JANUARYFILM RELEASES
01 JanuaryTe ImpossibleEwan McGregor and Naomi Watts star in this film based on the true events of 2004s Tsunami in Asia. Grittier than a sand paper bicycle saddle.
09 January Texas Chainsaw 3DAnother group of teens, another cannibalistic family wear their skins. Tis time in 3D.
18 January Monsters Inc. 3DAnother group of monsters, another motion-capture family wear their skins. Tis time in 3D. Te re-release is a well-timed fluffer for the Monsters Inc. 2: Monsters University, out in summer.
25 January Zero Dark TirtyKathryn Bigelow, Combat-film Gigolo directs this laugh-a-minute follow up to Hurt Locker as she pays for her Oscar by cementing the US government’s version of events, that day that some dude with a beard was shot. Am I lying? Is it good? You’ll have to water board me to find out!
DVDOF THE MONTH LOOPER
and the barman says, “I’m sorry, we don’t
serve time-travelling hit-men in here,” which is both hilarious and serves to illustrate a point: Tere are two kinds of time-travel films; brilliantly confusing (Donnie Darko and the amazing Primer) and bloody stupid (all the others). Tat’s not to say that the bloody stupid ones can’t be good, but you have to stop yourself from thinking too deeply about them, not because they’re confusing, but because they’re bloody stupid. Looper is a bloody good, bloody stupid film. Its central idea is very interesting: Organised crime cartels send people they want whacked back in time to be quickly dealt with by a “looper” – a past-dwelling hit-man. When one of the victims from the future (I won’t let
on who) escapes his grisly fate we’re into familiar chase-movie territory, but with an interesting twist. Now, if you gets to thinkin’, you realise it doesn’t actually make any sense. Paradoxes are brushed under the carpet and the laws of temporal mechanics are cherry-picked to serve the story. No matter, though; if you’re not the gratuitously joyless, wordy pedant I am there’s a lot to like here: Bruce Willis and JGL shine in comfortable surroundings, ably supported by Emily Blunt and Paul Dano; the film has a cool quasi-steampunk groove to it, and it’s paced well enough that the bloody stupidity doesn’t get in the way of what is essentially a damn good yarn. Talking of good yarns, here’s a doozy: A time travelling hit-man walks into a pub…Jay Freeman
JANUARYDVD RELEASES
07 JanuaryFrankenweenieTim Burton revisits well-loved territory with this acclaimed and delightfully macabre children’s (?) tale. Is it animated? Yes, and the dog’s re-animated. Mwah hah, hah, hah, (heh, heh).
14 JanuaryTaken 2Laugh-out-loudfunny, piss poor sequel to the actually rather good ‘Taken’. Bereft of any of the style, excitement and every-father’s-wet-dream appeal of the first, Liam Neeson struggles to keep his dignity while delivering lines like “I want you to remain calm. Now throw the hand-grenade out of the window.” Hilarious, but not intentionally so.
21 January21st Jan - Te Sweeney“Fackinewl! A fackin’ re-make ovva fakin’ seven’ies TV shah? Yew Kant!” Well, they can, actually. And it’s not too bad, either. Stylish, zippy and grittier than earthworm shit, as my old sain’ed mavvah useta say, Gawd rest ‘er sahl.
27 JanuaryHoly MotorsTis French Kaufmanesque brain-tickler is either one of the best films of 2012 or a confused, pretentious mess, depending on who you listen to. Listen to me: It’s one of the best films of 2012.
Smiley
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