lot of explosions
Originally a graphic novel penned in 1997 by Scott Mitchell Rosen- berg, Cowboys and Aliens is set in Arizona back in 1875, and you guessed it - it’s a western sci-fi action film pitching stetson-wear- ing, moustached rednecks against their ancient nemeses... Space invaders? After waking up in the desert with no memory of his past apart from a mysterious shackle around one wrist, the ‘stranger’ Jake Lonergan, played by Daniel Craig, stumbles across the not-so- coincidentally named desert town of Absolution. He soon finds out that strangers are not welcome and that the town cowers under the iron-fisted rule of Colonel Dol-
arhyde; the townsfolk live in fear, but it is nothing compared to the terror they are about to be subject- ed to. They discover before long that the stranger they rejected is their only salvation, when a space- ship arrives to take over the world one pair of chaps at a time. A rugged Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford are all that stand in their way, but with a budget of $163 million, you can be sure this film will have a couple of explosions up its sleeve. The flick is set to be a box office smash; with a not-so-young but still rather sexy Indiana Jones teaming up with James Bond, are you surprised?
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We Need to Talk About Kevin October 21st
The brilliant Tilda Swinton and under-rated John C. Reilly star as the parents of a young man who went on a high school killing spree. A hit at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, the shared talents of the film’s cast makes it a must-see.
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Destination 5 August 25th
Death is back and hungrier than ever. Expect beautiful people and ugly demises as Death seeks to restore the bal- ance when a group of friends narrowly avoid dying on a col- lapsing bridge.
Friends With Benefits September 9th
Mila Kunis and Justin Timber- lake star as two friends who try not to let their tendency to have sex with each other affect their relationship. Think No Strings Attached but better, thanks in no small part to Patricia Clarkson’s hilarious cameo as Kunis’s promiscuous mother.
THE INBETWEENERS
After three and a half years as one of the most hilarious British sitcoms in recent history, it is time for Will (Simon Bird), Simon (Joe Thomas), Jay (James Buckley) and Neil (Blake Harrison) to try their luck at the silver screen. The Inbetweeners Movie is basically an extended episode of the award-winning show; with school
over and Simon dumped by his girlfriend Carli (Emily Head), the boys decide to go on a bonkers lads’ trip to Crete. From thereon in, the film is mercilessly entertaining. The humour is even bawdier and Jay’s euphe- misms even less ambiguous than before, yet the film manages to retain the enjoyably bleak tone that master-
The Inbetweeners are heading off to the Greek island of Crete on a lads’ holiday they will never forget
fully depicts just how hard and (dare I say) boring being an adolescent can be. The question is, can it do justice to a show that single-handedly kicked off the phenomenon of shout- ing “bus wankers!” from the safety of their car windows? Of course it can.
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