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Fear fizzles out for viewer


Friday, October 5, 2012 Followusontwitter @Argus_TheGuide Bitter-sweet anthem Sinister (15) ✦✦✦✧✧


about whathorrors lurk in the dark- ness,weshare the characters’ mount- ing fear.Once it becomes clear,we’re more likelytoyawnthan scream.


Hawke, pictured)isinneed of another page-turner to revive his career,and intrigued to discover abox of home movies in the attic. As he watches the shocking footage, he connects brutal murders across the country and senses apotential movie deal. But as Ellison immerses himself in the case,malevolent forces gather. So long as the script remains vague


intoahouse where four members of a familywere found hanged in the gar- den. Fewer still would remain when someone/thing starts opening locked doors and crashing about in the attic at night. Novelist Ellison Oswalt (Ethan


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Aboy stumbles upon ahotel resort run by Dracula (voiced by Adam Sandler) in the computer-animated comedyHOTEL TRANSYLVANIA... a struggling writer (Paul Dano) creates the perfect woman (Zoe Kazan) using his imagination in the offbeatcome- dy RUBY SPARKS... and Richard Coyleplays a drug dealer charging towards obliv- ion in the grit- ty thriller PUSHER.


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The Watch (15) 1 hr 41 mins


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LET sleeping dogs lie,orprepare to be bitten. That’s the underlying message of Sinister,asupernatural horror about atrue crime writer,whose sleu- thing puts his familyinjeopardy. The plot necessitates an acrimo- nious divorcefromcommonsense. Fewpeople would willinglymove


EXQUISITE ADAPTATION: Emma Watson and Logan Lerman star in The Perks of BeingaWallflower


THEAGONIESand ecstasies of youth are beautifully encapsulated in writer-direc- tor Stephen Chbosky’s exqui- site adaptation of hisowncrit-


icallyadored novel. Setinearly 1990s Pittsburgh,


The Perks Of BeingAWallflower isabitter-sweet anthem to emo- tionallydamaged youth. Fluffiness andmawkish senti- mentality,whichare staples of the genre,are absent from Chbosky’s cinematic lexicon. Instead, he spares his charac-


ters neither blushes nor pain, venturing into some incredibly dark recesses of thehumanexpe- rience with sensitivity and restraint. He accomplishes this impres-


ThePerks of BeingA Wallflower(12A) ✦✦✦✦✦


sive featwithout sacrificing the biting humour of his book, in a compact running time thatflies by inablur of laughter and gut- wrenching despair. Charlie (LoganLerman) is dev-


astated by the suicide of his friend Michael, whichhaunts the sensi- tive teenager.“Tomorrowismy first dayofhigh school ever and I have to turn things around.” His parents (Dylan McDermott


and KateWalsh) hope Charlie will blossom in higher education, but he remains on the sidelines as a silent observer of school life, while classmates grasp every


opportunity thrust at them. The onlypersonwhoseems to notice Charlie is English teacher MrAnderson (Paul Rudd),who recognisesakindred spirit and supplies extra reading. During an American football


match, Charlie plucks up the courage to chat to openlygay classmate Patrick(Ezra Miller). In turn, he introduces Charlie to


his free-spiritedstep-sister,Sam (EmmaWatson). She learns of Michael’s suicide and joins forces with Patricktobring the shynew- comer out of his shell. Reluctantly, Charlie begins to


take the terrifying leaps of faith of every teenager on the cusp of adulthood. “Welcome to the island of misfit toys,”’ grinsSamwarmly.


Moreofthe same, onlyinTurkey Taken2 (12A) ✦✦✦✧✧


STRIKING Irish actor Liam Neeson unexpectedlyreinvigorat- ed his career,at56, as atough- talking actionmanin the testos- terone-fuelled thriller Taken. The film, directed by Pierre Morel, gained acult following for its wanton brutality,outrageous set pieces and the unstinting determination of the lead charac- ter.Former CIA field operative Bryan Mills punched, kicked and shot every bad guy within aten- mile radius of Paris. The oldmanwith the fists of


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fury returns in Taken 2,which dispatches the same characters to Istanbul foranother explosive gameof catand mouse. OlivierMegaton sits in the director’s chair forthe sequel and he delivers more slam-bang thrills than the first instalment. The second embraces the prepos- terousness of acentrepiece car sequence whichsees the hero’s daughter Kim, who has failed her driving test, perform high-speed manoeuvres through the wind- ing streets of the bustling Turkish metropolis. Bryan (Neeson) suggests that


his ex-wife (Famke Janssen) and daughter (Maggie Grace) join him in Turkey forafew days of sight-seeing and relaxation.


6(2) KillingThem Softly 7(5) Hope Springs 8(4) TheSweeney 9(7) Brave 10 (-) Untouchable


WILD ROVER’S RETURN Liam Neeson in Taken 2


take itself seriously, fromthe pro- tracted set-up about Kim’s inabili- ty to parallel park to her transfor- mation into agun-toting chip off the old block.


Little does the former agent realise thatMurad (Rade Serbedzija), the father of one of the Albanian brutes he killed in the first film, has amassed asmall armytoabduct and torture Bryan and his loved ones. Taken 2 is ablast thatdoesn’t


clumsilyfanning the flames of a possible romantic reunion between her parents by telling Bryan: “When youguysmet, I think the word she used was... ‘magical’!” Givemestrength.


his daughter,asshe races across rooftops,tossing grenades with- out anyconsideration forthe safe- ty of passing tourists. She embraces the madness,


“Try to blend in!” Bryan tells


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The film is acelebration of those perilous years when childhood innocence is shattered to smithereens and youngmenand womennervouslyforge new paths thatwill determine the rest of their lives. Lerman is mesmerising as the lonerwhois stunned thatanyone wouldwaste their time befriend- ing him. Watson makes confident strides away fromthe Harry Potter series,replete with asolid American accent, and Miller exudes wit and charm as the class clownwho attempts to rise above taunts about his sexuality. Arousing soundtrackofDavid


Bowie and Dexy’s Midnight Runners drawsanostalgic smile to offset the copious tears.


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