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2nd May American Pie: ReunionYes, the gang are back together again (well, let’s face it, they haven’t had a lot else to do) and this time, they’re thirty something! Hang on, so am I! Is this funny? Not on either account.
11th May Piranha 3DDTe fish are back to feed again in this tits ‘n’ teeth horror sequel. Tis time they find their way into a water park to cause Speedo-filling mayhem.
18th May Te DictatorSacha Baron Cohen is back with another disguise but the same joke. Tis time he pretends to be a dictator and goes around offending people too stupid to know better.
25th May What to Expect While You’re ExpectingCameron Diaz and Jennifer Lopez star in this film based on the bestselling book. See this if you are your partner are expecting and laugh – while you still can. In fact, get out and see anything while you still can!
DVD OF THE MONTH THE ARTIST
Jay Freeman
If you haven’t already seen this film, I’ll assume that you have a very good reason. I mean, you know it’s really good, right? You know it was adored by critics and fans alike, right? So, if I find out that you haven’t seen it because you don’t like the idea of a silent, black-and-white film I am
going to be SO pissed with you. You see, there’s a very good reason for the universal acclaim: it’s brilliant - effortlessly evoking the golden age of cinema while drawing us into a fresh and unique movie-going experience without feeling gimmicky or laboured. We soon forget that the characters aren’t “talking”; we see the film with keener eyes, picking up on nuances and details on the screen with enhanced awareness. It’s irresistible. Our scrutiny is indulged by multi-award-winning cinematography, art-direction and performances. Jean Dujardin now has more leading-role statuettes than most A-listers will see in their careers, but the real revelation is love-interest Berenice Bejo. She owns every frame she is in, fizzing with kooky charm and beauty like a young Hepburn. Yeah, but what’s it about? Well, it’s about a man struggling to find his place amidst radical technological progress; it’s about love in a time of immense change. Te overwhelmingly positive response to Te Artist may well indicate a creeping dissatisfaction with modern cinema’s increasing reliance upon technological gimmickry. Or not. Don’t ask me, how am I supposed to know? Undeniably though, here a film stripped of colour and sound reminds us that it is great storytelling that distinguishes a work.
MAYDVDRELEASES
7th May War HorseTe unspeakable human tragedy that was the Great War really hits home when evoked through the plight of a fucking horse. When Spielberg misses, boy, does he miss. Sure to be a hit with kids and the emotionally underdeveloped alike.
14th May Sherlock Holmes 2: A Game Of ShadowsWatch Meryl Streep win her 145th Oscar in this H. P. Lovecraft inspired horror about a Godless and insane monster called the Maggith-Acha, which feasts vampirically on the tears of working-class people and Argentinean mothers.
14th May Breaking Bad: Season 3 Steve McQueen (not the dead actor, the alive director of the much admired ‘Hunger’) gets great performances from Michael Fassbender and Carey Mulligan in this intense psychosexual study of the nature of lust and desire.
21st May Te DescendantsTe film which jauntily skipped away with virtually every award the film-industry presents. Rightly so, too. It is at once a joyful homage to the golden era of cinema and a genuinely original and uplifting movie-going experience. I literally skipped out of the cinema. Literally. For realsies.
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